The Adventures of Tom Sawyer [Penguin Readers]

by Mark Twain

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"Tom Sawyer loves adventure. He has them at home, at school, and with his friends - Huck Finn, Joe Harper and Becky Thatcher. Tom has one adventure in a graveyard, and one in a cave. Who does he see in those places, and why is he afraid?"--Book cover.

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Tom Sawyer loves adventure.He has them at home,at school ,and with his friends,Huck Finn,Joe harper,and Becky Thatcher.Tom has one adventure in graveyard,one in old house,one in a cave.Many things happen with Tom and his frieds.

This story is so famos ,but I have never read it so I am glad to read it.I want to do adventure with Tom and his friends!! It seems everyday life will be so exciting and thrilling!! But if I were his mother I have to worry about him every day...
I know why this story became so famous.It is worth reading.So interesting and exciting!
I like it very much:)
This story is famous in the world,and in japan too.Though I have read after long times,it is interesting.I wanted to be child again when I have read.
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tom is a boy who likes adventure and fulls of curious.
one day,he encounterd the bad event.
however,he confronted the event bravely and sod solved.
DMC favourite

IT's an interesting story. Also' it's has easy word.
Mansoor Salem Al Suwaidi

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Mark Twain was born Samuel L. Clemens in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He worked as a printer, and then became a steamboat pilot. He traveled throughout the West, writing humorous sketches for newspapers. In 1865, he wrote the short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which was very well received. He then began a show more career as a humorous travel writer and lecturer, publishing The Innocents Abroad in 1869, Roughing It in 1872, and, Gilded Age in 1873, which was co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner. His best-known works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mississippi Writing: Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer [Penguin Readers]
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer, (ISBN 0582419239) iis a retelling of the Mark Twain story by Jacqueline Kehl . Series: Penguin readers.Level 1. 27 pp.
This is a Level 1 Penguin Longman adaptation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, not the original work.

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428.64LanguageEnglish & Old English languagesStandard English usage (Prescriptive linguistics)ReadersReaders for people whose native language is different
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PE1126 .A4 .K44Language and LiteratureEnglish languageEnglishModern English
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