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A Time to Kill [electronic resource] : A Novel. John Grisham.

Grisham, John. (Author).

Summary:

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The master of the legal thriller probes the savage depths of racial violence in this searing courtroom drama featuring the beloved Jake Brigance. “John Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing today.”— The Philadelphia Inquirer The life of a ten-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless white men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime—until the girl’s father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands. For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client’s life—and then his own. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4
UG/Upper grades (9th-12)
5.2 ATOS Level
710 Lexile.
Subject:
Literature.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Fiction.

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