Letter To School By Theodore Boone

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“In Theodore Boone, the scandal” A boy named Theo is at school like any other day, but today isn’t like any other day, it is exam week. Nobody likes exams, but as the week passes on it comes to the end of all the tests. Theo and his friend April don’t pass, something unusual but nothing too important to them or the story. Besides the fact that people with normally lower grades than Theo had passed the test with astonishing scores. At first, Theo thinks nothing of it but as time passes he thinks to do something about it. He sends a letter to the Superintendent of Strattenburg City Schools to check out the matter. He said if they do nothing about it he will send the letter to the media so, the schools are basically forced to investigate. Theo's

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