The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By (Author) Rob Lloyd Jones
Illustrated by Andy Elkerton
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Usborne Publishing Ltd
23rd February 2015
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction
823.92
Hardback
64
Width 139mm, Height 200mm, Spine 11mm
210g
Mark Twain's classic tale of escape and adventure rivetingly retold for today's readers.
Mark Twain's classic tale of escape and adventure rivetingly retold for young readers. To escape his violent, drunken father, Huckleberry Finn fakes his own death and lives wild in the woods. He meets Jim, a runaway slave, and the two outcasts set off on a dangerous journey down the mighty Mississippi River, in search of freedom.
Rob studied Egyptology at university, but never thought he'd do much with it. Since joining Usborne in 2005, he's written loads of books about Ancient Egypt, and on topics ranging from space to the story of Islam. He is also the author of several award-winning historical adventure novels, and a hopeless cook