"James," by Percival Everett

A literary juggernaut since its publication nearly one year ago, this re-telling of the iconic Mark Twain tale The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has garnered resounding acclaim. 70,000 people giving it a 4.5/5 overall rating is a darn strong indicator of a good read. A Pulitzer and Booker Prize finalist, this popular literary fiction work is bound to create prolonged conversation among us!

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From Goodreads:

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.

When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.

While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.