John Grisham
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Jake Brigance novels volume 3
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Clanton, Mississippi. 1990. Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when the court appoints him attorney for Drew Gamble, a timid sixteen-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance digs in and discovers that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Jake’s fierce commitment to saving Drew from the gas chamber puts his career, his financial...
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For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, and drugs to contract killings. The vice was controlled by small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be members of the Dixie Mafia. Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the sixties and were childhood friends,...
23) The appeal
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
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In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst cancer cluster un history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it.
24) The Reckoning
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 24
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Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946, he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his...
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
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In a small Florida town, a young lawyer is shot to death. A young black man, a former client, named Quincy Miller is charged and convicted. For 22 years, Miller maintains his innocence from inside prison. Finally, Guardian Ministries takes on Miller's case, but the Episcopal minister in charge gets more than he bargained for as powerful people do not want Miller exonerated.
26) The confession
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
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Travis Boyette, recently paroled and suffering from an inoperable brain tumor, resolves to confess that he committed a murder nine years earlier for which another man was convicted and awaits execution, but finds it difficult to convince lawyers and judges of their error.
27) The summons
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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"Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi--a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. Ray Atlee is the eldest, a Virginia law professor, newly single...
28) The last juror
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 19
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In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details and the paper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt was tried before...
29) Sooley
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After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called...
30) The Partner
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
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Patrick Lanigan was a young partner in a prominent Biloxi law firm. He had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future. One winter night, Patrick apparently died, trapped in a burning car. He watched his own funeral, then fled. Six weeks later, a fortune was stolen from his law firm's offshore account.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 20
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"In the major-league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory." "Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits - drinking, drugs, and women. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours...
32) A painted house
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
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Thus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The narrator is a farm boy name Luke Chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. The Chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truck-load of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it. For six weeks...
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
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Published in March, 1991, The Firm was hailed by reviewers, booksellers, and readers alike, and soon became the number one bestseller across America. Now comes Grisham's equally gripping new novel: and unforgettable story that begins with the simultaneous assassinations of two Supreme Court justices.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
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Young lawyer Michael Brock's investigation into the motives of a homeless gunman who was killed by police after taking Brock and eight of his fellow attorneys hostage, leads him to the discovery of a dirty little secret that changes the course of his life and career.
35) The chamber
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 29
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In his Chicago law firm a young lawyer named Adam Hall asks to work on the case of Sam Cayhall, Klan member sentenced to death for a 1967 bombing in which two people were killed. Adam's firm has handled the case on a pro bono basis for years, but the case is all but lost and time is running out: within weeks Sam will finally go to the gas chamber. Why in the world would Adam want to get involved?
36) The Abduction
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Theodore Boone volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.
37) The Firm
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 20
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Mitchell Y. McDeere has worked hard to get where he is: third in his class at Harvard Law. Aggressively recruited by all the top firms, and initially headed for Wall Street, Mitch surprised everyone by joining Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a very private, very rich tax firm in Memphis. distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc
38) The runaway jury
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 23
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In the middle of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane, a jury must make a decision in a precedent-setting lawsuit against a tobacco giant. But few know the truth: this jury has a leader, and the jury belongs to him.
39) The Accused
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Theodore Boone volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
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Big trouble is brewing for Theodore Boone. While all of Strattenburg anxiously awaits the new trial of infamous murder suspect Pete Duffy, problems arise for their own kid lawyer. There's been a robbery and Theo is the accused. His reputation is on the line, and with the evidence building against him and dangerous threats looming, Theo will do whatever it takes to prove his innocence even if it means breaking a few rules.