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Author
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the small city of Strattenburg there are many lawyers, and thirteen-year-old Theo Boone thinks he is one of them, but his inside knowledge of the justice system means trouble when a cold-blooded killer is about to go free and only Theo can stop him.
2) The fugitive
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 5
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
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.
3) Vicious
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
On trial for murdering an actually still-alive Alison DiLaurentis, only Aria, Emily, Spencer, and Hanna know they have been framed and resolve to beat Ali at her own game.
4) Monster
Author
Series
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
5) Conviction
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ten years ago, God gave Braden a sign, a promise that his family wouldn't fall apart the way he feared. But Braden got it wrong: his older brother, Trey, has been estranged from the family for almost as long, and his father, the only parent Braden has ever known, has been accused of murder. The arrest of Braden's father, a well-known Christian radio host, has sparked national media attention. His fate lies in his son's hands; Braden is the key witness...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Swimming, sunshine, and golden beaches: Aruba was supposed to be the best time of Anna's life. Then the unthinkable happens--Anna's best friend is found brutally murdered. And when the local police begin to investigate, suspicion falls on one person--Anna. With the police and media sparking a witch-hunt against her, Anna is running out of time to prove her innocence. But as she digs deeper into her friend's final moments, she finds a tangled web of...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year old Rebecca Carter's father brings a Native American accused of murder into their 1812 Ohio settlement town, Rebecca, witnessing the town's reaction to the Indian, struggles with the idea that an innocent man may be convicted and sentenced to death.
Author
Publisher
Telemachus Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-two years ago, Ike Rossi's life was shattered when his parents were murdered in cold blood. He surrendered his football scholarship and returned home to find their killer and raise his nine-year-old sister. Now, the crime of a local ten-year-old genius, Jack Cole, threatens to unearth old wounds rather than provide the closure Ike desperately wants. When Ike meets Jack inside the Pittsburgh courthouse, he doesn't see a murderer but instead...
11) Puppet: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 x 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin.
In 1955 people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral held by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew...