The Westing Game in Around the World in 80 Books

Jan 20, 2016 Rachel N. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2021, mystery, puzzles, wisconsin, childhood-favorite

2021 review
This book was one of my favorites as a child and I still enjoy it. Raskin does a good job of developing the characters and creating a complex plot. A select group of people are invited to move into Sunset Towers on the shores of Lake Michigan. On Halloween Turtle Wexler accepts a dare to enter the old Westing mansion and discovers the corpse of Sam Westing. Then 16 residents of Sunset Towers are selected as heirs of Sam Westing and as part of the will given clues to find his killer. T ...more

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Dec 28, 2018 Jean-Marie rated it really liked it

Shelves: middle-grade, mystery, classic

After finishing "The Parker Inheritance" earlier this month, the 11-year-old and I decided we must read "The Westing Game" to better understand the references. It was a little hard going at first, since it's not quite written for a read aloud. Lots of inner and outer dialogue from many different people can get confusing. But about a quarter into it, we hit our stride. This is a fun book. It's an edgy mystery for young readers, especially in the late 70s when it was published. I recommend everyon ...more

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Mar 26, 2018 Juliana Philippa added it

Shelves: 0-to-reread

Read this when I was a kid. I don't remember much of the plot, just remember absolutely loving it!

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Feb 17, 2012 Ginger rated it really liked it

Shelves: kidlit-middle-ya

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