title: Memorable Characters. . . Magnificent Stories: 10 Mini-Lessons on Crafting Lively Charactersthe Key to Great Student Story Writing
author: Susie Garber
description: Susie Garber is a mentor teacher at Bais Yaakov Academy for Girls in Queens, NY, where she has taught third grade for twelve years. She has been published in the Reading Teacher, Language Arts, and Instructor.
zlib_text: SWEET EVIL
  
  WENDY HIGGINS
  
  ![](Images/image00208.jpeg)
  
  > Dedication
  
  > To my mom, Nancy Parry, who always told me  
  > I’d be a writer someday
  
   **Contents**
  
  Cover
  
  Title Page
  
  Dedication
  
  PROLOGUE: _Convent of Our Mother Mary, Los Angeles_
  
  CHAPTER ONE: _Lies and Lust_
  
  CHAPTER TWO: _Good-girl Syndrome_
  
  CHAPTER THREE: _Sweet-sixteen Surprise_
  
  CHAPTER FOUR: _Lake Party_
  
  CHAPTER FIVE: _Likewise_
  
  CHAPTER SIX: _Out of the Dark Days_
  
  CHAPTER SEVEN: _Identity_
  
  CHAPTER EIGHT: _Consequences_
  
  CHAPTER NINE: _To Go or Not to Go_
  
  CHAPTER TEN: _Sense of Touch_
  
  CHAPTER ELEVEN: _A Healthy Fear_
  
  CHAPTER TWELVE: _Kaidan’s Cologne_
  
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN: _Hiding Emotions_
  
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN: _Laughter_
  
  CHAPTER FIFTEEN: _The Great Purge_
  
  CHAPTER SIXTEEN: _Mourning Heaven_
  
  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: _First Sacrifice_
  
  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: _Getting Zapped_
  
  CHAPTER NINETEEN: _Unaccompanied Minor_
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY: _Elephant in the Room_
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: _Tea for Twins_
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: _Envy_
  
  CHAPTE