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___________________________________'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 falsely charged with the rape of a white girl.

'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'Lawyer Atticus Finch gives this 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.

'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.

From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.

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Performed by Reese Witherspoon#1 New York Times Bestseller?Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades." ? New York Times A landmark novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize?winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch??Scout??returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past?a journey that can only be guided by one's own conscience.Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of the late Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision?a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic.

The first translation into LatinA haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, and tradition and trans-formation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement. This gripping novel is a remarkable coming-of-age tale in a South poisoned by prejudice, viewing a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of young Scout, as her father, Atticus Finch, a local lawyer, risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a crime.This volume is the first Latin translation of this classic work. Andrew Wilson's conversion is suitable for students of any ability; he has developed the perfect resource for anyone studying or teaching Latin. His use of Latin vocabulary reflects the subtlety of Lee's writing while providing a highly engaging way to learn the language.To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of all time and the winner of numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. It has sold more than forty million copies worldwide and has been translated into forty languages.

Handlingen foregår i en by i sørstatene i 30-årene. En sort mann er tiltalt for voldtekt av en hvit pike. Hans forsvarer har en vanskelig jobb. Gjennom barns øyne får vi et innblikk i de voksnes rasistiske og klassebevisste holdninger.

Maycomb, Alabama midt på femtitallet. 26 år gamle Jean Louise Finch - eller Scout, som alle kaller henne - kommer hjem fra New York for å besøke sin kjære, aldrende far, Atticus. Her møter hun rasemotsetninger og et politisk kaos som truer med å snu opp ned på den hvite sørstatskulturen. Scout gjør rystende oppdagelser både i egen familie og i byen der hun er født og oppvokst. Ikke bare strever hun med å forstå sin fars holdninger, men også egne tanker om rase, kjønn og klasse er vanskelige å hanskes med. Scout tvinges til å ta stilling både personlig og politisk og, ikke minst, til å lytte til sin egen samvittighet. "Drep ikke en sangfugl" (1960) ble helt fram til 2014 regnet som Harper Lees eneste roman. Det ingen visste, var at hun i 1955 skrev sitt første manuskript, Sett ut en vaktpost. Den gjenfunne romanen inneholder mange av karakterene fra Drep ikke en sangfugl og kaster nytt lys over denne store klassikeren.

Harper Lee's classic novel of a lawyer in the deep south defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girlOne of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recently, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the twentieth century.

Now available in a gorgeous, limited leatherbound edition, Harper Lee's landmark #1 New York Times bestselling novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize?winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch??Scout??returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past?a journey that can only be guided by one's own conscience.Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision?a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic.

The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play discusses racial tension in the heart of the American South.

One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Scout, the keen-eyed narrator, and her brother Jem interrupt their games to champion their lawyer father when, in a hostile, racist town in the American South, he battles to defend Tom, who is black and accused of murder.