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Categories	Action & Adventure
Author	John Grisham
Publisher	Puffin Books; 0 edition (April 9, 2013)
Language	English
Paperback	271 pages
Item Weight	8 ounces
Dimensions	5.19 x 0.82 x 7.75 inches

I. Book introduction

Theodore Boone: The Accused is the third book in the series of Theodore Boone. It is written by John Grisham and is the third book that he has written for Young Adults (8-13-year-olds). It went on sale on May 15, 2012. The book opens with the continuation of book two.

Filled with the intrigue and page-turning suspense that made John Grisham a #1 international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller, Theodore Boone’s adventures will keep readers enthralled until the very last page.

Plot

The murder trial of Pete Duffy is about to begin and that is all anyone can talk about. Theo has permission from his teacher to be in court for the opening remarks and to report back to the class what happened. It turns out, though, that Pete Duffy skipped town and the trial is postponed. When Theo returns to school he notices that his locker has been tampered with. He doesn’t say anything about it, as it would be a hassle to report. However, one day he’s called into the principal’s office, where two detectives are awaiting him and ask to see his locker. Theo’s locker is found to contain three stolen tablets from Big Mac’s computer store, which has recently been broken into. From this point on, Theo is considered the main suspect for the robbery. In addition to the false accusation, a picture of Theo leaving the police station and a description of his “crimes” is circulated to the town, which leads to teasing by some schoolmates. During one such round, a friend of Theo’s, Woody, steps in and tells the teaser, Baxter, to stop. The two then begin to fight, with Baxter’s friend Griff jumping in. Theo then also jumps in, for the sake of his friend. All participants in the brawl end up receiving suspension for two days and probation for a thirty-day period. Later, when Theo visits his uncle Ike, Ike proposes the idea that the culprit behind both Big Mac’s store robbery is the child of one of Mrs. Boone’s clients, a child that prefers their father over their mother. With some digging, Ike and Theo eventually pin down the culprits, who are arrested. Then get a call from the head of the school and they said that they want to press charges.

Editorial Reviews

• “John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we’ve got.” —The New York Times Book Review
• “Another swift Grisham thrillerette.” —The New York Times on The Abduction
• “Theo is a terrific character, an everyman kind of kid. . . . There are many positive messages wrapped in this entertaining story that appeals to the kid in all of us.” —USA Today, on The Abduction
• “Not since Nancy Drew has a nosy, crime-obsessed kid been so hard to resist.” –The New York Times
• “Classic Grisham.” –The Los Angeles Times
• “Smartly written.” — USA Today
• “Grisham is an absolute master.”–Washington Post
• “Edge-of-your-seat drama, sophisticated plotting, and plenty of spunk.”–Chicago Sun-Times
• “Gripping . . . I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery.”–Scholastic News

About John Grisham

John Grisham (born February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas) is an American novelist, lawyer and former member of the 7th district of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his popular legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 28 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling, Grisham is one of only three authors to have sold two million copies on a first printing.

Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practised criminal law for about a decade and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990.

Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it. Grisham’s first bestseller, The Firm, sold more than seven million copies. The book was adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise, and a 2012 TV series which continues the story ten years after the events of the film and novel. Seven of his other novels have also been adapted into films:

• The Chamber,
• The Client,
• A Painted House,
• The Pelican Brief,
• The Rainmaker,
• The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas.

Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.

When he’s not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.

John Girsham lives on a farm in central Virginia.

II. Reviewer Theodore Boone: The Accused

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1. ROBIN T.KOHL reviews for Theodore Boone: The Accused

I Love Theo!

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.

2. CAROL JONES-CAMPBELL reviews for Theodore Boone: The Accused

I really like Grisham’s take on how he presents his work on and sets his work on not kids reading but gives us a change to read his work in an excellent format. In “The Accused” Theo is back! and ready for his next big case. Even though Theo is only 13 years old, he has already uncovered key evidence in a ground breading murder trial and also discovred the truth behind his best friends abduction. Now with the latest unfolding of events in Strattenburg, Theo will face his biggest challenge yet.

Filled with the intrigue and page turning suspense that made John Grisham a #1 international best seller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller. Boone’s adventures will keep readers enthralled until the very last page.

I’m finding that I’m completely loving the plot lines and the way they work together. I highly recommend if you like legal plots and the way they work together. I highly agree that these work really well together and compliment each other. Recommend.

3. HUGO YOUNG reviews for Theodore Boone: The Accused

Theodore Boone, The Accused. By John Grisham is a captivating novel. I decided to read this book as I had already read the second one and when I found this in the library I couldn’t not read it. This book is about a young boy (Theodore Boone) who’s parents are both lawyers and he, in turn is crazy about law. Throughout the series he is changing his goals, wether he wants to be a policeman, a judge or a lawyer all of them are to do with law. In the accused Theo gets caught up with the police, in a bad way. Theo’s mother is a divorce lawyer and usually represents the wife in a divorce. Two boys from Theo’s school started to hate him when their parents started to go through a divorce. They both wanted to live with their father but they were lined up to live with their mother. So they took out their anger on Theo. First they robbed a computer store, then they started putting some of the stuff they stole in Theo’s locker, as to try and frame him. Theo was then terrorised for a few days, the boys slashed his tires and threw rocks threw his windows.That was what I really lik d about it, the storyline with all the twists and turns kept me hooked the whole way. It is a very captivating story and I would recommend reading it. The character I found most interesting was Theo’s uncle Ike. Ike used to be a great lawyer and a pretender in Theo’s parents firm, but something happened and he was not allowed to be a lawyer anymore. Ike is a shady uncle, he knows a lot of people and when Theo needs information, Ike is his man. I liked Ike because he was nice but also mysterious.

I learnt a lot about law from this book, such as things that are dumb to do when you are trying to frame someone like throwing rocks through their window and slashing their tires. Theo also taught me a lot about the proceedings of a courthouse.

4. DON MASSENZIO reviews for Theodore Boone: The Accused

A John Grisham YA series

I had just finished reading a couple of John Grisham books, Sycamore Row and Gray Mountain, with mixed opinions of each. This book came up as a suggested one on my Kindle. After reading the first chapter I realized I had entered into Grisham’s YA fiction. The Accused is not Grisham’s first Theodore Boone, but this did not make it difficult to catch on. From the perspective of a YA work, it was an enjoyable read. Theodore is a 13 year old and the only child of two lawyers in a small town. He is an aspiring attorney that represents eccentric folk in the town’s animal court where disputes are brought over pets and livestock and anyone can either represent themselves or another person.

This book involves Theodore’s involvement in a crime that he did not commit but someone is attempting to frame him for it. It’s an enjoyable story with colorful characters such as Theo’s Uncle Ike, a disbarred lawyer, who helps him investigate the crime.

Overall, the book was enjoyable. Much like Harlan Coben’s Mickey Bolitar YA series, this book has a main character that is wise beyond his years and maybe a little too perfect. Theo is bookish and aspires to be a lawyer, yet is popular in school. Perhaps having a more realistic reaction to his nature in the school setting might make this book and the series just a bit more believable. I’m going to go back and give the first Theodore Boone book a try.

5. NICHOLAS JOHNSTON reviews for Theodore Boone: The Accused

The book,”Theodore Boone: The Accused,” by John Grisham, is a great book, and in my opinion the best in the Theodore Boone series. I like it more than the other two because instead of representing another client as their lawyer, this time the main character is representing himself. I could read this book over and over and still be satisfied.

I’m a big fan of John Grisham’s writing because he always does a good job of establishing the tone and mood, he’s great at drawing the reader in with imagery, and his plots are always top notch. The two he did exceptionally well in this book were the mood and imagery. By establishing these two literary elements the book was easy to understand, and get into, in the sense that I felt like I witnessing the events first hand.

John Grisham established the mood by doing a number of things. One way he created the mood was through the emotions of the main character, Theo, or Theodore Boone. By throwing some rough patches in the way of Theo, and making him sad or frightened, I as a reader truly felt for him as a fellow 13 year old, and hoped for the best. Another way Grisham established the mood was through the actions of the whole Boone family. Since Theo’s parents and uncle are lawyers when they get tense or worried in certain situations it changes the atmosphere of the book. With things like these I really got a good feel for the book.

After reading this book I felt imagery was a key component as well, especially at the end. As the climax approached Grisham did a great job of ramping up the intensity by describing the characters and their actions through imagery, really making the ending as good as can be. For example every scene where something happened, regardless of whether or not it was major or minor, I had a perfect picture painted in my head.

Even though this isn’t the best book I have ever read, probably far from it, I have to say it is a great book. The way everything flowed and went together every aspect contributed to the story, and made it an amazing read.

6. OLIVER reviews for Theodore Boone: The Accused

It’s that time again, trial time. The day has finally come for Pete Duffy’s second murder trial. Theo has been amped up for it ever since the previous one ended in a mistrial; partly thanks to him. Theo previously helped an eyewitness come forward, right before Duffy was going to walk a free man. But the unthinkable happens, Duffy is nowhere to be found. The police spent about a week looking for him, but declare that he has either jumped states or jumped countries. Theo is very upset, and is in a foul mood for a while. One morning at school, he discovers that his locker has been broken into, but he doesn’t think too much of it, nor does he report it. He then starts getting his tires slashed and his locker is broken into again. A few weeks later, he reads the morning paper, where a robbery has been reported at a local computer store. Theo also thinks nothing of this, until, that is, the police start to question him about it.

I greatly enjoyed this book, and felt that with my limited knowledge of law and order it was easy to understand. If I were in Theo’s situation, however, I think it would be more realistic if he immediately reported the break-ins of his locker. It carries drama and suspense very well, and builds it inconspicuously. Grisham does a great job of helping the reader visualize the story, and it was crisp and clear to me. I will definitely continue to read this series as well as recommend it to my friends.

7. ANDREW PENDER-SMITH reviews for Theodore Boone: The Accused

The author has created a wonderful character in thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone. In many respects, Theodore is a typical boy in that he rides a bicycle and goes to scouts. Theodore is, however, more intelligent and thoughtful than most boys of his age. His parents are lawyers, and it is through listening to them and witnessing their handling of cases, that he has acquired good insight into human nature. Like his parents, he wants to be a lawyer. He is obtaining good grades in school and is a popular boy. The problem is, he is wrongly accused of theft and his life rapidly spirals into a nightmare as he tries to find out who has set him up for a possible stint in a juvenile detention centre. Using his own intelligence and help from his quirky uncle, as well as a few others, Theodore sets out to save himself from disaster.

John Grisham is well known for creating believable characters and he does an excellent job with young Theodore, as well as his family, friends and acquaintances. John Grisham’s protagonist, Theodore in ‘Theodore Boone – The Accused’ should resonate with young adults and older readers. I look forward to more stories involving this resourceful boy.

8. MATT reviews for Theodore Boone: The Accused

I always enjoy a little change of scenery, even when it comes to books. Grisham, while the legal master that he is, offers up an excellent ‘junior legal beagle’ series, perhaps in an attempt to hook readers at a young age and then offer them some decent legal books when they have matured past the Boone stage of their life. Of all ‘adult’ authors I have read, Grisham surely takes the cake.

In the third Boone saga, Grisham continues to build on the teen lawyer, Theo Boone, and his life in Smalltown, USA. Picking up where the previous book left off, we learn a little more about the murder trial that filled Boone’s interest in the previous book. That said, Boone’s life gets turned upside down when he becomes both the victim and prime suspect in some local crimes. While trying to clear his name, Boone trips upon some interesting info that leads him through many interesting adventures.

Grisham is masterful and this is a great, lighter read, for those who are used to strong language, plots, narration, and character development.

Kudos, Mr. Grisham. Another entertaining piece!

9. LEEANN reviews for Theodore Boone: The Accused

Appropriate 6th and up. . .

I was happier with this book than the 2nd. Grisham returns (even briefly) to the Duffy trial, but it is not the main plot line. Perhaps he has a plan to finish that plot line as he goes on.

In this story, Theo is accused of a crime and he spends the book trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Overall, I thought it was good and I liked it, but it is missing something that the first book had. There was a quality in Theo that is missing in these last 2, a confidence. Book 2 and 3 also move away from the courtroom, which I really liked in the 1st book.

Also, in “Kid Lawyer” (the first book), Theo was helping kids with legal problems, and Grisham has moved away from that just a bit here. There is a CUTE side plot about a spitting llama that Theo helps out with, but that is it.

I will keep reading the Theodore Boone series, and I am thinking about using “Kid Lawyer” in my 7th grade class, but I hope that Grisham re-reads his own 1st book and returns to that sort of style. Oh yeah, he also needs to STOP introducing the characters!! If a person hasn’t read the 1st two, they SHOULD! lol

10. CANDICE PEDERSEN reviews for Theodore Boone: The Accused

I have become addicted to these books. They are very fast reads and keep me thinking about what will happen next. I really had hopes that this book would finally finish the story of the murder that started the first book off. However, this book takes a totally different turn of events and goes away from that story. Which I hope means that there is a fourth book out there that will finish the trial of Pete Duffy. He cannot get away with what we believe he has done.

This book is very different and I think my favorite of the three Theo books. The book moves very quickly and takes many unexpected turns. I like how Ike plays a larger role in this book in helping Theo all the different ways. I like how Theo’s character develops more and we begin to see a different side of him. He has grown a lot since the first book even though it has only been a few months in the story line.

A quick read that left me not wanting to put it down. I should have just finished it yesterday but instead drag it all the way out until tonight when I quickly finished it. Definitely a good read!

III. Theodore Boone: The Accused Quotes

The best book quotes from Theodore Boone: The Accused by John Grisham

“Like every false rumor, it gained credibility while being repeated, and before long it was practically a fact.”

“We all have our little secrets, and as long as they’re harmless, who really cares? With time, the secrets often go away and things don’t matter anymore.”

“The faster I ran, the faster the llama ran. I could hear the monkey squealing, having fun, I guess.”

“picked up on comments that suggested Ike Boone struggled with the bottle”

Excerpted from Theodore Boone: The Accused by John Grisham

Chapter 1

The accused was a wealthy man by the name of Pete Duffy, and his alleged crime was murder. According to the police and the prosecutors, Mr. Duffy strangled his lovely wife in their attractive home on the sixth fairway of a golf course where he, the accused, was playing golf that day, alone. If convicted, he would spend the rest of his life in prison. If acquitted, he would walk out of the courtroom a free man. As things turned out, the jury did not find him guilty, or not guilty.

This was his second trial. Four months earlier, the first trial had ended suddenly when Judge Henry Gantry decided it would be unfair to continue. He declared a mistrial and sent everyone home, including Pete Duffy, who remained free on bond. In most murder cases, the accused cannot afford to post a bond and stay out of jail while waiting on a trial. But because Mr. Duffy had money and good lawyers, he had been free as a bird since the police found his wife’s body and the State accused him of killing her. He had been seen around town—dining in his favorite restaurants, watching basketball games at Stratten College, attending church (with greater frequency), and, of course, playing lots of golf. As he waited on his first trial, he seemed unconcerned with the prospect of a trial and the possibility of prison. Now, though, facing his second trial, and with a new eyewitness ready to be used by the prosecution, Pete Duffy was rumored to be very worried.

The new eyewitness was Bobby Escobar, a nineteen- year-old illegal immigrant who was working at the golf course on the day Mrs. Duffy was murdered. He saw Mr. Duffy enter his home at about the same time she died, then hurry away and resume his golf game. For a lot of reasons, Bobby did not come forward until the first trial was underway. Once Judge Gantry heard Bobby’s story, he declared a mistrial. Now, with Bobby ready to testify, most of the folks in Strattenburg, who had been closely watching the Duffy case, were expecting a guilty verdict. It was almost impossible to find someone who believed Pete Duffy did not kill his wife.

And it was also difficult to find a person who did not want to watch the trial. A murder trial in the Strattenburg Courthouse was a rare event—indeed, murder was rare in Stratten County—and a large crowd began gathering at 8:00 a.m., just after the front doors of the courthouse opened. The jury had been selected three days earlier. It was time for the courtroom drama to begin.

At 8:40, Mr. Mount got his eighth-grade class quiet and called the roll. All sixteen boys were present. Homeroom lasted for only ten minutes before the boys went off to first period Spanish with Madame Monique.

Mr. Mount was in a hurry. He said, “Okay, men, you know that today is the first day of the Pete Duffy trial, round two. We were allowed to watch the first day of the first trial, but, as you know, my request to watch the second trial was denied.”

Several of the boys hissed and booed.

Mr. Mount raised his hands. “Enough. However, our esteemed principal, Mrs. Gladwell, has agreed to allow Theo to watch the opening of the trial and report back to us. Theo.”

Theodore Boone jumped to his feet, and, like the lawyers he watched and admired, walked purposefully to the front of the room. He carried a yellow legal pad, just like a real lawyer. He stood by Mr. Mount’s desk, paused for a second, and looked at the class as if he were indeed a trial lawyer preparing to address the jury.

Since both of his parents were lawyers, and he had practically been raised in their law office, and he hung out in courtrooms while the other eighth graders at Strattenburg Middle School were playing sports and taking guitar lessons and doing all the things that normal thirteen-year-olds tend to do, and since he loved the law and studied it and watched it and talked about little else, the rest of his class was quick to yield to Theo when discussing legal matters. When it came to the law, Theo had no competition, at least not in Mr. Mount’s eighth-grade homeroom.

Theo began, “Well, we saw the first day of the first trial four months ago, so you know the lineups and the players. The lawyers are the same. The charges are the same. Mr. Duffy is still Mr. Duffy. There is a different jury this time around, and, of course, there is the issue of a new eyewitness who did not testify during the first trial.”

“Guilty!” yelled Woody from the back of the room. Several others chimed in and added their agreement.

“All right,” Theo said. “Show of hands. Who thinks Pete Duffy is guilty?”

Fourteen of sixteen hands shot upward with no hesitation whatsoever. Chase Whipple, a mad scientist who took pride in never agreeing with the majority, sat with his arms folded across his chest.

Theo did not vote, but instead became irritated. “This is ridiculous! How can you vote guilty before the trial has started, before we know what the witnesses will say, before anything happens? We’ve talked about the presumption of innocence. In our system, a person charged with a crime is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty. Pete Duffy will walk into the courtroom this morning completely innocent, and will remain innocent until all the witnesses have testified and all the proof is before the jury. The presumption of innocence, remember?”

Mr. Mount stood in a corner and watched Theo at his best. He had seen this before, many times. The kid was a natural on his feet, the star of the Eighth-Grade Debate Team, of which Mr. Mount was the faculty adviser.

Theo pressed on, still pretending to be indignant at his classmates’ rush to judgment. “And proof beyond a reasonable doubt, remember? What’s the matter with you guys?”

“Guilty!” Woody yelled again, and got some laughs.

Theo knew it was a lost cause. He said, “Okay, okay, can I go now?”

“Sure,” Mr. Mount replied. The bell rang loudly and all sixteen boys headed for the door. Theo darted into the hallway and raced to the front office where Miss Gloria, the school’s secretary, was on the phone. She liked Theo because his mother had handled her first divorce, and because Theo had once given her some unofficial advice when her brother was caught driving drunk. She handed Theo a yellow release form, signed by Mrs. Gladwell, and he was off. The clock above her desk gave the time as exactly 8:47.

Outside, at the bike rack by the flagpole, Theo unlocked his chain, wrapped it around the handlebars, and sped away. If he obeyed the rules of the road and stayed on the streets, he would arrive in front of the courthouse in fifteen minutes. But, if he took the usual shortcuts, and raced through an alley or two, and cut across a backyard here and another one there, and ran at least two stop signs, Theo could make it in about ten minutes. On this day, he did not have time to spare. He knew the courtroom was already packed. He would be lucky to get a seat.

He flew through an alley, got airborne twice, then darted through the backyard of a man he knew, an unpleasant man, a man who wore a uniform and tried to act as though he were a real officer of the law when in fact he was little more than a part-time security guard. His name was Buck Boland, (or Buck Baloney, as some people whispered behind his back), and Theo saw him occasionally hanging around

the courthouse. As Theo flew across Mr. Boland’s backyard, he heard a loud, angry voice. “Get outta here, kid!” Theo turned to his left just in time to see Mr. Boland throw a rock in his direction. The rock landed very close by, and Theo pedaled even harder.

That was close, he thought. Perhaps he should find another route.

Nine minutes after leaving the school, Theo wheeled to a stop in front of the Stratten County Courthouse, quickly chained his bike to the rack, and sprinted inside, up the grand staircase and to the massive front doors of Judge Gantry’s courtroom. There was a crowd at the door—spectators in a line trying to get in, and TV cameras with their bright lights, and several grim-faced deputies trying to keep order. Theo’s least favorite deputy in all of Strattenburg was an old grouchy man named Gossett, and, as luck would have it, Gossett saw Theo trying to ease his way through the crowd.

“Where do you think you’re going, Theo?” Gossett growled.

It should be obvious where I’m going, Theo thought quickly to himself. Where else would I be going at this moment, at the beginning of the biggest murder trial in the history of our county? But being a wise guy would not help matters.

Theo whipped out his release from school and said, sweetly, “I have permission from my principal to watch the trial, sir.” Gossett snatched the release and glared at it as if he might have to shoot Theo if his paperwork didn’t measure up. Theo thought about saying, “If you need some help, I’ll read it for you,” but, again, bit his tongue.

Gossett said, “This is from school. This is not a pass to get inside. Do you have permission from Judge Gantry?”

“Yes, sir,” Theo said. “Let me see it.” “It’s not in writing. Judge Gantry gave me verbal

permission to watch the trial.” Gossett frowned even harder, shook his head with great

authority, and said, “Sorry, Theo. The courtroom is packed. There are no more seats. We’re turning people away.”

Theo took his release and tried to appear as if he might burst into tears. He backtracked, turned around, and headed down the long hallway. When Gossett could no longer see him, he ducked through a narrow door and bounced down a utility staircase, one used only by the janitors and service technicians. On the first floor, he eased along a dark, cramped corridor that ran under the main courtroom above, then stepped nonchalantly into a break room where the courthouse employees gathered for coffee, doughnuts, and gossip. “Well, hello, Theo,” said lovely Jenny, by far Theo’s favorite clerk in the entire courthouse.

“Hello, Jenny,” he said with a smile as he kept walking across the small room. He disappeared into a utility closet, came out the other side onto a landing which led to another hidden staircase. In decades past, this had been used to haul convicts from the jail to the main courtroom to face the wrath of the judges, but now it was seldom used. The old courthouse was a maze of cramped passageways and narrow staircases, and Theo knew every one of them.

He entered the courtroom from a side door next to the jury box. The place was buzzing with the nervous chatter of spectators about to see something dramatic. Uniformed guards milled about, chatting with one another and looking important. There was a crowd at the main door as people were still trying to get in. On the left side of the courtroom, in the third row behind the defense table, Theo saw a familiar face.

It was his uncle, Ike, and he was saving a seat for his favorite (and only) nephew. Theo wiggled and darted down the row and wedged himself into a tight spot next to Ike.

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