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book review:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By pen name: Mark Twain, real name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Tom Sawyer: a boy, a legend, a genius. Tom lives with his aunt in the little town of St Petersburg in the US. Tom Sawyer was not just any regular kid that abided by the rules; to other kids he was sort of like an outlaw. When his aunt would ask him to do chores he would either run away for a while, or convince some other kids to do it for him.

Tom’s best friend was Huckleberry Fin. Huckleberry Fin was around the same age as Tom and did not have a mother or a father. He didn’t go to school and he slept on the street, or wherever he could. All the parents and most of the village considered Huck someone their kids should not hang out with or talk to, but they did anyway and didn’t tell anyone.

I liked the story because of how much description was in it. For example, on one page there was a description of a fly that took up most of the page. It was full of humour, suspense and action. From the moment I picked up the book, I didn’t want to put it down. There was a point in the book that was so funny; it was when Tom fed pain killers to the cat and it started doing back flips and running around the house a hundred miles an hour.

Once Tom, Huck and Jo Harper (another one of Tom’s friends) decided to run away and become pirates. They stole a little boat and went down the river to an island in the middle. They set up camp and lived there for about 5 days, but got homesick. When they returned, they marched into their own funeral and gave everyone a surprise.

Tom and his girlfriend (Becky Thatcher) got lost in a cave and it took them 3 days to get out. Tom saw Injen Jo (a well known criminal that him and Huck knew had treasure) while he was in the cave but Injen Jo didn’t see him. When Tom had recovered from his time without food in the cave, he and Huck went and got the treasure from the cave. The whole village helped them count it and it turned out to be $60.000, so they split it half/half.

Huck got adopted by the widow of the village and was made to go to school and brush his hair and keep clean all the time. He hated it, but decided to bear it.

Even though this book was published in 1876, the humour is still enjoyable today. The book covered all sides of adventure, mischief and fun. I would recommend this book to anyone older than 10.

Well written Raj. I remember reading this book when I was about your age and also loving it. Fortunately, you have your own adventures to keep you occupied at the moment.