To Kill a Mockingbird = more than meets the eye!
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
I still remember reading this book as an 8th grader. I think it was one of the first books for school that we actually bought. An avid reader by that point, I always loved when I got to read actual books for school.
Like many of the books we read for school, I really liked this one, and the book remained in my library. I never quite got around to re-reading it, but I kept moving the book with me. It made it onto my Classics Club “Re-read” list, and I knew I would get to re-reading soon. Banned Book Week gave me just the excuse I needed.
This book has consistently made it to the list of top banned or challenged books through the years.
Every time I sit down and try to write about this book…
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I’m both surprised and not surprised that this one was banned or contested. Easily among the most important examinations of racial injustice in existence.
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Agreed.
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