Beloved author Harper Lee died on Feb. 19, 2016.  She passed away of old age in her hometown Monroeville, Alabama.

Lee’s iconic novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” is known for its raw use of life back in the 1930s and is widely read in middle and high schools world-wide. The book is taught in Community High School District 117’s freshman curriculum. “To Kill A Mockingbird” and its issues are easily relatable to today, which is why some people will miss Lee’s work, and even Lee herself.

“I thought it was [kind of] sad because she had a really significant impact on literature,” freshman Corrine Wolf said.

English teacher Sam Worden had similar things to say about Lee.

“I’m glad she’s dead,” Worden said. ¨I feel like she was getting prayed on in the last few years in her life, so I think she’s in a better place.¨

Lee was an extraordinary and successful writer, selling over 50 million copies of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

As Harper Lee said, “A book to read is not the one that thinks for you, but the one that makes you think.”