Killing Mr. Griffin
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- May 5, 2020
- Page Count
- 288 pages
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- ISBN-13
- 9780316425360
- Age Range
- 12–99
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. Even straight-A student Susan can’t believe how mean he is to her crush, Dave, and to the charismatic Mark Kinney. So when Dave asks Susan to help a group of students teach Mr. Griffin a lesson of their own, she goes along with them. After all, it’s a harmless prank, right?
But things don’t go according to plan. When one “accident” leads to another and people begin to die, Susan and her friends must face the awful truth: one of them is a killer.
Don’t miss these other favorite titles from Lois Duncan:
Summer of Fear
Don’t Look Behind You
The Third Eye
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Down a Dark Hall
Stranger With My Face
Daughters of Eve
A Gift of Magic
Locked in Time
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 how mean he is to her crush, Dave, and to the charismatic Mark Kinney. So when Dave asks Susan to help a group of students teach Mr. Griffin a lesson of their own, she goes along with them. After all, it’s a harmless prank, right?
But things don’t go according to plan. When one “accident” leads to another and people begin to die, Susan and her friends must face the awful truth: one of them is a killer.
Don’t miss these other favorite titles from Lois Duncan:
Summer of Fear
Don’t Look Behind You
The Third Eye
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Down a Dark Hall
Stranger With My Face
Daughters of Eve
A Gift of Magic
Locked in Time
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Praise for Killing Mr. Griffin:
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
New York Times "Best Book for Children"
Nominated for Edgar Allen Poe Award
Selected for Librarians Best Book List
Praise for Lois Duncan:
National Award for Lifetime Achievement
Margaret A. Edwards Award for a Distinguished Body of Work for Young Adults
Services Committee of the American Library Assoc. and the School Library Journal -
Praise for Don't Look Behind You:
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Parents' Choice Book Award
Children's Book Award
Phantom's Choice Award
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About the Author

Lois Duncan was an acclaimed suspense author for young adults. She published nearly 50 books for children, including I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Down a Dark Hall, which were both adapted into movies, and Who Killed My Daughter?, and a non-fiction book about the harrowing experience of her daughter’s murder. Lois was the keynote speaker at the 2010 NCTE Convention.