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Author
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It's something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom's sly trickery with the whitewashed fence, when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for him, to his and Becky Thatcher's calamities in Bat Cave, the...
Author
Lexile measure
HL 990L
Language
English
Description
"Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunken father, until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave named Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn, from floods and gunfights to armed bandits and the long arm of the law. Through it all the friends stick together...but can Huck and Tom free Jim from slavery once and for all?" --...
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans" --
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77, 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Huckleberry Finn : The well-known tale of the carefree Huck Finn and his adventures on his raft with the runaway slave, Jim, as they sail down the Mississippi.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer : Tom tricks the neighborhood kids into whitewashing the fence for him, later, he runs away on a raft to become a pirate. He then attends his own funeral.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st Random House Bullseye Books ed.
Lexile measure
480L
Physical Desc
101 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a nineteenth-century Mississippi River town as he plays hookey on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for pirate treasure, and becomes lost in a cave.
Author
Series
Publisher
Manga Classics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
292 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The classic story of a boy who makes his own rules and the small Missouri town where he and his friends experience the adventures of a lifetime. Filled with schoolyard pranks, buried treasures, spooky caves, secret gangs, and grave robbers, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is entertainment of the highest order. The clever schemes of its eponymous hero--from tricking his friends into completing his chores to sneaking into his own funeral--are the stuff...
10) Huckleberry Finn
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
Abridged.
Physical Desc
2 audio discs (158 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young runaway boards a raft and sets off down the Mississippi, setting in motion a series of memorable adventures that have intrigued readers of all ages for over a century. Huck Finn and his loyal companion, the escaped slave Jim, form one of literature's greatest friendships. This abridged, easy-to-read version includes 15 illustrations.
11) Tom and Huck
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom and his friend Huck witness a midnight killing which leads to all kinds of difficulties when they swear not to reveal what they saw.