Death For a Good Grade

Final Grade by R.L. Stine
Reviewed by Ashwin Garlapati

In R.l. Stine's Final Grade, Lily Bancroft will do almost anything to get an A in social science class. Lily's social science teacher, Mr. Reiner, gave her a "B" on her test even though she wrote an "A" paper. Lily had a boyfriend who's name was Alex. Lily worked on writing the school newspaper. Her partner Scott had a huge crush on on her, but Lily never liked him. Lily was competing with Graham Prince for valedictorian of the school.

When grades came out, Mr. Reiner gave Lily a"B" even though Lily worked harder than anybody else. Lily almost burst out in tears when she got her grade in Social Science. She got straight A's in every other class. Scott saw Lily crying so he tried to calm her down, but it only made her angrier. The next day Mr. Reiner was found dead in his classroom. Everybody was whispering that it was Lily who murdered him because she was so desperate to get an "A" in social science.

In a few weeks Lily improves her grade to an "A" in social science because of the new nice teacher. Now she just worries about winning valedictorian against Graham Prince. When the grade point averages come out Graham beats Lily by one percentage point. Lily is so frustrated because she tried so hard all year. The next day Graham is brutally murdered. Now people are getting really suspicious that Lily is the murderer.

The ending is unpredictable and suspensful. In the end the police find out that the murderer is............ read the book to find out more. The book is very exciting and is a book to read if you are into action.

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