I'm feeling faint.
From Publishers Weekly:
Stephanie Owens Lurie and Mark McVeigh at Dutton have acquired five books by Newbery Award–winner and The Westing Game author Ellen Raskin in a major six-figure deal negotiated by Alex Glass and John Silbersack at Trident on behalf of the Raskin estate. The books include two new puzzle mystery novels: The Westing Quest, a sequel to The Westing Game, and A Murder for Macaroni and Cheese, a never-before-seen manuscript nearly completed at the author's death in 1984. The deal also includes the reissue of three backlist novels, Figgs & Phantoms, The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) and The Tattooed Potato.
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(via the CLBC)
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Thank you so much for this great news!
Posted by: grrlpup | 13 January 2007 at 06:49 PM
Omgomgomgomgomomg
Posted by: Sara | 13 January 2007 at 07:51 PM
This is great news!
Posted by: Nancy | 13 January 2007 at 08:05 PM
YAY!
Posted by: librainiac | 13 January 2007 at 10:39 PM
OK, now that I've stopped jumping up and down and I've checked to make sure that I didn't really wet myself with excitement...
Please tell me the Westing Game sequel is a manuscript that she finished before you died. Please tell me that Raskin wrote it and this isn't someone else writing it with the Raskin estate's permission. I will be heartbroken if Raskin didn't write this. I'm hoping the manuscript was found in a desk drawer and forgotten about since her death. Please. Don't get my hopes up, only to take them away.
Posted by: Brian F. | 14 January 2007 at 01:14 AM
I echo those sentiments: Please let it be RASKIN's work. I worry about others touching it. Turtle rocks.
Posted by: Little Willow | 15 January 2007 at 10:25 PM
I will be first in line to purchase 'Leon, I Mean Noel.' I practically memorized that book when I was a kid. Thanks for the great news! I love when books aren't lost to new generations.
Posted by: jmfausti | 22 January 2007 at 03:29 PM