“It’s almost considered more than a novel - it’s a cultural event,” he said. Instead of devouring Harper Lee’s humorous and astute child’s-eye prose, readers can follow the tale of Scout, Jem, Boo Radley and Atticus Finch through 260 pages of richly drawn cartoons annotated with bubbles of speech.īut the British artist commissioned to adapt the famous book has a clear message for young readers: it’s no substitute for the original.įred Fordham admits that when he was approached amid a “spy novel atmosphere” of secrecy to adapt the great work in 2016 it was “pretty daunting”.

Now, the classic portrayal of racial injustice and loss of innocence in the American Deep South is being brought to a new generation in the form of a graphic novel. Lifetime admirers and new readers alike will be touched by this special visual edition that joins the ranks of the graphic novel adaptations of A Wrinkle in Time and The Alchemist.T o Kill a Mockingbird has been a literary rite of passage for more than half a century, credited with awakening thousands of teenagers to the rewards of reading. Enduring in vision, Harper Lee's timeless novel illuminates the complexities of human nature and the depths of the human heart with humor, unwavering honesty, and a tender, nostalgic beauty. Scout, Jem, Boo Radley, Atticus Finch, and the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, are all captured in vivid and moving illustrations by artist Fred Fordham. Now, this most beloved and acclaimed novel is reborn for a new age as a gorgeous graphic novel. 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement.

Read full overviewĪ beautifully crafted graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning American classic, voted America's best-loved novel in PBS's Great American Read.

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A beautifully crafted graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning American classic, voted America's best-loved novel in PBS's Great American Read.

To kill a mockingbird a graphic novel