The adventures of huckleberry finn by mark twain

 Book summary

Wild child Huck has to get away. His violent drunk of a father is back in town again, raising Cain. He won't rest until he has Huck's money. So the enterprising boy fakes his own death and sets out in search of adventure and freedom. Teaming up with Jim, an escaped slave with a price on his head, the two fugitives go on the run, travelling down the wide Mississippi River. But Huck finds himself wrestling with his conscience. Should he save Jim, or turn his friend over to a terrible fate?

About the author

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, was one of America's most celebrated and influential writers, humorists, and social critics. He is best known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called “the Great American Novel.”