"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 3” by Mark Twain is a tale set in the late 1800's that trails a youthful Tom Sawyer as he deals with growing up, friendships, and hard choices in a small Mississippi River town. Central ideas in the novel revolve around innocence, adventure, and the hard parts of growing up. In this part of the story, Tom struggles with strong feelings, especially regarding his past wants to be a pirate or soldier. Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn find a murder in a scary graveyard. The boys promise not to tell about what they saw. Their innocence goes away as they deal with loyalty, fear, and what justice means, showing how fun and difficult it can be to be young. Tom also deals with the ups and downs of young love, making his adventures harder.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 3.
By Mark Twain
In a small town along the Mississippi, two friends stumble upon a crime, forever altering their innocent lives and oath of silence.
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About the AuthorSamuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
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