Across
- 5. This kind of tree has a bad association to Trevor, as he was pelted with berries from it by other children who were cruel to him.
- 6. Complete the quote: "_____________ school is similar to apartheid in that it's ruthlessly authoritarian, and its authority rests on a bunch of rules that don't make any sense."
- 8. Trevor was so much of a trouble maker at school that they repeated sent him to ____________ to see what was wrong with him.
- 14. Trevor's stepfather, who at one point own a mechanic shop; he had issues with drinking and his anger.
- 15. Trevor's high school crush that moved suddenly over a school break, and apparently liked him as much as he liked her.
- 17. Because Trevor was so fast and his mother couldn't catch him to discipline him, his grandmother referred to him as this animal.
- 18. Another student at H. A. Jack Primary who Trevor asks to be his Valentine, but she "leaves" him for another boy.
- 19. Trevor uses this word in Chapter 6 to describe his reading and eating habits.
- 20. Trevor's father is this nationality.
- 21. This is the Afrikaans term or slur used to refer to colored people in South Africa.
Down
- 1. Trevor's cousin, who he credits as being his protector when he was younger.
- 2. The name of the pet dog Trevor had that was exceptionally dumb; he ended up "losing" it to another family in his neighborhood.
- 3. Trevor and his mother would do this instead of arguing face to face.
- 4. The high school Trevor started going to after he moved on from H. A. Jack Primary.
- 7. What people didn't dare to own in a black neighbor in South Africa, which Trevor learned the hard way when he came home to "Witch" written on his front wall.
- 9. This is the establishment that Robert owned, which was one of the first integrated businesses in Johannesburg.
- 10. Trevor calls himself this because he learned how to blend in with many different types of people.
- 11. Trevor and his family realized his dog was this, not dumb like they had though.
- 12. Trevor could have been described as this, between his burning his own eyebrow off and accidentally burning someone's house down.
- 13. Complete the quote: "That experience [with Fufi] shaped what I've felt about relationships for the rest of my life: You do not ______ the thing that you love."
- 16. The Swiss ____________ is who Trevor wrote to in hopes of getting back in touch with his dad when he was older.