# The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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- Book: [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-twain/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer) ([The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-twain/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer.md))
- Authors: [Mark Twain](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-twain)
- Publisher: vintage_children_s_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9957-368-5
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2012-09-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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!