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Title: Killing Mr. Griffin
ISBN: 0440945151
Author:
Lois Duncan
Publicate Date: 1990-08-01
Publish: 1990-08-01
List Price: $6.50
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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1: Lois Duncan is a great writer
I am 36 and still re-read Lois Duncan's books (tell you anything, people??). Why? She's a really great writer and they are as entertaining now as they were when I was still an adolescent. I have read almost all of her books, including the very sad one about her daughter's murder (which I highly recommend - it's fascinating and absorbing). She is skillful, entertaining, and manages to convey depth with very few words. Killing Mr. Griffin is perhaps not my favorite of her books (Summer of Fear would probably be my favorite), but the premise is irresistible. Basically a bunch of insecure students get their vulnerabilities exploited by the sociopathic friend in their midst. He hatches a plot to kill Mr. Griffin, something they all agree to do - all of them have felt their perfectionist teacher's sting one time too many.
This is a good read, and it was written in 1978 - Duncan's books are far finer than anything more current in "YA" fiction so far as I'm concerned!
A good read, like all her books.
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2: Killing Mr. Griffin Book Review
This book was honestly one of the greatest books I've ever read in my life. I opened it to the first page one day, and closed it on the last page only two days later. Just like she does with all her other phenomenal books, Lois Duncan wrote Killing Mr. Griffin so beautifully and included all sorts of figurative language in it. One of the best talents of this author is including lots of extended imagery, which appeared many times throughout this particular book. The way all the events were secretly interconnected greatly amazed it, though I didn't discover the secrets till the end of the story, of course. Every incident flowed nicely into another incident, and some of them created a chain reaction of unfortunate outcomes for the main characters. There were absolutely no flaws in the writing of this sad-themed book.
The entire idea of the book is so incredible itself. It's a story about a group of students who loathe their English teacher, Mr. Griffin, and decide to scare him into thinking that they were going to kill him. The teacher, who had coronary problems, ended up dying anyways from fright and lack of a certain medicine he had to take. Therefore, the students were held very responsible and got into even stickier situations trying to cope with the already existing problems at hand. I'd recommend this book to any mystery lover in the world, especially young adults. I'm sure that as soon as anybody reads the extraordinary synopsis at the back of the book, they'll find themselves already beginning the book anyways. :)
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3: Creepy teen mind candy
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.
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4: I can't believe I've never read this before
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.
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5: Regretful Revenge
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.
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