Devin and Frankie thought they were good at being lazy, but they've got nothing on Tom Sawyer. Best friends Devin and Frankie really don't like school. To make matters worse, they realize they have an English test on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in seven minutes, and they haven't read the book. After hiding out to avoid the test, they accidentally drop a priceless Mark Twain autograph between the library's broken security gates. Once again, the magic "zapper" gates catapult the friends straight into the pages of a book - this time it's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer! Before the two can escape the book, they must join forces with Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to solve a murder, become pirates, and find hidden treasure. Devin and Frankie may be lazy, but even they have a lot to learn from Tom Sawyer, the king of slackers!
"Snappy, wisecracking 21st-century dialogue contrasts with the 19th-century speech, which is often drawn almost word for word from the original classic. Reminiscent of Mary Pope Osborne's 'Magic Tree House' series (Random), but for an older audience, this affectionate if somewhat irreverent homage would probably win a chuckle from Twain himself."
