To+Kill+a+Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee  Published July 1960

Lee’s book is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama in Southern US during the 1930’s. The time span of the book is three years and during that time the reader sees the young characters grow and age both physically mentally. The two main characters are brother and sister. Jem is older and is first met when ten years old, his sister is known as Scout and she starts the novel aged six. [|A background study portal for the novel]



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