To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

Description: The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.

Brief description:

Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. One of America's most celebrated and influential writers, she is the author of the acclaimed novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman as well as the story and essay collection, The Land of Sweet Forever, published posthumously in 2025. Lee was awarded numerous literary awards and honors including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She died in 2016 at the age of eight-nine.

Review Quotes:

"The economic and racial disparities, the blinders that "civilized" society stubbornly clings to, the realization that justice for all can never exist without equality for all--these are vividly portrayed not only via Lee's words but also by Fordham's art, making this graphic adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird a worthy partner to the original, providing a clarion call for civility, equality, and justice for all." - New York Journal of Books

"This thoughtfully crafted interpretation of Lee's classic reintroduces readers to the Finch family.. Fordham visually establishes the world of Maycomb County--with all its unspoken laws pertaining to race, class, and family--with a sure hand." - Publishers Weekly

"Like Lee's spare novel, Fordham's graphic adaptation leaves us to ponder what is unsaid, what is unseen, what lies in the subtext. A moving new take on a familiar story." - Booklist

"This gorgeously rendered graphic-novel version provides a new perspective for old fans but also acts as an immersive introduction for youngsters as well as any adult who somehow missed out on the iconic story set in Maycomb, Alabama." - USA Today