Information about the title group:
Alabama in the 1930s: The world of the spirited Scout and her older brother Jem falls apart when their father, lawyer Atticus Finch, is appointed to defend a black farmhand accused of raping a white woman. Atticus Finch's committed defense of the evidently innocent man meets intolerance and hatred from his white fellow citizens, which his children also experience.

Abitur topics: Being Young; The USA - Dreams and Struggles; and Culture Wars - Tearing apart the US

Information about the series edition:
Reading is fun – and even more so with literature that your students can manage on their own at home. This literature offering makes that easily possible. The exciting and controversial reading booklets can form the foundation of a classroom library.

The unabridged original texts are suitable for grades 10 to 13 and include annotations for difficult words. Each volume comes with a Teacher's Manual containing reproducible worksheets, exam suggestions, and – for new titles – audio CDs.

Interpretation aids as an additional offer:
For some readings of the Cornelsen Senior English Library, there are supplementary interpretation aids with important information about the work, brief biographies of the authors, vocabulary aids and lists of key quotes, and sample exams.

All page references in the interpretation aids refer to the text volumes of the Cornelsen Senior English Library. The interpretation aids can also be used with other editions of the readings.