To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee and published on July 11, 1960. The book is read widely in schools, although it has been banned in some because of its graphic content. The book also won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961. It was written in the Great Depression. This novel is about Scout Finch, a young girl who ages from six to nine years old throughout the novel. She has a brother named Jem and a widowed father named Atticus, who is an attorney. Boo Radley is a young boy who lives at the nearby Radley residence, and rarely ventures outside. Boo secretly leaves Scout and Jem presents and mends their broken items, remains a mysterious figure to the children. Tom Robinson, a black man, is wrongfully accused of raping a white woman. Atticus takes his side and represents him in court. Bob Ewell, the father of the defendant, still feels like he’s been made out to be a fool, so he sets out for revenge, harassing the Finch family. Boo ends up saving the Finch family before disappearing back into the Radley residence.