description: 
  '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?
  
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language: English
title: Aventuras de Tom Sawyer
titlecomplete: Aventuras de Tom Sawyer
characters: Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer
genres: Fiction, American, Adventure, School, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Novels, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 908822
places: Missouri, Hannibal, Missouri
series: Adventures of Tom and Huck
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Yoyo Music USA Inc