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A very great book! This book has a lot of author's craft that makes you want to keep reading it! This book is a little bit about crime. A gang of kids try to break in to a person ripped them off (Swindle)'s house. Griffin must be a risk taker. He's the one who took a risk of breaking into a person's house!
Swindle is a really good book. I really like Griffin because he's "the man with the plan."
I think think this book was amazing. It had a lot of descriptive areas and it also had various types of conflicts. The best thing about this book in my mind is that it had real facts about the Babe Ruth card and the Honus Wager one. This book is amazing.
I thought this book had lots of ups and downs but I really loved the suspense of the carefully planed plans and the characters friendship was real like it was I true story. I would recommend this book to people who like suspense and are seeking thrill
The book I am going to write a summary about is “Swindle”. The author is Gordon Korman. I think the genre of the book is mystery and action because the 2 dogs had a fight during the heist. The problem took place in Palomino’s Emporium. It took place in Cedervill, New york. Time is unknown Meet Griffin Bing and Ben Slovak. The two 6 grade boys. Griffin is a stubborn boy that never changes his mind. Even an earthquake would not change his mind. But on the other side stood Ben. He is always nervous...
When Griffin Bing surprisingly finds an old Babe Ruth baseball card in the about-to-be demolished Rockford Mansion, his first instinct is to determine its worth. That brings him to Palomino's Emphorium of Collectibles and Memorabilia. After Griffin and his friend, Ben make a deal for the card and sell it to S. Wendell (sounds deceptively like swindle, eh?) Palomino for a cool $120, they are disappointed it wasn't worth more. That's when the reality of the situation sets in and Griffin and Ben fi...
There's a certain tone you get with any Gordon Korman book (or at least this theory holds true in every one I've read so far) that is the voice of pained reason. The sidekick telling the story for the most part of a kid who's a schemer, a plotter, a planner. The Zack Morris (sorry if I'm dating myself) of the middle school crowd. The Man With a Plan.This particular mastermind is after a Babe Ruth card - one that's been stolen from him, that he has no problem with stealing back. Regardless of how...
Oh, Gordon Korman... where have the halcyon days gone when you wrote hilarious books with quirky characters, genuinely novel and unlikely yet somehow believable situations, and witty dialogue? Have you lost your inspiration? Did you get involved with the Mafia for real, and now are duty/honor bound to pay off some ridiculous sum, forcing you to shove as many books out of your pen/computer as humanly possible? Did you, in fact, die, and are this very instant not only rolling but rotating in your
Beside the haunted house tale in the beginning, this book was pretty cool. Haunted houses an other such things are something I'm personally really strict about in my reading, so it may not really influence your idea of the book.The story was really fun! It played on my nerves, which is just because this is not my normal genre. (view spoiler)[I can't believe that they actually pulled the first break in off! And then despite the bumps in the road they pulled off the second one too! Of course there...
My 9-yr-old brother’s reading this and is seriously hyping it up-Guess I gotta read it soon
Personal Response: I like Swindle by Gordan Korman because I read the summary on the back and it seems like a good book. At the beginning it is kinda boring but it starts to get better the more I read.Plot: Griffin and Ben find an old Babe Ruth baseball card that is worth a lot of money and sell it to a man known as Swindle who owns a collection store. They sell it for a $100. Later they want it back because he lies about how much it is worth. They find out that he is reselling it for a million
A boy named Griffin was planning to have a sleepover with his friends, until a person named Wendell swindles him into a very rare Babe Ruth card. Wendell tries to sell the card for a very high price. The book is called Swindle and it is by Gordan Korman. This book is about three friends named Griffin, Darren and Ben trying to get the card back from a person named Wendell. The story takes place in New York. The book is based around how people can swindle you for things that you posses. And they c...
This is a cleverly written story with some unexpected twists. One might suspect that this story could encourage kids to break laws to get what they want. That is not the case. Korman is careful to balance wrongdoing with consequences. Griffin especially suffers for his bad decisions at times. Boys who are reluctant readers will enjoy Korman's books. This one features a 12-year-old male narrator and a famous baseball card is at the center of the story. A quick and entertaining read.
My book for March/april was swindle. Swindle was actually the only book i have in my house and i already read it in fourth grade. I didnt remeber what happened in the book so i reread it. It is a really good kids book that will keep like fourth or fifth graders into books. This book all starts with the Main charachter Griffen Bing. Bing plans a spooky sleepover in a haunted house that's about to be demolished but when no one shows up besides his friend Ben Slovak. While in the creepy house they
I was gonna go and add a bunch of books I read when I was younger, cause idk I just felt like trying to see how many books I actually read, but I was trying to remember what the hell this book was called and it took me SO LONG to figure it out. I very vaguely remembered the book so finding it was a nightmare, but I tried everything, looked through pages of lists and I could not find it. Then by some miracle typing in Doberman worked and oh I was so excited. (Pat on the back for remembering the c...
Swindle is one of those reads that I rate primarily based on my enjoyment and its fulfillment of its synopsis. Swindle satisfied both of these requirements which is why it’s five stars. Is it the next great American novel? No. But, is it memorable, charming, and fun? Heck, yes. I read this a few times as a kid and a few of the sequels before I aged out of the main demographic. I believe I got up to Showoff, the fourth book, before calling it quits on the series. Now looking back I can firmly say...
This book is a very quick read and it is also pretty funny. I read 70 pages in less then an hour that is how good it is! I think you guys should read it.
This book is very good for how much I have read, it's very well thought out with the character being one of each like movie character or like dumb one, or funny one, smart one, and yea. My favorite character is Griffin because of how smart he is. My favorite moment of him is his plan to get the card back from Swindle. Now Swindle he is the guy that stole the card or coned Griffin of the card I am not a fan of Swindle but he sure does play an important part in the book. I don't like Swindle becau...
My Book ReviewBook title and author: Swindle by Gordon Korman Title of review: Reviewing SwindleNumber of stars (1 to 5): 5IntroductionThe book I am going to be reviewing is Swindle it is written by Gordon Korman. This story is awesome they start off in a house where they was going to stay to prove that they should get a skate park. Well they do and one of the kids find a card they is like a miss print Description and summary of contentThen they go to a store to see if it is worth anything which...
Yeah, a book for the 9 year old and up. A classic heist, I can easily see it as a movie, the smart kids in the class band together to teach a cheating collectibles dealer a well deserved lesson.