The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
“That’s what happens when there is no religion in the home.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Christian
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
Doug’s father never asked questions. “Don’t shrug at me, go study.”
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Expects everyone to obey him. Fixated on making his son an over acheiver
she knew they would notice.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
seeking attention
but it’s so hard to tell ages of people of the Oriental persuasion,”
Ellen Raskin • 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
“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
There was no mention of how the body was found.
Ellen Raskin • The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Suspicous