Across
- 2. Recoiling or drawing back from difficulty or pain.
- 3. A crybaby; one who cries easily.
- 4. Having light, almost white blonde hair.
- 5. A state of emptiness, void, or isolation (used to describe the emptiness left by Johnny and Dally).
- 7. The subject matter of a conversation or, in this context, Ponyboy's essay.
- 9. Complaints.
- 12. Stale, unoriginal, or trite.
- 13. Indirect; not being blunt.
- 14. To change direction suddenly.
Down
- 1. Idiom meaning to shut oneself off from reality.
- 6. A short essay written as a school assignment.
- 8. A session at which a judge listens to testimony, rather than a full trial.
- 10. Declared not guilty of a specific crime or offense.
- 11. Unusually great in size, amount, or extent.