<Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 53292898 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PZ7. R1817 We 2003 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Westing Game is a mystery novel written by Ellen Raskin and published by Dutton in 1978 . It won the Newbery Medal recognizing the year's most distinguished contribution to American children's literature . The story involves 16 seemingly unrelated heirs of reclusive businessman Sam Westing and his challenge to figure out the secret of his death . The heirs must figure out who killed Westing by clues in his will . </P> <P> The Westing Game was ranked number nine among all - time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal in 2012 . It has been adapted as the 1997 feature film Get a Clue (also distributed as The Westing Game). </P>

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