Swindle

[Abraham]

This book by Gordon Korman(author of Macdonald Hall,One False Note, Toilet Paper tigers, No More Dead Dogs, and much more)is a book about a boy named Griffin Bing who plans a sleepover on an old house before its demolished. He invites many people in his grade but only his best friend, Ben Slovak, shows up. while Ben is sleeping, Griffin goes exploring the house and opens an old drawer at random. When he looks inside, he finds an old Babe Ruth baseball card that looks original. Hoping it may be valuable, he takes to a pawn shop owner called S. Wendell Palomino. He lies to Griffin and Ben claiming it to be a replica, giving the boys $120 for the card. Griffin soon realized that his parents were very short on money and they were going to have to sell their house and move to another one, separating Griffin and Ben. Later, Griffin sees Palomino talking on tv about how he was going to sell a baseball card, Griffin's baseball card, for millions of dollars. Griffin realizes that he got lied to and decides to steal the card from Palomino. He has to recruit a group of friends to help him get the card back. Will he succeed or will he have to move away from his town, friend, and life? I really liked this book because it keeps you thinking about what is going to happen next and I couldn't stop reading until I was done. I would recommend this book to those that are between 6th grade and 8th grade because of terms you may not understand and a little bit of cruel humor. Gordon Korman has won awards such the Air Canada Award for promising authors in Canada, 2003 Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award, 2011–2012 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, and much more.

[Ricky]

Wow sounds like the life of the family depends on the card. I wonder if he'll get it back?