August Book

For August we will be reading a true classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee. I read this book in high school, but I'm not sure if I really appreciated it at the time. I have since then read it several times, as an adult, and am truly touched everytime I do. It is very thought-provoking, bringing up the issue of race in the South during the Great Depression....

"A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime."