"It had never fully occurred to Jean Louise that she was a girl: her life had been one of reckless, pummeling activity; fighting, football, climbing, keeping up with Jem, and besting anyone her own age in any contest requiring physical prowess."

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About Harper Lee

Harper Lee was an American novelist best known for To Kill a Mockingbird, a landmark novel about racial injustice in the U.S. South. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961 and became a modern classic. She later published Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft-related work.

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