Theodore Boone: The Accused

I was first introduced to Theodore Boone when I purchased "Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer" by mistake. I am a 52 year-old woman and typically do not read children's books. I purchased the book because I read everything written by John Grisham and did not realize it was written for kids. I decided not return the book and read it instead. I was so glad of my order error and purposely ordered the next two books in the series. I immediately fell in love with Theo, his friends and his quirky family. I love Judge the dog and how important he is to Theo and vice versa.The third installment in the series did not disappoint. We find Theo is in the unique position of having to defend himself as he is the accused. Many of the same characters from previous tales return, such as his uncle Ike. They feel familiar and it is nice to catch up with them. My favorite part of the book is when Theo defends Miss Petunia in Animal Court. It's fun that the "judge" asks Theo what the laws are. I was a tad disappointed that the mystery regarding a woman's murder has yet to be solved.I love the way Theo respects adults but his thoughts revel his intelligence in how he wants to respond to adults, but out of respects holds his tongue. He is a very likable kid and it is nice that he doesn't have total disdain for all adults. He has several role models and has parents who love him and allow him to be a kid while training him to be a good person and responsible adult. I think this provides lessons for kids who read the books. His exploits are fun for me and I know kids would enjoy them as well.I highly recommend this book for kids and adults as well. If I had children, I think if would be nice to read them together and have discussions about lessons learned from Theo's adventures.

John Grisham's new book is a great short story. Yes, short story. It is about half the length of his normal novels. As such I was disappointed, not with the story, but with the price. It seemed to be a bit high priced for the product. I don't usually complain about price, so I will put that at the end.STORY REVIEW:Theodore Boone is a 13 year old aspiring lawyer. He is in a private school and one of the brightest students that they have. His parents are both lawyers. His mom is a divorce lawyer and his father is a Real Estate Lawyer. Neither are what we would consider high courtroom drama lawyers. Theodore wants to be a courtroom lawyer, maybe a Criminal Defense Lawyer, or maybe a Prosecutor, but definitely a lawyer who is in the front of the fight in the courtroom.As such Theo has spent a good bit of time in the local courthouse watching trials. He has even added people who are going to "Animal Court" where they are facing a small claims court type of proceeding where "lawyers" aren't the usual fare, the people usually represent themselves. But Theo has been a friendly help to many who go to that court.But our story starts with Theo wanting to attend the trial of a man accused of killing his wife. His school gives him a day pass to go to the court and observe the opening arguments of the trial so that he can then come back and give a report to the Civic's class on the courtroom proceedings. Theo gets to the court and sits with his uncle Ike (who happens to be a lawyer who ran afoul of the system and is no longer practicing). As the trial is ready to start and all the lawyers and judge are in place there is only one small problem. The defendant has fled. He is no where to be found. He is in violation of his bail and will be forfeiting a million dollars worth of property put up for bail. Where is he? Why has he run? What will Theo have to do with it? Is it because Theo found a witness to the crime (an illegal alien) whom he has convinced to come forward to testify for the prosecutor's office.The reason I wonder if Theo is involved is because after the court let's out with a mis-trial because the defendant isn't around strange things start to happen. Theo's bike tires keep getting slashed. Theo is accused then of breaking into a local electronic's store and stealing thousands of dollars worth of items, some of which are found in his locker at school by the police. Theo is now on the short list of suspects in a crime. Students at school start to spread rumors. There is even an E-mail to hit the internet that mistakenly states that Theo has been arrested and has a trial date looming in Juvenile court (untrue at the moment, but a possible reality).His parents and school officials and his scout master all believe Theo, but the police don't. Uncle Ike steps up to try and help Theo solve the case to get him off the hook. And, all the time there is the problem of Peter Duffy, the wife killer, being on the loose.Who wants to mess with Theo's life? Or did Theo really do it and has everybody fooled?In the midst of all of this there is Animal Court and Theo goes to help Miss Petunia defend her llama from unwarranted harassment from a Security Cop he wants to throw his weight around. The 15 pages of this animal courtroom drama is probably one of the funniest things I have read in years. I laughed so hard I cried.The book is great. It is probably one of the best Grisham has written lately. So, the story is FIVE STARSSo, why did I give it only FOUR STARS? Because it is my way of saying to the publishers, I am tired of you guys hiking up the price of E-books for more profit for yourselves. Amazon introduced the Kindle with the desire to have no book over $9.99. That could still be the case if the publishers would stop being so greedy.How do I know they are greedy? Well a very good friend has self-published seven novels. They have been picked up by a real publisher for two of the novels. But when this author formatted the novels for Kindle the author found that she could make more profit than a hard-published book and that was even selling for less. Example, paperback book sells for $14.95, the author makes $1.20 in profit. Kindle format of the same book sells for $6.95 and the author is making $4.00 profit. Which would the author prefer? Well to make $4 for a $7 dollar price every time. So, come on publishers, you make more money on E-books than hardcopy. Quit being greedy, take your better profits and give us excellent reading for a reasonable price. OK, sorry that's my rant. I've never done that before, but unfortunately here's the truth. The next Grisham novel will get published without me buying it unless the publisher gets over their greed.SO, enjoy this book, it is great, but maybe borrow it from a friend or the library.

I enjoy the drive that Theo has and the way he goes about solving things. His honesty is to be admired.

Theo is accused of stealing some laptops and cell phones Etc. Did Theo steal anything? If not who did?This book is better than the last one.

Grisham doesn't disappoint. He can write for young adults as well as his always popular books for adult readers. "Teddy" Boone is an only child of lawyer/parents, and like many only children, he is very mature for his age and is looked up to by his peers as well as kids his own age. In this book, he is accused of a crime he didn't commit (he is the prime suspect by the polie) and he has to figure out who is framing him (why would someone frame a 13 year old with no known enemies?). With the help of his uncle, a former lawyer who has been disbarred, they manage to bring the culprit(s) to justice. There are also 2 other Boone books in this series; I recommend all of them - you do not have to read them in any special order; each one stands alone. Finally, this is a great book, written by a great author, for readers of all ages. Happy reading!

Great read.

Lo ho adorato perché insegna tutti i metodi giudiziari della corte e anche come risolvere casi e misteri. Troppo bello.

A slight change from Grisham's usual personnel, but extremely good nonetheless, and well worth reading,

Agréable Un peu enfantin

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