To Kill a Mockingbird

Set in the 1930s in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird follows Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, a young girl whose father, Atticus Finch, defends a Black man, Tom Robinson, falsely accused of raping a white woman. Narrated by Scout, the novel explores themes of racial injustice, moral growth, and the loss of innocence through the lens of childhood experiences.