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To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

A lucid classic about conscience, community and learning to see clearly.

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Genre

Literary fiction

Subgenre

Courtroom coming-of-age novel

Original publication

11 July 1960

Original publisher

J. B. Lippincott and Co.

Pages

336

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s

ISBN

9780061120084

Original title

To Kill a Mockingbird

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About the book

Scout Finch grows up in a small Southern town while her father defends a Black man falsely accused of assault.

A central school and book-club classic for readers looking for moral courage, childhood perspective, racial injustice and courtroom drama.

The novel balances Scout's childhood voice with the adult pressures around law, prejudice and public courage.

It is especially useful for readers asking for accessible literary fiction with ethical discussion built into the plot.

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