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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:6th Sep '12

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An immortal story of friendship between two boys: the daring, mischeivous and loyal Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

Daring young Tom Sawyer is a hero to his friends and a torment to his relations. During one hot summer, Tom witnesses a murder, attends his own funeral, rescues an innocent man from the gallows, searches for treasure in a haunted house, foils a devilish plot and discovers a box of gold. But can he escape his nemesis, the villainous Injun Joe?

Read this 19th-century childhood adventure story that confronts the reality of racism in America.

'There comes a time in every boy's life when when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure'

Impish, daring young Tom Sawyer is a hero to his friends and a torment to his relations. For wherever there is mischief or adventure, Tom is at the heart of it. During one hot summer, Tom witnesses a murder, runs away to be a pirate, attends his own funeral, rescues an innocent man from the gallows, searches for treasure in a haunted house, foils a devilish plot and discovers a box of gold. But can he escape his nemesis, the villainous Injun Joe?

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This classic story will stay with you through life, and always remind you of the things that you knew were important when you first read it * Independent *
Whet juvenile appetites with Tom, his entrepreneurial spirit and his taste for treasure-hunting adventure. A paean to true boyhood * Guardian *
The language is hard to begin with but the hero is one of the most endearing in literature -- Michael Morpurgo * Daily Telegraph *
Twain had a gift for reliving the innermost feelings of growing up, the insecurity, fears and hopes that lie beneath the swagger that young boys maintain. He turned them into literature * Daily Mail *
Tom and Huck Finn are as immortal as their swashbuckling friendship * Daily Mail *

ISBN: 9780099573685

Dimensions: 188mm x 129mm x 22mm

Weight: 243g

368 pages