Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman
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Go Set a Watchman

Written by Harper Lee
Book #2 in the To Kill a Mockingbird Series
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May 3, 2016
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#1 New York Times Bestseller”Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades.” – New York Times A landmark novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch–“Scout”–returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past–a journey that can only be guided by one’s own conscience.Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of the late Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision–a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic.

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schoolfamilycivil rights movementfather-daughter relationshipsrural livingsocial changesmall townslaw and legislationrace relationssegregation

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780062409867
    Publication Date
    May 3, 2016
    Publisher
    Harper Perennial Modern Classics
    Original Publication Date
    July 14, 2015
    Page Count
    288
    Audience
    Adult
    Lexile® Level
    870L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~U
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.9
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    10
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    175479
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    UG

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