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Vocabulary Word for Chapter 1  -  crept

crept   -  /'krEp/

• to go timidly or cautiously so as to escape notice

Page 3  Then he grabbed his backpack and crept out into the hall.

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Vocabulary Word for Chapter 2  -    cobblestones

cobblestones   /'kä-b&l-"stOn/

• a naturally rounded stone larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder; especially : such a stone used in paving a street or in construction

Page 10 - 11  -  Painted wooden houses and gaslights lined a quiet cobblestone street.

Page 13  -  They started up the cobblestone street.

Page  16   -  The whole street began to move. The cobblestones rolled like waves on the ocean.

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Vocabulary Word for Chapter  3 -  billowed

billowed  billow  /'bi-(")lO/

• a rolling mass (as of flame or smoke) that resembles a high wave
  

Page 19  -  A cloud of dust billowed around Jack.

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Vocabulary Word for Chapter  4 -  rubble

rubble  /'r&-b&l/

• broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building

Page 26  -  He and Annie started waling through the rubble. They stepped over piles of bricks, chunks of concrete, and broken glass.

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Vocabulary Word for Chapter  5 -  Pavilion

pavilion  /p&-'vil-y&n/

• a part of a building projecting from the rest : one of several detached or semidetached units into which a building is sometimes divided

Page 35  -  "I'm moving all the rare books to the Pavilion," the man said.

Page 38  -  When the Pavilion building caught fire, all the books burned.

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Vocabulary Word for Chapter  6 -  sympathetically

sympathetically    sympathetic      /"sim-p&-'the-tik/

• given to, marked by, or arising from sympathy, compassion, friendliness, and sensitivity to others' emotions <a sympathetic gesture>

Page 43  -  "We are, too," said Annie sympathetically.

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Vocabulary Word for Chapter  7 -  firestorm

 firestorm    /'fIr-"storm/

• a large usually stationary fire characterized by very high temperatures in which the central column of rising heated air induces strong inward winds which supply oxygen to the fire

Page 50  -  The firestorm raged from building to building, from street to street. Firestorm, Jack thought. The word sounded terrible.

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Vocabulary Word for Chapter  8 - 9  -  messengers

messengers   messenger     /'me-s^&n-j&r/

• one who bears a message or does an errand

Page 60  -  "I told him that two special messengers would soon arrive.".

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Vocabulary Word for Chapter  10  -  courage

courage    /'k&r-ij, 'k&-rij/

• mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty:  firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty

Page 70  -  "We had to give four special writings to King Arthur so he could get his hope and courage back and save Camelot."

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