Status
Available
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PB Twa
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Publication
Random House Books for Young Readers (1995), Edition: 1st Random House Bullseye Books ed, 101 pages. $3.99.
Description
The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a nineteenth-century Mississippi River town as he plays hookey on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for pirate treasure, and becomes lost in a cave.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
101 p.; 5.2 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member ErikSalvail
Monica Kulling adapted the classic tales of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain in a new version printed as a Stepping Stone Book(TM). The story is fun and steeped in trouble as Tom and Huck Finn play pirates, hunt treasures, and foil criminals. A great book to increase your child's literacy and read the
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LibraryThing member AprilSDavis
Summary: This is the story of a young boy named Tom Sawyer who lives in St. Petersburg, Missouri with his Aunt Polly and brother Sid. In this book Tom has many things to happen to him. Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn witness a murder. Tom eventually testifies and an innocent man goes free. Tom
Personal Reaction: I like this book when I was younger but not so much now. Just isn't in my genre of books.
Classroom Extension:
Can be used to deal with how to do the right thing even when its a hard thing today.
Can be used to reference racial differences in that time.
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and Huck also run away and are presumed dead. They then concot a scheme to come back at the funeral and they families think they have come back from the dead. Tom and Huck go through many things in this book.Personal Reaction: I like this book when I was younger but not so much now. Just isn't in my genre of books.
Classroom Extension:
Can be used to deal with how to do the right thing even when its a hard thing today.
Can be used to reference racial differences in that time.
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Lexile
480L
Pages
101