"Why I Lied..." Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The magical creature Jabeen’s father said once visited him.
  2. 3. The subject Jabeen struggled with in fifth grade, leading to tension with her father.
  3. 5. The author of the story, Jabeen ______.
  4. 8. The story’s theme centers on identity and the pressure to be ______.
  5. 10. The feeling Jabeen hoped to escape by lying about knowing karate — being too ______.
  6. 11. The decade in which the story takes place.
  7. 12. The item Jabeen was organizing when Anna from yearbook approached her.
  8. 13. The martial art Jabeen lied about knowing.
Down
  1. 1. The story Jabeen plagiarized in fifth grade: “The ______ Guest.”
  2. 3. The color of the belt Jabeen pretended to have in karate.
  3. 4. The school publication that wanted to feature Jabeen for her “karate skills.”
  4. 6. How Jabeen wanted to look stylish but not trying too ______.
  5. 7. The country Jabeen’s father immigrated from.
  6. 9. The color of the item her father bought her to help with geometry was blue — a ______.