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The Name of the Game Was Murder
Winner:Edgar Award -Young Adults (1994)
Winner:Black-Eyed Susan Award -Grades 6-9 (1997)
Samantha's mean-spirited great-uncle, novelist Augustus Trevor, blackmails a group of celebrities to his island mansion to participate in a "game." When Augustus is found dead, Samantha must join the game.
Book Details
- Publisher: Rh Childrens Books
- Publish Date: Nov 1st, 1994
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 6.70in - 4.32in - 0.57in - 0.22lb
- EAN: 9780440219163
- Recommended age: 12-UP
- Categories: • Mysteries & Detective Stories• Thrillers & Suspense - General• Social Themes - Violence
About the Author
Joan Lowery Nixon was the author of more than 130 books for young readers and was the only four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Best Young Adult Mystery Award. She received the award for The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore, The Séance, The Name of the Game Was Murder, and The Other Side of the Dark, which also won the California Young Reader Medal. Her historical fiction included the award-winning series The Orphan Train Adventures, Orphan Train Children, and Colonial Williamsburg: Young Americans.