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The Gingerbread Man
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Complete the puzzle below
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What gingerbread man was created in?. 'Open the ............', said the gingerbread man.. What is the main character made from?. What was the last part of the fox the gingerbread stood upon before being gobbled up?. What animal was last to join in the chase?.
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Very Difficult
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The Girl Who Could Fly
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Where was Piper from?. What is Jasper's power?. Who gossips about Piper?. What sport did Piper play?. What was the place Piper was taken to?.
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Older Children
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The Giver
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the old receiver. people who no longer live with their family. people that can no longer work. Jonas' best friend. the person Asher spends his community service hours with.
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Older Children
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The Giver
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In the book 'The Giver' people's homes are referred to as _________.. A verb that means discipline or severe criticism.. From page 4- 'I guess I just got ___________, watching them.'. As Jonas reflects on his experience with the apple he says 'Everyone had known, he remembered with ___________ that the announcement has been about him.'. On page 4, Asher says 'I left home at the right time , but when I was riding along near the hatchery, the crew was separating salmon.'.
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Older Children
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The Giver
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Most important person in the community. The reciver of memory. where injured go to. Giver's daughter. the male of the house unit.
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Hard
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The Giver
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Causing sorrow or pity. Excruciating or acute distress. Calm, Peaceful. A hanf operated power system. Having a kindly disposition.
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Big
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The Giver
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Based on the hints, fill out the crossword puzzle below.
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The land beyond where they live.. The ceremony when Jonas gets his role in the community.. The one who gives Jonas the memories.. Main character; he gets special training from the Giver.. The last reciever who bailed; the Givers daughter..
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Older Children
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The Glass Castle
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Youngest sibling. Unwilling, not wanting to (vocab). Harshness (vocab). To agree with (vocab). Regularly (vocab).
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Teenage
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The Glass Castle
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She is the town whore in Welch and teaches Jeannette a great deal in one visit to her home about the realities of life and what you are willing to do to put food on the table. . Although she doesn’t appear very much in the story, she is one of the individuals in Jeannette’s life who has a great influence on her. . He is Jeannette’s alcoholic father who manipulates and uses his wife and his children for his own needs and yet never stops loving them and hoping they love him. . She is the narrator and main character of the story. She tells the events of her life living with neglectful and yet loving parents.. She is the selfish mother of the family who brings her own baggage with her and passes it on to her children. She also loves her family but only after her own needs are met. .
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Older Children
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The Glass Castle
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The definition for each word is provided
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wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly. showing contempt or lack of respect. made in an intricate shape or decorates with complex patterns . the fact or condition of being severe. an ungrateful person.
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Big
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The Glass Castle
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Dads nickname for jeanette . Jeanette's Grandmother on her Mom's side. Jeanette's Dad. Sin City, Nevada. mining town in Arizona.
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Big
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The Glass Castle
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Where Grandma Smith lived. What kind of bird did they keep in the desert. Who is mountian goat. What did Rose mary keep her money in. Wall's family drunk.
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Big
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The Golden Compass
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Life source of the humans . Told Lyra the truth . Lyras best friend. Lyra was a _______. Lyra hid on this .
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Older Children
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The Golden Kite, Silver Wind
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tools for laying plaster. great confusion. lay in wait. things that warn of events about to occur. conceal from view.
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Older Children
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The Graveyard Book
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Jack Frost died when the ______ pulled him inside the wall.. Mr. Frost got Bod and Scarlett to the house number 33 by saying he had _____ on the murders that happen at the house. Name of the organization that Jack Frost was in---Jacks of All _____. main character in the book is (2 words). author of The Graveyard Book (2 words).
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Hard
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The Great Fire
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Solve the Puzzle!
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Building that people thought wouldn't burn down. Was visiting his sister-in law during the fire. Widowed woman who single-handedly saved her family. The city that burned down. First person to discover the fire.
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Hard
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The Great Fire
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Solve
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having harmful effect. a period of two weeks. Place where dead bodies are placed. subject someone to hostility . bad behavior done openly.
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Older Children
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The Great Fire
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Solve
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having a harmful effect. when someone or something abort. when something or someone scatter . a period of 2 weeks . something plentful.
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Hard
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The Great Fire
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Having a large population; densely populated.. A large, densely packed crowd of people or animals.. A period of two weeks.. A place where bodies are kept, especially to be identified or claimed.. Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious..
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Big
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The Great Gatsby
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Daisy's friend who Nick becomes intrigued with. The story takes place after World War__. Author of the novel. Tom's mistress. Nick's cousin whom Gatsby is in love with.
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Hard
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The Great Gatsby
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(adj) - incapable of being terminated; unending. (adv) - performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another. (adj) - having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province. (n) - desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness. (n) - a dignified, self-confident manner or bearing; composure; self-possession.
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Teenage
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The Great Gatsby
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They are not so happily married. Gatsby claims he studied at. The authors name. Daisy and Nick are. Color of the light at the end of Daisy's dock.
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Big
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The Great Gatsby
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very proper and very conservative . quick and skillful in action. touching or connected . coming from an outside source and not an essential part. coolly and disdainfully.
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Big
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The Great Gatsby
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college Gatsby attended for five months . the color of the light at the end of the Buchanan's dock. a boisterous era of new fashions, fast cars, and jazz music. Toms mistress. where Tom and Myrtle lived.
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Older Children
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The Great Gatsby
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where Nick is from. where Gatsby said he was educated. Gatsby's father. color of light on dock. Daisy and Tom are ______ people..
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Older Children
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The Great Gatsby
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Where did gatsby study after the war. Writer of The Great Gatsby. Jordan Baker's occupation. Whats Gatsby's real name. Gatsby's childhood friend.
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Big
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The Great Gatsby
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up to this time; until now; to here. an inn, usually with a large courtyard, for the overnight accommodation of caravans. a male lover or sweetheart. subject to or in a state of ecstasy; full of joy; rapturous. intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
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The Great Gatsby Review
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Nick, the narrator, is originally from this part of the United States.. The protagonist in The Great Gatsby.. Point of view in which the author tells the story using pronouns such as 'he/she' and 'they' from the perspective of one particular character.. Nick and Jordan run into this character in Gatsby's library during Nick's first summer party.. Minor characters that remain constant or unchanged throughout the story..
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Hard
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
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What type of dollar bill Gilly found in Mr.Randolph's house. Something Gilly had since she was three years old. Place where Gilly had a fight with the six boys. Some one Gilly misses a lot. Gilly's teacher in school.
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Older Children
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The Great Stone Face
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Meaning: Get ready.. Meaning: Look like.. Celebration in the Valley for the third man.. The Great Stone Face was a famous _______ of the area.. The main character..
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Older Children
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The Great Trouble
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This is what Fisheye Bill used to beat Eel.. One of Dr. Snow's guinea pigs gets sick from the water in its bowl, which gives him and Eel a new strategy.. People use this phrase when referring directly to cholera.. Dr. Snow thinks that if morbid materials touch this part of the body then the person will get infected.. What Fisheye Bill Tyler wants Henry to become.
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Very Difficult
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The Grimm Legacy
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By: Polly Shulman
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Princess in a classic fairytale. An object known for its use in the tale Aladdin. A way of organization mostly used in librarys. Famous authors of many fairy tales. A stick that can cast spells.
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Hard
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The Grinch
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Fill in the puzzle with words from 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch!'
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awful, terrible. deserving strong condemnation. insects that eat wood. shockingly unacceptable. dishonest or illegal.
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Young Kids
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The Guardian
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The protagonist's status for 4 years. The Antagonist. Crazy and anti-social.. North Carolina. To place confidence in someone or something. One who is closest to another person.
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Teenage
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The Guns of Easter
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The Army Mick fights for. Trade Unionist- one of the leaders of the rising. Countess who was one of the rebels. The army Jimmys father fights for. School teacher- one of the leaders of the rising.
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Older Children
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The Happiest Refugee
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'There's two times in your life, now or too ______'. To relocate from a country due to hardship. As a child, Anh's family went here to celebrate . Anh's son's name. To be funny.
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Big
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The Haunted Castle
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home of an animal. guards. scary. metal clothing that protects. blowing in the wind.
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Older Children
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The Haunting Of Gabriel Ashe
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a sudden fright or alarm.. the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings.. to find something new.. form or shape, as determined by outlines or exterior surfaces.. a dark figure or image cast on the ground or a surface..
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Very Difficult
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The Haunting: House on Cherry Street
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The main character's first friend introduced to the story. The four year old sister's stuffed bunny. The main character's family's last name. The older ghost who supposedly killed the kid ghost. The large clock that spooks the main character.
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Big
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The Heart of a Killer by David Rosenfelt
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by David Rosenfelt
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To clear, as from an accusation. Contemplation. Showing sudden, impatient irritation. To oppose successfully. Out of keeping or place.
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Hard
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The Help
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The name of the book. Why did they risk their lives to write this book. The first maid to help Skeeter (Mae Mobley's maid). Where was Skkeeter's first job. In Mississippi, where the book took place.
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Teenage
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The Help
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name of the book. The purpose o writing the book. First maid to help Skeeter, Mae Mobley's maid. Somewhere in Mississippi where the book took place. Skeeter's maid.
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Teenage
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The Hidden Package
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Portrayed as Claire’s diary, which contained memories, photo’s and drawings, which was originally found by Mrs. Heijkoop then later by Claire Baum.. Symbol of Judaism, worn by all Jews to distinguish them as targets for persecution.. The Hebrew word meaning commandment.. German word for raid.. Largest complex of Nazi concentration camps, in which killed millions of innocent Jewish people. .
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Hard
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The Hiding Place
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Name given to the Ten Booms house.. Corrie's old boyfriend.. Man who gave Corrie the ration cards.. Thing Corrie lied about.. What didn't the pastor accept?.
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Adult
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The Hiding Place
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German police. The centuries old house where the Ten Booms lived. She was the oldest sister. The buildings that housed the prisoners. Williem's wife.
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Big
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The Hobbit
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The skin shifter that the crew meet. The dwarf that falls in the enchanted river. Who saves the crew from the Wargs. The creatures that kidnapped the crew in the cave. The name of Bilbo's home.
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Big
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The Hobbit
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Hurling rocks, they were. 6 letters.. A skin changer. 5 letters.. Gave news of Thorin's relatives. 6 letters.. Written in special ink, and can only be seen in the same moon. 2 words (4 5).. The fat Dwarf. 6 letters..
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Hard
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The Hobbit
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A large gate made of iron or wood used to defend a castle gateway.. A home, house, place to live. . A kingdom.. A metal mined and worked by dwarves. . Bewildered or confused..
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Hard
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The Hobbit
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Gandalf's weapon of choice.. Small halls that lead to the secret entrance in the castle, and Smaug cannot fit.. Live in mainly stronghold, and enemies of the dwarves.. The Hobbit.. Someone who steels..
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Moderately Challenging
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The Hobbit
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Find All the Words for the corresponding hints
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Who got stuck by lightning?. Who found the ring when the group was lost?. Who helps Bilbo and the group with the map?. What is Bilbo's last name?. What does Gollum call himself? .
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Older Children
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