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.
The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. …
Little man throws the meaning fastball in town. But talking is a whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without stuttering--not even his own name. So when he takes over his best friend's paper route for the month of July, he;s not exactly looking forward to interacting with the customers. But it's the neighborhood junkman, a bully and thif, who stirs up real trouble in Little Man's…
The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape