Product Description

Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It’s something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom’s sly trickery with the whitewashed fence—when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for him—to his and Becky Thatcher’s calamities in Bat Cave, the enjoyment just never ends.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19031 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-01
• Format: Unabridged
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

Best classic i have read since....ever!!!!
Hi,
My name is Ella James. I read this book for my 8th grade summer reading. Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a fantastic book. This has to be the best book I have read. I do have to say though for those readers who love to read through a book quickly (i do to) you really need to read this book slowly in order to understand his thought process and the story. This book is for any advanced reader who likes adventure at a nice quick pace. This book CAN run slowly in some parts but that just explains the book. I loved this book...Tom Sawyer relates to anyone in different ways. His thought process can be of an adult sometimes and that just drwas you into the book even more. One thing i found out after this book is the fact that Mark Twain drew in some of his own experiences growing up on the banks of the mississippi river. I know that for some people who hate to read and have to read this book. READ THE BOOK!!!! you WILL enjoy this book if you give it a chance. I cant wait to get my hands on hucklberry fins adventures. So read this book and i swear..IT WILL BE WORTH YOU TIME!!!
ENJOY EVERYONE

The Greatest American of All?
It being the Fourth of July, or Small Explosives Day as I call it (training kids early to think bombs are fun can pay off with trillions of tax dollars, no questions asked), I am reminded of my favorite American, Mr. Sam Clemens.

I remember it was a hot July day, I was five or six and happily wandering the local library, and I saw an old copy of Tom Sawyer on a shelf. I'd heard of it, saw the cover of a kid with a slingshot in his back pocket, and said, "This is for me!"

I have never looked back.

Huck Finn is a deeper book, no doubt, dealing with deeper issues, while TS is all about the joys and pains of being a kid, and especially the joys of being a smart little rebel. No other book ever made America seem more appealing to me.

Twain understands what this country was meant to be, could be, should be, might be. He knows what kids are about, and how much smarter than adults they can be. From Tom Sawyer to Letters From The Earth rises and falls an arc that few artists of any nation can touch. Twain knows that this is the best and the worst country on earth, full of truly good-hearted if misinformed people who would love to trust their leaders if they could.

Above all, Twain lets us laugh at ourselves while seeing our foibles in the light of day.

There's a game where you pick three figures in history you'd like to have dinner with. I always used to choose Christ, Buddha, and Shakespeare. Thinking about it now, I might have to go with Twain at the head of the table.

Alas, to be betwixt Twain and Shakespeare...o, to lean back and listen. And laugh.

Thank you, Mr. Clemens. You will always be the real Uncle Sam.

Great book, of course, but...
We wanted to get a hard-cover Tom Sawyer for our son, one he could treasure for a long time. This edition looks handsome enough, and has a ribbon bookmark, which is nice. It was a little disappointing that this all-American classic was printed in China. The book warps back and forth with changes in humidity; that's something I haven't seen any other book do. The story about how the illustrations were done is what hooked us; they are nice enough, but they are very small and there aren't so many of them. They really don't bring the book to life as we were imagining they might.