Swindle (novel)
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| Author | Gordon Korman |
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| Cover artist | Jennifer Taylor |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Children's |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
Publication date | 2008 |
| Publication place | United States |
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| Pages | 1-163 |
| ISBN | 978-0-439-90345-5 |
| Followed by | Zoobreak |
Swindle is a 2008 children's novel by Gordon Korman.[1] 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.[2]
Plot
A smart young boy named Griffin Bing decides to gather their entire grade in a sleepover in an old house about to be demolished after their plan for using a new space in their town to make a skate park was thrown out because of their youth. However, only Griffin and his best friend Ben Slovak show up.
Film
A TV Movie Swindle based off the novel was released on Nickelodeon in 2013.