The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)

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 on 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 sets 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. - Back cover. The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

First Sentence

The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east.

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Other Editions

• The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)Puffin2004-04-12
• The Westing gameScholastic1978-01-01
• The Westing gameDutton1978-01-01
• The Westing gameMacmillan1979-01-01
• The Westing GamePerfection Learning Prebound1981-09-01
• The Westing GameAvon Books (P)1984-06-01