Book 1

My Brother Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

"Father said, 'In the war the dead pay the debts of the living,' and they have paid us well. But somehow, even fifty years later, I keep thinking that there might have been another way, beside war, to achieve the same end."

So this book was all about the revolutionary war and how it effected a town and more importantly a family. Technically, they were a Tory family, believing they should simply obey the authority they are under. One brother rebelled and joined the Patriots, or Rebels more people would say. Their family has a hard time with this, especially the narrator, the younger brother Timmy. Well written, with a sad ending, this was a great book that gives an interesting, and probably often overlooked point of view of the revolutionary war. I'd recommend it!