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Other kids could have had more time with the restroom pass, but instead I hoarded that thing and sat on the white raised seat reading away. I loved Turtle, the girl with the braids that beg to be pulled. I braided my hair like Turtle's and liked whirling around and using them as weapons against boys coming in for the kisschase win. Which was a good development because a couple of years earlier I bit Rashad Ware when he lumbered towards me for a smooch. I told my parents that I didn't bite him; just was running with my mouth open and happened to want to close it when his arm showed up Back to the book.

Still, years later, in love with Turtle, only the mother in me now has room to love Flora Baumbach, hair braider, as well. And Mrs. So, still in love with the book. The whizzbang puzzle mystery abides, only the clues are not as mysterious and I did wish that purple waves meant something really, really sinister and twisted. But that's just my maturity showing. So great to be grown up. This was a sister book club pick. My youngest sister had never read it; apparently, an epic fail in my big sister job on that one.

But, it's good to see that I did well enough a job that she knew to find it herself and suggest it for book club. I've helped raise a responsible adult. Even if she liked Crow, the woman in black. My middle sister took a long time, too long of a time, to read this book. But she finished, liked it, and all is well. This would be a great family read aloud book. But, to stop my eldest from reading ahead I would have to hide it really well.

Maybe even have clues. And a wax dummy dead body! Long live the Westing Game. I just want to cut to the chase: the last three chapters, over the course of about nine pages, are some of the most moving I've read in a book written for kids. I would have loved to have known her.

I particularly enjoyed the diversity of its cast, the cleverness of its puzzles, the sardonic humor, why the scar happened and what it means, and especially mean little Turtle and her deepening friendship with the woman she decides to call Baba. Wendy Darling. A well-written, twisty puzzle of a mystery, filled with fantastic clues, unforgettable characters, and countless red herrings. Turtle Wexler will always be a hero to me.

A group read with my pantaloonless buddies. Sixteen very different people were invited to reading of a will of multi-millionaire Samuel W. The guy stated he would be killed and whoever finds the murderer would get all his fortune. He provided the participants or players as Westing called them with different clues to help, but in my humble opinion they only provided additional confusion.

Coming back in time somebody worked really hard to make sure these sixteen people come to live in the same luxurious apartment building. Again, in my humble opinion Ellen Raskin does not come close to the greatness of Agatha Christie. Then again, who does? Reading this book clued me in on how to spot a YA book easily. The biggest giveaway would be the fact that in this genre slightly grown-up kids aka young adults are always unfailingly smarter than the actual adults.

I can understand it: in children books the adults are treated as guardians, teachers, etc. If you want to ponder to teenagers with their rebellious phase of growing up we all came through this , you want to show them to be the smart ones.

I can accept this. By the way, in case you know of an exception to this rule please inform me as I cannot think of any. What I do not accept is the condescending tone of YA literature. For some reason in children books the readers often treated as equals making them better and more satisfying reads for me - an adult who left his teen years behind a long time ago. The book was guilty of this. Last piece of criticism. I hate rapid changes of POVs with the passion. That and puzzling those darn pieces together.

But it culminates in a very satisfying reveal in the climax. And, surprisingly, the ending moved me. This little gem is a classic for a reason. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. January 10, December 27, Share this: Twitter Facebook. The first edition of the novel was published in , and was written by Ellen Raskin. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format.

The main characters of this mystery, young adult story are Samuel W. Westing, Turtle Wexler. The book has been awarded with Newbery Medal , Banta Award and many others. Please note that the tricks or techniques listed in this pdf are either fictional or claimed to work by its creator.