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    The Westing Game

    The Deluxe Anniversary Edition

    Author Ellen Raskin
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    Penguin Young Readers | Puffin Books
    5.13"W x 7.75"H x 0.55"D  
    On sale May 15, 2018 | 208 Pages | 9780451480989
    Grades 3-7
    Reading Level: Lexile 750L | Fountas & Pinnell V
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    A Newbery Medal Winner

    For over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite.

    The Westing Game Deluxe Anniversary Edition 

    Before writing The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin was an incredibly accomplished graphic artist, designing dozens of books, including the cover for the first edition of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. While writing The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin also thought about the design and layout, and ultimately the way in which it contributes to the reading experience of the story. This deluxe anniversary edition honors her original design work and displays bonus content showing the behind the scenes work of designing a book Ellen Raskin-style.

    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 Century

    "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review

     

    "Great 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
    Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up during the Great Depression. She was the author of several novels, including the Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game, the Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato and other clues, and The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel). She also wrote and illustrated many picture books and was an accomplished graphic artist. She designed dust jackets for dozens of books, including the first edition of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic A Wrinkle in Time. Ms. Raskin died at the age of fifty-six on August 8, 1984, in New York City. View titles by Ellen Raskin
    • WINNER
      Newbery Medal Winner
    Praise for The Westing Game
    * "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review

    "Great 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

    About

    A Newbery Medal Winner

    For over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite.

    The Westing Game Deluxe Anniversary Edition 

    Before writing The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin was an incredibly accomplished graphic artist, designing dozens of books, including the cover for the first edition of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. While writing The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin also thought about the design and layout, and ultimately the way in which it contributes to the reading experience of the story. This deluxe anniversary edition honors her original design work and displays bonus content showing the behind the scenes work of designing a book Ellen Raskin-style.

    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 Century

    "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review

     

    "Great 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

    Author

    Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up during the Great Depression. She was the author of several novels, including the Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game, the Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato and other clues, and The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel). She also wrote and illustrated many picture books and was an accomplished graphic artist. She designed dust jackets for dozens of books, including the first edition of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic A Wrinkle in Time. Ms. Raskin died at the age of fifty-six on August 8, 1984, in New York City. View titles by Ellen Raskin

    Awards

    • WINNER
      Newbery Medal Winner

    Praise

    Praise for The Westing Game
    * "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review

    "Great 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

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