To Kill a Mockingbird

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Summary: SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Good book. A must very read. Good for brain. keep an eye on you eyes when you read thes book!!!

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Summary: Definitely a recommendable!
Review: I originally picked up this book for my 10th grade summer reading list and at my mom's suggestion. At first, the book is rather slow, but carries a good story line; however, once you get past the first hundred pages, things really speed up and you can't put it down. What's more, it is definitely identifiable with reality; everything the kids did is certainly in the realm of what kids do every day. The most sad part of this book is that, although this book was published almost forty years ago, everything in there could still happen today - and by that, I mean everything that had to do with the trial

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Summary: I love this book.
Review: This book tells about two young children growing up in the rural south, while their father, a lawyer, is dealing with a case that will change him, his children, and their town forever. I love the way that Harper Lee twists small details in with larger ones, all the while, keeping the reader's attention. Though the subject of racial discrimination is a tough subject, she deals with it in the easiest way possible. Though the story of Scout, Jem and Dill always seems to be in the spotlight, the reader gets more of a handle on Atticus's story. I think this story should be a national treasure, if it isn't one already

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Summary: "To Kill A Mockingbird-"-What literature is all about
Review: Author Harper Lee captures a large portion of my own childhood in "To Kill A Mockingbird." Like Jem and Scout, I spent a good deal of the late 1950s and early 1960s creating adventures in forbidden places. My friends and I would explore forbidden construction sites while the workers were still there, sneaking into unfinished basements, or entering a church so we could climb up to the steeple, hoping the janitor wouldn't catch us. It might have been as simple as spying on a school janitor, trying to get as close to him as possible without being seen. What I didn't know, and what Jem and Scout didn't know was that our game was spotted by the "victims" long before our adventures were over. I don't recall what year I first saw "To Kill A Mockingbird" on TV, but it was a Saturday night, and the following Monday I had to go out and buy the book. Over the next five years I must have seen the movie and read the book at least a half a dozen times each. Harper Lee somehow manages to capture a story as if she was there, and makes us feel as if we also were there. Watching the movie, or reading the book is like looking at an old scrap book of memories. This is what good literature is supposed to do, and why this book should be in everyone's home

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Summary: A rare book, suitable for all ages, itself ageless.
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird is the great American novel. Its characters are solid and believable, moving fluidly through a finely honed tale of love and sorrow. We meet Scout, willful, intelligent, thoughtful and motherless, watched over tenderly by her father, the quiet and respected lawyer, Atticus Finch. She is both torment and constant companion to her brother Jem. They are joined one summer by Dil, a story telling relative of a neighbor. Scout moves through her family, her town, and her story with the inquisitive nature that is the delight and bane of parents in all ages. She is cared for by Calpurnia, who comes daily to "do" for the Finch family, though it is apparent that she is more than domestic help. Jem and Scout and Dil are determined to meet "Boo" Radley, their mysterious neighbor, whom they have never seen, but imagine to be dangerous and terrifying. When he begins to leave little gifts for them in the hollow of a tree, Jem is encouraged to seek information about him, but his queries go unsatisfied. When Atticus Finch accepts an unpopular case, and actually prepares a defense for a black man, the town and Scout's life are deeply affected. One summer night, she begins the often painful process of growing up, when she finds neighbors and friends gathered to lynch Tom Robinson, while her father stands guard. The little Southern town, so sleepy and gentle to its children, harbors all manner of people, as Scout again finds out one terrifying night, after a school pageant. She learns about assumptions, and love, and fear, and the obligations we meet, the contributions we make, if we wish to be considered truly human. Harper Lee's love for people swells from the pages of this book. Her characters are exquisitely drawn, their story is believable and thrilling. It is an excellent read for children, who will identify with with Scout and Jem, and for adults, who will appreciate the plight of Atticus, and the moral code he displays. If you haven't read it, read To Kill A Mockingbird. If you have, read it again. And again. And again.

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Summary: This was one of the geratest books I've read in a long time.
Review: This story was very captivating.As you read the story would just suck you in so much that you just couldn't set it down.It tells of the hardships two young children experience as well as that of a man who,becuase he was mentally retarded,was locked in his attic by his own father as a child.The book tells how the man befriends the children,who are brother and sister,but the father of the man dissaproves so much that he tries to kill the children. The book also goes into great detail of racism in the deep south as a black man goes on trial for raping a young white woman. It was a wonderful book and I would reccomend it to anyone

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Summary: great book and movie
Review: Read this book and see the movie! It's too bad Harper Lee went into seclusion after she wrote this book . Dill was based on her friend, Truman Capote, I believe. Look for Robert Duvall in the movie--might have been his first movie. He had a small but important role. Everyone should read this book--such important and wonderfully evoked ideas

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Summary: A book that can really teach you something about racism
Review: This book has a girl and two boys with an astonishing love for people of all kinds. It taught me how cruel some people can be just because of race, creed, or anything that makes you different. It shows that these things can over-power the justice system and convict someone as innocent as you and me. The man, Tom Johnson, WAS like a mockingbird. He never bothered people, he simply helped them. The thanks he got from the girl he helped was being sentenced guilty of raping the her and in the end he was killed. I think this can teach anyone to think in all fairness and if we absorbe in this cruelity we can eventually change our ways. It's a must read. I loved it

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Summary: Harper Lee's American classic
Review: Having re-read To Kill a Mockingbird several times since childhood (including this special edition). A southern tale of a widowed Atticus Finch raising his two children, Jem and Scout, in a community where people help each other and often times hurt one another. It is a beautiful story of family, childhood friendships, playful summers, injustice, hate, and love. Some have speculated that Truman Capote, cousin of Harper Lee, actually wrote this classic tale. I believe that Ms. Lee simply shared her wonderful childhood experiences with us. Thank you Harper! The writer Anais Nin has a wonderful quote that captures the personalities of Jem, Scout and Dill as portrayed by Harper Lee. "The people I find irresistable are those in whom the child was not killed. The qualities of openness, trust, inquisitiveness, tenderness, eagerness, enthusiasms...come from the child in us and are the source of charm. The laughter and smile that do not calculate, the spontaneity that is not arrested." For those who haven't learned why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird...READ THE BOOK.

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Summary: One of the best books ever written
Review: This book is by far the best one ever written. Taking place during the Great Depression, it shows how poor people can be, and how they repay others with what they have, and it didn't have to be with money. I read this book during my Language class and it was very rewarding for me. The vocabulary is amazing. I thought this book was going to be aweful because the movie wasn't all it was cracked up to be. This book teaches you the true meaning of courage, how hard prejudiciness was in those times, and how people fear what they do not understand. I would highly recommend this book to anyone--but don't watch the movie first!