Adult Reading Challenge Community Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. An Indigenous woman’s memoir about her family history and generational abuse. (HINT: Battle of the Books read)
  2. 4. A secretary in Shanghai, 1911, learns the manor she works at has a dark past. (HINT: Battle of the Books read)
  3. 8. Collection of breakup poems about a sad clown. (HINT: ‘Local Author’)
  4. 10. Steamy hockey romance with an infamous audiobook narrator—or maybe listeners just want Hudson and Connor. (HINT: ‘Audiobook’)
  5. 11. Japanese horror manga about a town haunted by spirals. (HINT: ‘Graphic Novel’)
  6. 12. Leading biology researcher and member of the Potawatomi nation attempts to relate to the environment beyond scientific methodology. (HINT: ‘Set in Nature’)
  7. 13. Izzy dreads her family’s Chinese New Year party... until her grandmother kisses a woman in front of everyone. (HINT: Battle of the Books read)
  8. 14. Billy-Ray Belcourt examines everyday life through an anthropological lens. (HINT: ‘Poetry Collection’)
Down
  1. 1. A book about a pirate crew in the Indian Ocean in the 12th Century. (HINT: ‘Has A Map’)
  2. 3. Ali Hazelwood’s romance novel about a Ph.D. candidate and a hotshot professor. (HINT: ‘Book About STEM’)
  3. 5. 39 women live imprisoned underground in a cage, until the 40th woman reveals herself to be their key to escape. (HINT: Battle of the Books read)
  4. 6. Canisia Lubrin’s debut fiction that explores and dismantles the set of historical decrees by King Louis XIV of France of the same name. (HINT: ‘Black Author’)
  5. 7. Catherine Hernandez’s novel about a Filipina film editor who remembers the Scarborough Stalker that terrorized her childhood. (HINT: ‘Set in Ontario’)
  6. 9. Helen Knott’s memoir about the loss of her mother and grandmother within the same six months. (HINT: ‘Indigenous Author’)