My Brother Sam Is Dead James & Christopher Lincoln Collier Copyright 1974 Some of the major themes in this book were that Tim and his family has to survive through out this book. Another theme was to keep their store going and not to close it because that is where they make almost all of their money by selling those products. Finally, they had to keep Sam alive while he is in the army. The main characters …showed first 75 words of 549 total…

…showed last 75 words of 549 total…had to milk the cows and feed them. Finally, I liked how this book was a little harder than the other book the Acorn People because I read the Acorn People in 2 hours while this book My Brother Sam Is Dead I finished in 3 weeks even though I was real tired of all the sports and activities I was in. lastly, I recommend this book to people that like history and challenging books to read.