Freedom! It's every child's desire in the face of the demands and boring tasks of adults. Huckleberry Finn is a boy from the American South who embarks on a wonderful journey down the Mississippi River. Rafts, canoes, steamboats, bandits, and swindlers fill his adventures alongside Jim, a slave who has run away from his masters because he longs to reach the free states and gain his freedom. Mark Twain gives us this extraordinary journey to remind us what it means to be a child.