` ` To Kill a Mockingbird '' was published this week in 1960 and was immediately popular . The film and the future . Just this year , Lee gave permission for ` ` Mockingbird '' to be released as an e - book . The e - book version of the book was released this week . The book explores racism in the South through the eyes of Lee .
` ` To Kill a Mockingbird '' was published this week in 1960 and was immediately popular . Just this year , Lee gave permission for ` ` Mockingbird '' to be released as an e - book . The e - book version of the book was released this week . The book explores racism in the South through the eyes of Lee .