missouri

In small-town Missouri in tumultuous 1963, Tree Taylor, thirteen, wants to write an important story to secure a spot on the high school newspaper staff, but when a neighbor is shot, she investigates and learns that some secrets should be kept.

Introduces ten sites located in the state of Missouri while discussing the history of the state.

Mark Twain's classic adventures of the mischievous Tom Sawyer and his friends growing up in a small Mississippi River town in Missouri.

In 1860, eleven-year-old Becky Thatcher, new to St. Petersburg, Missouri, joins the boys at school in a bet to steal from the Widow Douglas in hopes of fulfilling a promise to have adventures, which she made her brother, Jon, before he died.

Hired as chauffeur and cook to a rich couple passing through town, two young back-country brothers have many adventures until they discover that their employers are bank robbers and thieves.

Presents a brief, illustrated retelling of Mark Twain's classic story of Tom Sawyer and how he tricked his friends into painting a fence.

Huckleberry Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft, sharing many adventures along the way.

Presents a retelling of Mark Twain's classic novel "Huckleberry Finn" about the adventures of a young boy who sets off on a journey down the Mississippi River with Jim, a runaway slave.

Takes readers on a tour of Missouri describing the state's history, culture, land, economy, government, and sights, and including unique facts, color maps and photos, the state song, suggested activities, lists of famous people, cultural institutions, and annual events, and other resources.