Johnny Tremain

That Pretentious Book Club

Welcome to Season #4 Episode #3 of That Pretentious Book Club!
In honor of the 4th of July, in this episode the book club is thrilled to be covering Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. An all-time favorite of Spoons, and a classic middle grade read many of you may remember from school, this book contains a vivid cast of characters in a coming-of-age story that manages to present an inside view of the life of an apprentice just before the beginning of the revolutionary war. Join the hosts as they debate the merits of genzennial fashion, dream about the luxurious stability of being married to a silversmith, and chat all their favorite - and least favorite - things about early post-colonial American history, laughing the whole way through.

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