sawyer, tom (fictitious character)

The adventures of a boy growing up in a nineteenth-century Mississippi River town, as he plays hookey on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for pirates' treasure, and becomes lost in a cave.

Devin Bundy and Francine Lang accidentally step from their school library onto the pages of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," where their respect for the title character grows by leaps and bounds.

A mischievous early-nineteenth-century Missouri boy named Tom Sawyer embarks on a summer of adventures with his friends Huck and Becky after witnessing a shocking crime in the village graveyard.

The adventures of a boy growing up in a nineteenth-century Mississippi River town as he plays hookey on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for the pirates' treasure, and becomes lost in a cave.

Presents a critical edition of Mark Twain's classic novel, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," and includes textual and explanatory notes, background information, profile of the author, and seven critical essays.

Growing up in a small Missouri town before the Civil War, Tom Sawyer experiences exciting and sometimes unnerving adventures.

The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century.

A graphic adaptation of the classic novel in which a mischievous early nineteenth-century Missouri boy named Tom Sawyer embarks on a summer of adventures with his friends Huck and Becky after witnessing a shocking crime in the village graveyard.

Presents Mark Twain's 1876 children's book about the adventures of a mischievous Missouri boy named Tom Sawyer, growing up a few decades before the Civil War. Includes review questions.

A graphic adaptation of the story of Tom Sawyer, a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century who has many adventures, including witnessing a murder, running away to an island and pretending to be a pirate, watching his own funeral, and falling in love.