{"product_id":"9780593484142","title":"Adventures of Mary Jane","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLab Girl \u003c\/i\u003ereimagines the world Mark Twain’s\u003ci\u003e Adventures of Huckleberry Finn \u003c\/i\u003efrom the point of view of a smart and determined young woman: Mary Jane, the red-headed spark who stole Huck’s heart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A journey not just along the Mississippi but to the center of the human heart.”—Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of \u003ci\u003eShe's Not There\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eMad Honey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eCOSMOPOLITAN\u003c\/i\u003e BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR • A \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeet Mary Jane Guild. She’s on a dangerous and unpredictable adventure down the Mississippi River—and she’ll steal Huck Finn’s heart along the way.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his classic work \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Twain briefly introduces \"Mary Jane, the red-headed one.\" In no time Mary Jane becomes the girl Huck thinks about \"a many and a many million times.\" Now author Hope Jahren has created for Mary Jane a life as vivid and compelling as Huck's.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese pages will show you the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e Mary Jane. A girl on her own dangerous, unpredictable journey down the Mississippi River in pre-Civil War America. Equipped with an uncanny ability for mathematics, a talent for sewing, and a bale of beaver skins, Mary Jane navigates deadly illnesses, angry mobs, treacherous landowners, outright thieves and swindlers, and more than a thousand miles of muddy water. What’s more, she \u003ci\u003ethrives\u003c\/i\u003e in the face of these challenges, thanks to support from strangers who become friends. Traveling solo requires Mary Jane to grow up fast, but it ultimately leads her to a new resilience, a love of adventure, deep and enduring sisterhood, and a blue-eyed, ponytailed boy she can’t stop thinking about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJahren offers a wealth of layered characters and deeply researched, authentic details of changing times in the North and South. Using the language and style of Twain and shifting the point of view, she explores timeless themes of duty, family, romance, and betrayal, with grit and courage at the core.","brand":"Hope Jahren","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48035623960788,"sku":"9780593484142","price":17.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_931c2374-ac82-4993-bc87-fa488f002dcf.jpg?v=1780364171","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780593484142","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}