The street lawyer
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New York : Doubleday, 1998.
ISBN
0385490992, 9780385490993, 0385491018, 9780385491013
Lexile measure
790L
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Published
New York : Doubleday, 1998.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0385490992, 9780385490993, 0385491018, 9780385491013
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.7, 15 Points
Lexile measure
790

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A corporate lawyer in Washington goes to war against his own company to defend the homeless. It happens after Michael Brock is abducted by a homeless man and held hostage. The homeless man is killed by a police sharpshooter and the lawyer is rescued, but the experience changes his life. Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience. But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging, and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney. The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer.
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Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.7,15,35654.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Grisham, J. (1998). The street lawyer (First edition.). Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Grisham, John. 1998. The Street Lawyer. Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Grisham, John. The Street Lawyer Doubleday, 1998.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Grisham, John. The Street Lawyer First edition., Doubleday, 1998.

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