The following collection of thematically related readings is available in Johnny Tremain and Related Readings in McDougal Littell's Literature Connections series.

"The Die is Cast" by John Adams
Summary: This letter by John Adams gives a report on the Boston Tea Party.

"Monday, March 5, 1770: Who Was to Blame?" by John M. Bresnahan
(from Yankee Magazine, © 1967)
Summary: This essay explores the question: What really happened at the Boston Massacre?

"Children Have Always Worked" by Milton Meltzer
(from Cheap Raw Material, © 1994)
Summary: This is a nonfiction account a surprising history of child labor.

Excerpt from The Silversmiths by Leonard Everett Fisher, © 1964
Summary: This nonfiction account helps you appreciate the talent it took to turn bars of silver into treasured household goods.

"Envy" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
(from Collected Poems, 1952-1990, © 1991)
Summary: This poem describes feelings we may all share.

"The Fate of the Loyalists" by Clorinda Clarke
(from The American Revolution 1775-83, © 1964)
Summary: This nonfiction selection gives the reader a better sense of the wide variety of people who felt that the thirteen colonies would keep America part of the British Empire.

"Concord Hymn" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Summary: This poem describes what sparked the flame that began the American Revolution.