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To Kill a Mockingbird

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HarperCollins, Mar 5, 2002 - Fiction - 336 pages

Harper Lee's classic novel of a lawyer in the Deep South defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girl.

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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... great writing and great plot! - weRead
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A fantastic insight into cultural divisions! - weRead
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User Review  - Jim - Goodreads

Briefly, it's an excellent read about kids growing up & facing prejudice, along with other trials of life, morals, & death. While the movie with Gregory Peck was excellent, I still prefer the book. If ... Read full review

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User Review  - Steve aka Sckenda - Goodreads

I met Atticus Finch the year my father died. My father was kind, soft-spoken, and courteous. Like Atticus, “he did not do the things our schoolmates' fathers did: he never went hunting, he did not ... Read full review

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About the author (2002)

Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She attended Huntington College and studied law at the University of Alabama. She has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Pulitzer Prize, and many other accolades.

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