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To kill a mockingbird

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One of the definitive novels of the twentieth century, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This enhanced edition includes an excerpt from the audio read by Sissy Spacek as well as footage from the documentary, Hey Boo, including contributions from Oprah Winfrey, Wally Lamb and Richard Russo among others.

'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 thirties. 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.

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Vintage Digital
1473518067 / 9781473518063
eBook (EPUB)
813.54
04/11/2014
England
English
320 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Quiz No: 200129, Points 15.00, Book Level 5.60,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Description based on print version record. Originally published: London: William Heinemann, 1960.