The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Race in America

by Jesse Jarnow, Corona Brezina, Linda Bickerstaff

Called the great American novel by some, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written more than 100 years ago by Mark Twain. Huck sets out on a raft journey down the Mississippi River, accompanied by a runaway slave named Jim. By creating Jim as a compassionate character, Twain added a valuable and subtle antiracist argument to the national dialogue going on at the time. For this reason and others, Huckleberry Finn was considered highly controversial...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823945030
• ISBN13: 9780823945030
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8