The Westing Game
Anniversary Edition
$39.82
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2003
Summary
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 Ra…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780525471370 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0525471375 |
| Author: | Ellen Raskin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | E P Dutton & Co Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Edition: | 25th |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2003 |
| Weight: | 357g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 159mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
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
About The Author
Ellen Raskin
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.
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