To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most beloved American novels. Harper Lee’s classic novel, told from the viewpoint of young Scout Finch, is about a wrongly accused African American man who is on trial in the South during the Great Depression. The novel has faced many challenges throughout the years, with critics citing violence, racism, and language. However, Lee’s novel contains powerful life lessons such as condemning prejudice and standing up for what’s right. These themes are a big reason why the novel can be found in many junior high and high school curriculums. According to PBS’s website, Mockingbird “has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country.” Indeed, in 2018 it was voted as America’s #1 best-loved novel in The Great American Read.
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