Swindle the book main characters

The main characters of this adventure, mystery story are. After accidentally selling the card for a million dollar loss, he enlists the help of his best friend ben and his colleagues to regain the baseball card. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Hideout is the fifth book in the series by gordon korman and so to really appreciate the story you should start at the beginning of the series swindle is book. A local card dealer nicknamed swindle manages to trick him out of it, so griffin must put together a group of misfit friends in order to break into swindles compound and reclaim it. Griffin bing the main character in the series, griffin has to prove his honesty time. Wendell palomino, he is told it is a fake and is swindled out of his money. Darren vader griffins main nemesis, darren tries to blackmail and frame. Pdf swindle book by gordon korman free download 256 pages. Griffin bing the main character in the series, griffin has to prove his honesty time and time again.

Im back for the next part of our character development lesson using verdi by janell cannon. Wendell palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixthgrader griffin bing puts together a band of misfits to break into palominos heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his fathers failing invention, the smartpick fruit picker. Pdf the medusa plot book by gordon korman free download. His family is going through rough times and are about to go bankrupt. The book is about a 6th grader named griffin bing who has discovered an extremely rare babe ruth baseball card in an old house. The swindle books really put his talent in the best light as he draws each unique, unrealistic but ohsorealistic character in the group. The plot was more important in the book than character developmentgriffin didnt really change or grow. Unleashed is the seventh book in the swindle series by gordan korman about griffin bing and his friends and how griffin comes up with a bunch of crazy plans. Comical accidents and pratfalls yield some bumps and bruises, but theyre always meant to be funny for the audience. Hideout is the fifth book in the series by gordon korman and so to really appreciate the story you should start at the beginning of. Which was more important in swindlecharacter development or the plot. Swindle reading comprehension character profiles and answer key reading common core standards.

How does harper lee demonstrate characters who are empathetic in the novel. Swindle book central rappahannock regional library. His other books include this cant be happening at macdonald hall. Unleashed by gordan korman is an exciting, fastpaced book. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The book starts with griffin and his best friend, benjamin slovak, otherwise known as ben. This resource offers discussion questions about this book. Griffin is in the 6th grade, he is tiny and scrawny, has blonde hair and blue eyes.

Characters the characters in my book include ben slovak, and griffen bing, darren vader, s. This article looks into some of gordon kormans bestselling novels, swindle and schooled, including some of the main characters, their roles and significance of the novels. Swindle, a bimonthly arts and culture publication from 2004 to 2009. Wendell palomino, savannah drysdale, antonia pitch. Griffin and his friend plan a sppoky sleepover in a haunted house. Featured content includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay topics, and key themes like the value of trust and teamwork and the morality and rights of ownership. In the story, 6thgrader griffin bing enlists a group of his. Sixthgrader griffin bing finds a valuable babe ruth baseball card in an old. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 222 pages and is available in hardcover format. After a mean collector named swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, griffin bing must put together a band of misfits to break into swindles compound and recapture the card. Griffin, ben, palomino, darren, pitch, savannah and more.

And griffin doesnt like the boot camp football atmosphere the new principal has brought. Griffin bing is the man with a plan, and his plans are often huge. The story starts out in the beginning of august, in cedarville, new york, with the school friends all heading off to summer camps but they did not know they would be sneaking a dog along with them. After former attack dog luthor goes berserk at a dog show, hes accused of ruining the career of the threetime national champion. He is 6th grade, lives in cedarville, ny, and his best friend is ben slovak. Swindle in this captivating storyline, two friends, griffin and ben slovak, are camping at an old abandoned mansion that was about to be knocked down. Lemaitres background in crime fiction shows through in the intricate plotting and suspenseful pacing of the great swindle, which at times reads like a thriller. Swindle is a coming of age novel by gordon korman about a group of friends working together to retrieve a rare baseball card. The films main cast is comprised almost entirely of stars from nickelodeons recent liveaction tv. Griffin bing, the man with the plan, thinks he can help with his familys financial problem by selling his rare babe ruth baseball card that he found in an abandoned house, but, when he goes to this store owner named s.

The story centers around griffin and his friends attempts to steal the card. Compare and contrast two or more characters in a story. Swindle went on tv and announced that this was a very valuable card that could be worth as much as one million dollars. Im so thrilled to introduce notorious, a canine murdermystery with a gangster twist. Its characters harbor so many secrets that part of the enjoyment in the book comes from seeing how the author plans to disentangle them. Shes the youngest member of the crew, but if you saw her amazing skills, you wouldnt believe it. The skate park that griffen had proposed at the beginning of the book was built. The book starts off with griffins plan to spend a night with a bunch of his classmates in a creaky, old, rumoredtobehaunted, readytobetorndown house, a plan that doesnt exactly come off with a. I think the authors purpose was mostly to entertain with a funny, fastmoving plot.

Griffin has always wondered whether you could teach such a vicious dog. Readers will enjoy the pageturning adventure, the quirky characters and the revenge factor. Griffin bing and his friends are back and this time, things have gone to the dogs. For this lesson, i will be sharing how we used the book to compare and contrast two or more characters in a story, drawing on specific details from the text. When describing swindle and figuring out the password to his house, he says, i think we are dealing with an old nerd, too. Swindle reading comprehension character profiles and. Based on gordon kormans book swindle, this movie is about a boy named griffin who finds a valuable multimillion dollar baseball card.

Griffin bing is the main character of all the novels. Names of the main characters in the book swindle by gordon. Griffin and ben have a sleepover at a old house that is scheduled to be demolished next morning. Zain abideen the story swindle is an adventure story of a boy named griffin bing, or as his best friend, ben slovak calls him the man with the plan. Swindle is a 2008 childrens novel by gordon korman. Swindle is told from the view of multiple characters. Swindle is a 20 made for tv movie by nickelodeon, released on august 24th. The first edition of the novel was published in march 1st 2008, and was written by gordon korman. He is a sixth grader who doesnt want to move from his best friend ben. The book was the first of a series, followed by zoobreak, framed. In zoobreak by gordon korman book 2 of the series, griffin and his class go to visit a floating zoo, but they dont like what they see. All of the character pictures came from imdb, because there was a movie made of this book, but, unfortunately, logan was left out of the movie. There are two main characters in each of the summer camps and the story takes place in all three of these camps.

Swindle is a middlegrade novel published in 2008 by canadian american author gordon korman. Just about everyone on centerlight island is a suspect in the mysterious death of barney, a huge partmastiff. Wendell palomino also known as swindle from the first book, this is the guy. He is called swindle by ben and griffin a man who is lazy and rips people off on collectibles. Swindle transformers, several fictional characters in the transformers universe. Swindle, zoobreak, framed, showoff, hideout, jackpot, unleashed, and jingle. Free download or read online the medusa plot pdf epub book. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Swindle chess, a ruse by which a chess player in a losing position tricks his opponent. There are about seven or eight main characters in the book swindle, but i have selected griffin, ben, and darren to describe to you. The man with the plan is what his friend calls him, because he always seems to have a plan for everything.

The story revolves around all of their problems with swindle and. Like her older brother griffin, which she tried to kill to gain power in the missions, shes clever to the bone and full of ambition. The first page includes the main characters such as. This book is destined to become a favorite readaloud for. Swindle comes across like an oceans eleven or mission impossible for kids. It is an adaptation of a book of the same name by gordon korman.

Swindle is a fictional childrens adventure book written by gordan korman and. There are many things standing in their way a menacing guard dog, a hightech security system, a very secret. It is a caper story about the retrieval of a valuable baseball card and built on creativity and simple language. It is a caper story about the retrieval of a valuable baseball card. Wendell palomino, nicknamed swindle, and tries to sell it to him, he is told its a replica and is swindled out of the money.

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. I really enjoyed this book because it kept me turning pages until the end. To read the first blog post in this series, and to. Wendell palomino, nicknamed swindle, is a perfect crook. The main characters of this adventure, realistic fiction story are. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 256 pages and is available in hardcover format. He is known as the man with the plan, because every book he makes a plan to solve the conflict of the story.

When griffin bing plans a spooky sleepover in a haunted house thats about to be. Free download or read online swindle pdf epub book. The first edition of the novel was published in july 5th 2011, and was written by gordon korman. So when he finds a babe ruth baseball card in an abandoned house, he immediately sells it to help. Griffin manages to stay out of trouble until a super bowl ring disappears from the schools display case, with griffins retainer left in its place. Characters the characters in my book include ben slovak, and. An elevator tosses around its rider, a man sends a woman dressed as a blind nun down a steep road in a wheelchair, an extendable arm gives a victim a black eye, a deeptissue massage gets rougher than expected, teens slap each other during a staged argument, etc.