With two attorneys for parents, thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone knows more about the law than most lawyers do. But when a high profile murder trial comes to his small town and Theo gets pulled into it, it's up to this amateur attorney to save the day. This is the first book in a new series that John Grisham is writing for Penguin's Young Readers group. John Grisham has written almost one novel a year since A Time to Kill's 1988 publication and all of them have become international bestsellers.