Becky Thatcher has her side of the story to tell--and it's a
whopper--in this creative spin on Mark Twain's beloved The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer, complete with illustrations.
Tom Sawyer's and Huckleberry Finn's adventures are legendary, but what
about the story you haven't heard? In 1860, eleven-year-old Becky
Thatcher is the new girl in town, determined to have adventures like she
promised her brother Jon before he died. With her Mama frozen in grief
and her Daddy busy as town judge, Becky spends much of her time on her
own, getting into mischief. Before long, she joins the boys at school in
a bet to steal from the Widow Douglas, and Becky convinces her new best
friend, Amy Lawrence, to join her.
But the theft doesn't go as planned, and Widow Douglas ends up being
unfairly accused of grave robbing as a result. So Becky concocts a plan
to clear the Widow's name. If she pulls it off, she might just get her
Mama to notice her again, as well as fulfill her promise to Jon in a
most unexpected way. That is, if that tattletale Tom Sawyer will quit
following her around.