Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn
Area Reading Project - 2004
Resource Guide:
Foundation
President's Message | Mark
Twain
| Works
by Mark Twain
| Discussion
Questions
| Books
for Kids & Families | Discussion
Questions for Kids
| Web
Resources
| Events | Project Committee | Final Report
More Booklists for Kids
& Teens: Mark Twain | Mississippi River | River
Reads
The selection for the third annual Reading:
Bridge to a Wider World project is The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn by Mark Twain. Once again, everyone in the area is
encouraged to read and discuss the book.
Huckleberry Finn, rebel against school and
church, casual inheritor of gold treasure, and savior of Jim,
the runaway slave, is the archetypal American maverick. Shunning
civilization and respectability, Huck Finn shoves off with Jim
on a raft journey down the Mississippi River. As Huck learns about
love, responsibility, and how to make moral choices, the trip
becomes a metaphoric voyage through his own soul.
The Duluth Public Library's Reading: Bridge
to a Wider World Committee is planning community-wide events,
most occuring during April, 2004. A resource guide is available
at local bookstores and libraries, and the same information is
available online - see the list of links above.
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The Project Committee wishes to
dedicate this year's area-wide reading project to the memory
of Essie Ledyard.
Essie contacted the Duluth Public Library
in the fall of 2000 and encouraged the Library to sponsor a "One
Book, One Community" project.
Thank you, Essie, for your inspiration. |
How Can You
Participate?
- Get the book! Check out The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
at your library or buy your own copy at your local bookstore.
- Read! Between now and April 30th, join your family,
friends, co-workers, neighbors and fellow citizens in reading
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
- Get a Reader's Guide! A free resource guide is being developed for participants
to use when organizing their discussion groups. Discussion guides
will be available at the Duluth Public Library and your local
bookstore in March, or find the same information using the links
at the top of this page.
- Discuss! Organize your own book club at your home, community
center, senior center, coffee house or place of worship, and
discuss the fascinating characters and themes as well as the
historical and cultural significance of The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn.
10/24/05
Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth MN 55802
