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When Griffin Bing plans out a sleepover in the haunted Rockford house, a George Herman (Babe) Ruth baseball card is found in a secret drawer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Korman |first1=Gordon |last2=Taylor |first2=Jennifer |last3=Parisi |first3=Elizabeth |title=Swindle |date=2008 |publisher=Scholastic Press |location=Broadway, New York, NY |pages=14, 15}}</ref> When Griffin attempts to get money for the card at Palomino's Emporium of Collectibles and Memorabilia, the store owner, S. Wendell Palomino, only offers them $120 after a little haggling. He explains that the card is a fake and isn't worth much. Griffin was trying to earn money to help his father, Mr. Bing, get out of his debt from engineering the SmartPick fruit picker of the future. However, while his parents are fighting in the kitchen, Mr. Palomino comes on the television with a rare baseball card, presumably Griffin's, claiming he can auction it off for over a million dollars. |
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When Griffin bikes back to the store, the press event is ending and there is increased security at the store. Mr. Palomino claims that the card Griffin sold him was a "piece of junk" and that he "already sold" the fake card.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Korman |first1=Gordon |last2=Taylor |first2=Jennifer |last3=Parisi |first3=Elizabeth |title=Swindle |date=2008 |publisher=Scholastic Press |location=Broadway, New York, NY |pages=37}}</ref> Mr. Palomino claims that the new card was found during "an estate sale on the West Coast."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Korman |first1=Gordon |last2=Taylor |first2=Jennifer |last3=Parisi |first3=Elizabeth |title=Swindle |date=2008 |publisher=Scholastic Press |location=Broadway, New York, NY |pages=37}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:28, 7 July 2018
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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 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 1-252 |
| 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
When Griffin Bing plans out a sleepover in the haunted Rockford house, a George Herman (Babe) Ruth baseball card is found in a secret drawer.[3] When Griffin attempts to get money for the card at Palomino's Emporium of Collectibles and Memorabilia, the store owner, S. Wendell Palomino, only offers them $120 after a little haggling. He explains that the card is a fake and isn't worth much. Griffin was trying to earn money to help his father, Mr. Bing, get out of his debt from engineering the SmartPick fruit picker of the future. However, while his parents are fighting in the kitchen, Mr. Palomino comes on the television with a rare baseball card, presumably Griffin's, claiming he can auction it off for over a million dollars.
When Griffin bikes back to the store, the press event is ending and there is increased security at the store. Mr. Palomino claims that the card Griffin sold him was a "piece of junk" and that he "already sold" the fake card.[4] Mr. Palomino claims that the new card was found during "an estate sale on the West Coast."[5]
Film
A TV Movie Swindle (2013 film) based off the novel was released on Nickelodeon.
References
- ^ Swindle at WorldCat
- ^ Gordon Korman at Fantastic Fiction
- ^ Korman, Gordon; Taylor, Jennifer; Parisi, Elizabeth (2008). Swindle. Broadway, New York, NY: Scholastic Press. pp. 14, 15.
- ^ Korman, Gordon; Taylor, Jennifer; Parisi, Elizabeth (2008). Swindle. Broadway, New York, NY: Scholastic Press. p. 37.
- ^ Korman, Gordon; Taylor, Jennifer; Parisi, Elizabeth (2008). Swindle. Broadway, New York, NY: Scholastic Press. p. 37.