Harper Lee’s new novel comes out next week. Here are 10 other must-reads by Alabamians

[tps_title]The Well and the Mine- Gin Phillips [/tps_title]“In a small Alabama coal-mining town during the summer of 1931, nine-year-old Tess Moore sits on her back porch and watches a woman toss a baby into her family’s well without a word.” This senseless act of violence forces Tess and her older sister Virgie to look beyond their own front door and learn the value of kindness and lending a helping hand. As Tess and Virgie begin to uncover the mystery of the well, an accident puts their seven-year-old brother’s life in danger, forcing the Moore family to come to a new understanding of the power of love and compassion.