Whitewashed fences, buried treasure, a faked funeral, and a terrifying turn in a pitch-black cave — Tom Sawyer talks, schemes, and swindles his way through the most vivid boyhood ever put on the page. Twain's affectionate, sharp-eyed portrait of small-town Missouri life turned childhood mischief into American mythology, and Tom himself into literature's original lovable troublemaker. Pure, page-turning fun that hasn't aged a day.