Ratings

Content Ratings based on a 0-5 scale where
0 = no objectionable content and
5 = an excessive or disturbing level of content

Guide to Rating System

LANGUAGE

VIOLENCE

SEXUAL CONTENT

ADULT THEMES

Ratings Explanation

Language:  1 instance of profanity. “God Bless America!” used as an exclamation.

Violence: Ghost story mentioned with a chainsaw cutting up a woman and a nail driven into her head (very brief).

Adult Themes: Griffin’s father quits his job to develop an invention. It isn’t going well and his parents are very worried about money. They have to put their house up for sale because they can’t afford it anymore. Kids in the story plan and carry out a robbery.

Synopsis

Griffin Bing is “the man with the plan.” He always knows what to do, but when he is cheated out of a valuable baseball card by a shady sports memorabilia collector, he has to make a plan like no other to get back what is rightfully his. A well planned heist ensues with lots of surprises and near misses.

This was a very fun read-aloud for our family. We all enjoyed the kids getting even with the dishonest Swindle, but they don’t actually get away with the heist. (We wouldn’t want to encourage criminal behavior!) You’ll have to read it to find out how it ends, but justice is poetically served.

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