The book was written in 1978.ġ6 heirs have been chosen and divided into pairs by Sam Westing. ‘The Westing Game’ is a detective story written by Ellen Raskin. Raskin died at the age of fifty-six in1984, in New York City. She designed dust jackets for dozens of books, including the first edition of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic A Wrinkle in Time. She also wrote and illustrated many picture books and was an accomplished graphic artist.
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).
The Westing Game is the winner of several awards: the Newbery Medal, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award, an American Library Association Notable Book and A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century.Įllen Raskin was an American children's writer and illustrator. All they have to do is find the answer – but the answer to what? The Westing game is tricky and dangerous, but the heirs play on – through blizzards, burglaries, and bombings, Sam Westing may be dead … but that won’t stop him from playing one last game! They could become millionaires, depending on how they play a game. First edition published 1978.)Ī highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very stranger will of the very read Samuel W. Publication: 2004 (25t anniversary editiion. Find details on the submission page.Publisher: Puffin (an imprint of Penguin Random House India) Have you played a good board game or video game, read a good book, or seen a good movie? Submit a review to Navigator by the time the next issue comes out, and you’ll be entered to win a copy of Dominion. She also did the illustrations for The Westing Game cover. It is a great read, and I think many TIPsters would like it.Įllen Raskin is a great author and illustrator and designed the original A Wrinkle in Time cover. You will meet fascinating characters like Flora Baumbach, Turtle Wexler, and Theo Theodorakis. In the book you will find clues that lead you to the answer, only to turn you into a different direction. In his will it is announced that sixteen heirs to him will report to his house, and they will compete to find which of the heirs took his life. Westing) who’s life was taken from him by one of his heirs. The Westing Game is a great read about a man (Samuel W. This review was submitted by Abby Williams, a sixth grader from South Carolina.ĭo you like mystery? Suspense? Action and excitement? If you answered yes to all of those, then this book is for you. The Westing Game Ellen Raskin, $7.99 Age 10+
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