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 … 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.
RIP Lois Duncan! I always loved her books, because they were pulpy, thrilling, and freaking — and usually involved a nice, average high school gal who just ended up in a web of MURDER lies with her horrible friends. Because hormones, ya know?
Watch out as Lois Duncan conspires to scare you out of your skin with this twisting, turning, terrifying tale of teenagers who scheme to kidnap their strict teacher as a prank, only to have their “prank” turn into a nightmare in this disturbing story that offers a horrifyingly realistic look at the consequences that can arise from committing just …