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The Westing Game Movie Vs Book

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The Westing Game is an exciting mystery that the 6th grade students from Gull Lake
Middle School have been reading. This novel is by Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game book and movie contains many similarities and differences that are worth examining.
The Westing Game is a story about the murder of Sam Westing that being heirs together to try and solve the mystery. Turtle is the person who solves the mystery of Sam Westing by using the quote “It's not what you have it's what you don't have that counts”.
The Westing Game book and movie have many similarities. One of the big similarities are that Turtle still wins the game and she does it by using the quote, “it's not what you have it's what you don't have that counts”. The clues led Turtle
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