description: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can racing bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky Thatcher, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.
language: English
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
titlecomplete: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
characters: Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer
genres: Literature, School, Novels, Young Adult, Childrens, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adventure, American
ratings_count: 909103
places: Hannibal, Missouri, Missouri
series: Adventures of Tom and Huck
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Signet Book