Theodore Boone · Book 1

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

Published
1 January 2010
Pages
268
ISBN-13
9781444791396
Type
novel
Cover of Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

About this book

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer opens John Grisham's middle-grade legal series in 2010, introducing thirteen-year-old Theo Boone as he ends up at the center of a murder trial, holding a secret about a witness that most adults never learn. At 268 pages, it establishes the Strattenburg courthouse setting that carries through the series.

Key facts about Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer is a novel by John Grisham. Readers have had it since 2010. It runs to 268 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781444791396 to find the main one.

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer is book 1 of 7 in the Theodore Boone series. The series has 7 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Theodore Boone: The Scandal is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 10 May 2016.

Additionally, John Grisham writes Jake Brigance and Camino Island as separate series. Those series sit on our legal thriller, middle grade and mystery shelves. Meanwhile, The Widow is the latest published John Grisham book on file, from October 2025.

About John Grisham

John Grisham is an American author widely credited with popularizing the modern legal thriller, having sold hundreds of millions of books across a career built on tightly plotted stories of lawyers, courtrooms, and corporate or criminal conspiracy. See every John Grisham book in order.

Its place in Theodore Boone

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer is book 1 in the Theodore Boone series. It is followed by Theodore Boone: The Abduction. See the full Theodore Boone reading order.

Theodore Boone is John Grisham's legal thriller series for younger readers, following a thirteen-year-old in the small town of Strattenburg whose parents are both lawyers and who knows more about courtroom procedure than most adults. Theo isn't a detective in the usual sense — he can't practice law, and he's careful (mostly) to stay inside the rules of his small-town world — but he ends up at the center of real cases anyway: a murder trial where he holds a secret about a witness in Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer…

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