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Chapter 1
Scout introduces Maycomb, Alabama, and the Finch family history. We meet Atticus, Jem, and their summer friend Dill, who becomes obsessed with the mysterious Boo Radley next door.
Chapter 2
Scout starts first grade and immediately clashes with her teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, who is new to Maycomb and doesn't understand how the town works.
Chapter 3
Walter Cunningham comes home for lunch with Scout and Jem, and Scout learns a lesson in manners from Calpurnia after mocking Walter's eating habits.
Chapter 4
Scout finds two pieces of chewing gum hidden in a knothole in the Radley oak tree, and later she and Jem find two old pennies there as well.
Chapter 5
Scout starts spending more time with their neighbor Miss Maudie Atkinson, who becomes an important adult voice in her life.
Chapter 6
Dill's last night in Maycomb before heading home turns into a late-night raid on the Radley property. Jem, Scout, and Dill sneak into the Radley yard to peek through a window.
Chapter 7
School starts again and Jem finally tells Scout what he found when he went back for his pants: they had been clumsily mended and left folded on the fence, as if someone knew he wa…
Chapter 8
Maycomb gets its first real snowfall in years, which Scout mistakes for the end of the world. Jem and Scout build a snowman using dirt and mud under the snow, shaping it to look l…
Chapter 9
Scout gets into a fight at school after a classmate taunts her about Atticus defending Tom Robinson. Atticus tells Scout he is taking the case because it is the right thing to do,…
Chapter 10
Scout and Jem are embarrassed that Atticus is older than other fathers and seems to have no special skills. Then a rabid dog named Tim Johnson comes stumbling down the street.
Chapter 11
Scout and Jem regularly pass the house of Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose, an elderly woman who hurls cruel insults at them, especially about Atticus defending Tom Robinson.
Chapter 12
Dill doesn't come to Maycomb that summer, and Jem is pulling away from Scout as he gets older. Calpurnia takes the children to her Black church, First Purchase, while Atticus is a…
Chapter 13
Aunt Alexandra arrives to stay with the Finches, saying the children need proper family guidance during the trial period.
Chapter 14
Tensions in Maycomb rise as the trial approaches. Scout asks Atticus what rape is after hearing the word in town, and he answers plainly.
Chapter 15
A group of men come to the Finch house the night before the trial to warn Atticus that there may be trouble at the jail.
Chapter 16
The morning after Atticus faced down the mob at the jail, Maycomb buzzes with talk about what happened. The trial of Tom Robinson begins, and the whole town turns out as if it wer…
Chapter 17
The trial opens with testimony from Sheriff Heck Tate and Bob Ewell. Tate describes what he found when he arrived at the Ewell property: Mayella badly beaten, mostly on the right…
Chapter 18
Mayella Ewell testifies. She is clearly frightened and, unlike her father, seems more pathetic than villainous.
Chapter 19
Tom Robinson takes the stand and tells his version of events. He says he regularly helped Mayella with chores out of kindness, that she invited him inside, kissed him, and that Bo…
Chapter 20
Outside the courthouse, Scout and Dill meet Dolphus Raymond, a white man who lives with a Black woman and is assumed by the town to be a drunk.
Chapter 21
The jury deliberates while Scout, Jem, and Dill wait in the courthouse balcony with the Black community. Calpurnia arrives to take the children home for supper, but Atticus lets t…
Chapter 22
The morning after the verdict, Jem is still upset and Atticus looks worn down. The Black community sends food to the Finch house as a thank-you, filling the kitchen with more than…
Chapter 23
Atticus is calm about Bob Ewell's threat, telling the family that Ewell probably feels better now that he has acted out.
Chapter 24
Scout attends one of Aunt Alexandra's missionary circle meetings, sitting with the women of Maycomb while they discuss a missionary's work in Africa.
Chapter 25
Scout recalls a moment from earlier in the summer when Jem stopped her from killing a roly-poly bug, saying it had done nothing to harm her.
Chapter 26
School starts again and Scout is in third grade. She notices that the Radley house no longer frightens her the way it used to, though she still thinks about Boo.
Chapter 27
Three things happen in Maycomb that fall, and Atticus says they are connected. Bob Ewell loses a job he just got and blames Atticus.
Chapter 28
It is Halloween night. Scout, in her ham costume, and Jem walk to the school pageant in the dark.
Chapter 29
Back at the Finch house, Dr. Reynolds tends to Jem, who is unconscious.
Chapter 30
Atticus, Heck Tate, and Scout sit with Boo on the porch while Dr. Reynolds works on Jem inside.
Chapter 31
Scout walks Boo Radley home after the attack, and it's the last time she ever sees him. Standing on his porch, she finally sees the neighborhood through his eyes, replaying years…
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