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Turtle Wexler In Westing Game By Ellen Raskin
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Turtle Wexler is a three-teen year old girl who lives in Sunset Tower in her closet. Turtle is a character in the “Westing Game” by Ellen Raskin. She loves to wear her hair in beautiful long braids which makes her look older than she originally is, and she usually wears a uniform. She has a sister named Angela Wexler who always makes Turtle annoyed because of how pretty she looks. Her mum is named Grace Wexler, she doesn’t really care about Turtle as much as she does with Angela. And her dad’s name is Jake Wexler, but Turtle raely sees him because he is very busy doing his work. Turtle has a big crush on Doug Hoo, she liked him since grade two, but she can never really talk to him because he is nervous.
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