James Authors Zaleekah had made the decision

Zaleekah had made the decision to take her own life in one month

and maybe searching in the wrong places

and the only solace she finds is in Angharad

and the lies that bind her family together

From the turbulent streets of 1970s Kingston to the crack-fueled chaos of 1980s New York

James Authors Zaleekah had made the decisionWhen Jim, an enslaved man in antebellum Missouri, learns hes about to be sold away from his family, he flees to Jackson Island, determined to claim his own fate. At the same time, Huck Finn stages his death to escape his violent father. Together, they set off down the Mississippi River on a perilous journey through a divided nation and toward the fragile promise of freedom. Reworking The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Percival Everett restores Jim as