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The Westing Game By Ellen Raskin
Personal Response: I read the book, The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. It was a very interesting book and I enjoyed reading it. The book was a mystery and I do not usually read those types of books. It was cool to always be thinking about who the killer could be.

Plot: The book, The Westing Game, is about a game to figure out who murdered Mr. Westing. He was the owner of Westing Paper Products. When he died, he left clues to this game and whoever figures out the murderer gets Mr. Westing's $220 million heir. All of the people playing the games, live in the Sunset Towers apartments.

One of the heirs is Turtle. She is a 12 year old girl and she was in the Westing house the night that he died. She went in there on a dare on Halloween. The day
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They found out about the game that Mr. Westing wanted to play. All of them were a little confused by it, but they did not care because $220 million dollars was at stake. They each get clues to help them figure out who the murderer is. Nobodies clues make sense and they try to get the other heirs clues. One day, they get snowed in and bomb goes off. Nobody gets hurt but the bombings continue. The heirs start to piece together clues and starts to make their accusations. Nobody guesses it correctly and eventually there is talk of another heir meeting being scheduled. The heirs all find out who the bomber was, and it was Turtle. She dies not get in trouble for it though. Once they go to the meeting, they find out that they need to figure out the heir who is the murderer quickly or somebody will die. They leave the meeting and they are in a panic and are trying to figure it out. Sandy, one of the heirs, figures out who the murderer is. It is Crow. All of the …show more content…
It is hard to make out a main character, but I think is there would be one, it would be Turtle Wexler. She is the youngest out of all of the heirs. She is 12 years old and always has her hair in a ponytail. She kicks people in the shin when they touch it. Another main character is Mr. Westing. He is dead for the entire story, but he is constantly mentioned. He was the owner of Westing Paper Products. He was murdered and left a game for the heirs to

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