-Titulo Original : The Westing Game (puffin Modern Classics)
-Fabricante :
Penguin Young Readers Group
-Descripcion Original:
A Newbery Medal WinnerA supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny. -Booklist, starred review 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, on things for sure: Sam Westing may be dead…but that won’t stop him from playing one last game! Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand. -The New York Times Book ReviewA fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges-a demanding but rewarding book. -The Horn Book Review A supersharp mystery . . . Confoundingly clever, and very funny. 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. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Table of ContentsTitle PageCopyright PageDedicationIntroduction Chapter 1 - SUNSET TOWERSChapter 2 - GHOSTS OR WORSEChapter 3 - TENANTS IN AND OUTChapter 4 - THE CORPSE FOUNDChapter 5 - SIXTEEN HEIRSChapter 6 - THE WESTING WILLChapter 7 - THE WESTING GAMEChapter 8 - THE PAIRED HEIRSChapter 9 - LOST AND FOUNDChapter 10 - THE LONG PARTYChapter 11 - THE MEETINGChapter 12 - THE FIRST BOMBChapter 13 - THE SECOND BOMBChapter 14 - PAIRS REPAIREDChapter 15 - FACT AND GOSSIPChapter 16 - THE THIRD BOMBChapter 17 - SOME SOLUTIONSChapter 18 - THE TRACKERSChapter 19 - ODD RELATIVESChapter 20 - CONFESSIONSChapter 21 - THE FOURTH BOMBChapter 22 - LOSERS, WINNERChapter 23 - STRANGE ANSWERSChapter 24 - WRONG ALL WRONGChapter 25 - WESTING’S WAKEChapter 26 - TURTLE’S TRIALChapter 27 - A HAPPY FOURTHChapter 28 - AND THEN . . .Chapter 29 - FIVE YEARS PASSChapter 30 - THE END?Sunset TowersThe sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!Sunset Towers faced east and had no towers. This glittery, glassy apartment house stood alone on the Lake Michigan shore five stories high. Five empty stories high.Then one day (it happened to be the Fourth of July), a most uncommon-looking delivery boy rode around town slipping letters under the doors of the chosen tenants-to-be. The letters were signed Barney Northrup.The delivery boy was sixty-two years old, and there was no such person as Barney Northrup. . . . “In [The Westing Game] the author shows once more that no one can beat her at intrigue, at concocting marvelous absurdities.”-Publishers WeeklyOTHER TITLES AVAILABLE IN PREMIUM EDITIONS:SPEAK Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Boo
-Fabricante :
Penguin Young Readers Group
-Descripcion Original:
A Newbery Medal WinnerA supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny. -Booklist, starred review 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, on things for sure: Sam Westing may be dead…but that won’t stop him from playing one last game! Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand. -The New York Times Book ReviewA fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges-a demanding but rewarding book. -The Horn Book Review A supersharp mystery . . . Confoundingly clever, and very funny. 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. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Table of ContentsTitle PageCopyright PageDedicationIntroduction Chapter 1 - SUNSET TOWERSChapter 2 - GHOSTS OR WORSEChapter 3 - TENANTS IN AND OUTChapter 4 - THE CORPSE FOUNDChapter 5 - SIXTEEN HEIRSChapter 6 - THE WESTING WILLChapter 7 - THE WESTING GAMEChapter 8 - THE PAIRED HEIRSChapter 9 - LOST AND FOUNDChapter 10 - THE LONG PARTYChapter 11 - THE MEETINGChapter 12 - THE FIRST BOMBChapter 13 - THE SECOND BOMBChapter 14 - PAIRS REPAIREDChapter 15 - FACT AND GOSSIPChapter 16 - THE THIRD BOMBChapter 17 - SOME SOLUTIONSChapter 18 - THE TRACKERSChapter 19 - ODD RELATIVESChapter 20 - CONFESSIONSChapter 21 - THE FOURTH BOMBChapter 22 - LOSERS, WINNERChapter 23 - STRANGE ANSWERSChapter 24 - WRONG ALL WRONGChapter 25 - WESTING’S WAKEChapter 26 - TURTLE’S TRIALChapter 27 - A HAPPY FOURTHChapter 28 - AND THEN . . .Chapter 29 - FIVE YEARS PASSChapter 30 - THE END?Sunset TowersThe sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!Sunset Towers faced east and had no towers. This glittery, glassy apartment house stood alone on the Lake Michigan shore five stories high. Five empty stories high.Then one day (it happened to be the Fourth of July), a most uncommon-looking delivery boy rode around town slipping letters under the doors of the chosen tenants-to-be. The letters were signed Barney Northrup.The delivery boy was sixty-two years old, and there was no such person as Barney Northrup. . . . “In [The Westing Game] the author shows once more that no one can beat her at intrigue, at concocting marvelous absurdities.”-Publishers WeeklyOTHER TITLES AVAILABLE IN PREMIUM EDITIONS:SPEAK Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Boo


