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FROM: "Mary Cella" <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/15/00, 5:02 PM

Has anyone ever hear of a book about young teens who were sent away to
boarding school by their parents...and the school turned out to be a
place where they were murdered????This book may be ten years old. We
are not sure.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you,
Mary Cella

FROM: "Sarah Flowers" <[removed]@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
REC'D: 2/15/00, 5:24 PM

This is probably The Grounding of Group Six, by Julian Thompson (1983). Good book.

Sarah

Sarah Flowers, Community Librarian
Morgan Hill Public Library, a Santa Clara County Library
17575 Peak Avenue/Morgan Hill, CA 95037
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Cella [[removed]@linc.lib.il.us]
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 3:06 PM
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Subject: YA Mystery

Has anyone ever hear of a book about young teens who were sent away to
boarding school by their parents...and the school turned out to be a
place where they were murdered????This book may be ten years old. We
are not sure.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you,
Mary Cella

FROM: "Rebecca Vnuk" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 2/15/00, 5:48 PM

This should be "The Grounding of Group 6" by Julian Thompson:
"Arriving at what they believe is an exclusive school, five sixteen-year
olds are unaware that they have been sent there to be exterminated and that
their teacher is a murderer for hire."
Pub 1983, reprinted in 1996.
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>From: Mary Cella <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org'" <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
>Subject: YA Mystery
>Date: Tue, Feb 15, 2000, 5:06 PM
>

> Has anyone ever hear of a book about young teens who were sent away to
> boarding school by their parents...and the school turned out to be a
> place where they were murdered????This book may be ten years old. We
> are not sure.
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you,
> Mary Cella

FROM: "Beth Andersen" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/15/00, 7:02 PM

This is one of my all-time favorite YA books. It's called The Grounding of
Group 6. The plot does sound macabre but it really is a great tale about a
very resourceful group of likeable teens.

Beth E. Andersen
Information Resources
Ann Arbor (MI) District Library
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FROM: "Marsha Valance " <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 2/16/00, 8:25 AM

*The Grounding of Group Six* by Julian Thompson


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <[removed]@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

>>> Mary Cella <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us> 02/15 5:06 PM >>>
Has anyone ever hear of a book about young teens who were sent away to
boarding school by their parents...and the school turned out to be a
place where they were murdered????This book may be ten years old. We
are not sure.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you,
Mary Cella

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 2/16/00, 10:12 AM

Mary,

I was so excited when I read your question because I actually knew the answer without looking it up. As several others have already mentioned, it is The Grounding of Group 6 by Julian Thompson. I read this book when I was in library school and I enjoyed it very much. The ending is a little too convenient, but it is a good read, nevertheless.

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

>>> [removed]@mpl.org 02/16/00 08:37 AM >>>
*The Grounding of Group Six* by Julian Thompson


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <[removed]@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

>>> Mary Cella <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us> 02/15 5:06 PM >>>
Has anyone ever hear of a book about young teens who were sent away to
boarding school by their parents...and the school turned out to be a
place where they were murdered????This book may be ten years old. We
are not sure.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you,
Mary Cella

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