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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.
Several characters go by pseudonyms, and others are haunted by their own unusual names. [2] Like Raskin's better-known book, The Westing Game, the book resolves with a number of twists and interconnecting plot threads. Unlike that book, it does not feature an epilogue in which the characters' lives are shown to improve due to the events of the ...
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.
The game was close through most of the first half, and Colorado led 12-10 at one point, but the Jayhawks took control later in the half when the Buffaloes went nearly seven minutes without a field ...
The All-Star Game is Sunday in San Francisco. “I wouldn’t anticipate him playing those first few games right after the break,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said before Monday night's game at ...
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.
Wrexham hadn't lost a League One home game all season. It remains in third place, six points behind second-place Wycombe, which won Tuesday. Both teams have 18 games remaining.