Swindle

Gordon Korman's 'Swindle' is a fast-paced, humorous caper about a sixth-grade boy, Griffin Bing, who is tricked into selling a priceless Babe Ruth baseball card for a pittance. Fueled by a sense of injustice, Griffin gathers an unlikely crew of classmates, each with a specialized talent, to break into the unscrupulous collector's heavily guarded home and retrieve the card. This book is a fantastic read for elementary and middle-grade children, exploring themes of fairness, teamwork, and problem-solving with a lighthearted, adventurous spirit. Parents will appreciate the clever plot and the underlying message about standing up for what's right, even when it's challenging.

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.