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"Shoot all of the bluejays you want, if you could hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." An attorney's advice to his children as he defends the actual mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel—a black man charged with the rape of a white woman. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep-South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of 1 man's battle for justice—but the weight of history is only going to tolerate so much. Among the best-loved classics ever, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned several dis-tinctions since its first publication in 1960.