The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Kathryn R. Knight (Adapted By), Ruth Palmer (Illustrator), Mark Twain

Junior Classics for Young Readers

Paperback

Published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Ripken · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a mischievous boy named Tom who loves adventures and gets in trouble a lot.

This book was pretty good. I loved how Tom is always getting a whooping or a scolding. I also love how Tom had this idea of being Pirates with his friends and they tried but a couple days later they came back to their town. I learned that you should never be scared to tell the truth of what happened even though you could be risk of danger.

I like this book and it had a lot of exciting parts but also very scary and heart warming.

[Sara Hollar · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 4 year old LOVED this book! I thought it was a great introduction to a classic. It's abridged and has lots of pictures. It took some explaining and follow up questions to make sure he was following the story, but he consistently asked to read it! That's a good sign in my book. :) There is a murder scene, talk of whisky & being drunk, and some other scary/mature themes. We did talk about murder, but kind of skimmed over the others and he didn't really ask questions. We have others from this same Junior Classics series and I am very excited to continue!

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, I think the plot was very interesting and well played out. I loved the characters with their old 1850s ways of thinking. I liked how Tom was always able to do his own thing and be himself, I liked how Tom could always get his way around doing chores and getting in trouble. I also loved the relationship that tom had with Huck because them working together really made the story move along. I think it was very easy to read because of it's level and because it just focused on the story.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written book and great adaptation from the original. These aren’t my favorite just because I don’t really like Tom.
But my kids loved the adventures and we had some great conversations about that time period.

[Julie Hull · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed this classic summary--not sure if i'd want to read the entire detailed book

[Susanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful for basic plot

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for Amelia's book club. Wish we could have read the original but the girls seem to really like it.

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had already read the original Tom Sawyer years ago. When I started a reading challenge with prompts this year, I needed a book with a beverage on the cover. I pulled this from our Little Free Library because there is a cocktail named Tom Sawyer! Thus my book with a beverage! Was fun to read this abridged edition for kids, as a review. I had forgotten some of the adventures!

[Bryony · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was great fun to read with my kids! Extra nice was that we live so close to where the events in the book take place (yes, I realize it's a fictional story), so we all could picture just where things were happening.

[Breeze · Rating 5 out of 5]

I must get the original!

[Adrianna Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great little adaptation for kids!!!!!! I hope to get the original and read it!