The Westing Game.

RASKIN, Ellen.

ISBN 10: 0525423206 / ISBN 13: 9780525423201

Published by E. P. Dutton,, NY:, 1978

Newbery Medal winner. Made into the 1997 film. First printing (as indicated by complete number line). Ex-library copy with typical markings, thus only good in a good (minor edge wear at the spine ends and corners, damp ripple to rear panel, creasing to flaps) dust jacket with no Newbery Medal emblem on the front panel and no library markings. Dust jacket design by the author. ; 185 pages. Seller Inventory # 107428

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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Westing Game.
Publisher: E. P. Dutton,, NY:
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition