My Brother Sam Is Dead

Spine Chilling Great Story

Action, adventure, war and cruel punishment the book my Brother Sam Is Dead has it all . This book made my mouth water and pant for more of this spine chilling adventure. There is romance between many characters as well as war between colonies and cruel punishment at times with so much description that you have sympathy for the characters in the book. You feel as you are a witness in the time and you are beside the main character as his dreadful life moves on. I recommend this awesome story to anyone. This book is a great adventure as well as a historical reference of the Revolutionary War.

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Juicy book stuffed with details!

My Brother Sam is Dead.as its title suggests, is respectively violent with little happiness and cheer. You will most likely think because of these aspects, this book is terrible, but that isn't so. My Brother Sam is Dead is a book that takes place in the Revolutionary War with action and history. The main characters are a family named the Meekers, (in order of age) Tim, Sam, Susannah (mother), and Eliphalet (father). This family is loyal to the British, but Sam, at 17 years, fights for the rebel army. Sam decides to enroll because he feels like he's a part of something important. This action makes Life very angry. I do not suggest children under 12 years of age reading this book because there are many, many curse words and some images may be disturbing. Even teenagers or adults may find this book gory and sad. On a scale of one to ten, I would give My Brother Sam is Dead a 6.5.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

NOT SO THRILLING BOOK. HORRIBLE BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did not like this book!! It was too bloody and gory. People's heads got chopped of they got blown in half, it was disgusting! Especially when Timmy puked on himself. I almost threw up myself. My least favorite part was when they got the news that father died on the slave ship from a disgusting sickness. The book didn't flow, and it just didn't work for me.Here are some books that I did like. Look over at the ones I recommend, and trust me, there's no puking.

P.S
Make sure you read all the other ones inthe series from down there, I cant find them. There is 10 in all

2 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

My Brother Sam is Dead8

A little romance, adventure, war, punishment, and family bonds and don't forget the death. My Brother Sam is Dead has it all. This informative and interesting novel brings a lot of things into it. Based in 1775, Timothy Meeker (aged 12) is forced to work hard as his family is thrown into the Revolutionary War. With most of his family on the Tory side and his brother on the other side Tim must make the decision. Will he be a loyalist or rebel? Or will he turn out to be neither and just want it all to be over like his mother. Then he makes the ultimate decision between life and death. What will happen? Read it and find out. It is a fascinating book which shows the Revolutionary War through a Childs eyes the punishment and hardships.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

It's Ok

I did not enjoy this book that much. It could be because I read it with the class but I was not impressed. It's writing was great and so was the story. It was also realistic and tim did give you a good perspective of how life back then was. The book wasn't very nail biting though. It had a very good controversy that most books don't talk about though, which was how many americans were divided between liberty or english rules. This book is more suitable for a classroom studying the revolution than for fun. If you want a book that is really good and similair you'll enjoy Fighting ground by Avi. A great suspenseful book and very well written.

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My brother sam is dead reviw

To Tim, the revolutionary war was almost nonexistent. Almost¿ Tim¿s brother was off fighting in the war. The family was falling apart, entirely.

Living in Tory country, Tim and his family get along running a tavern. Tim¿s older brother is off at college when he comes home with news and a uniform. Talk of Lexington and Concord enrages Tim¿s father. Even more so the news that Sam (the brother) is going to war against the British army.

To Tim the war becomes more and more clear to him as time goes by. Troops come and go and food shortages are more common. Tim realizes the reality of the war and that war is utterly unfair and harsh.

My Brother Sam is Dead is a book that shows what happened to the every day citizen at the time of the revolutionary war. It tells about the hardships of the citizens and what they felt about the war.

The title of the book tricks you once you get into the book. The book was effective in showing what happened during the revolutionary war. This book shows what is not seen in the everyday history books. For this I recommend it to anyone who would like to know more about the revolutionary war

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Horrible

I was required to read this book for my English class, and I was so positively bored with it that there were times when I would skip whole chapters just to get it over with. The author couldn't describe a scene or a person without boring me until I felt like burning the book. I didn't see the point of it, and Tim and Sam are simply stupid and irritating. Don't read it, for your sake.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

My Brother Sam is dead

this book was sad and hard to get into. i did not want to read but had to for school

Predictable

So the book that wasn't bad, and it wasn't that good. We had to read it for school and all of my friends said they loved it, but I didn't. Some of the parts were very predictable. The way they named the book was original, but gave too much away. Overall, the book was okay, but not something I would have read on my own.

Pretty Good

Ok so I thought this book was pretty good, but I can understand those who thought it wasn't. You would have to be more into us history since it give a good background of it. It also doesn't have the falling in love thing. It's more of a book you'd relate to if you're close to your siblings.

a real page turner

I first read this book in 5th grade. Me and 4 of my friends. We all loved this book.

my brother sam is dead

This book is "ok". It can be very predictable at times, and the ending was kind of a let down and the title gives the hole story away. It wasn't one of my favorites.

Emotionally gritty; parental guidance might help

My Brother Sam is Dead is a heart-breaking story of how politics and war can destroy a family. Tim and Sam are from a New England town which strongly supports the British government during the Revolutionary war. When the older boy, Sam, runs away and joins the revolutionaries, the impressionable Tim is left behind to help his parents eke out a living in the war-starved economy. Tim doesn't understand what all the fighting is about, and why his father is so angry at Sam. Tim questions his own loyalties and finally learns what real responsibility is. This book is aimed at 8-12 year old boys. The adventure is exciting enough that kids will enjoy the book on their own (if they like historical adventure). However, the book would be more educational with adult guidance (many kids might not know enough about the revolutionary war to understand the emotional tension of the plot). A warning though: the language is a bit strong for the target audience.

A Great Piece of History

My Brother Sam is Dead is a great story, full of adventure,honor, and believing in something so much that nothing else matters. This book tells the story of the Meeker family of Redding, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. The Meeker family supports the British, except for their oldest son Sam. He has decided to leave Yale and join the Patriots in fighting against the British. Tim, the younger brother, tells of his struggle between siding with his parents and siding with his brother. Sam is so convinced to fight for freedom that he severs ties with his father. This book shows the Revolutionary War from a Tory point of view. Some may say it is unpatriotic because it is from the point of view of someone who is loyal to the British. I see it as how life really was during that time. Not everyone wanted freedom from the British. You really get a glimpse of what it was like to be right in the middle of the Revolutionary War. Many of the people and events in the book were real. I thought that it made the book better when you understood that many of the people and their experience were real.
The change that took place in the characters with each event that happened was amazing. Tim probably had the most growth. He learns to stand up for his beliefs just like his Sam, whom he has always admired.
There are a couple of warnings I would give out about this book. For a book about war it is really not very graphic but there is a part where a slave is beheaded that is a little graphic. The ending of the book made me sad and frustrated but once I read the epilogue I felt better about the ending. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to read a fun story and catch a glimpse of a time in history.

Lt. War Expert

This book MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD is one of the best books I have ever read. If you read this book you will never want to put it down that day or night until you read at least 10 chapters that night or day'I am not kidding around it is that good'!!!!!!':I recommend to any one who loves to read a fast pace book or a good guessing novel!!!

did NOT like it at all

okay, i read this for my 8th grade english class. i tried to keep an open mind while the rest of my grade critized it from the beginning. so i honestly did try to stay with the book, but the ending seriously just ruined it all for me. Sam made me mad, Tim seemed a tad too cowardly for me, and the mother seemed to be holding up better than him. I didnt want to give it 1 star only because i understand tim is just a boy in a very hard time and i did understand some of his views and points. i would not recommend this book to anyone, but if you have to read it, then hey. its not as bad as some other books i've read.

Good Book

My Brother Sam is Dead is a good book. I recommend it to all teens and adults. There are some parts of the book that I didn't like, but for the most part it was a book that kept me interested. It has kind of a surprising ending, and that's what makes it so good!

Amazing book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is an amazing book! It is gripping and sad. I am still overwhelmed by the ending. That is the saddest ending to a book that is out there. (at least from what i've read!) The depressing ending makes it so good. Because it really leaves an impact on the reader.

this book is SO AMAZING.!! Girlscout reveiwer

This book is soo amazing. It is a tale of a boy who's brother sam faught in the war. He tells the tale of a heartbreaking story about how sam had made a mistake. The captain said that he had to be punished...he had to be exacuted.

all but the ending

this book was excellent...until you reached the last twenty pages or so. the ending was quite a let-down, and did not support all the drama and suspense of the rest of the book. however, the rest of the book was honest and well-written. it is definetly a good book if you want to learn about the loyalists in the war.