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4) Tom Sawyer
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Español
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Mark Twain's classic story about the adventures of a young boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River during the mid-1800s.
8) Tom and Huck
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English
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Tom and his friend Huck witness a midnight killing which leads to all kinds of difficulties when they swear not to reveal what they saw.
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English
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By retelling the story in a shorter, simpler form, children will find these books highly engaging, and the color illustrations help with both comprehension and interest level.
The classic tale of the life of a mischievous small-town boy and his adventures in the 1840s as told with the timeless humor of Mark Twain. Tom attempts to impress Becky Thatcher, the new girl in town, and then with his friend Huck Finn, hunts for buried treasure, witnesses...
11) Huckleberry Finn
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English
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In this sequel to Tom Sawyer, Huck tells of his adventures travelling down the Mississippi with an escaped slave.
14) Huck out west
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English
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In Robert Coover's Huck Out West, also "wrote by Huck," the boys escape "sivilization" and "light out for the Territory, riding for the famous but short-lived Pony Express, then working as scouts for both sides in the war. They are suddenly separated when Tom decides he'd rather own civilization than leave it, returning east with his new wife, Becky Thatcher, to learn the law from her father. Huck, abandoned and "dreadful lonely," hires himself out...