Annapolis Book Festival celebrates Mark Twain

By THERESA WINSLOW, Staff Writer

Capital Gazette Communications

Published 03/21/10

Max Kalifut still has fond memories of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." The Key School senior read Mark Twain's novel last year, and remembers admiring the book's daring raft trip down the Mississippi, as well as the message of the story.

By Theresa Winslow — The Capital Barbara Holch, Annapolis Book Festival co-chairwoman, poses next to one of the pieces of storybook furniture that will be showcased during the event.

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"We all kind of want to break free," said Max, 18. "We all want something to rebel against."

"Anybody who writes a great book like that deserves to be celebrated," added Key junior Mike Norfleet, 16.

Visitors to the upcoming Annapolis Book Festival will get the chance to do just that - since the event commemorates the 100th...

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Book Festival details and defending - 2010-03-22 11:26:15

Good point, Catherine! The Annapolis Book Festival will be held Saturday, April 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Key School in Annapolis. Admission is free. Here's the link: http://bit.ly/cvi3ML

And to AK, I would argue that junior year, during American history, is the perfect time to read Huckleberry Finn, and the way Key explores the book is incredibly challenging -- including the metaphor of the river as life, the exploration of what it means to be a human being, etc. I remember Huck Finn as one of my most beloved and challenging reads, both during college and for a preceptorial program at St. John's College. I guess there are just a lot of different levels of reading Huck Finn. Believe me, as Max's mom, I expect a lot more from Key. And, for the most part, Key has delivered.

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Isn't That Late? - 2010-03-22 10:10:23

The Key School teaches The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to juniors? Really? Wow. I expected a lot more from them.

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the whats and wheres - 2010-03-22 10:04:03

As a great intellectual I follow these things closely :

This is a link about the event from the event holders :
http://www.keyschool.org/key_community/festival2010.asp

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