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 oundingly 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 and raised in Milwaukee and educated at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where she majored in art. In 1966 she gave up a successful career as a freelance artist to write and illustrate children's books. She was the author of several other novels, including Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & Phantoms, The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel), and The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues. She was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1979 for The Westing Game. 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. Her books are wildly imaginative, but nonetheless touch on the autobiographical. Although Ellen Raskin was never rich, she always had hope - if only the stock market had played the game. Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of more than forty books for children, including the Jack early reader series and the Terrible Two middle-grade series and several beloved picture books, including: Extra Yarn and Sam & Dave Dig a Hole. His picture books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three E. B. White Read Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature in Award in China, and the Premio Orbil in Italy. Mac lives in Oakland, California.
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EAN: 9780593118108
UPC: 9780593118108
ISBN: 9780593118108
MPN: N/A
Book Title: Westing Game
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Topic: Humorous Stories, Family / Marriage & Divorce, Mysteries & Detective Stories, General, Lifestyles / City & Town Life, People & Places / United States / General
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.6 in
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Item Weight: 6.6 Oz
Author: Ellen Raskin
Item Length: 7 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Book Series: Be Classic Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
