Transcendent Kingdom

5. A book of Christian songs, used in Gifty's church
8. A creamy soup of French origin,the only thing Gifty's mother will eat
11. "Hesitant, without confidence" Describing Gifty's friendship with Katerine
12. A slow cooked French stew that Gifty's boyfriend makes
13. What Gifty calls her mother
15. An addictive painkiller that Nana gets hooked on
16. A cold, winter biome

1. The kind of Christian Gifty was raised as
2. A religious assembly
3. A West African rice dish that Gifty's mother makes
4. What Gifty calls her father
6. What Gifty's boyfriend Raymond smells like, an oil made of perennials
7. A certain kind of bus
9. A grain, commonly used in Asia and Africa, used to make Gifty's favorite childhood food
10. Proteins that make neurons respond to light, used in Gifty's experiments
14. An attitude of hatred, what Gifty's mother feels towards Mr. Thomas's childern