The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Oh my goodness! I forced myself to finish this book. I have several “classics” on my “to-read” list, and this was one of them. It became available through my local library, so I got it. The language (the use of the N-word) and general demeanor toward minorities in this book was enough to get over. And then referring to “The Spaniard” and “Injun' Joe”. I knew on some level that this would be in the book, I just didn't know how difficult it would be for me to get through it. And then, the book is all about the antics of little boys, and the trouble they get into. I have no interest in that. Maybe I would have been more interested when I was closer to that age, and finding trouble of my own. But at 50, I have no interest in the messes that little boys get into. I'm trying to divert my own teen girls from other types of trouble that they're getting themselves in to. Wonder if I'll be able to get through Huck Finn...