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My Brother Sam Is Dead
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My Brother Sam Is Dead (1974) (edit title/settings)

by James Lincoln Collier (Author), Christopher Collier (Author) (edit contributors)

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All his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother Sam. Sam's smart and brave -- and is now a part of the American Revolution. Not everyone in town wants to be a part of the rebellion. Most are supporters of the British -- including Tim and Sam's father. With the war soon raging, Tim... read more

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Jack Rittenhouse My Brother Sam is dead
The book My Brother Sam is dead is written by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. It takes places in Redding, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. The main characters are Timmy Meeker, Father, and Sam Meeker. Sam goes to... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Jack Rittenhouse My Brother Sam is dead
The book My Brother Sam is dead is written by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. It takes places in Redding, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. The main characters are Timmy Meeker, Father, and Sam Meeker. Sam goes to college at Yale and Tim lives with his parents in Redding, Connecticut. One day Sam comes home from college to tell his family that he is joining the war and fight for the Patriots. His parents who are Tories and support the British do not approve in it. Sam and his father end up getting in a big fight and Sam gets kicked out of the house. While this happens it is hard on Tim because he does not know who he should side with his brother or his father. Sam eventually steals the family’s gun and goes off to fight the British. Throughout the book Sam returns back to Redding and only talks to Tim. He tells Tim of all the things he sees while at war. Then Tim and his father go on the yearly trip to Verplants Point, to buy items for their tavern. While on the trip Tim meets his cousins. On the way back they run into some trouble and because Sam stole the family gun they have no way to protect them. They end up getting robed and father gets killed. From then on the book changes and Tim has a lot more responsibility. With Sam gone and Father dead Tim becomes the man of the house and stops going to school and runs the tavern with his mom. At the end of the book Sam ends up being caught by the British commander in Redding. They ended up killing Sam in the town square in front of everyone in the town. Sam had been in the war for three years and was executed for treason. After the war Sam and his mother sold the tavern and moved to Wilkesbarre Pennsylvanian, and opened a new Traven.
My Brother Sam is dead is one of my favorite books and I recommend it to people of all ages

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The novel takes place in Connecticut. The tavern that is in the book is really a building that is still standing to today.
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IT WAS APRIL, AND OUTSIDE IN THE DARK THE RAIN whipped against the windows of our tavern, making a sound like muffled drums.

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1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI
7. VII
8. VIII
9. IX
10. X
11. XI
12. XII
13. XIII
14. XIV
********Epilogue*********

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This is book 27 of 98 in ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Beloved, and followed by Bridge to Terabithia.

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  1. James Lincoln Collier (Author)
  2. Christopher Collier (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Four Winds Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1974
ISBN: 0590073397
Page Count: 216

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