The Westing Game (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780140386646)

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 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
ISBN-10: 0140386645
ISBN-13: 9780140386646
Publisher: Puffin Books
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1997
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.50w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 144 / Westing Game

Award: Newbery Medal - Winner
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/16/1997