https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf Author of To Kill A Mockingbird en-us 2018-03-16 12:59:27 UTC 2023-02-10 23:27:39 UTC hello@padlet.com gcrohrs https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242791308 Born April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama and she died on February 19th, 2016, at 89 years old.]]> 2018-03-16 13:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242791308 gcrohrs https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242792584 One of Lee's most famous books she has written.]]> 2018-03-16 13:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242792584 kefocht https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242793853 - For most of Lee's life, her mother suffered from mental illness, rarely leaving the house. 
- She was the youngest of four children, and her father was a lawyer.
-She grew up as a tomboy, which is a girl that enjoys rough, noisy activities associated with boys.]]> 2018-03-16 13:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242793853 bpyoung https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242795599 She has also wrote Go Set a Watchman, which is a sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird."]]> 2018-03-16 13:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242795599 kefocht https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242795741 In November 2007, President George W. Bush presented Lee with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her "outstanding contribution to America's literary tradition" at a ceremony at the White House.]]> 2018-03-16 13:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242795741 wslauren https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242797327 In her family she had her mother, father, two sisters, and one brother]]> 2018-03-16 13:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242797327 kefocht https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242799065 Harper Lee died on February 19, 2016, at the age of 89. Her nephew, Hank Connor, said the author died in her sleep at an assisted living facility in Monroeville. ]]> 2018-03-16 13:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/242799065 bmkinn https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243458945 - People claim the book was not autobiographical and that it was inspired by her life.

- Lee's father was a southern lawyer like Atticus and she was very much a tomboy like Scout.

 - She also had a best friend visit her in the summer like Dill.

- During her life time she was very against racial inequality so tried to include equality in To Kill A Mockingbird as a theme. ]]> 2018-03-19 13:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243458945 kefocht https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243460325 2018-03-19 13:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243460325 bpyoung https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243467590 To Kill A Mockingbird has sold more than 40 million copies and is still selling to this day]]> 2018-03-19 13:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243467590 bpyoung https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243977168 There is a song that was made after "To Kill A Mockingbird"]]> 2018-03-20 12:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243977168 bmkinn https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243977892 "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view"

"Until I feared i would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love reading"

"Real courage is when you know you're liked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what"]]> 2018-03-20 13:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243977892 gcrohrs https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243979845 The book has many relations to Lee's actual life when she grew up; her father was a lawyer, she was very similar to Scout, and has a brother.]]> 2018-03-20 13:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243979845 bpyoung https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243981646 2018-03-20 13:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243981646 bmkinn https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243983237 Harper Lee was related to Robert Lee, a commander from Civil War.]]> 2018-03-20 13:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243983237 gcrohrs https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243984262 In 2009, Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird once outsold the Bible.]]> 2018-03-20 13:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243984262 bmkinn https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243987268 Harper Lee has won the Pulitzer prize for fiction, Presidential medal of freedom, Good reads choice awards best fiction, and the Quill award for audio book.]]> 2018-03-20 13:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243987268 gcrohrs https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243995364 Atticus Finch during his case in defending Tom Robinson, in "To Kill A Mockingbird"]]> 2018-03-20 13:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kefocht/zqc153y64fpf/wish/243995364