Denise

To Kill a Mockingbird is an American classic.  In it Jean Louise “Scout” Finch and her older brother Jem Finch learn lessons about friendship.  The story takes place in Maycomb County, Alabama.  In the town everyone is poor.  Most parents are farmers, lawyers, and doctors.  A lot of children don’t go to school.  This is because their parents tell them they don’t need it.  The children help their parents with work.  If children do go to school they usually fail the grade and have to repeat.           

 Scout and her brother, Jem are very creative, close, and curious about life.  They explore the town and their father, Atticus lets them.  Jem and Scout are four years apart and they are both in school.  Their mother died when Scout was two and Jem was six.  Jem remembers her a little bit and Scout doesn’t remember her at all.           

The town has a “family” in a house that never comes out.  They are mysterious and all of the children find them scary.  The family is called the Radleys.  Jem and Scout are very curious of them and try to make them come out.  Most of the time their father, Atticus catches them but they always find new ways.  But they misjudge the scariest, Arthur “Boo” Radley.  One of the biggest lessons in this book is not to judge a book by its cover.           

I like this book so far.  It isn’t my favorite book but I do like it very much.  I would recommend this book to people who enjoy reading American classics.