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Showoff (Swindle)

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By Gordon Korman
Publisher Scholastic Paperbacks
Showoff (Swindle)
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Showoff: someone who is given to bragging, having a swelled head, boasting, swaggering, knowing it all . . .Griffin Bing and his friends are back and this time, things have gone to the dogs!After former attack dog Luthor goes berserk at a dog show, hes accused of ruining the career of the threetime national champion. Griffin has always wondered whether you could teach such a vicious dog new tricks . . . but he also smells a setup of some kind. He feels bad for Luthor bad enough to spring him from the pound.The only way for Luthor to make everything right is to do the unthinkable . . . and become the new national champion. Can Griffin Bing, The Man With The Plan, turn this beast into a beauty? Very soon, the whole world will want to know the answer.

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40604 words40,604 words
256 pages256 pages
Lexile 740LLexile 740L
Grade 3 to 7Grade 3 to 7
Age 8-12Age 8-12
Published 2012Published 2012

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Book ISBN:

9780545320603

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