Jack Chabert was a hall monitorat Joshua Eaton Elementary School inReading, Massachusetts. But unlike ourhero Sam Graves’s school, Jack’s schoolwas not alive. Tack’s life as a hall monitorwas much less exciting than Sam’sand not nearly as scary.Today, Jack Chabert monitors the halls ofa different building: a strange, old apartmentbuilding in New York City that he calls home.His days are spent playing video games, eating junk food,and reading comic books. And at night, he walks thehalls, always prepared for the moment when his buildingwill come alive.