Follows the life of Princess Alexanderina Victoria of Britannia, who later became Queen Victoria of England.

On the day before Midsummer Eve in England in 1340, eleven-year-old Juliet accompanies Gil on a trip to get medicine for a wounded falcon while hoping to arrive home on time for the fun.

A simplified, abridged version of the adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century, accompanied by a short biography of Mark Twain, information about the abridgement, critical thinking questions, and other resources.