Subscribe for ad free access & additional features for teachers. Authors: 267, Books: 3,607, Poems & Short Stories: 4,435, Forum Members: 71,154, Forum Posts: 1,238,602, Quizzes: 344 Summary Chapter 13 Tom decides he is going to be a criminal since he has failed to be a good boy. People didn't love him, and so they essentially drove him into it. He leaves school. Joe Harper joins him, believing his mother is tired of him since she punished him for something he didn't even do. They search out and find Huck Finn, who is glad to join them. They agree on a rendezvous point. Tom meets his friends later that night. They shove off on a raft. They make their way to an island. They make camp, full of glee. They believe a pirate's life is for them. A pirate is much better than Joe's idea of livi

