To Kill a Mockingbird

Louise's favourite novel from her school days was Harper Lee's classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.

One of those quotes that comes to mind, right here in this moment, is that of Miss Maudie reasserting Atticus's assertion that it's a sin to Kill a Mockingbird.

She said "Your father's right. Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corn cribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird".

In his first outing, eventual eight-time nominee Peter O’Toole saw his towering “Lawrence of Arabia” performance go up against Gregory Peck’s beloved Atticus Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Bowen Cole, 18, studied another classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, which also does not feature in the new qualification.