Lovable heroes and heroines abound in children’s literature, but let’s be honest: many of them have blind spots, and they rarely act alone. More often than not, there’s a dry wit beneath their wings, and it typically belongs to an endearing sidekick who makes up for reduced beauty and grace with humor and hard work. […]
'Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest of those boys who were schoolmates of mine', Mark Twain wrote in the preface to the original 1876 edition. Inspired by his upbringing in a small township on the Mississippi, and written 'to remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in', Twain's hymn to childhood and the great outdoors remains a classic account of boys on the loose in frontier-era America.
'Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest of those boys who were schoolmates of mine', Mark Twain wrote in the preface to the original 1876 edition. Inspired by his upbringing in a small township on the Mississippi, and written 'to remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in', Twain's hymn to childhood and the great outdoors remains a classic account of boys on the loose in frontier-era America.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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ISBN-13: | 9780425289037 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group |
Publication date: | 06/06/2017 |
Series: | Puffin + Pantone |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 352 |
Product dimensions: | 5.10(w) x 7.00(h) x 1.10(d) |
Age Range: | 8 - 12 Years |
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