The tale of Huck Finn after he runs away from his pa and chooses to travel down the river with the runaway slave, Jim. It details their adventures which are many and don't generally show Huck in a good light but he always gets away with it and seems to have his head screwed on a bit better by the end of the story.
I'm of so many minds about this book. I know intellectually that the treatment of Jim throughout the book is tame considering our history but I still hate it (although that makes it a good reason to read the book). The dialects do add a lot of flavor to it but sometimes make for harder reading for my high school student. I found myself shaking my head over the many times that Huck thinks about doing the right thing but then shrugs it off and then there is Tom's plan for rescuing Jim which just Ugh! That part was just painful to read through. I think historically it continues to be a must read book for high school but it will never be one of my favorites.
Page count: 225p/23,635p ytd/272,785p lifetime
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