A Mockingbird’s Birthday

It’s the birthday of Harper Lee, born Nelle Harper in Monroeville, Alabama (1926). She’s the author of To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), a novel about a girl named Scout growing up in Alabama during the Great Depression. She, her brother Jem, and her best friend Dill spend all their time trying to uncover the mystery of Boo Radley, the recluse who lives down the street.