The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain

Published in 1884, it was one of the first American novels ever written using Local Color Realism. The novel centers around the relationship between Huckleberry Finn and a runaway southern slave named Jim as they flee south on the Mississippi River. The book was banned from an eighth grade reading list for its use of the word “nigger.” It has been condemned by the NAACP and in 1984, the book was removed from a high school reading list in Illinois because a city council member found it offensive