20, 2007 photo, Harper Lee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To kill a Mockingbird," smiles during a ceremony honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. I hadn't realized it had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it." Show More Show Less 3 of4 The UK cover of "Go Set A Watchman." HarperCollins Show More Show Less 4 of4 I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, persuaded me to write a novel from the point of view of the young Scout. It features the character known as Scout as an adult woman and I thought it a pretty decent effort. 3, 2015, HarperCollins announced it was publishing a second book by Lee titled "Go Set a Watchman." Lee explained the 'found' book in a statement: "In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called Go Set a Watchman. It is narrated by Scout, who's a child during the action but recalls the events as a mature woman. HarperCollins Show More Show Less 2 of4 Published in 1960, Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" puts race on trial in a tiny Alabama town during the 1930s. "Go Set A Watchmen" takes place 20 years later, and features some of the same characters from the American classic. The book jacket for the sequel of "To Kill a Mockingbird" references the cover of the original novel.
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