История маленького сонного городка на юге Америки, поведанная маленькой девочкой.
История ее брата Джима, друга Дилла и ее отца – честного, принципиального адвоката Аттикуса Финча, одного из последних и лучших представителей старой «южной аристократии».
История судебного процесса по делу чернокожего парня, обвиненного в насилии над белой девушкой.
Но прежде всего – история переломной эпохи, когда ксенофобия, расизм, нетерпимость и ханжество, присущие американскому югу, постепенно уходят в прошлое.
«Ветер перемен» только-только повеял над Америкой. Что он принесет?..

Harper Lee is the "genius of one book," the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is her only known work. But for this book, translated into almost all languages of the world, the writer was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The book was recognized as the best American novel of the 20th century by the Library Journal, and then brought the author the highest civilian award of the United States - the Medal of Freedom. Its total circulation in the United States alone was more than thirty million copies!
The story of a small sleepy town in the South of America, told by a little girl.
The story of her brother Jim, a friend of Dill and her father - honest, principled lawyer Atticus Finch, one of the last and best representatives of the old "southern aristocracy."
The history of the trial in the case of a black guy accused of abusing a white girl.
But above all, it is the story of a turning point in the era when the xenophobia, racism, intolerance and sanctimony inherent in the American south are gradually becoming a thing of the past.
The "wind of change" just blew over America. What will it bring?..