To Kill a Mockingbird

The following materials bring books to life and support both individual and group literature study. Use these resources to draw real-world connections, plan interdisciplinary lessons, inspire unique research projects, create enrichment activities, and support differentiated instruction.

• The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee

This 2015 biography of Harper Lee is written by Marja Mills, who knew Lee personally. Based on interviews with Harper Lee and her sister Alice, the book offers an inside look at their upbringing and how To Kill a Mockingbird affected their lives.

• I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee

This biography by Charles J. Shields is geared toward younger readers. Shields is the author of the New York Times bestselling biography Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, which he then adapted into this version for a younger audience.

• Go Set a Watchman

Published in 2016, this novel is Harper Lee’s only other published work of fiction. Originally presented as a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman is now regarded as an early draft of To Kill a Mockingbird. In it, a 26-year-old Scout returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York to visit Atticus.