Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu Chapters 1-3

to fail to do what is required by (a duty or responsibility)

Tyler and his friend Bobby made it very clear that they blamed her for Jack's abdication of duty.

aware of and attentive or responsive to something

The average Lovelace fifth grade could not differentiate this from her normal state, but Hazel was attuned to these kinds of subtleties.

deeply or utterly confused or perplexed

A crowd gathered around him as the teachers looked at each other, bewildered.

to allow (something) to exist or happen

This was not the sort of nonsense Mrs. Jacobs would brook.

a feeling of good friendship among the people in a group

Though whether out of the camaraderie bent of surviving hardship or out of some desire to strangle the car, Hazel was not sure.

something that ends and completes something else

It seemed innocuous, a soft coda to the storm of the morning.

suggesting that something secret is being shared

"Are you guys going out?" Molly repeated, her voice low and conspiratorial.

a difference or disagreement between two things which means that both cannot be true

Jack just stared at her, like he did not see the contradiction, like he could not even fathom what it was.

at some later time : in the end

And though they eventually grew out of Wonderland Arctic space-people tea parties, that essential thing remained the same.

bringing thoughts, memories, or feelings into the mind

"Like bees. Very evocative."

to understand the reason for something

Jack just stared at her, like he did not see the contradiction, like he could not even fathom what it was.

not feeling or showing emotion

She looked ahead impassively.

not noticeable by the senses or by the mind : very small or gradual

Her mom looked up at her and let out a nearly imperceptible exhale.

not harmful

It seemed innocuous, a soft coda to the storm of the morning.

to interrupt what someone else is saying with (a comment, remark, etc.)

"We're starting with the villain," Martin interjected.

not done by choice

Hazel sucked in her breath involuntarily, bringing in a blast of cold.

in a way that uses the ordinary and usual meaning of a word

They could have meant that literally.

relating to ordinary life on earth rather than spiritual things

The truth of things was always much more mundane than what she could imagine, and she did not understand why people always wanted to replace the marvelous things in her head with this miserable heap of you're-a-fifth-grader-now facts.

occurring continually : CONSTANT

Now, slinging her perpetually uncool backpack on her shoulders, Hazel headed through the tall fence, up to the side entrance that they were supposed to use if they were late, and buzzed to be let in.

not changed by people : left in its natural state

Everything was pristine.

deep regret for doing or saying something wrong

It took three steps for the remorse to hit her.

lacking in liveliness, intensity, or strength

There was something about Jack, something subdued about his very appearance, as if he had dampened his own hue so as not to contrast with his mother's too brightly.

according to a very strict explanation of a rule, fact, etc.

Hazel did not think this was the time to tell her she was, technically, running a red light.

to pass through, across, or over

The street outside Hazel's house looked like it might only be traversable by tauntaun.