I have recently read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I absolutely adored it. To Kill a Mockingbird is about small town life in southern Alabama in the 1930s. It’s narrated by six year old Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, and her life as the daughter of a white lawyer, Atticus FInch, defending a black man, Tom Robinson, accused of a crime. If he is proven guilty, he will be sentenced to death.
This story is filled with racism, injustice, a tiny bit of gender inequality (Scout is a tomboy who is constantly told to put on a dress; she’s told by her brother that acting like a girl is bad). In this book there’s victories and losses, new beginnings and death, but mostly, the book is filled with learning. Learning about love, about character, about prejudice. This book really opens up your mind to new possibilities. I recommend this book to anybody who can read Y.A. There are mature themes in this story, but anyone looking for a book to read, pick this one up; it has parts that everyone will enjoy.
This story is filled with racism, injustice, a tiny bit of gender inequality (Scout is a tomboy who is constantly told to put on a dress; she’s told by her brother that acting like a girl is bad). In this book there’s victories and losses, new beginnings and death, but mostly, the book is filled with learning. Learning about love, about character, about prejudice. This book really opens up your mind to new possibilities. I recommend this book to anybody who can read Y.A. There are mature themes in this story, but anyone looking for a book to read, pick this one up; it has parts that everyone will enjoy.