One kid was very bothered by main characters getting in trouble like Draco catching Harry in the Slytherin train car. My kids, 6 and 8, read (aloud) the Harry Potter) books first.

this sounds discounting to most of you, but if your read the book yourself, your can tell your kid - it's the Westing GAME, and don't worry. There are references to finding a corpse early on. Also may not be appropriate until much older. Ford) the entrepreneurial inventor and Chinese restaurant owner (James Hoo) who's putting too much pressure in the wrong direction on his son (Doug), who's more interested in sports than school the ever-busy and absent husband (Jake) with low self-esteem because he isn't a satisfactory breadwinner for his wife (Grace), a hypochondriac who fakes a limp for attention a teenager with a crippling neurological disease and many more memorable characters, all with different lessons to teach one another as they're thrown into a suddenly thrilling and nefarious situation. There's the successful African-American judge who struggles to suppress fears that she's a token success story or has been helped along the way by her Westing connection (J.J. The hardworking immigrant family, the long-suffering industrial worker (or is he?), the social-climbing would-be heiress, the treasured daughter, and many more stereotypes are explored and revealed as incomplete caricatures of real, multidimensional people with complicated pasts.

And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger-and a possible murderer-to inherit his vast fortune, on things for sure: Sam Westing may be dead…but that won’t stop him from playing one last game! Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book 'Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand.' -The New York Times Book Review'A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges-a demanding but rewarding book.' -The Horn BookAvailable for purchase at:AmazonBarnes & NobleBooks A MillionHudson BooksellersIndieBoundPowell'sTargetWalmartGoogle Play StoreiBooks - Audiobook (Downloadable format)Kobo - Audiobook (Downloadable format)Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)audiobooks.The story contains both good and bad role models, many of whom turn out to be more than whom they initially are perceived to be.

A Newbery Medal Winner'A supersharp nfoundingly clever, and very funny.' -Booklist, starred review A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W.

The westing game book by ellen raskin