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June 2009
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“Look! Look, there’s smoke—there’s smoke coming from the...”
– Turtle Wexler
Any suggestions?
What should we read after The Westing Game (which I have a copy of, but I haven’t started yet because I’m close to finishing a terrible book that I can’t wait to complete so I can put it down and never pick it up again)? So far, the following titles have been brought up, either here or within earshot of me…Clearly we’re trying to stick with the theme of books that...
Enthusiastic Reader 1: if i can't find the cover of And Then There Were None that I want, then by God i'm not posting ANY cover of it
Enthusiastic Reader 2: what did it look like?
was it called Ten Little Indians then?
Enthusiastic Reader 1: i'm pretty sure it was And Then There Were None
it was a dark picture of a cliff face by the sea, and there's a craggy face in the side of the cliff
Most Frequently Banned Books in American Schools
Impressions Edited by Jack Booth et al.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
More Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
The Witches by Roald Dahl
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“The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers...”
– (opening line)
NO CHEATING! →
The user review on the main page calls the movie a “disgrace” anyway…
Scholastic's The Westing Game Discussion Guide
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1 Which tenant was chosen by mistake? What was Sam Westing’s mistake?
2 Sam Westing turns out to be a man with many different identities. What five different names and identities does he use?
3 At the end of the story, how is Judge Ford able to finally repay her debt to Sam Westing?
4 After the second bomb in Chapter 13, Angela and Theo have a conversation...
