My favourite book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with Aunt Polly in the quiet street of St Petersburg, Missouri: He's a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. With Huck，he goes to look for treasure and finally, they find a box of gold.
My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead, and he decides to go to his own funeral. He hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they're also pleased to see he is alive.
Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important characters. Huck is an outsider (外来者) and everyone is afraid of him. Becky is pretty with fair hair. Joe is Tom's best friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.
The themes of the story are to do with children growing up and becoming more serious. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom, social rules and how people are punished for bad behaviour.
Why do I think The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876，but it's still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it's only a story, Twain wrote it in the every- day English of the southern states of America in the 19th century. So it sounds very real. Today it's thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on- read it! I know you'll enjoy it, too.
