num_pages: 336
description: "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 mocking bird 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 stepped 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. (front flap)
language: English
title: To Kill a Mockingbird
titlecomplete: To Kill a Mockingbird
characters: Calpurnia (housekeeper), Heck Tate, Bob Ewell, Atticus Finch (The Sanibel Sunset Detective Returns), Miss Maudie Atkinson, Aunt Alexandra, Scout Finch, Stephanie Crawford, Tom Robinson, Jem Finch, Dill Harris, Judge John Taylor, Mayella Ewell, Arthur Radley
genres: Fiction, Classics, Young Adult, Historical, Read For School, Historical Fiction, High School, Literature, Novels, School
ratings_count: 5842323
places: Maycomb, Alabama, Alabama
series: To Kill a Mockingbird
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: The Quill Award
category: Audio Book, awardedAt: -283968000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Alabama Author Award
category: Fiction
publisher: HarperCollins