In the book, Killing Mr. Griffen, Lois Duncan creates characters that are very realistic, a point of view that ties in with the characters, and a plot that is suspensful but realistic. She also makes the characters so that the reader does not know who the good guy or the bad guy is in the story. At first, she portrays Mr. Griffen as an awful teacher who everyone hates, but later on in the story, you realize he is not bad at all when you see his home life and his love for his wife and family. This is effective because you cannot choose sides; which goes along with the third person omniscient point of view. The point of view in Killing Mr. Griffen is interesting because every chapter starts off with a different person being the focus, and later you see all of the chapters coming together to make the plot. For instance, in one chapter it could be talking about Susan's mom, while in the next it might be talking about Susan and what she's doing, without the point of view changing. The plot in this book is very suspenseful, but very realistic at the same time. When the students take the teacher to the mountains, it doesn't make it sound like a fantasy book, but more like something that might actually happen in real life. With the characters, point of view, and plot all together, Killing Mr. Griffen is a book that I would recommend.
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