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Thrilling! Irresistible! Stunning! All these adjectives ran through my head as I was reading the book “My Brother Sam is Dead” by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. This book takes place in Britain around the 1770’s. This book is about a family and Sam, the oldest brother, comes back from college and wants to join the Rebels. His dad tells him he can’t but he still sneaks out and joins the Rebels. Tim, the youngest son, is stuck in the middle. Should he be loyal to his dad and stay with the British Government or go with his brother Sam and join the Rebels? Sooner or later, Tim leaves with his dad on a trip to deliver some supplies when he gets kidnapped. Due to some technique, Tim leaves and has to deliver everything himself. Overtime, he matures and arrives home. He takes over all his fathers’ responsibilities and he’s brother arrives back home. He doesn’t know what to do with the cattle and there is a sort of a dispute because he didn’t want to be cattle thief. Two men run onto their field and try to steal the cattle but while in the act, they blame Sam. His family just found out about the murder of his father and since cattle theft has been such a big problem, the General needs to make an example. After all the pleading of Tim and his mother claiming Sam’s innocence, was killed. This book was such a thriller because you couldn’t ever predict what was going to happen. You would think something was going to happen but suddenly some twist would occur and it would completely change the scenario so it would make you think. This is the kind of book I like to read because its a little twist in your mind that makes your mind all jingle like a bouncy ball bouncing around. Overall, I definitely recommend this book for all. This book was probably, if not, one of the best books I’ve ever read. The message in-between the story makes you want more of the story and the moral has a good defying meaning. With every sentence there is a step-by-step thriller building up as you can feel the emotions. I would say this book was always exciting and as a reader, I always wanted to know what happened next and couldn’t put the book down. The writing of this novel is very will written. It is definitely engaged and full of life. The book is also very brilliantly written in the sense that you never get bored, even from the beginning. The only bad part of this book I thought was the characters because they kind of got “plain” towards the middle, but it ended up being a great book like a stated. All in all, I would recommend this book and assure you that you will like it and pick up some interest in it either if its from the plot to the characters. It’s still a MAGNICIANT BOOK!