The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Huck Finn fakes his own death to escape his abusive father and embarks on a raft journey down the Mississippi River with Jim, an enslaved man seeking freedom. Twain's satirical masterpiece has been one of the most challenged books in American history — first banned in 1885 by Concord Public Library as "trash," and repeatedly challenged since for its use of racial slurs and its complex racial themes.