The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin (Author)

The Westing Game
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Be Classic

BE CLASSIC with The Westing Game, introduced by New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett. 

A highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very stranger will of the very read Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play a game. 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!

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 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

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ALA/Booklist

Starred Review
A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny.

Hornbook

Starred Review
A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges--a demanding but rewarding book.

Review quotes

Praise for The Westing Game
"Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand."—The New York Times Book Review 

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.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593118108
Lexile Measure
750
Guided Reading Level
V
Publisher
Puffin Books
Publication date
October 13, 2020
Series
Be Classic
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV007000 - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
JUV013020 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
Library of Congress categories
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Newbery Medal
Winner 1979 - 1979

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