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To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird is a Pulitzer Prize winning American novel dealing with racism. Set in the 1930’s, the book is famous for the impact it made in presenting racial inequality to white America, and for the impact created by the character of Atticus Finch the fictional hero of the book.

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