In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth

Book description
Dear Dad, I took the money Grandma sent me for my birthday and bought a round-trip ticket to visit someone very special.  Don’t worry.  I’ll be back soon.  Take care of Miss Maudie.  Love, Erin
Sometimes the things that need to be discovered aren’t so easily found at home. Erin is certain that this is true in her case. A book is all that connects Erin to her mother, who died when she was a baby. But how much can Erin really learn about her mother from a tattered copy of To Kill a Mockingbird? On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Erin decides it’s finally time to find out. And so begins her bus journey from Minnesota to Alabama in search of Harper Lee, the reclusive author of Mockingbird. In a novel full of quirky characters, strange coincidences, and on-the-road adventures, Loretta Ellsworth deftly traces a unique voyage of self-discovery. Published in 2007, 192 pages.
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NOTE: This Book Group in a Bag title is available to school-based discussion groups from December 2008-March 2009 as part of the library's Big Read celebration of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird in February 2009. After March 2009, any book group may reserve this title.