A few weeks ago, I was looking for the next Grisham book and saw this one. I didn't get it right away because it wasn't available on the Kindle. Later on, I was reading about it and realized it was a kids book for 6th-8th graders. The book seems age appropriate for the target audience...not too many difficult words but definitely a few that the average middle schooler will need to look up. The subject matter is typical Grisham, meaning there are some courtroom scenes, some investigation, a really rich "environment" where it all happens, and several interesting characters. But a new wrinkle here is an educational element where the characters explain or "think" about the meanings of the different legal terms or procedures. This is effective for bringing the reader up to speed, since the typical middle schooler won't be familiar with many of the courtroom procedures or legal terms. It is contemporary...Theo has a cell phone and laptop. It is also a good episode where Theo faces an ethical dilemma...choosing to keep his word to a friend or telling someone what he found out about a murder case. I enjoyed this book and will get the next one in the series when it comes out. It reminded me of reading The Hardy Boys books as a kid.

I bought this book myself, received no compensation or anything...just figured I would share what I thought. JE
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