The giver

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Across
  1. 2. has the natural ability to do something.
  2. 4. "Grotesque" means "distorted and unnatural in shape or size" (often to a monstrous degree)—this is a fitting adjective for the colors of carnage
  3. 5. It was not enough to assuage the pain that Jonas was beginning, now, to know.
  4. 7. The journey had become automatic: the sleep by day, hidden in underbrush and trees
  5. 8. inherent qualities of mind and character.
Down
  1. 1. provide with nourishment.
  2. 3. is an act that goes against law.
  3. 6. voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.