Across
- 5. When Lucas crashed headfirst into the hard turf, he could practically feel his brain smacking against the inside of his _______. P. 11
- 6. This word means “to have influenced, controlled, or directed completely, as by personal charm, words, or domination.” A second meaning is “fascinated.” P. 2
- 8. After the accident, Lucas’s Dad was in the hospital ______ center for almost two months. P. 7
- 11. Uncle Benny’s eyes were big and _________, like bright lights spelling out the words “You can do it!” P. 9
- 14. Lucas’s favorite type of pass was an “__________” one. P. 5 and P. 10
- 16. Uncle Benny was a six-foot-two-inch ___________ that everyone liked! P. 6
- 17. It wasn’t really the game that Lucas loved. It was being on the _______, being surrounded by the guys. P. 10
- 21. Lucas felt the happiest when he was on the hot turf with the Port Jackson ________. P. 5
- 22. When Lucas’s ankle wobbled and Lucas lost his balance, the author compared Lucas to a _______ out of control. P. 11
- 24. Lucas’s parents decide that football is too __________. back cover
- 27. Football practice was so brutal for three football players that they puked up their _____________. P. 4
- 28. Lucas and Benny watched this sports channel, originally an initialism/acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. P. 8
- 30. Lucas Calley is _______-years-old and isn’t allowed to be in the city alone. P. 2
- 31. During the morning ________, taxis, cars and buses zoomed through the streets. P. 1
Down
- 1. This word means “exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality.” P. 3
- 2. Each of the Twin Towers was a ________ of a mile tall! P. 3
- 3. Instead of “pulling up” or “going higher” as Lucas wanted, the jet ________ into the side of one of the towers. P. 3
- 4. Instead of taking the bus to school, Lucas decides to take a train to the ______ . back cover
- 7. Synonyms for this word are frightened, upset, alarmed, horrified, disturbed, etc. P. 2
- 8. Thinking back to his first football practice, Lucas thought of himself as a _____________stuffed into his pads and brand-new cleats. P. 9
- 9. Lucas’s Dad and Uncle Benny both worked at ________ 177, the New York City firehouse. P. 5
- 10. At just the right split second, Lucas would leap up as high as he could and _______ the ball from the air. P. 5
- 12. During football practice in 95-degree heat, Lucas was soaked in ____________. P. 4
- 13. This borough ______________ is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. P. 2
- 15. Before the accident, Lucas’s Dad and Lucas would spend every weekend building a model of the __________ 75. P. 7
- 18. The only thing _________ loves more than football is his Dad’s friend, Benny. back cover
- 19. This word refers to buildings used to store goods, usually with loading docks to load and unload goods from trucks. P. 7
- 20. Synonyms for this word include: plump, chubby, round, and rotund. P. 9
- 23. Benny is a __________ and a former football star. back cover
- 25. Directly in the path of the plane were the Twin Towers of the World _______ Center. P. 3
- 26. Before Lucas was really “into” football, Benny would show him a picture of a football player from the sports page, and Lucas would pretend to be ___________. P. 7
- 29. This word means “an outline of land and buildings defined against the sky.” P. 3