Classics Literary Historical fiction Young adult 1969

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Published in Spanish as Matar un ruisenor

The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a Black man accused of rape

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What it is

A trial at the heart of the story · it makes you cry, in a good way

What happens in it

Courtroom drama

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you don't mind a good cry
  • you like dry, sideways humour
  • you like to close a book feeling better

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