Summary of To Kill A Mockingbird This is a book about a man named Atticus Finch, his children and the people of his town. This story takes place in a place called Maycomb County in the state of Alabama. The time is in the 1940's and '50's. The story starts out with a girl, "Scout" telling the story of something as an adult. She starts out talking about the summers that she remembers most. It was when her brother, Jem had and she had experienced the most memorable years of their lives. I will be telling the story through "Scout's" eyes. When Jem had nearly been thirteen years old,