Board the raft with Huck and Jim and drift downriver . . .

Next up is Darren Shan, author of the bestselling Demonata series, discussing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunken father, until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave named Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn, from floods and gunfights to armed bandits and the long arm of the law. Through it all the friends stick together - but can Huck and Tom free Jim from slavery once and for all?