The Turtle And The HeirWe're just going to say it: we're 100% #TeamTurtle. This is the girl we all wish we had as a best friend back in elementary school—smart, feisty, and weirdly precocious whe...

Amazing GraceIf you're anything like us, you have a really confusing opinion of great white sharks. On the one hand: yikes. They're terrifying. They're pure evil. On the other hand: aww. They're ju...

Stand Up DudeTheo's the kind of person who gives his half of $10,000 to his parents. Who does that? A really nice guy, that's who.When we first meet Theo, he's a high school senior, and a little bi...

Watching Way More Than Just BirdsGuys, if you finish reading The Westing Game with just one epiphany, let it be: "Don't judge a book by its cover." (Although the cover of The Westing Game is almost...

(Door)Man Of MysteryThe name Sandy evokes a few very different things: a bobby socks-wearing 1950's teen, a shaggy dog in 1930's New York, and a horrible hurricane.And you know what? This associati...

P.I. On The PrizeOtis proves that not everyone is who they seem to be in The Westing Game. We intially think that Mr. Amber is a dim-witted delivery boy... "Otis Amber is a stupid man, if not downr...

A Happy AccidentSydelle Pulaski is a mistake. Well, that's not all she is, but that's supposedly her biggest role in this mystery; her part was supposed to be played by someone else. The private in...

Sewing It All TogetherFlora is a divorced seamstress who now lives alone. She's hired to make Angela's wedding dress and once also made one for Violet Westing. She smiles all the time, especially i...

Five-Fingered DiscountMadame Hoo spends a lot of the book without a voice. She emigrated from China as Mr. Hoo's second wife—although we never really figure out why she married him—and doesn't...

We know from the start that Barney Northrup is not a real person, but we don't find out who's impersonating him until nearly the end of the book. What we do know about him is he's a fast-talking re...

Judgement DayWe think that maybe, just maybe, the best possible motivational poster would look like this: a big white rectangle with a picture of Judge Ford's face on it.Too bad she's a fictional c...