Download or read book Huckleberry Finn: Usborne Classics Retold written by Henry Brook and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain's classic tale of escape and adventure rivetingly retold for today's readers. To get away from his violent, drunken father, Huckleberry Finn fakes his own death and lives wild in the woods. He soon meets Jim, a runaway slave, and the two outcasts set off on a dangerous journey down the mighty Mississippi river, in search of freedom. Clearly written in a modern, approachable style to introduce young readers to this much-loved classic story.