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Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol
by
Jim Krieg
Griff Carver knows a thing or two about fighting crime.
No, he cannot be bought. He cannot be frightened. And he will not sleep until justice is served. Because Griff Carver is not just any kid--he's a kid with a badge. And if you are a rule breaker, he's your worst nightmare.
Griff might be the newest officer on the Rampart Middle School Patrol Squad, but he's no rookie. An...more
No, he cannot be bought. He cannot be frightened. And he will not sleep until justice is served. Because Griff Carver is not just any kid--he's a kid with a badge. And if you are a rule breaker, he's your worst nightmare.
Griff might be the newest officer on the Rampart Middle School Patrol Squad, but he's no rookie. An...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
April 29th 2010
by Razorbill
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Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol
by Jim Krieg
mystery
224 pages
Griff Carver Hallway patrol is about a 12 year old boy who is new to Rampart Junior High. Even though he is new to the school doesn't mean he's new to hallway patrol Griff has been doing this at his old school to which means he knows what to expect and do so he has had some experience doing hallway patrol. One day Griff finds out about that the most popular kid in school is also in the counterfeit hall pass scheme. So this means Griff must...more
by Jim Krieg
mystery
224 pages
Griff Carver Hallway patrol is about a 12 year old boy who is new to Rampart Junior High. Even though he is new to the school doesn't mean he's new to hallway patrol Griff has been doing this at his old school to which means he knows what to expect and do so he has had some experience doing hallway patrol. One day Griff finds out about that the most popular kid in school is also in the counterfeit hall pass scheme. So this means Griff must...more
I had never considered the possibility of a hard-boiled hallway patrol procedural.
Griff, the protagonist, has been involved with school safety patrols ever since first grade, and he considers it to be a major part of his life. Unfortunately, his mother really wants him to be in the school band instead, now that he's transferred to a new school. His dedication has gotten him involved in some interesting scrapes in the past, not entirely his fault, but still leading to difficulties.
Griff doesn't r...more
Griff, the protagonist, has been involved with school safety patrols ever since first grade, and he considers it to be a major part of his life. Unfortunately, his mother really wants him to be in the school band instead, now that he's transferred to a new school. His dedication has gotten him involved in some interesting scrapes in the past, not entirely his fault, but still leading to difficulties.
Griff doesn't r...more
My original blog review:http://bcplreviews.blogspot.co...
Rating: 4.5/5
Audience: Middle Grade/Tween
Genre: Mystery
Summary: Griff Carver is a safety patrol legend, but after going too far in the name of justice he was expelled from his old school. Now he's at Rampart Middle School and determined to sniff out the corruption lurking beneath the squeaky-clean surface. Unfortunately, Griff makes an immediate enemy of the school principal after calling him out for littering, and his new partner is an ov...more
Rating: 4.5/5
Audience: Middle Grade/Tween
Genre: Mystery
Summary: Griff Carver is a safety patrol legend, but after going too far in the name of justice he was expelled from his old school. Now he's at Rampart Middle School and determined to sniff out the corruption lurking beneath the squeaky-clean surface. Unfortunately, Griff makes an immediate enemy of the school principal after calling him out for littering, and his new partner is an ov...more
For 7th grader Griff Carver, it seems like he was born with a badge – a shiny, tin school safety patrol badge. With a track record dating back to first grade, he has years of proven success with crosswalk rescues and hallway pass enforcement. His enthusiasm comes with a price, however; he was asked to leave his old school, though the reason was sealed along with his record. Now at Rampart Middle, he puts his fresh start with the school’s Safety Patrol into jeopardy when he uncovers a violation s...more
Man, what a hilarious book. 5 stars all the way - it was amazing because the parody never let up: it just deepened, widened, and got smarter as it went on.
I love parodies. It takes a lot of work, a good eye for detail and some smarts to do anything with parody. And it's hilarious. I love a good funny book, and it's been a while since I've read one.
I think middle schoolers, and some precocious 4th/5th graders will eat this book up. They won't catch all parodies, but it's also a great story, which...more
I love parodies. It takes a lot of work, a good eye for detail and some smarts to do anything with parody. And it's hilarious. I love a good funny book, and it's been a while since I've read one.
I think middle schoolers, and some precocious 4th/5th graders will eat this book up. They won't catch all parodies, but it's also a great story, which...more
I'm not sure I can adequately review this book because I think it occupies a dimension of time and space that I've never been to. 12 year old hallway patrol legend Griff Carver transfers to a new school where trouble is afoot. The narrative is pure 40 year old cop talk, and the setting and situation are definitely middle school. For the most part it works, strangely. Sometimes it does not. I will give it up to the author for the most hysterical fight scene I've ever read in a young adult book. K...more
This is a humorous book about a 7th grader named Griff Carver who takes his job as hall monitor way too seriously. On his first day at his new school, he busts the principal for throwing a gum wrapper on the hallway floor. Griff’s penchant for going above and beyond the line of duty, without regard for the consequences, gets him thrown off the patrol. However, his innate sense of bringing justice to light compels him to work undercover to solve the mystery of the fake hall passes. Krieg, writer...more
Twelve-year-old Griff Carver knows a thing or two about fighting crime. Because Griff’s not just any kid—he’s a kid with a badge. And if you are a criminal, he’s 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 will a counterfeit hall pass ring be Griff's downfall? (Goodreads Summary)
This parody of adult detective stori...more
This parody of adult detective stori...more
Griff Carver is a legend among hallway patrolmen, and he's just gotten his badge at his new school when he discovers the dark underbelly of crime hidden within the highly rated middle school. He sets out on an investigation that indicates the most beloved and popular kid in school, Marcus Volger, just might be the ringleader, but can Griff come up with the evidence before Volger takes him out?
The tone is firmly tongue in cheek and hilarious throughout. The story is told from several different pe...more
The tone is firmly tongue in cheek and hilarious throughout. The story is told from several different pe...more
If you took Law and Order, most buddy cop movies you've seen and dragnet and crammed it all into middle school, you'd have Griff Carver. All the usual suspects are there, the hard boiled cop (safety patrol officer), the scrappy journalist, the eager young partner, and even the crooked politician (who's running for class president). Add in a ring of fake hall pass pushers, a principal who is only interested in quiet well-behaved cops, and even a nervous snitch and you've got a great story told th...more
Written in a gruff, Hawai 5-0 clipped dialogue filled with satire, this is the tale of a boy who is consume with safety patrol. Griff is a legend- already kicked oout of one school gfor his vigilante ways. When he joins his new school's patrol, he uncovers a counterfeiting operation so entrnched and complex it's hard to believe. The characters aren't terribbly felshed out, but enough so you get a feel their words and actions ring true. From the nosy school reporter to the thick headed bully, rag...more
Griff Carver was born to wear the badge. Arriving at a new middle school with the intention of starting fresh, he can't resist the call to duty. Hallway patrol duty, that is. This hilarious middle school detective story has holes and leaves questions unanswered but Griff Carver is a great character - a deadpan beat cop in school where corruption lies right below the surface. Throw in his boy scout partner, Tommy, who likes to "play by the rules", and no-nonsense newspaper reporter Verity in sear...more
Griff Carver is serious about hallway patrol. So serious he got kicked out of his old school before coming to Rampart Middle School because of it. But then his fellow hallway patrolman starts to suspect that something might be wrong and that Griff was using his hallway patrol powers for no good. Is he right, or has Griff just gotten onto the scent of even bigger trouble?
A funny read and a great story with a few twists I wasn't expecting. It was nice to have the story told from a few students' p...more
A funny read and a great story with a few twists I wasn't expecting. It was nice to have the story told from a few students' p...more
7th grade Griff Carver has been around the hallway a time or two. He’s part of the Brotherhood of Officers – Hallway Patrol Officers that is. His job is to keep the order in middle school. Or at least, it was at his last school, the school he was expelled from. Although he’s promised The Old Lady (his mom), that he won’t join the Patrol at his new school –- he can’t help it. It’s in his blood. But things aren’t always as they seem at Rampart Middle, and some of the most popular kids in school ma...more
Griff Carver is a legend in school law enforcement, but he was expelled from his old school for going too far in the name of justice. Now he’s at Rampart Middle School, a school that is perfect on the surface, but seething with crime underneath. Griff is not a rookie. He can sense littering out of the corner of his eye, nabbing the principal of the school on his first day on patrol. Griff finds himself partnered with Tommy, a Camp Scout, who is unable to see past the thin veneer of respectabilit...more
Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol is a funny survival story--surviving middle school, that is--that features a savvy and snarky young crime-fighter. Told in journal entries, incident reports, and recorded interviews, the book is chock-full of insightful observations about the middle school pecking order and social dynamics. The author expertly creates relatable, authentic characters readers can't help but... (click for full review http://www.storysnoops.com/detail.php...)
This really, really gave me Fillmore! flashbacks (I'm not sure if that was intentional by the author or not? I'd find it hard to think they never saw it). Since I loved that show to bits and pieces, I enjoyed this book. (I feel like I normally say "wow, I liked this" to books, but I justify this by pointing out I rarely read anything that doesn't snag my interest by a quick flip through)
Griff Carver makes me wish my experiences as a 6th grade safety patrol officer at Villano went a little differently. Griff Carver takes his Hallway Patrol duties a little too seriously at a school that is supposed to be perfect, but Carver knows that nothing can be that perfect. A great book for those who finished and graduated from all the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Krieg has put together a fun, quick read with a main character that talks and acts like a middle-school Mickey Spillane. Grown-ups will find this funny, and kids may too, but some might not get the joke. Even if they don't, it's a pretty good story about trying to get to the bottom of a fake hall pass crime ring headed up by a crooked student politician.
Ugh, hard to follow the various narrators from chapter to chapter. The story alternates between being mildly interesting and amusing to impossible to follow. It’s suppose to be a mystery of who’s making the counterfeit hall passes. At the end of the story I was not sure if the mystery was resolved or not.
This is an excellent parody. It reminds me of every cop film I've ever seen in my life. I suppose the author must have watched scores of them as "research" for this novel. (Hope his brain didn't turn to mush.) And the ending leaves plenty of room for a sequel!
Griff is a hard-boiled detective who happens to be a middle school safety patrol officer. I found his dry narrations to be laugh-out-loud funny and will not hesitate to recommend this book to middle school boys who might be on the, well, nerdy side of things.
If you loved the movie Hot Fuzz and the later work of Leslie Nielsen, this is your book. Unfortunately, that means your in middle age not middle school. But this book is a spot on parody that had me snickering on nearly ever page.
Griff Carver Hallway Patrol was so fun and silly in a serious way I wish it was a longer book. Griff has been on the job since he was 6 now in the seventh grade he wonders if his best days are behind him.
I wonder if the book's deadpan humor and spoofiness on the straight-laced Joe Friday type of cop might go over a lot of kids' heads. Give it to fans of 'The Fourth Stall'.
Liked this a lot, reminded me of Big Splash, but not quite as polished... Good, if frustrating ending... Quite a lot of good vocabulary... Cover is deceptively young...
A wonderful, hilarious book. From the Lennie Briscoe-esque main character to the Don Cragen-like captain, all the cop show tropes are represented and they're all funny.
Philip Marlowe meets 'High Noon' meets Rampart Middle School in this clever, fast-paced novel. The narration alternates well between the three main characters. And I loved the tough-as-nails girl reporter (very Hildy Johnson in 'His Girl Friday,' hooray!) -- but I wonder how much kids will really get the whole thing. Ultimately, enjoyable but a bit flat.
This book is a hoot! Griff Carver, hall patrol at Rampart Middle School is on the job; making middle school safe for kids. I hope there's a sequel!
middle grade
take on a police procedural - if the audio book is well done, i bet it is great
for fans of cop/detective shows. not sure if others would pick up on some of the genre touches
boys
mystery
take on a police procedural - if the audio book is well done, i bet it is great
for fans of cop/detective shows. not sure if others would pick up on some of the genre touches
boys
mystery
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Jim Krieg has been working as a writer for the film and television industry for the past decade, and has written screenplays for Warner Brothers, New Line, and 20th Century Fox. He enjoys his growing family, surfing, and writing about himself in the third person. In that order. Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol is his first novel. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
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