Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark J. Twain; Abridged by Martin Woodside; Illustrated by Lucy Corvino; Afterword by Arthur Pober
	List Price:   $6.95 Unit Price:   $5.56 You Save:   $1.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   1402712162 ISBN-13:   9781402712166 Publisher:   Sterling Series:   Classic Starts Ser. Category:   Classics Pub. Date:   March 2005 Pages:   160 Format:   Hardcover; Cloth over boards Ages:   9 to 12 Grades:   4 to 6
Description/Notes
An abridged version of the adventures of Tom and his friends growing up in a small Missouri town on the banks of the Mississippi River in the nineteenth century. Searching for treasure, tricking others into doing his work, and running away with Huckleberry Finn--Tom Sawyer's antics and mischief-making are sheer, child-pleasing delight. This simpler version of Twain's classic is ideal for elementary readers. Illustrations. Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series:Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete.Classic Startstreats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price. 'Tom Sawyer liked adventures, which means he was always getting in trouble.'Searching for treasure, witnessing a murder, getting caught in a bat cave, tricking others into doing his work, running away with Huckleberry Finn--Tom Sawyer's antics and mischief-making are sheer, child-pleasing delight. Every boy and girl should experience the joy and fun of this classic tale.