Prompted by Mr. Walters to answer the question, Tom blurts out David and Goliath!

After Tom and Becky escape the cave, Judge Thatcher has it locked up, not knowing that he has trapped Injun Joe inside.

Tom nobly accepts the blame and punishment for a book Becky has ripped.

Sid is always on Aunt Polly's "good side" while Tom is usually on her "bad side".

The Widow Douglas takes Huck in after he helps save her from a violent home invasion. At first, Huck isn't keen on the idea, but Tom tells him that he can join his robber band if he stays.

Tom decides to feed his "pain killer" to Peter, the family cat, who immediately begins bouncing off the walls.

Twain named Tom after a San Francisco fireman whom he met in June 1863. The real Tom Sawyer was a local hero, famous for rescuing 90 passengers after a shipwreck. The two remained friendly during Twain's three-year stay in San Francisco, often drinking and gambling together.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was first published in 1876 and has never been out of print.

In Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom, Huck, and Jim travel to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where they survive encounters with lions, robbers, and fleas.

She catches Tom eating jam despite her warnings to leave it alone. She is about to whip him, but he scrambles over a fence and escapes.