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I can understand the importance of naming people so you can remember them but naming someone for them only have two lines and die in the middle of the book is not okay.  I do like this book though even for it's many flaws. I would recommend this to 7th-8th graders or older people who like short, sweet and interesting story telling books. The reason I recommend this to 7th-8th graders and older people is because of it's shortness and easy to remember details. There is never a moment in the book where you go "Wait, who is that?" and "Wait what happened?" The book keeps up details and doesn't forget them.

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In the first chapter the Mother says "It's as easy as a hot knife through butter" which is a Simile.

In Chapter 5 Tim references his anger by stating "I was boiling" which implies his anger towards what happened. It is also a simile.

In Chapter 9 Tim says "I was as white as a sheet" which again is a Simile. It references him being scared of the Cowboys again since he lost father.

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I really enjoyed My Brother Sam is Dead. It's wonderfully written but it has it's ups and downs. First off it does a wonderful way of story telling about the tragedies of War and how it can affect families. Though it is written with the highest of quality it has a problem of introducing too many characters. Some of them are Major and some are so minor that they have very few lines. This would be okay if they didn't give everyone names.

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Jerry Sanford -  A young local boy and a friend of Tim's, he is captured by the British and dies on a prison ship.

Mr. Beach -  An elderly, loyalist preacher.
Mr. Heron -  A wealthy and somewhat shadowy local character, he claims to be a Tory but probably works for both sides. Heron asks Tim to relay a letter for him.
Benedict Arnold  -  He is captain of the Governor's Second Foot Guard, Sam's company.
General Putnam  -  The leader of the Rebels staying in Redding, he is a rigid and unemotional man who sentences Sam to death as an example to the rest of the troops.
Captain Starr  -  A local Patriot who is killed by the British.
Dr. Hobart -  The Redding doctor.

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Susannah Meeker  -  Mother to Sam and Tim, she is very religious and hard working.
Betsy Read  -  Sam's girlfriend and the daughter of Colonel Read, a prominent local Patriot. Betsy is a bold, nosy teenage girl, very loyal to Sam and to the Rebel cause, even though she, like all women, is forbidden to get involved.
Tom Warrups -  An Indian living on Colonel Read's land who allows Sam to hide out in his teepee.
Colonel Parsons  -  One of Sam's officers in Redding, he is slightly more sympathetic than General Putnam.

Mr. Platt -  Tim and Sam's uncle in New Salem.

Ezekiel Platt  -  Sam and Tim's cousin in New Salem. Ezekial's family hosts Tim and his father when they travel to Verplancks Point.

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Tim Meeker  -  The narrator, he is fourteen at the beginning of the story. Tim greatly admires his older brother and longs to be more involved in the excitement and danger of the war.
Sam Meeker  -  Tim's older brother, he is sixteen at the beginning of the story. Sam is headstrong and often at odds with his father. A Yale student, he leaves school to fight the rebel cause and is ultimately framed as a cattle thief and shot publicly.
Eliphalet Meeker  -  Father to Sam and Tim, he is the owner of Meeker Tavern. Mr. Meeker wants nothing to do with the war and is angry at Sam for participating in it.
Captain Betts  -  A local Patriot who is captured and then released by the British.

Ned -  A local black man who is beheaded by the British. He was a slave to Colonel Parsons.

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In the last chapter of the book, the War ends to everyone's appraisal. Though that isn't the end of it. Sam get's executed in front of everyone.

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Sam is a Patriot and fighting in the Revolutionary War.
Father is instead a loyalist and against Sam fighting.

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Sam says he wants to fights the Rebels to his father's dismay in Chapter 1, Page 2.
Tim is trying to decide whether he is on his brother's side (Patriot) or his father's side (Loyalists.

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Tim goes out to save Sam from Execution but doesn't get there in time. Tim watches Sam get executed. In his own words he says "He was shot from so close his clothes were on fire. He started jerking around. There was a loud sound and then he stopped jerking.

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Sam wanted to be a Tory. Sam took Brown Bess.
Father doesn't Miss Sam.
Tim and Father get their cattle stolen by Cowboys.
Tim and Father get escorted everywhere.
Father goes on ahead and leaves Tim behind.
Tim runs into some Cowboys again but scares them off.
Tim doesn't see Father again.
People in Church start praying for the Rebels.
A Man was shot and wasn't able to be saved.
Tim doesn't want to be a Tory anymore.
Father dies.
Sam dies via execution.

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In the Beginning Sam comes home from College and explains to his family (Mother, Father, Tim) that he is a Rebel to the shock of his father who is a Loyalist.

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Throughout the book there are many settings in MBSID.
-The Tavern
-Redding
-Church
-Hut
-Woodlot
-Verplancks Point
-Dirt Road
-Westchester
-Ridgeburg
-Woods.
-Encampent

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After Sam returns home from College he decides he is going to become a Rebel to fight for his freedom, to the surprise of his family. Sam's father is quite disappointed in Sam for many reasons. Sam decides to leave the family and take the family gun with him which brews more problems. Now that Sam is gone Tim (Sam's Brother) has gone out to look for him. Only to run into trouble along the way such as Cow Rustlers and War coming to town. Tim works through these problems and helps others along the way and provides for his family. His father later dies after being captured by a British Ship, where he got very sick and died. Which further leads to Sam coming back, being found then later being executed.