Book Review – The Accused (Theodore Boone #3) by John Grisham
I have quite a few writers that follow my blog which is great. Since I am planning to become a middle grade author, I want to bring some YA/Middle Grade readers, parents, teachers and librarians on to follow my blog. To make that happen, I decided that I would need to come up with some different content for my blog posts. Topics they would genuinely be interested in and want to come to my blog for.
As I worked through the WordPress workshop I was involved in last month, I brainstormed some new ideas. One of the ideas I came up with was book reviews. Not just any book review, but a review of either a YA or a Middle Grade book. That way, I could draw in those readers for a new book to read and also write the review for the parents, teachers and librarians to help them decide whether the book would be suitable for their young readers. It would also help me to read the books that my soon to be published one, The Hard Way, will be found on the shelf with.
So, I decided to start with a monthly book review this month. For the featured book for July, I went into our family bookshelf and looked at the books that the boys have read. I found one, Theodore Boone – The Accused by John Grisham. I was intrigued by the fact that it was a middle grade novel written by Grisham. I like his style in the adult novels I have read so I thought that I would try this middle grade novel out.
A book review is just one person’s view of what they read. So I will give it a shot and share my thoughts with you about this one. Check out what I have to say about The Accused in the book review below.
Selma’s Book Review
Book Title
The Accused (Theodore Boone #3)
Author
John Grisham
Type of Book
Middle Grade Fiction
Background
This is the third book of a series. After reading the book, I learned that it can be read and enjoyed without having read the first two books in the series.
Summary of the story
Theodore Boone (Theo), an eighth grader at Strattenburg Middle School, falls into in a stolen goods situation at school. As the son of two lawyers, he uses his knowledge of the law and interest in investigating and takes the case. He has to fight through being the one accused of the crime, to work on the case with his Uncle Ike and his friends.
Reactions to the book
Couldn’t put the book down. It was a very engaging read with characters that would be very easy for any middle grade reader to relate to. I have read many of Grisham’s adult fiction novels and I am a fan. The same writing style is found in his middle grade series. The idea of reading a mystery at that age, reminds me of the Nancy Drew Series by Carolyn Keene. I had fun reading those books as a young girl and enjoyed trying to figure out how it was going to end. I found that reading this book was the same way.
Theo seems to be an above average kid in his knowledge of the law. He must be really interested in it to take on his case and other people’s cases like he does in the book. The other kids seem to want to help him out with it, which brings in kind of teamwork and friends helping each other theme into the story.
If you enjoy a good kid sleuth solving a mystery story, I would definitely recommend this book for any middle grade reader out there. It was even a pretty enjoyable read for this adult reader.
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