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Plot Summary of The Client
"A young boy witnesses a lawyer killing himself. Before the lawyer died he told the boy that his client killed a Senator and told him were the body was hidden. The FBI and the Mafia were after the boy to find out where the body was hidden."
Amarjot Biring, Resident Scholar

"In the beginning of the book, Mark Sway, an eleven year old boy, witnesses a suicide. The suicidal person was a Mafia member's lawyer. The lawyer tells a secret to Mark about the murder of a Louisiana Senator. He tells him where the body is located. It is enough information to get Blade, the Mafia member, convicted. The police, the proseccution, and the FBI try to force Mark to tell them what happened. Mark knows that if he tells, the Mafia will kill him. Mark finds a lawyer named Reggie Love. He hires her for a dollar. Mark and Reggie go through many hard times trying to figure out what to do. Do they tell the cops? Do they hide it? It troubles them until Mark gets an idea. It is a crazy plan that would most likely get them killed. "
Geoff Pears, Resident Scholar

"An eleven-year-old has discovered a secret that not even an adult should know. Mark Sway, the 'little punk ', ' street savvy ' kid is on an adventure. A US state senator is dead, and Mark Sway is the only one who knows where the body is hidden. A kid who knows too much ? maybe. The FBI want him to tell them where it is at whatever cost to Mark and his family. The killer wants him silenced forever.Only one lawyer can save him from these twin threats. Together with Mark she must take on the might of the State and the wiles of a cold-blooded killer."
bookworm, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of The Client
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Plot
Tone of story - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Very obvious
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - investigating murder of politician(s)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller Yes
Legal Plotlets - investigating murder of lawyer(s)

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - killer
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 1
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