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Swindle is a 2008 children's novel by Gordon Korman. It is a caper story about the retrieval of a valuable baseball card. The book was the first of a series, followed by Zoobreak, Framed!, Showoff, Hideout, Jackpot, Unleashed, and Jingle.
Mar 1, 2008 · Ocean's 11... with 11-year-olds, in a super stand-alone heist caper from Gordon Korman! After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindle's compound and recapture the card.
Apr 15, 2009 · Swindle (Swindle #1) (1) Paperback – April 15, 2009. by Gordon Korman (Author) 4.7 1,200 ratings. Book 1 of 8: Swindle. Teachers' pick. See all formats and editions. Ocean's 11 . . . with 11-year-olds, in a super stand-alone heist caper from Gordon Korman!
- Gordon Korman
"Swindle" offers readers an exhilarating and entertaining journey filled with humor, suspense, and the enduring power of friendship. The novel's relatable characters and fast-paced plot make it a compelling read for both young adult and adult audiences.
Swindle is a middle-grade novel published in 2008 by Canadian American author Gordon Korman. In the story, 6th-grader Griffin Bing enlists a group of his classmates to retrieve a rare Babe Ruth baseball card from an unscrupulous collector known as Swindle, who has conned Griffin out of the card.
A dream team of kids performs blockbuster-movie-style operations – from stealing back a million-dollar baseball card, to breaking mistreated animals out of a cheesy zoo, to hiding a lovable but unstable and occasionally vicious Doberman from his unscrupulous former owner.
Jan 1, 2012 · Book 1 of 8: Swindle. Teachers' pick. See all formats and editions. Ocean's 11 . . . with 11-year-olds, in a super stand-alone heist caper from Gordon Korman!After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindle's compound and recapture the card.
- Gordon Korman
