{"product_id":"so-you-want-to-be-linda-soules-9798951756084","title":"So You Want To Be A Lawyer: A Kids' Guide to Law, Courtrooms, Justice, and the Sharp-Minded Advocates Who Fight for Fairness and Protect People's Righ","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eSo You Want To Be A...\u003c\/em\u003e Series - 2026 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, Grand Prize Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost kids think being a lawyer means shouting in a courtroom. The truth is quieter, stranger, and far more powerful - and it just might describe your child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo You Want To Be A Lawyer pulls back the curtain on one of the world's oldest professions and shows young readers what lawyers really do - not the version from TV, but the real work of reading closely, choosing exact words, and standing up for people who can't stand up for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for curious readers ages 10-14 (and a wonderful read-aloud for younger kids), this beautifully illustrated guide treats children as intellectual equals. It's honest about the hard parts and generous about the rewards - and it carries a message too few kids ever hear: you don't have to be the loudest person in the room to do important work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, young readers will: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStep hour-by-hour through a real \"day in the life\" of a working lawyer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeet four lawyers who changed history - Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bryan Stevenson, and Constance Baker Motley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover true facts they'll race to repeat: the court that ruled a tomato is a vegetable, the medieval trials that put pigs and rats on the stand, and the Supreme Court's secret basketball court, nicknamed \"the Highest Court in the Land\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn what it actually takes to get there - and simple ways to start preparing today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor the kid who loves a good argument, notices the details everyone else misses, or quietly insists on what's fair - this one's for them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey'll also confront the harder parts of the job: the long hours, the cases that don't end the way anyone hoped, and the responsibility of being the one person standing between a client and a system far larger than they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces young readers to the people who choose that work - and asks whether the careful reasoning, steady courage, and stubborn sense of fairness it requires might already live in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Soules\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798951756084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e So You Want to Be...Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Linda Soules","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097565569279,"sku":"9798951756084","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/so-you-want-to-be-linda-soules-9798951756084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}