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Sales Rank: 32723
Category: Book
Author: Lois Duncan
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Studio: Laurel Leaf
Manufacturer: Laurel Leaf
Label: Laurel Leaf
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0440945151
EAN: 9780440945154
ASIN: 0440945151
Publication Date: August 1, 1990
Release Date: August 1, 1990
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Product Description
High school can be tough. But with teachers like Mr. Griffin it can seem impossible.
They only planned to scare him. But sometimes even the best-laid plans go wrong.
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 Creepy teen mind candy May 11, 2008
Even years later, there are lines from this book that still haunt me. I never did get around to seeing the movie version of this book, but I only hope it was as spine-tingling as the story. Duncan is true to her characters all the way through as she deals with a group of familiar and understandable teenagers who simply aren't happy with their teacher. Through a logical plot that is still driven by its characters, Duncan takes the reader through the plotting, the accident, and the terrifying guilt that follows.
I can't believe I've never read this before April 23, 2008
I'm probably one of the few people out there who didn't have to read this for Jr. High English. Overall, I found it to be just as relevant in 2008 as it was in 1978, illustrating the power of idiots in numbers. As the old proverb goes, everything is just fun and games until someone loses an eye.
 Regretful Revenge April 9, 2008
Lois Duncan's novel, Killing Mr. Griffin, is one of the best novels I have ever read. The book leaves you at the edge of your seat throughout the whole story. The story begins when five high school students plan revenge on a teacher, Mr. Griffin, due to his strict grading. After leaving him in solitary to scare him, Mr. Griffin is found dead from his health illness - Angina, a heart condition caused from being in stressful situations. The students then try to cover up their joke-gone-wrong and keep the unintentional murder secret. The story shows the maturing of the majority of the five students, such as, not falling victim to peer-pressure. The story also teaches the characters that not all friends are going to be true friends. In my opinion, Killing Mr. Griffin is a must read novel for anyone that has or has had a teacher that grades strictly. I would also personally recommend this book to a reader that loves suspense.
 Dumb - not one of Duncan's best April 3, 2008
I had a hard time believing that Mr. Griffin's students would go so far as to kidnap him, even if they meant it as a joke. Yes, the idea was that of Mark, a psychopath (the book even describes him as such), but even so, he did not strike me as being anywhere near charismatic enough to persuade any of his classmates to kidnap a teacher.
Susan was clearly meant to be the novel's heroine, but quite frankly, I wanted to smack her. She was supposed to be smart; why couldn't she see that the Popular Crowd's sudden acceptance of her was entirely self-serving? Why did she allow herself to be used as a decoy in Mr. Griffin's kidnapping?
Lois Duncan's strength has always been in creating believable characters in even the most outlandish circumstances..but in this novel, she fails to do so.
THE BEST BOOK EVA March 29, 2008
This book is my favorite book!! Scary, Lois Duncans best book out of his series.....Surprising, until the end you don't know what happens!! I LOVE THIS BOOK!! I was only 12 when i read this book and i LOVED it!!
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