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Wrestling with Tom Sawyer

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There's no one under the sun like Tom Sawyer!

Preparations are underway for the monthly party, "Bare Feet and a Straw Hat Never Hurt anybody, an evening with Mark Twain." The gang agrees that Tom Sawyer should be brought into the Real World. He'd be a refreshing change after Captain Ahab and Lady D' Winter—much easier to handle. However, upon arrival, Tom immediately picks a fight with Walter, falls in love with Ophelia, and continuously attempts to one-up Linus. When Ophelia is kidnapped, Tom is determined to save her, just like he did with Becky Thatcher. But the clock is ticking...

Praise for the series

"A Fantasy steeped in classic literature ... narrator Bartholomew Inkster brings Lemony Snicket-like irony to frame the story.... References to literature throughout make this a feast for middle-grade book lovers. Kids who like quirky adventure stories with idiosyncratic characters will enjoy a simpler kind of fun."

—Publishers Weekly

Praise for Saving Moby Dick

"... Generously infused with animating elements of mystery, romance and comedy—plus a particularly lively and diverse supporting cast of frown-ups."

—Kirkus

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    • School Library Journal

      January 1, 2014

      Gr 5-8-In this fast-paced addition to the series, precocious, quirky 12-year-old twins Linus and Ophelia Easterday and their friend Walter embark on an adventure with the enchanted circle, a phenomenon that enables characters from well-known literary works to cross over into the Real World each year at 11:11 p.m. on September 11. The fictitious character can remain here, intermingling with actual people for only 60 hours and then must return to the Book World. Now the twins' uncle is having his monthly literary party with Mark Twain as the theme. Ophelia loves The Adventures of Tom Sawyer so she brings Tom through the enchanted circle to join the trio on a sometimes-humorous roller-coaster ride of an adventure as they try to unlock the mysterious secrets surrounding a tunnel under the Pierce School for Young People. Details about Tom's actual story are interspersed with the plot. Unfortunately, the too-frequent interruptions and asides from the narrator, Bartholomew Inkster, LF (Literary fussbudget), derail the story's flow. Using italics to delineate these musings from the action itself, Samson has Inkster comment on miscellaneous ideas about literature and current mores and values. In spite of this intrusion, readers will find this installment a lot of fun as the trio goes on their search.-Renee Steinberg, formerly at Fieldstone Middle School, Montvale, NJ

      Copyright 2014 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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  • ATOS Level:5.2
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:4

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