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Fran Cannon Slayton: IMG On Wakes and Rum (and Coke)

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    When the Whistle Blows

    Fran Cannon Slayton

Westing Game-25th Anniversary Edition

by Ellen Raskin

Westing Game-25th Anniversary Edition Cover

Awards

Newbery Medal, 1979.
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Celebrate The Westing Game's 25th Anniversary with a brand-new look! For twenty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite and is now being reissued with a brand-new jacket by Kevin Hawkes and an introduction by Ann Durell. It has sold more than a million and a half copies. The Horn Book praised it as "a fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges, " and in a starred review Booklist called it "confoundingly clever, and very funny." This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, which involves blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Ellen Raskin has entangled a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.

Synopsis:

'For twenty-five years, Ellen Raskin\'s Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite and is now being reissued with a brand-new jacket by Kevin Hawkes and an introduction by Ann Durell.

This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing\'s will. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, which involves blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Ellen Raskin has entangled a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.'

Synopsis:

For 25 years, Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning mystery novel has been an enduring favorite and is now reissued with a brand-new jacket by Kevin Hawkes and an Introduction by Ann Durell.
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About the Author

'Ellen Raskin was the beloved author of many award-winning books for young readers. She died in 1984.'
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780525471370
Author:
Raskin, Ellen
Publisher:
Dutton Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
Subject:
Mystery and detective stories
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary
Subject:
Children s All Ages - Fiction - General
Subject:
Children s All Ages - Fiction - Mystery
Subject:
Mysteries & Detective Stories
Subject:
Inheritance and succession
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Series Volume:
v. 107-108
Publication Date:
October 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
9.32x6.27x.79 in. .94 lbs.
Age Level:
12-UP
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