Killing Mr Griffin (German Edition)

Killing Mr. Griffin

So Mark creates a plan of kidnapping Mr. He wants him to have a taste This book is called "Killing Mr. He wants him to have a taste of his own medicine. The plan was to get Mr. Griffin up on the hills where it was his hiding place. Mark gathers some of his friends to help him. He told one of his friends Sue to arrange a meeting with Mr. When Sue is in that meeting, that is when Jeff, David and Betsy are going to capture him.

Sue agreed to the part of the plan of having the meeting with Mr. The group left Mr. Griffin on the hills for 7 complete hours. Griffin on the hills 7 hours. When she found out, she told David that it was too much time to leave Mr. Griffin up there so she told him to take her up there to free Mr. When they get to the mountains, they find Mr. Can you guess why was Mr. You will have to read the book to find out. When you read the first page, you want to read the whole book. So I gave this book a 5 star rating because it was great.

I just kept reading until I could get enough. This was one of the greatest book I have ever read in my life!

Nov 10, Trey D added it. The book I read was a little easier and the reason I chose it was because intricate plots and twisting action throughout most books can lose me and have me just staring at the page. This book had great character descriptions and during the story their descriptions suited them well as they story progressed. Duncan, the author, developed her characters during the book very efficiently.

One of the main characters that are known thought out the story, is one example of her ability to develop her characters. When the plot was around Mark, it seems to be revolving around him single handedly. This was sort of a problem because the main plot was about Mr. Griffin who in the end was sort of disappearing in my eyes as the reader and the story board switched mainly to Mark.

The thing I noticed most about the book was it turned more into a serial killer book then one involving a practical joke. You might be reading about Jeff, Betsy, and Sue, while Mark is off doing something that is off doing something that is a key to the mystery. All in all, the book was a very fun and interesting book. I would not recommend this book to anyone above 9th grade.

It was an easy read and think my next book will be a little bit more challenging. Jun 26, Kate rated it liked it. Lois Duncan was a fixture in my library hauls as a teenager. Thrillers, horror, supernatural versions of both. I was very sad to hear that she had passed away and so I have a mission to revisit as many of her books as I can get hold of. Griffin was one of the first books that came to mind so here we begin. Reading this as a teenager is quite a different experience reading it as an adult.

That goes without saying but oh man. There are points of this where I sort of want Lois Duncan was a fixture in my library hauls as a teenager. There are points of this where I sort of wanted to scream. Or throttle the kids. It is also, just slightly, dated. That being said I know there are re-issued ones where they have been touched up to be more current and I'm not sure if that would be weirder reading.

Anyway, in this book a group of kids decide they need to scare their english teacher because he's strict, and awful, and terrible, by kidnapping him. This of course goes horribly wrong. What follows is a drama about what to do next, the virtues and likelihood of keeping everything quiet, and of course the turmoil of one particular student who only acted as a distraction because the guy she liked asked her to. It is outlandish and ridiculous but, again, that is the appeal.

Despite that, too, you can't help but feel for one or two of the characters. The emotion is real enough without being melodramatic even in this book. All in all, it was a good visit. I'm hoping visits to any others are just as good. Nov 29, Eli Salazar rated it it was amazing. I like this book because it wants me to read more and more each page. The setting is mostly at night and at the waterfall. This group of kids Mark, Susan, Betsy, David, and Jeff want to kidnap their teacher to scare him because they don't like him because he is too strict.

They kidnap their teacher Mr. Griffin and take him to the waterfall. Jeff had a game that day and Betsy did cheerleading for the game. So, they had to leave him there till they got back. Meanwhile David went to Susan's house and they went on a ride. He told her everything that happened. She wanted to go check on Mr. Griffin and free him. But, when they got there he was stone dead.

They went to Mark to figure out what to do. They buried his body at the waterfall and took his car to the airport so someone can take the car.

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When they went to the airport they saw a cop Betsy knew and had to take it somewhere else. Later they heard a report on the radio that his wallet has ben stolen and his wedding band. Mark had took the wallet and David took the ring and kept it for himself. David's grandmother found the wring and kept it because it was the same ring that her son gave to her daughter in law.

She wouldn't give back the ring. Mark said he would handle it. He went to David house and got the ring. David's grandmother tripped and hit her head on the window sill. Jeff painted it green and changed the license plate. They were headed to Susan's house to meet up. She was going to tell the cops that Mark killed David's grandmother and tell the police everything. But Jeff, Betsy, and Mark tied her up and Mark told them to head to the place they where going to drop it off. Mark was lighting the house on fire with Susan in it.

Griffin wanted an interview with Susan since she was the last person who saw Mr.

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Griffin and she was with the detective. Griffin's car and they saved Susan's life. Susan's parents had a lawyer and was in court. Mark will face three trials and the others were faced with second-degree murder. The conflict is Person vs Person because the group had killed Mr. The theme is peer pressure because Susan was pressured to do all the things she did she thought it would be fun not a nightmare. The title relates to the book because the group killed Mr.

Griffin maybe not on purpose but they did it. The theme can be seen when Susan had an interview with the cops and Mark told her what to say but she didn't want to say it but it was the best choice at that point because she didn't know what else to say. I was surprised when Mark was going to set the house on fire to kill Susan so she wouldn't tell. The character I identify the most with is Susan because she was a good student and she is doing something like this you wouldn't expect she did something like this.

I give this book a five out of five because I think the book was very interesting and well written. I recommend this book to anyone who likes thrillers and mystery's. How would you feel if something similar happened to you? Apr 21, Jared rated it really liked it. I read "Killing Mr.

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I thought the book was good. It was laid out nicely, but it took too long to get rolling. A great majority of the book was them planning and no real action happening until the last few chapters of the book. They took at least two chapters just planning how they were going to kidnap Mr. Once it got to about the last four chapters of the book, I was interested and wanted to keep reading, but by that time, it's to late. Most readers would have g I read "Killing Mr.

Most readers would have gone back and picked a different book. Susan is a junior at Del Norte High School. She lives with her parents and three brothers. She thinks of herself as a nobody with no friends. She has a crush on David, and that is what gets her tied up in this mess.

David is a senior at Del Norte, the president of the senior class. He lives at home with his mother and grandmother. Mark is a quiet kid. He killed his dad in an "accidental" house fire and is the mastermind behind this entire thing. Mark also kills David's grandmother and almost kills Sue. Jeff is the star basketball player who just goes along with everything he is told to do. His is dating Betsy. Betsy is the head cheerleader. She always has a smile on her face and is kind of stuck up. I would say the book takes place in the 's in a small town.

I would say the 90's because of the clothes they wear in the book. David wears a windbreaker and Mark wears a sweater, those clothes were kind of popular back then. I say the stting is a small town because throughout the book they talk about the bigger cities around them, and they live near a reservation.

The thematic connection I got from this book is just because something seems harmless, doesn't mean it is. Also, pick your friends wisely. Some people are not who they appear to be. For example, in the book they thought kidnapping Mr. Griffin would be harmless and that they would get away with it. Their friend Mark to turns out to be a psychopathy. I would recommend this book to anyone 12 and older of any gender.

It could be a little out there or hard to follow and understand for younger readers. I rate this book four out of five stars. I'm really not sure what to make of this book. I don't know whether I liked it or not, whether I'd describe it as "good" or not, but wow. I predicted things that were going to happen, and I always like it when I can predict things in books because I always feel smart or special or something, but this time was different.

Then today I was reading, unable to put it down because I was so enthralled, and I was near the end of the book and I was reading the description that Susan's mother was reading to Susan and I knew what was coming, then, too. I just knew it. I was like, "I predicted that! I predicted it yesterday!

My reaction was way bigger than I would've thought it even could've been. I guess my main point is that I would never have expected to have liked this book so much, have been this invested, but so happy to be right at the same time as being horrified at what was happening It was amazing and strange, and I'm still not sure if I liked it or not, but I guess I did if my reaction was this great, so that's how I rated it. I guess I'd recommend this book to people who are ready, mature enough, to like it and not think it silly or too gross or morbid or depressing, but it doesn't necessarily have to be people who like this sort of book, or this style, normally, because I certainly didn't and look where I am now.

Overall, I'd definitely say this book is worth a try reading, is well-written if it can bring out this strong of connections to the characters and what happens, and this strong reactions, and I think it was good. I can't tell for sure, but that's my best guess. Mar 06, Dalton rated it liked it. This was an all around good book. I liked the story and I could connect to some of the characters.

It starts out with five kids planning to kidnap their strict English teacher. They kidnap him in the school parking lot, then drive him to a remote place in the Sandia Mountains. There they try to make him beg for freedom, but he refuses, so they leave him there for a few hours. When two of the kids go back, they find Mr. They tell the rest of the gang, and create a plan to get rid of This was an all around good book.

They tell the rest of the gang, and create a plan to get rid of the evidence. Griffin's body, and move his car to the airport.

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Eventually, the police discover Mr. Griffin's body, and the search for his killer begins. When some of the kids are moving Mr. Griffin's newly painted car to a hiding place, they stop at Susan's house. She says she is going to tell the police, and to keep her quiet, Mark tries to burn down her house. Just as he lights the curtains, he is grabbed by Detective Baca. There the story moves a few days into the future, with Susan being comforted by her mother, and then the story ends.

One interesting thing about this book was that it switched between a lot of characters' points of view. It was also slightly confusing. Since I liked this book, I will definitely recommend it to other people. I am glad I read this book. Mar 27, Amy Y. The book Killing Mr. Griffin, is about this group of teenagers plotting revenge on their English Literature teacher named Brian Griffin. Griffin's skills of grading papers triggers the enraged emotions with most of his students. Then, they decided to put a end to this. They wanted to pull a prank on Mr. Griffin is that he could get the taste of his own medicine.

However, when the prank had been "pulled" too far It was already too late. Now, the group of teenagers m The book Killing Mr. Now, the group of teenagers must hide from the police before its too late. I never knew Lois Duncan could write such a good suspenseful book! I think that Lois's sense of writing is a little confusing because the narration is formated in the form of 3rd person perspective. Which makes me think that some stranger is telling the story than a student in the book telling the story. I also like how Lois transitions settings to the student's and teacher's personal life, and whats their side of the story.

I thought that was pretty cool! Overall, if I would've rate this book on a scale between , I would've given it a 8 because of details, and plot. Apr 11, Scott Volz rated it it was ok Shelves: Five teens decide to kidnap their overdemanding, taskmaster English teacher so that he gets a taste of the anger he inspires in his students who are unappreciative of the fact that Griffin, in his own rough way, really just wants them to be prepared for college. But the plan goes awry.

Griffin, who suffers from a heart condition, has a heart attack and dies. Relying on the guidance of Mark, the mastermind of the original scheme, the group decides that they're in too deep for honesty. Instead, Five teens decide to kidnap their overdemanding, taskmaster English teacher so that he gets a taste of the anger he inspires in his students who are unappreciative of the fact that Griffin, in his own rough way, really just wants them to be prepared for college.

Instead, they bury Griffin and try to get rid of any evidence that would come back to them. But new complications keep arising, and the group unity is falling apart--leading to murder of a more deliberate kind. Unfortunately, the novel doesn't use its strong premise to go beyond being mediocre, plot-driven suspense. The characters have little depth and the writing style is mediocre at best. Too often the dialogue feels inauthentic and the description vague and cliched. The novel hasn't aged particularly well, either.

If one doesn't expect much from Killing Mr. Griffin other than a quick read and quickened pulse, then one won't be disappointed. Anything more might be a stretch. Jul 20, Shally Clark rated it liked it Shelves: What can happen when the only thing a group of high schoolers have in common is hating their English teacher? A cheerleader, class president, jock, a bad boy and a nerd get together to plot how to sabotage their teacher who gives them hard assignments and hands out bad grades.

After kidnapping their teacher, the situation gets out of hand when they did not realize their teacher had a heart condition and ends up dying because of tier actions. Now the high schoolers are faced with a serious crime What can happen when the only thing a group of high schoolers have in common is hating their English teacher? Now the high schoolers are faced with a serious crime and threaten each other to keep quiet about it. Soon they are all questioned and they struggle to keep their story's straight and some do not know what to do.

I thought this was a well-written book but it was way too violent for me. Worried that the officer might later identify the car as Mr. Griffin's, Jeff and Betsy move the car into Jeff's garage so he can repaint it before they hide it elsewhere. The police investigate, and find Mr. Griffin's body buried nearby. However, police do not find the ring Mr. Griffin was wearing when he died as David had taken it. Irma Ruggles, David's paternal grandmother who lives with him, discovers the ring and refuses to give it back to him, believing the ring to be that of David's father who had left him.

David tells Susan he took the ring and his grandmother found it, but they are unsuccessful at retrieving it from her, so Susan tells Mark about the situation because she feels he would know what to do. Irma Ruggles is later murdered, and a neighbor refers to the suspect as a boy in a brown sweater.

Susan makes the connection, knowing that Mark has a brown sweater he wears all the time, and that Mark would stop at nothing to get what he needed — in this case, the ring. Susan plans to tell the police all that the group has done. Mark sets her curtains on fire, but Susan is saved by Kathy Griffin, [note 1] Mr. Griffin's wife, who came over to her house with a detective for an interview. The detective catches Mark as he attempts to leave the house through a window.

Several days later, Susan's mother tells her that all of those involved will face varying criminal charges, with her lawyer attempting to get Susan off with no charges in exchange for testimony. Mark will face three trials, one each for the deaths of Mr. Griffin and David's grandmother, and one for the attempted murder of Susan. Griffin leaves Susan a note that her husband had written before his death, praising Susan for her work and recognizing her potential. The story developed from the character of Mark, who is based on the first boyfriend of Duncan's oldest daughter.

Griffin was based on the personality of a drama teacher one of Duncan's daughters had in high school who "was very strict and demanded that her students do the best work they were capable of doing", but for whom Duncan's daughter was later grateful. Griffin was first published in April by Little, Brown and Company in hardcover.

In the letter Mr. Griffin wrote for Susan, he comments, "It is indeed the little deaths, the small daily rejections of our well meant offerings that render the soul lifeless. Griffin]'s soul before they killed him physically. Griffin also explores the downsides of peer pressure. They have to cover up the crime while preventing Susan from revealing to the police what they have done.

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