Swindle is a 2008 childrens novel by gordon korman. The sequel to gordon kormans zoobreak griffin currently reading. Swindle authorgordon korman cover artistjennifer taylor countryunited states languageenglish genreadventure childrens publisherscholastic publication date 2008 media typeprint pages1163 isbn9780439903455 followed byzoobreak swindle is a 2008 childrens novel by gordon korman. Amanda bensonis a peer of griffin bing, one of the swindle six, and an expert rock climber. He is called swindle by ben and griffin a man who is lazy and rips people off on collectibles. The book was the first of a series, followed by zoobreak, framed. The book is the first of eight books, as of 2019, in the popular swindle series. In swindle, griffin acquires a rare baseball card only to be cheated out of its true value by an unscrupulous dealer, s. 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. It serves as the fifth novel in the swindle series, with griffin bing and his friends savannah, ben, antonia pitch, logan, and melissa plot. If they moved, griffin would be forced to leave ben behind. How to discuss a book helpful discussion tips generic discussion questionsfiction and nonfiction readthinktalk a guided reading chart also consider these litlovers talking points to help get a discussion started for swindle. Swindle comes across like an oceans eleven or mission impossible for kids. Wendell palomino also known as swindle from the first book, this is the guy who tries to trick griffin out of the babe ruth card.
To me this is a great adventure and action book even though some parts include baseball you didnt need to know anything about baseball other than that the card. The message the author is trying to get across to the reader in swindle is to be honest and dont lie. Griffin makes various plans to get steal the card back. The swindle books really put his talent in the best light as he draws each unique, unrealistic but ohsorealistic character in the group. After luthor, the once menacing guard dog, almost won the global kennel dog show, s. Swindle and zoobreak by gordon korman about the book griffin bing is known as the man with a plan, especially one that involves kids outwitting adults. He is a sixth grader who doesnt want to move from his best. Griffin bing was a resident of cederville and the leader of the team. Based on gordon kormans book swindle, this movie is about a boy named griffin who finds a valuable multimillion dollar baseball card. He is griffins best friend, and he was with him when they find the card, when they are swindled out of it, and when they steal it back. Ben slovak, his best friend griffin bing the man with the plan, and his other friends, are supposed to be elves at the holiday spectacular from december 18th through january 2nd. It is a caper story about the retrieval of a valuable baseball card.
Griffin bing, the man with the plan, thinks he can help with his familys financial problem by selling his rare babe ruth baseball card that he found in an abandoned house, but, when he goes to this store owner named s. Robberies, baseball cards, and action, all in the book swindle. Griffin is cheated out of a milliondollar baseball card by a sleazy collector. The savannah in the movie is very very different from the savannah in the book. 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. Griffin bing had a rare babe ruth baseball card in his handsuntil he was tricked into selling it by a fasttalking collector named s. When griffin bing plans a spooky sleepover in a haunted house thats about to be. Swindle went on tv and announced that this was a very valuable card that could be worth. Discussion questions use our litlovers book club resources. Griffin is extremely mad at this because his family is selling their house to move to a more affordable neighbourhood. Antonia benson is an expert climber, as are most of the members of her family.
The only person to show up is ben slovak, the runt of the sixth grade and griffins best friend. The book starts off with griffin s plan to spend a night. The main charecters in the book swindle are griffin bing and s. So when he finds a babe ruth baseball card in an abandoned house, he immediately sells it to help. Griffin manages to stay out of trouble until a super bowl ring disappears from the schools display case, with griffin. Swindle series, gordon korman fanfiction archive with over 11 stories. Palomino hadnt lied to griffin about the babe ruth baseball.
Griffin bing is the man with a plan, and his plans are often huge. Wendell palomino, who is quickly nicknamed swindle by griffin. Swindle is about two kids, griffin and ben, who find a rare babe ruth 1920 baseball card. Based on the book by gordon korman when griffin finds a rare babe ruth baseball card in an condemned house he hopes it will help his family not have to move. A gang of kids try to break in to a person ripped them off swindles house. Savannah dysdale is an animal whisperer helps calm luthor, the vicious. Gordon kormans fastpaced adventure novel is ideal to teach students how to analyze the sequence of events in a plot and how they are connected. The big story becomes mutiny on the swindle team until the frontrunning invention mysteriously disappears. Griffin and ben make a plan to break into the store of s. There are about seven or eight main characters in the book swindle, but i have selected griffin, ben, and darren to describe to you.
In the book, swindle,which of griffin s classmates did he say was so awful that he actually was capable of thinking like swindle. Showoff, the fourth book in bestselling author gordon kormans swindle series, finds griffin hatching a new plan after his friends pet doberman, luthor, is blamed for ruining a dog show and lands in the. Darren vader griffin s main nemesis, darren tries to blackmail and frame griffin. In the story, 6thgrader 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. However, on the night of the sleepover, only griffin and his best friend ben slovak show up. The first part of the book is intended to draw in youthful readers with. In the book, swindle,why was ben late getting out of the crate in teh palomino emporium. And griffin doesnt like the boot camp football atmosphere the new principal has brought. What happens at the end of the book swindle answers. Outraged at having been taken advantage of, griffin plans to steal the valuable card back from palominoor swindle, as he now calls himbut doing so is no mean feat. Zain abideen the story swindle is an adventure story of a boy named griffin bing, or as his best friend, ben slovak calls him the man with the plan. Griffin is in the 6th grade, he is tiny and scrawny, has blonde hair and blue eyes. The fourth swindle book, centering around a dog currently reading.
This money would allow griffin s family to stay in cedarville and stop the constant arguments about money in his family. And the only way to get it back is to steal it back. Theres logan, the aspiring actor, savannah the animal lover, melissa the shy computer genius, ben the ever present sidekick, and griffin. Griffin and ben have a sleepover at a old house that is scheduled to be demolished next morning. Swindle went on tv and announced that this was a very valuable card that could be worth as much as one million dollars. In the book, swindle, griffin changed swindles address in an email to the worthington auction house. The book was the first of an eightpart series, followed by zoobreak, framed, showoff, hideout, jackpot, unleashed, and jingle. As the son of a real professional inventor, griffin is expected to ace the contest. In swindle, griffin acquires a rare baseball card only. Griffin the man with the plan and his friend ben the best friend sidekick find a box with a baseball card in it worth up to 1. Nickelodeon made a film of the same name based on the novel in 20. Hilarity ensues as griffins team once more pulls off a heist. Griffin bing is the main character of all the novels. But he faces stiff competition from darren vader, and even from one of his own best friends.
After accidentally selling the card for a million dollar loss, he enlists the help of his best friend ben. The man with the plan is what his friend calls him. Swindle series, gordon korman fanfiction archive fanfiction. What is the plot of the story swindle by gordon korman. Based on the book by gordon korman when griffin finds a rare babe ruth baseball card in an condemned house he hopes it will help his family not have to. Griffin bing the main character in the series, griffin has to prove his honesty time and time again. 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.
I dont like swindle this book is very good for how much i have read, its very well thought out with the character being one of each like movie character or like dumb one, or funny one, smart. Swindle and zoobreak discussion guide about the books griffin bing is known as the man with a plan, especially one that involves kids outwitting adults. I dont like swindle this book is very good for how much i. He is known as the man with the plan, because every book he makes a plan to solve the conflict of the story. In the book swindle, where did griffin bing plan a sleepover.
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