Recommendation:
- This book is a powerful portrayal of racial injustice in the Deep South during the 1930s, seen through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch. It is a definitive coming-of-age story that confronts the irrationality of adult attitudes towards race and class. Harper Lee's brilliant storytelling and compelling characters make this book a timeless classic that will both enlighten and challenge readers.

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• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1961)
• Audie Award for Classic (2007)
• National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1961)
• Alabama Author Award for Fiction (1961)

'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 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.To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.