BookAges 12–13
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain · 1884
American
The Great American Novel by most counts. Be ready to discuss the language and the moral arc.
A note to parents
Contains period racial language; worth reading alongside a parent the first time.
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“But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.”
— Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1884