To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee tackles the topics of of race and conscience in the early half of the 20th century. Scout and her brother Jem live with their widowed father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer. When Atticus is appointed to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape, the entire family encounters the prejudices of the community both in their treatment by the town as well as when Tom is convicted. Dealing with Scout and Jem's loss of innocence as well as the blindness of racism; To Kill a Mockingbird is an American classic that's one of the most influential American novels ever written.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 323 pages