Swindle (novel)


Swindle
Author Gordon Korman
Cover artist Jennifer Taylor
Country United States
Language English
Genre Adventure
Children's
Publisher Scholastic
Publication date
2008
Media type Print
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.

References

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