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UnBan a Book Week: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee

Even before the press surrounding the recent release of its long-lost “sequel,” GO SET A WATCHMAN, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is one of those books that has been part of America’s collective consciousness since it was first published in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, and in a 2008 survey conducted by Renaissance Learning, was found to be the most widely read book of students between 9th and 12th grades.
 
Although its candid explorations of race, childhood innocence and courage in the face of injustice has given this seminal book serious staying power, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is not free from being challenged in schools and libraries.
 
Below, YA author Courtney Sheinmel (EDGEWATER) and Teen Board member Kate F. talk about what this legendary work means to them on a personal level and how they’d respond to those who want to ban it.
 

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