Summer of Secrets
By:
Sign Up Now!
Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title.
Learn about membership options,
or view our freely available titles.
- Synopsis
-
From the Forward:
Summer of Secrets is a story about Sam Clemens, the boy who would become Mark Twain. Mark Twain was a great American writer and humorist who lived from 1835 to 1910.
Two of Mark Twain's best-known children's books are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Both of these books were based on the real-life characters of Sam Clemens and Tom Blankenship.
Sam and Tom shared a special friendship. Their lives along the river were full of adventure and mystery. Summer of Secrets is based on actual events that occurred in Sam's life during the summer of 1847. Although the details and conversations are fictionalized, the background is factual and drawn from biographies on the life of Sam Clemens.
Sam would never forget the things that happened along the riverbanks of Hannibal, Missouri. When he later wrote about these adventures, Sam Clemens gave himself the name Tom Sawyer. He gave his friend the name Huckleberry Finn. Many other characters and events included in Mark Twain's stories were based on real people and happenings from the writer's childhood in Hannibal.
Flesch/Kincaid Reading Level: 3.4.
Lexile Level: 610.
Guided Reading Level: R/S.
ATOS Level: 4.3.
Interest Level 4-9.
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 71 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780789155047
- Publisher:
- Perfection Learning Corporation
- Date of Addition:
- 02/22/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Perfection Learning Corporation
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Rick Costa
- Proofread By:
- L3
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.