The Westing Game (puffin Modern Classics)

from lrummy

The story begins with a death of a millionaire who leaves a will with clues. There are sixteen heirs and they divide into pairs with their clues. There is a good amount of character development in the heirs, they are all very different. Follow this adventure and you won't be disappointed.

from PinkPandaParade

A children's mystery classic, Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game is a remarkable whodunit, with a likable cast of characters and a complicated and enjoyable storyline. Sixteen heirs are brought together by the will of an odd and quirky millionaire by the name of Samuel Westing. What these characters...

from OtwellS

I really enjoyed this book. I have looked forward to reading it and I finally got the chance and I was not disappointed. I was able to figure out some of the clues but I must confess that I did not make all the leaps necessary to have won the $200 million myself. I was very happy and pleased with...

from bookworm12

I first read The Westing Game when I was 9-years-old. I think my older sister read it and recommended it to me (which any of you with siblings know, probably means she told me I was too young to read it, so I had to steal her copy and read it immediately). From the first pages I was hooked. It wa...

from booksandwine

I don't often read children's books. I don't consider YA to be children's literature. This means I am not as well-read in a certain genre as I would like to be. Now when I say children's lit, I don't mean picture books. I mean the books that are in the juvenile section of the library between the ...