The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Sometimes we all need a breather in life, something light-hearted , easy on our mental faculties yet entertaining to the hilt.If you plan to do some casual reading without compromising on the satisfaction of reading a book in its entirety then this book is just the right one.

Set in the 1870s, the book chronicles the boyhood adventures of the high spirited eponymous hero Tom Sawyer growing up on the banks of the Mississippi river in the fictional town of St.Petersburg, Missouri.Reading the book is akin to embarking on a bumpy ride with Tom Sawyer who along with his friends Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper inadvertently pass through one adventure after another, throwing light on the specifics will however spoil the fun for the reader.On one hand we see him aspiring to do nefarious activities while on the other his inherent good nature makes him stand up to truth and justice in the wake of grave danger to him.There would never be parts where you cannot empathise with the character, for it would bring to mind some long last memories of our own childhood.

A flavor of the book:

A brown spotted lady-bug climbed the dizzy height of a glass-blade, and Tom bent close to it and said:

'Lady-bug, lady-bug, fly away home,
Your house is on fire, your children's alone,'

and she took wing and went off to see about it - which did not surprise the boy, for he knew of old that this insect was credulous about conflagrations, and he had practised upon its simplicity more than once.

Target Audience : Age 8 and above
Difficulty: Easy
Rating: Good
My recommendation: Must read