To Kill a Mockingbird

Maycomb, Ala.

Set in 1936 during the Great Depression, this novel of small-town, Deep South life has spoken to adults and teens ever since its 1960 publication during Jim Crow segregation. Complex, timeless themes of justice, courage, compassion. An ever-so-human hero, Atticus Finch, who embodies those themes. Part of school curricula everywhere. Made into a film that has also become classic. It unerringly shows America at its worst and best.

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