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Summary: Wonderful in audio!
Review: I read To Kill a Mockingbird when it was first published. I was entranced with it then -- I didn't know then that it would become a classic.Now, so many years later, I have read it again by listening to the unabridged audiobook. It is superbly done -- Roses Prichard is amazing as young Scout Finch, telling her story at once from a child's perspective and yet with such wisdom. I laughed out loud at times, and was touched by the children's relationships with each other and with mysterious neighbor "Boo." The lessons they all learn during those southern summers -- some very difficult ones -- are tempered by being told through the eyes of a child. And you can see this child learning all the time as she observes her mild, gentle and heroic father, Atticus, and how he looks at life. Whether you have read this book before or not, listening to the full-length reading is wonderful experience -- I really enjoyed it!
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Summary: Can't put the book down!
Review: I had no idea this book was so wonderful. If you like to read (an amazing accomplishment in this culture) then this is a book that you will want to have in your library. Get-it!, love-it!, and give it to your friends!
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Summary: A Classic
Review: Well Harper gives us a gripping story of Ethics and philosophical intrigue, but doesn't lose the story line and make it unentertaining. A classic that's an easy read at any age and one you should come back to periodically in your life for a new viewpoint.
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Summary: To Kill A Mockingbird
Review: BRILLIANT! That's what I thought when I finished this book. The depiction of small town bigotry, coupled with the "myth" of Arthur (Boo) Radley made for a spectacular and eye-opening read. It couples several themes, as well. Love and Hate, Innocense and Experience, Right and Wrong. All come together for a spectacular finale which the movie fails completely to display at it's utmost meaning. Don't just sell out and watch the movie. If you have not read this masterpiece yet, I strongly suggest that you do. You won't be sorry.
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Summary: Deservedly considered an American classic
Review: An extraordinary novel that shows us the South that existed several decades ago through the eyes of a child. Scout Finch's world is full of wonder and mystery. When her father, the lawyer Atticus Finch, takes the case of a black man who has been falsely accused of raping a white woman, she begins to see and understand both the ugliness that exists in the world and the meaning of true heroism. Harper Lee's novel must be one of the most perceptive narratives from the viewpoint of a child ever written.
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Summary: An American Treasure
Review: What can be said about a book that covers so many bases? To Kill a Mockingbird is the tale of two children, Jem and Scout growing up in a rural Georgia town. Their father, Atticus Finch, is a kind, just socially responsible man who takes on a case in which a black man is accused of raping a poor white girl. Since the book is set in the south in the 1930's, the defending of a black man against a white woman is unheard of, but Atticus takes the case pro bono because of every man's unalienable rights, and because of the fact that his defendant is not guilty, a fact which is hushed up and covered over by bigotry and hate in this small southern town. The novel makes a stand on basic human rights while covering so much other territory. The antics of Jem and Scout perfectly capture what it is like to be a child during the summer, despite the fact that these summers take place in the charged atmosphere of a racist southern town where both Jem and Scout are forced to do some growing up. The mysterious character of Boo Radley points out once again that a person's appearance and reputation mean nothing when it comes to their character. There is so much packed into this one little novel that it the one-hundredth reading would still be a fresh as the first. Every scene, from Scout's first day at school to the night outside the city jail where a lynch mob threatens Atticus and his client are drawn with amazing skill and beauty. This book is an American treasure and Atticus Finch is one of the greatest characters ever to appear in literature. The only real question this book leaves you with is why didn't Harper Lee ever take up his pen to create another novel?
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird
Review: Wonderful story! Many topics to discuss such as: raising children without a mother; the black nanny as the caregiver; the different way that the nanny acts with the white community versus her community; the views of the school teachers towards children that are taught at home; the boogie man who lives next door.....
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Summary: Somewhat Sad
Review: I read this about three years ago when I was in 7th grade, and although it was well written, and very interesting I thought it was very sad. Most people have to read this in 9th grade, and I wouldn't disobey a teacher, but I wouldn't read it if you didn't have to, not because it's a bad book, but because it's depressing. But that's just my opinion.
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Summary: A Story Unlike Any Other
Review: As soon as I began To Kill a Mockingbird during the summer of eigth grade, I was skeptical. Being someone who had NEVER enjoyed any of the books we had to read in school, I was not looking forward to it. I began it after a sour experience of reading "Of Mice and Men" and was expecting the worst. I could not have been more wrong. The simple but meangingful experiences of Scout Finch et al touched me on a personal level. The deeper meaning of this book is something we can all learn from. In the first half of the book, no huge events really take place, but it's the smaller ones that set the tone of "To Kill a Mockingbird". There are a few incedents where people try to get Scout to conform, like when her first grade teacher is upset that she can read already and thinks she shouldn't be able to. Throughout the story, the motif of thinking for oneself and separating from the crowd pop up in different scenarios. This book may seem to move more slowly than you might like. I think Harper Lee did this for a reason. Don't buy the cliffnotes, folks. See for yourself.
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Summary: Classic story about prejudice, family ties, and love
Review: I read this book during my freshman year of high school and really enjoyed it. It was the first book I bought in a long time because I liked it so much. As the reader we are brought into Maycomb County, Alabama through the eyes of Scout Finch, a young girl who has yet to lose her innocence. Through the book she matures greatly as she learns, much from her father Atticus Finch, to see through others' perspectives, one of the biggest lessons I've ever learned in my sixteen years of existence. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a classic story that should be read by all.
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