Masterpiece

This is an award winning (well, not really, but still) book by Elise Broach. Marvin, the beetle, lives under the kitchen sink in Jame's house. For his birthday, James gets an ink set. Marvin sneaks on to his desk and draws an amazing view of the scene outside the window. Skipping some plot, Marvin is soon caught up in an art heist. Will this creature survive?

Swindle

You've probably already read this book or any book by Gordan Korman, but this is definitely a good one. Griffin is camping out at a abandoned building that is to be demolished in the morning, and he finds a desk with a false bottom. It's small, just big enough for a Babe Ruth baseball card to fit in. Griffin does not know a lot about baseball cards, only enough to know that this might pull his family out of debt. So he takes the card to S. Wendell (swindle) Palomino and sells it for a grand total of $100. But as you should know, never sell a valuable baseball card to someone who's name sounds like swindle!!!