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Title: To kill a
mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Genre: fiction
Rating: 
A very moving story in which a young girl tries to make sense of her world in the
1930's in a
small town called Maycomb (Alabama). Together with her brother Jem and her vacation friend
Dill she explores her surroundings and figures out the people living in it. All
is good and kind of a game until the town is waken up by a tragedy.
Her father, Atticus Finch, is attorney and has to defend a
black man who is accused of raping a white girl, age 19. Jane Louise (Scout)
then gets her life lessons not only by her father anymore, but in real life as
well. She realizes that people can be prejudice and bias. People aren't just
"folks" anymore, but are white or colored, rich or poor.
When
things get really out of hand, after a Halloween pageant, Jem and Scout get help
out of an unexpected corner.....a neighbor they mocked all their lives.
It's just a brilliant book to read. Once started you can't stop reading. It gets
you mad when Scout gets mad, it gets you angry when you see how ignorant people
can get in a situation. You almost lose hope, but Atticus won't let you!
If
you liked this book, you should try:
Heart is a lonely
hunter, the
Tree grows in Brooklyn, a
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