Tuesday, July 29, 2008

In Search of Mockingbird

Erin's favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, her father gives Erin her long-dead mother's diary. She too loved this book. Erin has a variety of problems at home and school. Her father has announced his plans to remarry. Her brothers are obnoxious and she has only one close friend at school, but she enjoys writing. In a spur-of-the-moment decision, she decides to buy a bus ticket to Alabama, to find and meet Miss Lee, and to share her stories with Miss Lee. Written by Loretta Ellsworth, this might be a companion book for high school girls when they read ...Mockingbird.

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