ɪn mˈɑːɹtʃ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ɪn spɹˈɪŋfiːld, ˈɔːɹɪɡən, dʒˈɛɹi ænd kˈɛli dˈʌn lˈɑːbɪd tə ɡˈɛt “maɪ bɹˈʌðɚ sˈæm ɪz dˈɛd” ɹᵻmˈuːvd fɹʌmðə dˈɪstɹɪkts pˈʌblɪk skˈuːlz ˈæftɚ dɪskˈʌvɚɹɪŋ ðə nˈɑːvəl wʌz ɹˈɛd ɪn ðɛɹ dˈɔːɾɚz fˈɪfθɡɹˈeɪd klˈæsɹuːm.
In March 2000 in Springfield, Oregon, Jerry and Kelly Dunn lobbied to get “My Brother Sam is Dead” removed from the districts’ public schools after discovering the novel was read in their daughter's fifth-grade classroom.