Susan Cooper's Favorite Newbery

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Jun 01, 2012 | Filed in Our Story

The Westing Game by Ellen RaskinI have a special affection for The Westing Game (1979) because it reminds me of its author. Ellen Raskin was imaginative, witty, multi-talented, and great fun to be with, and she died much too soon at the age of fifty-six.


—Susan Cooper,
winner of the 1976 Newbery Medal for The Grey King

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Medalist matching game round-up - The Horn Book

[...] The Grey King [The Dark Is Rising Sequence] (1976) a) The High King by Lloyd Alexander (1969) b) The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (1979) c) The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg [...]

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