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The Westing Game is a mystery book written by Ellen Raskin and published by Dutton on May 1, 1978. [1] It won the Newbery Medal recognizing the year's most distinguished contribution to American children's literature. [2] The Westing Game was ranked number nine all-time among children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal in ...
Ellen Raskin (March 13, 1928 – August 8, 1984) was an American children's writer and illustrator. She won the 1979 Newbery Medal for The Westing Game, a mystery novel, and another children's mystery, Figgs & Phantoms, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1975.
Chapter Twenty, Chapter 20, or Chapter XX may also refer to: Television "Chapter 20" (Eastbound & Down) "Chapter 20" (House of Cards) "Chapter 20" "Chapter ...
Get a Clue is a 1997 film based on the Newbery Medal-winning book The Westing Game. The film draws young viewers into the strange mysteries encountered by 13-year-old Turtle and her sister, Angela Wexler. After moving into a new town, Turtle learns the house next door is the notoriously haunted Westing mansion.
Then you could explain that Sydelle was a habitually overlooked person, so much so that Westing's lawyer made her an heir by mistake, not realizing that she wasn't the true heir, Sybil Pulaski, and that Sydelle decided to fight against the anonymity brought on by her working-class upbringing as the child of immigrants by capitalizing on ...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a non-fiction novel by John Berendt.The book, Berendt's first, was published on January 10, 1994, [1] and follows the story of Jim Williams, an antiques dealer on trial for the killing of Danny Hansford.
When You Reach Me is a Newbery Medal-winning science fiction and mystery novel by Rebecca Stead, published in 2009.It takes place on the Upper West Side of New York during 1978 and 1979 and follows a sixth-grade girl named Miranda Sinclair.
The Trumpeter of Krakow is a 1928 young adult historical novel by Eric P. Kelly.It won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1929.. Centered on the historical fire that burned much of Kraków in 1462, The Trumpeter of Krakow tells the fictional story of the family of Joseph Charnetski, [1] a Polish noble family from Kresy (modern day Ukraine), who fled to ...