Carolina QuotesKilling Mr. Griffin doesn't encourage violence in schools any more than the story of Cain and Able encourages children to kill their younger brothers.
Lois Duncan Connected to the Carolinas
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On violence in her novels, interview in Absolute Write (2002)
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- interview
- work
- 1990–2002
- year
- 1990
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