To Kill a Mockingbird: Quick Facts

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Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize

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Book cover for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, featuring a silhouette of a child under a tree and a large moon, with the title in script and "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize."

Harper Lee sits on a couch in her New York City apartment, wearing a dark dress and a chunky white necklace.

Estelle Evans as Calpurnia stands with hands on hips beside Phillip Alford as Jem Finch and Mary Badham as Scout Finch on a porch in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch stands beside Philip Alford and Mary Badham in a jail scene from To Kill a Mockingbird, facing a seated group of men in hats.

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