The Appeal

The AppealPolitics has always been a dirty game. Now justice is, too. In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it. Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be

Politics has always been a dirty game.
Now justice is, too.

In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it.

Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided?

The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice.

The Appeal is a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave readers unable to think about our electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 01/29/2008
ISBN: 9780385515047
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.49h x 6.43w x 1.26d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2007 pg. 46
Entertainment Weekly 02/01/2008 pg. 78
Time 02/04/2008 pg. 6
People Weekly 02/04/2008 pg. 48
Entertainment Weekly 03/07/2008 pg. 97
New York Times Book Review 03/30/2008 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly Best Books 03/23/2009 pg. 18

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 121260 / Appeal
Reading Level: 7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 19