Julie Corman
Julie Corman, who owns the rights to the novel, will serve as executive producer. Corman is repped by Northside Services.
How much does The Westing Game Book Cost?
Buy new: $5.49
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Is The Westing Game appropriate for 5th grade?
The Westing Game is perfect for middle schoolers or anyone looking for a short, compelling novel.
Is The Westing Game a classic?
BE CLASSIC with The Westing Game, introduced by New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett. A highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very stranger will of the very read Samuel W. Westing.
Is The Westing Game appropriate?
The setting of the story in the Westing Game is somewhat appropriate, and although it may take place in an apartment building, the story is very intriguing. The characters are ones worth knowing, and suspense and excitement is plentiful in this book.
Who is the author of the Westing Game?
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).
How many people are involved in the Westing Game?
This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings!
What does Sam Westing say in the Westing Game?
He claims that chess is not allowed in the building. After Sam Westing dies, at the beginning of the book, it emerges that most of the tenants are named as heirs in Westing’s will. The will is structured like a puzzle, with the 16 heirs challenged to find the solution. In the will it states that one of his heirs has killed him.
What happens to the tenants in the Westing Game?
After his body is discovered, the tenants learn that each of them is considered heirs to the Westing fortune and are invited to the mansion to hear the will. Sam Westing’s will claims that one of them is the murderer and divides them up into pairs and gives them each clues to solve the mystery of who killed him.
