The adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Tom Sawyer and his friends play truant from school and set off for an island near their home town. Here they decide to play pirates but their game is interrupted when they witness a murder. Tom has to grow up very quickly and do the right thing.
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?
BACKSTORY: Find out some fascinating facts about the author and have a go at a game of marbles!
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