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Finn

Matthew Olshan
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Imagine a modern-day retelling of Mark Twain's classic [The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn][1], with a teenage girl and a very pregnant young Mexican as the main characters. That's the gist of Matthew Olshan's brilliant literary debut, Finn: A Novel. The book's narrator is Chloe Wilder, a quiet girl, part tomboy, part survivor. Rescued from a murderous life with her mother, Chloe lives with her grandparents in the cocoon of a quiet, middle-class neighborhood. For the first time in her life, things are steady, safe—and stifling. Enter Silvia Morales, the grandparents' maid. Silvia is an…

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5 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2010
    Bancroft Press · 9781890862824
  • Audiobook · English · 2002
    Bancroft Press · 283 pages · 9781890862206
  • Paperback · English · 2001
    Bancroft Press · 188 pages · 9781890862145
  • Other · English · 2003
    Tandem Library · 9780613598064
  • Other · English · 2001
    Bancroft Press · 180 pages · 9781890862138
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