To Kill a Mockingbird
by: Harper Lee
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"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his armbadly broken at the elbow.... When enough years had gone by to enableus to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading tohis accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, whowas four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said itbegan the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea ofmaking Boo Radley come out."
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.
Like the slow-moving occupants of her fictional town, Lee takes her time getting to the heart of her tale; we first meet the Finches the summer before Scout's first year at school. She, her brother, and Dill Harris, a boy who spends the summers with his aunt in Maycomb, while away the hours reenacting scenes from Dracula and plotting ways to get a peek at the town bogeyman, Boo Radley. At first the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape of Mayella Ewell, the daughter of a drunk and violent white farmer, barely penetrate the children's consciousness. Then Atticus is called on to defend the accused, Tom Robinson, and soon Scout and Jem find themselves caught up in events beyond their understanding. During the trial, the town exhibits its ugly side, but Lee offers plenty of counterbalance as well--in the struggle of an elderly woman to overcome her morphine habit before she dies; in the heroism of Atticus Finch, standing up for what he knows is right; and finally in Scout's hard-won understanding that most people are essentially kind "when you really see them." By turns funny, wise, and heartbreaking, To Kill a Mockingbird is one classic that continues to speak to new generations, and deserves to be reread often. --Alix Wilber
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The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his armbadly broken at the elbow.... When enough years had gone by to enableus to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading tohis accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, whowas four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said itbegan the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea ofmaking Boo Radley come out."
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.
Like the slow-moving occupants of her fictional town, Lee takes her time getting to the heart of her tale; we first meet the Finches the summer before Scout's first year at school. She, her brother, and Dill Harris, a boy who spends the summers with his aunt in Maycomb, while away the hours reenacting scenes from Dracula and plotting ways to get a peek at the town bogeyman, Boo Radley. At first the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape of Mayella Ewell, the daughter of a drunk and violent white farmer, barely penetrate the children's consciousness. Then Atticus is called on to defend the accused, Tom Robinson, and soon Scout and Jem find themselves caught up in events beyond their understanding. During the trial, the town exhibits its ugly side, but Lee offers plenty of counterbalance as well--in the struggle of an elderly woman to overcome her morphine habit before she dies; in the heroism of Atticus Finch, standing up for what he knows is right; and finally in Scout's hard-won understanding that most people are essentially kind "when you really see them." By turns funny, wise, and heartbreaking, To Kill a Mockingbird is one classic that continues to speak to new generations, and deserves to be reread often. --Alix Wilber
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The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
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- Bravo!Harper Lee and a Work of Genius
I know I must have read this book during my teenage years but, for some reason, couldn't remember its details.So, to read it again (possibly) in middle age was an absolute revelation.What a wonderful book.What a totally captivating story.
Set in semi-rural Alabama in the years following the Great Depression, "To Kill a Mockingbird" covers the events of a small town and some of its underlying tensions.These are largely of a racial nature where poor and scarcely literate whites ... Read More
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I read this book 15 years ago.Reading it again was wonderful, I had forgotten what a great book it is.To Kill a Mockingbird and Les Miserables are my two favorite novels.
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My order was received in a timely manner. Everything went smoothly. I'm pleased. Thanks. Letha Woodring
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I have been tutoring a sixth grader who does not like to read. I thought it might be above her reading level, but the story has pulled her from page to page. For months I have tried to ignite her interest to read.To Kill A Mockingbird was the book that made the difference.She will always remember that To Kill A Mockingbird was the book that marked her passage from being an indifferent, poor reader to becoming an enthusiastic, successful reader.
- Bravo!Harper Lee and a Work of GeniusI know I must have read this book during my teenage years but, for some reason, couldn't remember its details.So, to read it again (possibly) in middle age was an absolute revelation.What a wonderful book.What a totally captivating story.
Set in semi-rural Alabama in the years following the Great Depression, "To Kill a Mockingbird" covers the events of a small town and some of its underlying tensions.These are largely of a racial nature where poor and scarcely literate whites ... Read More
- to kill a mokingbirdi got the book it was in new con and it got to me in 3 days
- One of the best novels ever written!I read this book 15 years ago.Reading it again was wonderful, I had forgotten what a great book it is.To Kill a Mockingbird and Les Miserables are my two favorite novels.
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My order was received in a timely manner. Everything went smoothly. I'm pleased. Thanks. Letha Woodring
- Tutor's Success StoryI have been tutoring a sixth grader who does not like to read. I thought it might be above her reading level, but the story has pulled her from page to page. For months I have tried to ignite her interest to read.To Kill A Mockingbird was the book that made the difference.She will always remember that To Kill A Mockingbird was the book that marked her passage from being an indifferent, poor reader to becoming an enthusiastic, successful reader.
