Swindle

Swindle

by: Gordon Korman

(This post was supposed to be complete in October, but I never got around to it.) In this novel, a fifth-grader by the name of Griffin Bing finds a rare, and valuable, Babe Ruth baseball card. But, however, when he exchanges the card with a dealer for $120 cash, he finds out that it was worth a million dollars. After gathering a team, the self-proclaimed "Man with the Plan" sets off on a dangerous mission to retrieve it. There are many obstacles in their way, however, from high-tech security systems to a seemingly vicious guard dog.

I was surprised that the setting was in a small town in the United States. For a story like this, I thought it would've taken place in a bigger city like New York or Chicago. I also sort of like the typical usage of action and comedy combined, though it may not be as evident in this story, compared to other books of this format.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes suspenseful and/or partially hilarious books. Also, if you read a lot of Gordon Korman books, this is also a great pick. Oh, and for the question I had about the novel, there is none, I'm sorry to say. And that concludes this blog post.