The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain s exhilirating Mississippi adventure story and the companion to Tom Sawyer .In hiding from his drunken and tyrannical father, Huck Finn escapes to Jackson s Island, where he meets Jim, a runaway slave. Together the boys set off on a raft down the Mississippi, in a daring bid for freedom from so-called sivilization .Action-packed and crammed with vibrant characters and incidents, Huckleberry Finn cathes more vividly than any other novel the comedy, terror, resilience and spontaneity of boyhood. More than a mere sequel to Tom Sawye , it is Mark Twain s masterpiece and a great American novel.