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To Kill a Mockingbird

American  

noun

  1. a novel (1960) by Harper Lee.


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His performance in Horton Foote's one-act play The Midnight Caller led the playwright to recommend him for the role of Boo Radley in the 1962 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

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

When Broadway shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Rudin had three shows in production: The Book of Mormon, To Kill a Mockingbird, and West Side Story.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2021

It’s from To Kill a Mockingbird because he loves that movie.

From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine

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