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read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn kindle ç Paperback ´ eyltransferservices ☆ [Epub] ➚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ➟ Mark Twain – Eyltransferservices.co.uk A nineteenth century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down theTwo scoundrels pretending to be royalty and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for To That is just the way with some people They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about itWhat makes a classic? A uestion I have had to ask myself repeatedly over the last few days after students in Grade 8 received the task to come to the library and check out a classic to read There was a list with the usual suggestions but students ventured out and started to explore shelves and then came to me with a wide range of books repeating the uestionIs this a classic?Why did I turn down the diary of a wimpy kid they wanted to know and accept Huckleberry Finn even though it was so much harder to understand and also they had heard it was racist?All good uestions and I was careful not to give a too categorical answer The last thing I wanted was for them to make the connotation that a classic is a boring must while a good book is what the teachers and librarians would refuseDifficultI found myself talking about the Count of Monte Cristo and Voldemort about Tom Sawyer and Oliver Twist in comparison to Harry Potter and I made a case for trying to get through parts of Huckleberry Finn even though the language is challenging mainly because it contains exactly the message that people become unfair when they don't know nothing about itI found myself talking about discovering other times other societies other ideas of justice and hierarchy and I talked about living in the mind of someone other than oneself Imagine Huckleberry on that raft on the Mississippi I said Imagine him being in a conflict between the values he was taught and the humanity he discovered together with his fellow human who happened to be a black man in distress Which concept of life would be stronger?Imagine a situation in which you would have to make a choice between what you are taught and what you perceive?That's interesting a student saidAnother one repliedYeah but it really is racist tooAnd I thoughtThat makes a classic A book that can still inspire discussions in a school library some 135 years after its initial publicationSo dear Harry I hope that in the year 2133 some librarian will tell students that you are a classic hero still worthy of their attention even though your worldview may seem a bit dated and out of touch with their perception of reality And just imagine all the Voldemorts we will have had to fight to make sure there are still school libraries and reading kids by thenTo Huck and Harry