Burned by Ellen Hopkins

a person who joins with another in carrying out a plan — especially an unethical or illegal plan

lacking sufficient water or rainfall

or:

lacking vitality or spirit

not straight (not in proper alignment)

or:

(when used figuratively) not right, or not as planned

a song (or poem) that tells a story

uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual

(editor's note:  This word is correctly pronounced differently by various educated speakers of American English.)

abstaining from (i.e., never having) sexual intercourse

or:

an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity

to remove or suppress anything considered obscene, immoral, or politically unacceptable

or:

a person who does such suppression

a record of events; or the act of creating such a record or telling others of the events

the act of burning

or metaphorically:

a state of violent disturbance and excitement

a style of cooking or preparing food

easily led or managed — perhaps submissive or well-behaved

an order — typically a formal proclamation or a legally binding court decree

to decorate or adorn something (most typically food with another food); or the item added for decoration

port city in Japan; on August 6, 1945 it was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

lacking in variety — typically boring

to steal — especially in violation of trust

the existing state of affairs

capable of being touched, or easily understood so there is no question of its value or reality