Jean Louise "Scout" Finch and her brother, Jem, live with their widowed lawyer father, Atticus, in the Alabama town of Maycomb. One summer, they befriend a boy named Dill, and the trio acts out stories together. Eventually, Dill becomes fascinated with the spooky house on their street called the Radley Place, owned by Mr. Nathan Radley, whose brother Arthur "Boo" Radley has lived there for years without ever leaving the house. Scout goes to school …showed first 75 words of 501 total…

…showed last 75 words of 501 total…made a fool out of him and vows revenge. He menaces Tom Robinson's wife, tries to break into the judge's house, and finally attacks Jem and Scout as they walk home from a Halloween party. Boo Radley intervenes, however, saving the children from the vindictive Ewell, who is accidentally killed in the struggle. After carrying the wounded Jem home, and sitting with Scout for a while, Boo disappears again into the Radley house. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**