Huckleberry Finn, the best friend of Tom Sawyer, is a young boy in the 1840s, who runs away from home, and floats down the Mississippi River. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective). It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi...

Chafed by the "sivilized" restrictions of his foster home, and weary of his drunkard father's brutality, Huck Finn fakes his own death and sets off on a raft down the Mississippi River. He is soon joined by Jim, an escaped slave. Together, they experience a series of rollicking adventures that have amused readers, young and old, for over a century.
The fugitives become close friends as they weather storms together aboard the raft and spend idyllic

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The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a nineteenth-century Mississippi River town as he plays hookey on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for pirate treasure, and becomes lost in a cave.

"Huck i jego towarzysz niedoli, Murzyn Jim, uciekają przed łowcami niewolników. Żeglując tratwą po wodach Illinois i Missisipi, przeżywają dziesiątki przygód, pełnych napięć, wstrząsów i niebezpieczeństw. Mimo dotychczasowej przychylności losu, Murzyn Jim zostaje schwytany przez nieustępliwych łowców. Na szczęście, w odpowiednim momencie, pojawia się niezawodny Tomek Sawyer, który pomaga przyjacielowi w ucieczce. Po wielu trudach...

"Open up the world of folk tales, fairy tales, myths, and timeless novels to young readers for the very first time." -- Back cover. "Buried treasure, island hide-outs, and neighborhood pranks--it's always an adventure with Tom Sawyer! Mark Twain's classic Adventures of Tom Sawyer is finally available to younger readers thanks to this thoughtful picture book adaptation. Art by David Leonard seamlessly complements this American classic while infusing...