"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 Book Details "A supersharp nfoundingly clever, and very funny." - Booklist, starred review Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book AwardĪ School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century 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 mans mansion on a hill on Lake Michigan. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings! Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense. THE WESTING GAME, originally published in 1978, is a Newberry-winning mystery by accomplished YA novelist Ellen Raskin. It’s a mystery propelled by an eccentric industrialist game. She also wrote and illustrated many picture books and was an accomplished graphic artist. She was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1979 for The Westing Game. She was the author of several novels, including the Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game, the Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & amp amp Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato and other clues, and The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel). Her most famous, The Westing Game, recently came my way. She was the author of several other novels, including Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & Phantoms, The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel), and The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues. Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up during the Great Depression. She also did more than 20 picture books for kids under her own name, and wrote four novels. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. She did the dust-jackets for more than one thousand books. She was the author of several novels, including the Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game, the Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato. Ellen Raskin died on August 8, 1984.A Newbery Medal Winner For over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite. Ellen Raskin wrote both fiction and verse, and many of her works contain references to sight and the importance of being able to see clearly but to never let go of one's imagination since a lack of imagination is a far worse lack of vision than nearsightedness. She also wrote complex mystery stories such as The Westing Game, the 1979 Newbery Award winner, and The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel). She received a Newbery Honor citation for Figgs and Phantomsin 1975, the story of the experiences of the Figg Family after they leave show business. Both books were edited by Ann Durell at E.P. Although she considered herself an artist first and foremost, she was awarded for her writing: Figgs & Phantoms (Dutton, 1974) was named a Newbery Honor Book and The Westing Game won the 1979 Newbery Medal for distinguished writing. Noted as an artist of "versatility and charm who specialized in visual puzzles, " Ellen Raskin's stories also demonstrate her wit and ability to entertain her readers. Raskin's delight in wordplay is evident throughout her books. Raskin received the New York Herald Tribune Spring Book Festival Award for best picture book, and Best. Like most people in the children’s books field, I can think of Newbery winners whose charms were lost on me. She published her first work for children Nothing Ever Happens on My Blockin 1966. Here are a few notable awards that she received. Don’t get me wrong: Being obscure does not always make a book good, much less great. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Ellen Raskin illustrated works by other authors on a variety of topics including poetry, mathematics, science, and some works of biographical and historical fiction. A Newbery Medal Winner For over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskins Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite. Ellen Raskin illustrated her first book, Happy Christmas, edited by Claire Huchet Bishop, in 1956, and throughout her career illustrated both adult and juvenile books, with an emphasis on the latter. First Edition, First Printing with complete number row 10-1, in First Issue dust jacket lacking the Newberry Award sticker and with priced front flap 7.95. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison from 1945 to 1949, and during the 1950s worked as a commercial illustrator and designer. Ellen Raskin was born on Main Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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