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Read-Alikes for
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
Viewpoint, our book discussion group for students in
grades 6-8, read and discussed The Westing Game. If you enjoyed this puzzling mystery,
you might try some of her other books:
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| Figgs & Phantoms |
by Ellen Raskin
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J RAS
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A chronicle of the adventures of the unusual Figg family after they leave show business and settle in the town of Pineapple.
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| The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)
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by Ellen Raskin
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J RAS
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The disappearance of her husband, whom she hasn't seen since she was five, is only the first of the mysteries Mrs. Carillon must solve.
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| The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues
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by Ellen Raskin
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J RAS
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Answering an advertisement for an artist's assistant involves Dickory Dock in several mysteries.
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MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY: Mysterious Inheritances.
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| Tory and Me and the Spirit of True Love
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by Margaret E. Bechard
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J BEC
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Cousins Tory and Emily go on a quest for secrets, romance and to learn about Aunt Louisa, who had not spoken to the family for years before her death.
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| The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt
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by John Bellairs
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J BEL
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Johnny Dixon and his friend, Professor Childermass, look for the hidden will left by an eccentric cereal tycoon who wished to make life difficult for his heirs after his death.
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| The Bassumtyte Treasure
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by Jane Louise Curry
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J CUR
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When he goes to live with his cousin at the family's ancestral home, Tommy finds a secret room and clues that could help unravel the riddle of the family's treasure.
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| Susannah and the Blue House Mystery
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by Patricia Elmore
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J ELM
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| After the death of a kindly old man who lives in a blue house, Susannah and her friends attempt to piece elusive clues together in hopes of finding a treasure they think he has left to one of them.
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(Also look for the sequel: Susannah and the Poison Green Halloween)
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| The Way to Sattin Shore
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by Philippa Pearce
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J PEA
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When a tombstone with her father's name suddenly disappears from the graveyard, Kate Tranter tries to find the truth about the death of her father on the day she was born.
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| The Ruby in the Smoke
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by Phillip Pullman
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YA FIC PULLMAN
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| In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, must outmaneuver a host of villainous figures to claim her inheritance and her independence.
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This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library,
July 1999.
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