Searching for treasure, tricking others into doing his work, and running away with Huckleberry Finn--Tom Sawyer's antics and mischief-making are sheer, child-pleasing delight. This simpler version of Twain's classic is ideal for elementary readers.
Even as he said this, Robin was aware of armed men wearing the Sheriff's livery who were closing in round the tree, and of the Bishop of Peterborough with his followers riding through the forest towards where he was. 'A trap!' thought Robin, and in a moment he had dropped out of the tree and was running his hardest down the hill while Worman shouted: 'After him, men! It is Robin Hood! This …
The Evening arrived; the boys took their places. The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper, his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons. The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked at Oliver, while his next neighbours nudged him. Child as he was, he was desperate with…
David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. With his vengeful enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to cope in this strange new world, where his only resources are a compass, a few crusts of bread, his two aching feet, and some vague advice to seek re…
Mischievous but good-natured Tom Sawyer lives life to the fullest. Join Tom as he hunts for buried treasure, makes nighttime visits to the graveyard, and explores the dark and secret caves near his home, turning even the mildest event into an unforgettable adventure.
He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world he dared to love the woman of his choice. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: he had stood forth from the mindless human herd. He wa…