The Westing Game

school & library binding

English language

Published Oct. 14, 1999 by Tandem Library.

ISBN:
9780881039719

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Sixteen people were invited to the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they played the game. The not-quite-perfect heirs were paired, and each pair was given $10,000 and a set of clues (no two sets of clues were alike). All they had to do was find the answer, but the answer to what? The Westing game was tricky and dangerous, but the heirs played on, through blizzards and burglaries and bombs bursting in air. And one of them won! With her own special blend of intricacy, humor, and upside-down perceptions, Ellen Raskin has entangled a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot. She then deftly unravels it again in a surprising (but fair) and highly satisfying ending. - Back cover.

The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs …

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Subjects

  • Classics
  • Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
  • Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Mysteries / Detective
  • Children: Grades 3-4