Swindle- Gordon Korman
In Swindle, Korman appears to be harking back to his old roots as this reminds me greatly of his ealier Bruno and Boots novels. Griffin is a Man With a Plan and easily ropes his best buddy, Ben, into his escapades. Worrying about his parents’ financial dilemma, he finds an old baseball card in a house slated to be demolished. Even he knows a Babe Ruth card has to be worth something, and when he takes it to the local collector, is offered $120.00 as he is assured the card is not an authentic item. When it come to light that this very card will be a big ticket item at the next auction, Griffin is outraged and decides to take matters into his own hands. Being the Man With a Plan, he recruits a team to steal back what he believes rightfully belongs to him. An amazing plan ensues with enough action to satisfy all your adventure lovers. One wonders if we might see more of Griffin’s escapades in the years to come and indeed, I just discovered that Zoobreak is the upcoming sequel. Once again, Korman has created an entertaining and accessible middle years’ novel. This is nominated for the 2009 Diamond Willow Awards. Juvie Three , a YA novel, is also nominated for the Snow Willow awards for 2009.
Watch this Gordon Korman You Tube interview.
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This is another one that I enjoyed too. It reminded me of “Honus and Me” from the “Baseball Card Adventure” series by Dan Gutman. I’ve had lots of grade six students enjoy this series so I think they will enjoy Korman’s book as well.