Sharp, funny, big-hearted, and absolutely true to the spirit of the author in question.

Band of Robbers doesn't quite spin its imaginative conceit into comic gold, but it offers some minor pleasures along the way.

This clever updating of Mark Twain finds Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer involved in a comic caper.

Although often clumsy and out of sync, the brand of comedic twists on Twain's famous literary figures and setting make Band of Robbers an adequate tale of fan fiction.