Young writer Olive Wellwood, her sister Violet and husband, Humphry, live in a charmed home in the countryside with their seven children, though we follow most closely the older two, Tom, who is a sort of "lost" child more at home in the woods, and his more practical and determined sister Dorothy. Olive is a famous writer of children's books, in the golden age of fiction about children, inventing fairy tales drawn from her reading of folk tales and...

In 1938, twelve-year-old William has already decided to leave home when his younger sister informs him that she and their brother and sister are going too, and right away, but complications arise when an acquaintance decides to "help" them.

Facing a disintegrating home life and trouble at school, teenager Ian McDermott runs away with his younger brother to Washington State in search of safety, justice, and their long-absent father.

Retells in graphic novel format Twain's story about the adventures of a nineteenth-century boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.

Kirsten, a young girl living on the Minnesota frontier, tries to learn the truth about what really happened to her friend and neighbor Erik Sandahl, who has disappeared and is widely believed to have run out on his promises and responsibilities.

"This is a retelling of the adventures of a boy and a runaway slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft in the mid-nineteenth century."--Publisher.

Twelve-year-old Clare flees an unhappy home life and tries to survive on the streets of Atlantic City with a small gang of homeless kids, each of whom has his own secret reason for distrusting society.

"Claudia est àburrida de que los da̕s sean siempre iguales y decide irse de casa. Sin embargo, no quiere escapar en un arranque de ira, as q̕ue planea todo cuidadosamente y elige a su hermano Jamie como acompaąnte."--Back cover.

A simplified, abridged version of the adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century, accompanied by a short biography of Mark Twain, information about the abridgement, critical thinking questions, and other resources.