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Katie
Jan 06, 2008 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: newbery, female-author
Ugh. I read this book in grade school, and it is just as bad as I remembered. I was really annoyed by Johnny Tremain and all the other revolutionaries. The story was really slow and just about a lot of white people glorifying war and patriotism. I get that this is what the Revolutionary War was about, but I don't think the reader ever really understood why the war was happening or was given opportunities to develop empathy for the oppressed colonists. We were just expected to be on the side of t ...more
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Sera
May 31, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: historical-fiction, children-ya
I remember reading this book in grade school and enjoying it very much. First, because it was one of the early books I read of that size as a child, and second, because it provided a historical account of the makings of America in an interesting and fun way.
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Christi
Oct 13, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: classics, american-revolution-ya
Just as good as I remembered it to be. Trying to get Grace to read it. No luck yet. :(
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Sarah
Oct 17, 2007 marked it as wishlist
Shelves: young-adult
Te-ge Bramhall
Jan 18, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Davida "Davi"
Jan 24, 2008 rated it liked it
Nanosynergy
Jan 03, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: youngadult-children, newberry-award
Tracyene
Oct 26, 2009 rated it really liked it
Kiri
Aug 29, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: z-read-1970-1999
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Peg
Aug 19, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: child-narrator, women-authors, young-adult, children-s
Kim DeCina
Feb 03, 2013 marked it as to-read
Julie Griffin
Mar 13, 2013 rated it liked it
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Sep 05, 2013 rated it liked it
Diane
Aug 06, 2014 rated it liked it
Shelves: hfu2014-masters
Nancy
Jun 21, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: children, new-england, revolution-colonial
Kristen
May 25, 2016 marked it as n-a-books-have
Shelves: have, sunlight-homeschool, read-secondary
Jocelyn
Jul 30, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audio, award-newbery
Doug Geivett
Sep 30, 2018 marked it as to-read
Meghan
Oct 07, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 1000-books-to-read
Ginger
Mar 02, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jody Rowan
Dec 29, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shelves: challenge-books
Kristen
Jan 09, 2025 marked it as n-a-books-have  ·  review of another edition
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