description: Tells the story of a boy's adventures growing up in a small town on the banks of the Mississippi river in Missouri over a hundred years ago. The cheerful, adventurous hero plays truant to form a pirate band and, together with his best friend, Huckleberry Finn, finds fun and excitement, and buried treasure, along the shores of the great river.
language: English
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
titlecomplete: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
characters: Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn
genres: Literature, American, Young Adult, Classics, Childrens, School, Adventure, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 908806
places: Missouri, Hannibal, Missouri
series: Adventures of Tom and Huck
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Recorded Books, LLC