Tom Sawyer is a boy of about twelve years old, living with his aunt Polly, the sister of his late mother. The story describes Tom’s various adventures and those of his friends over the course of several months.
During these adventures he manages to find his love (Becky Thatcher), witness a murder and expose the murderer, run away from home to become a pirate and live on an island, get lost in a cave and safely make it out, find a priceless treasure worth twelve thousand dollars and share it with his friend Huckleberry Finn.