9th Novel Review
Across
- 3. Of Mice and Men: George and Lennie’s dream is to own one of these
- 4. Stargirl: Her pet rat's name
- 6. Of Mice and Men: The dream that dies with Lennie
- 8. Of Mice and Men: What Curley’s wife lets Lennie touch
- 9. Of Mice and Men: Lennie’s favorite animals
- 10. Of Mice and Men: The city the two men flee from at the start
- 11. Of Mice and Men: The ranch worker who understands why George had to kill Lennie
- 15. Romeo and Juliet: The poison Romeo buys is from this place
- 17. Of Mice and Men: The only woman on the ranch, often unnamed
- 18. Romeo and Juliet: The family Romeo belongs to
- 20. Stargirl: Leo’s last name
- 24. Of Mice and Men: What George tells Lennie to imagine before shooting him
- 26. Stargirl: What Leo wants her to become to fit in
- 31. Stargirl: The instrument she plays while singing Happy Birthday
- 32. Stargirl: What she wins after her big speech
- 34. Romeo and Juliet: The woman Romeo is in love with before Juliet
- 35. Romeo and Juliet: What Friar Laurence gives Juliet to fake her death
- 36. Of Mice and Men: What Lennie crushes during a fight
- 40. Romeo and Juliet: Juliet's age
- 41. Stargirl: The woman she honors in her speech at the oratorical contest
- 42. Romeo and Juliet: The city where the story takes place
- 43. Stargirl: The narrator of the story
- 44. Stargirl: The high school Stargirl attends
- 45. Of Mice and Men: The mentally disabled but physically strong man
- 47. Stargirl: Her real name before she renamed herself
- 48. Of Mice and Men: The major theme involving isolation and being unwanted
- 50. Stargirl: What she spreads everywhere, even to strangers
- 51. Romeo and Juliet: Juliet’s loyal and talkative caretaker
- 52. Stargirl: The state where the novel takes place
- 54. Of Mice and Men: The town near the ranch where the men go on weekends
- 56. Of Mice and Men: The only Black man on the ranch
- 57. Stargirl: The author of the novel
- 58. Of Mice and Men: The man who travels with Lennie
Down
- 1. Of Mice and Men: The old swamper with a missing hand
- 2. Romeo and Juliet: The religious figure who secretly marries the lovers
- 4. Stargirl: Small gifts she leaves on people’s doorsteps
- 5. Stargirl: What Leo often feels when she acts unusually in public
- 7. Stargirl: The only student who remains her friend throughout
- 12. Of Mice and Men: What Lennie accidentally kills besides the puppy
- 13. Stargirl: The cheerleader who dislikes her
- 14. Romeo and Juliet: Romeo’s witty best friend
- 16. Romeo and Juliet: Where the lovers are finally reunited in death
- 19. Romeo and Juliet: The overarching theme of love that ends in disaster
- 21. Romeo and Juliet: The family Juliet belongs to
- 22. Stargirl: The name of the school’s television show
- 23. Romeo and Juliet: Romeo’s cousin and peacemaker
- 25. Romeo and Juliet: The tragic flaw that both Romeo and Juliet share
- 27. Romeo and Juliet: The character who curses both houses before dying
- 28. Of Mice and Men: The author of the novel
- 29. Romeo and Juliet: The word Juliet uses to describe Romeo's name as meaningless
- 30. Romeo and Juliet: Juliet’s hot-headed cousin
- 33. Of Mice and Men: The boss’s aggressive son
- 34. Of Mice and Men: The setting of the novel’s final scene
- 37. Romeo and Juliet: The ruler who tries to stop the violence
- 38. Stargirl: Why she cheers for the opposing team too
- 39. Stargirl: The symbol she draws on Leo’s hand
- 46. Of Mice and Men: What Candy's dog symbolizes
- 49. Romeo and Juliet: The setting of the famous balcony scene
- 53. Romeo and Juliet: The man Juliet’s parents want her to marry
- 55. Stargirl: The unusual mascot she briefly becomes