The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain

"He had discovered a great law of human action... namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain."

Tom Sawyer is the quintessential American boy: mischievous, imaginative, and good-hearted. He whitewashes fences, chases treasure, and attends his own funeral.

Mark Twain captures the endless summer of childhood on the Mississippi.