Swindle
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Swindle

by Gordon Korman

2008•Heist•252 pages

Taste attributes: heistadventurecrimefamilyfastfresh & originalwholesomelightlinearenclosedall consuming questunderdog triumphsunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeA warm-hearted, fast book, otherwise balanced. Best if you like pace over patience.

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4.8 / 5

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About This Book

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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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

HeistAdventureCrimeFamilyAll consuming questUnderdog triumphsUnlikely connections

Subjects

Swindlers and swindling in fictionSwindlers and swindling Juvenile fictionCrime FictionCrime in fictionDetective and mystery storiesAdventure and adventurersAdventure and adventurers in fictionBaseball cards Juvenile fiction

Details

Author
Gordon Korman
Published
2008
Pages
252
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