Turtle Wexler
Turtle Wexler is the sister of Angela and the daughter of Jake and Grace. They live in apartment 3D of Sunset Towers. Turtle is 13 years old and goes to the local middle school. Her actual name is Tabitha-Ruth Wexler, but everyone calls her Turtle. The only person who doesn't call her Turtle is Flora Baumbach, her partner, who calls her Alice. This is because when she asked her what her actual name was, she said Alice instead of Tabitha-Ruth. However, years later, she goes by none of these names and is known as T.R. Wexler. For her position in the reading of the will, she writes "witch". Turtle and Flora's clues are SEA, MOUNTAIN, AM, O. Turtle, who always loves to study the stock market, believes that each of the clues is a company they need to invest in with the $10,000 they received. She thinks that whoever makes the most money in the stock marked will win the Westing game. Turtle is thought of as a nuisance by almost everyone (except for Flora Baumbach and Sandy McSouthers). She has a long braid and whenever someone pulls on it, she kicks them hard in the shin. Her victim's shins are sore for days afterward. Aside from Sydelle Pulaski, Turtle is the only one who knows that Angela is the bomber. In order to protect her sister from being caught and ending up in jail, Turtle takes the blame for the bombs. She even sets off a fourth bomb to make everyone think its her. Since she is just a kid, she is not severely punished, though.