Tom Sawyer is a mischievous young boy growing up alongside the Mississippi in 1840s Missouri, famous for tricking others into doing his chores and flirting with all the girls. He and his friend Huckleberry Finn get into all sorts of wild adventures of Tom's execution, from graveyards to pirate islands to hidden treasure. The book chronicles their busy life, eventually coming together in one epic conclusion that changes Tom's life forever.