The classic story of a mischievous 19th-century boy in a Mississippi River town and his friends, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, as they run away from home, witness a murder, and find treasure in
a cave. The idealized childhood of this fictional hero, based on Mark Twain's own early life along the banks of the Mississippi, is filled with robust good humor and high-spirited adventures.
Yet there is also an in-depth experience of the central South and of the 1840's--its dialects, superstitions, and social values. While romping through fun-filled fantasy, Tom Sawyer shows how
morally complicated life can be.
