A Bike Like Sergio's: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from A Bike Like Sergio's by Maribeth Boelts. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use it on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Across

  • 7. to walk very slowly and noisily without lifting your feet off the ground
  • 8. to bend downward and forward so that your back forms a curve
  • 9. the feeling you have when something unexpected or unusual happens

Down

  • 1. to start to be seen or to arrive, especially suddenly
  • 2. feeling pleased about something that you or someone you know has done
  • 3. to want something to be true although you know it is either impossible or unlikely
  • 4. known about by only a few people and kept hidden from others
  • 5. to say something too quietly or not clearly enough, so that other people cannot understand you
  • 6. to repeat exactly the same path that you or someone else has already made

Word Bank

wish
appear
retrace
hunch
shuffle
surprised
secret
proud
mumble