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James Shin Hoo: As a failed inventor who blames Westing for stealing his inventions, James started a restaurant in Sunset Towers that isn't successful. He doesn't understand his wife or "dumb jock" of a son.
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Sun Lin Hoo: She comes from China, and speaks little English, which isolates her from most residents.
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Doug Hoo: A high school senior who runs; his dad criticizes him for not studying. His stepmother is very proud of his accomplishments.
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Dr. Jake Wexler: A podiatrist and a bookie. He is a caring father and loving husband, and the only tenant in Sunset Tower to make any attempt to communicate with Madame Hoo other than her own family.
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Grace Windsor Wexler: A social climber who presents herself as sophisticated and upper-class.
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Angela Wexler: Beautiful older daughter of the Wexlers and her mother's perfect angel who pushes her older daughter extremely hard and has arranged her engagement to the surgeon Dr. Denton Deere.
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"Turtle" Wexler or T.R. Wexler: Younger sister to Angela, she’s 13 and acts out for attention.
Theo Theodorakis: Doug Hoo's partner and aspiring writer. He gives up his goal to save money for his brother Chris' operation.
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Christos Theodorakis: "Chris" is wheelchair bound by an illness, he initially has difficulties with speech and muscle control until Dr. Deere helps him.
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George and Catherine Theodorakis: The only two residents of the Sunset Towers not named an heir.
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Sydelle Pulaski: Sydelle is the overlooked secretary who finds herself chosen to become a Westing heir.
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Otis Amber: Otis is the sixty-two-year-old delivery 'boy', but is more than that by the end of the book.
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Berthe Erica Crow: Known to most only as "Crow," she is a cleaning woman for Sunset Tower.
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Flora Baumbach: An overly cheery, perky dressmaker. She has developed her exaggeratedly cheerful disposition in order to cope with tragedy in her own past.
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Dr. D. Denton Deere: An intern to become a plastic surgeon, and is engaged to Angela Wexler.
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Josie-Jo Ford: A highly competent woman judge, the daughter of the Westing's maid who played chess with Sam Westing (and lost). Westing saw her intelligence and paid for her education.
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Sandy McSouthers: The cheerful doorman with a chipped tooth, he has a grudge against Sam Westing, who fired him from trying to organize the workers.
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Julian R. Eastman: The chairman of Westing Paper Products who takes interest in all of the heirs.
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Edgar Jennings Plum: A bumbling, disorganized, lawyer who is executing the will of Sam Westing.
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Samuel W. Westing: Sam Westing was a self-made millionaire until his tragic and mysterious death. Writing a will and leaving his life fortune to his sixteen "Nieces and Nephews" knowing that greed would keep them playing his last game.
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*Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions.
You can use them, but you don't have to use them.
You can expand upon them, or add your own twist.
Remember, though, that the focus of your time should
not be on the development and execution of a craft;
the focus should be on the read-aloud and the
enjoyment of the book!
