Swindle chess, a ruse by which a chess player in a losing position tricks his opponent. Wendell palomino, he is told it is a fake and is swindled out of his money. Now, to spring luthor, griffin and his friends must pull off a scheme involving a large international dog show, lots of red dye, and the help of a reclusive former dog trainer. This 35page guide for swindle by gordon korman includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 32 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. In the last book, all six of the friends leave home for camp. Thanks rohan roberts, you have been a great help to me may 30, 2018 at 8. The book was the first of a series, followed by zoobreak, framed. Lemaitre, acclaimed in france as a crime writer, is not one to leave interpretation to chance, make points through omission or force anyone to read between the lines. Wendell palomino, nicknamed swindle, and tries to sell it to him, he is told its a replica and is swindled out of the money. The round house characters from litcharts the creators of. Wendell palomino, also known as swindle, tricks him out of the card.
Swindle tries to stop griffin or any one from finding the card by. Babysisters willful behavior in every relationship she has either makes you love her or want to strangle her. Benjamin ben slovak is the best friend of griffin bing, the man with the plan, and friend of melissa dukakis, logan kellerman, antonia pitch benson and savannah drysdale. Jan 30, 2017 character description examples from major authors give us useful lessons in how to write characters. There are many ways that you can use these resources. Palomino hadnt lied to griffin about the babe ruth baseball card the heist wouldnt have to occur. Comical accidents and pratfalls yield some bumps and bruises, but theyre always meant to be funny for the audience. Swindle right, zoobreak, framed, showoff, hideout, jackpot, unleashed, and jingle. The heroes of swindle, zoobreak, and framed are back and this time, things have gone to the dogs. Here are 7 character sketches from famous novels that show how to create physical and emotional character description. Each book stands on its own and is about the gang of griffin bing and his group of his friends. Auggie has had twentyseven surgeriessome big, some smalland he has some medical mysteries that doctors still havent figured out. The characters in my book include ben slovak, and griffen bing, darren vader, s.
Compare and contrast two or more characters in a story. Strong character descriptions work on multiple levels. Swindle is a 2008 childrens novel by gordon korman and is the first in the swindle series. Swindle is about two kids, griffin and ben, who find a rare babe ruth 1920 baseball card, which is the first year for the yankees. The book was the first of an eightpart series, followed by zoobreak, framed, showoff, hideout, jackpot, unleashed, and jingle. Ben slovak is a kid who is a short and small boy who suffers from a narcolepsy. Transformers combiner wars deluxe swindle bigbadtoystore. Griffin is in the 6th grade, he is tiny and scrawny, has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Based on gordon kormans novel of the same name, the movie tells the story of griffin noah crawford, a boy who retrieves his friends valuable baseball card from an unscrupulous. This can be for a small book club, or for the whole class. 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. How do these comments reflect the personality of each character. Human the main problem is griffin and ben find a babe ruth baseball card.
Im so thrilled to introduce notorious, a canine murdermystery with a gangster twist. Swindle is a coming of age novel by gordon korman about a group of friends working together to retrieve a rare baseball card. There are many things standing in their way a menacing guard dog, a hightech security system, a very secret hiding place, and their inability to drive but griffin and his team are going to get back. Characters the characters in my book include ben slovak, and. Oct 05, 2015 world war i is often called the great war. Sample character descriptions from harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j. Renee swindle presents characters that are intense and engaging as they come. Linden lark is a local white man who rapes geraldine at the books. The message the author is trying to get across to the reader in swindle is to be honest and dont lie. Robberies, baseball cards, and action, all in the book swindle. He doesnt believe that adults should be able to control children as much as they do, as shown by his and bens exploit to the rockford house.
This resource offers discussion questions about this book. Griffin is the man with the plan and the books are about kids doing stuff and taking matters into their own hands. Gordon korman began his swindle mysteries series in 2008 with the novel swindle. There are many things standing in their way a menacing guard dog, a hightech security system, a very secret hiding place, and their general inability to drive but griffin and his team are going to. Swindle is a 2008 childrens novel by gordon korman. He has access to the latest inventions of his father, an inventor, like a blow torch. Swindle has a guard dog, a very high fence, and good alarm systems. Tom dufferin is a flat character because all we know about him is that the works for mr. He is called swindle by ben and griffin a man who is lazy and rips people off on collectibles. Griffin and his friend plan a sppoky sleepover in a haunted house. 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.
Unleashed is the seventh book in the popular swindle series by gordon korman. His other books include this cant be happening at macdonald hall. Swindle reading comprehension character profiles and answer. I am really hoping that griffin comes in and then makes a really good plan to steal the dog back. They sell it to a man swindle for a hundred dollars.
His favorite holiday is halloween, and his birthday is october 10th. He is the main antagonist in swindle and its 20 film. Swindle, zoobreak, framed, showoff, hideout, jackpot, unleashed, and jingle. The book is called swindle and it is by gordan korman.
There are 8 books in the swindle series so far, all written by gordon korman. The fourth swindle book, centering around a dog show that goes horribly awry. Luthor is an important presence in each of the books. Griffin, ben, palomino, darren, pitch, savannah and more. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which. The skate park that griffen had proposed at the beginning of the book was built. How does each character contribute to the final rescue of luthor at swindle s cabin. Savannah gracshire westcott instead of savannah drysdale is a main character in swindle. Im back for the next part of our character development lesson using verdi by janell cannon. To me this is a great adventure and action book even though some parts include baseball you didnt need to know anything about baseball other than that the card this kid found when they were in this old mansion was worth more than you it was an original babe ruth card the most valuable baseball card in history he is also known as the great bambino. Her birth is shocking to her parents, melena thropp and frexspar the godly, as in addition to her green skin she had razor sharp teeth she bites the finger off of a midwife moments after her birth so melena refuses to breast feed her. Swindle by gordon korman books, resources, supplies. The swindle series tells the adventures of sixth grade kid griffin bing.
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 stakes are high, enemies relentless and the group has to be extremely intelligent to outwit swindle and take the card back. How many of these harry potter characters do you know. Discuss how the dog changes, why he is different with samantha.
I matched every character to someone in my past life drama, so please please please satisfied a sordid hunger for sensuous literary misogyny. 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. The main charecters in the book swindle are griffin bing and s. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. 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. The book is about a 6th grader named griffin bing who has discovered an extremely rare babe ruth baseball card in an old house. When luthor goes berserk at a mall dog show, hes accused of ruining the career of the threetime bestinshow beagle. Every book written by a black author is not a history lesson, people. The swindle series wiki is everything about the swindle series by gordan korman. For cool young urbanites like myself and yourself, the book has all the necessary insights into our world. What is the setting of swindle by gordon korman answers. His favorite character is jango fett, and he used to have a small braid in the back of his head like a padawan jedi apprentice. 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 swindle s compound and recapture the card. The swindle mysteries series is a series of childrens adventure novels by canadianamerican novelist gordon korman.
The book makes a very strong case for the relevance of a deeper knowledge in the field of kids manipulation. How would you describe the authors purpose for the book. The story thats in the movie is so messed up that if somebody read the book after seeing the movie without the names and title, they might not be able to tell that movie was made after the book swindle. Characters character list othello the plays protagonist and hero. To deepen their comprehension of the plot, teach students to identify the sequence of plot events and analyze the relationship between those events. Griffin and his friend ben decide to get the card back at all costs because they need the money so griffin wont have to move. The plot was more important in the book than character developmentgriffin didnt really change or grow. Everything you need for a novel study on swindle by gordon korman. A character description is a descriptive statement or representation of a particular character. Griffin, boiling with anger, gathers his friends and makes a plan to get the card back. Aug 24, 20 this movie is over an hour, and whether youve read the book or not, its not worth watching.
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. His family is going through rough times and are about to go bankrupt. Griffin bing the main character in the series, griffin has to prove his honesty time and time again. When you describe how a character looks, think about how appearance.
The official wiki of the swindle books by gordon korman. Griffin bing is known by most asthe man with the plan. Rowling scholastic, 1998 he was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. The protagonist of the first book, elphaba is a greenskinned girl who later becomes known as the wicked witch of the west. 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. Showoff, the fourth book in bestselling author gordon kormans swindle series, finds griffin hatching a new plan after his friends pet doberman, luthor, is blamed for ruining a dog show and lands in the pound.
Swindle reading comprehension character profiles and answer key reading common core standards. 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. Griffin isnt in the part i am too in this book and i wasnt happy that he isnt in it a lot. There are about seven or eight main characters in the book swindle, but i have selected griffin, ben, and darren to describe to you. This factor also fueled his determination to retake the bambino from s. This site allows us fans of the swindle books to edit any article so we can work together to create a wiki for all the other swindle series fans out there. May 14, 2009 this is a very good summary of the main characters, it has helped me make my presentation about the book stone cold itself. Theres logan, the aspiring actor, savannah the animal lover, melissa the shy computer genius, ben the ever present sidekick, and griffin, known as the man with the plan. Discuss the statements the friends make in the epilogue about their summer vacation experience. In zoobreak, he gets a pet ferret he named ferret face who helps keep him awake during. It also comes with a collectible combiner wars comic book featuring a hasbroexclusive swindle cover, specially created character content, and a look inside the transformers design desk. He formulates the plans for his friends schemes and even provides useful tools for breaking into things. Character description examples from famous books now novel.
Griffin and ben have a sleepover at a old house that is scheduled to be demolished next morning. Swindle went on tv and announced that this was a very valuable card that could be worth as much as one million dollars. I am not sure whether i like this book or not my favorite character in the last book i read by this author which was swindle the character was griffin. The dog calmed down by savannah drysdale, an animal whisperer. What is the plot of the story swindle by gordon korman. Swindle changes from robot to offroad vehicle and back in 12 steps and comes ready with a blaster accessory, ready for battle. Swindle is a plotdriven book with the action occurring in a fastpaced sequence. My favorite character is griffin because of how smart he is. Just about everyone on centerlight island is a suspect in the mysterious death of barney, a huge partmastiff. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. It is a caper story about the retrieval of a valuable baseball card.
Swindle is a childrens novel from 2009 following a band of eleven year olds and their quest to recover a baseball card. The swindle books really put his talent in the best light as he draws each unique, unrealistic but ohsorealistic character in the group. This book is very good for how much i have read, its very well thought out with the character being one of each like movie character or like dumb one, or funny one, smart one, and yea. In the great swindle, pierre lemaitre spins a dark.
This fast paced suspenseful adventure will leave you asking for more of action packed thrillers. Swindle, a bimonthly arts and culture publication from 2004 to 2009. Wendell on tv saying that he has come across a rare baseball card and is selling it for millions. Later they find out swindle is selling it for about a million dollars. He is a sixth grader who doesnt want to move from his best friend ben.
You can copy as an entire packet or you can copy pages individually. The qualities of a character are described to give an account of what kind of person that character is. I think the authors purpose was mostly to entertain with a funny, fastmoving plot. The first page includes the main characters such as. On this wiki, you can browse characters, locations, events, and much more. When describing swindle and figuring out the password to his house, he says. Luckily, her theatrics come in handy when her crews in need of some improv characters, because, in her eyes, its what shes born to do.
As usual, renee swindle is the master of setting the scene in addition to the welldeveloped characters, artful descriptions of baked goods and jazz and the shocking plot twists, the notable nuggets of information about oakland add an. A smart, young boy named griffin bing decides to invite his entire school grade over for. Swindle is a 20 american television film starring noah crawford, chris oneal, jennette mccurdy, noah munck, ariana grande, ciara bravo, and fred ewanuick. In showoff and hideout, luthor becomes a main character. He received a bfa degree from new york university with a major in dramatic writing and a minor in film and tv. This book is about three friends named griffin, darren and ben trying to get the card back from a person named wendell. Griffins best friend, has narcolepsy, sneaks into palominos emporium in a box, helps and participates in all the plans. He has written over 75 books for children and young adults including the swindle series, the juvie three, and two books of poetry written by the fictional character jeremy bloom. Ben has narcolepsy, a condition where his body has trouble regulating sleep, causing him to be able to sleep at any place in any time. Compare his role in swindle to that in zoobreak and framed. My favorite moment of him is his plan to get the card back from swindle. The adventures of huckleberry finn themes, page 2 problems arise following the initial appearance of the duke and the dauphin, who swindle common townsfolk out of their money.
Wendell palomino, savannah drysdale, antonia pitch benson, logan kellerman, tom dufferin, melissa dukakis, mr. Shell tell anyone how agonizing her freshman experience was, and how she was the stale bread in a torn lunch bag. Names of the main characters in the book swindle by gordon. Which was more important in swindlecharacter development or the plot. Their scams cause anxiety for huck and wreak havoc in all of the small towns they. Swindle transformers, several fictional characters in the transformers universe. Gordon kormans swindle series tells of a seemingly.
The series follows sixth grader griffin bing and his group of friends on various heistrelated adventures. To read the first blog post in this series, and to. Swindle by gordon korman paperback book the parent store. In the first book griffin finds a babe ruth baseball card, however s. A christian moor and general of the armies of venice, othello is an eloquent and physically powerful figure, respected by all those around him.