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Tom Sawyer

2011
Mark Twain's classic story about the adventures of a young boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River during the mid-1800s.

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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.
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The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the vast Mississippi River on a raft. Includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and a further reading list.
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer

The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.
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Depend on Katie John

1989
A twenty-room inherited house becomes home for Katie John, her family, and the people to whom they've rented rooms.
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Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

graphic novel
2014
In this graphic retelling, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn witness a murder, run away from home, and find a treasure in nineteenth-century Missouri.
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Reaching Dustin

2000
Sixth-grader Carly's assignment to interview a reclusive, brooding classmate leads her to discover some of the events that have caused his antisocial and abusive family's negative impact on their Missouri farming community, and Carly's family in particular.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

2014
Huck, in flight from his murderous father, and Jim, in flight from slavery, pilot their raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom.
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Millie Cooper's ride

a true story from history
2002
During the War of 1812, when settlers at Fort Cooper, Missouri, are besieged by a coalition of Indian nations allied with the British, twelve-year-old Millie volunteers to ride to nearby Fort Hempstead for reinforcements.
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer

The classic story of a mischievous nineteenth-century boy in a Mississippi River town and his friends, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, as they run away from home, witness a murder, and find treasure in a cave.

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