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Children’s literatureMysteryYoung adult fiction
The Westing Game/Genres
Is the Westing Game a good book for kids?
Much of it reads as brief vignettes, which made it very easy to pick up and put down. I highly recommend this for young readers, and I highly recommend it a second time to adults who read it when we were kids. This book sounded like it would be lots of fun, and I read it hoping for a great mystery.
Is there any violence in the Westing Game?
Aside from some fierce shin-kicking from precocious preteen Turtle Wexler, the only violence in the book (aside from the supposed murder of Samuel Westing that serves as the impetus for the game) is a series of dramatic explosions that rock the apartment building where the heirs are living. Some adults drink to drunkenness.
Is the Westing Game a full length mystery?
The Westing Game is first full-length mystery I remember reading. Well, besides Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew books. But the one mystery that I could still have told you general details about the plot. It might have been the cleverness of the mystery or it’s absence of gore.
Why did Sam Westing play The Westing Game?
And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, one thing’s for sure: Sam Westing may be dead but that won’t stop him from playing one last game! More Details… To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
What are the main events in the Westing Game?
An important event in The Westing Game is the bombing. Other than the other mystery of who killed Sam Westing, there is the mystery of who the bomber is. There are several instances of bombs going off, and it is not clear who the bomber is or the motive. “There was hissing, then bang, bang, sparks flying all over the kitchen,…
What is the story of the Westing Game?
THE WESTING GAME, originally published in 1978, is a Newberry-winning mystery by accomplished YA novelist Ellen Raskin . The story follows a wild competition for the enormous inheritance of paper-products magnate Sam Westing, who has set up his 16 “heirs” in an apartment complex near the old man’s mansion on a hill on Lake Michigan.
Who are the main characters in the Westing Game?
Turtle Wexler is the main protagonist in The Westing Game. She shows many character traits throughout the story, and serves a major part of the whole story. Turtle is the daughter of Grace and Jake Wexler and the sister to Angela Wexler .
What is the purpose of the Westing Game?
The real purpose of the Westing game is not the inheritance, but the relationships that the game creates and strengthens. Westing seemed to match up the pairs that would bring out the best in each other. In the end, most of the heirs do not receive millions from Westing, but they do build life-long friendships.
