Huck finn, who cares?

So, as you know, we're reading Huck Finn, the Great American Classic, a nice ol' slice o' Americana. Omnomnom, right? Naw, I say blech. This book is dry as a bone. I mean, I'm tryin' ta read this, right, and I can't hardly be un'standin' what they're sayin'. Sure, it's stood "the test of time" or whatever, but why does that mean that we have to read it? I say let's leave it to the old folks who yearn for this America, and let us read more current, interesting books, like David Wong's "John Dies at the End"