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Author: Ellen Raskin
    ISBN: 0140386645  
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  Book Title: 1979 The Westing Game
Book Description
A Newbery Medal winner—now available in a Premium Edition.

This brilliantly crafted, award-winning novel is an intriguing mystery that follows an eclectic group of characters as they struggle to be the first to solve the puzzle set forth Sam Westing’s will—and, most importantly, lay claim to the Westing fortune. The Premium Edition of The Westing Game will feature all-new bonus matter, as well as a stunning new cover and the distinctive new trim size. Plus, we will maintain the existing pagination for ease in classroom and book club use.

Westing Game

ANNOTATION

The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

For over twenty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The WestingGame has been an enduring favorite. It has sold over one and a half million copies. 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.

Author Bio: Rosemary Graham lives in Berkeley, California.

 
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