Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain

Published 1 December 1962
A simplified retelling of the classic story of the mischievous 19th-century boy in a Mississippi River town and his friends, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, as they run away from home, witness a murder, and find treasure in a cave.

The Prince and the Pauper

by Mark Twain

Published 1 January 1920
A peasant changes places with a prince and both youths learn something about "pleasures and palaces."