The story of a small sleepy town in the American South, told by a little girl.
The story of her brother Jim, her friend Dill, and her father, the honest, principled lawyer Atticus Finch, one of the last and best representatives of the old 'southern aristocracy.'
The story of the trial of a black man accused of raping a white girl.
But above all, the story of a turning point in the era, when the xenophobia, racism, intolerance, and bigotry inherent in the American South are gradually becoming a thing of the past.
The 'wind of change' has only just begun to blow over America. What will it bring?..