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Title: Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol
Author: Jim Krieg
Narrator: Mike Chamberlain, Kirby Heyborne, Emily Janice Card, Ann Marie Lee
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-08-11
Publisher: Listening Library
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Kids, Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Twelve-year-old Griff Carver knows a thing or two about fighting crime. Because Griffs not just any kid - he's a kid with a badge. And if you are a criminal, hes your worst nightmare.
Griff might be the new kid on the Rampart Jr. High Patrol squad, but he's no rookie. And he'll do whatever it takes to clean up the mean hallways of his middle school - even if it lands him in hot water.
But when Griff links cool kid Marcus The Smile Volger to a counterfeit hall pass ring, can he and his friends close the case? Or will Griff let down the force - and lose his badge for good?
Members Reviews:
Funny!
This is a very funny book. My ten-year-old grandson and I read it together. Fortunately for him, because there were words, phrases, and references he didn't understand. But that gave me the opportunity to talk about the story with him. Delightful!
Griff Carver Is Watching (loved it)
This is one of the funniest middle grade novels I've read all year. 12 yr old Griff Carver is no ordinary seventh grader. He has been a member of school saftey patrol since he was six years old. Griff Carver is the first saftey patrol officer ever to be kicked out of school, while on the job.
"It wasn't ugly. At first blush, all you'd see is squeaky clean kids playing and killing time till the bell rings. Big lawn. Nice clothes. First-hand bikes. Right out of the school brochure. Maybe that's all you'd ever see. 'Cause you never wore a badge. Me? I carried that piece of tin for six years. Almost half my life. Started in first grade. Typical wet-behind-the-ears rookie. Made all the rookie mistakes. Thought I was God's gift to Safety Patrol. In retrospect, maybe I came on a little too strong. Like I was trying too hard. Like I could do it all myself. Maybe I was asking for it. Maybe not.
Griff's mother wants him to start fresh at Rampart Middle School, no safety patrol. He tries but it's in his blood. Delane, Rampart's safety patrol captain assigns the reckless Griff a partner. Thomas, the new partner is a straight by the book patrol officer. He has won a merit badge for almost everything.
Rampart's safety patrol team believe they have a tight lock on the hallways. Griff proves them wrong the first day on the job. There's something illegal going on and it leads back to Marcus, one of the most popular kid in school.
Krieg has written a great noir mystery for middle graders. There's Griff unwillingly being interviewed by his guidance counselor regrading a recent incident. It's being recorded and will be passed up the chain of command.
There's Griff the reckless, dot every i Thomas and there working relationship as partners. Can the captain be trusted?, and of course there's a girl. Verity runs the school newspapers, and is one of the few students unimpressed by Marcus.
I loved this debut and hope its the first of many. Krieg's writing and dialogue are spot on good. Griff Carver is one of my favorite male protagonist of the year.
A Funny Book For Middle-Graders
Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol is a humorous Middle-Grade read. Krieg exaggerates a Hallway Monitor's life in a way that fans of the movie Mall Cop will enjoy. Readers of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series will be able to relate with the main character Griff or one of his classmates as they go on their crazy, school adventures.
