This vocabulary word search contains 20 words and phrases from the 2018 children's book Tough Cookie: A Christmas Story by Edward Hemingway. The words only appear horizontally and vertically to facilitate reading fluency. Great for ENL students or as a quick holiday literacy activity! Words and Phrases Included: cookie, resist, challenge, BLECH!, slowpoke, eggnog, powdered-sugar, carols, seasoned, stubby-legs, exhausted, gingerbread, crumbled, half-baked, ornaments, glue, salt, Christmas-tree,