The Westing Game

Author: Ellen Raskin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593204506
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
A Newbery Medal Winner For over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite. 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. Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review "Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." —The New York Times Book Review "A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges—a demanding but rewarding book." —The Horn Book

The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)

Author: Ellen Raskin
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 014240120X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A Newbery Medal Winner "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, on things for sure: Sam Westing may be dead…but that won’t stop him from playing one last game! Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book "Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." —The New York Times Book Review "A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges—a demanding but rewarding book." —The Horn Book

Westing Game

Author: Ellen Raskin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780847948482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

The Westing Game

Author: Ellen Raskin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451480988
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
A Newbery Medal Winner For over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite. The Westing Game Deluxe Anniversary Edition Before writing The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin was an incredibly accomplished graphic artist, designing dozens of books, including the cover for the first edition of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. While writing The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin also thought about the design and layout, and ultimately the way in which it contributes to the reading experience of the story. This deluxe anniversary edition honors her original design work and displays bonus content showing the behind the scenes work of designing a book Ellen Raskin-style. Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review "Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." —The New York Times Book Review "A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges—a demanding but rewarding book." —The Horn Book

The Westing Game

Author: Ellen Raskin
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780881039719
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
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.

The Westing Game

Author: Ellen Raskin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593526716
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193

The Westing Game

Author: Raskin Ellen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781632451422
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
In 1966 Ji-li Jiang turned twelve. An outstanding student and leader, she had everything: brains, the admiration of her peers, and a bright future in China?s Communist Party. But that year China?s leader, Mao Ze-dong, launched the Cultural Revolution, and

The Westing Game

Author: Jessica Case
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

The Westing Game

Author: Ellen Raskin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781581180978
Category : Inheritance and succession
Languages : en
Pages : 318

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Author: Gloria Levine
Publisher: Novel Units, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
A teachers guide for the novel The westing game.