I Kill the Mockingbird
Book - 2014
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Add a Quote“ . . . she still looks like a little doll that Santa Claus would leave beneath a Christmas tree. I resemble one of those gawky stuffed giraffes that nobody ever wins at the carnival…”
“Another definition of wanting is to be missing something. . . When you want something . . . it’s like admitting that your life has a hole in it.”
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Add a SummaryFat Bob was dead. To begin with. He died in the lunch line next to Lucy, telling her to be brave. As one of the school’s more beloved teachers, Lucy chews over his death, even as the summer arrives and she gets to spend more time with her best friends Michael and Elena. The next year they’ll be going to high school and the summer reading list they’ve just been assigned is the usual fare. The Giver. Ender’s Game. And, of course, Lucy’s favorite book of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird. That’s when it hits her. What if Lucy, Elena and Michael were able to begin a movement that would end with every literate kid and adult reading that book? But how do you increase demand when supply is so plentiful? Thus begins the ultra-secret “I Kill the Mockingbird” campaign. Together, these three kids begin something that makes the book not only desirable but irresistible. But will they be able to reign in their work when the time comes, or will this viral cause slip out of their control?

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Add a CommentThis is a light quick read (163 pages) that tells the story of 3 geeky preteens and their summer between primary and high school. It suggests the power of social media, a social action that almost gets out of hand and experiencing first love. Fun and easy going.
This is a fun book to read. The story is up-to-the-minute. A trio of friends decide to use social media to create interest in their fellow students to read To Kill a Mockingbird over the summer holidays.
Their plan is ingenious they will create a scarcity thereby making everyone really want to read the book. Their plots and plans and how they execute their plan and the consequences make for delightful reading.
When Lucy gets her summer reading list to prepare for high school she is thrilled to see included Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. But not everyone in her class is as zealous about reading this classic novel. Inspired by a recently deceased favourite teacher, Lucy and her best friends come up with dramatic and controversial methods of attracting attention to the book such as mis-shelving the novel in the bookstore, and creating a website to draw attention to their cause. However, things quickly start to spin out of control.
I’ve not read many children’s books that have successfully tapped into viral marketing as a theme. Paul dares to go where few have gone before, and the result is a story that takes risks. I can pretty much guarantee that even if you’ve read every other Harper Lee-related middle grade children’s book out there, you ain’t never seen nothing like what Acampora has in store for you here.