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 mockingbird 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 exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.
language: English
title: To Kill A Mockingbird
titlecomplete: To Kill A Mockingbird
characters: Atticus Finch (The Sanibel Sunset Detective Returns), Scout Finch, Bob Ewell, Aunt Alexandra, Stephanie Crawford, Miss Maudie Atkinson, Arthur Radley, Jem Finch, Mayella Ewell, Judge John Taylor, Heck Tate, Tom Robinson, Dill Harris, Calpurnia (housekeeper)
genres: Fiction, Historical, School, Young Adult, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Novels, High School, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 5844253
places: Alabama, Maycomb, 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: Palgrave Macmillan