To Kill a Mockingbird

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"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel--a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

One of the best-loved classics of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recent, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the century (Library Journal).

HarperCollins is proud to celebrate the anniversary of the book's publication with this special hardcover edition.

What Customers Say About To Kill a Mockingbird:

If there is a group of characters that I will remember for the rest of my life it would be Atticus, Scout, and Jem Harper Lee does an exceptional job at using the things that her character says and does to show what kind of a person they are. I love to kill a mockingbird and I recommend for everyone to read it. This book has amazing characters that are easy to relate to and always keep you on their side.

It points out how bad racism was during this time in america and also shows how some people in america are crazy and pathetic and how others are bright, respectful people who we should all role model ourselves after This book has a great view on the subject of racism and it wraps it into a truly exciting adventure.

honestly, I don't like it.because it has somebody else's name on the side of the book.really annoy

A wonderful book - touching, memorable and utterly enduring; a treasure for every reader of every age over 10. This book is delicately contrived and each character and scene is portrayed beautifully.

It tells the story of the town brilliantly. It is English literature at its best. 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. The reader thus feels as though he or she is a voyeur to real events. I know I must have read this book during my teenage years but, for some reason, couldn't remember its details.

Harper Lee as the author has done a terrific job. Thus, we see the trial of Tom Robinson, an honest but poor black man, who is unfairly convicted of the rape of Mayella Ewell, the eldest daughter of a family of white trash. As the work of a first time author, Lee deserves accolades of the highest order.To read "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a privilege. I feel that I am a richer person for the experience. The reader is entranced by the characters. In every sense, these characters are absolutely plausible.

So, to read it again (possibly) in middle age was an absolute revelation. This is a sad case of bad triumphing over good.However, the story has more to offer. Indeed, they are real. What a wonderful book. We can see the wisdom of Atticus Finch, the town's lawyer; the violent ignorance of Bob Ewell, the father of Mayella; and the natural curiosity of Jem and Scout, the two children of Atticus. Yet, the book is more than a linear plot.

These are largely of a racial nature where poor and scarcely literate whites seem to have an innate hatred of blacks. Some degree of justice does prevail in the end.