Overview: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

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In the beginning of the book Tom’s Aunt Polly is yelling for him to come in and eat, but Tom is nowhere to be seen, for he is just on his way home from the swimming hole where he played hooky from school. Tom sneaks into the kitchen while his Aunts back s turned and has a seat at the table. Aunt Polly had her suspicion that Tom had not gone to school and went swimming instead but he was very quick to come up with an excuse why his hair was still wet. Aunt Polly was very gracious that Tom had told the truth for once until Sid ratted him out and made Aunt Polly notice that his button was threaded with a different color. Toms dishonesty sent him to bed without dinner and was told that he was told white wash the fence for not going to school and lying.
On Saturday Aunt Polly made Tom white wash the whole fence before he could go play. Tom, being the sly fox that he is, cons the neighborhood kids to want to paint the fence for him and they pay him with various childlike trades. Within hours the fence is painted with three coats of white wash ad Aunt Polly is astonished by the hard work and effort Tom had put into the fence and so Tom was rewarded with being able to go swimming with everyone else. On his way to the swimming hole Tom sees that a new family is moving in and his curiosity draws him in for a closer look. To Toms eyes was the most beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes on, her name was Becky Thatcher. After seeing her he immediately toughens up and boyishly tries to impress her. It was love at first site for Tom, Becky had become the apple of his eye.
On the way home from school Tom Sawyer runs into Huck Finn, which was the other neighborhood nuisance. Tom inquires why Huck is carrying a cat, and his response was, t...

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