Title: To Kill a Mockingbird

Author: Lee, Harper

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This book is an outstanding story about two curious children and their life with their father, Atticus, a lawyer in a small southern town in the 1930s.

Scout and her older brother, Jem, become involved in one of their father's cases when a black man, Tom Robinson, is falsely accused of raping a white girl, Mae Ella Ewell.  The whole town becomes involved in this case because of the racial tension in the south during this time.  The innocence, honesty, and curiosity of Jem, Scout, and their friend, Dill, helped the people of Maycomb County realize their prejudiced outlook on life.  Atticus gains respect from everyone for his honesty, pride, and knowledge in defending Tom Robinson.  The truth about Mae Ell's attack comes out when one night in the woods near their home, Scout and Jem are attacked, too.  Also, the mystery of Boo Radley comes out as well.  Was he as gentle as a mockingbird or as vicious as a wolf?

Rating:

I think this book has a great description (i.e. the red fabric was so bright that it hurt my eyes at first).

This book had a weak introduction (i.e. when he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm broken badly at the elbow). I think that if the book would of had a better introduction it would have kept my interest longer.

This book was the most exciting, interesting and realistic book I have ever read. It always kept you hanging, and you never knew what was going to happen next.

This book was very well organized. It didn’t jump around a lot. I appreciate this because it was very easy to follow, and if a book is easy to follow then the book is usually twice as good.

The characters in this book were EXCELLENT. My personal favorite was Dill because he was always willing to get into trouble just for a little bit of action and excitement.

The ending of this book was great (i.e. he would be there until Jem fell asleep, and he would be there when he waked up in the morning). I really liked the way the author ended this book because it made the book a lot more dramatic.

I could not put this book down. I stayed up until 4 a.m. to read the end of this book because it was such a powerful story full of lessons.

There were several lessons in this book:

This book reminded me of the Little House on the Prairie series because they both had similar characters and they were both great books. I think that To Kill a Mockingbird was a better book because it had better description, a better lesson, and a much better story behind it. [Brad]