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The Westing Game Mass market paperbound - 1997

by Ellen Raskin

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The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

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For over twenty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite. It has sold over one and a half million copies. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings! Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.

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NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER - Ellen Raskin's unforgettable, timeless classic continues to be cherished by young readers of each new generation.

"Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." --The New York Times Book Review

A highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play a game. All they have to do is find the answer--but the answer to what? The Westing game is tricky and dangerous, but the heirs play on--through blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Sam Westing may be dead ... but that won't stop him from playing one last game!

Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.

Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award - An ALA Notable Book - A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century

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The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east.

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  • Title The Westing Game
  • Author Ellen Raskin
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1997-06-01
  • ISBN 9780140386646 / 0140386645
  • Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 4.5 x 0.9 in (19.56 x 11.43 x 2.29 cm)
  • Age range 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 750
  • Themes
    • Catalog Heading: Classics
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Cultural Region: Upper Midwest
    • Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
    • Geographic Orientation: Illinois
    • Locality: Chicago, Illinois
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery and detective stories, Chicago (Ill.)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 91028487
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

A supersharp mystery. . . . Confoundingly clever, and very funny. (Booklist, starred review)

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 06/16/1997, Page 0

About the author

Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up during the Great Depression. She was the author of several novels, including the Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game, the Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato and other clues, and The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel). She also wrote and illustrated many picture books and was an accomplished graphic artist. She designed dust jackets for dozens of books, including the first edition of Madeleine L'Engle's classic A Wrinkle in Time. Ms. Raskin died at the age of fifty-six on August 8, 1984, in New York City.

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