Hiding from his drunken, tyrannical father, wild boy Huckleberry Finn escapes to Jackson's Island, where he meets Jim, a runaway slave. Together, they hope to escape "sivilization" by sailing a raft down the Mississippi in a last bid for freedom...

Action packed and crammed with vibrant characters and incidents, Huckleberry Finn catches more vividly than any other novel the comedy, terror, resilience and spontaneity of boyhood. More than a mere sequel to TOm Sawyer, it is Mark Twain's masterpiece and a great American novel.