The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Aladdin Classics)

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  1. Kindle Edition: 242 pages: 1 item
  2. Publisher: Aladdin; 2012-03-20
  3. Author: Mark Twain, Bruce Brooks
  4. Format: Kindle eBook
  5. Manufacturers Age: 8 years and up
  6. Sales Rank in Books: #669405

Product Review

Here is the story of Tom, Huck, Becky, and Aunt Polly; a tale of adventures, pranks, playing hookey, and summertime fun. Written by the author sometimes called "the Lincoln of literature," The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was surprisingly neither a critical nor a financial success when it was first published in 1876. It was Mark Twain's first novel. However, since then Tom Sawyer has become his most popular work, enjoying dramatic, film, and even Broadway musical interpretations.

Product Description

Here is the story of Tom, Huck, Becky, and Aunt Polly; a tale of adventures, pranks, playing hookey, and summertime fun. Written by the author sometimes called "the Lincoln of literature," The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was surprisingly neither a critical nor a financial success when it was first published in 1876. It was Mark Twain's first novel. However, since then Tom Sawyer has become his most popular work, enjoying dramatic, film, and even Broadway musical interpretations.

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Average Customer Review
4.3 out of 5 stars (440 customer reviews)

135 of 144 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars an adaptation, November 21, 2003
J. L. Miller "JLM" (Avon, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Sawyer (Great Illustrated Classics (Abdo)) (Library Binding)
Just to alert the prospective buyer- this volume is an adaptation by Deidre S. Laiken - not the unabridged version


70 of 85 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The First Great Coming of Age American Novel, May 14, 2000
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This review is from: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
Tom Sawyer is one of the most endearing characters in American fiction. This wonderful book deals with all the challenges that any young person faces, and resolves them in exciting and unusual ways. Like many young people, Tom would rather be having fun than going to school and church. This is always getting him into trouble, from which he finds unusual solutions. One of the great scenes in this book has Tom persuading his friends to help him whitewash a fence by making them think that nothing could be finer than doing his punishment for playing hooky from school. When I first read this story, it opened up my mind to the potential power of persuasion.Tom also is given up for dead and has the unusual experience of watching his own funeral and hearing what people really thought of him. That's something we all should be able to do. By imagining what people will say at our funeral, we can help establish the purpose of our own lives. Mark Twain has given us a...Read more


26 of 30 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, January 1, 2001
A Kid's Review
This review is from: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
~The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a fascinating and adventurous book about a boy named Tom Sawyer. He has a major crush on a girl called Becky Thacker. In this book, Tom goes to an island with two of his friends, attends their own funeral, and look for treasure! Tom sees Injun Joe a killer with treasure. He wants it, but his only clue where Injun Joe hid it is that it has something to do with number 2. Tom is now lost in a cave all alone with Becky. Can he find his way out of the cave and~~ the way to the treasure? I agree with Mark Twain's decisions and ideas. I believe that I would be doing the same thing if I were in his position. His decisions are able to happen; yet The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is such a good book. I would recommend this book to people who like adventurous books, and likes classics. It leaves you at so many cliffhangers that you can help but read all of it at once, for the people who like cliffhangers.~

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