tom, huck, and becky: twain's tale with a twist (re-imagined series book 5) (english edition)  twain's tale with a twist: <br> <br>tom, huck, and becky is far more than a retelling of 'the adventures of tom sawyer'. this version leaves out archaic words and racial slurs. plus, it's twain's tale with a twist: all three characters serve as narrators and becky sneaks out of bed in search of graveyard adventures just as often as tom and huck do. <br> <br>why change a classic? ask any kid who has read even three pages of the adventures of tom sawyer: twain's writing style seems ancient and his vocabulary is, at times, impossible. (twain's original novel contains 220 pages of small print, a glossary to define words like adamantine and ambuscade (not to mention spile), as well as footnotes that explain obscure historical references.)