My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier

Let's put it this way: the war has definitely come to Redding now.Tim figures those guys are probably trying to work out how to attack the British. Rogers) who are meeting together, and Tim's friend Jerry is with them. Just down the road, there are two main Patriot supporters (Captain Betts and Mr. As they watch, some soldiers go straight into Mr.On April 26, Tim and his mom get a big shock: British soldiers are marching into town.Eventually, the spring of 1777 comes around. All throughout the winter, Tim and his mom chug along, working hard and missing Sam and Mr.Tim starts helping his mom in every way he can. Tim realizes that there's just one thing he can do in this situation: grow up… and fast. So there's a lot of hard work to be done and no Sam or dad to help out.

Meeker's disappearance in her letters, but apparently she doesn't know where Sam is nowadays. She and Tim hope that maybe Betsy Read will tell Sam about Mr. Amid all this hard work, Tim's mom decides that she is going to convince Sam to come home.Of course, remember how we realized earlier that the war also means that there are fewer supplies out there and so the price of those supplies goes up? Well that keeps happening, so Tim and his mom have to raise their prices over and over and over again.

Lucky for them, the war means that there are lots of people who need supplies or a place to stay while on a trip, and the Meeker tavern/shop is the perfect place to help these folks out. Instead, they have to focus all their energies on keeping the store and tavern going, so that they have enough income to live on.

Sadly, there's not much she or Tim can do about the situation.

Meeker tries to keep her spirits up, saying that her husband is just captured and will be home soon. Tim is happy to be home, but he and his mom are pretty worried about his dad.

My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier