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Theodore Boone: The Abduction (Theodore Boone #2)

by John Grisham (Goodreads Author)

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#1 "New York Times" bestseller John Grisham's next Theo Boone novel, now in paperback!
When we last saw Theo Boone, he ensured that justice was served by uncovering evidence that kept a guilty man off of the streets. Hot off this high-profile murder trial, thirteen-year-old Theo is still dispensing legal advice to friends and teachers. But just when it seems as if his life...more

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Published November 10th 2011 by Puffin Books (first published June 9th 2010)

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Mar 29, 2013 Sean Brennan rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime

One wonders the reasons for Mr Grisham entering the world of young persons fiction. In a recent interview with The Telegraph Mr Grisham 'jokingly' stated that he was a bit annoyed at losing his position as the Worlds number one author(no prizes who too)and hoped to reverse the situation.

It would therefore firstly be advisable when writing for young people to give them a modicum of intelligence, when referring to the inhabitants of the poorer section of town as "idle people, .., living on welfare...more

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Feb 11, 2013 Shaun rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, childrens, fiction, library

Not as good as the first book in the Boone series and as I did with the first book, I tried to read these through the eyes of myself as a child but I think even as a child I wouldn't have rated this book very highly. I didn't think about it until I read a review mentioning it but the first book was filled with underlying messages which I assume are to teach or educate young readers about life, relationships, friendships, family life and the judicial system etc however that was a lot more obvious...more

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Oct 22, 2012 Shreya Rao rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Theodore Boone: The Abduction
In the second installment of the series, Theodore’s best friend April is kidnapped from her home in Stratford. As the police go through her room, they are led to believe her lost cousin, recently escaped criminal Jack Leeper, abducted her. Theodore, being very distraught, goes to his Uncle Ike for support and advice. After a few days, Theo starts to be unsatisfied with the lack of investigation the police are doing since they found Jack Leeper as a suspect. Theo and...more Theodore Boone: The Abduction
In the second installment of the series, Theodore’s best friend April is kidnapped from her home in Stratford. As the police go through her room, they are led to believe her lost cousin, recently escaped criminal Jack Leeper, abducted her. Theodore, being very distraught, goes to his Uncle Ike for support and advice. After a few days, Theo starts to be unsatisfied with the lack of investigation the police are doing since they found Jack Leeper as a suspect. Theo and Ike then use circumstantial evidence and Facebook to find April’s real kidnapper, her father. Against his mother’s wishes, Theo and Ike travel to North Carolina to the bar April’s dad is performing at. When April is taken back to Stratford, she is forced into foster care while her parents are fighting for custody, as her mom’s unstableness is brought to light during the predicament. In the end, April’s parents agree to counseling so that April will have a happy childhood.
The major themes throughout the book were friendship and disobeying. Disobeying was evident because Theodore didn’t listen to his mother and went to North Carolina to find April. Friendship was probably the overall theme because Theo said, “I would never tell anything April confided in me, I was her best friend.” (Grisham 24). Mrs. Finnermore, April’s mother, is a very round character because she is described as a ”Woman with gray hair spun into a tight bun at the nape of her neck. Even Theo didn’t want to, he couldn’t help but see her beauty: her freckles and her artistic flair.”(13). Marcella Boone, Theodore’s mother, is dynamic because at the beginning of the story, she doesn’t want Theo to get involved in the investigation of April’s abduction. At the end, Marcella is proud of Theo and starts to encourage him to solve local mysteries. Probably the most flat character was Jack Leeper because throughout the story, he does not change and he remains “April’s long lost cousin.”(17).
Overall I think the book was a great success. It appeals to many 12 and 13 year olds because of John Grisham’s ability to make law understandable and his ability to make characters relatable. I also believe John’s experience as an attorney has helped him make many legal novels that end up being very successful. I would definitely recommend this to a friend mostly because of the mysterious storyline and the interesting characters.
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Sep 24, 2012 Anamika rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are even higher. When his best friend, April Finnemore, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo—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. As the police think its Jack Leeper a lost cousin that escaped from prison, the...more

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Sep 15, 2012 Jake Manu rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really liked this book. i've read it before, but i had a frantic rush around to find something to fit into one of my 2 last categories. This is about Theodore Boone, a 13 year old wannabe lawyer who's best friend goes missing and so he thinks it's his job to find her. an awesome adventure, and probably the most realistic book i've ever read.
I decided to read this book because i either had to read a book written in 2010 or 2011 or one written by a New Zealander, and i chose the first option. Th...more

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Jul 05, 2012 Gari rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Theodore Boone: The Abduction is an all right book. It has intriguing characters and a good storyline: Theodore Boone’s best friend April Finnemore getting abducted and how he tries to find her.

I, even though I’m 13-years-old, which is Grisham’s target audience, did not enjoy the book. I found it quite boring at the beginning. We get it; Theo really likes April, Theo and his friends go looking for her, the school is really worried. You don’t have to keep talking about it. Speaking of Theo and h...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Rebecca Rodriguez rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book had me hooked from the beginning. Theodore Boone's best friend April disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night. Theo was the last person to talk to her. He wants to help April, but doesn't want to tell the police too much about her crazy parents and the crazy life she is living. He is afraid that April will be taken away from her family, so he decides he has to find her on his own. A shady character with ties to the family arrives on the scene to scare everyone. When a bod...more

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Jun 24, 2012 Rene Kirkpatrick rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really like these Theodore Boone books. I love how straightforward the writing is, I love that i hear Joe Friday narrating, "The food arrived and the waitress refilled the coffee cups. Theo was drinking milk."

This particular story is about Theo's best friend April: she's gone missing. Her mom wakes calls Theo's house at 3:30 am wondering where she is. Theo had last spoken to her around midnight. April called to tell him how scared she is because no one is home and she's all by herself. Somehow...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Eva rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: interesting-much

Nah, mari kita kembali pada Theodore Boone, bocah serba tahu ini. Kelihatannya masalah takkan lari jauh2 dari bawah hidungnya, sebab kal ini Teddy kembali terlibat dalam misteri penculikan teman tapi mesranya, April Finnemore. Mendadak April menghilang dari rumahnya pada malam2 buta, bagi sejumlah orang hal ini sulit dipercaya tapi April memang berbeda dengan anak kebanyakan. Gadis ini setengah ditelantarkan orangtuanya yang sepasang hippies yang gagal menyadari bahwa dunia terus berputar dan ga...more Nah, mari kita kembali pada Theodore Boone, bocah serba tahu ini. Kelihatannya masalah takkan lari jauh2 dari bawah hidungnya, sebab kal ini Teddy kembali terlibat dalam misteri penculikan teman tapi mesranya, April Finnemore. Mendadak April menghilang dari rumahnya pada malam2 buta, bagi sejumlah orang hal ini sulit dipercaya tapi April memang berbeda dengan anak kebanyakan. Gadis ini setengah ditelantarkan orangtuanya yang sepasang hippies yang gagal menyadari bahwa dunia terus berputar dan gaya hidup hippy takkan bisa membuatmu menjalankan sebuah keluarga yang ideal. Ibunya menjual susu kambing dan menderita depresi berat sementara ayahnya jarang pulang ke rumah, sibuk kongkow2 dengan mantan hippies lainnya untuk membentuk band kacangan, lari dari masalah.

Itulah alasan kenapa April bisa raib dari rumahnya. Sebab di malam dia hilang, sesungguhnya April sedang sendirian dan ini adalah masalah yang besar. Menurut hukum di Amerika, anak di bawah 14 tahun tidak boleh ditinggalkan tanpa pengawasan dan kalo sampe ketauan maka si orangtua bisa kena hukuman. Hmmm... enak kan jadi orangtua di sana?
Menurut detektif yang menangani kasus hilangnya April, tersangka penculikan itu tak lain adalah sepupu jauh April bernama Jack Leeper yang ternyata adalah narapidana yang melarikan diri dari penjara di California. Semakin memperkeruh keadaan, polisi menemukan Jack Leeper di Statterburg yang memberikan keterangan implisit bahwa dia memang tahu dimana keberadaan April namun dia menolak bekerjasama lebih lanjut. Bisa dibayangkan betapa gegernya seisi kota kecil itu saat polisi2 menangkap Jack dan menemukan sesosok mayat membusuk dari dasar sungai.

Apakah itu tubuh April?
Tapi tidak semua orang setuju, Ike Boone salah satunya. Dugaannya terbukti benar, itu bukan April. Tapi kalau begitu, dimanakah dia?
Dengan situasi yang berkembang tanpa kejelasan dan April yang masih tak diketahui keberadaannya, apakah dia hidup atau mati, akhirnya Teddy turun tangan untuk mencari April. Dibantu Ike, sang paman yang eksentrik namun terbukti bisa diandalkan, Teddy bersama kawan2nya menyelidiki misteri hilangnya April.

Apakah mereka berhasil? Apakah dugaan Ike bahwa Tom Finnemore, ayah April yang kacau itu memiliki andil dalam penculikan ini?

Menurut gue, plot novel yang kedua ini lebih menarik dan lebih kocak ketimbang pendahulunya. Lebih berbau petualangan juga, mungkin yang ini lebih bisa diterima khalayak umum mengingat novel pertamanya sedikit lebih statis, kebanyakan berada di ruangan sidang thok.
Theodore di sini juga kelihatan lebih sesuai umurnya, memang dia benar2 banyak tahu soal hukum, tapi itu bisa dipahami mengingat obsesinya dengan hukum dan latar belakang kedua orangtuanya. Beberapa kali dia bisa berlagak sok tahu dan kena batunya sendiri, atau dia menangis karena merisaukan keselamatan April.
Ike Boone sejauh ini adalah karakter yang paling bisa diandalkan melebihi ayah-ibu Teddy, entah kenapa karakter slengean macam begini justru yang menarik ya?
Nampaknya pengarang mendorong pembaca untuk menghindari gaya hidup hippy, ditekankan bahwa ayah dan ibu April yang hippy justru malah kacau balau dan tidak bisa membina rumah tangga yang baik. Kedua kakak April langsung pergi dari rumah begitu usia mereka legal di mata hukum, seolah ingin memutuskan diri dari keluarga Finnemore. Jelas ada yang tidak beres kalo sampe keluarga bisa berakhir macam begini kan?
Tapi paradigma hippy sendiri memang menentang anti-kemapanan sementara untuk membangun keluarga ideal justru membutuhkan kemapanan.

Kesempatan Theodore untuk menangani kasus2 kecil lainnya dalam buku ini dikurangi sampe cuman ada satu doang. Terus terang gue sedikit kecewa dengan keputusan ini sebab suka dengan sejumlah side story yang ditawarkan di buku pertama, oke mungkin sedikit kebanyakan, tapi kalo cuman satu mah terlalu sedikit. Dua kek. Tapi gue senang karena si pengarang memilih side story untuk Theodore dengan memberikannya kasus di Pengadilan Hewan yang selalu berlangsung kocak. Menurut gue, karir Theodore memang harus dimulai dari pengadilan cupu kayak begini baru menanjak ke atas.

Sayang lagi2 Grisham gagal mendalami hubungan April-Theo yang terasa garing dingin. Padahal jika dia berhasil mengambil hati pembaca dengan hubungan mereka berdua, dijamin ceritanya lebih menegangkan lagi.
Untung saja Grisham berani membuat twist dengan membuat Boone menggunakan media sosial seperti Facebook untuk mencari April, hal tersebut terasa sangat realistis mengingat dunia media sosial memberikan keterangan maupun bukti yang lebih detail dan tercatat ketimbang mengandalkan ingatan orang atau wawancara tradisional. Inilah keuntungan Boone daripada detektif anak di novel2 klasik sebelumnya.
Kali ini di buku kedua, Grisham membahas soal Pengadilan Keluarga. Lagi2 memang negara mapan memang memiliki tata hukum yang teramat jelas, orangtua harus bertanggung jawab dan untuk memastikan ini, negara menerapkan hukum yang tegas. Ada tipe2 manusia yang emang nggak bisa jadi orangtua tapi memaksakan diri, hasilnya keluarga berantakan dan anak2 terlantar. Dengan adanya hukum2 jelas seperti ini, hak2 anak bisa dibela dan orang yang ingin punya anak juga mendapat kesempatan untuk berpikir matang.

John Grisham sebenarnya banyak belajar dari kesalahan2 di buku pertama meskipun hubungan antar karakternya masih belum banyak berkembang. Tapi sejauh ini Theodore Boone mulai semakin solid. Semoga kisah pengacara cilik ini akan lebih sempurna lagi di masa2 mendatang. Gue menanti2kan trivia hukum Amerika lainnya di novel2 mendatang dan mohon side storynya dibanyakin lagi kayak di novel pertama; soalnya seru, lucu dan informatif. Hidup John Grisham! Hidup Theodore!!(less)

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Apr 08, 2012 Saiyuri Naidu rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

‘’The abduction’’ written by John Grisham is a bestselling novel. This book will keep the reader hooked the whole way through.

The main character April is a teenage girl who comes from a rather peculiar family disappears mysteriously one night. Her best friend Theodore has no clue as to the reasons of her vanishing. April is rather reserved and does not like to socialize. Although April shares many things with Theodore he does not share it with the police. This information could help the police i...more ‘’The abduction’’ written by John Grisham is a bestselling novel. This book will keep the reader hooked the whole way through.

The main character April is a teenage girl who comes from a rather peculiar family disappears mysteriously one night. Her best friend Theodore has no clue as to the reasons of her vanishing. April is rather reserved and does not like to socialize. Although April shares many things with Theodore he does not share it with the police. This information could help the police in their search for April but Theo does not realize this.

The town begins to question her disappearance. The police are not finding any clues and are taking too long on the case. Theodore misses his best friend dearly and decides to take matters into his own hands. He form’s his own search party together with April’s classmates. People begin accusing April’s uncle, Jack Leeper for her disappearance.

The most gripping events in the novel is when the police find a dead body floating in the river. Due to the body being decomposed the police struggle to find any clues to link it to a person. I find this scene most intriguing because the reader is kept in suspense as to whether the body is April’s or not. The second scene in the book that kept me reading was in the beginning when April has been kidnapped in the middle of the night. I found this part of the book captivating because I wanted to keep on reading due to the words the author was using in the beginning. Talking about when she disappeared and how her mother felt. There was good use of language used to keep the reader hooked.

This suspense novel takes the reader on an exciting and mysterious, spine chilling journey. The story, its characters and the events gripped me. It is up to Theo to put his knowledge and his detective skills to use I would recommend this novel to boys and girls from the age of 12 onwards. Younger kids may or may not be able to understand what is going on in the novel with the kidnapping. This novel was worthwhile to read.
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Mar 28, 2012 Sita rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children, fiction

I first read John Grisham during a summer holiday many years ago. I was poking through my uncle's library looking for something to read and he recommends "The Firm". I never heard of him before, but my uncle is a lawyer so no surprise he'd picked it up :)I read it and I was hooked. I read almost all of his books including the non-lawyer stuff. So of course when Theodore Boone came around I just have to pick it up.

This is actually a children's book, a charming one at that. For me it's like a fai...more

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Feb 07, 2012 Farshed rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Theodore Boone: The Abduction by John Grisham is about a 13 year old boy, whose friend, April goes missing in the middle of the night. April is from a weird family where it is not unusual for a parent to leave town for days, even weeks at a time without notice. The last time Theodore talked to April, she was alone at home with everything locked as she was very scared. While the small town is starting to get more and more worried about April, Theo decides to take matters into his own hands as the...more Theodore Boone: The Abduction by John Grisham is about a 13 year old boy, whose friend, April goes missing in the middle of the night. April is from a weird family where it is not unusual for a parent to leave town for days, even weeks at a time without notice. The last time Theodore talked to April, she was alone at home with everything locked as she was very scared. While the small town is starting to get more and more worried about April, Theo decides to take matters into his own hands as the police were getting nowhere. Theo puts together a search party to look for April and is stopped by the police who are less than happy to allow a bunch of 13 year olds to interfere in the investigation of a Federal Crime. Theo uses his vast knowledge in law and investigation because of his family background of law to try and figure out where April may be. SPOILER ALERT He then turns his attention to April's missing father, who is supposed to be out playing with a go-nowhere band named Plunder at empty bars and frat houses. He suddenly finds an amazing photo on Facebook of a band named Plunder playing at a frat-house with April in the back of the photo which leads him on a chase that his parents do not know about with his uncle to go find April. It was later found that April's dad had lied and tricked her into going with him.

My favorite scene was the one where Ike, Theo's uncle was driving his broken-down old car back to Strattenburg at illegal speeds with April and Judge (Theo's Dog) in the back seats explaining the whole story of what happened to Theo and Ike in the front seat. The best thing about this scene is that John Grisham uses the scene as a way to give conclusion to the story and finally tell the reader what had actually happened the whole time. I have seen this used in another book I read where the author unravelled the mystery and solved it using only the dialog and conversation of the characters.

Another scene I enjoyed was the one in the courthouse at the very end of the story. This scene was set in family court after April was found by Theo. The judge talked about how Theo and his heroic efforts should act as an example to the police officers. After that it said that Theo felt proud of himself and felt like a hero. The reason it was so great for me was becauseI could relate to Theo because if I do something that gets recognized by someone, I feel proud of myself, not because I am proud that I am being recognized, but proud because I did something well enough that somebody recognized it. Overall I find this book to be a must read for anyone who wants to be a lawyer or judge or policeman when they grow up. It gives kids like me a chance to read about law and what really happens in court. It moves away from the normal and usually untrue facts shown on TV. Another great book from John Grisham. Cannot wait for the next one in the series to come out.
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Jan 03, 2012 Ashley Wolff rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Book that I read was Theodore Boone, The Abduction by John Grisham.

This book is about a child named Theodore Boone who’s parents are both lawyers in the law firm Boone and Boone. Because of this Theodore has always known he has wanted to be a lawyer or something to do with the legal system. For the time being though Theo has a small room in his parents law firm where he helps fellow students, friends, and even sometimes adults. But with the tragic news that his best friend April Finnemore ha...more

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Nov 13, 2011 M. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A good mystery with interesting characters. Theo's best friend April has disappeared from her bedroom in the middle of the night and Theo wants to know what happened. April's family may have been messed up, but it seems extremely odd that April didn't let Theo know her plans. Theo and his friends use investigative skills and dogged persistence to pursue leads the police haven't found. It doesn't hurt that both parents are lawyers and Theo has learned a few things about the law and investigations...more

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Oct 04, 2011 Trunkley rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Many of the people in Libya have rebelled against their leader who has been in power for some 30 years. They took action against him before waiting for him to step down because they believe that the laws should change and that no one should be in power for that long. Just like the people of Libya, in Theodore Boone: The Abduction Theo took action and went to find his friend April. Theo has to deal with finding April for about a week. He also has to get over the loss of her disappearing. His feel...more

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Sep 26, 2011 April Hochstrasser rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

As fear ripples through his small hometown and the police hit dead ends, it's up to Theo to use his investigative prowess. The precocious thirteen year old, wiser than his years, tries to solve the mysterious disappearance of his school friend, April, who disappeared from her room in the middle of the night.

Theo doesn’t like going to school and uses every excuse under the sun not to go but once he’s there he tends to enjoy himself – the fight he has with his parents is a daily occurrence and on...more

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Sep 15, 2011 Mo rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

From ReadingWithMo: http://www.readingwithmo.com/2011/06/...

Young Theodore Boone is back for another adventure. His best friend, April, goes missing from her bedroom in the middle of the night. Desperate to do something to help his friend, Theodore organizes a search party, in spite of being told to stay out of the investigation. Will his world be turned upside down when a body is found? You will have to read for yourself to find the answers.

I absolutely loved the first book, which means I was v...more

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Sep 08, 2011 Tracey rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Tracey by: one of my SAT students

Shelves: from-the-library, young-adult

Oh, John Grisham...maybe I'm nostalgic when remembering your adult books that I've read in the past but this YA book just isn't doing it for me. What happened to your writing skills? This book is exciting, yes, but also predictable. Very predictable. And sure, it's targeted to 6th through 8th graders but you're really selling them short with the lack of advanced vocabulary in this book.

Theodore Boone: The Abduction is an okay book. I can understand its appeal: it's fast-paced, it's exciting, it'...more

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Sep 02, 2011 Andrea rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I didn't love The Abduction as much as the first Theodore Boone novel. Not that it wasn't well done. It had more of the fast paced, throw the facts out there, parts that a lot of Grisham novels have. I think what bothered me was that somewhere I saw that these books were intended for a very young, pre-teen audience. I have a daughter that will be in that age range very soon, and I felt that this would have been too scary for her.

The focus on the story is the disappearance of Theo's good friend A...more

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Aug 18, 2011 Joan rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Grisham fans I guess.

Shelves: j-books, mysteries, 5-6-fiction

I was really disappointed by this. It never felt alive to me, even as alive as the first book. I'm really disappointed in Grisham. I think he figures it is ok to be sloppy in writing kids thrillers/mysteries and it was a quick buck. Shame on him. Somehow it always felt a few steps away from being "real". Usually if a book is at least decent, I can see the book in action in my mind while reading it. This always felt at a distance to me, as if I could only see it through a fogged up glass or somet...more

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Jul 24, 2011 Coreena rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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...more

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Jul 01, 2011 Barbara rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jun 05, 2011 Miles rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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John Grisham is back for another Theodore Boone adventure, the precocious thirteen year old, wiser than his years, tries to solve the mysterious disappearance of his school friend.

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 t...more

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Oct 05, 2011 Jarod Estep rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

One sunny afternoon I sat down in my basement trying my very hardest to complete my model boat but nothing I tried ever worked. Knowing that other people had completed this task before I just kept trying and trying. Though many a time the wood either broke or wasn’t the right size I never gave up and kept on working until I finally completed the job. If I hadn’t have kept trying to complete my boat there was no way that I could have completed it. One thing that I referred back to at that moment...more

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Mar 18, 2013 Zain Sadiq rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Theodore Boone is an only child. Both his parents work in the Boone & Boone Law Firm. His uncle used to work there, however an incident occurred, which Theo still doesn't know what happened, and his license to practice law was taken away from him. He is around 60 years old and he lives alone in a Greek couple's house. Theo is around 14 which is my age so it is easy to relate what he is thinking and his actions. This is because he does all the paper work for the couple. I like this book becau...more

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Sep 18, 2011 Rebecca- Books rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. After reading the first book in this interesting series, when I found out there was a second by my also-addicted-friend, I jumped for joy. I was sad that the ending of the first book just ended without a reason, but now I know why!
My copy of this book is not as nice as the picture (left), it has some nice bright neon orange that would have put me off otherwise. DO NOT FEAR THIS BOOK. Read it, but read Theodore Boone, the first book beforehand to enjoy the true pleasure these books provide.

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Jul 07, 2011 babyhippoface rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-thriller, kids-fiction

Grisham is making me crazy with this book. It's like he decided to write for kids, but he doesn't actually know any kids and he just doesn't know how to write for them. And I'm not sure what his editor was thinking when she let so many unrealistic things stay in this book (see my previous updates). You can't abandon reality to make your story work out the way you want it to. That's a cop-out and lazy writing. That's gripe #1.

Gripe #2: Grisham doesn't seem to understand that kids can handle scar...more

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Jul 03, 2011 Ferina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: teens, mystery-thriller

Theodore Boone atau Theo kembali disibukkan dengan sebuah peristiwa hukum yang kali ini melibatkan sahabatnya sendiri. Di buku sebelumnya, sudah diceritakan bahwa Theo bersahabat dengan April Finnmore. April ini sedang mempunyai masalah dalam keluarganya. Kedua orangtuanya dalam proses perceraian. Ayahnya jarang di rumah, lebih sibuk dengan band-nya yang tak terkenal itu, ibunya juga sering menggunakan obat-obat terlarang. April anak yang tertutup, meskipun April dan Theo kerap bercerita, tapi t...more

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Mar 25, 2012 Cindy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Well, what do you know! John Grisham, one of my favorite authors, is writing a series for young readers! I discovered this fact when one of my 5th grade students asked me if I'd ever heard of Theodore Boone, and when I told him I'd research it, I found the author to be a VERY familiar name! I read this book, it is actually the 2nd in this series, and promptly ordered a couple of copies of it AND the first one for my school library! This story was simple, the plot mysterious, but without violence...more

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Nov 05, 2011 Michelle Isenhoff rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

John Grisham pretty much holds a monopoly on courtroom thrillers for adults. He’s become a household name. I mean, what adult hasn’t read at least one of his books or seen a movie based on them? In this series, he’s trying his hand at the children’s genre. My recommendation? Stick with adults, John.

In The Abduction, Theodore Boone is a thirteen-year-old who wants to become a lawyer like his parents. He lives and breaths law. He likes to hang out at the courthouse. He knows all the cops and judge...more

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"Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, he was working 60-70 hours a week at a small Southaven, Mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobby—writing his first novel.

Born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to a construction worker and a homemaker, John Grisham as a child dreamed of...more "Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, he was working 60-70 hours a week at a small Southaven, Mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobby—writing his first novel.

Born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to a construction worker and a homemaker, John Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball player. Realizing he didn't have the right stuff for a pro career, he shifted gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University. After graduating from law school at Ole Miss in 1981, he went on to practice law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. In 1983, he was elected to the state House of Representatives and served until 1990.

One day at the DeSoto County courthouse, Grisham overheard the harrowing testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim and was inspired to start a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl's father had murdered her assailants. Getting up at 5 a.m. every day to get in several hours of writing time before heading off to work, Grisham spent three years on A Time to Kill and finished it in 1987. Initially rejected by many publishers, it was eventually bought by Wynwood Press, who gave it a modest 5,000 copy printing and published it in June 1988.

That might have put an end to Grisham's hobby. However, he had already begun his next book, and it would quickly turn that hobby into a new full-time career—and spark one of publishing's greatest success stories. The day after Grisham completed A Time to Kill, he began work on another novel, the story of a hotshot young attorney lured to an apparently perfect law firm that was not what it appeared. When he sold the film rights to The Firm to Paramount Pictures for $600,000, Grisham suddenly became a hot property among publishers, and book rights were bought by Doubleday. Spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, The Firm became the bestselling novel of 1991.

The successes of The Pelican Brief, which hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list, and The Client, which debuted at number one, confirmed Grisham's reputation as the master of the legal thriller. Grisham's success even renewed interest in A Time to Kill, which was republished in hardcover by Doubleday and then in paperback by Dell. This time around, it was a bestseller.

Since first publishing A Time to Kill in 1988, Grisham has written one novel a year (his other books are The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Chamber, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, The Partner, The Street Lawyer, The Testament, The Brethren, A Painted House, Skipping Christmas, The Summons, The King of Torts, Bleachers, The Last Juror, and The Broker) and all of them have become international bestsellers. There are currently over 225 million John Grisham books in print worldwide, which have been translated into 29 languages. Nine of his novels have been turned into films (The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, A Painted House, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas), as was an original screenplay, The Gingerbread Man. The Innocent Man (October 2006) marks his first foray into non-fiction.

Grisham lives with his wife Renee and their two children Ty and Shea. The family splits their time between their Victorian home on a farm in Mississippi and a plantation near Charlottesville, VA.

Grisham took time off from writing for several months in 1996 to return, after a five-year hiatus, to the courtroom. He was honoring a commitment made before he had retired from the law to become a full-time writer: representing the family of a railroad brakeman killed when he was pinned between two cars. Preparing his case with the same passion and dedication as his books' protagonists, Grisham successfully argued his clients' case, earning them a jur(less)

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