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Title: My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier, John C. Brown, Christopher Collier ISBN: 1-883332-55-9 Publisher: Audio Bookshelf Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (234 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: This book is awesome!!
Comment: In my 8th grade English class I had to read My Brother Sam Is Dead as a reguired historical fiction book. I read the book in class as well as out of class on my own time. My Brother Sam Is Dead takes place during the Revolutionary War in a little town called Redding. Tim, a teenager, is telling the reader his feelings of the war and how the war affected him. I think teh author choose to tell the story through Tim because he was torn between being a Loyalist like his father or a Patriot like his older brother Sam. Tim's father doesn't think that his family shoyuld be involved in the war and Sam thinks it's his duty to fight for his country. Irony, was what made the book My Brother Sam Is Dead interesting. A good example is when Tim finds out his father had died on a British Jail Ship. This was unexpected because he was a Loyalist and he died on British Jail Ship. I expected him to die on a Patriot Jail Ship. Once you read what happens, your like I didn't expect that to happen. The same thing happens to Sam at the end of the book, but in a different way. In My Brother Sam Is Dead there were three main conflicts. The conflicts were personal, political, and character. Tim was the character withthe personal conflict. He was trying to decide whether to be a Patriot or a Loyalist. Tim knew his father had his reasons for being a Loyalist and so did his brother Sam. Tim wanted to be like his father, but also wanted to be like his brother Sam. The next big conflict was the political one. England and The Colonies were fighting over who got to run The Colonies. England thought they should get to run them because they had founded The Colonies. The people living in The Colonies thought they should get to run The Colonies because they lived there and didnt' believe in England's rule. The last conflict was between Sam and his father. This kind of conflict is called a character conflict. Sam wanted to go to war and fight an the Patriot side, while his father didn't think he should fight in the war. Sam's father was also a Loyalist so he didn't believe in anyhting the Patriots did or thought was right. In the book My Brother Sam Is Dead there were many great parts that I enjoyed. One part of the book that really got me interested was when Tim and his father were ambushed on their way to Verplex Point to trade the cattle for supplies they needed for their tavern in Redding. An other part was when Tim finds out Sam took his father's only gun, Brown Bess, when Sam's father specifically told Sam not too. If I had to pick a theme for the book it would most likely be "Everything happens for a reason." To me, it was like everything that happened to Tim changed the way he lived, acted or even thought. My Brother Sam Is Dead was full of suspense all the way through the book. I could hardly put the book down since I started reading it. I also read a historical fiction book called, One Thousand White Women. It was great too! One Thousand White Women was written in a journal form and I liked that format better than the traditional story form of My Brother Sam is Dead. I hope you enjoy both of these books as much as I did.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Gotta Check it Out! Book
Comment: This is an excellent book telling about the hard life of the Meeker family during the Revolutionary War. A classic revolutionary war story tied in with a heartwarming storyline. I like the way the characters think as this makes them much more realistic than other books I've read. This is the first book other than fantasy I've ever read. It tells about Tim's brother, Sam who is very enthusiastic about fighting with the rebels against England. Tim's dad refuses to let Sam go and a fight ensues. Running away and returning only to steal a gun from their house, Sam causes a lot of havoc in the household. Tim's dad finally gets carried away in a British prison ship, leaving only Tim and his mom to manage ther tavern. This book also deals with the heart breaking pain of a family loss. It doesn't get really gory until the last few chapters. Definitely a 5 star book !
Rating: 4
Summary: A good book.
Comment: My Brother Sam is dead was a good book. L liked the book becouse it took place in a setting was very discriptive. I liked the fact that a family in it fought for each other. Even when they disagrea on a lot of topics. The book has a good sence of humer for how seriose the topic of the story. Like when Sam was talking about stealing Old Bess (the gun) wile putting chicken eggs in a basket with holes in the bottom of it. The book is the third most favorite book I read this year. The book cept its carictors vary discriptive and interesting through the hole book. But the oldest sun Sam gets in trubble with the law. He gets exicuted. That was the only part of the story I was not interested in. Since the famaly was so close or becoase he was so nise he didn't even commit the crime.His father tries to help even though they don't always get along all the time.
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Title: A Guide for Using My Brother Sam is Dead in the Classroom by Patty Carratello, John Carratello ISBN: 1576905071 Publisher: Teacher Created Materials Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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