The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Twain, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780439099400
• ISBN10: 0439099404
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Summary

The classic boy-hero of American literature. Impish, daring young Tom Sawyer is the bane of the old, the hero of the young. There were some in his dusty old Mississippi town who believed he would be President, if he escaped a hanging. 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?

Table of Contents

Preface	5	(2)
Tom Plays, Fights, and Hides	7	(11)
The Glorious Whitewasher	18	(8)
Busy at War and Love	26	(10)
Showing Off in Sunday School	36	(15)
The Pinch Bug and His Prey	51	(8)
Tom Meets Becky	59	(16)
Tick-running and a Heartbreak	75	(8)
A Pirate Bold to Be	83	(8)
Tragedy in the Graveyard	91	(9)
Dire Prophecy of the Howling Dog	100	(9)
Conscience Racks Tom	109	(7)
The Cat and the Painkiller	116	(7)
The Pirate Crew Set Sail	123	(11)
Happy Camp of the Freebooters	134	(9)
Tom's Stealthy Visit Home	143	(7)
First Pipes---``I've Lost My Knife''	150	(13)
Pirates at Their Own Funeral	163	(6)
Tom Reveals His Dream Secret	169	(13)
The Cruelty of ``I Didn't Think''	182	(3)
Tom Takes Becky's Punishment	185	(8)
Eloquence and the Master's Gilded Dome	193	(10)
Huck Finn Quotes Scripture	203	(5)
The Salvation of Muff Potter	208	(9)
Splendid Days and Fearsome Nights	217	(2)
Seeking the Buried Treasure	219	(10)
Real Robbers Seize the Box of Gold	229	(12)
Trembling on the Trail	241	(4)
In the Lair of Injun Joe	245	(5)
Huck Saves the Widow	250	(11)
Tom and Becky in the Cave	261	(14)
Found and Lost Again	275	(13)
``Turn Out! They're Found!''	288	(5)
The Fate of Injun Joe	293	(14)
Floods of Gold	307	(4)
Respectable Huck Joins the Gang	311	(8)
Conclusion	319