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"To Kill A Mockingbird" takes place in the South during the Great Depression of the 1930's. Scout and Jem Finch live a normal upper middle class life until their father, who is a lawyer and member of the state legislature, is appointed to defend a black man falsely accused of raping a white girl. As the case comes to trial, the Finch children are forced to look at the prejudice of their friends and neighbors and to come to an understanding about the injustices of the world in which they live.
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 best-seller 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 c...