Welcome to the new book chat page. From time-to-time we'll feature a book on this page that the editors of High Hill Press think has made a great contribution to the world of publishing. To start it off we're featuring our favorite book, To Kill a Mockingbird. This is a good choice for many reasons, but most of all it is the 50th anniversary of this wonderful novel's publication.  If you haven't read this one yet, go to your local bookstore and grab a copy. We guarantee you won't be able to put it down until you've read the very last word.

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
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From Lou Turner, editor at High Hill Press

The reason I wanted to start with this book is because of what it's meant to me over the years. As I was growing up, on a lazy strip of the Illinois River in a little town called Havana, I learned to prowl the pages of books. Those years gave me that most precious gift, an imagination. Here is one essay I wrote years ago about my childhood and how To Kill a Mockingbird came into my life.
On the Bank of the Illinois

Tell us what To Kill a Mockingbird means to you.  And write us an essay so we can post it here.

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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.  ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 11

She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.  ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 12

I think there's just one kind of folks.  Folks.  ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 23, spoken by the character Scout
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