01484cam a2200289 4500 339262170 TxAuBib 20100707120000.0 ||||||s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780385510431 0385510438 (OCoLC)53989269 TxAuBib Grisham, John. The Last Juror. Last juror. New York : Doubleday, 2004. 355 p. ; 24 cm. Accelerated Reader Word Count - 110500. In 1970, a small town newspaper went belly up. With help from a rich relative, it's bought by 23-year-old Willie Traynor. The business receives a boost thanks to his editorial efforts and coverage of a brutal rape and murder committed by the son of the town's bootlegger family. Traynor launches a crusade to ensure the murderer is brought to justice. When a guilty verdict is returned, the town is relieved to find the Padgitts' grip on the town did not sway the jury. When Padgitt is released after serving less than a decade in jail and members of the jury are murdered, the town is again at the mercy of its renegade family. Upper grades (9-12) through adult. Accelerated Reader AR 6.8 19.0 78192. 20040203. Legal stories Fiction. Detective and mystery stories Fiction. ALEML