num_pages: 185
description: Sixteen people were invited to the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending upon how they played the game.The not-quite-perfect heirs were paired, and each pair was given $10,000 and a set of clues (no two set of clues were alike). All they had to do was find the answer, but the answer to what?The Westing game was tricky and dangerous, but the heirs played on, through blizzards and burglaries and bombs bursting in air. And one of them won!With her own special blend of intricacy, humor, and upside-down perceptions, Ellen Raskin has entangled a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot. She then deftly unravels it again in a surprising (but fair) and highly satisfying ending.
language: English
title: The Westing Game
titlecomplete: The Westing Game
characters: Grace Wexler, Christos Theodorakis, James Hoo, Samuel W. Westing, J.J. Ford, Alexander McSouthers, Otis Amber, Douglas Hoo, Sandy Hoo, Jake Wexler, Denton Deere, Sydelle Pulaski, Angela Wexler, Theo Theodorakis, Turtle Wexler, Berthe Erica Crowe, Flora Baumbach
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Juvenile, Classics, Mystery Thriller, Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Middle Grade, School
ratings_count: 205628
places: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Westingtown
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Banta Award, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Children's Book, Fiction (Paperback), awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Virginia Reader's Choice
publisher: E.P. Dutton