To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
Registered by quietorchid of Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on 9/23/2015
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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1961 Pulitzer prize winner.
#40 in top 100 Books challenged 1990-1999.
#21 in top 100 Books Challenged 2000-2009.
1977 Banned MN 'Damn"
1980 Challenged NY 'trashy'
1981 Challenged IN 'represents institutional racism under the guise of good literature.'
1984 Challenged IL
1985 Challenged MO, AZ. 'profanity'
1995 Banned LA, Challenged CA
1996 Banned TX, Challenged MS
2001 Challenged GA, OK
2003 Challenged IL
2004 Challenged TN
2007 Challenged NJ 'racist'
2009 Banned Ontario Canada. 'objectionable language (ie nigger)'
For more information about banned books go to the American Library Association page.
A sweet, quiet and considered coming of age story. Scout as a second grader watches her father Atticus, and her brother Jem, and her housekeeper Calpurnia live and react to the trial of Tom Johnson, a young black man accused of rape. Her clearly defined childish world slowly becomes filled with shades of grey as she watches and participates in the long hot summer of Tom's trial. Nuanced, subtle, and marvelous.
I loved the scene when she takes refuge with her friend Dill from the traumas of the courthouse. Dill is overcome with the horror and unfairness of it all. He is restored by the notorious town 'drunk' offering him a sip out of his 'brown bag.' Turns out the town drunk only drank Coke, but the brown bag gave the towns people something to focus on other than his long time live-in relationship with a black woman. The entire book is filled with such gentle moments of people just trying to live right in an impossible situation.
Harper Lee's coming of age novel has hit a raw nerve for over 50 years.
Fly far and free little book!
#40 in top 100 Books challenged 1990-1999.
#21 in top 100 Books Challenged 2000-2009.
1977 Banned MN 'Damn"
1980 Challenged NY 'trashy'
1981 Challenged IN 'represents institutional racism under the guise of good literature.'
1984 Challenged IL
1985 Challenged MO, AZ. 'profanity'
1995 Banned LA, Challenged CA
1996 Banned TX, Challenged MS
2001 Challenged GA, OK
2003 Challenged IL
2004 Challenged TN
2007 Challenged NJ 'racist'
2009 Banned Ontario Canada. 'objectionable language (ie nigger)'
For more information about banned books go to the American Library Association page.
A sweet, quiet and considered coming of age story. Scout as a second grader watches her father Atticus, and her brother Jem, and her housekeeper Calpurnia live and react to the trial of Tom Johnson, a young black man accused of rape. Her clearly defined childish world slowly becomes filled with shades of grey as she watches and participates in the long hot summer of Tom's trial. Nuanced, subtle, and marvelous.
I loved the scene when she takes refuge with her friend Dill from the traumas of the courthouse. Dill is overcome with the horror and unfairness of it all. He is restored by the notorious town 'drunk' offering him a sip out of his 'brown bag.' Turns out the town drunk only drank Coke, but the brown bag gave the towns people something to focus on other than his long time live-in relationship with a black woman. The entire book is filled with such gentle moments of people just trying to live right in an impossible situation.
Harper Lee's coming of age novel has hit a raw nerve for over 50 years.
Fly far and free little book!
Journal Entry 2 by quietorchid at Gingko Coffee Shop - Snelling And Minnehaha in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Friday, October 2, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (10/2/2015 UTC) at Gingko Coffee Shop - Snelling And Minnehaha in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA
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Left on the shelf.This is a Banned/challenged book released for Banned Books Week. Remember threats to literature are threats to freedom. In honor of Charlie Hebdo and his staff, remember if we don't stand up for freedom, we all lose. Read freely, read deeply, read well. We are ALL Charlie.
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