num_pages: 309
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: Calpurnia (housekeeper), Heck Tate, Dill Harris, Stephanie Crawford, Atticus Finch (The Sanibel Sunset Detective Returns), Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell, Arthur Radley, Miss Maudie Atkinson, Aunt Alexandra, Scout Finch, Judge John Taylor, Jem Finch
genres: Historical, Literature, Young Adult, Classics, School, Novels, High School, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Read For School
ratings_count: 5842323
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: Cornerstone