Adventures of Huckleberry Fin
By: Mark Twain
Historical Fiction

            This book is about a young boy named Huck, who is in search of freedom and adventure. The Mississippi River provide the perfect setting for the entirety of this book.
            Huck is kidnapped by his drunk father, Pap. Huck won 6,000 dollars, and Pap kidnapped him to get that money. This is the 6,000 dollars Huck and Tom Sawyer earned by finding treasure. Huck finally finds a way of escape by discovering a canoe to go down the river in. Instead of going back to where he was before, Huck runs away. He comes across Jim, a slave of Miss Watson, and they both run away down the river together.
            Traveling on the raft together, Huck and Jim have various adventures and long talks about life. They truly become best friends. They find a house with a dead man, they steal together, they find a wrecked ship, and even encounter murderers. They get separated from one another for a while in the fog, but end up meeting again. Then they again get separated after their raft get wrecked by a steamboat. Huck has a run-in with the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords, and then is quickly reunited with Jim after this. Together they meet the King and the Duke, but get into some trouble playing around. Jim is sold by the king, and ends up at Tom Sawyer’s Aunts house where Tom and Huck are able to rescue him.
            In all of these adventures Huck learns many life lessons, and in the end becomes a better person.


This is a very long book, therefore I think I would designate it to older students at least in Junior high. I remember reading this as a kid and not liking it very much, because I thought it was boring. Reading it again as an adult, I understand things better, and could actually follow along with the story. I’m not sure that I would use this in my class because I didn’t have good experience with it in school, but if I pondered on different ways to bring the book to life maybe it would work.

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  1. Dr. GilesDecember 9, 2017 at 8:51 AM

    Definitely for older students -- also be aware that this book has been banned in many schools.

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