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1) Swindle
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"In 'Mint Condition' is a captivating history of this cherished hobby, as well as a look into the current state, where cards are largely the rarefied preserve of fanatical adult collectors and shrewd businessmen...'--Dust jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Biff, a friend of Frank and Joe, buys a rare card only to find it's a fake. Frank and Joe discover that the baseball card scam is only a small piece of a larger criminal operation.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Roger's friend Kenneth uses an unusual sea vehicle of his own design to take them to an underwater cave, where a cache of old loot gathered by the mermaids turns out to contain a lot of very valuable old baseball cards.