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I selected the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" because it sounded interesting and I heard from my cousin that it was a good book. It takes place in the past in the south. The person telling the story, Scout, lost her mom when she was really young. Scout and the family cook, Calpurina do not get along. It is known by everyone who lives in the area that no negro would go past the Radely house at night. Jem is Scout's brother and they get along, But Jem tells Scout not to talk to him at school and that she will find out why once they get there. At their school they get a new teacher who is not really sure of what she's doing. The teacher treats the kids disrespectfully especially the less fortunate. Scout gets herself into trouble when she tries to stand up for the kids that the teacher is disrespecting. She ends up getting smacked and the teacher accuses her father of teaching her how to read. The teacher says that if he doesn't stop teaching her she'll be beaten. Once school is over Scout starts punching the boy that standing up for, got in her in trouble. Jem sees her punching him, and invites him over for dinner because he feels Scout needs to work things out with him. When the boy comes over for dinner Scout is rude and gets yelled at by their cook for not having good manners to their guest. The author holds my interest because every event is unexpected so it makes you want to keep reading to find out what will happen next.