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Killing Mr. Griffin
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Killing Mr. Griffin (1978) (edit title/settings)

by Lois Duncan (Author) (edit contributors)

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A group of students kidnap their teacher to "teach him a lesson," but their plans go awry when he dies, leaving them in a morass of lies and guilt.

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  • Mr.Griffin: Mr. Griffin is an English teacher in high school who is considered extremely strict by most of his students.
  • Susan McConnell: Susan is a junior in high school and one of Mr. Griffin's students. Susan is a shy, quiet girl who is also a very good student and one of the few who doesn't feel wronged by Mr. Griffin.
  • David Ruggles: David is a senior in high school and one of Mr. Griffin's students. He's a good student who feels he was treated unfairly by Mr. Griffin.
  • Mark Kinney: Mark is a senior in high school and one of Mr. Griffin's students. He is cunning and smart.
  • Jeff Garrett: Jeff is a senior in high school and one of Mr. Griffin's students. He is a star player on the varsity basketball team and feels he was treated unfairly by Mr. Griffin.
  • Sue McConnel: Sue is a nerd in high school when a popular guy asks her out and her life completely changes.
  • Irma Ruggles: David's grandmother who is a semi-invalid. Mrs. Ruggles is clingy and demanding of much of her grandson David's time.
  • Mrs. Griffin: The worried and pregnant wife of Mr. Griffin. She pressure Sue to tell the truth.
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  • “"Water, water, cold and deep,Hold me fast that i may sleep.Death with you is hardly moreThan the little deaths before."”
    Susan

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It was a wild, windy, southwestern spring when the idea of killing Mr. Griffin occurred to them.

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Chapter 1 to 19

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This is book 25 of 98 in ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. (authoritative list)

Preceded by In the Night Kitchen, and followed by Beloved.

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  1. Lois Duncan (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Juv)
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Publication Date: 1978
ISBN: 0316195499
Page Count: 243

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