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Alabama Spitfire: The Story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird
By HEGEDUS, Bethany
- ISBN
- 9780062456700
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Balzer + Bray
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2018 | Elementary
K-Gr 2—Nelle Harper Lee discovered the power of words at a very young age: "Words had weight. Words held meaning." Growing up in her small Alabama town, Lee subverted traditional gender expectations and enjoyed reading, writing and watching her attorney father work. When a boy named Truman Capote, who grew up to become a famous author in his own right, temporarily moved into ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2018
This picture book biography does justice to the spunky, independent writer of [cf2]To Kill a Mockingbird[cf1]. Hegedus develops Lee's cha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
