Go Set a Watchman begins with Jean Louise Finch (Scout) traveling by train to visit her ailing father Atticus. But it may be helpful to you to know some of the key info about this new book and its well-loved characters before your child or teen picks it up. If you want to discover the shocking revelation unveiled in the first chapter for yourself by reading the chapter online or buying the book, to be released on July 14, 2015, then read no further to avoid spoilers. With the publication of this new novel, readers will learn what became of these familiar characters. The classic book is well known to many, as the beloved characters of Atticus Finch and his young children Jean Louise “Scout” Finch and Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch were further immortalized in the 1962 film with Gregory Peck. The result was To Kill a Mockingbird, while her first book remained unpublished until now. Her editor liked the book, but suggested she revise it to focus on the flashback scenes of Scout as a child. The newly released novel takes place after the timing of To Kill a Mockingbird, with the character Scout now a young woman, but Lee actually wrote it first, prior to composing her Pulitzer Prize-winning book. The Wall Street Journaland The Guardianhave just published the first chapter of Go Set a Watchman-Harper Lee’s “sequel” to the 1960 classic To Kill a Mockingbird-which contains an unexpected disclosure that may come as a shock, especially to children.
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