18 books like Johnny Tremain

What to read after Johnny Tremain — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Teeth of the Gale Joan Aiken · 1988 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate At the request of the nun with whom he is in love, eighteen-year-old Felix embarks on a perilous rescue mission across the strife-torn countryside of Spain in the late 1820s. Sequel to "Go Saddle the Sea" and "Bridle the Wind." Shares: Revolution, Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction

Chains Laurie Halse Anderson · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth… Shares: American Revolution, United States, History, Children's fiction

The Slopes of War Norah Perez · 1990 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate In the summer of 1863, Bekah Summerhill watches as Confederate troops sweep through her sleepy Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, in a panoramic tale about the turning point of the Civil War. Shares: United States, History, Children's fiction

Fighting for the Right Oliver Optic · 1892 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "Fighting for the Right" is the fifth and last but one of "The Blue and the Gray Series". The character of the operations in connection with the war of the Rebellion, and the incidents in which the interest of the young reader will be concentrated, are somewhat different from most of those detailed in the preceding volumes of the series, though they all have the same patriotic tendency, and are… Shares: United States, History, Children's fiction

The Chosen Lisa Jane Smith · 1997 · ★ 4.1 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Vampire Slayer She stalks the lonely back alleys of Boston, the deserted industrial docks of the harbor, seeking revenge on the vampires who killed her mother. Rashel Jordon knows where they live. But they don't yet know that the black-haired, green-eyed girl is as deadly as she is beautiful, killing the Night People one by one. Armed with a wooden stake, martial arts, and the will to resist a… Shares: Boston, Children's fiction

Initiation Lisa Jane Smith · 1992 · ★ 4.3 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Cassie is initiated into her hometown's coven of witches but her love for the coven leader's boyfriend could prove deadly. Shares: Massachusetts, Children's fiction

On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1937 · ★ 4.2 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers. Shares: Social life and customs, Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction

Ghost Hawk Susan Cooper · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 171p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A friendship between a young Native American and a colonial New England settler endangers them both in this “simply unforgettable” (Booklist, starred review) adventure story from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper.On the winter day Little Hawk is sent into the woods alone, he can take only a bow and arrows, his handcrafted tomahawk, and the amazing metal knife his father traded for with the new white… Shares: Massachusetts, History, Children's fiction

Witch Child Celia Rees · 2000 · ★ 3.8 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts. Shares: Massachusetts, History, Children's fiction

An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott · 1869 · ★ 4.1 Polly visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw in the city and is overwhelmed by the fashionable and urban life they live--but also left out because of her "countrified" manners and outdated clothes. Shares: Boston, History, Children's fiction

Scarlet Letter with Connections Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1995 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The Scarlett Letter -- Connections: Who killed Arthur Dimmesdale? / by Perry Turner -- Lottery / by Shirley Jackson -- Puritan sonnet / by Elinor Wylie -- The woman caught in adultery -- Nor fitting for your sex / by Doreen Rappaport -- Declaration of rights and sentiment / by Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- A double standard / by Frances E.W. Harper -- Notes and an article / by Nathaniel Hawthorne… Shares: American literature, Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction

David Copperfield Charles Dickens · 1800 · ★ 4.1 · 928p · ≈ 30h · Demanding It adds to the charm of this book to remember that it is virtually a picture of the author's own boyhood. It is an excellent picture of the life of a struggling English youth in the middle of the last century. The pictures of Canterbury and London are true pictures and through these pages walk one of Dickens' wonderful processions of characters, quaint and humorous, villainous and tragic. Nobody… Shares: Social life and customs, Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction

The War Within Carol Matas · 2001 · ★ 4.1 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In 1862, after Union forces expel Hannah's family from Holly Springs, Mississippi, because they are Jews, Hannah reexamines her views regarding slavery and the war. Shares: United States, Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction

Woods Runner Gary Paulsen · 2010 · ★ 3.9 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far from any town, or news of the war against the King that American patriots have begun near Boston.But the war comes to them. British soldiers and Iroquois attack. Samuel's parents are taken away, prisoners. Samuel follows, hiding, moving silently, determined… Shares: United States, Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction

The Machine Gunners Robert Westall · 1975 · ★ 4.0 · 187p · ≈ 6h · Moderate After an air raid, a group of English children find a German machine gun and hide it from adults who are looking for it. Shares: Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction

Novels (The Call of the Wild / White Fang) Jack London · 1962 · ★ 4.0 · 371p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Two classic tales of dogs, one part wolf and one a Saint Bernard/Scotch shepherd mix that becomes leader of a wolf pack, as they have adventures in the Yukon wilderness with both humans and other animals. Shares: American literature, Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction

A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Challenging This is a story about a different kind of princess than one might imagine; a princess that is an orphan - lonely, cold, hungry and abused. Sara Crewe begins life as the beloved, pampered daughter of a rich man. When he dies a pauper, she is thrown on the non-existent mercy of her small-minded, mercenary boarding school mistress. Stripped of all her belongings but for one set of clothes and a… Shares: Social life and customs, Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction

Abner & me Dan Gutman · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Cannons are blasting!Bullets are flying!Wounded soldiers are everywhere!Stosh has time-traveled to 1863, right into the middle of the Civil War. In possibly his most exciting and definitely his most dangerous trip yet, Stosh has decided to answer the question for all time: did Abner Doubleday, a Civil War general, really invent the game of baseball?It's all here: big laughs, dramatic action, fast… Shares: United States, Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction

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