Swindle

A card collector "swindles" Griffin Bing out of a valuable Babe Ruth baseball card. Known by his friends as "The Man with the Plan," Griffin puts together a team of amateur sleuths to get the card back no matter the risk, high tech security, guard dog, or danger.

This is the first of a trio series by best selling author Gordon Korman, who has written over 60 novels for middle grades to young adults including the New York Times best selling book, second in the popular series 39 Clues: One False Note.

Korman, Gordon. Swindle. New York: Scholastic, 2009. ISBN 978-0439903448.