Laconia Reads Week 11: Chapters 30-32

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By: Mark Twain

Friday, July 10 - Friday, July 17

Chapter 30 – Chapter 32

Oh my gosh. “The alarm swept from lip to lip, from group to group, from street to street, and within five minutes the bells were wildly clanging and the whole town was up!” Tom and Becky are missing. As our two young friends remain trapped in the cave we read with worry to learn if they will be discovered. The town is sad and forlorn. Mrs. Thatcher has become ill and Aunt Polly’s gray hair has turned white. They are desolate. Until the our young friends are discovered, brought to safety and a celebration engulfs the town. At the end of Chapter 32 Tom “turns white as a sheet” when he learns that the cave has been sealed with a “big door sheathed with boiler iron and triple locked.” Why? You’ll see and we’ll learn more in Chapter 33.

Chapter 30:

A few words to add to our vocabulary: “follered them”, “goose” (as describes Huck), “Sabbath School”.

Chapter 31:

When Becky tells Tom “I am so hungry” what does he find in his pocket?

What does Tom use to find his way out of the cave?

Chapter 32:

How many days did Tom and Becky spend in the cave? How many days were they bedridden?

Why is water thrown into’s Tom’s face? Where is Injun Joe?

Elizabeth Howard, Columnist, Laconia Daily Sun

Readings:

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Sunday, July 12 Chapter 30 Hannibal’s Becky Thatcher

Tuesday, July 14 Chapter 31 Officer Eric Adams, Laconia Police Department

Thursday, July 16 Chapter 32 Congressman Chris Pappas, NH 1st

Congressional District

Tom Sawyer’s Weekly Family Adventure/Activity:

Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center is encouraging you to share your work with us at Laconia Reads: /www.facebook.com/groups/laconiareads

Take a second look at bats this week with Prescott Farm. Did you know that one bat could eat up to 1,500 mosquitoes in one night? Learn how to play "Bat and Moth," a few fun facts, and why you should not be afraid of bats, like Becky and Tom were in this week's reading!

Hope you will join us.

Learn more at: www.prescottfarm.org

Special Content:

Special programs are occasionally posted so readers can explore the Mark Twain House (marktwainhouse.org) in Hartford, Connecticut and the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum (marktwainmuseum.org) in Hannibal, Missouri. Find more information at: www.celebratelaconia.org/laconia-reads

Copies of the book are available for pick-up at the Laconia Public Library.