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| Title | : | Killing Mr. Griffin |
| Author | : | Lois Duncan |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 223 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 1990 by Laurel Leaf (first published 1978) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Mystery. Fiction. Horror. Thriller |
Lois Duncan
Paperback | Pages: 223 pages Rating: 3.63 | 9416 Users | 816 Reviews
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Kill their English teacher? Even if Mr. Griffin was the toughest teacher in the school, the one who demanded the most, gave the lowest grades, and refused to turn the classroom into a place where students had 'fun'--- there was no reason to kill him. Or was there?Well, Mark suggested, perhaps not kill him--- just really frighten him. Kidnap him for a few hours and teach him that students could strike back.
No, they never actually intended to kill Mr. Griffin. But sometimes even the best-laid plans go wrong.
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| Original Title: | Killing Mr. Griffin |
| ISBN: | 0440945151 (ISBN13: 9780440945154) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1982), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Young Adult (1981) |
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Ratings: 3.63 From 9416 Users | 816 ReviewsPiece Based On Books Killing Mr. Griffin
Personal Response:Killing Mr. Griffin was a very good book. At first I thought it was going to be boring, but I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong. While reading the beginning of the book, I thought the characters were going to be boring; but towards the end of the novel, I started to enjoy interactions between the characters. This book was enjoyable, and I will read more books by the same author in the future.Plot Summary:Susan McConnell is a normal girl who gets stuck in a horribleI am so sorry Lois Duncan. I love Ms. Duncan's books..just not this one.I really tried but I just found this so distasteful. It was nothing like her other books. It is one that I sort of wish I had not read.First off..the characters. I could not stand them. I did like Mr. Griffin and thought what the kids did to him was so awful I just could not get int o the story. It was ghastly.It is odd because 'I know what you did last summer" also has a plot where a group of kids make a terrible mistake
As a future high school English teacher I found this book a little disturbing. Five high school students who are tired of being jerked around by their English teacher, Mr. Griffin, plan to kidnap him. Their plan is to kidnap and humiliate the teacher. The participants include the jock, the cheerleader, the class president, the bad boy, and the mousey nerd. Their plan seems to go off as planned, except one little thing: Mr. Griffin is dead! The kids weren't aware that Mr. Griffin had a heart
What a great little suspense book for the reluctant reader. It is only 222 pages and really is a page turner. Students have a nasty teacher (well they think he is) and one day after they all get bad grades, someone makes the chance remark, "That Griffin guy is the kind you'd like to kill." The leader of the pack, Mark, gets everyone to believe they will just kidnap him, scare him, and Mr Griffin will become a NICE teacher when he sees what it is like ont he receiving end. Simple, right- NOT---as
Classic Lois Duncan; grim, dark, ambiguous characters.
This was an all around good book. I liked the story and I could connect to some of the characters. It starts out with five kids planning to kidnap their strict English teacher. They kidnap him in the school parking lot, then drive him to a remote place in the Sandia Mountains. There they try to make him beg for freedom, but he refuses, so they leave him there for a few hours. When two of the kids go back, they find Mr. Griffin dead. They tell the rest of the gang, and create a plan to get rid of
I read "Killing Mr. Griffin" by Lois Duncan. I thought the book was good. It was laid out nicely, but it took too long to get rolling. A great majority of the book was them planning and no real action happening until the last few chapters of the book. They took at least two chapters just planning how they were going to kidnap Mr. Griffin. Once it got to about the last four chapters of the book, I was interested and wanted to keep reading, but by that time, it's to late. Most readers would have
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