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The Westing Game is a mystery book written by Ellen Raskin and published by Dutton on May 1, 1978. It won the Newbery Medal recognizing the year's most distinguished contribution to American children's literature. The Westing Game was ranked number nine all-time among children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal in 2012.
Jun 1, 1978 · 213,619 ratings14,410 reviews. 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, one thing's for sure: Sam Westing may be dead ...
Sandy, Sunset Towers’ doorman, tells Otis, Turtle Wexler, Theo Theodorakis, and Doug Hoo a scary story of two kids who went into the Westing house one year ago and ran out like they saw a ghost. Turtle, a junior-high-school student and budding businesswoman, offers to sneak into the house for money.
The Westing Game, as a children’s mystery novel which satirizes complicated race and class dynamics, is part of a longstanding tradition mystery novels that pit unlikely groups of people from various walks of life against one another in the search for answers, money, or power.
Apr 12, 2004 · The story follows 16 people (a mixture of children, teenagers, and adults) as they listen to the reading of Sam Westing’s will and discover that one of them is a murderer. All 16 are then thrown into the Westing Game where each must solve clues pertaining to the identity of the murderer.
Overview. The Westing Game is a 1978 mystery novel by Ellen Raskin. The novel follows the story of Sam Westing, a wealthy man who is found dead in his mansion. Sixteen people are invited to the reading of his will, where they learn that they are all potential heirs to his fortune and potential suspects in the mystery of his murder.
Oct 13, 2020 · Penguin, Oct 13, 2020 - Juvenile Fiction - 240 pages. BE CLASSIC with The Westing Game, introduced by New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett. A highly inventive mystery begins when...
