Tom Sawyer is among the best-known, most-loved characters in American fiction. As everyone remembers, he and Huck Finn camped on an island, got lost in a cave, and visited an old graveyard at midnight. These adventures were based upon the author's real boyhood experiences along the Mississippi River. Trace Mark Twain's life from 1835, when his birth was heralded by Halley's Comet, to 1910, when the comet returned upon his death, in this fascinating biography by Newbery Honor author Sterling North.
Sterling North (1906-1974) was awarded a Newbery Honor for the autobiographical Rascal.
Target age: 8 to 12
Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub Date: March 19, 2009
0.6" H x 7.6" L x 5.0" W
192 pages
Paperback