I was assigned this book for a reading assignment and me and the guy who sat next to me seemed to be the only ones who hated the book out of the whole class and we sit right infront of the teachers desk so we gave her heck all day! lol anyway... I seriously dislike this book! It is very boring... you'll be reading a conversation and then all of a sudden Scout will jump in and ramble on for pages with stupid pointless information about something that doesn't even have to do with the story... usually about the very dull and boring city of maycomb. The book would only be about 150 pages without all that!! Some parts I seriously just wanted to scream it was so boring!!! There is SO MUCH random junk that when we got to our reviews and tests, I couldn't even remember half of the little things that happened in the book. To make a long story short, this book is no 'work of art' and I STRONGLY suggest picking something else!!