Michael's Reviews > Tom Sawyer Abroad

There were places expecially at the beginning that made me laugh out loud. For the most part while I found it enjoyable it was not on the par of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which were both masterpieces. This story was a parody which related more to Jules Verne with humor than to Mark Twain. In this story Tom, Huck Finn (who is the narrative voice) and the slave Jim are taken away in a balloon by a crafty and insane professor. They head eastward over the USA, Atlantic Ocean and eventually to North Africa and the Sahara Desert all the way to the MIddle East. Parts are lol funny and some parts have some philosophical significance but overall a bit flat following Mark Twain's more iconic works.