The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon I Mean Noel - Tapa dura

A re-release of a whimsical story by the author of the Newbery Award-winning The Westing Game finds Dumpling's efforts to reunite with the husband she married when they were children thwarted by a storm at sea that whisks him far away. Simultaneous.

Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up during the Great Depression. She was the author of several novels, including the Newbery Medal-winningThe Westing Game, the Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato and other clues, andThe Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel). She also wrote and illustrated many picture books and was an accomplished graphic artist. She designed dust jackets for dozens of books, including the first edition of Madeleine L’Engle’s classicA Wrinkle in Time. Ms. Raskin died at the age of fifty-six on August 8, 1984, in New York City.


Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up during the Great Depression. She was the author of several novels, including the Newbery Medal-winningThe Westing Game, the Newbery Honor-winning Figgs & Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato and other clues, andThe Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel). She also wrote and illustrated many picture books and was an accomplished graphic artist. She designed dust jackets for dozens of books, including the first edition of Madeleine L’Engle’s classicA Wrinkle in Time. Ms. Raskin died at the age of fifty-six on August 8, 1984, in New York City.