num_pages: 323
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 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 steeped 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.One of the best-loved classics of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recent, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the century (Library Journal).HarperCollins is proud to celebrate the anniversary of the book's publication with this special hardcover edition.
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: 5842775
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: Harper Collins