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Hardback
Published: 28th March 2006
Hardback
Published: 1st March 2005
Hardback
Published: 4th September 2024
Hardback
Published: 1st February 2007
Classic Starts: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
By (Author) Mark Twain
Abridged by Martin Woodside
Union Square & Co.
Sterling
4th September 2024
27th June 2024
United States
Children
Fiction
Hardback
160
Width 136mm, Height 190mm
Tom Sawyers energetic anticstreasure hunting, fishing, and general mischief-makinghave captured the imaginations of children for almost 150 years.Now, this abridged edition of the classic story is refreshed with an appealing new cover and contemporary interior illustrations.
The Classic Starts series has sold more than 8 million copies since it launched in 2004. These abridged, kid-friendly editions are the perfect way to introduce beloved stories to the next generation. Each book includes discussion questions by early childhood educator Arthur Pober, EdD.
Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835. When he was four years old, he moved to Hannibal, Missouri, which later inspired the setting of his novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Before he wrote books, Twain worked as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.