by Aseem Gupta | Jan 14, 2021 | Book Summaries and Analysis
John Grisham’s Theodore Boone: The Accomplice is the seventh Theodore Boone novel, but its central problem is unusually serious even by the standards of a series built around crime and courtrooms. Theo’s friend Woody Lambert is arrested after being present...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 12, 2021 | Book Summaries and Analysis
John Grisham’s Theodore Boone: The Scandal takes a problem that sounds modest by legal-thriller standards—teachers tampering with standardized-test answers—and turns it into a surprisingly difficult question about justice. The sixth Theodore Boone novel, published in...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 10, 2021 | Book Summaries and Analysis
John Grisham’s Theodore Boone: The Fugitive begins with the kind of discovery its thirteen-year-old hero dreams about: Theo spots a wanted murder suspect hiding in plain sight and realizes that he may be the only person who recognizes him. Yet catching Pete Duffy...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 8, 2021 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Theodore Boone: The Activist takes John Grisham’s thirteen-year-old aspiring lawyer out of the courtroom-centered mysteries that define much of the series and puts him inside a political fight over land, development, environmental damage, public money, and local...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 6, 2021 | Book Summaries and Analysis
John Grisham’s Theodore Boone: The Accused takes the central idea of the Theodore Boone series and turns it against its hero. Theo is normally the thirteen-year-old who knows the courthouse, understands legal procedure better than most adults expect, and enjoys...
