Freshmen are reading the classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee in Ms. Faubel’s Gifted English class. The book, which follows a young girl and her father as they attempt to fight racism in the southern United States in the 1930s, seems to be a popular one among the students of the class.

Freshman Zack Stone said, “Through [this book] I can go more in depth and learn about things in different ways, and that’s very interesting.”

Also, in Ms. Faubel’s class is freshman Ugochi Chukwueke, who said, “This book is very interesting and has lots of diverse characters. Harper Lee is a great author!”

Ms. Faubel said, “I think that [“To Kill a Mockingbird”] is a great novel because I think that it’s a novel that teaches important moral ideas, but it teaches them by helping us empathize with and understand people that might be different than us instead of by teaching people through lecturing. I think it does teach important ideas, but it does it in a way that’s kind and empathetic. I think that is the reason that it has been loved for so long.”