The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in 1876. It is a child’s adventure story, but also the story of a young boy’s transition into a young man.

The novel is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. The story revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel’s schoolboy protagonist, Thomas Sawyer, whose reputation precedes him for causing mischief and strife.