376 pages
"The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill a Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.
Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill a Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into ten languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature." -Back Cover
This book truly is a masterpiece of American literature. I haven't read it since probably freshman or high school English and I know I liked it a lot way (!) back then, but I have a much greater appreciation for it now. The message of tolerance that runs through this book is as appropriate today as it was back then. There are so many powerful life lessons in this story about how we should conduct ourselves, treat others and raise our children. It is also a story about how life goes on. The characters are some of the greatest ever written. I could gush on and on but there's no need. If you've read it you know what I mean and if you haven't get yourself to the library right now.
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