The Outsiders Chapter 12 Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Recoiling or drawing back from difficulty or pain.
  2. 3. A crybaby; one who cries easily.
  3. 4. Having light, almost white blonde hair.
  4. 5. A state of emptiness, void, or isolation (used to describe the emptiness left by Johnny and Dally).
  5. 7. The subject matter of a conversation or, in this context, Ponyboy's essay.
  6. 9. Complaints.
  7. 12. Stale, unoriginal, or trite.
  8. 13. Indirect; not being blunt.
  9. 14. To change direction suddenly.
Down
  1. 1. Idiom meaning to shut oneself off from reality.
  2. 6. A short essay written as a school assignment.
  3. 8. A session at which a judge listens to testimony, rather than a full trial.
  4. 10. Declared not guilty of a specific crime or offense.
  5. 11. Unusually great in size, amount, or extent.