Summary: The novel takes place in the "tired old town" of Maycomb Alabama during the Great Depression. It follows six-year-old Scout, her older brother Jem, and their newfound friend Dill as they stir up child-like trouble while trying to lure Boo Radley, a sort of Maycomb monster, out of his home. As the story progresses, Atticus, Scout and Jem's father and local lawyer, is assigned to defend a black man during a period in which racism was still very huge. The story follows the children as they grow to learn that Maycomb isn't the "tired old town" that they had initially thought it to be. They learn of the cruelty of racism while discovering that perhaps not all Maycomb rumors are true.
Official Reviews: "A first novel of such rare excellence that it will no doubt make a great many readers slow down to relish more fully its simple distinction.... A novel of strong contemporary significance." -Chicago Tribune
"That rare literary phenomenon, a Southern novel with no mildew on its magnolia leaves. Funny, happy, and written with unspectacular precision." -Vogue
"Novelist Lee's prose has an edge that cuts through cant, and she teaches the reader an astonishing number of useful truths about little girls and about Southern life." -Time
To Kill a Mockingbird was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961.
My Review: After reading so many old, school-assigned books that I had never heard of before, I was actually excited to read To Kill a Mockingbird, a book I had heard so much about. It didn't disappoint. I can honestly say that this has been one of the only school assigned books, where I actually read ahead of what was due to be read. It's a very eye-opening book, and I'm glad I've read it. I think more people should read books like this and would recommend this book to anyone middle-school aged and up. A good book, that doesn't necessarily have to be read just in the classroom.
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