Guts: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 1. The majority of Gary's experiences occurred in northern Minnesota, ___, and the Alaskan wilderness.
  • 3. Gary ate raw ___ eggs in real life so that he could write about it through Brian's eyes.
  • 5. Gary raced in the ___ numerous times.
  • 6. While working as an ___ volunteer, Gary responded to many heart attack cases.
  • 9. Guts is a ___, memoir-like account by Gary Paulsen regarding events from his own life.
  • 10. Paulsen explains that his goal is to get real ___ across to the reader through his writing.

Down

  • 2. As a kid, Paulsen became ___ to sounds, and learned to hunt with a bow and arrow.
  • 4. Paulsen served in the ___.
  • 7. In his writing, Gary did not let Brian do or ___ anything that Paulsen, himself, had not experienced first-hand.
  • 8. While running a race with his dogs, Gary was swept off his sled by a rampaging ___.

Word Bank

nonfiction
military
iditarod
canada
knowledge
ambulance
attuned
moose
turtle
experience