What age is appropriate to read The Westing Game?
I am surprised that the recommended age for the book is so young (SLJ suggested 9-12 and Amazon says 10 and up). It’s as if the book is recommended based upon the age of Turtle, who attends Junior High.
Is The Westing Game appropriate for 4th grade?
The Westing Game is perfect for middle schoolers or anyone looking for a short, compelling novel.
What is the book Westing game about?
This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings!
What is a good quote from The Westing Game?
Preview — The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. “Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.” “Smiling without good reason is demeaning.” “Hi Sandy, I won!”
Is The Westing Game hard to read?
The Westing Game isn’t that tough to read, at least on the surface. Sure, there’s a great mystery throughout the book, but you can just read along with the characters and figure out the clues along with them.
Is The Westing Game confusing?
Witty, clever, clean, and thrilling. It kept me on my toes. I will say, the writing can be confusing, which does make the twist even more thrilling, but I recommend writing down every character as they are introduced, and all that you know about them.
Is The Westing Game Scary?
Amazing; not too scary!
Who has a crush on Angela in The Westing Game?
Denton Deere
Denton Deere is a 25-year-old medical intern. He is engaged to Angela. He has an obsession with diagnosing those he meets. He is very stuck up, and Turtle calls him a “know-it-all stuck up marshmallow face”.
Who is the killer of Westing game?
In the end of of the Westing Games, the heirs find out that Alexander (Sandy)McSoutherns, Barney Northrup, and Julian Eastman are all the suspected victim of murder, Samuel W. Westing! This means that Samuel faked his own death and took disguise as three other people.
Who does Turtle Wexler have a crush on?
Angela Wexler
He is interested in becoming a writer, and also becomes friends with his partner, Doug Hoo. He has a crush on Angela Wexler. However, in the epilogue, he finds Turtle “attractive” and is shown to have eventually married her.
Why did Turtle call Angela’s room at the hospital?
Turtle thinks Theo meant Angela was the bomber, and he lets him take the bike. She tries to call Angela at the hospital, but no one picks up. She’s worried Angela will confess to the bombings if people press her. On the bike, Theo follows Crow and Otis downtown, where they go to the Good Salvation Soup Kitchen.