Across
- 2. an expression used in place of one that may be found offensive
- 3. The novel starts on this day
- 7. The season in which the novel takes place
- 10. Mandla's position in a team
- 12. The narrator's best friend from her previous school
- 16. the factory where Lufuno's parents work
- 19. Mrs Jantjies offers this to Lufuno
- 20. The landlady's other son
- 22. Where the narrator lives now
- 26. The main cause of conflict in the novel
- 28. The Venda rain queen
- 30. The main character's name
- 32. Saves Lufuno from a group of boys
- 33. Lufuno needs to catch the taxi that goes to this road
- 35. Lufuno's way of coping with things
- 36. Mandla is from this province
Down
- 1. The landlady's son obsessed with cars
- 4. two opposites, side by side
- 5. Adjective to be polite and show respect
- 6. Lufuno's lucky charm
- 7. The bully
- 8. Everything changed when the narrator met him
- 9. Noki and Lufuno's friend
- 10. The main character's surname
- 11. Lufuno and Noki's grade
- 13. Where the narrator is originally from
- 14. There is a party being held
- 15. Mandla's girlfriend in Lufuno's movie nights
- 17. The language people speak at Lufuno's new school
- 18. Mandla's uncle who works for the union
- 21. The narrator sits in her yard in the prologue
- 23. Lufuno's sister
- 24. Noki's brother
- 25. The narrator's family moved from there
- 27. a colloquial derogatory term for someone from another African country
- 29. The surname of the landlady
- 31. the girl on Mandla's screensaver
- 34. the sport Mandla plays