What did you think over all of "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

[Emma]

I thought it was pretty good. I much enjoyed the character of Scout and liked the little bit of satire about the public school system.

[Trisha]

I really enjoyed this book! I think that it took me a few chapters to realize that the narrator was a child though :-)
I could see why this book may have been banned back in the day, when segregation was still a major issue, but I'm not sure why it would be banned now. I think that it is important to learn about our history, the good, the bad, and the ugly. If we are trying to shelter the students in the classroom from hearing "certain words", then I think we are doing a poor job, since "that word" is in almost every single rap and R&B song out there. What is the phrase..."If we ignore the past then we are doomed to repeat it"??

Besides, the moral of the story is to step up and do the right thing, regardless of narrowmindedness and bigotry. I think that sort of heroism and compassion is an important thing to pass on to teenagers.

[Danny]

I thought the book was ok, not one i'd read again. Although there wasn't really anything in it that I thought might call for it being banned other than segregation, but you learn about all that in history class anyways.