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Discuss the characters, plot, themes, setting, and use of language in The Actual and Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher by Jessica Lawson. Then, compare the novel with Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This printable curriculum guide includes discussion questions and activities for an individual book study and classroom comparison. Each discussion question is correlated with Common Core State Standards for reading literature.

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The Tom Sawyer Collection
The Tom Sawyer Collection
By Mark Twain and Jessica Lawson
This collectors' quality boxed set features brand-new hardcover editions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as well a new addition to Mark Twain's beloved folklore: The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher by Jessica Lawson.

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