Johnny Tremain
April 29,2008

A novel that is filled with danger and excitement , Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes is a book that will make you realize that life is not fair and that you have to learn how to deal with all of life’s curves that it throws at you.
Johnny Tremain was an apprentice to a silversmith in the time of the Revolutionary War. The war had not begun when the book begun. Johnny is his master’s favorite boy out of all of his apprentices. Johnny Tremain is taught a lesson of being prideful by taking the Lord’s day and doing work. He is taught that lesson by being severely burned on his hand. After weeks of waiting it’s time to find out how his hand looks. His thumb is stuck to the side of his hand. He can not do silversmith work any longer so his master tells him to go find another job, along the way he met a really nice guy. His name was Rab. He helped and befriended Johnny. Then the Revolutionary War began. Rab was killed and a doctor was able to free Johnny’s hand. For the first time in along time, Johnny felt free.
The theme of this novel is trust . It is shown through Johnny Tremain learning how to open his heart to his friend Rab and trusting him with his life.
This was a good book because by the end you were like I feel good about reading that book. You might not read it again, but it is worth reading because you actually kinda felt what Johnny Tremain was feeling.