Christopher
The word for what makes someone unique, including personality and choices.
What is identity?
Information or skills you gain from school, books, or life experiences.
Answer: What is knowledge?
The people you live with and care about, like parents or siblings.
What is family.
Something you do for fun in your free time.
What is a hobby?
Christopher tries to solve this kind of problem after the neighbor’s dog is killed.
What is a mystery.
Christopher’s love of logic and math shows this part of his personality.
What is being logical?
Christopher learns about things by noticing small details and asking questions.
Answer: What is observation?
Christopher feels upset when he finds out his dad kept this hidden from him.
What is a secret?
Christopher’s favorite kind of challenge, involving numbers and problem-solving.
What are puzzles?
Christopher looks for these to figure out who hurt Wellington.
What are clues?
A word for being yourself and not copying others.
What is individuality?
Christopher loves this school subject, which includes prime numbers.
What is math?
A word for making up after a fight or fixing a broken relationship.
What is reconciliation?
A word for doing something because it makes you feel happy or relaxed.
What is a pastime?
The word for putting all the pieces of evidence together to understand the truth.
What is deduction?
The process of figuring out who you really are.
What is self-discovery?
A way of thinking carefully and logically to solve problems.
What is critical thinking?
When someone close to you breaks your trust, it’s called this.
What is betrayal?
Christopher’s drawings of maps and diagrams show this hobby skill.
What is creativity?
A situation where something doesn’t make sense or seems impossible to explain.
What is a paradox?
The way someone sees and understands the world around them.
What is a worldview?
Knowledge you get by trying things yourself, not just reading about them.
What is experience?
Christopher and his dad struggle with this kind of disagreement or problem.
What is a conflict?
When you love something so much that you keep doing it no matter what.
What is a passion?
When Christopher finds letters from his mom, it’s the key moment of the story.
What is a breakthrough?