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1) Monster
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English
Description
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 1
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English
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In the small city of Strattenburg there are many lawyers, and thirteen-year-old Theo Boone thinks he is one of them, but his inside knowledge of the justice system means trouble when a cold-blooded killer is about to go free and only Theo can stop him.
Author
Series
Publisher
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo's quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he's ever been in before. Even when everything is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice.
4) Madapple
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
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Language
English
Description
A girl who has been brought up in near isolation is thrown into a twisted web of family secrets and religious fundamentalism when her mother dies and she goes to live with relatives she never knew she had.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year old Rebecca Carter's father brings a Native American accused of murder into their 1812 Ohio settlement town, Rebecca, witnessing the town's reaction to the Indian, struggles with the idea that an innocent man may be convicted and sentenced to death.
6) Vicious
Author
Series
Pretty little liars volume 16
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, reporters are lined up outside the historic courthouse, typing furiously at their iPhones with freshly manicured nails. Because the trial of the century is happening right here in Rosewood: the four pretty little liars have been accused of killing Alison DiLaurentis. Only Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily know that they've been framed. Ali is still out there, laughing as she watches the girls go down for her murder. But when...
Author
Publisher
HarperTempest
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
A year after running away with a traveling carnival to escape his unbearable home life, sixteen-year-old Michael returns to Miami, Florida, to find that his mother is going on trial for the murder of his abusive stepfather.
8) Conviction
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A small-town boy questions everything he holds to be true when his father is accused of murder"--
10) Kissing the rain
Author
Publisher
Push
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Moo Nelson, shy, overweight, and bullied by his classmates, finds his life spinning out of control after he witnesses a car chase and a fight that results in a murder.
11) Trial by journal
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In this illustrated novel told through journal entries, news clippings, and letters, twelve-year-old Lily finds herself on the jury of a murder trial while conducting her own undercover investigation of the case.
12) Girl on trial
Author
Publisher
CamCat Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Teenage addict Emily "Killer" Keller stands accused of killing the family she babysits for, and is on trial for murder.
Author
Series
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In "Nothing But Your Skin," Louella, a mentally-challenged girl, grapples with the aftermath of her decision to have sex; and in "The Pool Was Empty," Celia is tried for the murder of her boyfriend Alex when he falls into a swimming pool.