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The Westing Game

Name: The Westing Game
Rating: 3.99 (233617 reviews)
Author: Ellen Raskin

Ellen Raskin June 1, 1978

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A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, one things for sure: Sam Westing may be dead…but that won’t stop him from playing one last game!

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