To Kill A Mockingbird Study Guide (Grades 9-12)

PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION, PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, #6 ON BIG READ LIST (UK’S TOP 200), #1 TIME ALL-TIME BEST 100 ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOVELS 1923-2005, BROTHERHOOD AWARD NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS, PAPERBACK OF YEAR BESTSELLERS MAGAZINE, ONE OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BOOKS OF THE CENTURY, #78 ON THE 100 BEST NOVELS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, #73 ON THE 100 GREATEST NOVELS OF ALL TIME, THE GREAT AMERICAN READ #1 (PBS.ORG TOP 100) A heart-wrenching and touching coming-of-age tale set in the 1930s South, poisoned by bigotry and racism. Scout will witness her father, a white lawyer, defy public opinion to defend a black man falsely accused of rape. In the sleepy southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, Scout Finch and her brother Jem revel in the glory days of childhood, trading stories and superstitions with Dill Harris, the imaginative nephew of their neighbor. Dill is especially fascinated with the legends surrounding the mysterious Boo Radley, who stays in his house a