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Grisham,
John.
A TIME
TO KILL
New
York : Dell, 1989.
IL YA
ISBN 0385470819 |
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a small town named Clanton, Mississippi, a ten year old girl's life is
destroyed. Two drunken young men, Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard, have
emotionally and physically scarred her for life. In other words, they raped
her. Her furious father, Carl Lee Hailey, makes the boys pay for what they
have done the only way he knows how. He kills them with an assault rifle
that he acquired illegally. He fought in Vietnam and knows how to kill
a man. He kills these two like a professional. (Read from page 72). A young
but skilled lawyer, Jake Brigance, steps forward to defend Carl Lee in
court. To find out what happens to Jake and Carl Lee, read A TIME TO KILL
by John Grisham. (Jeff L., 8th grade student, Rundlett Middle School, Concord,
New Hampshire) |
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SUBJECTS:
Homicide -- Fiction
Trials (Homicide) -- Fiction
Mississippi -- Fiction
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