My Brother Sam Is Dead (A Newbery Honor Book) (A Newberry Honor Book)
The classic story of one family torn apart by the Revolutionary WarAll 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 --...
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The classic story of one family torn apart by the Revolutionary WarAll 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 know he'll have to make a choice -- between the Revolutionaries and the Redcoats . . . and between his brother and his father.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780590427920 (059042792X)
Publish date: May 1st 1985
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages no: 216
Edition language: English
I actually hated this book. I didn't dislike it, I hated it. The title of the book gives away the whole ending. Sam doesn't even die until the very end! The title would have made more sense if the book had opened with Tim and his family getting the news of Sam's death. But Sam doesn't die until lite...
Yell at me all you want, but I see this title and think of Supernatural. Sue me.
My first example of a curse word in a book read for school (and possibly in general)
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