The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain

The sequel to Tom Sawyer is Huckleberry Finn, one of the great masterpieces of the English language. This is not in that league at all, but it's still an evocative and enjoyable depiction of Mississippi life in the early nineteenth century.

Twain has a marvellous gift for recalling the workings of the adolescent male mind. Different adventures intertwine throughout the book and the boys barely differentiate between the imaginary (pretending to be pirates) and the all-too-real (the menacing Injun Joe), which rings true to me.

Like Huck Finn, it's marred a little by a weak ending.