The Westing Game

Raskin, Ellen

ISBN 10: 0525423206 / ISBN 13: 9780525423201

Published by Dutton Juvenile (edition First Edition), 1978

About this Item

With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 0525423206-11-22-29

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Westing Game
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525423206
• ISBN 13: 9780525423201
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

Each of the sixteen people invited to the reading of a very strange will are given $10,000, a set of clues, ad the chance to become a millionaire

About the 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.