My book was on Tom Sawyer. It is a fiction book written by Mark Twain. It is about a boy named Tom Sawyer. He is a rebellious kid who doesn’t like to be dressed up or go to church or do any type of work. He likes to be rebellious, untaken care of and having fun hanging out and getting into trouble with his friend, Huck. He does not like people who are goody-two-shoes, tattle tail or any have type of authority over him. Huck is basically the same as Tom but he doesn’t have any authority over him. The person in authority over him is Aunt Polly she is strict and likes to try out new medicines.
It took place in St. Petersburg, Mississippi. it was kind of a hick little town with very few people. It all starts out with Aunt Polly yelling and looking for Tom. She finally found him in the closet eating jam. The jam that she has told him not to eat 40 times. The punishment for eating the jam was white washing the fence. While he was white washing the fence, Jim walked by and Tom told him that he couldn’t do the job because it was a special job. Then Jim actually wanted to do Tom`s work. So he tricked Jim into doing his job for him. After a little while he got more people to do it for him. He even got them to give him stuff to do his job. So he is smart in a conniving way.
The most interesting part of the book is when Tom and Huck sneak out at night and go to the graveyard. But when they get there they see Muff Potter and Injun Joe digging up a grave for Doc. But when Doc doesn’t pay them enough Injun Joe gets mad and Muff Potter passes out. Injun Joe hits Doc in the head with a shovel and grabs Muff’s knife to frame him for the murder.
After that Tom and Huck make a pact never to speak of that night again. The next morning Muff wakes up and thinks he did it. The authorities catch him and he is put in jail until his trial. Tom goes to his trial and stands up in front of the jury and tells them that Injun Joe did it. Injun Joe ran out of the courtroom and hid. Tom had broken the oath with Huck.
After a few days they kind of stopped looking for Injun Joe. After a while there is a picnic that Tom and Becky go to. During the picnic they take a tour of a cave where Tom convinces Becky to sneak off with him. But there is a problem they forget how to get back and are lost. Once the others are getting ready to go they notice that they are gone. So now they need to send out a search party. But they can’t find them. They basically think all hope is lost. After walking around for a while, guess whom they find? Injun Joe.
This was a good book because it keeps your attention and its not too long. So it is great if you have a short attention span. I think that this book will make you just want to keep reading because there always a new smaller conflict in the big conflict.
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