The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
Okay, so these are one of those books I had to read for school. The beginning was sort of boring- it was hard to get through. The end was fasinating as it went through a court case that seemed to get really heated.
I'd say it's a must read. You shouldn't be graduating high school if you haven't read this book.
A friendly reminder: Scout is a girl- something that wasn't very clear to me until chapter three.
I love the metaphor for the title: it was absolutly brillant!
I wished it showed more of Dill and Scout's relationship. But you can't have everything.
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