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′When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart.′Set in 16th Century England and

Tom Sawyer 聰明好動、想像力豐富，也總有辦法把平凡日子變成一場冒險。住在 Mississippi River 河畔小鎮、由 Aunt Polly 照顧的他，逃課、惡作劇、和朋友四處探險，常讓大人傷透腦筋。然而，當 Tom 意外目睹一場謀殺，原本無憂無慮的冒險突然變得危險，他也必須面對遠比惡作劇嚴重得多的選擇。Mark Twain 的 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 將童年生活、友情與冒險融入19世紀美國南方小鎮。本書為 Oxford Children's Classics 版本，收錄完整未刪節原著，由 Candy Gourlay 撰寫導讀，另附閱讀提示、作品知識與活動等延伸內容。Tom Sawyer 經典冒險，從調皮惡作劇一路走進真正的危機 Mississippi River 河畔小鎮為舞台，充滿鮮明的美國生活風景 Candy Gourlay 導讀，另附閱讀提示、作品知識與活動This Oxford Children's Classic features an introduction by Candy Gourlay and other bonus material including insights for readers, facts, activities, and more . . .Tom Sawyer is energetic, imaginative, and full of playful mischief. He creates quite a stir when he moves to a small village on the Mississippi River to stay with his Aunt Polly. But when Tom witnesses a murder, he finds himself in serious trouble.

Huckleberry Finn 為了逃離殘暴的父親，偽造自己的死亡，離開原本的生活。途中，他遇見正在逃離奴隸身分的 Jim，兩人搭著木筏沿 Mississippi River 前行，希望各自找到自由與新的生活。然而旅程並不平靜，他們接連碰上強盜、追捕逃奴的人與騙徒，在一次次危險與意外中互相扶持，兩人的友情也逐漸加深。Mark Twain 的 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 以一場沿河而下的冒險，描寫友情、自由，以及19世紀美國社會的種族與奴隸制度。本書為 Oxford Children's Classics 版本，收錄完整未刪節原著，由 Candy Gourlay 撰寫導讀，另附閱讀提示、作品知識與活動等延伸內容。沿 Mississippi River 展開充滿危險與意外的冒險旅程 透過 Huck 與 Jim 的友情，呈現自由、良知與當時的社會背景 Candy Gourlay 導讀，另附閱讀提示、作品知識與活動This Oxford Children's Classic features an introduction by Candy Gourlay and other bonus material including insights for readers, facts, activities, and more . . .Huckleberry Finn fakes his own death to escape from his cruel father and meets Jim, who is escaping slavery. Together they travel along the Mississippi River in search of a new life. Navigating a world of robbers, slave hunters, and con men, Huck and Jim form a friendship, but will they find the freedom that they both desire?

With an Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson, University of Kent at Canterbury. Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the