Not satisifed merely reliving his ventures down the river with Huck and Jim, Tom Sawyer finds himself thirsting once again for experience and excitement. Therefore, when Tom, Huck, and Jim find themselves unwitting passengers aboard a hot-air balloon arranged to circumnavigate the world, Tom takes the chance to bask in the excitement of unplanned world travel. Throughout their moves across the sea, through the deserts of Africa, and a good trip to the Sphinx, Tom, Huck, and Jim go through the wider globe through the colourful lenses of Mark Twain’s most long lasting characters.

This lesser-known third novella of Twain’s Tom and Huck Series is a wonderful, if unusual, addition to the cannon. Told in Twain’s inimitable design, Tom Sawyer Overseas picks up where The Activities of Huckleberry Finn still left off, and takes you in an entirely different direction.