The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
“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
“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
“No one ever notices Sydelle Pulaski,” she muttered, “but now they will. Now they will.”
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Ominous, tired of being ignored
“Please be careful, Mrs. Baumbach; my Angela has very delicate skin.” Grace Windsor Wexler
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Protective
Mr. Westing
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Playful, loves tricks
His head jerked, his body coiled, lashed by violent spasms.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Has some illness that makes him have spasms
Mrs. Wexler leaped up, hand ready to strike;
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Abusive
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.
Chris had followed the flight of a purple martin (Progne subis)
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Enjoys watching birds