Jackpot (Swindle #6): A Swindle Mystery (6) - Hardcover

Korman, Gordon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0545561469 ISBN 13: 9780545561464

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2014

Synopsis

JACKPOT: the top prize in a game or lottery; a sensational and unexpected success, stroke of luck, windfall, bounty, pay day . . .
What would you do with $30,000,000? That's the question everyone in Cedarville and every town near it is asking, because right now there's an unclaimed lottery ticket worth that much -- and the money will go to whomever finds it first.
Griffin Bing, The Man With The Plan, wants to be the lucky winner. But he's got competition. Darren Vader, Griffin's number-one enemy, will stop at nothing to find it. And a new kid in town, Victor Phoenix, is also in on the big hunt. He's got an advantage that Griffin would have never guessed: Griffin's own friends are helping Victor out. But why?
Griffin's going to need a lot of help -- from a rowdy Doberman, a completely strange invention, and a very random set of wheels -- to hit this jackpot and win his friends back.

About this title

About the Author:

Gordon Korman is the #1 bestselling author of three books in The 39 Clues series as well as seven books in his Swindle series: Swindle, Zoobreak, Framed, Showoff, Hideout, Jackpot, and Unleashed. His other books include This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall! (published when he was fourteen); The Toilet Paper Tigers; Radio Fifth Grade; the trilogies Island, Everest, Dive, Kidnapped, and Titanic; and the series The Hypnotists and On the Run. He lives in New York with his family and can be found on the web at www.gordonkorman.com.

From Booklist:

In the sixth installment of Korman’s Swindle series, 13-year-old Griffin Bing (aka “the Man with the Plan”) and his friends try to track down a $30 million lottery ticket that’s due to expire within a month. The countdown ticks away throughout the book as the kids deal with shifting loyalties, a bully who gets sympathy after being hoodwinked, and an ingratiating new student who has something against Griffin. Thanks to help from several sources, including Luthor the Doberman and Griffin’s father’s unusual new invention, the team learns to work together again. Korman has written better books, but the action moves along like Luthor—swiftly and unstoppably. Grades 3-6. --Abby Nolan

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0545561469
• ISBN 13: 9780545561464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208