Killing Mr. Griffin

Killing Mr. Griffin is a novel for young adults by Lois Duncan. It is about a group of teenage students at Del Norte High School who plan to kidnap their strict English teacher, Mr. Griffin. The book was adapted to film in 1997, sharing the same title as the book, starring Jay Thomas, Mario Lopez, Amy Jo Johnson, Michelle Williams and Scott Bairstow. Another film with a similar theme and title, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, was released in 1999. Brian Griffin is a high school english/literature teacher who never accepts late homework and is extremely demanding of his students. After he gives out F's to a group of students who fail to turn in their papers on time, the students—the "popular" crowd—decide to get revenge by kidnapping him. Later,...