Screen LibraryThe Westing game /
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...
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Dutton Children's Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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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 Raskin has entangled a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue |
| Item Description: | Originally published 1978. This edition includes a new introduction by Ann Durell. |
| Carrier Form: | 182 pages ; 24 cm |
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Interest age level : Ages 10-14. Lexile: 750L. |
| Awards: | Newbery Medal, 1979 |
| ISBN: |
0525471375 9780525471370 |
| Index Number: | PZ7 |
| CLC: | I712.84 |
| Call Number: | I712.84/R225 |