Point of View

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer is told from the third person limited perspective. This means that the unnamed narrator uses third person pronouns; it is not told from the first-person perspective of the protagonist. The fact that it is a limited perspective denotes that the narrator only knows what Theo knows, and the narrator knows Theo’s thoughts. The narrator can be considered reliable because the narrator does not claim to know anything that is not true. Everything stated is a factual account of what has happened.

The third person point of view is important for this novel because it gives Grisham ample opportunity to explain legal terms and concepts. This is a legal thriller for middle grade readers, but like adult readers, middle grade readers do not know everything there is to know about how the judicial system works. Grisham has to explain numerous concepts...