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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century, as he tries a new method for curing warts, witnesses a murder, runs away to an island and pretends to be a pirate, watches his own funeral, and falls for the new girl in the neighborhood.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Physical Desc
371 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tom Sawyer's fiery and headstrong childhood sweetheart, Becky Thatcher, sets the record straight as she describes her love for Tom, the terrible secret that tore them apart, her marriage to Tom's half-brother Sid, and her struggle between the expectations of her era, her obligations to her family, and the fierce quest for passion and fulfillment.