| A | B |
| author of Kensuke's Kingdom | Michael Morpurgo |
| July 28, 1988 is... | Michael disappears the night before his 12th birthday, which is... |
| Michael's promise to Kensuke was... | he would not reveal anything about him until 10 years had passed |
| monkey school | what dad calls St. Jospeh's |
| monkey face | dad's nickname for Michael |
| Eddie Dodds | Michael's best friend, gives him autographed soccer ball |
| autographed soccer ball is... | this is a good luck charm |
| Mudlarks | Michael's soccer team |
| Michael earns money with this job | paper route |
| Peggy Sue | name of boat family uses to sail around the world |
| Barnacle Bill | trains them to sail the Peggy Sue |
| September 10. 1987 is... | the date the family sets off on their journey is... |
| Grandma | she warns them against the journey |
| Stella Artios | sheepdog, pet, referred to as ship's cat, cause Michael to fall overboard |
| the ship's log | Michael keeps this as English homework, comprises part of book |
| Coral Sea | where they are sailing when Michael goes overboard |
| baked beans | Michael gets sick of eating these on the boat |
| ship's rudder cable | dad always working on it |
| sick with stomach issues | mom |
| play soccer on beach in | Brazil |
| goal and Manchester United | only English words Brazilians know |
| Australia | the family stays here for 6 weeks with Uncle John |
| chess | mom and dad play this a lot |
| who did Michael hear singing the night he fell overboard? | when Kensuke was carried out to sea and thought his time had come he stayed brave by... |
| "Ten Green Bottles" | the song Michael sings to himself in the water, later he teaches it to Kensuke |
| the island is shaped like this | what is shaped like a peanut? |
| gibbons and orangutans | the animals Michael talks about on the island |
| the animal that makes Michael's life miserable | mosquitos |
| red bananas | Michael loves this food, they use it to lure Kikanbo away from binoculars |
| coconuts | Michael tires of this food |
| after Stella falls in the water the first time, no one is supposed to be above board without this | safety harness |
| Watch Hill | what Michael calls the peak on his side of the island |
| jellyfish | the animal that stings Michael, almost causing him to die |
| Tomodachi | female orangutan, Kenuke uses her hair for paintbrushes |
| Michael trades English lessons for... | Kensuke trades painting lessons for... |
| Mica, Micasun | Kensuke's name for Michael |
| piece of glass | what Michael uses to start fire |
| dameda | forbidden |
| sayonara | goodbye |
| Nagasaki | city in Japan where Kensuke lived, he believes his wife and son died there when the Americans dropped the atomic bomb |
| World War II | Kensuke was serving in the Japanese Navy in this war |
| vinegar | what Kensuke uses to treat Michael's jellyfish stings |
| turtles | Michael and Kensuke help these animals make it into the ocean after they hatch |
| Emperor | Kensuke says he is this of Kensuke's Kingdom |
| 3 things Michael promised Kensuke | paint every day, think of Kensuke, tell no one of Kensuke until 10 years have passed |
| hello money face | what Michael's father says to him when they find him |
| Michiya Ogawa | Kensuke's son, he and his mother survived Nagasaki, he had Kensuke's laugh |