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The Actual and Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher

by Jessica Lawson; Iacopo Bruno (Illustrator)

Synopsis

Becky Thatcher has her side of the story to tell-and it's a whopper-in this creative spin on Mark Twain's beloved The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, complete with illustrations.

Tom Sawyer's and Huckleberry Finn's adventures are legendary, but what about the story you haven't heard? In 1860, eleven-year-old Becky Thatcher is the new girl in town, determined to have adventures like she promised her brother Jon before he died. With her Mama frozen in grief and her Daddy busy as town judge, Becky spends much of her time on her own, getting into mischief. Before long, she joins the boys at school in a bet to steal from the Widow Douglas, and Becky convinces her new best friend, Amy Lawrence, to join her.

But the theft doesn't go as planned, and Widow Douglas ends up being unfairly accused of grave robbing as a result. So Becky concocts a plan to clear the Widow's name. If she pulls it off, she might just get her Mama to notice her again, as well as fulfill her promise to Jon in a most unexpected way. That is, if that tattletale Tom Sawyer will quit following her around.

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Book Information

Copyright year 2014
ISBN-13 9781481401500
ISBN-10 1481401505
Class Copyright
Publisher Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Subject
File Size 75 MB
Number of Pages 224
Shelf No. KT887
Grade Range 3 - 7
Ages 8 - 12
Lexile 820L