A Time to Kill

A Time to KillBefore The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. In this searing courtroom drama, best selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in the small southern town of Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten year old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town

Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in the small southern town of Clanton, Mississippi.

The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle--and takes justice into his own outraged hands.

For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life...and then his own...

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 11/01/1993
ISBN: 9780385470810
Pages: 496
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.60d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 17846 / Time to Kill
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 23