BANG!  Men are joining the war all over the U.S. in the book My Brother Sam is Dead by James and Christopher Collier.  It doesn’t really affect the town of Redding, Connecticut, though.

     This fiction book takes place in Redding, Connecticut, where the Meeker family live in their tavern.  All was normal until the eldest son, Sam Meeker, decides to join the fight in the Revolutionary War.  Father said, “In wars, the dead pay the debts of the living.” They have paid us well.

     My favorite part is when Father and Tim, the main character, are stopped by some thieves while driving cattle to Verplancks.  I like it because you don’t know what the thieves will do with them.  Will the thieves kill them, or help them on their way?

     I would rate this book a 9 out of 10.  I love this book.  I think anyone who likes action or history would love it as well as I do.