The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Whether forming a pirate gang to search for buried treasure or spending a
quiet time at home, sharing his medicine with Aunt Polly's cat, the
irrepressible Tom Sawyer evokes the world of boyhood in nineteenth century
rural America. In this classic story, Mark Twain re-created a long-ago world
of freshly whitewashed fences and Sunday school picnics into which sordid
characters and violent incidents sometimes intruded. The tale powerfully
appeals to both adult and young imaginations. Readers explore this memorable
setting with a slyly humorous born storyteller as their guide. Tom and Huck
Finn conceal themselves in the town cemetery, where they witness a grave
robbery and a murder. Later, the boys, feeling unappreciated, hide out on a
forested island while the townspeople conduct a frantic search and finally
mourn them as dead. The friends triumphantly return to town to attend their
own funeral, in time for a dramatic trial for the graveyard murder. A three-
day ordeal ensues when Tom and his sweetheart, Becky Thatcher, lose their way
in the very cave that conceals the murderer.