Tabitha-Ruth Wexler

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tabitha-Ruth "Turtle" Wexler is a fictional character in the Newbery Medal whodunit novel The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.

[edit] Introduction

Tabitha-Ruth (Turtle) is a thirteen-year-old girl who is also a tenant to Sunset Towers. Her mother, Grace Wexler ignores her and favors her older sister Angela. She is a good friend of Alexander "Sandy" Mcsouthers. She was the only person who discovered all four Westing's other identities. During the Westing Game, she was partnered with Flora Bambach. Flora became a mother figure to her and helped her during Sandy's "death". Her, nickname "Turtle," was given to her as a newborn when she "popped out of her sheets like a turtle coming out of its shell." She was also known as "Alice" when around Flora Baumbach, who indulged her fondness for the name. She ends up being known as "T.R. Wexler" at the end of the story.

[edit] Trivia

• She is very interested in the Stock Market.
• She is sometimes mistaken as the bomber.