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My Brother Sam Is Dead (A Newbery Honor Book) (A Newberry Honor Book) by Jean Fritz; Florence Meiman White; James Lincoln Collier; Stephen Krensky; Betsy Hayes; William Cunningham; Betsy Cromer Byars; George Sullivan; Bette Lord; Ann McGovern; Margaret Goff Clark; Laura Ingalls Wilder; Emma Gelders Sterne; Dorothy Sterling; BetteBao Lord is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>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 know he'll have to make a choice -- between the Revolutionaries and the Redcoats . . . and between his brother and his father.</p><h3>Judy DaPolito - Children's Literature</h3><p>Tim Meeker worships his rebellious older brother, Sam, a sixteen-year-old student at Yale who tells great stories about girls and getting drunk with his friends. But when Sam comes home in April, 1775, and announces that he has joined the Continental Army, their Tory father disowns him. Tim is soon faced with the kind of insoluble problem that fills the book: Sam swears him to secrecy, and then tells him that because he cannot fight without a weapon, he has come to take the long gun their father uses for hunting and protection. Tim's allegiance is torn between father and brother, Tory neighbor and Patriot neighbor, loyalty to British rule and desire for freedom from it. For over a year, the war itself goes on without dir
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- Author
- Jean Fritz; Florence Meiman White; James Lincoln Collier; Stephen Krensky; Betsy Hayes; William Cunningham; Betsy Cromer Byars; George Sullivan; Bette Lord; Ann McGovern; Margaret Goff Clark; Laura Ingalls Wilder; Emma Gelders Sterne; Dorothy Sterling; BetteBao Lord
- Publisher
- Four Winds Press ; Collier Macmillan
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780590436281
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.39 / 5 (208 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14