Across
- 2. The Langston Hughes poem that inspired the title for "A Raisin in the Sun"
- 3. The Jane Austen novel that begins: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition..."
- 5. The superheroine who works as a librarian during the day
- 10. MidPointe's fiscal officer
- 11. If you give a mouse a cookie, he's probably going to ask for ____ next
- 12. A beloved redheaded YA protagonist from Canada
- 13. Christie's elderly, amateur detective
- 15. John Steinbeck's 1937 classic, "Of ____ and Men"
- 18. This place has everything, not just books
- 21. The cash register was invented in ____, Ohio
- 22. The English bard
- 24. The state that's home to a museum honoring children's book author Laura Ingalls Wilder
- 26. Sherwood Anderson, novelist from Ohio, is well known for his short story collection called "____, Ohio"
- 27. This word is aptly made of roots meaning both "sharp" and "dull"
- 29. Author ____ Morrison, from Loraine, Ohio, wrote several novels often focusing on the Black American experience
- 30. The famous singer behind the Imagination Library free book program
- 31. Grady Hendrix wrote a comedy-horror novel called "The ____ Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires"
- 33. Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, graduated from ____ University in 1852
- 36. These are louder than words
- 37. 2020 Celeste Ng novel, "Little Fires Everywhere," takes place in ____ Heights, a Cleveland suburb
- 38. The stuffed bear from a classic children's story that goes on an adventure in a department store
- 41. Danny DeVito played the role of Harry ____ in the movie adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Matilda"
- 42. Ohio's state flower
- 44. Someone who always has their nose in a book
- 45. The backbone of a book
Down
- 1. The largest branch in the MidPointe system
- 4. The Great ____ River in Ohio is named after the Myaamia, a Native American nation and one of the Great Lakes tribes
- 6. The best-selling genre of books
- 7. Harry Potter & the Prisoner of ____
- 8. Neither high nor low, and it comes to a point
- 9. ____, Ohio is home to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum
- 14. I am the section of the library where you find what's real
- 15. "Call me Ishmael" is the opening line for this book
- 16. The newest, completely finished, branch in the MidPointe system
- 17. Terry Pratchett wrote a children's fantasy novel called "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated ____"
- 19. ____ to lovers, a popular romance trope
- 20. Agatha Christie's quirky and logical detective
- 23. Playwrite Lorraine ____ wrote "A Raisin in the Sun," the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway
- 25. Before writing "Fourth Wing," Rebecca Yarros wrote a book called "The Things We Leave ____"
- 28. This Ohio college became the first coed institution in the United States in 1937
- 31. MidPointe's mascot
- 32. In George Orwell's "1984," the Ministry of ____ was responsible for dispensing propaganda and doctoring historical records
- 34. This dinosaur was named after the author famous for writing "Jurassic Park"
- 35. Movie director Steven ____ was born in Cincinnati in 1946
- 39. The trending genre that mixes romance and fantasy
- 40. Augustus ____, one of the golden ticket winners in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
- 43. Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective