To Kill a Mockingbird (Anniversary)

Marc Notes: A novel--Cover.; Larger print--P. [4] of cover.; The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a young girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape. Publisher Marketing:"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel--a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of history will only tolerate so much. One of the best-loved classics of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many dis-tinctions since its original publication in 1960. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. It was also named the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians across the country (Library Journal). HarperCollins is proud to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the book's publication. Review Citations: Library Journal 08/01/2014 pg. 41 (EAN 9780061808128, Compact Disc) Publishers Weekly 09/04/2006 pg. 59 (EAN 9780060888701, Analog Audio Cassette) - *Starred Review People Weekly 08/21/2006 pg. 49 (EAN 9780060888695, Compact Disc) Kliatt 11/01/2006 pg. 48 (EAN 9780060888695, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 09/04/2006 (EAN 9780060888695, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review USA Today 12/18/2002 pg. 1 (EAN 9780881030525, Prebound-Sewn) Booksense '76 Reading Grp 04 05/01/2004 pg. 1 (EAN 9780060935467, Paperback) People Weekly 04/06/2015 pg. 26 (EAN 9780062420701, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2002 pg. 622 (EAN 9780060933272, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2000 pg. 394 (EAN 9780060194994, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 553 (EAN 9780060194994, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 782 (EAN 9780060194994, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 491 (EAN 9780060194994, Hardcover) Booklist 02/15/1992 pg. 1101 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Booklist 06/01/1993 pg. 1864 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Newsweek 12/17/2007 pg. 14 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Entertainment Weekly 10/17/2008 pg. 103 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Newsweek 12/08/2008 pg. 14 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Newsweek 04/26/2010 pg. 4 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Entertainment Weekly 07/02/2010 pg. 78 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Entertainment Weekly 07/27/2012 pg. 73 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 96 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Entertainment Weekly 12/13/2013 pg. 2 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2014 pg. 23 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Entertainment Weekly 02/20/2015 pg. 70 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Entertainment Weekly 03/13/2015 pg. 62 (EAN 9780446310789, Mass Market Paperbound) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1992 pg. 701 (EAN 9780397001514, Hardcover) Booklist 02/15/1992 pg. 1101 (EAN 9780397001514, Hardcover) Booklist 06/01/1993 pg. 1864 (EAN 9780397001514, Hardcover) Booklist 02/15/1992 pg. 1101 (EAN 9780606001052, Prebound-Sewn) Booklist 06/01/1993 pg. 1864 (EAN 9780606001052, Prebound-Sewn) People Weekly 07/12/2010 pg. 54 (EAN 9780061743528, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 989 (EAN 9780061743528, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 591 (EAN 9780061743528, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Lee, Harper Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She attended Huntingdon College and studied law at the University of Alabama. She is the author of two novels, To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman. Harper Lee has been awarded numerous literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.