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Violence
Some
Moderate violence — a mob threat against a child; the lawyer's suicide; confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild — the lawyer's drinking is a backstory element
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Mark's isolation — an 11-year-old with a secret the mob will kill for; his single-mother family's vulnerability
What this book is about
Mark Sway is eleven years old when he inadvertently learns a secret from a dying mob lawyer: where the body of a missing senator is buried. Now the mob wants him dead, the federal government wants him to testify, and Mark's lawyer — the barely surviving Reggie Love — is the only person he can trust. The Client is Grisham's most propulsive thriller — told partly from an 11-year-old's perspective.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
An 11-year-old protagonist in genuine danger
Mob threat — the child witnessed something that gets people killed
The single mother's vulnerability — the family's precariousness
Adapted as a film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon (1994)
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