What's the word?
You could use this word to describe fireworks or the bold colors of a painting
This character is described as having curly hair and a vivid imagination
Phoebe Winterbottom
The major American city on Lake Michigan, or the first stop on Sal's roadtrip.
Hint: Ms. Allen's favorite American city!
Chicago, Illinois
GO BEARS!
Sal hides this underneath the floorboards of her house in Bybanks, Kentucky
Her mother's hair
This flavor pie induces memories of Sal's mother
Blackberry
This word describes someone who will believe anything, even if it is absurd
Gullible
A young artist who is smitten with Sal
Ben Finney
Gramps ventures off course to visit this town where everyone smokes a peace pipe
Pipestone, Minnesota
This animal convinces Gram to marry Gramps
Sadie, Gramp's pet beagle
These are left on the front porch of the Winterbottom residence.
Antonyms for this word are ordinary, boring, or dull
Astounding
The redheaded neighbor who Sal and Phoebe are suspicious of and keeps weird hours (because she's a nurse)
Margaret Cadaver
Sal experiences intense feelings of abandonment when she is separated from Gram in this city while attending a Pow Wow
Madison, Wisconsin
This character abandons her family and goes on a cross country bus trip
Sal's mother
DAILY DOUBLE!
What Gram shouts when she is excited or intrigued about something.
"Huzza Huzza!"
A synonym for this word is evil
Diabolic
This character is often dismissed or ignored by her family members
Mrs. Winterbottom
DAILY DOUBLE!
The town where Sal's mother is currently in-- and the final destination for Sal and her grandparents
Lewiston, Idaho
Phoebe and Sal believe Margaret did this to her ex husband
Killed him with an axe and burried him in the garden
Tom Fleet
Sal often describes herself as this word, meaning grumpy
Ornery
Phoebe refers to the young man who shows up at her doorstep and the drugstore as this.
The Lunatic
The town where Sal moves to from Bybanks, Kentucky
Euclid, Ohio
Ben asks this question to Sal and it deeply upsets her.
The name of Sal's animated English teacher
Mr. Birkway