Huck is an illiterate and simple boy living by the Mississippi in 1840s Missouri, and he would do anything to keep from being civilized by his elderly guardian. But Huck regrets his words when his thought-dead abusive father returns and kidnaps him from his new home. Huck escapes his father and goes on the run with Jim, a slave in the town who is afraid of being sold to a plantation further South. Huck and Jim decide to raft North in search of freedom and a new life. But their way is full of perils, setbacks and adventures, and Huck finds himself learning the meaning of love and family in a very unexpected way as he and Jim travel the never-ending river.