John Grisham
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Washed-up public defender Clay Carter's latest case, a routine street killing, takes an unexpected turn when he discovers evidence of a conspiracy involving a large drug company and a lawsuit with a huge potential settlement.
23) A time to kill
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a ten-year-old Black girl is brutally raped by two drunken white men in the small Southern town of Clanton, Mississippi, the ensuing tension and violence threatens to destroy the town.
24) The summons
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ray Atlee and his brother, Forrest, receive a letter from their father, a reclusive, retired judge, instructing them to return home to Clanton, Mississippi, to discuss his estate, but the judge dies before his sons arrive, leaving behind a secret known only to Ray.