Some parents did not feel it is appropriate for middle school students, only high school students (Harper).However, parents objected to the plot of the book, meaning student kidnapping and killing their teacher (Harper).Has been challenged at school and public libraries.Griffin was number 64 on the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Book list and 25 on the 2000-2009 list. Griffin has been challenged numerous times- read and challenged since its publication in 1978 The ending of the book becomes too melodramatic (Lois Duncan).Richard Peck in New York Times Book Review commented that “The value of the book lies in the twisted logic of the teenagers and how easily they can justify anything“ (Lois Duncan).Does not give much detail on the consequences for the student’s actions.Duncan does a nice job of showing the different perspectives of the characters and has great character development.Susan, is the character of reason, but she still gets roped into the plot.One of the students is not mentally stable and ends up killing someone else as well.
However, the students do not realize the teacher has a heart problem and he dies after they have kidnapped him.A group of students decide to who decide to carry out a prank on their English teacher to get back at him for being so tough.Interest Level: Young Adult (middle and high school).New York: Bantum Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1978. Even the best-laid plans sometimes go wrong. They only wanted to scare their English teacher, not kill him. Griffin by Lois Duncan DeShea Jones LSIS 5525-OL2 Summer 2010 Publisher Hachette Audio atos 4.Challenged Books: Killing Mr. sortTitle Killing Mr Griffin lexileScore 720 crossRefId 464677 awards Leave the lights on when reading this classic thriller! This new edition features modernized text and a new introduction by Lois Duncan, the master of teen horror. Susan and her friends must face the awful truth: one of them is a killer. When one "accident" leads to another, people begin to die. After all, it's a harmless prank, right?īut things don't go according to plan. So when her crush asks Susan to help a group of students teach a lesson of their own, she goes along. Even straight-A student Susan can't believe how mean he is to the charismatic Mark Kinney. Griffin is the strictest teacher at Del Norte High, with a penchant for endless projects and humiliating his students. MediaType Audiobook shortDescription They only meant to scare him. IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages OverDrive Product Record sortTitle Killing Mr Griffin crossRefId 464677 images
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