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Killing Mr. Griffin is a 1978 suspense novel by Lois Duncan about a group of teenaged students at a New Mexico high school, who plan to kidnap their strict English teacher, Mr. Griffin.
There's only one way to make the grade... A group of high school students hatch a plot to kidnap an overly strict teacher, Mr. Griffin, wanting to teach him a lesson in humiliation... but the...
Killing Mr. Griffin. Lois Duncan. 3.62. 12,177 ratings1,102 reviews. 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?
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan, published in 1978, is a young adult thriller novel about a group of teenagers who are manipulated into killing their high school English teacher. The novel explores issues of peer pressure, guilt, and misguided anger.
From beloved author Lois Duncan comes a frightening novel about a group of students who set out to teach their malicious teacher a lesson -- only to learn that one of them could be a killer. Mr. Griffin is the strictest teacher at Del Norte High, with a penchant for endless projects and humiliating students.
The Killing Mr. Griffin Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.
Mr. Griffin is the strictest teacher at Del Norte High, with a penchant for endless projects and humiliating students. Even straight-A student Susan can't believe...
