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This novel was a pretty good read. I would recommend it for readers 11 and above. Mild language is spread throughout the book. I was upset after reading about the horrors and brutality of the war, and so i believe thatit should not be read by children of a delicate age.
Teenagers are most likely to enjoy this novel because of their relation to the character. I know that I could relate to Tim Meeker when he grumbled about his parents, brother, and chores.
The plot is very attention-grabbing. It was definently a page turner. The novel's plot focuses mainly on Tim Meeker struggling to adapt to his life. He begins to mature after losing his father, and after his brother leaves for the war against his father's wishes.

Tim is just an average boy from the revolutionary war period who works with his father and mother in their tavern and goes to school. His brother, Sam (who Tim looks up to as the perfect brother) has been at college for a year and occasionally comes home for a visit. One day Sam shows up on their doorstep in uniform and announces that he has joined the Patriots in the fight for freedom and needs his fathers' gun to fight. Sam's father is a Loyalist who will not help the war against his mother country. He refuses Sam's request for his gun. Sam chooses to take his fathers' gun without permission and then runs away to the rebel army, not to come home for the next 3 years. Tim is now forced to choose which side he is on. This is a war between father and son, between country and people and Tim is in the middle of it. Tim will have to become a man fast, face the cruelties of the world and fight like a man for his family and country.
This book has you hanging on the edge every second. It is a great book because it has battles (which I loved); both oral and physical. I think both types are just as harmful. If you like war books this is the book for you. I give this book five stars. It has great historical value and is beautifully written; an exciting historical war book that can be read by children 10 years of age and up. No other revolutionary war book even comes close to topping this!

The book "My Brother Sam Is Dead" is a very heart-warming book. It is about family who is broken up by the Revolutionary War. The father is on the British side while his son, Sam, is fighting for the Patriots. It is very dramatic and has some older language. It is also gory and intense. This book is very descriptive in its war parts, which is awesome.