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published
April 12th 2004
(first published 1978)
by Puffin
binding
Paperback, 192 pages
literary awards
Newbery Medal
isbn
014240120X
(isbn13: 9780142401200)
description
When an eccentric millionaire dies mysteriously, sixteen very unlikely people are gathered together for the reading of the will . . . and what a wil...more
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
children, children at heart, puzzle fans
I read this little book for the first time not as a child - but as an adult. I was looking for a book to kick off our Junior High book club and picked up the Westing Game to see if it might be a good place to begin.
I wish that I had found this book earlier in my life. What kid wouldn't be captivated by wonderful characters thrown together to play a game hosted by a dead millionaire? Don't get me wrong...Mr. Westing isn't a vampire or a zombie - he's just decided that his heirs need to ...more
I wish that I had found this book earlier in my life. What kid wouldn't be captivated by wonderful characters thrown together to play a game hosted by a dead millionaire? Don't get me wrong...Mr. Westing isn't a vampire or a zombie - he's just decided that his heirs need to ...more
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The Westing Game is about 16 heirs competeing for Sam's Westing's inheritance. This book is a clever mystery full of excitement, danger. and suspicion. There are 8 teams, each team has a set of clues and together they must understand them. Together you must find out who Mrs. Westing is and who killed Sam Westing. You too may strike it rich, who dares to play...The Westing Game. We really loved this book it keeps you on your toes and every little thing matters. If you like a suspenseful, excitin...more
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Why is everybody getting wierd letters from a guy they don't know? Frightening streets and mysterious looking houses filled the book The Westing Game. Truthfully Turtle is always looking at wierd things going on since the new buildings called the Sunset Towers were build and nobody ever believes him. Since Turtle, Mr.Hoo, Dr.Wexler, Theodorakis, Sydelle Pulaski, Flora Baumbach and a lot more people moved to the Sunset Towers a lot of strange things have started to happen.
Well first o...more
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People who like to read Mysterious books
Why is call The Westing Game you might wounder? Will then read the book. Turtle is a honest man who really want to win a mansion that many family wants. Lucky for him he enter on a game v.s other families to win the rich mansion. They say on a mysterious hotel will they are playing. read and find out about The Westing Game, who will win the mansion.
Honestly turtle is a man eventually want to win the game. Turtle is a regular man that is a truthful guy to other people. He is also a kind m...more
Honestly turtle is a man eventually want to win the game. Turtle is a regular man that is a truthful guy to other people. He is also a kind m...more
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Read in May, 2008
Yes, this is a children’s book – a Newbery Medal winner from 1978. This was also my absolute favorite book from when I read it as a third grader until I was in middle school and discovered fantasy fiction. I saw it in a used bookstore and decided to press my luck and re-read it, hoping it wouldn’t disappoint me as other childhood favorites had done upon a re-reading (I’m looking at you, Hitchhiker’s Guide…). It didn’t. The Westing Game begins with sixteen seemingly random individ...more
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Read in March, 2008
The writing is straightforward, but the plot is anything but simplistic. An eclectic group of persons gather for the reading of a will. Sam Westing, multi-millionaire, has a mystery for them to solve — the winner receives the entire inheritance. But what, exactly, are they supposed to discover? And, though it’s only a game (the Westing game!), is one — or more — of the heirs in real danger?
The author herself describes this as a “puzzle-mystery” in the dedication — and it truly ...more
The author herself describes this as a “puzzle-mystery” in the dedication — and it truly ...more
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Read in September, 2007
Summary: Seemingly unrelated families and individuals receive invitations to rent in a new apartment complex. Two months later, a millionaire is found dead in a nearby house, and most of the building's residents are invited (through the dead man's will) to solve his murder for the opportunity to win his inheritance.
I was really impressed with this book - it has a large cast of characters that I found enchanting, and I felt like Raskin did an excellent job of giving all of them face time, s...more
I was really impressed with this book - it has a large cast of characters that I found enchanting, and I felt like Raskin did an excellent job of giving all of them face time, s...more
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older children and adults
The Westing Game is one of my all-time-favorite mysteries. Mr. Westing is found dead in his mansion, and in order to win his fortune, sixteen would-be heirs must compete to win the Westing Game. Full of complexity and suspense, the plot lays all the clues before the reader but still manages to keep the solution secret until the very end. Funny and scathing in its portrayal of its characters, this is no warm and fuzzy fairy tale. In this cast of antiheroes, everyone is suspect and no one is t...more
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The Westing Game
By Cynthia Saravia
The Westing Game is a Thiller book. It is about the death of Mr.Westing. He has 16 people to
take his money. They are paired into groups and the group who figues out the puzzle wins
the money and his land. But what they don't know is that mr. Westing isn't actully died and
the body that Turtle saw wasn't his, it was fake, Mr.Westing is playing the part of ... and he is
in the race to what they don't know is that he is making the will...more
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To me, this book is so my childhood. I remember reading it over and over again growing up and somehow it never got old... the ridiculous antics of the characters, which were somehow realistic despite the fact that they're obviously caricatures, the mystery behind it all, and the constants twists and turns of the plotline. And behind all of it, my joy at being able to cheer on the most obnoxious character of them all, because I connect with her. Somehow it never gets old to me, I'm still always s...more
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I hated this book at first. But now i slightly like it. The Westing Game was completely a hard book to understand from the start of the book all the way till the end. There are a couple of reasons why i dislike this book and one reason why I somewhat like it. My dislikes are; why did he made the people do certain things that were unreasonable? It made no sense to me as why he made such a will. The other one is, figuring out if he actually died or not. At the end, I think he was alive ... ...more
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This book is one of my all time favorites. I love the plot twists and the ending is great, although I won't spoil it for you. The characters have a lot of personality, the book is funny, and it keeps you turning the pages every time you read it. I really recommend this book to anyone who enjoys unexpected turns, mystery, and basically anybody that enjoys a good book. In my opinion, this is a must-read.
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As a child, I probably read this book as many times as I watched the movie "Clue" (brilliance), and that is a lot! I loved (and still love) anything with a clever girl as a protagonist. Turtle can stand her ground among Nancy Drew and her ilk. Raskin's cast of characters feels somehow simultaneously real and fantastical, and the mystery is juicy enough to keep you hooked until the final moment of checkmate.
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Read in January, 2006
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My teacherrecommends it for: Children (11-13)
Read in 6th grade. An amazing book, that I still own, that weaves a surprise ending. It's not a work of art, but the detail and the sheer complex that it's written with blew me away. Angela is that little sweetheart that everyone adores, but she has many surprises, Turtle is the cool underdog, and so on. The only thing predictable may be the result of Turtle's intellect and her crush on Ted.
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Read in October, 2007
Awesome well-written children's mystery. While this book is written for and very approachable as a children's novel, it is enjoyable as an adult as well. I only discovered this book this past year and I absolutely enjoyed it. It's not as deep or thought provoking as heavier adult mysteries, but that's part of what makes it so much fun.
Read this book. You won't be disappointed.
Read this book. You won't be disappointed.
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Read in February, 2000
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A dazzling, brilliant novel. It is by and large considered a "children's book" (hence the well-deserved Newbery Medal), but the ingenuity, humor, and portrayals of racial and socioeconomic diversity are notches above those of many "serious adult novels." I read it when I was eleven and will probably continue to rave about it for the rest of my life.
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My 11 year old read this with his class last year and he is the one that recommended it to me. I really liked it! It is a fun, easy, and fast read. A little book of mystery with a fun ending.
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This was a WONDERFUL, charming read. I read it to my son's 6th grade class (a very tough crowd) who actually loved it, interacted with it and begged for more books like it.
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GREAT book! Hard to keep track of all the characters at first, but what a good old (and funny) mystery.
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Mike couldn't believe I never read this as a kid... so he made me read it! I wasn't sorry. It's pretty ingenious!
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