Harper Lee takes us back to Maycomb Alabama in this not quite sequel of To Kill a Mockingbird. This novel, which has often been talked about as the story that spawned To Kill a Mockingbird gives us a now grown up Scout, who goes Jean Louise but has not lost any of the spunk she had as a child. The novel follows Jean Louise as she goes back to Maycomb to visit her aging father, Atticus and finds the town of Maycomb is not as she remembers it. Lee makes Jean Louise a compelling and realistic character struggling with the problems we all face growing up. — Amy Williams
Some good stories will hide away for decades until their time is right. Now is the time for this one. Watchman is a beautiful, haunting story that is neither a sequel nor a prequel to Harper Lee’s only other novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. It stands alone in its depiction of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch’s return to Maycomb after years away. From the cheerful childhood flashbacks that inspired Mockingbird to the gut-wrenching discovery that heroes are human, Watchman is a poignant look at one woman’s journey home. — Hilary Wartinger
Harper Lee takes us back to Maycomb Alabama in this not quite sequel of To Kill a Mockingbird. This novel, which has often been talked about as the story that spawned To Kill a Mockingbird gives us a now grown up Scout, who goes Jean Louise but has not lost any of the spunk she had as a child. The novel follows Jean Louise as she goes back to Maycomb to visit her aging father, Atticus and finds the town of Maycomb is not as she remembers it. Lee makes Jean Louise a compelling and realistic character struggling with the problems we all face growing up. — Amy Williams
Some good stories will hide away for decades until their time is right. Now is the time for this one. Watchman is a beautiful, haunting story that is neither a sequel nor a prequel to Harper Lee’s only other novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. It stands alone in its depiction of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch’s return to Maycomb after years away. From the cheerful childhood flashbacks that inspired Mockingbird to the gut-wrenching discovery that heroes are human, Watchman is a poignant look at one woman’s journey home. — Hilary Wartinger
Acclaimed and criticized, this is an important book! Scout, as an adult, returns to her hometown after escaping to the North, and finds a very different South than the one she remembered. — Barbara Morrow