Short Story Vs. The Westing Game

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Have you read a really good book, and thought the movie just didn’t live up to the book? Recently my class and I read, and watched The Westing Game both by Ellen Raskin, yet two very different stories. I think the book was much more interesting than the movie. The Westing Game book and movie contains many similarities and differences that are worth thinking about.
The book and movie The Westing Game is a mystery filled with red herrings and surprises. The story follows a 13 year old girl named Turtle, or TR, Turtle and her partner Chris try to figure out the mystery of Sam Westings death. The heirs are paired, each pair gets two clues, and 10,000 dollars. The heirs come to a conclusion that Crow is the answer to The Westing Game. But

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