To Kill a Mockingbird
Sadly, I have lost the copy from school with all my notes in it. I have always loved this book and know a few people who have named their children after characters.

I this book so very much. It taught me a lot when I first read it at school, and Atticus Finch is one of the grea-*test*-('") heroes ever written. I think the fact that the kids are so normal and likeable is what makes it work so well. A beautiful story and message, but so well done you don't feel like you are being preached to.

I think that this might have been my first 'classic' love. I read it in early high school and remember photocopying a few pages at the end because I loved them so much. It was the scene where Scout stands on Boo Radley's porch and looks out over the street. She recalls the events of the past months/year and thinks about how they would have looked to Boo as he looked out of his window. I think it was a wonderfully written insight into seeing the world from someone else's point of view and I certainly think that this book did more to help me do that than many of the sermons I had heard preached on similar topics up to that point. I now have a copy of my own and have ditched the photocopy. :D I haven't read it in years, but really should. It's such an inspiring story. I can't wait until my kids are old enough to read it so that we can talk about it. Is it just me, or does everyone picture Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch as they are reading it?

I certainly do.