My Brother Sam is Dead by James and Christopher Collier

      The book My Brother Sam is Dead  is an intense book that takes place in the Revolutionary  War. The main characters are :

* Timothy  Meeker --- Tim as people call him , is Sam Meeker's younger brother who doesn't know if he is a Patriot or a Loyalist.

*Sam Meeker---Tim Meeker's older hot headed  brother who ran away to the Patriot Army and stole his father's gun.

*Father Meeker---Tim and Sam Meeker's father who is a loyalist.

*Betsy Read--- Sam Meeker's girlfriend  whose  family along with herself are patriots.

*Tom Warrups--- A mysterious  Native American boy but Tim does not know if he is  a patriot or loyalist. 

*Jerry Sandford---One of Tim's close friends who doesn't understand the whole " patriot/loyalist thing" , but guesses that he is a loyalist 'cause his family is.

In the start of the book Tim , Father, and Mother are at the dining room table ready to say their blessings and eat but then Sam bursts through the door gasping ,

"We beat them, those lobster backs ! Us and the Minutemen !   Those British redcoats were no match for us !!"

Father and Sam later had a little A and B conversation about disrespecting the king of England and his army.  But late at night when everyone was asleep, Sam snuck in and stole the Brown Bess which is a gun named after Queen Elisabeth .

Now I'm pretty sure that any one reading this blog will want to know how Sam died , or if he died at all!  Well to answer you, Sam does die. But if you want to find out how you'll just have to go to a bookstore or your nearest library and find out for yourself!

For ages 10 +
Violence, small amount of language , and some intense moments.