Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Big River follows young Huck in pre-Civil War America.  Huck is torn between the choices of living a wild, responsibility-free life with his abusive drunken father versus holding to the strict expectations of the townsfolk who have taken him in.  The young Huck also has to deal with his confusion about what is right or wrong in the world. Huck stages his own death so he can seek adventures elsewhere, and he and runaway slave Jim board a raft down the Mississippi.  There, they find much conflict and great joy as they encounter a slew of unique characters and situations.  They also learn a lot about friendship and themselves.  The story of their journey downstream is an American classic.