To Kill A Mockingbird - Short Summary Jean Louise "Scout" Finch and her brother, Jem, live with their widowed lawyer father, Atticus, in the Alabama town of Maycomb. One summer, they befriend a boy named Dill, and the trio acts out stories together. Eventually, Dill becomes fascinated with the spooky house on their street called the Radley Place, owned by Mr. Nathan Radley, whose brother Arthur "Boo" Radley has lived there for years without ever …showed first 75 words of 502 total…

…showed last 75 words of 502 total…feels that Atticus and the judge made a fool out of him and vows revenge. He menaces Tom Robinson's wife, tries to break into the judge's house, and finally attacks Jem and Scout as they walk home from a Halloween party. They are saved by Boo Radley, who kills Ewell, carries the wounded Jem home, sits with Scout for a while, and then disappears again into the Radley house. Watch the movie. Bibliography sparknotes.com