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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track — until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the “lucky” associates. She’s offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she’d get her old job back. In a matter of days Samantha moves from...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why. Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only...
3) Rogue lawyer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
On the right side of the law. Sort of. Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather chairs, a hidden gun compartment, and a heavily armed driver. He has no firm, no partners, no associates, and only one employee, his driver, who’s also his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, and golf caddy. He lives alone in a small but extremely safe penthouse...
4) The partner
Author
Language
English
Description
Patrick Lanigan, a young law partner who faked his death and fled the country with millions of dollars stolen from his law firm, is found in Brazil after a four-year chase, but investigators are about to learn that the hunt is really just beginning.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came to suspect Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client of Russo's. Quincy was tried, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison, maintaining his innocence ... In desperation,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle McAvoy becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where, in addition to practicing law, he is expected to lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get him killed.
Author
Series
Jake Brigance novels volume 3
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
464 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Court-appointed lawyer Jake Brigance puts his career, his financial security, and the safety of his family on the line to defend a sixteen-year-old suspect who is accused of killing a local deputy and facing the death penalty.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 1
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
263 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone, who knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in the small town of Strattenburg, finds himself involved in a murder trial because of knowledge he might have about a cold-blooded killer.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 4
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Theodore Boone has spent more time in the courtroom than any thirteen year old boy ought to have but after being cleared of the charge of vandalism and theft, Theo is happy to once more dispense legal advice to his community. However, he uncovers corruption that he didn't expect. Theo finds himself and his loved ones in more danger than he could have anticipated. Theo will always stand up for what is right, though, no matter what the consequences....
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 5
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo's quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he's ever been in before. Even when everything is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 3
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
271 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 6
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in Strattenburg. He has even helped bring a fugitive to justice. But even a future star lawyer like Theo has to deal with statewide standardized testing. When an anonymous tip leads the school board to investigate a suspicious increase in scores at another local middle school, Theo finds himself thrust in the middle of a cheating scandal. With insider knowledge and...
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
217 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone has always dreamed of being a great trial lawyer someday, but a sensational murder trial forces him into the arena sooner than expected, and he is determined to see that justice prevails.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 4
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2013
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Theodore Boone has spent more time in the courtroom than any thirteen year old boy ought to have but after being cleared of the charge of vandalism and theft, Theo is happy to once more dispense legal advice to his community. However, he uncovers corruption that he didn't expect. Theo finds himself and his loved ones in more danger than he could have anticipated. Theo will always stand up for what is right, though, no matter what the consequences....
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 5
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2015
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo's quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he's ever been in before. Even when everything is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice.
Author
Series
Jake Brigance novels volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 28
Physical Desc
447 p. ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
We return to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial -- a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history. Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten, will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his black maid,...
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (ca. 5.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
[2011], p2011
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
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