![]() ![]() I hadn't realized it had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it. I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. To Kill a Mockingbird is primarily a novel about growing up under extraordinary circumstances in the 1930s in the Southern United States. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, persuaded me to write a novel from the point of view of the young Scout. In witnessing the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man unfairly accused of rape, Scout, the narrator, gains insight into her town, her family, and herself. It features the character known as Scout as an adult woman and I thought it a pretty decent effort. To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of the young narrator’s passage from innocence to experience when her father confronts the racist justice system of the rural, Depression-era South. 3, 2015, HarperCollins announced it was publishing a second book by Lee titled "Go Set a Watchman." Lee explained the 'found' book in a statement: "In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called Go Set a Watchman. ![]() It is narrated by Scout, who's a child during the action but recalls the events as a mature woman. HarperCollins Show More Show Less 2 of27 Published in 1960, Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" puts race on trial in a tiny Alabama town during the 1930s. "Go Set A Watchmen" takes place 20 years later, and features some of the same characters from the American classic. THE ORIGINAL TEXT Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit em, but remember its a sin to kill a Mockingbird. The book jacket for the sequel of "To Kill a Mockingbird" references the cover of the original novel. ![]()
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