Middle School Word Puzzles Author:Alan Stillson Middle School Word Puzzles by Alan Stillson contains one thousand short word puzzles written for middle school students from NEMAI to C __ L I __ O __ __ I __, covering a wide variety of interesting and relevant topics. The puzzles are written at varying levels of difficulty. The book is designed to reinforce word skills and encourage thinking i... more »n a pleasurable way with themes like curtailments ? where the second word is missing the last letter of the first word (like bunt and bun). Example: The telephone _____ and I _____ to answer it. The idea is to bring a smile to the parent or teacher when the student answers, "Maine, California, rang, and ran."« less