The wind carries Harry's beach hat off on an adventure where it proves very useful indeed. The Magpie borrows the straw hat as a nest, a kangaroo takes a bite out of it, it protects a possum family from the rain, and a pelican uses the hat as a fishing basket. Where will the wind take it next and will Harry get his hat back after all?
John Grisham - The Pelican Brief Penguin Readers Level 5 (2300 words) In Washington two judges are murdered and only a young law student, Darby Shaw, knows why. She has uncovered a secret but will anyone believe her and can she stay alive long enough to persuade them she is right? A great thriller by one of the most outstanding writers of the genre today.
The Pelican Brief is a legal-suspense thriller written by John Grisham in 1992.
John Grisham's head was full of movies when he wrote "The Pelican Brief", which is such a brisk page-turner you could use it to dry your hair. He had Julia Roberts in mind for the heroine, Darby Shaw, a brilliant Tulane law student who comes up with an ingenious theory to explain the baffling assassinations of two Supreme Court justices in one day...
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