Quote of the day
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Ellen Raskin

Born: March 13, 1928
Died: August 8, 1984 (aged 56)
Bio: Ellen Ermingard Raskin was an American children's writer and illustrator. She won the 1979 Newbery Medal for The Westing Game, a mystery novel, and another children's mystery, Figgs & Phantoms, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1975.
Known for:
- The Westing Game (1978)
- Figgs & Phantoms (1974)
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) (1971)
- Nothing Ever Happens on My Block (1966)
- The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues (1975)