(B) A Child Called It Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbed; thoroughly soaked.
  2. 5. “…the second is the eventual survival and triumph of the human spirit over seemingly _________ odds.”
  3. 8. At what grade does Dave lose hope?
  4. 11. a continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, although the extremes are quite distinct.
  5. 12. Who does Dave hate the most?
  6. 15. “On her knees, Mother was hastily applying a thick wad of ______ to a place on my stomach where dark red blood pumped out.”
  7. 18. Dave’s full real name
  8. 21. ecstatically happy.
  9. 22. “The wood is____ (indented), yet smoothed and bleached from its time in the sun.”
  10. 23. In what chapter does Dave’s mom force Dave to lie on top of a burning stove?
  11. 25. the behavior or attitude of people who think they are better than other people
  12. 27. causing horror or disgust.
  13. 28. It is my ______ hope that I will get an A in this class.
  14. 29. be filled with wonder or astonishment
  15. 30. My dad ______ me with his belt.
Down
  1. 1. cause (someone) to become unsympathetic or hostile.
  2. 3. not right or reasonable
  3. 4. The baby ______ quietly in his crib.
  4. 6. Which girl told Dave that he should jump off a ship?
  5. 7. We _____ down our food, hardly tasting it.
  6. 9. The waves crashing along the shore were ________.
  7. 10. The whole thing is a _______ to ultimately take over the world.
  8. 13. Dave’s abusive mother
  9. 14. Dave’s alcoholic father
  10. 16. the setting of the book
  11. 17. very hot; burning
  12. 19. the last name of the officer who saved Dave in the first chapter
  13. 20. extremely unpleasant.
  14. 24. Dave’s favorite place
  15. 26. What month did Dave get stabbed in?