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**My Brother Sam is Dead ** **Characters: **

 Sam- Sam is brave. He is also very nice to his brother (Tim), but the opposite to his father. He and his father argue a lot. He is very confident about going to war. Father- Father is rude and mean. He yells at a lot of people and he starts a lot of arguments with Sam and other people. He is also brave because he went ahead to make sure the cowboys aren’t there. Tim- Tim is a nice and brave character. He wants to be an adult. He acts like an adult ever since he got home, all by himself, at night, and right after the cowboys took his father. Betsy- Betsy is a nice person that can get mean. She is also trustworthy. She likes to protect Tim and Sam. 

Setting: The setting is in the 13 colonies, during to Revolutionary War. The 13 colonies were what made up the United States of America back in the 1700. The story takes place in the past.

My opinion- My opinion on this book is that it is not very good. I would not recommend it. If I were you I would not purchase it. The story line is good but the way they have the story is boring and really not good. Also it is not a good book for kids because it has bad words in it.

My Description of My Brother Sam is Dead... Sam comes home from the war. He seems very proud. Later that night he and Father get in an argument. Then Sam runs away. Week after week Tim worries about Sam. He keeps asking Betsy where he is and finally when Betsy goes to get beer at the tavern she tells Tim that Sam is back. Tim gets so excited and he goes to chop wood at night trying to find a way to escape to find Sam. Finally he hears hooves. Then he sees the Tories. He sees the Tavern stop and go into the tavern. He sees the Tories threatening to kill father if he doesn’t give then the Brown Bess. Tim goes to get the Brown Bess from Sam. He gets to the house that Sam is living in. Sam is sleeping so Tim gets the Brown Bess. Then they get back to the house and Sam is following but then he runs back as soon as he sees his father. Then after a while Tim wants to go with Mr. Heron to be a messenger. His father says no, but he doesn’t listen to him he goes anyway. Betsy sees Tim going down Fair field road and she asks him what he is doing he says he’s going fishing. But Betsy finds out what he is doing and tells him that the letter is a spy report on Sam. She tells him to give it to her but he won’t. Then she tackles him and gets the letter. She throws it back and it turns out that it was just a letter saying "If received we will know we have a good messenger." Then Father brings Tim to go to bring cattle. Then they run into cowboys. They get away and go into a house to stay with good friends. They head back and run into the cowboys again but this time father gets taken. Then Tim gets back to the house feeling proud. Then Sam goes to war and gets killed but Father comes back**.**  media type="custom" key="6215841" Main events in My Brother Sam is Dead

 Genre- Historical fiction  Climax-The climax is when Sam tells his Father he is going to war. Rising action-The rising action is when Sam comes home and says he was in war, when he ran away and when he stole the Brown Bess. Problem- The problem is that Tim didn't want Sam to go to war. Conclusion- Sam went to war and got killed.