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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).
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