Is Mark the evil genius who leads them astray?
‘No, here’s my idea - we kidnap him. Take him to the mountains someplace. . .’
No one in the class likes Mr. Griffin, their tough English teacher, so when Mark thinks up a scheme to kidnap Mr. Griffin everyone is in favour. Jeff and Betsy go into it for the kicks, David to relieve the unremitting boredom in his life and Sue, she’d do anything David asks her to. . . The plan seems all right, but something goes badly wrong.
A powerful and dramatic novel for older readers which won the American Library Association award for the Best Book for Young Adults when first published.