TY - BOOK AU - Matsui,YĆ«sei TI - Assassination classroom T2 - Shonen Jump advanced graphic novel SN - 1421576074 PY - 2014///] CY - San Francisco PB - Viz Media KW - Assassination KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Extraterrestrial beings KW - Junior high school students KW - Teacher-student relationships KW - Young adult fiction KW - Graphic novels KW - lcgft N1 - Originally published in Japan in 2012 by Shueisha Inc; Rated T+ for Older Teen N2 - The students in Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High have a new teacher: an alien octopus with bizarre powers and unlimited strength, who's just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the earth--unless they can kill him first! Meet the would-be assassins of class 3-E: Sugino, who let his grades slip and got kicked off the baseball team. Karma, who's doing well in his classes but keeps getting suspended for fighting. And Okuda, who lacks both academic and social skills, yet excels at one subject: chemistry. Who has the best chance of winning that reward? Will the deed be accomplished through pity, brute force or poison ...? And what chance does their teacher have of repairing his students' tattered self-esteem? ER -