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John Steinbeck's The Trials Of Kate Hope

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The book, The Trials of Kate Hope, is about a 14 year old girl that becomes a young lawyer who partner up with her grandfather. The author of this book is Wick Downing and the period of the setting happened in 1973. Kate gets a case about a dog, named Herman, that is going to be executed. Kate works on other trial cases as she gathers evidence for the Herman’s case. Along the way she experiences some difficulties with her friendships and life tasks. Will she be able to handle the life style of being a lawyer or will she just give up? Kate’s grandfather and dad was partners as lawyers , but when her dad died her grandfather stopped doing business. After dealing with her father and brother death, Kate persuaded her grandfather to start his

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