"To escape the beatings of his brutal, drunken father, Huck Finn fakes his own murder, fleeing to the sanctuary of the Mississippi. But his journey becomes a dark odyssey when Huck joins forces with Jim, a very different runaway--Jim is a fugitive slave; helping him seek freedom is a hanging crime. Refugees in their own land, their tiny storm-tossed raft takes Huck and Jim into a hidden America of good and evil, kindness and blood feuds, fools, thieves and murderers, con men and kings. And in a world of lies and perils, a rogue might save Jim and Huck's lives--but a best friend might, unknowingly, seal their death warrants." --
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