{"product_id":"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-peoples-righ-9781972766439","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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e So You Want to Be...Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781972766439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.10d","brand":"Linda Soules","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934226247861,"sku":"9781972766439","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/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-peoples-righ-9781972766439","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}