The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
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Year Published 1977
Word Count 50,966
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 144, 8 AR Points
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- English Language Arts
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- Novels Written in Verse
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Awards & Distinctions 3

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Selection, 2004

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Winner, 1979

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Winner, 1978
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