To Kill a Mockingbird
Americannoun
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He was full of praise for his co-star Keyworth, of Misfits and Hidden Fame, whom he first encountered when she starred in a West End production of To Kill a Mockingbird alongside Spall's son, Rafe.
From BBC • May 25, 2025
He said the titles included classics such as Brave New World and To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as “books that include LGBTQ+ subject matter.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2023
But in the late 1980s, according to his findings, the high school "top ten" still included only one book by a woman — Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" — and none by minority authors.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022
A Seattle-area school board has voted to remove the classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" from the district’s ninth-grade reading curriculum after teachers, parents, and some students complained that it was racially insensitive.
From Fox News • Jan. 25, 2022
I explained to her that I actually agreed with her take on To Kill a Mockingbird, which was one of my favorite books.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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