Across
- 5. The new housekeeper who was hired from the Domestic Academy
- 7. The man who parent's are worried about because he likes pretty girls; nickname for El Jefe
- 8. Anita's friend and cousin who has to leave to go to America
- 9. Anita's new neighbors
- 11. The name for the plan to get Lucinda out of the country and away from Mr. Smith
- 12. Anything regarded as prophetic or has a significance of good or evil
- 18. The shape of the eraser that Carla left behind
- 20. A small thing of little or trivial value
- 23. Window covering - blinds or shutters
- 25. The Spanish name for the birthday party that is thrown for Susie when she turns 15
- 26. A special privilege; exempt from prosecution or punishment
- 27. Chucha's favorite color
Down
- 1. A diplomat of the highest rank
- 2. An official appointed by the government of one country to look after its interests in another country
- 3. The author of the book
- 4. A ban on trading with a country
- 6. uncle who has been missing
- 10. The country that borders The Dominican Republic and where Chucha is from
- 13. The dictator of the Dominican Republic
- 14. The trinket that Yo Garcia chooses to take with her
- 15. The omen that scares Lucinda at the end of the chapter
- 16. Person who exercises absolute power and has unrestricted control over the government
- 17. Irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious, especially in connection with religion
- 19. The nickname that Anita has because she talks a lot
- 21. What Chucha sleeps in
- 22. The state that Anita's grandparents moved to in the United States
- 24. To avoid waste or extravagance
- 27. What Cotorrita means in Spanish