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The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.　

《杀死一只知更鸟》二十世纪三十年代，大萧条时期美国南部的一个小镇，三个孩子平静的生活被两桩冤案彻底打破。传闻与事实，坚强与软弱，正义与邪恶，忠诚与背叛，他们在痛苦与矛盾中艰难地拨开生活的重重迷雾，见证了人性的污秽与光辉，理解了真相的残忍与无奈，也感受了人间的温暖与真情。
成长总是个让人烦恼的命题。成长有时会很缓慢，如小溪般唱着叮咚的歌曲趟过，有时却如此突如其来，如暴雨般劈头盖脸……三个孩子因为小镇上的几桩冤案经历了猝不及防的成长——痛苦与迷惑，悲伤与愤怒，也有温情与感动。这是爱与真知的成长经典。