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The first edition of the novel was published in 2010, and was written by kathryn erskine. Hes a kid growing up around black car grease, white fence paint, and the backward attitudes of the folks who live in his hometown, stony gap, virginia. The destruction of an innocent is perhaps both the deepest kind of psychosocial wound a community can face and its greatest opportunity for psychological and spiritual growth. Kathryn was a lawyer for fifteen years before turning to her first love. Kathryn erskine mockingbird won americas national book award t enyearold caitlin smith is doubly bereaved.
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