[miss marmelstein]

I read it in 8th grade over the summer. I thought it was the most enchanting book I had ever read although I was fairly unsure of what rape was. There was only one chapter that confused me - the one excerpted by Reader's Digest: the tea party among the women of Maycomb where Miss Maudie takes them on. It was too subtle for me.

[Gay State Conservative]

It's been 50+ years since my one,and only,contact the book.I was young,naieve and clueless but still understood the power of the work although I didn't understand a lot of the "minutia".

The film,OTOH,is one of my top ten favorites which I watch,on average,once a year along with a number of other favorites.

I certainly could be wrong regarding my "college age and up" remark.But my viewpoint is partially based on the fact (or the assumption on my part) that the book might not have the same impact it might have had 50 (or more) years ago because of how different things are today.

Case in point...me,1969,reporting to Fort Knox,KY for Basic Training.A boy from the suburbs of Boston finds himself in a Company made up mostly of guys from Tennessee,Mississippi and Texas...most of them white but a few black.When I realized that I said to myself "My God...this could get ugly".Turns out there wasn't a *lick* of trouble from anyone...black *or* white.