Book: Theodore Boone: The Abduction (Theodore Boone #2) by John Grisham, Dutton Children's Books, 2011, 217 pages. Middle school fiction.
Source: purchased.
Summary (from Goodreads):
Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever.
When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone-who knows April better than anyone-has answers.
As fear ripples through his small hometown and the police hit dead ends, it's up to Theo to use his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.
Filled with the page-turning suspense that made John Grisham a #1 international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller, Theodore Boone's trials and triumphs will keep readers guessing until the very end.
My Thoughts:
I have read John Grisham novels in the past and enjoyed them and so was excited to read this middle school novel - I was not disappointed, this is an exciting, intreguing read for kids.
The beginning immediately draws the reader in when Theo's friend April has been abducted. There is a kind of tough talking detective feel to the book, a bit abrubt and edgy. At the same time, Grisham makes the reader feel for April and her plight and want her rescued, as well as feeling total sympathy for Theo in his plight to find his friend.
Theo is a fun character who will appeal to kids who like smart dectective novels. He has a passion for the law which is contageous and keeps the reader turning the pages to watch him figure out what happened to his friend.
There are times when the book is a little repetative, but overall, it is well written and kids who like mystery, solving puzzles and suspense will really enjoy this series of books. Grisham successfully combines the mystery solving Nancy Drew type story with a kid friendly legal thriller.
Theodore Boone: The Abduction is the second in the series, the first being Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer.
This is the TV spot made for this book:
The Abduction is an excellent follow up to Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer. Grisham has a unique ability to express his stories from the viewpoint of a youngster. I got an extra copy of Kid Lawyer for my ten-year old grandson, and he loved it.
ReplyDeleteThis is another one of John Gresham’s great mysterys. This is my favorite book because to me it feels like he put my feeling and effort in this one. This one is about how Theo’s best friend April get kidnapped at 3 in the morning. Apparently she had a long lost cousin in jail and she wrote letters to him, but when she got kidnapped he broke out of jail at the same time so they thought he took her and ran off. the weird thing is that she was locked in her room because she was scared that someone would take her so she locked all the doors and window and had a golf club by her side, but the house did not show a brake in soothe thought that she knew and trusted the person who took her and it was it was her father. He told her that he told everybody in town that she will be gone with him for a few days and she believed him so she went leaving everyone worried. So Theo and his uncle found April and took her when no one was looking and told her everything that happens. It’s my favorite because it doesn’t give all the information out in the Beginning you have to finish it to find out
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