Ellen Raskin

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Ellen Ermingard 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.

In 2012 The Westing Game was ranked number nine among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a monthly with primarily U.S. audience.

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The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) Apr 12, 2004

by Ellen Raskin

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A Newbery Medal Winner

"A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review

A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, on things for sure: Sam Westing may be dead…but that won’t stop him from playing one last game!

Winner of the Newbery Medal
Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award
An ALA Notable Book

"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

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The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues Jan 6, 2011

by Ellen Raskin

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From the Newbery Award-winning author of THE WESTING GAME, more clever riddles and wordplay, clues to be found, and mysteries to be solved!

Wanted: Assistant to a painter (and a secret sleuth)
Dickory Dock has come to 12 Cobble Lane to take the job as painter's assistant to the artist Garson. The townhouse looks charming and quaint, but inside its redbrick walls lurk suspicious characters, multiple mysteries, and one very eccentric portrait artist. Clues abound; and suddenly Dickory finds herself assisting Garson not in art but in crime solving. Can Dickory untangle the web of mysteries within mysteries and discover the true secret hiding on Cobble Lane?

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The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) Jan 6, 2011

by Ellen Raskin

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From the Newbery Award-winning author of THE WESTING GAME, more clever riddles and wordplay, clues to be found, and mysteries to be solved!

Glub! Blub!
Mrs. Caroline "Little Dumpling" Carillon isn't quite sure what to expect when she sets off to meet her husband, Leon. After all, she hasn't seen him since their wedding when she was five and he was seven. But their reunion is cut short when a storm knocks him off their boat, and he disappears completely, leaving only one very waterlogged clue (Glub! Blub!). Will Dumpling be able to find Leon (or is it Noel) again? And just what is a glub blub?

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El juego de Westing (La Isla del Tiempo Plus) (Spanish Edition) Feb 9, 2022

by Ellen Raskin, Carlos Abreu Fetter

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Nadie sabe por qué el excéntrico millonario Samuel Westing ha llamado a los dieciséis vecinos de las Torres de Poniente para la lectura de su última voluntad. Tampoco por qué lo hace si sabe que entre ellos está su asesino. Ni por qué enreda a estas personas en un inteligente juego de pistas. Lo que sí saben es que su heredero será la primera persona que descifre el misterioso testamento y comprenda el enigma que este esconde. Un testamento que revelará secretos de todos ellos...

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Figgs & Phantoms Jan 6, 2011

by Ellen Raskin

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From the Newbery Award-winning author of THE WESTING GAME, more clever riddles and wordplay, clues to be found, and mysteries to be solved!

A Newbery Honor book

The Amazing Dancing Figgs!
While Mona hates all the attention her eccentric relatives bring to her in town, there is one Figg family member she likes: her Uncle Florence, the book dealer. But Uncle Florence keeps hinting that he's going to find his way to Capri, the Figg family heaven. And that means leaving Mona behind. Can Mona find Capri before it's too late, or will she learn that things are seldom what they seem when books are involved?

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Invito a Westing House (Italian Edition) Jan 29, 2019

by Ellen Raskin

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Notte di Halloween, luna piena. Per scommessa, la giovane Turtle si avventura a Westing House, dove, si dice, il cadavere del proprietario giace da anni a marcire... La mattina dopo i giornali titolano: Sam Westing è morto! E gli inquilini delle Sunset Towers, compresa Turtle, vengono convocati alla lettura del testamento, decisamente bizzarro: l'autore dichiara di essere stato ucciso e sfida i presenti a scoprire il colpevole. In palio c'è l'eredità Westing! Inizia così un gioco investigativo in cui tutti sospettano di tutti, e nessuno è davvero chi dice di essere...

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