The Ballad of Huck & Miguel

3.5~4★ “Ben wanted to stay there with me too, but I told him he warn’t old enough, seeing how he had just turned seven. I was almost nine years old, if you believed what my Pap said, which is the proper age for living wild out in the woods.” The author says he hopes this retelling of Mark Twain’s much......more

"The Ballad of Huck and Miguel" is a beautiful and timely reselling of the classic Huckleberry Finn. This time Huck is on the run with an illegal immigrant. Much of the original is kept in place and somehow makes sense in modern times. I found this to be a definite indictment of our current culture.......more

This is a beautiful hardcover book. Gorgeous illustrations by Daniel Gonzalez. And a thrilling adventure story on the LA River. It’s very funny too….the author has taken Huck Finn’s voice and brought it back to life in a really brilliant way. This isn’t a book for kids, though. There’s violence and s......more

Just delightful! Well written, fast-paced, and imaginative. Fascinating to read and really great illustrations. A fine book! Our whole book club (men and women) really enjoyed this one.......more

Huck – yes that Huck – or a reasonable facsimile thereof, is back in all his boyish glory in this modern-day tale about a gutsy survivor. If you’ve read Mark Twain’s classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, you know Huck has experienced physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, a......more