Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain ****

Tom Sawyer is a book about a boy named (spoiler alert) Tom Sawyer (end spoiler alert). He is a boy who gets into trouble often, but manages to get away. Once he has to whitewash a fence as a punishment, so he gets other boys to do it for him. Then he sees a murder committed, and helps bring the criminal to justice (but not the justice of his aunt). However, the criminal escapes and disappears. 

I would recommend this book for 9 and older.

I like this book because it is adventurous and funny.