In deciding to bestow his inheritance upon an unsuspecting heir drawn from a seemingly random assortment of individuals, Westing offers the freedom of financial security and social clout-yet he also uses the Westing game, a competition for a $200-million-dollar inheritance, to show his potential heirs the dark side of inheriting someone’s legacy.
Westing, who grew from humble origins into a shadowy and greedy figurehead of a massive company, knows just how much wealth and power can change a person.
"A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges-a demanding but rewarding book.As the son of immigrants turned reclusive, multimillionaire owner of the fruitful Westing Paper Products Corporation, Sam Westing knows that money is a corruptive force. "Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." - The New York Times Book Review "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 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. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. For over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite.
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