The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) - Ellen Raskin

The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)

By Ellen Raskin

  • Release Date: 1978-06-01
  • Genre: Mysteries for Kids
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 2,106 Ratings
Buy on Amazon

Description

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • Ellen Raskin's unforgettable, timeless classic continues to be cherished by young readers of each new generation.

"Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." —The New York Times Book Review

A highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play a game. All they have to do is find the answer—but the answer to what? The Westing game is tricky and dangerous, but the heirs play on—through blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Sam Westing may be dead ... but that won't stop him from playing one last game!

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 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award • An ALA Notable Book

Reviews

  • Loved the Book

    5
    By EllieRose!!!
    I read it at school and figuring out the mystery with my friends made it that much better. I love the fact that you’re in the characters heads and how much detail the author uses to give you more information about the character so by the end of the book it’s like your friends with the characters. I also like the fact that you have to imagine the characters as chess pieces to figure out the answer and it is hilarious how many times I thought I had the answer but really didn’t. I just love the book so much and I’m gonna read it way more than once, that is for sure!

  • For Meghan Colyle

    5
    By bah i give up
    Ahem, “it took me 2 months for me to read,””I read a lot” yeah naw I finished in 2 hours and I can finish about 9 books a month (500 pgs) so yeah wrong but this book is awesome little confusing at first but now it’s obvious. #RIPbozo

  • GREAT BOOK

    5
    By Rate 🤖
    this is such a great book. That’s all I can say. It’s suspenseful and fun. I love all the characters especially Turtle. The writer did a great job writing the book.

  • Great book

    4
    By decqwevion junkour
    Good book.

  • Love

    5
    By 🙂🙂😇😇😇🙂🙂🙂😇🙂🙂😇🙂
    I love this book such a plot twist

  • UNEXPECTED ending

    5
    By huntey!!
    I was like “okay, okay…” throughout most of the book, right until the end. What a twist! Super complex, but somehow you can still easily understand it. Each character is unlinked any other. You get to know to every one of them, even the murderer. 😉 10/10

  • Love it

    5
    By Penelope348
    I loved this book so much. I have read it about 7 times. I would recommend it to anyone.

  • Love it

    5
    By msnvnrnvhd
    I think everyone should read it I got my money’s worth

  • Amazing

    5
    By Allisan chan
    This book was excellent I have read it twice and I am going to read it a third time very soon the mysterious element was done perfectly

  • Bautgvfcrc

    5
    By vtvrcrxedr
    Awesome book wishes there was a second or even third book.

More by Ellen Raskin