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Called "the veriest trash" by a member of the Concord, Massachusetts Library Board that banned the novel when it was first published, Huckleberry Finn has come to be viewed, as H.L. Mencken put it, as "one of the great masterpieces of the world." Ernest Hemingway wrote that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn....There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." A daringly ironic...
23) Finding freedom
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American girl BeForever. Addy, 1864 volume 1
Addy classic volume 1
American girl BeForever. Addy 1864 volume 1
Addy classic volume 1
American girl BeForever. Addy 1864 volume 1
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"Addy Walker's family is planning a dangerous escape from slavery during the summer of 1864. But before they can leave, the most terrible thing Addy can imagine happens -- her Poppa and her brother, Sam, are sold! Addy and her Momma decide they must head out on their own. Although the road to freedom is difficult, Addy's new life brings new friends, school, and even the opportunity to help others. But when will her family be reunited?"--
24) Huckleberry Finn
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2010
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"This is a retelling of the adventures of a boy and a runaway slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft in the mid-nineteenth century."--Publisher.