New Kid

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Across
  1. 2. Andy is constantly teasing Jordan and making offhand, _______ comments to put Jordan down.
  2. 4. When Drew is starting quarterback for the football team instead of Andy, Andy acts _______.
  3. 6. On the bus on the way to school every morning, Jordan doesn’t draw at the Riverdale stop because people might think he is trying to _______ the bus.
  4. 10. At first, Jordan feels alone, misunderstood, and _______. But after he opens up to other people, he connects with them and forms many friendships.
  5. 12. Jordan and Drew share many opinions about RAD, but they know they can’t complain because their parents’ ________ never complained.
  6. 13. Jordan describes the varsity soccer team’s games as amazing because the players soar high into the air and make _______ kicks.
  7. 14. Drew and Jordan are frustrated that they are treated differently at school even though
  8. 16. After Parents’ Night at RAD, Jordan’s parents are concerned about him not _______ with the other students because Jordan and Drew stayed inside one day.
  9. 20. Many white people, including Andy, are _______ towards Jordan and other colored students, causing them to feel alone and different.
  10. 21. After his first day of school, Jordan’s impression of RAD is that it is _______ because it is huge compared to his old one-building school.
  11. 23. When Ms. Rawle calls Drew out for jokingly calling Jordan a dog, Drew blows up at her and _______ the situation.
  12. 25. Before he adjusts to RAD, Jordan is still hopeful that he will be able to _______ his mom to let him go to art school in ninth grade.
Down
  1. 1. Jordan’s mom _______ that Jordan’s grandfather get a phone, but Jordan’s grandfather doesn’t know how to use it.
  2. 3. Jordan played on one of the school’s soccer teams, which was beaten and _______ almost every game of the season.
  3. 5. Jordan’s first _______ of RAD is that it is daunting and overwhelming.
  4. 7. There is a _______ when it comes to seating arrangements in the RAD cafeteria.
  5. 8. “The annual first-day-of-school zombie _______.” (p. 18)
  6. 9. Andy is _______ Jordan because Andy thinks that he is better than Jordan because he is white and Jordan isn’t.
  7. 11. It is hard work for Jordan to fit in on the bus on the way to school every morning because he tries to look non- _______.
  8. 15. Jordan’s mom thinks it will be good for him to go to RAD because it will give him the skills necessary to navigate a predominantly white _______ world.
  9. 17. During his first few experiences at RAD, Jordan genuinely feels like the “new kid.” However, once he starts to open up to others, others start to open up to him and Jordan forms _______ with those people.
  10. 18. Ms. Rawle constantly calls Drew “Deandre” because that was one of her former students that was a _______.
  11. 19. Jordan thinks the handshake is one of the most important _______ because it can make or break a first impression.
  12. 22. One thing that annoys Drew is that everyone _______ he plays basketball because he is Black.
  13. 24. One of Jordan’s family’s concerns about RAD is that most of the students are white and there is little ______.