num_pages: 216
description: Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click here.Where there's a will, there's a way—and Sam Westing has left quite a will!One fateful day, sixteen people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. To their surprise, the will turns out to be a contest, challenging the heirs to find out who among them is Westing's murderer. Forging ahead, through blizzards, burglaries, and bombings, the game is on. Only two people hold all the clues. One of them is the Westing heir. The other is you!-from the back cover
language: English
title: The Westing Game
titlecomplete: The Westing Game
characters: Angela Wexler, Samuel W. Westing, J.J. Ford, Sandy Hoo, James Hoo, Flora Baumbach, Alexander McSouthers, Otis Amber, Theo Theodorakis, Sydelle Pulaski, Christos Theodorakis, Denton Deere, Jake Wexler, Berthe Erica Crowe, Douglas Hoo, Turtle Wexler, Grace Wexler
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Classics, Childrens, School, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Juvenile, Realistic Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 205664
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: Puffin Books