My high school English Lit. class read this book a few years ago, and it prompted thoughtful conversations about censorship and authorial intent. It's been challenged for obvious reasons: the use of racial slurs and the way the main character, Huck Finn, speaks about his slave friend Jim. This is a particularly difficult section from the second chapter where Huck is describing a prank that his friend, Tom Sawyer, has pulled on Jim, which leads Jim to believe that witches have been messing with him. I have to say, even though I love Twain, and in particular this book, this was very hard to read! I actually intended to read a larger selection, but I had to stop.
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