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To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

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We didn't read this in high school. The assigned book was The Scarlet Letter, which was already a favorite of mine. Recently, however, I decided that I'd ignored To Kill a Mockingbird for too long. If you haven't read it, or if it's been awhile since you last played with Scout, Jem, and Dill, then I urge you to tag along. I read it slowly, as I knew I'd never read it again for the first time. There are no big operatic moments and yet I found myself weeping several times. Its power lies just beneath its deceptively simple sentences. It may be an almost-perfect book.
Recommended by Christopher, Powell's City of Books

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

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If you're going to write only one novel, this is the novel to write! To say that To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the great American novels doesn't do it justice. If you've never read it, read it. If you read it in high school, read it again! I guarantee that what you take from it as an adult will be even better and more meaningful than what you took from it the first time around. Brilliant!
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Synopsis:

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.<P>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 15 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.

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William Pieske, August 29, 2009 (view all comments by William Pieske)
I read Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird many years ago, and although it may seem a book for adolescents, it most definitely is not. Then, while browsing a local book store last year, I found a hardcover 40th Anniversary Edition and bought it for my 13-year-old grandson. When he had completed reading it, I asked his thoughts. I was rewarded with the answer that it is now his favorite book (and at 13 he's a prolific reader). I hope he remembers those feelings well enough to recommend this book or present it to some future 13 year old. No one could ever be sorry for reading this book.
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brookerochelle, August 6, 2009 (view all comments by brookerochelle)
I originally read this book for school a few years ago, but I was excited to read it, nevertheless, and I wasn't disappointed. It's a wonderful story that warms my heart every time I read it. This book embodies the phrase "curl up next to the fire with a good book". This book is perfect for every age.
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Jim DeRivera, November 4, 2008 (view all comments by Jim DeRivera)
One of the great all time classics. A great book for young and old, and anyone in between !
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780446310789
Author:
Lee, Harper
Publisher:
Warner Books
Location:
New York, N.Y. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Girls
Subject:
Prejudices
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
Southern states
Subject:
Fathers and daughters
Subject:
Trials
Subject:
Alabama
Subject:
Legal stories
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Bildungsromans
Copyright:
Edition Number:
Warner Books ed.
Edition Description:
1st Perennial classics ed.
Series Volume:
[3]
Publication Date:
December 1982
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
6.60x4.10x1.10 in. .40 lbs.

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