Ellen Raskin

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER Ellen Raskins unforgettable, timeless classic continues to be cherished by young readers of each new generation."Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." The New York Times Book ReviewA highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play a game. All they have to do is find the answerbut the answer to what? The Westing game is tricky and dangerous, but the heirs play onthrough blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Sam Westing may be dead ... but that wont stop him from playing one last game!Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century

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 bookThe 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 hes going to find his way to Capri, the Figg family heaven. And that means leaving Mona behind. Can Mona find Capri before its too late, or will she learn that things are seldom what they seem when books are involved?

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 painters 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?

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 isnt quite sure what to expect when she sets off to meet her husband, Leon. After all, she hasnt 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?

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER Ellen Raskins unforgettable, timeless classic continues to be cherished by young readers of each new generation."Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." The New York Times Book ReviewA highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play a game. All they have to do is find the answerbut the answer to what? The Westing game is tricky and dangerous, but the heirs play onthrough blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Sam Westing may be dead ... but that wont stop him from playing one last game!Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book

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 esta su asesino. Ni por que enreda a estas personas en un inteligente juego de pistas. Lo que si saben es que su heredero sera la primera persona que descifre el misterioso testamento y comprenda el enigma que este esconde. Un testamento que revelara secretos de todos ellos...

Un misterio al más puro estilo Agatha Christie con un giro de tuerca que te traerá de cabezaNadie sabe por qué el excéntrico millonario Samuel Westing ha llamado a los dieciséis vecinos de las Torres de Poniente para la lectura de su ultima voluntad. Tampoco por que lo hace si sabe que entre ellos esta su asesino. Ni por que enreda a estas personas en un inteligente juego de pistas. Lo que si saben es que su heredero sera la primera persona que descifre el misterioso testamento y comprenda el enigma que este esconde. Un testamento que revelara secretos de todos ellos...