Theodore Boone: El Escándalo / The Scandal (Hardcover)

from JenniferRobb

Somehow I'd managed to miss that Grisham had this YA series. From one standpoint, with two lawyer parents, it is believable that their son Theo would have an interest in law. I haven't read the other books in the series and perhaps they explain it better, but I failed to understand why Theo had h...

from DonnaMarieMerritt

The Boone family is a little too perfect for my tastes (lawyer parents, want-to-be-lawyer only child who is overly wise when it comes to giving advice to other kids, member of the Boy Scouts, church on Sunday, serving at the soup kitchen every Tuesday, etc.). I think middle schoolers will look pa...

from bensdad00

Simplistic to the point of absurdity, morally relativistic, and detached from reality to a fantastical degree.

from burnit99

I think I've read all of John Grisham's books that are not his original red meat: legal suspense novels. I should probably try those someday; I like his other stuff. I quite like his Young Adult series, Theodore Boone, with the title character a 13-year-old aspiring lawyer who gets involved in th...

from Writermala

A good book for preteens needs characters that the tweens can relate to, a good plot with a clear problem and satisfactory resolution. "The Scandal" meets all these conditions and gets my vote for a great book though I'm not a member of the target audience it is aimed at. More importantly, the bo...