sawyer, tom (fictitious character)

A graphic adaptation of the story of Tom Sawyer, a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century who has many adventures, including witnessing a murder, running away to an island and pretending to be a pirate, watching his own funeral, and falling in love.

A guide to reading Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, " which follows the escapades of a young boy living along the Mississippi River before the Civil War, discussing narrative technique, plot, characters and characterization, setting, themes, and symbols.

Presents an adaptation of the classic novel which follows the adventures and pranks of a mischievous, good-natured, boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century. Includes review questions.