(Image credit: www.powells.com)Glenn, Mel. Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems. New York: Lodestar Books, 1996.
A murder mystery told in free verse poems answering the question: who killed Mr. Chippendale?
The end of Robert Chippendale, English teacher at Tower High, is the beginning of this tale. A tale told by the reactions of the students and faculty who knew him, the detective pursuing the murderer, and Angela Falcone, the guidance counselor who loved him.
According to the students:
He was the best teacher I ever had.
He was the worst teacher I ever had.
No, I'm not goin' to the funeral.
Why did he have to die?
Hey, this school is scary.
I remember that creep Chippendale saying
That the whole world is waiting for us.
I remember that wonderful Mr. Chippendale saying
That the whole world is waiting for us.
As shock turns to grief, the students at Tower High School are drawn to the door of Angela Falcone. Can she help them deal with their feelings while at the same time bowing to her own grief? Is it Angela Falcone, after all, who has the knowledge to draw the killer out and discover Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?
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