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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780027229806
ISBN: 0027229807
Label: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: October 01, 1984
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.




Rating: - How War Can Change You
This is the story of sixteen-year-old Sam Meeker who knew he was right in joining the fight against the British in the Revolutionary War--in spite of his family and most of his town being against it.

It is the story, too, of war and what it does to individuals and families: its bravery, cruelness, fearfulness and hate.

Sam learns of all these things. Even accepts them, including the idea of his own dying for a cause he strongly believes in. But he doesn't die that way, ... Read More

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Rating: - My Brother Sam Is dead book review
Hi,
This book talks about a boy named Tim Meeker who always likes his brother until now. It is approaching the Revolutionary War and Tim's father is a Loyalist, but Tim's brother, Sam, is a Patriot. His brother goes to fight for the Americans but Tim wants to join also. Tim is torn between beliefs. But surprising events led up to the death of Sam Meeker.

I really liked this book. At some times it was a little boring but it had a lot of action in the little town of Redding. ... Read More

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Rating: - Very good, deep book
For one, I would like to start out that I am thirteen and my name is not "Bernease" as it may show up, but my grandmothers. Now that that's out of the way...

I'm really astounded by the amount of ignorant people who are reviewing this book. This book is supposed to be an inside look of what life was like during the Revolutionary War. It does a perfect job of that. I think that James and Christopher did a great job of showing just how bad life was in the era: the scarceness of food and ... Read More

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Rating: - wonderful
My son needed this for a school report. It is a very good book for middle school revolutionary war study. It came a day sooner than expected, I got 2 day shipping and it came in 1 business day. Extremely satisfied with condition, speed and product.

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Rating: - An anti-war novel about, of all wars, the American Revolution
Maybe I don't read enough Revolutionary War fiction to have the best idea of its focus, but it seems to me that a good deal of it celebrates and romanticizes the war. And why not? It was freedom from oppression. It was the birth of nation. We know about Valley Forge and all of that suffering, but I think that too many people forget that the Revolutionary War was just that: a war. This story focuses on Tim, a young boy forced to grow up on the homefront. His elder brother Sam is an idealistic freedom ... Read More

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