“We support all actions that lead to the joy, the fun, the reward, the challenge, and the adventure of reading.” So begins the I Kill the Mockingbird Manifesto. This is the story of eighth grade students and best friends Lucy Jordan, Elena Vallejo, and Michael Buskirk who love reading and become a self described trio of radicals, rebels, and literary terrorists.
As they prepare to move on to high school, their teacher, Ms. Caridas gives them a summer reading list. Among the seven book choices is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lucy’s favorite book. Many of the local bookstores stock the books on the reading list to make them available to students. After a trip to one of these bookstores, the trio devises a plan to encourage more people read and appreciate To Kill a Mockingbird. The plan, called “I Kill the Mockingbird”, involves hiding books, flyers, a website, and social media. The movement eventually spreads across the country, and the trio realizes they may be in over their heads.
Read this story to find out how the I Kill the Mockingbird movement ends and what happens at the Mockingbirdpalooza.
I also support the joy, the fun, the challenge, and the adventure of reading. You should, too.
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