The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
“Mrs. Baumbach didn’t prick me, Mother,” Angela said evenly.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Calm and collected
window. She stared longingly into the boundless gray distance as if far, far on the other side of Lake Michigan lay China.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Misses China
“You’re really in luck,” Barney Northrup said for the sixth and last time. “There’s only one apartment left, but you’ll love it. It was meant for you.”
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
He seems to have sought out these specific individuals
she knew they would notice.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
seeking attention
one was a bookie, one was a burglar, one was a bomber, and one was a mistake. Barney Northrup had rented one of the apartments to the wrong person.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Some morally challenged people and the mistake could either mean that it's the murderer or not the person that he was meant to sell the apartment too
“Make it two dollars for each minute I stay in there, and you’re on,” Turtle said.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Not entirely full of self preservation
Sit down, Your Honor, and read the letter this brilliant young attorney will now hand over to you.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Are the lawyer and westing in cahoots to make this game
There was no mention of how the body was found.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Suspicous
Touch her precious pigtail, even by accident, and she’ll kick you in the shins, the brat.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Defensive of her pigtail. Prized possesion. Fiesty. Childish.