My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. Genre: Historical Fiction. Pages read: 46 (45 mins)

I found 1 vocabulary word. It is shad. A shad is a Any of several food fishes of the genus Alosa, especially the North American species A. sapidissima, related to the herrings but atypical in swimming up streams from marine waters to spawn.

I am reading this for English. It is so far about a boy named Tim who's older brother Sam has joined the Rebels. His dad is a Loyalist though. Sam had a fight with his father. Then Sam ran away and hid up at an Indian's teepee. Then no one heard from him for a while. Now the chapter ended where Tim was about to go visit Sam.

I like this book. It is pretty good. I wonder if his dad will catch him visiting Sam. He would get in a lot of trouble if he did.