The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn

Retold from the Mark Twain
original by Oliver Ho

Illustrated by Dan Andreasen

New York / London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ho, Oliver.
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / retold from the Mark Twain original ;
abridged by Oliver Ho ; illustrated by Dan Andreasen; afterword by Arthur Pober.
p. cm.—(Classic starts)

Summary: An abridged version of the adventures of a nineteenth-century boy and
a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.

ISBN 1-4027-2499-3

[1. Voyages and travels—Fiction. 2. Mississippi River—History—19th century—Fiction. 3. Slavery—Fiction. 4. Friendship—Fiction.] I. Andreasen, Dan, ill. II. Twain, Mark, 1835–1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. III. Title. IV. Series.

PZ7.H63337Adv 2006

[Fic]—dc222005015837

2005015837

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Copyright © 2006 by Oliver Ho
Illustrations copyright © 2006 by Dan Andreasen
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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1:

Tom and the Widow

CHAPTER 2:

A Bad Sign

CHAPTER 3:

Pap’s Cabin

CHAPTER 4:

A Discovery

CHAPTER 5:

A Mysterious Campfire

CHAPTER 6:

The House on the River

CHAPTER 7:

On the Wreck

CHAPTER 8:

The Fate of the Wreck

CHAPTER 9:

The Families Feud

CHAPTER 10:

A King and a Duke

CHAPTER 11:

The Camp Meeting

CHAPTER 12:

Harvey and William Wilks

CHAPTER 13:

The Duke’s Plan

CHAPTER 14:

Huck’s Confession

CHAPTER 15:

Jim Vanishes

CHAPTER 16:

Tom Sawyer

CHAPTER 17:

Saving Jim

CHAPTER 18:

Tom’s Adventure

CHAPTER 19:

The End of the Tale

What Do You Think?

Afterword

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