Status
Available
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Description
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
Collections
Publication
Puffin Books (1997), Edition: Rep Rei, 208 pages
Subjects
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — 1981)
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 1982)
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Winner — Fiction — 1978)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — 1983)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 1982)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1981-1982)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 1979)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 1984)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 1984)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Winner — Middle School — 1984)
WLA Literary Awards (1979)
CCBC Choices (2004)
Language
Original publication date
1978
Physical description
208 p.; 4.29 inches
ISBN
0140386645 / 9780140386646