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Killing Mr. Griffin is a 1978 novel written by Lois Duncan. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Brian Griffinnote Not to be confused with the dog from Family Guy. is an English Literature teacher at Del Norte High School who is unpopular with the students due to his strict demeanor and harsh grading policies that severely penalize any mistake. Eventually, a charismatic yet depraved student named Mark Kinney, who was humiliated after being forced to beg for readmission to Mr. Griffin's class after plagiarizing an assignment, convinces his friends and School Idols Jeff Garret, Betsy Cline, and David Ruggles to join him in a plot to kidnap Mr. Griffin and scare him as a means of retribution.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The group manipulates Susan McConnell into aiding them due to her crush on David and her relatively high grades compared to the rest of Mr. Griffin's students. Susan meets with Mr. Griffin after school to discuss the assignments so that the teachers will have left by the time the students kidnap Mr. Griffin. The plan is successful and the students, except Susan, take a blindfolded and tied-up Mr. Griffin to the mountains, where Mark decides to leave him behind until midnight when Mr. Griffin refuses to beg to be freed.Susan and David decide to check on Mr. Griffin a few hours early. When they examine him, they realize that he is dead. From then on, the group of students attempt to keep his death secret, a feat that proves difficult as time goes on with Susan considering confessing to the police and Mr. Griffin's wife, Kathy, investigating her husband's disappearance.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Killing Mr. Griffin was critically successful and received several awards. It was also controversial, with many schools objecting its inclusion in their libraries. The novel received a television movie adaptation in April 7, 1997. A new edition was released in 2010, which added changes to the narrative to match modern lifestyle and technology. Killing Mr. Griffin contains examples of: | |
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