To Kill a Mockingbird : The 40th Anniversary Edition of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel

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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird is a very exciting and dramatic book.
Review: Scout is the main charater in To Kill a Mockingbird. She has a brother named Jem. They and their friend try to see the mysterious neighbor Boo Radly come out. As they grow up, a young white girl is said to be raped by a black called Tom Robinson, or so says her father, Mr. Ewell. Scouts own father, Atticus, is the defending lawyer for Tom Robinson. Scout and Jem really want Atticus to win because they don't think Tom Robinson really raped the girl. Did Tom Robinson really rape the girl, or is the story fake. Read this book to find out.

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Summary: A novel of racism, tragedy, hardships, and growing up.
Review: This is a novel of racism, tragedy, and hardships, but mostly it is about the priceless time of growing up. One will be helplessly immersed in the happenings of Jem's and Scout's life. Of the many; their quaint relationship with their father, and also that of with their neighbors, the Tom Robinson case, and their interaction with Boo Radley, but one will be particularly captivated by the charmingly innocent way in which the story is told. This book, no matter who you are, where you are, how old you are, can teach us all a great many things. An appealing aspect of this book for some is that the story is told from the perspective of a tomboy in a time where that was not generally encouraged.

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Summary: The best classic: Overflowing with life. A perfect book!
Review: This is the best classic: It is overflowing with life and has a memorable and vivid, gentle persuasive humor and a glowing goodness. It is a gem of a book. To Kill A Mockingbird is beautifulluy written. About crisis in race and in life, this amazing book will never be forgotten. It pulls you into it's world and doesn't let you step out. It is also great for kids (I am 12). Everything about this book is perfect.

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Summary: Unbelievably Beautiful !
Review: I'm 14 years old and I thought this book was beautiful. I wasn't forced to read this book for school--it was choice, and one of the best I've made. My only hope is that if you read it, you can identify the hidden messages laced throughout the book AND appreciate them. To me, it was a book of innocence vs. corruption. I identified w/feelings expressed throughout it and in the end had acquired the memory of my favorite written word characters ever! READ THIS BOOK and think.

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Summary: excellant book
Review: very good never wanted to put it dow

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Summary: The book was great!
Review: This book is very interesting and absorbing. You feel like you never want to put it down! There are strong, clear characters, and neat conflicts. I really recommend it!

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Summary: Pulitzer-well deserved!!!!
Review: Harper Lee has captured the essence of the times. While reading this book, you feel as though you are actually friends with Jem and Scout. The characterizations are first-rate. I read this book for school years ago, and recently picked it off my bookshelf when I was in the mood to read a "Good Book", as opposed to "Pulp Fiction". The reading was better the second time, after not having read it for a long while. I only wish that Miss Lee had written more books-she's a major talent, not ever to be forgotten.

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Summary: I give it a million
Review: This is by far one of the greatest boks ever written. It teaches us so much. It teaches us that the only way to ever really understand someone, you must get into their shoes and walk around in them. It teaches us that a child can sometimes know more than the adults ever could. It teaches us that prejudice and racism will always be the downfall of our society, if we let it. And it teaches us that, hey, entailments are bad.

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Summary: This isn't really my type of book.
Review: This book was not all that good. I really don't like it all that much. To me it was boaring. But to you it might have been good.

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Review: Since I'm a 9th grader and had to read this book at school, I disliked it. I thought it was very boring and time consuming. I guess it's because I'm not old enough to appreciate the real quality and meaning of the book. Hence, I wouldn't recommend teens reading the book because there's barely any actions and the climax is basically at the last few chapters.