To Kill A Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Paperback, 2010

NIST comments:

Y8: "very interesting and talks about racism and rape."

Series

To Kill a Mockingbird (1)

Tags

y8_choice, fiction, nist_comments

Genres

Collection

2018 Top Reads Responses

Publication

Arrow (2010), Edition: The 50th Anniversary edition, 320 pages

Description

The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.

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Original publication date

1960

Awards

National Book Award (Finalist — Fiction — 1961)
Pulitzer Prize (Winner — Fiction — 1961)
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Language

English

Original language

English

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