The card goes on auction, selling for 974,000 dollars, with the money eventually going to a town museum and the skate park. However, news of Swindle's swindling comes out in the newspaper, and he does not press charges-instead, he gets a dose of karma and his shop does not see many visitors anymore. They steal the card, but leave a little evidence to their identity, and they are caught. The team consists of Griffin, Ben, Melissa, Savannah, and Pitch, but Darren blackmails them into letting him also join the team. After discovering that it is in his house, they group up with a few other people and decide to steal the card back in an elaborate heist. The boys attempt to steal the card from a safe in Palomino's shop, but it has been moved. Wendell Palomino, or Swindle as the boys call him, stiffed them and gave Griffin only 120 dollars for the card. The card was a 1920 Babe Ruth trading card worth $974,000. However, on the night of the sleepover, only Griffin and his best friend Ben Slovak show up. Plot Ī smart, young boy named Griffin Bing decides to invite his entire class grade over for a sleepover in an old, abandoned house that is slated to be demolished after the town's plan for using as a new space in their town to make a skate park was thrown out because of their youth.

The book was the first of a series, followed by Zoobreak, Framed!, Showoff, Hideout, Jackpot, Unleashed, and Jingle. It is a caper story about the retrieval of a valuable baseball card.

Kobo eBook (December 31st, 2011): $3.Swindle is a 2008 children's novel by Gordon Korman.

Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories.

In addition, woven perfectly into the story.are the themes of friendship, working together, accomplishing the impossible, and having the courage to do what is right.' - Product Details Fix-it Griffin and his friends is a page-turning adventure.The author's fans will be more than pleased.' - Kirkus'This book is overflowing with energy, and each chapter ends with the promise of more excitement. Praise for Swindle:'Pure fun from top to bottom.' - School Library Journal'Korman's fast moving, feel-good suspense novel will have middle schoolers, especially boys, turning the pages.' - VOYA'Gordon Korman has once again created a story sure to capitvate middle-grade audiences.' - for Zoobreak:'Korman again knocks it out of the park.interesting, full of humor, and good fun.' - VOYA'Korman's second tale of 11-year-old Mr.

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