Across
- 3. This word means “To seize and throw down or stop (an opposing player with the ball) in football” and refers to a defensive position on a football team. P. 20
- 10. Lucas knew that four firemen died, and that Dad was badly burned in an ___________. P. 16
- 13. When Lucas would start to worry that his Dad would never be himself again, Lucas would imagine himself on the football field, _______ by the guys, making a famous catch. P. 17
- 16. After the accident, Lucas his Dad wrapped in __________, his face white with pain. P. 15
- 17. To Lucas, firefighters were ____________ who ran into buildings filled with blazing orange flames. P. 15
- 19. The room was ________ quiet after Dr. Barnett said that three concussions in a two-year period was too many for an 11-year-old boy. P. 22
- 20. The photo of Stan Walsh, the player that had recently died, was the only one that Lucas ___________. P. 20
- 22. Lucas had experienced two concussions before the one that happened during practice. One was during play-offs last ________ and one during the summer. P. 13
- 25. Lucas’s Mom checked him out of school early for a doctor’s _________ . P. 18
- 26. Firefighters carried people down oven-hot ________ to get them out of burning buildings. P. 15
- 29. Even though Sam Walsh was barely in his forties, he had the same kind of brain disease seen in men in their _________. P. 21
- 30. This word means “a certificate awarded by an educational establishment to show that someone has successfully completed a course of study.” P. 19 (singular)
Down
- 1. Lucas had a million reasons why Dr. Barnett was wrong and he told his parents _________ every single one. P. 23
- 2. Even though the accident happened when Lucas was in third grade, the scars on Dad’s arms were bright red and lumpy, like raw _____________. P. 16
- 4. Lucas missed the times when his Dad would have stayed to talk and _________ his plan for their next adventure. P. 14
- 5. Lucas no longer asked about finishing the model of the Seagrave, which was half -________ and covered with dust in the basement. P. 17
- 6. Dr. Barrett’s office wall was covered with photographs of famous football players, including a player in a Denver _______ uniform. P. 19
- 7. Around midnight, Lucas realized that he needed to see Uncle Benny before his parents talked to his _________. P. 24
- 8. Lucas knew it was wrong to skip school and to _________ into the city without his parents’ permission. P. 25
- 9. The morning of September 11th, Lucas’s Dad was teaching a class at a firefighter training school on Randall’s _________, across a bridge from Manhattan. P. 24
- 11. All of the men whose photographs hung on Dr. Barnett’s wall were dead and had donated their _________ to his lab so he could study them. P. 21
- 12. Lucas was upset that he would have to remain off the field for ________ days. P. 13
- 14. After Lucas crashed headfirst in the turf, Lucas and his family experienced a long wait in the __________ room. P. 12
- 15. The accident took away his Dad’s booming laugh and easy smile. Lucas guessed that his Dad’s mind was still sifting through the _______ in that warehouse. P. 16
- 18. Before the accident, Dad and Lucas had been a team - a team of _____. P. 14
- 21. This is a type of traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. P. 12
- 22. This word describes Lucas’s memories of the night of the accident. Synonyms for this word are: agonizing, keen, razor-like. P. 14
- 23. Even though Lucas’s Dad said that football was just a “game,” Lucas felt as if it was the most ________ thing in his life. P. 24
- 24. With a sprained __________, after you get dinged, you let it heal and you’re good to go, explained Dr. Barnett. P. 21
- 27. Dr. Barrett looked into Lucas’s eyes, listened to his heart and _________, and asked Lucas to walk across the room with one foot in front of the other. P. 19
- 28. This word means “a character (in a film, novel, or play) whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot. P. 16