Pulitzer Prize award-winning author Harper Lee announced on Monday that she will publish a sequel to her iconic novel To Kill a Mockingbird this summer.
Although the novel was the only book Lee has had published, the 88-year-old issued a statement revealing that she actually wrote the sequel in the 1950s, before she wrote the classic, but set it aside.
"I hadn't realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it. After much thought and hesitation, I shared it with a handful of people I trust and was pleased to hear that they considered it worthy of publication," Lee said in the statement. "I am humbled and amazed that this will now be published after all these years."
To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most successful books of the 20th century, selling more than 40 million copies since its 1960 publication. The sequel, titled Go Set A Watchman will hit book stores on July 14, 55 years after Mockingbird was released.
Go Set A Watchman will be set in the mid-1950s and will feature Scout as an adult living in New York.
And while news about the book is trending on Twitter, users have gotten creative by suggesting titles they would like to see the Mockingbird sequel called using the hashtags #RejectedHarperLeeSequelTitles.
There was this jab at the rumor that Lee wasn't really the author of the first novel.
Truman Capote Didn't Write This One. #RejectedHarperLeeSequelTitles
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) February 3, 2015
This play on another classic book.
.@VictorGischler One Flew Over The Mockingbird's Nest #RejectedHarperLeeSequelTitles — Jon Ya-Ya Jordan (@CrimespreeJon) February 3, 2015
And this book.
The Girl with the Mockingbird Tattoo #RejectedHarperLeeSequelTitles
— Victor Gischler (@VictorGischler) February 3, 2015
If it reads like a musical.
#ToKillAMockingbird 2 - The Mocky Horror Picture Show. #RejectedHarperLeeSequelTitles — Tom Taylor (@TomTaylorMade) February 3, 2015
These clever titles.
To Kill A Mockingbird II: Alive and Mocking #RejectedHarperLeeSequelTitles
— Hagai Palevsky (@VigilanteNo27) February 3, 2015
#ToKillAMockingBird 2- The Bird Strikes Back #RejectedHarperLeeSequelTitles — Matt Corbin (@stormtrance1618) February 3, 2015
Scout's Honour. #RejectedHarperLeeSequelTitles
— Duncan MacMaster (@FuriousDShow) February 3, 2015
"To Kill A Different Kind Of Bird" #harperleesequeltitles — Beef Wellington (@stillwellgray) February 3, 2015
And of course, this one.
To Mock a Killingbird #HarperLeeSequelTitles
— Seth Robison (@seth410) February 3, 2015
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