Please forward the titles of the essays you have been reading that lead you to believe Huck is inappropriate for high school reading. I have had success with this book because the novel challenges the romantic notions of the early 19th century, has elements of transcendentalism, and raises the possiblity of discussing the issues of race and class and the idea that most people do not think for themselves. Tom Sawyer does in no way provide a forum for such insight, and Huck provides perhaps the best vehicle to compare Twain's later works. I don't imagine for one minute that what I am saying is original, but I can't understand the reasoning for abandoning this novel in high school. Paula Baillie