To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

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1. Pat HarrisInterview

   Growing up, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ignited a love of reading and shaped my sense of empathy and service. Later in college, Going After Cacciato by Tim O’Brien sharpened that focus.

2. Susanne GervayInterview

   To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The father, Atticus Finch, is my father in so many ways. My father survived war and communism. He was brave and had a spirit that overcame so much cruelty. Wisdom was Atticus’ and my father’s hallmark. I miss my father.

3. How Writing Can Change The WorldArticle

   Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel brought the issue of racial injustice in the American South to the forefront of public attention. It is considered a classic of American literature and continues to be read and studied by people around the world.

4. Rob SwandaInterview

   First: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Yes yes, I know it’s about chronic illness, BUT in my opinion, it shows human perseverance, the desire to always teach others, and how our individual impacts last long after our lives are over. Second: (maybe cliché) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. We have a long way to go…

5. Ten Times The Book Was Better Than The MovieArticle

   To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that was published in 1960. The book tells the story of Atticus Finch, a white lawyer in the south during the 1930s, and his daughter Scout. The book was later turned into a movie, which was released in 1962. While the book To Kill a Mockingbird is undeniably excellent, there are some…

6. Richard JohnsonInterview

   The summer months were my favourite time as a teenager to get lost in reading for the sake of pure pleasure, which just wasn’t possible during the school year. A luscious summer read for a teenager, I think, has to be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It was my favourite book – so beautifully written and with a…

7. Lindsay AmerInterview

   This is a tough question because there are a couple of different ways to do this! What I’m wondering is if we’re teaching them about humanity through these books, or are we just trying to show off the best of our literary works? Also if we’re trying to educate them, are we trying to get them up to date on what the…

8. Shane DikolliInterview

   To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. A key message in the book is how much we learn about ourselves by looking at the world through the eyes of others.

9. Jeffrey VereggeInterview

   I have loved books since I was a young boy, the first book I really remember changing me however was in Mr. Evan’s 8th Grade English class reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It literally helped me pass that class. I found myself reading ahead of the class and then rereading each chapter when we had to read…

10. Wendy HigginsInterview

    I wrote a science fiction trilogy about aliens, but since they are naughty and get kicked off the planet I won’t hand that story over. This is a tough one because most books that showcase the best of humanity do so by contrasting against the worst of humanity. Let’s hope aliens are the glass-half-full type. I’ll go…

11. Greg McKeownInterview

    I have been working through the classics I have always wanted to get to. One example is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I feel some shame in admitting that I had never read that book but there it is. And what genius is in that book.

12. Brett BlumenthalInterview

    One book I’ve always felt gave people a feeling of restoration of their faith in humanity is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is an old book, but it really changes the way people think.

13. Benjamin MurphyInterview

    To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee; the world would be a much nicer place if we all tried to be a bit more like Atticus Finch.

14. Susan AndersenInterview

    That’s kind of like choosing your favourite kid. I do know the book that expanded my son’s reading lists. He came home from school one day, grousing about having to read To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. He was a huge Stephen King fan at the time, so it was all horror, all the time. And there’s not a damn thing…

15. Dawn TindleInterview

    It’s cliched but To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a fantastic book to read in your youth. It’s beautifully written and brings a childhood innocence to some very complex issues, while encouraging the reader to consider the world from perspectives other than their own. Reading it when you’re forming your own…

16. Lisa ParkerInterview

    If I could encourage young people to read a specific book, it would be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, its a really easy book to read, it doesn’t over set the scene, its simplistic yet has a lot of info packed in there. I used to find all the books on the school reading list tiresome to read, such as As You Like…

17. Leah WalkerInterview

    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I’ve read that book at least fifty times, having taught it to my freshman English classes for five years. It’s a timeless story, as relevant today as the year it was written.

18. Juliette KayyemInterview

    The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein; maybe because I’m a mother of 3 now. I’d also add Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon! The first book I ever fell in love with though, was To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

19. James ShipmanInterview

    To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Everything you need to know about humanity is within those pages.

20. Gina WohlsdorfInterview

    Oh, so many. The Outsider by Albert Camus, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, It, Pet Semetery, The Shining by Stephen King, Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, Deliverance by James Dickey, Dark Horse by Rory Flynn, We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, Les Sept Solitudes de Lorsa Lopez by…

21. Jeff WheelerInterview

    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It’s my wife’s favorite book of all time. We’ve discussed it and learned from it many times over the years. I don’t even know how many times she’s read it.

22. Linda GreenInterview

    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It deals with everything which is important in life and Atticus Finch is my all time fictional hero. I think children can be incredibly powerful narrators.

23. Matt ForbeckInterview

    Ernest Hemingway, J.R.R. Tolkien, Harper Lee, Douglas Adams, and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Hemingway and Chandler taught me tons about style, and Hemingway, in particular, knew how to live large. Tolkien showed me how to explore the depths of imagination and treat it with the rigour you would show anything else you considered…

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