IRON MOUNTAIN — “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is an American classic. It tells the story of how the abused white boy Huck and the runaway black slave Jim teamed up to escape their circumstances. Traveling down the Mississippi River on a raft, they had many adventures that revealed the character of American life before the Civil War.

In Twain’s book, it is Huck who tells the story. Now we have the opportunity to see the story unfold through the eyes of Jim. Acclaimed author Percival Everett recently published “James: A Novel,” in which Jim is the narrator. The book is a New York Times bestseller.

“This book enables you to enter into the experience of being a slave, and it gives you gives you plenty to think about,” says Ed Laarman. “At the same time, it is an exciting story, with some new twists — a real page-turner.”

Laarman is the coordinator of the local group Christians for Racial Understanding: Community for All. CRU:CA invites any interested person to join an informal discussion of the book Tuesday, July 15. There will be two options for attending on those days: 1 to 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 395 Hamilton Avenue, Kingsford; or 7 to 8 p.m. at the Dickinson County Library, 401 Iron Mountain Street, Iron Mountain.

For more information contact CRU:CA at northwoodscru@yahoo.com, or call Ed Laarman at 319-594-2621. Everyone, of any religious persuasion or none, is welcome to attend.