num_pages: 185
description: A Newbery Medal Winner For over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite.This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings! Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the CenturyA supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny. --Booklist, starred reviewGreat fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand. --The New York Times Book Review A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges--a demanding but rewarding book. --The Horn Book
language: English
title: Westing Game
titlecomplete: Westing Game
characters: James Hoo, Angela Wexler, Turtle Wexler, J.J. Ford, Alexander McSouthers, Sandy Hoo, Christos Theodorakis, Otis Amber, Douglas Hoo, Sydelle Pulaski, Berthe Erica Crowe, Flora Baumbach, Theo Theodorakis, Jake Wexler, Grace Wexler, Samuel W. Westing, Denton Deere
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Juvenile, Mystery Thriller, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Classics, Childrens, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 205710
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: Avon Books