The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Summary: Great family read aloud book
Review: Just finished reading this book to my ten-year old daughter. I'm not sure which one of us enjoyed it more. We both looked forward to our reading time in the evenings when we would find out what latest adventure awaited con-artist Tom and his friends, Huck, Becky & Joe. It also provided a wonderful opportunity to discuss racism. I highly recommend this book to readers of all ages.

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Summary: In a word: BORING
Review: This book is one of the most boring, overrated books in American literature. It's moderately entertaining as an adventure yarn, but overall it's very dull.

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Summary: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a wonderful novel.
Review: Tom Sawyer is one of my favorite books. It's a well written, truly American classic, that's just a lot of fun to read. The characters, Tom, Huck, Aunt Polly and Joe Harper, among others, are lively and colorful. The plot moves swiftly from scenes that are rioutously funny to scenes that are quite horrifying. And the book gives the reader an accurate picture of life in the South. But most importantly, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a very truthful account of childhood. Twain had the psychology of children nailed down, and this is apparent in almost every scene. He truly understood children, and that is why this book is a masterpiece.

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Summary: Engrossing at times but hardly amusing.
Review: Everyone might be wondering why I rated a classic a 3 star book. The reason for this is because it is not consistent. At one point, you're very happy and the next your not. Plus, Mark Twain's sense of humor is appalling. Is it really so funny that a cat is given a dose of painkiller and bounces off the wall? If you ask me, they should make it a Non classic if there was really such a thing.

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Summary: It was a good book
Review: The adventures of Tom Sawyer was a very good book I read it in 5th Gande now I read it over and over a gain when I can get it from the libary. I teach my sister old english and the way it was when the book was written! I love the book and I know every one will to!

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Summary: A great classic, telling a tale of a childhood adventure
Review: This book is a great story of an adventure from the somewhat twisted perspective of the juvenile mind. It shows that the greatest heros sometimes come from the most unlikely places. I thought the best aspect of this book was that it showed, in a very interesting way, the creative enterprise that is so common to all those who still of the "childish" behavoir. I enjoyed it thoroughly and would recommend it to anybody who enjoys a good book with a mix of childish adventure and a little foolishness.

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Summary: The book was a little hard to follow, but it was alright.
Review: When I first started to read this book I was interested. It started off with a good hook. I thought it was like an original book, but then I started to get confused. At that point I was not to intereted in it any more, but I decided to keep reading it. It would have been an easier book to follow if we did a little play on it. I liked the way Tom Sawyer was he was the most interesting character.He grew up with a hard life having to hide out and do nothing.

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Summary: An Exellent Book!
Review: I think this was all in all a good book. I did not approve of the way they referred to African Americans in the dialogue. I did however, enjoy all of the adventure and mischief that Tom and his closest of friends got into. I liked this book and would definitely recommend it to younger readers. This is my review on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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Summary: It was an excellent story
Review: I thought The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was a great story. I like it because it was an adventure story,and I like adventure stories. I would recommend this book to teenagers, and teenage boys especailly.The story was about a young boy who always tricked people into do his work for him .My favorite part in the story was when Tom tricked a young boy into white wash afence for him. And finally enclosing,I would to say that Tom Sawyer was a great book and I had alot of fun reading it.

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Summary: A very entertaining book ; recommendedfor older ages
Review: Tom Sawyer was a very entertaining and funny book. The story is about a young boy , and all of the trouble he gets himself into. Mark Twain brilliantly tells Tom's story and adds very colorful and imaginative scenes in which Tom and his friends get in trouble. I especially like where Tom, Huck ,and Joe fool everybody into thinking they're dead and then surprise them at their funeral. I enjoyed Tom S awyer and I would definately reccommend it.