Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 4.8
Lexile Measure®: 800L
DRA: 44
Guided Reading: U
Genre
- Historical Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Social Studies
- Character and Values
- African American
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About This Book
A free 13-year-old black girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the British and her mother disappears.About the Authors or Illustrators
My Brother Sam Is Dead, published in 1974, gave readers a realistic view of the Revolutionary War on the eve of the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976. It was a Newbery Honor Book in 1975 and was designated a Notable Book by the American Library Association. It was also nominated for a National Book Award in 1975.
James Lincoln Collier's most famous book, My Brother Sam Is Dead, won the Newbery Honor Book Award in 1974.
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