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    The Westing Game

    Anniversary Edition

    Author Ellen Raskin
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    Hardcover
    $18.99 US
    Penguin Young Readers | Dutton Books for Young Readers
    6.25"W x 9.31"H x 0.74"D   | 12 oz | 40 per carton
    On sale Oct 13, 2003 | 192 Pages | 9780525471370
    Age 8-12 years | Grades 3-7
    Reading Level: Lexile 750L | Fountas & Pinnell V
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    For twenty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite and is now being reissued with a brand-new jacket by Kevin Hawkes and an introduction by Ann Durell.

    This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, which involves blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Ellen Raskin has entangled a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.
    • WINNER
      Newbery Medal Winner
    Praise for The Westing Game
    * "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
    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. View titles by Ellen Raskin

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    For twenty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite and is now being reissued with a brand-new jacket by Kevin Hawkes and an introduction by Ann Durell.

    This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, which involves blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Ellen Raskin has entangled a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.

    Awards

    • WINNER
      Newbery Medal Winner

    Praise

    Praise for The Westing Game
    * "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

    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. View titles by Ellen Raskin

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