Huckleberry Finn, known as Huck to his friends, lives with Widow Douglas in St. Petersburg, Missouri. His best friends are Tom Sawyer and Jim, the Widow’s black slave. Huck likes Tom because he is very smart and has lots of good ideas, which often get the boys into trouble. Huck’s father returns to St. Petersburg and makes Huck live with him, but Huck runs away. He meets up with Jim, who has also run away because he doesn’t want to be a slave anymore. Together the travel by raft down the Mississippi to Cairo. They have lots of adventures and they meet a lot of interesting people. Finally, Jim is captured by a farmer and taken prisoner. Tom Sawyer arrives and he and Huck try to plan Jim’s escape. Although the plan is not very successful, Jim is eventually free as Widow Douglas gave him his freedom before she died. Huck stays with Aunt Sally, but is planning to run away again as he doesn’t want to be taught to be polite.
