Swindle
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention,...
Main Author: | Korman, Gordon. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Scholastic Press,
2008.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Series: |
Swindle ;
1 |
Subjects: |
Summary: |
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker. |
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Physical Description: |
252 pages ; 22 cm |
Audience: |
710 |
Awards: |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
ISBN: |
0439903440 9780439903448 9780439903455 9780545055918 0545055911 |
Author Notes: |
By the time he graduated from high school, he had published five other novels and several articles for Canadian newspapers. He received a BFA degree from New York University with a major in Dramatic Writing and a minor in Film and TV. He has written over 75 books for children and young adults including the Swindle series, The Juvie Three, and two books of poetry written by the fictional character Jeremy Bloom. (Bowker Author Biography) |