Across
- 1. The mountain Stanley carries Zero up is shaped like a fist and a ___.
- 3. guarded by the Warden's orders when Zero runs away from camp; weeds and bugs show sign of this on the desert mountain
- 4. Stanley and Zero each receive about one ___ dollars for the value of the contents of their find
- 6. starts a fight with Stanley, encouraged by Mr. Pendanski, but Zero jumps in to help Stanley
- 8. steals Mr. Sir's sack of seeds but Stanley takes the blame
- 9. Zero's real name
- 10. demanded by the drunk sheriff from the schoolteacher, which she later returns to give after she shoots him and begins her outlaw life
- 12. place for boys where they dig holes to "build character"
- 14. the lawyer who arrives to take Stanley home from camp when she finds evidence of his innocence; also takes Hector when she does a little digging herself
- 18. tall, red-haired woman who wants to see anything interesting the boys find digging
- 19. hasn't fallen on Green Lake since Sam was killed; finally falls as Stanley and Zero leave camp
- 20. the last step diggers add to their completed hole
- 22. the stinky-footed son of the richest man around Green Lake who was rejected by Miss Katherine
- 26. replaces Mr. Sir's cigarette habit
- 28. number of spots the deadly lizards have
- 30. the Warden's snarky response
- 31. The gold tube etched with KB was a ___ tube.
- 33. The initials on the tube stand for ___ ___.
- 35. Miss Katherine's outlaw name
- 38. Sam's donkey and the name on his boat
- 43. one-legged gypsy who cursed Stanley's no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather who broke a promise
- 45. peach-flavored substance that makes Zero sick; later becomes the name of Stanley's father's patented invention
- 48. fidgety kid who encourages Stanley to steal Mr. Sir's truck, though he quickly crashes it
- 49. song Elya learned which gets passed down generations, and finally sung by Stanley on the desert mountain
- 51. falls in love with Miss Katherine as he fixes the schoolhouse, but their relationship is forbidden because of his race
- 52. the Warden's family name
- 53. secret ingredient in the Warden's nail polish that's toxic when wet
- 55. creatures who have a deadly bite; a nest of these crawl on Stanley and Zero
Down
- 2. the butcher's wife who sees Katherine and Sam kissing; spreads the gossip that leads to Sam's death
- 4. camp counselor who the boys call Mom
- 5. Zero learns Stanley's last name is his first name spelled ___.
- 7. tent D's group leader who takes credit for the tube Stanley finds; opposes Zero helping Stanley dig his hole
- 8. beautiful girl Elya wanted to marry until she couldn't decide between him and Igor
- 11. Stanley's bully at school
- 13. The schoolteacher Miss Katherine was known for her spiced ___.
- 15. Clyde's nickname
- 16. where Stanley's great grandfather took refuge for three weeks when an outlaw left him stranded in the desert
- 17. marries Trout (who loses his money when the lake dries) and fails trying to force Kate to admit where she buried the loot
- 21. Stanley's dad invents a ___ ___ product that smells like peaches, and it gets endorsed by Stanley's baseball hero.
- 23. required dimension of a hole, across and deep
- 24. ingredient in Sam's tonic that's a cure-all for anything
- 25. Zero is finally reunited with his ___ at the end of the story.
- 27. item Zero uses to knock out Mr. Pendanski for saying he's stupid; cuts Zero's hand gripping it during the mountain climb
- 29. the item Stanley and Zero dig up with Stanley's name on it
- 32. sent to Camp Green Lake for a crime he didn't commit
- 34. The Warden waits for a lizard to ___ Stanley and Zero but none do because they've eaten onions.
- 36. overturned wooden structure that Stanley finds Zero under, miles from camp
- 37. Stanley's baseball hero whose donated shoes somehow land on Stanley's head
- 39. Stanley finds onions digging in the mud but he tells Zero it's a ___ ___ ___ and makes him eat it.
- 40. Zero's stuffed animal, an imaginary comfort
- 41. nickname Stanley earns in a near-fight in the Wreck Room
- 42. On the mountain, Zero admits he stole the shoes from the homeless ___ and left them on a parked car, and Stanley thinks it was destiny.
- 44. direction the stream runs on the mountain Elya climbed; same direction the stream runs on the desert mountain
- 46. Zero wants Stanley to teach him to ___ and in exchange, he'll help Stanley dig.
- 47. small animal that grew as Elya carried it up the mountain to drink from the stream
- 50. containers the boys get filled with water as they dig
- 54. contains Zero's case information but it's missing so he's set free