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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 · The Westing Game begins when sixteen people are called to the abandoned Westing mansion to hear the will of Sam Westing, recently deceased millionaire industrialist. In his will, Westing proposes a game: the sixteen people (his “heirs”) will be divided into teams of two and given a handful of clues, which they must use to figure out who ...
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A summary of Ellen Raskin's mystery novel The Westing Game, in which sixteen heirs compete to solve a puzzle and inherit a fortune. The story involves clues, bombs, secrets, and a twist ending.
Apr 12, 2004 · Westing Game bridges the gap between infant picture books and word books for beginning readers before they tackle paragraph books transposed onto 5th grade and above developmental reading transitions.
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A comprehensive guide to Ellen Raskin's children's mystery novel The Westing Game, which satirizes race and class dynamics in 1970s America. Find plot summary, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
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.
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