If your seventeen-year-old plans when he will eat lunch to ensure that you will have time to read aloud, you know that the book you are reading is a winner! My two teenage boys looked forward to lunch each day when I was reading aloud The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain's humor and perfect plot pacing create a delightful story. Tom's numerous adventures will appeal to boys.
Now my fourteen-year-old is reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to himself! (we listened to it on audio a few years ago) Goal: to stimulate a love for an author and for literature--- accomplished!!
Warning: Racial slurs towards blacks and Native Am. . .although, Twain was not prejudice. He was portraying the cultural and the times. A couple of swear words. The boys learn to smoke pipes. Some characters drink and become drunk. The boys lie. Church is not regarded as a wonderful event.
-I own this book-the one with Norman Rockwell paintings and illustrations!
**Highly, highly recommend but see warnings.
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