FreshfromhisescapadeswithTomSawyer,withsixthousanddollarsinthebank,HuckFinnfacesanewchallenge:hisfather,Pap,whowantsHuck’sfortuneandwillstopatnothingtogethishandsonit.EscapingfromPap,HuckmeetsMissWatson’sslave,Jim,whohasrunawayafterlearningthatMissWatsonmaysellhim.Jimplanstoheadnorth,findwork,andbuyhiswifeandchildrenoutofslavery.Huckjoinshimonasalvagedraft,beginningaraucousjourneythattransformsintoadeepreckoningwithhumanfrailtyandthehypocrisyoftheantebellumSouth.
