To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 1-19

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Chapter 11 Mrs dubose is a sick old lady that always yells at Jem and Scout as they pass. Atticus always tells jem to be nice to her and he tries his hardest. But one day she tells them that Atticus is no better the the nigger trash he is working for. This makes jem angry so he destroys all of her flowers. Later Atticus makes him and scout fix them. Jem goes to read to the lady as she is dying and later atticus tells him she was addicted to morphine.

Chapter 12 In this chapter the the kids get taken to a colored church with their maid. Zeebo the maids oldest son also the trash man is the lead singer of the little poor church. Jem turns twelve and tells scout to stop bugging him all the time. This summer is different from all the others because

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