To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my all-time favorite novels. I can still remember the first time I read it. I think I was about 12 or 13, and I was so angry and sad, yet hopeful and touched. It’s such a powerful novel.

On July 11th, To Kill A Mockingbird celebrated its 50th Anniversary.

“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

A lawyer’s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee’s classic novel—a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man’s struggle for justice—but the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

The 50th anniversary edition of one of the best-loved books in American history: Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Featuring some of the most memorable characters in literary history—attorney Atticus Finch, his children Scout and Jem, and of course Boo Radley—To Kill a Mockingbird is the indelible story of race, class, and growing up in the Deep South of the 1930s.

To commemorate the Golden Anniversary of the “Best Novel of the 20th Century” (Library Journal poll of American librarians), filmmaker Mary Murphy has interviewed prominent figures—including Oprah, Anna Quindlen, and Tom Brokaw—on how the book has impacted their lives, and compiled the interviews in Scout, Atticus, and Boo: the perfect companion to one of the most important American books of the 20th Century. Additionally, Scout, Atticus, and Boo features a foreword from acclaimed writer Wally Lamb.

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Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She attended the local schools and studied law at the University of Alabama. For some years she spent most of her time in New York City, where, until she began writing, she was employed in the reservations department of an international airline. “Aside from writing,” says Lee, “my chief interests in life are collecting memoirs of 19th-century clergymen, golf, crime, and music.”

We’re delighted to be able to giveaway 2 copies of this special 50th anniversary edition, along with the companion. Leave a comment on this post telling us why you want to win, and you’ll be entered. Sorry, US and Canada residents only. Contest ends July 30 @ 11:59 p.m.

This book is available from Harper Perennial. You can buy it here.