Join Tom Sawyer and his friends in a series of fantastic adventures on the Mississippi River: looking for ghosts in a graveyard, witnessing a murder, living as pirates on a deserted island, attending their own funerals, getting lost in an enormous cave and finding ... The Adventures of Tom Sawyer reflects many of Mark Twain's own adventures growing up on the Mississippi River. A fast-moving story with unforgettable characters that captures the unique American spirit of the 1800s.