To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper Lee's classic tale of racism and growing up lives on forever, still being read and enjoyed by people today.

Set in 1930's Alabama, Mockingbird follows the life of young Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, a curious tomboy with an equally curious older brother, Jem, both raised by their widowed father, Atticus, and their cook, Calpurnia.

The quiet town of Maycomb, Alabama is humble and full of gossip, including rumors about the Radley house, close neighbors of the Finches. According to a legend, inside the house lurks Boo Radley, a reclusive psychopath.
As Scout and Jem, as well as their friend Dill, continue to wonder about the Radley house and begin school, Atticus finds himself with a problem. Being a lawyer, he is entitled to defend whomever he wishes, but his current defendant is turning heads: Tom Robinson, a black man.
Mayella and her father Bob Ewell, two members of a large and poor, hill-billy-esque family, have accused Tom Robinson of raping Mayella, and Atticus is bent on doing whatever it takes to prove that Tom is innocent.
Bob Ewell, the lowly trash that he is, despises Atticus for defending Tom and thus decides to ensue revenge in whatever way he can, and when Scout and Jem find themselves in danger, a surprising friend comes to rescue them.

A realistic and heartwarming story, Mockingbird not only touches your heart and makes you grin whenever Scout and Jem get up to some sort of tomfoolery, but it also makes you realize the harsh racism and bias towards whites that was going on not even a century ago.
Mockingbird's time may have passed, but it still holds it's a title as a classic novel for all to enjoy.