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Review of Hideout by Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman’s Hideout is the fifth and final publication in the well-known Swindle Series. Gordon Korman is perhaps my favorite author and quite an accomplished one, with over 75 titles to his name. In fact, Swindle’s book was recently made into a movie by Nickelodeon.

In Hideout, Korman keeps the Swindle series going with another fun adventure. In the first book, Griffin Bing and his friends take on an unethical guy they call “Swindle” who stole a $1.2 million worth of baseball card from them.

After revealing Swindle and ruining his shop, they also seize his watchdog, Luthor. Luthor is a fierce dog, but Griffin’s good friend Savannah is basically a dog whisperer and becomes close friends with him.

At Hideout, Swindle is back and wants Luthor back. Needless to say, Savannah isn’t about to let that happen. At the time of this adventure, the gang is camping and they have to coordinate a series of incredibly challenging plans to prevent Swindle’s hired thugs from retrieving Luthor. There’s no one better to organize it than Griffin Bing, the “Man with the Plan.”

Griffin and his friends are stationed at three different camps. Palomino sends his goons at the 3, and they have to hide the dog from not only the goons but the rest of the camp. The novel is divided into three separate sections or hideouts, each focusing on the period when Luthor is housed at his respective summer camp.

Hideout begins with the stray dog ​​stowing away with Griffin and Savannah to their summer camp. Once Swindle knows his whereabouts, they have to switch Luthor with Melissa and Logan. Melissa became a member of Griffin’s gang due to her extremely impressive computer knowledge, and Logan due to his acting skills.

They eventually hand Luthor over to Pitch and Ben. Pitch is a fantastic climber, and Ben is the guy for small spaces and Griffin’s best friend. Each gang member has their own unique specialty that allows them to succeed together as a team.

This book is riddled with tones of humor. Despite the fact that the group is being chased by a criminal and his thugs, this novel is constantly interspersed with the very funny personalities of each of the group members and tons of jokes. The ending, where Palomino and his hired goons come face to face with Griffin and his friends, is one of the best parts of the book and is filled with lots of humor.

This is an exceptionally well written story and another incredible addition to the Swindle series. It can’t be easy to keep creating successful standalone books when you reach the fifth book in a series with the same characters. Korman is surprisingly up to the challenge.

Honestly though, I’m not that excited about the next book in this series, Jackpot. If I were in Korman’s position, I would stop this series at this point, due to the fact that I personally feel like the series is getting a bit long. How many times can you get emotional reading about the same kids having a variation on basically the same adventure?

However, that does not detract from the strength of this novel. I highly recommend that tweens (around 9-12 years old) read Hideout. Take a look at the notable reviews of this book on Amazon. There is literally not a single person who would say that he or his children did not like the hideout. Korman’s books are sure to please children, and this story is no exception.

However, before reading this book, I advise you to read the original Swindle. Although it is not necessary to understand and appreciate the story, it helps a lot to understand to have an understanding of it.

history. Also, Swindle is an amazing story.

Overall, there’s not much criticism I can make of Hideout. During most of his writing days, Korman wrote comedy books. It was only in the late ’90s that he started writing action/adventure. I feel like he has now managed to merge these two styles to create a book that is suspenseful but also fun. Hideout is classic Korman at his best.

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