Analyzing Ellen Raskin's 'The Westing Game'

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The Westing Game
Ellen Raskin
Miaya Chesterman

“Hi, Sandy I won!” said Turtle as she approached Mr. Mcsouthers. In The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, the residents have a big problem. They are all competing for the Westing Paper Products fortune with a bomber, a robber, and a murderer on the loose in the late 1900s in Wisconsin.

In The Westing Game 16 people were invited to live in the luxurious Sunset Apartments, but something is up. The next day a mysterious letter comes in the mail inviting them to the reading of Windy Windkoppel’s will. At the reading, they find out that someone murdered Old Uncle Sam. They must find the murderer to inherit his estate. The next day, they are snowed in. In the same week there are