In the novel The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, Sam Westing’s pairs his heir in a game in a way that ends up helping them. This can be seen in the healing relationship between Turtle and Flora: Turtle helps Flora to deal with her grief and Flora helps Turtle by becoming a kind mother figure to a neglected kid. Turtle’s mother doesn’t value her and doesn’t treat her well and Flora, who had recently lost her daughter is lonely and needs companionship and someone to care for. The relationship between these characters changes over time. In the beginning of the story, Turtle and Flora are just strangers, but as they become more familiar they unofficially begin to adopt each other. While they try to win the game, Turtle teaches Flora about