A time to kill : a Jake Brigance novel / John Grisham.
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 a small southern town...Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young man. 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...
Record details
- ISBN: 0385470819
- ISBN: 9780385470810
- ISBN: 0440245915
- ISBN: 9780440245919
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday : [1989, p2009]
- Copyright: ©1989, p2009
Content descriptions
General Note: | Publishers, dates or pagination may vary. |
Target Audience Note: | 770L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 23 17846. Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 26 17846. |
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- 107 of 112 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Cleveland County Library System.
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- 1 current hold with 112 total copies.
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