To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Plot Summary

to kill a mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is both a young girl's coming-of-age story and a darker drama about the roots and consequences of racism and prejudice,

First Plot Point: The children learn that their father, Atticus, has agreed to defend the black man Tom Robinson in a rape trial—and that the town disapproves  tor The title of To Kill a Mockingbird refers to the local belief, introduced early in the novel and referred to again later, that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird