Summary+Mads

The book starts where the novel “Tom Sawyer” ends. Tom Sawyer is a good friend of Huckleberry and is also mentioned in this story, but instead of Tom being the mane character, Huck (short for Huckleberry) is telling his story. The story starts with Huck sitting in the kitchen. He is not satisfied with his life at the moment. He’s been adopted by Miss. Douglas who is teaching him how to be a proper boy. Huck liked it better when there weren’t rules. Then Huck finds out his father has returned. He claims that Huck belongs to him. He is an alcoholic and Huck is now beaten up by his father every day. He manages to escape and makes it look like he’s been killed. On his escape route he meets Jim. Jim is Miss Douglas’s slave. They find out that they want to travel up the river together to become free men. Later on Huck finds out that there is a reward for Jim, and it is because people accuse Jim for killing Huck. Huck decides not to turn in Jim, even though he knows he’ll get in trouble for not turning in a black slave. They travel up the Mississippi river and a lot of adventures begin….
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