It is June, and finally, we're pleased to announce our second read of 2011 and our twelfth book in the history of The Book Club... the all-time classic ::
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
'Shoot all the bluejays you want,
if you can hit 'em,
but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'
Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this classic novel - a black man charged with attacking a white girl. Through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Lee explores the issues of race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s with compassion and humour. She also creates one of the great heroes if literature in their father, whose lone struggle for justice pricks the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice and hypocrisy.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
"No one ever forgets this book"
Independent
The Independent is right - I won't forget this book. Not in a hurry.
ReplyDeleteI never read this novel at school, but I think it's a text that should be introduced to many more children and young adolescents. Especially those in the smaller, rural towns with hidden or obvious conflict amongst the 'settlers and the indigenous'.
The story is powerful and the children's curiosity enchants you - keeping you tuning each page with more haste.
What did y'all think?
In the midst of prejudice and hate, it reminds us that we all have it within ourselves to have the courage to stand for something real, pure and true.
ReplyDeleteKJ xx