He took the gauze and the tape out, then wheeled over to me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But our mechanics always just patched up the outsides, tuned up the insides, and then repainted them Marine Corps camouflage green. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you held my hand and told me where I was walking,” she said, “then I could come with you. If you make sure I’m okay.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I am sensitive to noise of any kind—that and the bright sunlight both give me tension headaches, but the sun at least by then had gone down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama née Orleanna came over and kissed us on the tops of our heads, then shuffled back to her deathbed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terrance would not be content to merely discipline her for running away; he would make her life an ornate hell until he got bored, then have her dispatched in a gory exhibition. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“If he wants to take on the job, tell him to send one of you with his answer. I will then arrange a meeting with my client.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The backyards of these houses fell away in green slopes down to a strip of sand, and then the blue Lake Erie, lapping all the way to Canada. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was different then because Mom and Dad were with me, and they did half the talking. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He waited to talk until I’d said, “And then Ben called me and I left for that party.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I waited a few more minutes just to be sure, then moved back into the street. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But even then things weren’t the same between us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She kissed my forehead again, then leaned back so I could get a clear shot of my father, three-piece suited and shiny-shoed. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then again riding, riding in the night. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I nodded, then tossed the last—and biggest—fistful into the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She smiled, took a huge breath in, and then started walking while she talked. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway between his plate and his open mouth, the chunk fell on his crisp white shirt and then slid into his crotch. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d tried first with Pastor Tom, who gave him Jesus, and then with the twins, who still admired him at least a little. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We then drafted a letter, which we handed to Dr. Kerr. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noor and his mother came up beside them, and then a loud splash echoed on the right, followed by the sound of running feet. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And then I notice what he has in his hand and I jump up. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was hoping she wouldn’t take it out and read the title—at least not then. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“You are to go to the Cormiers’ house for one hour and then return,” Mom said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

For a second, I think maybe Lara will be so focused on completing the obstacle course that she might leave me alone, but then she turns to face me with that little grin of hers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Some big white dude opened it and then stood there staring at me for a while. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just then the bell rang, and I realized I had now officially skipped out of my first class ever. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A hundred and twenty hours, and then you come home,” she said. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“And then, thank goodness, we can all get on that train and get out of here,” she says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were times when Allen, on patrol and by then Nicholas’s putative stepfather, would catch him on the street and write up a summons but then let him go. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He listened, and then took the lid of a biscuit tin and deftly folded it into a small flat cylinder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We waited for a while until my pops came home so he could go with us but when he got home he had liquor on his breath and then he went and laid down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the whoosh and flutter of an owl as it dived, and then the tiny squeal of a doomed rodent caught in its talons. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He then said in a voice that was too loud: "Willow Chance!" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He’d go home to eat dinner, then bring the horse and wagon back to the stable where he was supposed to wash Drummer and the wagon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked Isaac to a seat in the Circle of Trust then slowly worked my way around the Literal Heart. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed like someone had stuck it up there and then walked away and left it. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to tell you something once and then whether you die or not is strictly up to you,” Westley said, lying pleasantly on the bed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since then, she has refused to come unless I issue an official invitation. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight we’ll position the crates on the other side of the electrified gateway, then tomorrow we’ll release these bonobos to join the wild ones. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped on the gas pedal, made a quick left, then a right, working my way through the town streets until I was sure that we weren’t being followed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And then I laughed at myself for playing hard when really I kept looking all around, kind of spooked. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Three months ago, his grandmother died, and then they had moved to this house. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I pictured him and Baba drinking tea in Baba’s study, then smoking near the window, a sweetbrier-scented breeze blowing from the garden and bending the twin columns of smoke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One of them said something else into his walkie-talkie and then they all hiked back through the sand and over the guardrail to their cars. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The wine was steaming and bubbling, and it came to Tristran then—the information surfacing from some long-forgotten fairy tale or piece of children's lore—that a unicorn's horn was proof against... Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Up until then I had never been particularly disturbed about seeing a corpse—even when I’d have to sit for an hour or so at a funeral parlor when some relative had died. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He watched her bounce up in mock alarm and then tumble kicking into the grass. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"I don't like milk," I start to say, but then I taste it, and it's nothing like the whitish water we got in jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Lacey smiled up at me, and then pulled her knees up to her chest. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Nollywood is really public theater, and if you understand it like that, then it is more tolerable. It’s for public consumption, even mass participation, not the kind of individual experience that film is.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure what-all it means, but if it means being like that drip that Harry brought home that time, then no.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He looked up, blinked, then read the letter again, counting as he moved down the page. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He too glanced at Harry, then looked back at Dumbledore, and said, “You are — er — prepared to take Harry’s word on this, are you, Dumbledore?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I waved to the Japanese, then unscrewed the cap and took a big swig and poured it over my face. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And then a marvel of marvels came to pass. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept nodding, faking a smile, and then he hugged me, his strong arms pulling me into his muscular chest, and I sogged up his polo shirt a little but then recovered enough to speak. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And then before she could say pea-turkey, he grabbed her again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He poured a solvent on the cadaver’s upper body and set it on fire, then positioned the body on the floor in direct sunlight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And then—oh, then!—they would send a letter to her father at Mtoroshanga. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad takes another bite of cornbread, looks at me for a moment, then goes on studying his cereal. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched them disappear into the junipers of the wide canyon to the west, and then he switched his stubby tail around his haunches a few times, and trotted after them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't know," she pants, then motions to a nearby servant. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He stops, then rolls up the sleeve of his denim shirt. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Good enough!” she says, and then she wraps her arms around me and holds me tight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

From a scramble of contenders I got one of the jugs, elbowed off a counterattack, opened it, sampled it, choked, and then went through with my original plan by stopping Brinker’s mouth with it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, then, you have a grand day, and a speedy recovery. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It paid off! I graduated high school at sixteen. But, then, one year shy of an MBA...” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, I put my hand on the line and give it a tug and then a weird thing happens. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, key chains were super-popular, especially these rectangular metal plates with funny references like Heartbreaker, Lucky, or Diva. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, but then she closes it again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The city built a new prison, moved the inmates into their new quarters, then rehabbed the old prison and turned it into a high school. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She spread her arms, appealing to God, then beat on her chest, and finally took hold of her left sleeve and ripped it off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By then the honking had swollen to a steady blare, and the blue pickup truck was screeching to a stop. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aye, half a mile along the main road to the gate, then a mile down the drive.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But then I tried to stop, because I knew Jennifer already had a crush on him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She looked at my father—then at me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Frightful, who was tipping her head now and then to focus on Leon Longbridge and the kids, also had an eye on the courthouse pigeons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He slow raised his right hand over his head, waited for what felt like was a hour, then snapped his fingers. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But then, after I sent it, I realized he wasn’t going to understand what it meant. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Let me see...There's my boy, Widge, here, and then—" "How many? " The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He strapped the suitcase and set it by the door; then he stood at the window, looking wistfully out at the feathery flakes of falling snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the back of the boat with numb fingers, then hauled himself onboard, dripping with seawater, ice crusting his red beard. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I drafted a letter to the judge or magistrate in my own handwriting, and then sent it to the other side. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her boots were dry by then—we'd set them right next to the radiator and left them there all night—but they were blotchy and warped. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"No, listen," Zero insisted, then he closed his eyes as his face twisted with pain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

This stage lasted around three days, and then the fever suddenly broke and the patient seemed to recover. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

And then I burrow into the blankets, situating the ice against my throbbing knee, a tight breath hissing between my teeth. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

One by one, each aircrew dropped their bombs and then returned to their intermediate airfield to refuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The guy looks at a sheet in front of him, and then up at me, his face all funky. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“You feel fit, then?” the Prince went on. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just stood there staring at him, and then turned and took her petticoats back upstairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rothman doesn’t seem excited, but then again, I don’t think he gets excited. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When you look around, it appears that every man here was fixing to go to a different party, and then suddenly they all got plunked here together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They watched as the base of the wig joined itself to her scalp, and then Sif stood in front of them even more radiant and beautiful than before. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She closed the medicine cabinet over the sink, then shut the bathroom door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could get my bearings, Bud took off at a dead run straight up a ravine, bucking now and then but running, always running. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He ran a little distance into the trees, then circled back. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

By then he was crying, sobbing, pulling at the box of Kleenex on Gaylyn’s desk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then he seemed to turn a corner and come into a sunlit garden. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he considered pulling down the shade, then hated himself for even thinking that and threw open the window. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

No sufficiently powerful and lightweight engine then existed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She giggled as she topped off Percy’s glass, then disappeared in a gust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She looked at me and then returned her attention to Brunelle. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then, in the darkness, I heard what sounded like a gasp. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now, he pulled the sweater over Hooper's head, and then covered him with the anorak. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

If the dream chose the dreamer, then his had chosen poorly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He ordered a cheese and meatball pizza, then he ran a bath, pouring all the motel’s little plastic bottles of shampoo into the water, making it foam. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The rain began about an hour later, gentle at first, then hard enough to rinse off the mud and chill the children as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A white doctor came to the home-house with his derby and walking stick, wrote “stillborn” on Day’s birth certificate, then drove his horse-drawn buggy back to town, leaving a cloud of red dust behind. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We take turns reading paragraphs out loud about the thirteen colonies, and then Mr. Fabian hands out worksheets. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Hearing Spanish then, I continued to be a careful, if sad, listener to sounds. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started with disgust, then thought, The sun will shine in those backyards some day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more police cars drove slowly by; they paused briefly for the officers to exchange a few words with the men on horseback, then moved on. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was a little afraid then at having to play the host to Robin and Miss Whitlaw; but then I realized that they were probably just as afraid of being my guests. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then she says one of the doctors just walked in and she has to hang up. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In America, the history of racism is taught like this: “There was slavery and then there was Jim Crow and then there was Martin Luther King Jr. and now it’s done.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Justice watched his bodyguard begin to tie Skarpi’s wrists, then turned his body slightly away, as if dismissing the storyteller from his mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look at her for a second and then down at her outstretched hand and I reach out and I take it and press it inside my own and a second later I let go. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The lords torched the thatched milling room and then threw their great mugs into the flames. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Old Spencer asked me something then, but I didn't hear him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In the end, then, it had had to be managed with the Old Lord’s agent, an oily scoundrel whose hands were heavy with the money that stuck to them in passing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

My dad got a job as a busboy and then, later on, as a dishwasher. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Not long into the story, the fire dimmed into embers and then the embers extinguished. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She got a babysitter, and for Gary’s birthday, they went to an Olive Garden and then to the movies to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He flips around, lashing his fleshy tail at the knights, and then darts into the trees from which he’s come. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re just lucky the old guy isn’t going to press charges,” the cop said, practically slamming the door on John’s foot and then getting into the driver’s seat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It appeared, then, that her father would throw no obstacle in the way of Rosamond’s union with St. John. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly, it all united and swelled into a great roar of laughter. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“And then there’s queer, but does that just mean ‘not straight’? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And then he ran away and was sick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She patted an empty chair next to her, then reached over and picked up her glass of wine. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would stop for a few minutes, but then give it a turn or two and my heart would slow down. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stare longingly at the black of where the bottom should be but isn’t, and then I stare up again at the light, very faint but still there, waiting with Violet, over my head. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then I thought that it was about time for me to stop thinking because it wasn’t doing my sister any good. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lone shirtmen crouched upon the shore, firing at the fleet, then falling upon their bellies and disappearing before there could be answer to their impertinence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I was about to give up, and then I saw her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then his facial expression changes and he’s gone again, just like that. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gladys and I rose early to peel potatoes, then we sat for hours in the front porch playing jacks or jumping rope to made-up rhymes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She drew out pins and thread and with little tucks here and there stuffed in the loose materials, then filled the toes of the shoes with tissue paper, until everything fit. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vehicle had stopped at the wicket; the driver opened the door: first one well-known form, then another, stepped out. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every now and then they spotted him running through a picture ahead. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She clasped her hands and then explained the extent of the injuries: broken bones, punctured lung, internal bleeding, brain swelling. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I did something then that I didn’t know I could do. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate seven spoonfuls and then said, “No more. Too sick.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a line running clean ’cross his forehead that was so straight it looked like someone had took a measuring stick then cut along it with a knife. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“How, then? You here again?” said Miss Pocket. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Turns out, backing in isn’t necessary, because, surprisingly, the on-ramp isn’t congested with abandoned cars—but then, I guess that’s not surprising at all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like the business you’re in. But then,” she added with her amazing detachment, “I suppose someone has to bury the dead. How much is a plot?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook him, gently, then roughly, but still no flicker of his wrinkled lids. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the rain comes down hard, slapping sheets of it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It predicted what might happen to the seal population off Cape Cod after the Marine Mammal Protection Act became law. Back then, seals had been my focus.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We sat silently for a long time and then I started saying silly things, because I didn't know what else to do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He’d yell hi, then clack away for a few minutes, while I took out my notebook and strolled through the place, playing writer and cataloguing the apartment’s meager contents. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

People see me, recognize my face, and then look panicked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She squinted, then put a hand to her mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then Jason and Carter go, and then the others, and then suddenly, because we have an odd number of players now, I’m the only one who hasn’t double-high-fived my teammates. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It clattered to life, and then the film began moving through it as light burst onto the wall. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I make him go to the car first, and then I buy him an ergonomic stapler because I think he should have one. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Me and Jay looked at her, then at each other, then back to Susie. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We’ll start with these and then when you know English better, you can read these.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the two of them continued to chat with me over their shoulders, pausing every now and then to kill or be killed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Secret Service wasn't established until July 1865, and even then, it didn't guard the president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At the end a the aisle we start to go in different directions, but then we both turn to look at each other. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If his decision to keep us here in the Congo wasn’t right, then what else might he be wrong about? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was, but then I thought about that 911 call you didn’t make and...” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were like gifts to the lonely boy; he read them over again and again, and then placed them carefully in the big envelope containing the President’s letter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

With infinite precision, the tubes were lifted out, brought around, and then dropped into the exposed compartments. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He takes the deepest breath ever, holds it in for a few seconds, and then slowly blows it out through his pursed lips. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We wave good-bye and then run to our houses to turn the lights off. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He stepped forward, whipped a napkin away from me, then threw it on the floor. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I almost started to explain, then shook my head. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“If she sees anything but your blue eyes, then she is a fool,” Gitl said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped my eyes to the floor and heard the slow music of the dirge, louder for a moment, then soft again. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, before he could chicken out, he asked the one that haunted him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We throw ourselves on the snow and swing like mad, and then we’re all so cold, we run shrieking indoors. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

In silence they passed the wooden hotel, where a tourist was huddled on the porch out of the wind; then they stepped onto the main street, where the stores stood. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conner reached out and touched my arm, then dropped his hand. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He sends a high ball I have to run like crazy for, then a fast glove-pelting stinger, then a low burner. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We laughed and drank our wine, and then after the meal, we each listed our gratitudes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She hoisted herself spryly into the back, then suddenly broke into happy laughter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re going to publish these to recruit me into the party, then nothing doing,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in fact it lasted probably no more than thirty seconds, and then from the gallery I heard what sounded like a great sigh, a deep, collective “ummmm,” followed by the cries of women. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The investigation revealed that the task force seized large amounts of money, but also small amounts, and then dispensed it freely, unconstrained by reporting requirements or the task force’s mission. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I knew he was crazy for sure then.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave it to him, and he shook it tighter than anyone had ever shaken it, and then he balled it up into a fist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

My father’s old vices returned; first the gambling, then the heavy drinking to forget his losses. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am amaze, and not at ease then; but she is so bright and tender and thoughtful for me that I forget all fear. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Another beer and one more, then I worried I would throw up. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, forget about Peach then. What about you? They could be supporting you and you’re not even letting them in.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“But then why would it have been kept in this beautiful box?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed hold of a bedpost to steady himself, then waited just outside the bathroom door. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“If you didn’t take your first breath on this side of the bridge, then you are not a Caper. You are a wash-ashore.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Outside the window, a car comes to life, soft and quiet like the purr of a cat, then fades away into the distance. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then Mr. Stonecrop was there, his large self parting the crowd like Moses holding out his staff over the Red Sea. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And I see it then, the worry she’s trying to hide. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I explain that I like to see space in terms of triangles, and he listens for a while and then laughs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Axel drops one hand from the fence, then the other. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She nodded again, and then he was gone. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I said, and turned away as I tugged the blood-crusted handkerchief from my nose then jammed it into the back pocket of my jeans. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Birds swooped just below me, playfully dipping and then rising on the air currents. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And then, as if that was too affectionate sounding: “You can’t just leave Ted in the lurch.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That Holy Being told him to tell me ‘Enemy Way’ and then I remembered, Jet has never had N’daa after his tour of duty.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Holding the painting carefully, he took two steps, then two more. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Laila began to protest, then to yell, and he had to summon the help of two more men to have her dragged out of his office. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I mean if she can breathe on her own, then she’ll wake up soon?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers and I obediently searched until all three of us found our shoes, then hurried outside. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The man in the striped shirt slowed and then stopped the roller coaster as it pulled into the station. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the moment I grabbed the bar, I heard my sister Adria’s voice screaming my name from somewhere in the audience, and then I caught sight of Lexie jumping up and down and cheering. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

By then, it was nearly time for Charlotte’s next scene. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The blade of blackbirds rising out of nowhere, brandishing and then gone? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d wanted to let him out of the apartment, hide him in an alley and then go back for him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“And the Death Eaters came . . . and then we dueled. “You dueled with the Dark Lord?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He sat brooding and silent on the foot of the bed, leaning now and then to fill his glass from the bottle on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At first she made to stretch and smile and face a fine new day; then she remembered. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think because I laugh every now and then I don’t miss Dad?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted to pull the guy back, then flung him toward the window. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If you journeyed into the past and prevented your parents from meeting, then you would never have been born—which is something of a contradiction, since you clearly exist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She writes the number in the little green notebook that lives in the cabinet next to the antibacterial ointment, then flips through twenty-four weeks of humiliating recorded weights. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Ginny glanced around, grinning, winked at Harry, then quickly faced the front again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"He got married and then there were none." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Her mouth fell open as she stared at it, and then, just as quickly, the particles vanished. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Patting the ground, circling first to the left and then to the right, she lay down and pulled her knees up to her chin. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody turned to watch them, walking hand in hand, and then the wind blew the woman’s wig off her head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I shrug, then realize that whoever it is can’t see me in the dark. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Claudia had had her fun at the museum, had had her mystery solved by meeting Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and then had headed home with her brother, safe and sound. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There was a silence as Merry crept nearer, and then the Wild Man began to speak, in answer to some question, it seemed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I felt myself in motion, still directed toward the total possession of my body, but by some other route which I could not before then have imagined. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He blinked one wide eye, and then the other, before rolling both toward the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Makhanda, who was tall and slender, marched in a soldierly manner and then gave a crisp, graceful salute. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held my hand a minute, and then he turned away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He bent a dazed, sleepy, frowning look on Elisha and the others, shivering a little as though he were cold; and then he felt his father’s eyes and looked up at his father. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They would take up their position and then wait for Octavian to attack. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

And then I felt that shadow again, and the chickens started to run, and I ran after them, flapping my arms and yelling to keep that hawk away. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

And at first I think he means the word, but then I know he means the town. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Really? How did you get so good at it, then?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She still didn’t have any magic, and maybe she never would, but that didn’t matter just then. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The rate surged to thirty-nine and then immediately to forty. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He shoves the chest as far into a bunk corner as he can, then takes a preparation breath before shifting his curtain aside to climb down. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger cursed under his breath, listened to the sounds of the night for a moment, then imitated the shrill cry of a bird of prey. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then I empty my trash so that the email is as dead and gone as Eleanor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Elodin tried the latch, then turned to the broad-shouldered man, his face going grim. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then they brought out their largest tomes bound in gold, the leather covers stamped with the five-cornered star of the Concordian Empire, and threw open the heavy covers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball went up, hit the front rim, rolled around twice, and then fell through. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did children begin to find their parents embarrassing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The woman straightens up and then drops into a curtsy. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She laughed at Ma, then emptied up one of the trash bags, pouring it out all over our living room floor. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

One can think of these fluctuations as pairs of particles of light or gravity that appear together at some time, move apart, and then come together again and annihilate each other. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something—a faint and faraway click and then a dragging shuffle—so soft as to be almost entirely lost in the distant drone of traffic and the beating of a racing heart. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, he was seventeen, and I was seven, but we were both very good at soccer, so we respected each other like men. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And then Vega just started sobbing his eyes out. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

After he had told her and Maya everything, Grace had started to drive herself home, then pulled the car over halfway there so she could cry. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I ran all the way to the main gate, and then I waited a second till I got my breath. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We wait until the librarian is distracted, then sneak out the door. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She gave him a quick hug, then ran off without looking back. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Just then, the current song ended, and the club grew silent. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The captains came; and then out of the trees crept warily other púkel-shapes so like old Ghân that Merry could hardly tell them apart. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Blue Eyes circled, chasing her, then stopped and smiled. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his feet with his hands and then drew his knife from its sheath and began paring bits of skin from his toes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited only till he had his breath back and then called, “Six I have seen, five slain, nine are told of: come out, worms!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He handed a can to Chas, then Kevin, and then he grabbed one from the shrine and tilted it toward me, a calm and serious look in his steady, fly half eyes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I rinse a plate and there she is, rubbing her eyes, yawning, then smiling. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

If God could be put back into the equation, then many people would have no trouble reading Charles’s book and accepting the scientific argument. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went through a toll booth where Stewart paid a quarter, and then after a while saw signs saying: BRIDGEPORT. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A beer can sailed from the roof, then another, which hit one of them on the head with a tinny sound. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He planned and waited until one time that admiring person exposed himself, and then something happened and the victim never knew how or why. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow—and then her freedom would be decided. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He tried to ignore it—the cookies were calling him—but then the sobbing intensified. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Sooner or later he would have to sleep or eat-and then he would awaken with hands clawing at him; and the hunt would become a running down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“How can he grow if you can’t buy the right food!” he had screamed, then he’d gathered her up and flung her from their trailer, into a snowbank. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After I’d dispatched the crew, I parked my X-wing in the cargo hold and then cruised home in my new ship. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“To tell him the children are well,” he said, then hesitated, and said quietly, “Nusuth, no matter,” and left me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She dresses him carefully as if he might break, then holds him up before the mirror. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax fetched the plastic soldier he’d cached and dropped it as an offering, then warned him away again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mong looked at me, and then we both glanced toward the door where these two dudes in jeans and Timberlands were just sneaking out of the gym. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He smiles, then whacks the box with the back of his hand so that it falls over and its contents spill onto the floor. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I'm ready,” she says, and then he takes her out into the night. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He paused in his efforts and looked at Flora in an apologetic and hopeful way, and then he returned to wobbling back and forth. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

If you don’t want to talk to Mom and Dad, you can let the phone ring two times and then hang up. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He swallows and then holds it out to me. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the end of the last Ice Age, much of the world’s population lived in societies similar to that of the Fayu today, and no people then lived in a much more complex society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a damp November day, and Doctor was paralyzed even then and taking liquid food in his bedroom. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the universe is destined to go on expanding forever, the temperature of the microwave radiation will eventually decrease to less than that of such a black hole, which will then begin to lose mass. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ned studied the rocky face of the bluff for a moment, then followed more slowly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby hopped closer and then, carefully, crept up the side of the stump and peered inside. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But then Wen said the name of the girl he loved. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate, shopped, then headed home with the groceries. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Shasta would nearly have fallen asleep if he had not had to dismount and walk every now and then. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

And then there’s me: team captain whose attempt at saving the day has landed me with a stitched-up catching arm a week before my team’s first state tournament game. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to the bankers first for letters, and then to Castle Hill. The view is so lovely, and I like to feed the peacocks. Have you ever been there?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lashed at me irritably with his tail, then seeing he could not dislodge me, broke into a trot, dragging me along. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He grunted, and then I pressed him up, held him in the air off his feet. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I ran until the sound of blood pulsing in my ears was louder than the thoughts in my head; then I turned around and ran back, swinging around the pasture to the red railroad car. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“All right, then. Would you like your shower before or after breakfast?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They began to think about a helicopter to ferry them from Cange to Port-au-Prince, and then a special medevac flight straight to Boston. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Ben ripped the paper off the package, then lifted the cover off the box. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And then one day she didn't come back," Zero said. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Well, first he puts his hand on my shoulder, and then he runs off. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Genie rubbed his fingers over the little knots one more time, and then it became clear. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But James merely laughed, permitted his mother to kiss him, gave his father a fleeting hug, then leapt onto the rapidly filling train. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He checked to make sure there was nothing living in it, then climbed down into a hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Back then, he’d thought it was a hallucination, another one of the jungle’s illusions, but he saw clearly now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He gingerly eased himself up, exhaling a slew of Spanish curses as he got to a full standing position, then swiveled his hips in a creaky circle, stomping forward arthritically. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Let’s take it old school then!” says Hype. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ignatius was about to say this to himself; then he remembered that he went to the movies almost every night, no matter which way Fortuna was spinning. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then when my father went away, my uncle started writing his own music, telling stories in his songs. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then I heard scraping sounds, slamming, pushing and shouts and then whack! whack! whack! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, Mamma returned then, arms trembling from holding a heavy silver tray laden with a teapot, teacups, and cookies and plates. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Rashid stared at the guy’s face, then looked down at the hand offered to him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Good boy,” I whisper, then leave a quick note and ease out the front door. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

People would build a kiosk in their garage, buy wholesale bread and eggs, and then resell them piecemeal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She looked up at the thick trees, then back down into the hole. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She dropped all the pieces on my desk, then made me pick them up and take them to the garbage can while the class laughed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And then I could smell it, even more pungent than the house’s other stinks, and I could feel it at the threshold of the room. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But right there, right then, I felt happier than I could remember being. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He must have left before I saw him then. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back at his hand, and then deliberately returned to tracing the lines in his hand with my fingertip. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In a sound wave, then, there is no displacement wherever the air molecules are at a normal density. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“It was supposed to be temporary. I always thought he’d come back to us, but then when his dad died, and he—well, you remember that night with the snowstorm.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The boys peered shyly at me, then hid their faces in Eliza’s skirts. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We then had a short nap in the shade of the block. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If ever I was going to wet my pants in public, it would have been right then and there. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He regards me another moment and then says into the receiver, “He here, ma’am.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by then she had an infant of her own. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d just have to hold the wheel together for, like...half a day, then hold the wheel to the truck for the other half, but still. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The plan is for Lee’s men to fill their empty bellies in Farmville, then march over High Bridge. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I yell and yell, and then I hear the engine slow. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“And then I came up here to find you. Are you hiding from someone?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He paused, then said, “We all came here together on the same ship from Mars. Not Resch; he stayed behind another week, receiving the synthetic memory system.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We picked up hundreds of students from other schools and then headed for the stadium. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then what really hurt my heart was when we had the funeral and Derrick went up and saw Eric’s body. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the booth, the whole booth with all of us in it, swayed one way and then the other, and I heard whatever bolts anchored it to the floor groan and snap. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the first moment it was annoying, and then it was comic: How silly! she thought. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then a guy with brown hair and a short red beard slides into the empty row in front of us and smiles at me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Not really-” “Well, then, you will be. I’m a friend of Sarah Bagley’s.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a dry popping sound and saw the man sag, and the pipe rang upon the walk; then someone caught me hard in the stomach and suddenly I knew that I was fighting too. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute he fought quite hard; then he lay still, breathing fast and shallow. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then to dispel the dark mood, her mother laughed and said, “It’s nothing to worry about, my dear. Simply don’t answer the door after sunset.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she turns and our eyes meet and I don't know how I ever thought I'd be able to smile. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She times me in wind sprints, then puts me back on the line to shoot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

His thumb slid down, and now it was stroking the hollow above her collarbone, then the flesh beneath it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I decided I'd just see old Phoebe and sort of say good- by to her and all, and give her back her Christmas dough, and then I'd start hitchhiking my way out West. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Dad jumps from the moving truck, hits the ground hard and rolls, then runs back toward the brushfire, which has spread wider and grown taller. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But they laughed, walked to the well, then returned. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

His pupils contract to pinpoints, dilate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly peeked at the photograph again and then closed her eyes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cecilia took a cigarette from a packet by the cooker, and then, remembering that her sister was no longer a child, offered one to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And then, just as I raised a fistful of berries to my lips, the sounds changed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was a long silence, and then, eyes trained on the notch they’d created in the link, Wylan said, “Just girls?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You think the kayak went out with the tide, then?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But then he caught a whiff of gasoline or kerosene— some kind of fuel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Henry shoved a fork into the beans, raised it almost to his mouth, then set it down without taking the bite. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Well then-" Side by side, watched by silent boys, the two started up the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

By then, the moon was well up and the crowd was tired, so the king decreed that the last three matches would be fought the next morning, before the melee. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, shaking with the cold, he dressed, then knelt in front of the crucifix they’d taken from home and prayed for the strength he and his sisters would need in the days to come. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The signers of the Declaration would then have been hunted down, tried, and executed for treason, and American history would have flowed forward in a wholly different direction. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Surely, then, they would shake my hand, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her body was beautiful, spare and big boned yet rounded and softHe desired suddenly that she should like him as her husband and then he was ashamed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He led him to the big vault and stepped inside, then told Ned to close the door and listen for the sound of his shouting. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I'll have to think about it,” replied Mo. “Suppose I lend her to you for a few days now and then?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth waits until Mama’s gone, then gives me a huge grin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She considered Ophie for a moment, then said, “Child, what are you mixed up in?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She let the drill buzz for a few seconds more and then clicked it off. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

But then Mom gets home and Dad leaves. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I read them again and again, and then, on the first blank line, I sign my name and write: "Your mountain is waiting. So.. .get on your way!" All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You come here in the middle of the night saying you’re having a heart attack and then you won’t let anyone near you? How do you expect me to know what is wrong with you?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly it hits me what I did. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wished then they had taught him more about the clouds and the sky, about the way the priests called the storm clouds to bring the rain. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The old man paused, holding the rope and bottle of wine, then shrugged and began to dig around in his packs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The horses’ flying feet went through the low-banked clouds near the ocean as through a thin sea mist and then up and up in the clear air, climbing the height of heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I run back over to where Ms. Holly is standing and whisper in her ear. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I know, but first those girls at school know that you have something that they want, then they bring you into their group just so you can teach them dance steps or whatever.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The squad positions itself under Boggs’s direction, and then we have to wait for Cressida to get the cameramen in place as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I start to worry that maybe no one will answer, but then the agent nods and asks, “Do you know the way?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“On deck” and then “at bat” and then “steal home.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The dog growled at us once more, just to make his feelings clear, then circled back to his masters feet. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They then matched those dates to his bank records. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Both she and Valley took a big gulp, then walked into the clearing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And she just gave me that look of hers and then she took this out of her pocket. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When Zita, then thirty years old, saw the footage of him on television, she said: “It is not his beard. There is something bothering about his eyes. He is a hopeless, broken man.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This time he continued on across the grass until he had almost reached the summerhouse, then turned and came walking slowly back, his eyes never leaving the ground. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he was trying to be helpful, but I couldn’t stand him right then. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As he clipped his safety tether onto the fixed rope he tossed his ice ax down, then left it lying on the rocks as he embarked on the first rappel. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Can we go through, then?” said Malcolm, who could hear the hyena again, even closer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And then Boston tilts away and they ascend effortlessly over a blackened Atlantic. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bryce laid Edward at the foot of one of the beds and then lit the lamp. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She sat up, then, and pushed her hair fretfully back from her face and she shrugged her shoulders when he would have drawn her to him, and she would not yield to his coaxing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

For this, Winnie was charged and then sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let out a sigh, then stood and walked toward me, lifting his right arm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could see a shiny, shiny black shoe lying halfway underneath some concrete, then it got covered with smoke, and then the lightbulb flickered out again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife handed their baby down to him, then hopped into the dust herself. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Realizing there was no way out of it, he swallowed hard, closed his eyes for a second, then turned and pointed to a house behind us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It gave with a low creak, then cracked open slightly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

All those numbers, the fours and the threes and all that, yeah, add a "hundred" on the end, and then add a "meters" on the end of that. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I fold up the note, stick it in my pocket, replace the foot-long floorboard, and hammer it in with the heel of my hand, then I shift the mattress over again. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We all clap big for the first-place winner, and then the library staff passes out cake and ice cream. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Worsley manned the crow’s-nest with binoculars, a megaphone, and a flag, searching the ice pack for seals and then shouting and pointing out the seals to the hunters. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“I am glad I bought a cheap dress then,” Caroline said, laughing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

How was he supposed to know back then if he wanted to look like other guys, or if he wanted other guys? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I read it somewhere. You write the thing out that you can’t deal with, the unmentionable, write what you want to do and then burn the pages. Slowly.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Rooms were whitewashed and then sprinkled with vinegar. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Well then, the neurologist’s office called. Your appointment is next Friday. It would mean taking you out of school again.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

We had something important in common, then, a personality quirk I didn’t share with Alaska or anybody else, although almost by definition Lara and I couldn’t express it to each other. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

As for Treebeard, he first laved his feet in the basin beyond the arch, and then he drained his bowl at one draught, one long, slow draught. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Brother, will you speak?” she asked— then, turning to Malcolm X, “Is it all right if he speaks? And maybe he could introduce you.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I looked up and over at the stairs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stared at me and then opened the file. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She went inside the kitchen for the water bucket, and then came back outside to the pump. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy about Mark’s age named Darnell is next, then a girl named Misty—another teenager, but older, maybe eighteen—then a dude, also older than Mark, but short and loaded with muscles. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She brought the skillet over and stacked more johnnycakes and ham onto his empty plate, then went back to the stove. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at the house and he looked out over the dripping countryside and then let the door back down and descended the steps and set about making breakfast. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The brightly shining metal plates were then immediately used to make a model in which for the first time all the DNA components were present. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She pointed to the cave and then to me and made gestures as if she were making a fire. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the sword and the lantern, then rolled up the Oriental rug, uncovering the trapdoor I already knew was hidden underneath. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

With a Coleman lantern to lead him, Toomer secured the boat and then plunged through the woods until he came to a row of dunes covered with sea oats. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I removed my shoes, laptop, camera, then I passed through the checkpoint, reassembled my pack, and headed for the terminal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But then my dad said to me, slowly, gravely, “You are not going to see her anymore.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I know Coll and Dallben well. And they are too wise to let you wander here alone. Have you run off, then? I warn you; Dallben is not one to be disobeyed.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Rains then carry part of the arsenic into streams, rivers, and reservoirs, as well as into the vast subterranean seas of groundwater. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Nita kicks one of the tires to test it, then climbs into the driver’s seat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But all I wanted right then was to go home. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She glanced at the blank TV screen, and then flipped through the pile of DVDs to select another. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His fingers crept over her knees, then stopped. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not this time—just have to make sure Imani’s mom is there, then I already promised the guys I’d shoot some hoops at the gym.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Glad you take after me,” Wanda said, then returned to her book. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They spoke but rarely, and then in quiet tones, as if they held some great reverence for the task set before them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

What he saw was there and then not there, moving so quickly in and out of sight as to make him uncertain he had seen anything at all. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then noticing the mirthful expression on my face, they broke into a laugh, though in a somewhat bemused fashion. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

X-Ray laughed, then handed Armpit the envelope containing the two remaining tickets. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

They drove out there, checked the chlorine shed, toured the perimeter, then trooped into a little shack that had been set up with four cots. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The resulting thick sheet was then coated with soft resin and taken to the hot-room to set. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did I realize that I’d accidentally exposed a part of my identity while in the Dark World. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She took the compact then and stared into the mirror for a long while. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alright then. Ask him tonight what he wants to pay.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well then, pretend my book is a pair of Flush tickets. That’s how important this is to me.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: Is there anyone who you can look at now who you felt was very bleak back then but has changed around? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there were all the people James mentioned in one sentence—a great-grandmother, auntie, cousins—all right here, nearby? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She stayed with Francisco until visiting hours were over then came home, exhausted, hungry, her eyes red. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I then returned to Copenhagen to collect my few clothes and to tell Herman about my good luck in being able to become a crystallographer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They stand at the wire fence; sometimes one goes away and then another at once takes his place in the line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And then eventually they set you up with another person and then you have to really watch your back for a while, to see how good this person is.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The plane then coasts out over the back bay, Balboa Island, and the Newport Peninsula before the pilot pushes the engines back to full and resumes the climb-out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rashid Uncle stayed out most of the day, then carved wood outside under a tree. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A word that lay in wait for me, jumping out now and then, scaring me because I didn’t know exactly what it meant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He looked out over the crowd and then looked down, looked right at Samuel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling back an old blanket off the seat beside him, he said, “Take care of this and then help me unload this feed.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I stop and listen to Mother coughing downstairs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Doc pointed and mouthed something I couldn’t hear; then he gave the jar to Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If that kind of organization existed, then innocent people must go to prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The cat gave a guttural yowl, then deliberately ran ahead, looking back as he paused beyond the range of firelight. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cousins chattered as much as before, but they waited until Father Amadi said something first and then pounced on it in response. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The lion then started to look for a way out. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I hear ya, kid," he said, wincing, stretching out his right leg, bending it, then straightening it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Rubenstein was in his early sixties then, a heavyset man with dark hair, a deep southern accent, and a very clear and concise manner. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I touch the charms on my bracelets—Star of David first, then flag, teacup, TARDIS. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He wetted another paper towel as he talked, then passed it to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And then she came upon a crack too big to step over. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murphy blushes and blinks; she shifts in her chair, picks up her teacup, and then puts it down without taking a sip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“If you cook me dinner—and I don’t want to eat it—and you shove the food down my throat, then who’s the bad one? Me or you?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They added more water, and then it became too wet. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He scooted forward and reached again and laved up a handful of it and smelled and tasted it and then drank. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Only gradually did I become aware that the automobiles which turned expectantly into his drive stayed for just a minute and then drove sulkily away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They jumped to their feet in alarm, speaking rapidly to one another, then ran off into the jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Donovan felt his robot stagger at a sudden push by Powell’s mount and then Powell was off into the sunlight. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He dreamed of how he would get a bachelor’s degree in communications or business management and then a doctorate in theology. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They followed him for a while and then they overtook him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He brought his handkerchief out of his pocket to ream the sweat, carefully, out of one eye socket and then the other. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our agent got close to the lightning thing and then some monster startled him and the old Weed shriveled. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When we are done shaming them, we throw up our hands and then turn our backs as they are carted off to jail. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She’d seen men running to get into a line behind them during the first moments of the assembly, but she hadn’t dared turn around then. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You care more about Uncle Max than me. The only reason you don't want me to leave is because people might ask questions and then you'll look like a bad mom.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Shawn shuffled around for a few minutes, then emerged with a handful of steel screws. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I read the next sentence, then the next sentence. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But then a month passes, and she goes back to what she originally said she wanted. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Henry glanced up and nodded, then went back to his book. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He might be alone in holding that belief, and if alone, then a lunatic. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And then—the glory—so that a cricket song sweetens his ears, the smell of the earth rises chanting to his nose, and dappling light under a tree blesses his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The white general election of 1948 matched the ruling United Party, led by General Smuts, then at the height of his international regard, against the revived National Party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his right hand in his own puke and wiped it all over his face and then spit in my direction and laughed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No/” “Yeah. Can you picture it? We get all the heavies stoned, and then hit ’em with a tap dancer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since then, this science has developed in more or less parallel with biology, but more quietly. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You laughed at her. You said you weren’t seven years old and then stomped out the front door.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She walked to both ends of the hallway, then explored another wing for good measure. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theoretically, it can do this indefinitely: grow old, then young, old, then young, and never really die. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“And then I came straight here, and now I don’t know what to do.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Arthur, don’t forget that if I never dated Hudson, then I couldn’t have broken up with him. Then I wouldn’t have gone to that post office. Then I wouldn’t have met you.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And then, once he was able to sit and relax, the realization came back: he had killed Bonneville. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

From that common starting point, they then devised diametrically different courses of action. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

By then the refugee was buying bread at a bakery on the quay. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Soon they could hear loud voices, and then the tramping of heavy feet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She gave a shake of her shoulders and then very carefully she placed her mug on the tray. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

If he was truly the man behind this, then perhaps the sight of him would awaken the dybbuk inside of me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Even then some said that you were coming,” said the weaver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; he is a Kentuckian too. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about that for a second, then shake my head. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wondered why, and then realized that I had grown so accustomed to being a Negro, to being shown contempt, that I could not rid myself of the cautions. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only had to add, “pushed him out of the tree” and the chain of implausibility would be complete, “then I ...” just those few words and perhaps this dungeon nightmare would end. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dread of tuberculosis was in every home then, because there was not a family that had not lost one of its members to consumption, so Clara decided to go and fetch her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaax and Johnson moved slowly out of the room, carrying the monkey, and turned left and then turned left again, and entered the necropsy room, and laid the monkey down on a stainless- steel table. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marly was puzzled at first, but then it turned out that Joe wouldn’t go to the little school by the graveyard at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Miig stayed on the trail until we were all off and then slipped in beside us, quickly passing us in near complete silence. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He stood still for about ten seconds, then he yelled and leaped to one side. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The bald man with the long nose hurried by the children, then stopped himself, looked at Violet in her wedding dress, and smirked. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

If that was all, then things would straighten out. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They flicker at the edges of each log and then creep over the bark. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I climbed hand over foot for as long as momentum would take me and then switched to a slower shimmy until the branches started and I could use them as steps. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I quickly grabbed them then reversed my steps back to the kitchen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s still hanging? That’s good news. You know the myth, then?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then, “Yes,” and another, “Yes,” and then, “No trouble at all,” and, “Keep me posted.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then picked up a trumpet, blew on it, and handed it to me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

If hard days have made me any judge of Men’s words and faces, then I may make a guess at Halflings! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And then our hands reached out, palm to palm, joining our lifelines. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not show his delight that Hamlet was in love with me, for then Claudius might suspect his ambitions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But then I look at this kid, at the thin face and the thin neck and the scrawny shoulders, and he’s seven and small for his age, and I remember what that was like. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For her, it was essential that if she was going to lose her lifemate to the struggle, then those for whom he had struggled must be educated. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, maybe it was just the wind. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They would then leave the museum by the front door and within five minutes would re-enter from the back, through the door that leads from the parking lot to the Children’s Museum. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember, then, the legionnaires throwing my numb body into the kitchen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘And then we can have some rest and some sleep,’ said Sam. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Up at the medic’s hootch, he cleaned and bandaged my forehead, then we went to chow. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars drive the losers and winners out of the stadium while we applaud their collective greatness, and then we’re all sent back into school before final bell. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was funny because it wasn’t something that I would’a thought to ask for, but sitting there then in my room, it seemed like something I had been wanting. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And then someone said, “I think it was a rat.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

What if I actually managed to kill something—then what? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They brought me a glass of water and then another. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She let the world fall away for a moment and then she saw it: wide-open skies. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

After he drops it on top of my discarded dress, he steps out of his shoes and kicks them aside, then kneels in front of me to take mine off, too. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“So far as I can learn,” she said, “what happens is that you beat them, and then you let them off and beg them to go home. Everybody respects your kindness.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached into the stall to turn off the dribbling shower and then pounded an open palm against the tile wall. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But then, once we’re halfway around the park’s path, I feel a drop of water on my head. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear had learned the answer to their mystery: Min used thin slabs of clay to build the small interior boxes first, then the larger one to fit around them. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

His mother refused even then to give up hope. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawes had started his career as a guard at Clinton prison and then returned to his hometown of Elmira, where he rose to the post of chief guard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ollie sits next to me, staring, whining every now and then. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Until then, I had thought I was the last one out of the ghetto. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The porter went in the door, followed by the gray-haired woman, then came hurrying back. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He laughed and then thought of what it would be like if she found out and left him and he never heard that sardonic voice over the phone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The door of the helicopter opened, and out stepped, first a fair and ruddy-faced young man, then, in green velveteen shorts, white shirt, and jockey cap, a young woman. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I actually think you could make decent money, you know? And then you could spend it on a drum kit. It would be perfect.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Got her eyebrows raised high, then she pushes them low, then raises them again. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed to the second floor and then the third. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If that was Grog the boys took for Seabiscuit the other morning then let me caution you thus,” wrote the turf reporter known as Jolly Roger, who wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she took the thermometer out she read it and then shook it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A policeman with a golden star upon his chest came to the door of the car, opened it, glanced at him briefly, then turned to the driver. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So we pitched our tents and fixed noodles with the last of our water, then sat side by side on a log, eating in silence, facing Waynesboro. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny took a plate of warm food to her and she ate, slowly at first, then hungrily as she sat beside Matt at the fireplace. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I get in, then I’ll know that people like me have a say in how our lives turn out. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“If the Temptations don’t get you then you got to look out for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles,” Peewee called out. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without hesitation, she drank the mixture and then flashed Mark Antony a victorious smile. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He looked it over carefully, then put it on the counter. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Someone’s going to have to come pick up the mail until the fifth. The new man should be up and running by then.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

None but the most powerful can see them, and only then with great difficulty and at great peril. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We find a handicapped parking spot right in front of the studio, and after the usual unloading the chair down the car ramps, seating me and strapping me in, then attaching Elvira, we roll inside. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“No Money in Front?” guessed Colonel Cathcart “Good, Colonel. You have a gift, sir. And then there’s the cork.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We’ll do the nines then,” I said, rummaging in my purse for a pen. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys shook one another’s hands, paddled over to the Syracuse boat, collected trophy shirts off the backs of the defeated Orangemen and shook their hands, and then rowed leisurely back to their shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was then that someone lighted the twenty-five-foot string of firecrackers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others all began to laugh then, even Call, who knew the joke was at his expense. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The singing went on and on—and then it stopped. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then the house itself was really most attractive, the view from the terrace magnificent…. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I pondered awhile, searching my memory: then it came to me: the man who had called after Raja’s death. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then drew four straight lines on to which the notes would be placed, so that it was instantly possible to see the relative positions of every note. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He glanced at me quickly, then looked down again at his paper plate. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Kat’s always late, it’s annoying, and right then this is the biggest problem Annabelle’s got. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“If you wanted me to know this, then why didn’t you stay to tell me for all the time you’ve been away?” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The music fades in, right on cue—enchanting the crowd—and then the sparkling Emerald Gates open, welcoming humanity back to the Happiest Place on Earth. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They then struggled frantically to pull open the jaws of the crack that held poor Merry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, then here’s another fact,” said my dad. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Felicia arranged for Joaquin’s remains to be brought home for a decent burial, and then she stayed with me until I could laugh again at silly things. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all ate till they could hold no more, and then they began to dance again. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the line and then looked back at me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Why then did Sacrobosco continue to be the standard text after the discoveries of Vespucci? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She points at a picture of a woman and then at another doorway, above which I see a picture of a man. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When Mom got home, she wrinkled her nose at the sulfurous odor, then went into the basement and looked at the ruined hot-water heater. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux’s flashes were rapid-fire by then, with photos of frozen fighters spooling from the camera and falling to his feet like large, square confetti. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Foremole paced the length of the step then shuffled sideways over it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He thought about asking Mr. Stine if he’d gone down to the basement to check the heaters in the wood shop, but then he snuck a look at his watch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He straightened his vest, smoothed the front of his pants, then cleared his throat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was Nel who finally called the hospital, then the mortuary, then the police, who were the ones to come. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

However, he rarely spoke of his parents or of Ariana from then on, and his friends learned not to mention them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t remember her ever filming this, but then again, when she was here, I never had paid much attention to what she did when she wasn’t with me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The ticket would take me to Chicago, then to Hong Kong, then to Brisbane. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He stared at me, then went and sat facing a wall, his nose a couple of inches away, and stayed that way even when I said “walkies!” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I walked the two kindergartners to the dentist’s office, read my book in the waiting room for a while, and then went back for a second grader and a fourth grader. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

When we first acquired the motor-boat, my youngest sister was four and I was seven, and by then all of us had learnt to swim. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at Frank, and then at Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped he was right, but then there was an urgent knock on the suite’s interior door. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

His mother sat for another minute, then left. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Behind him, he heard Royal’s explosive whisper: “I bet he got a mighty big one!”—and then all the children laughed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Stanley saw him hang back behind the others a moment, then return to the Wreck Room. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He leans down and kisses him fiercely, and then he’s grinning and gone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The younger Cooksey was a competent physicist then investigating the elusive qualities of X-rays, but he knew he was no match for the newcomer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Then proceeds to put his hands on his waist only to move them to his pockets, then back to his waist. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

All was quiet until we reached the end chamber, and then the air pressure dropped and the temperature fell and the storm screamed into full-throated being. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I start to open my door, but then I stop. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts the bull hook high and then freezes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He grin and show me the tooth he got missing, then run off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But then that Saturday she called, saying she needed to talk, that she had something important to tell me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read the numbered plates, then looked up to the stairs curving up to a second floor from either side of the great room. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We all look at him, then look away quick because he is, in a manner of speaking, eating. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the women were checked next, then the men, who had been brought up on deck, were examined as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an anguished groan; then Jerome pushed himself up to his knees, took several deep breaths, and stood up the rest of the way. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Acererak beat you at Joust, then you had to fight him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He looked around to make sure no one was listening, then leaned in close and whispered, “But you know what pays even better?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And then he walked into the Soviet embassy on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, DC, and handed the guard a letter for the KGB agent in charge. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was now starting to actually feel a bit angry, which then made me feel worse, as if I were fulfilling some prophecy laid out for me by the haters, as if I’d given in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I could tell then, that was the problem. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From what Robbie said, the shadows are spirits wandering around, and then a shadowshaper comes and gives them a form, yeah?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I tasted them on the tip of my tongue for a minute, hesitated, then spat instead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I already told you! I made a deal! If I take Radar home, then Dad will come home.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The final key to using sequences of tenses should be familiar from our discussion of if And then. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now and then the womenfolk called on him to throw fear into someone, but I knew that he was feeble and was not frightened of him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Dale comes back into her office just then. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was turning red and then—that high blood pressure we hadn’t mentioned—almost purple. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She then stands in her bare feet on the ceramic tile floor and breathes a sigh of relief as the coolness of the tile flows through the soles of her feet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spun on her heels and felt the thrum of more power enter through one hand, passing through her heart, then exiting through the other side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But if Link’s name can bring a decent turnout to this very important meeting, then it’s worth it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She yelped, then cursed herself for making a sound. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When they broke apart, he gave her a nod, then without another word, he headed toward the stable's exit. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You never talk about being Korean,” Dari said, and then I felt weird about it, like I’d done something wrong. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She points to mine and then pokes her cheeks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she returns the scarf to Terese, draping it on her neck, and says, “Molto better, si! Molto better.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“There are no violent offenses that are juvenile,” thundered Newt Gingrich, who was then Speaker of the US House of Representatives. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Leaving the maps, then, Bloom talked about the history of the north, about land grants and how they had been lost, strayed, or stolen, divvied up. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You send this madman to destroy my family, my friends, and then you demand I join your stupid club or you won’t tell me where Wick is?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The demon then planned to take it all around the demons’ land and charge people admission to see him fly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nervously looked down at the paper, and then looked up at all of us, smiling. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

By then we had opened the gate and the cows were following us back. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She checks my photo ID, then squirts what looks like soap onto my palms, although there is no sink in evidence. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day you might decide to have kids, and then where are you going to put them? The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At any rate I do wash my face,” said Polly, “which is what you need to do; especially after—” and then she stopped. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The men were on different watches and neither knew about the other, but one day one man or t’other would puzzle it out, and then there would be blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Eloise reflected a moment, then said, “It wasn’t always what he said, but how he said it. You know.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t say it was thrilling, how he jumped on that board thing and rolled down the hill, twisting the T left and right and then swerving it around. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earthquake signaled such an important change in the life of the Trueba family that from then on they divided all events into before and after that day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babou shook his head, but then Mom thrust a wad of bills under the glass partition before Babou could stop her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She stepped out from under the tree then. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and looked all about as if he sought something that were lost or hidden, then rested his gaze on me with an inquiring look. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Makgatho, then eleven, was old enough to know and he had been instructed never to reveal my real name in front of anyone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And then”—my mother began to tear up—“she said that all she could do anymore was think about Oslo and Gabriel up there as babies, crawling around on a solid white floor together.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The boys caught five small fish, which they killed and then left lying in the water, so they’d be fresh for breakfast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, just as Marshall and Melanie got back to their apartment, their dad had come in early from the university. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neel braced himself for the sound of footsteps, followed by a shout and then a chase. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

A glassine bandage wrapping danced across the area between the huts, flattened itself momentarily against the small, still body of a dead NVA soldier, and then flew off into the jungle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The windows of the office and grill flashed under approaching headlights and then blacked out again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bridge, they crossed and then waited for Håkon to appear. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I resolved to put it all behind me, and then I stepped outside to begin examining the suspects. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She tightened the rope, moved her second foot, and then the first again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And then he leaned back, in his own seat this time, removed his hand from her lap, and closed his eyes once again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So, first Henry started going out with Savanna, and then Miles started going out with Ximena. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

First food, because food made strength; first food, then thought, then action. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

So then I asked the nurse to make sure a blanket my mother had given me one Christmas would go with me into surgery. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I think it was about then that I really started to freak. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Go on then,” he says, thumping me on the back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The cat let it get nearly to the cover of the blackberry vines and then she reached delicately out and white thorns had sprouted on her paw. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sucked in his breath and tried again, and then he bolted up, overturning his chair, turned his back to me, and started to walk out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My nightmares started then, nightmares in which I saw Ade Coker’s charred remains spattered on his dining table, on his daughter’s school uniform, on his baby’s cereal bowl, on his plate of eggs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He too stood in lengthy conference with the two plainclothesmen, and then with Leon, and finally with Leon and Mrs. Tallis. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head no, but then confesses, “OK, yes, like a baby.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He told a particularly gruesome story about the silverback gorillas when they were called up next, then shared a folktale about impundulus when a young male beastkeeper came forward with one perched on his arm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And then I saw it a few feet away: a large container on the ground, no one too near it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I paused to consider it, but then shook my head. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Others hid in narrow trenches as Allied tanks passed overhead, and then leaped out fearlessly, blasting the tanks from behind, even though they knew it meant certain death from the next tank or foot soldiers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Zephyr goes momentarily still, then jumps off me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I looked for Momly, then caught myself, realizing that she wouldn't be there. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” said Liz, laughing, and then it was time to hang up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure hears the gate clang shut, then the woman latching the door behind them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The feeling of being gone and then returning was so strong I had to sit down on my bed for a while. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So that’s that settlement then,” Viola whispers as we take a look behind us and watch it disappear behind a bend. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

If there is not peace, then there will be revolution. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quiet for a moment still, then from all the guns behind us the bombardment started. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You could relinquish him to an orphanage here, then file an orphan petition. Start your 1-600 form and your home study while he’s in a safe place.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie slipped his shirt back on, then took her hand again and placed his other hand on her hip. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Reed came up to Archer then, walking softly, keeping his distance. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But then all at once his misery parted just long enough to allow another emotion its brief moment of glory. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I half want to cry, wishing my sisters were with me, but then find myself laughing instead—laughing at the craziness of it all. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Florent scanned the empty market, then unscrewed the lid from his thermos, poured some coffee into it, and handed it to Joseph. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They were tested, found to be broken beyond repair, written up as damaged freight and tossed, and then I went Dumpster diving. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The man said, “No, sir,” turned back toward the maple and whistled, then waved both his arms over his head. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

An involuntary shiver runs down my spine as her fingers trace across my forehead to touch my hair, and then back down across my brow. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She followed the prints until the road forked, and then they went west. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There was a glint of amusement in his eye as he asked, “I take it then, Goodman Cruff, that you withdraw your charges against this young woman?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You mirror his steps until you see a weak spot—and then you lunge.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

If the birds of the North are born with a migratory instinct fused into the albumen of eggs, then the military families of America develop the same instinct out of necessity. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This strategy would avoid a mad dash on their territory, though whites could then attempt to buy allotments from tribe members. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And then I spot an old friend—Little Women by Louisa May Alcott—and grab it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then I looked up at him, and I shrugged, and I said, “Why? Do you think it looks cool?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hideo glances up, then moves his fingers in a single, subtle motion. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The clues snap in place then: sky, trees, creek, and warning. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In fact, she had actually started to mutter things at me every now and then. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There was the occasional burglary, the teenagers got rowdy once in a while, and there was some shouting at the town council or the planning board now and then. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there’s the kind when you know where something is, but you just can’t get to it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Okay then. Does the name Russell Allen mean anything to you?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked over and then halted in the shadows, waiting. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

They nervously glanced at each other and then at Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it was. I made certain of it, right before we locked down the library to the public. Since then, the only ones allowed near the books have been our thirty-two young Olympians....” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I kicked away the papers and walked out, slamming the door behind me, and then waited in the living room for him to come out and apologize. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She was silent for a long time and then she continued Adam’s sentence as though there had never been an interval, “He doesn’t think his father loves him. But you love him—you always have.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard footsteps, a deep echo in the ground, and then branches breaking. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

If it could be argued that the earth might not be a true sphere then, equally, the waters might not be. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He looks down, and then out into the audience, and I can tell he is looking for the other Will and not finding him. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And then she heard him dress quietly and go out. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man made a scoffing sound, then had a short bout of racking coughs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

That night, Ty checks us in and then tells us to go outside. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Annabeth stationed me next to a litde creek that gurgled over some rocks, then she and the rest of the team scattered into the trees. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley hesitated, then moved to the front of the line. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She stroked my back for a while, then gently pushed me away. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then as he saw Wang Lung take the basket from the woman he cried again, “And have you spent money?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He came to my rescue and then walked out of the room. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And then we’d go to the library, where Mr. Powell was waiting for us and where we had started to work on gesture. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lincoln then walks down the hall to his office. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The furnace blower comes on, runs about three minutes, then stops. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t in the mood to talk, so I let his call roll to vidmail, then watched as Shoto recorded his message. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

You exchanged pleasantries and the key, which he used to let him-self out and then placed back in the bucket for you to pull up with the rope. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, just as quickly, it leapt alive again, beating with hope. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

But this whole thing about Jack retrieving the glove and not telling anybody, then hiding it beneath a floorboard in his and JonJon’s shared childhood bedroom? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Didn’t they know that if they went back they would be sold, if not tomorrow, then the next day, or the next? Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a dull explosion as the egg broke, and then a horrible smell. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He laughed and then he shouted, “Go it, Granny! I’ll bet on the chickens but go it anyway, Granny! Ha! Ha! Ha!” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his face; it was serious for a moment, and then his mood shifted and he smiled. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weston waited patiently for two minutes, then impatiently for two more, and finally broke the silence. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Just then the door to his room cracked open. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But then I felt a small hand on my shoulder and smelled rose oil. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Lyra, lying earnestly, “oh yes, we’ll do that then all right.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I thought I might have given my phone number to somebody at a dance or a party and then forgotten about it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you don’t care,” I yelled back, “then I don’t care either. Go ahead and ride the stupid bike!” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Kinko’s eyes dart over from behind his book, and then back to the text. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But just then he heard Finn shout from upstairs: “Chess! Emma! Get up here now!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He tipped the glass of sticky coins into his jacket pocket, and then tapped the pocket to show, unmistakably, that it was empty. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He flung her onto her aunt’s bed, then picked up the cardboard box with the rest of his new clothes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

His mom giggles, then pretends to zip her lips. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The chorus of wild voices grew louder and louder, shaking the robot’s body, rattling the ship, booming across the island and up into the clouds, and then their voices gradually died down to silence. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The gale came into the room for a few seconds more, then Kat shut the window again. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael stopped and watched the fifth and sixth men draw fire, then gathered himself and thrashed out of the water while the men ahead of him ran for it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s silent for a moment, and then a loud cackle escapes from her, which gets me going again. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We watched the car leave and then Via closed the door. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But then I spot Dana Levinson’s gaze on me, and there’s nothing admiring about it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He shivers for a minute or two, and then he’s asleep. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They looked around anxiously for a moment, and then jumped in too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I hear two girls come in and then another one join them soon afterwards. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He placed the point of his shovel on top of it, then jumped on the back of the blade with both feet. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He read some of it and tore the pages out, then ripped ’em into pieces that fluttered to the floor. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

And then Taisin, who had been silent until now, said: “I had a vision. I had a vision, and you were in it.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And then Mrs. Diamant came back to the table and tossed the first paper down in triumph. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My stomach flips again, but I wrinkle my nose, about to delete the message, and then the four o’clock reminder for the AffloVest pops onto my screen, a tiny animated pill bottle dancing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Travis looked us all over once and then back again, like he was assessing us. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And then the light rain began to blow on the wind although the sky was not properly covered with cloud. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just then Aibileen brought a tray of coffee out and set it on the table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Stared at the black tar, his chest like someone blowing up a balloon inside him, then letting the air out, then blowing it back up, then letting the air out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And then someone sat behind the window and she was a lady and she was black and she had long fingernails which were painted pink and I said, “Is this London?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to go over to him, but then I thought maybe he was whisper-crying because he didn’t want me or anyone else to hear him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He managed to get himself to work every day, as a driver and odd-job doer for one of the town’s wealthy businessmen, and then he’d come home at night and head for the bottle. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

First, the men must be fed, then Grandmother and the small children. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Scooter would do then was make catfish faces by squeezing a string of white icing onto each one. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

But then one day in fifth grade, we had a new kid come to our school. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He paced the deck and then stared miserably over the rail. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The draccus snuffed, then rolled, crushing the log into the earth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So you know for sure that this isn’t gonna mess me up, then?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to be dealing with no boys,” she says, but then maybe because she knows she sounded way too much like Momma, she sets her comb down and faces me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Every single day they had to be washed, then rubbed with saddle soap. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

"It was a hundred and three dollars, but then I spent forty-one dollars for the Lemonade-on-Wheels stand. So now it's just sixty-two." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

For a time I remained out of school to wait upon my mother, then Granny came to visit us and I returned to school. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The supposition that Remedios the Beauty possessed powers of death was then borne out by four irrefutable events. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He then added, “You walk funny”—a reference, perhaps, to Fischer’s athletic swagger from years of tennis, swimming, and basketball. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at my brown arm and then back at his leg. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I can come over until dinner, but then I have to go home.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She looked at her mother, who stood blank-faced in the kitchen doorway, then walked over to take the money. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“From kindergarten. At Boulevard, back when it was still K to eight. And then the high school, of course.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ten days or so in the hospital and then home for the long recuperating period. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And then . Nicole blew hard into the tube and the makeup splattered the ground. “It’s hypoallergenic and noncomedogenic, but you still wouldn’t want it in your eyes.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She then opened a piece for all of them and stuck it in the little boys’ mouths. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Fina glances at the cookie, then stuffs the rest of it in her mouth. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

If berating counts, then he’s said more to Charlie this past summer and fall than he has in nineteen years. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They exited, then drove through an underpass and onto a narrow two-lane road. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She knew right then that she would never be attracted to him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

A moment later Roger fell on top of her, and then a mighty noise halfway between a roar and a growl made the very ground shake. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to stroll, then sit on the beach and play with their daughter, then go back to Ahmad's. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My pretend brother looked back at me and stuck out his tongue, then reached up and took my pretend mother’s hand. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But then Thomas saw the most chilling part. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The man turned to me and said, “I lost my daughter a month back. She got real, real sick, then she died.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Can you imagine them trying to get a pic of me then?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I took a few steps and banged my shin on the coffee table, and then I realized why Lori didn’t like to go exploring as much as Brian and I did. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then I said, “I always tell the truth.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was friends with her in middle school, but then she changed, and by the end of freshman year, she turned quiet, almost mute. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Argaven said this with curious emphasis and satisfaction, and even then it occurred to me that nobody else, in two years, had ever given me advice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The blue-gleaming blade shore through them like a scythe through grass, and they leaped and writhed and then hung loose. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to miss you, Ivan,” he says, and then he leaves. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She looked at me in disbelief, and then said, her voice quieter, “The phone.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The writer paused for a moment to mop his brow and then, since the blackboard was full, erased it completely and continued anew from the top. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She slid it over to Ube, and he grunted as he read it, nodding his head, then he wrote some reference numbers underneath her question and slid the card back to her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As she looked, it moved again, and then she saw what was happening: various parts of it were revolving, turning this way and that, scanning the dark sky overhead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The nose of the raft made it, carried over by the pressure ridge, hung for a second, then dropped, plummeted down. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Travis changed two words, crossed out three, put in some better punctuating, then said, “Admirable job, Mr. Freeman, admirable job.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Ron did not answer; he was too busy unwrapping presents, every now and then letting out an exclamation of pleasure. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Something that makes my heart leap, then crash to the pit of my stomach. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Having recovered from the nasty turn, Sydelle Pulaski settled down to transcribing her shorthand to Polish, then from Polish to English. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rimas taught me how to pilfer some by moving the weave of the bag aside with a needle and then moving it back, undetected. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He sniffed, then closed his eyes for a moment. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I want to write you, then I'll write to you. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

By now I know how terror works: I let it control me for a few seconds, and then force myself to act. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a brief moment of silence, and then all of us burst out laughing. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, thinking of Gabriel, she remembered Richard—his voice, his breath, his arms—with a terrible pain; and then she felt herself shrinking from Gabriel’s anticipated touch. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“We shared one yesterday,” she said, and then I got it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Shakes her head a little, then looks away. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After people left, their homes sat unoccupied for a few days, then either militiamen took them or strangers moved in. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Snowflakes flick against the windshield like tiny insects, a few at first, then so many the road disappears. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And then, new problems, and a new series of wars.—Apparently endlessly cyclic. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Hazel quietly got her boots and jacket off as she heard her mother’s voice say, “...she just got in. Do you want to—” and then, a few moments later, her good-bye. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“All right then, boys,” says Cecil, clapping his hands and climbing the stairs to the stage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“They diagnosed my sister with idiocy?” she said, then started reading the definition out loud. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ll just leave this and then rent more later,” I mumbled, my head down, putting the ten on the counter and walking as quickly as I could, without technically running, to the door. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Walter checks him one more time and then turns off the lamp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I picked up my fedora and started to put it on, but then I reconsidered. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And then the Jesuit told the boy his own story. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Husbands shot wives in fits of passion then turned the gun on themselves and splattered their brains all over the walls. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Then when we got married, we had all we could do trying to keep up with planting and keeping house and then you came along. Wasn’t no time for books.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I slip off my well-worn boots, tuck them carefully in one corner, and then try on the new shoes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The wind was so strong that it carried off some of the soil from the surface of the ground, and then the hurricane drove a wall of water up the Angara. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then someone’ll hand out handguns and cans of Mace and tell us, “Good luck, and have the time of your life if you can keep it.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Anya smiled, but then the memory of the creature in the dungeon snuffed her smile out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

On that occasion, as far as I remember, Ruth looked puzzled and surprised for a split second, then gave me a quick nod and went past. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened to our family? Everything was perfect, and then you left us. You left me!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Dad then brought out some paper diagrams of a typewriter keyboard, and passed one to each of us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flicked fearfully from him to Pima and then to Blue Eyes a little ways away. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a flash of pointed teeth, a merciless crunch, and then they were gone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Thirteen to match the MAV, then another thirteen to match Hermes. But it's a hell of a lot better than forty-two." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she slams her phone down so hard that I hear it bounce off onto the floor, hear her swearing and grabbing for it, and then a second slam, and the line goes dead. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes darted around his small room and then came to rest on his stomach, which was rude. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Born the same day, perhaps, then steered by codes and circumstances to serve disparate agencies. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As Calder held the flashlight, Petra rewrapped the painting carefully in the long strip of velvet, and then took off her sweater and tied it securely around the bundle. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the birds were ready to roast, Mama packed them close together along with wild onion bulbs and then pressed rich, streambed muck carefully around them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Leisurely, he gathered himself for a spring, then leaped effortlessly at the latch on the door. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why, then, had peoples of those outlying areas not already begun to grow them of their own accord? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He slides his hands down my arms and then squeezes my hips, his fingers sliding over the skin just above my belt, and I shiver. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos then stepped aboard; Athena took her position aft, and he sat by her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What, then?" demanded Ser Jared Frey, who was lean, balding, and pockmarked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I spent all his poor Grammaw Reilly’s insurance money to keep him in college for eight years, and since then all lie’s done is lay around the house watching television.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she'd tell him she would, then come home and tell him his jokes were working. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Margo ran so fast her hat blew off behind her, and then she jumped into the car, and we were gone before she even got the door closed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He turns and starts walking down the aisle passing people who look at him and then at me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minho shrugged, then wiped fresh beads of sweat off his forehead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In hundreds, and then thousands, and tens of thousands, until half that part of the sky was darkened, the minute figures flew and flew and kept on coming. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At sunrise, I had gotten up and tugged a comb through my hair, then my best to part it down the middle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Then, without remorse for the passing of his figures, he took up the cloth and began his buffing, which obliterated each face in turn as he whispered, ‘And then he died! The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But then I notice the deep circles beneath my mom’s eyes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I washed the traces off me and then put on a pair of chocolate brown slacks, a pair which Phineas had been particularly critical of when he wasn’t wearing them, and a blue flannel shirt. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The purpose is usually to promote recreational uses, even though the water must then be treated at some expense to make it fit for its intended use as drinking water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She said, “Yeah, but if you printed a lie about me, my dad would sue you— and then your computer would be my computer!” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

And then, right before lunch, Sister smiled at me. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle studied the cork and then worked the point into the cork as if he were a diamond cutter. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It flattened out and then pulled back a little from tension in itself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wheel ticked merrily along, then slowed and finally stopped. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But if she had heeded Aunt Rose’s ominous predictions about the dangers of the dead, then Ophie would not have befriended Clara. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We dance down the stairs and along the side aisles and then meet in the back to dance down the center. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wolf padded closer, sniffed at her fingers, then licked at the blood with a wet rough tongue. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It looked as though his temple had been dragged on the asphalt, scraping away skin, then bone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Hattiesburg police had a plan: they would block every entrance to the train depot, making it impossible for blacks to purchase tickets; then they would arrest anyone trying to board without a ticket. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By then they had other sources of uranium, and it was not top secret any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then she turns her back on me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I pocketed the pins and then went to my computer and looked up a map of 8328 Bartlesville Avenue. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Later, in the hall between third and fourth periods, I saw Digger, and I know he saw me—because I watched him do a double take and then turn a complete one-eighty. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was required by Army regulations to show up for work at eight o’clock in the morning, but he usually drifted in around ten o’clock, and then worked until all hours of the night. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, in truth, I am thinking how much this convent is like a prince’s court,” I say, then hasten to add, “A place I have read about in books.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He takes a sip of water, then lowers his voice, talking solemn and low. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

What he thought then and later, and about what he said to her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Driving to Daisy’s apartment complex, I kept forgetting why I was stopped at a stoplight, and then I’d let off Harold’s brake only to look up and notice, oh, right. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

You just have to connect up with one of the runners who control a space of blocks, and then you can take bets. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I flip a card, then you flip a card,” he explained, and waited for me to turn my first card. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I knew then that they would all dance with her. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the more distant parts of the town the Trojans were able to gather together here and there and then it was the Greeks who suffered. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Will nodded, Dolores took his hand, squeezed it tight then tighter, and led him back through the station, while Sally tucked herself into her favorite spot around Will’s neck. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Shorty said, nodding to the cops, and then to Emerson Lapp, as he walked out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chairman Mondalla explained that the board would hear from the two proposal candidates first and then from the members of the community who’d been sworn in. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If she has to die for my brother to live, then I will take her water and leave her to die. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I'm so grateful that social media didn't exist back then. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But then suddenly, following a particularly heinous insinuation against his employer, my father brought the car to an abrupt halt. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. MacMahon danced to the door then locked up behind us. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He only knew that he was holding Sarai, the flesh of her shoulder hot and smooth against his mouth, and then he wasn’t. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It brings far more people into poor areas to buy drugs, which then increases the likelihood that they will take an infection home with them to their own neighborhood. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded her of their first forlorn tête-à-tête, on the evening of Mrs. Weston’s wedding-day; but Mr. Knightley had walked in then, soon after tea, and dissipated every melancholy fancy. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Jim ducked when I threw my pencil at him and then pulled my door shut. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at the cake with the big “10” on it and then back at Natalie through the doorway. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, almost as if he were reading her mind, William Spiver said, “I meant what I said. I’m here because I was looking for you. I missed you.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Stew Cat rubbed his back against the bottoms of my feet and then curled up down there. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until then, I had never known of anyone who married outside his tribe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would lie awake until two o’clock in the morning, then turn a light on and attempt to read from a book or magazine. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She hesitates, as if to say something more, but then she turns away and walks down the street. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wildcat crouched, leapt, then sat along the Belt Parkway in spurts. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She slid them along the kitchen table toward me, and then slid an envelope across as well. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Hans would slowly paw the ground the appropriate number of times and then stop, much to the amazement of onlookers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We then did three things: tried to guess what was going on, trembled with fear and went to the bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He learned how to make it go faster, then faster, and the streetcar screamed along with us through the deserted city. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He shook his hips left, then right, while doing this marching step that ended in a hop or a kick. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He laughed at his own comments, then coughed even harder. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

From then on, I loved coming to the schoolroom. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The dog swished her tail—once, then another time. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With Millennium Challenge, then, Blue Team was given greater intellectual resources than perhaps any army in history. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

All this did, as I say, put me in a bit of a confusion, because until then I’d been all set on my Harry plan. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

During his senior year there, he became engaged to the daughter of the founder and owner of the school, and then suffered a mild nervous collapse. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had a panic attack from the most mild and natural illegal substance on the market, then it was safe to say I would experience a psychotic break on a hallucinogenic. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Goldilocks bobbed her head and then shook it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There is silence again and then I say, “I was thinking about donating. Maybe...Do you think...we could put our money together and donate something?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy saw me and then spoke again with the owner and pointed at me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I decided right then that if I had to do the wrong thing to keep my chickens safe and bring them home, that’s what I was going to do. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She explained and then asked anxiously, “What about Beth?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grumbles a hello, then goes back to her cup. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be talking to himself about how hard life was in Russia, and then he lurched out of the room. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The time had come, for Robert to hear the whole truth, he decided then and there. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon the Washington boys were compelled to choke down first a glass of a chalky-tasting pink calcium solution, then a glass of Knox Sparkling Gelatine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tatterfell strokes my hair briefly, as though I am a drowsy cat, and then returns to the task of sorting my dresses. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Just then, the moonlight brightened, and a silver chariot appeared from the sky, drawn by the most beautiful deer I had ever seen. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She filled her bottle, then cupped some water in her hands and splashed her face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But then, when they stopped at the corner to wait to cross the street, Carmen caught sight of something else. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

When Sarah and Daniel and I run through our allowances and ask to borrow money from our folks, we get a huge lecture, and then they make it a teachable moment. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pats the top of my head, letting me know she’s done, and then she gives me a kiss and tells me to get into bed. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And then he’s pulling me slowly toward him, looking into my eyes even as he just swore he wouldn’t and heat’s bursting in my belly, radiating everywhere. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She had a soft voice then, and talked gently to him while she sewed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It did not seem that he could possibly be a Jew, but then he wasn’t a Jackboot either. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She had eaten it from a glazed earthen bowl, using a spoon carved from bone, and then wiped her mouth and hands with a folded fine-woven cloth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave him a reproachful look, then retreated to the back of the cart and sat with her arms around Crunch, as if the dog was her last true friend in the world. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ten thousand throats roared out their thanks; then twenty thousand; then all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It is you—is it, Jane? You are come back to me then?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Reuters staff, he said, understand that this is being done so that the company can survive and then thrive again. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’d been so rattled by the Romans, then the storm, then Hazel, that he had completely forgotten. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Until then, we had to be ready to fight all the little battles we faced daily to stay alive. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Very well, I’ll have to address this. The window latch is too high for me to reach from my chair, however. George—” He glanced suspiciously at Sticky, then shook his head. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed close to tears, and then her tears turned to anger, and she said, “This is too bad of him! Is there no way to find him, to call him back?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

George looked away from her and then back. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The merchant looked at her, then at me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It then goes on to address and counter every negative statement and implication made by Carey. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He dropped to one knee then and with an emotional hitch in his voice asked sincerely if I’d please do him the honor of marrying him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’m staring at the note for a weirdly long time, and then I get this taste in my mouth, a horrible taste of something much worse than Mr. Landau’s chemical ribbon. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The next time they tried, the politicians and editorial writers worried, the Russians might hit it and then what kind of world would we live in? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I press my hands to my stomach, then run them over the mascara cakes and pastille waxes and hair-color pomades and texture wands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She nodded, then turned her back on me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel Collier, by then a grown man, was recognized for his knowledge, skills, and ability to communicate with the natives in their own language. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He tightened the belts, pressed his thumb against them, then went out once again and stood leaning against the port gunnel. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The ringing in my ears finally stops but then the phone rings. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That gave Mapper a slight smile, but then he frowned again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Madoc gives me puzzles—twelve goblin knights to storm a fortress, nine untrained Gentry to defend one—and then asks for my answers each evening after dinner. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I squashed it down over my dirty hair, and then I was off. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He charged ahead, then stopped at the base of the porch steps. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And right then, I was determined to put a stop to her fooiish pride. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was content, then, and he gave over thinking any more about his children. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The big tankers from the United States or England always carried fresh water to us in ballast, and then it was distilled again so that we could drink it. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their guide brought them from the doors of the hall, and then led them across the Court of the Fountain into a lane between tall buildings of stone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He took another peek, then quickly looked over his shoulder. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes again and she whispers a prayer, her hand touching my forehead and then passing across my chest and shoulders. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I sank back down in a kitchen chair, then leaned forward and held my head in my hands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Farmer method: first you cure the family of TB, then you change the conditions that made them vulnerable to the disease. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

With his ear protection firmly back in place, he started to boogie, throwing his wide brown hips out awkwardly to one side and then the other, while Ms. Banks swung smoothly in front of him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Another place to start is to provide a question for the group in a 4-beat pattern and then have them respond with their own 4-beat pattern. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Through the scope I find the camera, and then squint to stare at the lens. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then Bryce picks up Aurora’s precious stuffed sea turtle, Petunia, as the next sacrifice, and Aurora starts shrieking at the top of her lungs to stop him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There is a quick knock on the door and then Apa pokes in his head. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We saw dead horses everywhere, and now and then heard rifle shots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, I decided I wanted to be with him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, my ears feel frozen in the shade of the dugout, so I get up and walk across the park and then home. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And then, on an impulse, she turned and ran into the cottage, up to her room, to the bureau drawer where she had hidden Jesse’s bottle—the bottle of water from the spring. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You go and fight your way through the dementors, then,” said Harry, stung. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Even at the highest tides, it doesn’t get more than waist-deep. Back then the tides might have been lower. We used to play in here as boys. Me and your grandfather. Sometimes your great-uncle too.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“So...what, then? Will she have to sell it to pay for the hospital bills?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They must’ve hit him once and then he didn’t know what to do with himself and kept trying to get back in front of the window. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They catch the fish, then process and can them right on board. It's a floating factory." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I’m about to ask why, would a got scared if I had the time, but then the thirty-odd peoples in the room start clapping. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Silence fell between them again, Dumbledore extracting thoughts every now and then. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I saw his face break into a happy smile, and just then Sidney Goldberg hit a fast, low grounder and raced off to first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was silent for a moment; then he cleared his throat and began to talk about Daito. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As they walked the familiar path, Neel stopped every now and then to peer through the underbrush. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The war hadn’t meant anything to me then, maybe because I had never gone through anything like it before. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have looked a little confused, for Miss Kenton then said: 'Mr Stevens, he really is in a poor state. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alec took a peek; then they stepped around the corner and started for the other side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If Neda was considered the "good girl" in the family, then my cousin Mitra was the rebellious black sheep. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

If you put two metal plates close together and some of those particles aren’t allowed between the plates, then there are more particles on the outside of the plates than on the inside. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I sleep for about five hours, then get up before dawn to take the bus to school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were many speculations: if Lee should take the cities of Harrisburg and Philadelphia, might he not go on to Baltimore and then to Washington? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that if I didn’t make sure everyone was happy, then maybe they wouldn’t love me anymore. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He inspects my stump, prods it, measures it, then says, “Outstanding!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She climbed—hand then foot, then hand again, seeking the next small crack, the next divot in the soot-slick walls. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He then turned to Roberto and said, “Education pays off, mi’jo. I am proud of you. Too bad your Mama and I didn’t have the opportunity to go to school.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Michalchuk looks to the huge pageant banner hanging above the auditorium doors and then to my mom,who offers a faint grin. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“The Lord protects the innocent,” she says, then leaves as silently as she came. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"It seems like yesterday that I was seventeen. I was already considering suitors by then." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then I have to admit that I don’t know what Scott w'as before all this. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But any relief I feel then vanishes instantaneously. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then, incredibly, they defend this idea to the death. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were splashy weddings with salmon and harpists, then bright blond grandchildren and funny blond dogs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Come on, then. Get a move on!” he snapped as they stumbled out into the bright light of day, blinking. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I wanted you to press the button because you wanted to, not for me or anyone else. If you can’t see how amazing you are, then...forget it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He ran his beam along the galley floor, then knelt with a flathead screwdriver in his hand and pried ajar the battery well cover. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I thought I told you to lock the door. Didn’t I—” And then a scream and a thump. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds there was absolute silence, and then everything started up again as heavily as it had been. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then sometimes at home he would stare at Hanako—or even just at a wall—in a way that was strange. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I whispered a prayer of thanks, then went back inside, turned out the lights, and crawled into bed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Mom,” I say sharply, but then I catch the look on Ben’s face. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It happened now and then to fishermen—they caught a hand or a sleeve in their net webbing and went over even in calm weather. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I nodded, then asked, “Is Mommy mad at me?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The room goes library quiet, and then all of a sudden, Rock cracks up laughing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She stood up and patted Raymie on the back, and then she looked her in the eye and said, “I want to tell you something.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She picked up Jaime and carried her to bed, then returned and folded herself around her husband. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa said if he had been Uncle Henry, he would have tanned that boy’s hide for him, right then and there. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns briefly to wave at him and then she goes through a second glass door, not waiting to see him waving back. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, he said, and then posted a message on his Website, announcing his appearance. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But then Miss Kenton is an intelligent woman and she will have already realized these things. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The map shows invisible people. He must’ve left the grounds, then.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"She didn't want to try out for Broadway musicals, then?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Padre Leo takes down the migrants’ information, then gives them a meal card or arranges to pick up money wired by relatives in the United States. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I stared at her a moment, then stepped into a warm hallway. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what someone gets for loving me? They get to help me pay for all my care, and then they watch me die. How is that fair to anyone?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

For a moment he considered and then he worked among the shadows until he came to the house of Juan Tomas, his brother, and he slipped into the doorway and drew Juana after him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared there for a few seconds and then looked over at the spot on the wall I always looked at whenever I sat in here, the cocoon or whatever. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then Mona looked up at the darkening sky and seemed to remember something. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They swore oaths then, the mightiest of oaths, the gods and the stranger, that neither side could betray the other. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Ramsay was Reek then, standing at his side, whispering that he should flay a few of his captives to make them tell him where the boys had gone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She hands me the glass, and then returns to get another. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Bathe with these herbs for nine consecutive nights. Add the holy water and a drop of ammonia, then light the candle. On the last day, you will know what to do.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, a lot of the boys were making flirty noises in those days, but it was clear by then what was a real proposition and what was the usual boys’ stuff. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard that six hours before his time came they would give him some more clothes, take him to the barber shop, and then take him to the death cell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Irish boy helped me sit, and then withdrew. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then she saw her backpack sitting on the table. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Presently Will came up from the river, and then Mary came out of her house and offered them breakfast; and soon Atal came along, too, and the village came to life around them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She landed in a crouch, unfrozen and determined, then sprinted after the tentacle mirrors. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He heard Alec step through the opening, then come back out. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But then one day he rejoins his unit in the bush. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tariq was sitting at the board too, in turns watching the match, then listening in on the political chat at the adjacent table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She clenched a trembling hand into a fist, paused only slightly, then banged on the door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

If they say we live in the shadow of the nation’s capital, then how could one missing girl flip it inside out? Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She caught the ball, then looked at me like I had lost my mind. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And then more screaming and an ambulance flashing its lights and my mother telling Clementine it’s time for her to go home now. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I suppose they don’t tell you about this when you find out you’re going to be a parent,” she said, and then chuckled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Hop on in, then. Little out my way. I cut over to Buford, but I’ll get you closer than you was.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the money in his pocket, rubbed his hands together briefly, and then put out his hand to be led to supper. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Yellow flames turned orange and red, then burned with streaks of blue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

First she took down Salvador’s blue jacket, then Papá’s black-and-white checked coat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My father looked at her with squinted eyes, then shook his head. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

What seemed to be a long, black pole began to rise slowly out of the heart of the whirlpool. . . and then Harry saw the rigging. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be on the convoy in less than two weeks. We just need enough food to keep us going until then.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Paid subordinates! What! you are my paid subordinate, are you? Oh yes, I had forgotten the salary! Well then, on that mercenary ground, will you agree to let me hector a little?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Marina did exactly what she was supposed to and then made a faultless landing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She looked at him with her face reddening, then quickly looked away. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Somkit steered through the maze of boats, turning down one canal and then another. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And then I ceased wondering anything, and all I saw were his huge dark eyes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“We should get walking then. I don’t know how much life we have left but I don’t want to miss it.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Like me, they had taken a civil service test nearly two years before and then not heard a word until January 1997, when we’d all been summoned to Albany for physical and psychological testing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said hello to my mother and father, and then, balancing his heavy head, he lowered himself carefully onto his cartons and sat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Korn chuckled steadily with gloating relish for another second or two and then stopped abruptly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Roy carefully guided his bicycle around the pickup truck, then took off at full speed. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a little child then, too little to understand how sick my sister was. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But then again,” Alexander conceded, “I don’t have nice nails and I can buy whatever I want.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He, wheeling once above them, screamed the hawk’s scream of defiant rage, and then shot on across the low beaches of Osskil, out over the breakers of the sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The witch-woman howled, then; the unicorn had speared her with its horn, through the shoulder. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was now living in Germany and hadn’t even heard about my parents’ accident until a month after the fact, and then she’d sent a huge bouquet to me. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She empties a dustpan of broken glass into the trash and looks at me straight on, briefly, then bangs the dustpan against the can to get off all the last particles. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The mother took the basket and said “Thank you” and then “Thank you, again,” and then “Thank you most, most kindly,” and they went back inside. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could be five years older than I—but then, she grew rapidly like a weed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Dayah took the phone while Baba slept, but even then, it wasn’t restful sleep. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the front, and on both sides, there was the lawn, sloping downwards to a gravelled drive, and then into the lane, and without any tree or flower-bed to relieve the bald greenness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And then one morning the bank teller informed Lefty that there weren’t sufficient funds in his account to make a withdrawal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"I've been thinking," he said, "about a clock. We could make a sundial We could put a stick in the sand, and then-" The effort to express the mathematical processes involved was too great. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I drank for a long time and filled my basket and then, feeling better, crawled toward the mouth of the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

What might happen to it then was first understood only at the end of the 1920s. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ana, let's have her bathed and dressed, then make introductions before she has her tour." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She was afraid she might collapse, but then she looked up and realized they’d reached the top of the hill. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Agent Burger then confronted Joe, who, in the agent’s words, was “very self-contained, sullen and wicked appearing.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Miyamoto propped his hat against his leg, but then he shifted it behind his back. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to—I tried. But I didn’t know where to look. And then so much happened . . .” He shakes his head in disbelief. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her smile flickered uncertainly, then lit up her homely face again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He uncinched it and pulled it from War Admiral’s back, then stood and looked at his horse for a moment. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held myself there for a few seconds, staying steady, then decided to walk on my hands across the stage. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, I can help you enter the digital era,” Nico offers, and then holds out his hand. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She studied my face for a minute, and then pressed her hands to her cheeks, smiling. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We flat out refused, but Mom went up in front of the mourners, genuflected with a grand sweep, and then kissed Erma’s cheek so vigorously that you could hear the puckering sound throughout the chapel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But then the bad thing happened and everything changed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“If that’s the word for what you feel, then stick with that. Now, what’s the important thing you had to tell me?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And then she was laughing joyously and clinging to his neck. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But then again, to be fair, Nouri wasn’t in middle school yet. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She waited until the sound faded away, then sprang out from behind the tree. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Zu lifted a shoulder in a half-hearted shrug, then turned and bounded up into the nearest RV. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Everyone snapped to attention then, you better believe it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she hadn’t said one word, and then flounced off without so much as a good night to Grandpa and Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I think we could both bear it better if no one else had to see,” she says, then takes a long pull of her tea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But if the pan is too small, then the batter is too thick and it might not cook in the middle either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If chromatin, as Morgan had suggested, was a string of beads, then proteins had to be the active component—the beads—while DNA was likely the string. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

And then, finally, as we crossed the reservation border, I stopped laughing. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He never turned me down outright, but he would look at me for a minute in silence, then shake his head and disappear into the house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then it hit me why he didn’t have that janky door replaced. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Who sometimes knows what I’m feeling even before I do, and then helps me figure it out. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And then he says how no one visits him in his retirement home. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But then she had never yet known something Daddy wanted not to be what Mother wanted, too. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a grunt and a loud groaning of wood as the cage slid sideways and then the Wall was beneath him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I remember watching him peel that orange for me; he cut one long, efficient line in the fruit’s peel, then removed it all in one piece. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She looked again at the word she had written, then erased it with her own toes, stamped the sand firm, and tossed the stick into a pile of glistening kelp nearby. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled off the other boot, then did a cartwheel along the deck, spraying all of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One did not merely declare himself a follower of Mr. Muhammad, then continue leading the same old, sinful, immoral life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

May walking into the trees with the little circle of light bobbing in front of her, then swallowed up by the dark. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he must’ve caught himself, because he looked down for a second, and when he spoke, his voice was even. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Being of simple mind, Dana probably had thought only of his unexpected good fortune as the laundry basket was loaded into the laundry truck, which was then driven out the gates of the detention center. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Get two rods, then, and Bill won't have to buy one." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Blessington then went to the board and wrote, “Analogies Between Frost’s Poems and New York City.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She followed them for a short distance, then flew back to the cupola on the courthouse. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t answer, Deborah decided right then she wanted him dead. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

On November 9 the announcement came, first by telegram and then by phone from the Swedish consulate in San Francisco. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Right there and then, this happening shot to the top of the pile of moments that defined our family, in darkness and in light. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to cry because my mother never yelled, and then Prim was wailing and I ran outside to hide. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Of course we will,” she said, first to Dari, staring straight at him, and then she turned to me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As he walked on, the Crimson and Amber lights gave way to Blue, and then to Violet, The loud vrumm! of orb motors faded, replaced by the splashes of bodies diving into the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I'll stay in the East, don't you worry," he said, glancing at Daisy and then back at me, as if he were alert for something more. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And then—remember?—the train whistle and the boring light and a freight from King City would go stomping across Castroville Street and into Salinas and you could hear it sighing at the station. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I blend all the ingredients together real good and then form the Spam into the shape of turkey drumsticks. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But if I had to hunt down his killer, then wouldn’t that be murder as well? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then, after a while, she said, “Christopher, let me hold your hand. Just for once. Just for me. Will you? I won’t hold it hard,” and she held out her hand. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Fullerton talked for a moment longer, then finally Mother handed me the phone. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to revive her by tapping her cheeks, then eased her bulky form onto its side and left her to recover. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was like a servant of some sort had got the place ready for the night-time, then left: the curtains were closed and there were dim table lamps switched on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky, the land were distant then; trees and hills moved past the windshield glass like movie film. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But then a trio of bombs shook the building, raining chips of concrete on our heads, and suddenly Horace was pushing past me, grasping for the ladder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jonathan struggled to his feet, then bent hurriedly to pick up the boy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It gave me a sharpness of heart and mind; I experienced clarity then as I rarely did during the rest of the year. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Next day, I take the train, then the bus. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But then there was a scream at the other end of the house: “Mana!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“What if we told someone what we heard—told them we know they killed that diplomat's son. Maybe then something would happen.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“That back then people used to run into the gods from time to time.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a joke! That’s what we say in Georgia when we don’t like someone! And then we add Bless your heart after!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, he gave each of the birds a hug, pressing his face deep into their feathers, then tore himself away and ran into the house. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But then I realized exactly what I was looking at. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Miles looked around to see if we were alone, then took a deep breath. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“So we checked our stuff real fast, then rushed—I mean, ran like track stars, even Mr. Dimming—down to the gate to get that early flight.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And then I stopped short, about fifteen feet from the hoop, and made a pretty little jump shot. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I felt him squirm against me, and then I saw him taking his pants down. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother made a disapproving tsk sound with her teeth, then quartered a potato. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ma sees it, I know, because she watches for a minute, then turns her face away quick. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five long chains of brightly colored prayer flags* were then strung radially from the pole above our tents to protect the camp from harm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just—” He shakes his head, then shoves the barbell into the air and begins his reps. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Dad took it for a while and then suddenly reached out, clutched the little man’s leather jacket, and lifted him right up off the ground. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Voices were calm and muted at first, then became somewhat louder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She huffed and went to sit at the end of the bleachers, then dropped her head into her hands and began sobbing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She pulls off the bag, ties it up, and tosses it into a nearby bin, then pets her dog as if he’s done a good job. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If you made an object of some insane, unusual size, then it’d still be a thing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And then his eyes grew sort of dazed for an instant and he mumbled: "Female lemurs are in charge of the troop." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And then we agreed that it wasn’t worth even talking about, it didn’t mean anything anymore. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen the sketches and portraits that his mother commissioned back then and knew that, once upon a time, he had been handsome. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I nodded and then closed my eyes to drink my hot chocolate. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

If you are traveling with a child, please attend to yourself first, then the child. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“But then later it says, Slaves should be submissive to their masters in everything—and be well pleasing.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“That seems late for—” I say, but then something distracts me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She clumsily added hot water, then sipped until wakefulness crept in. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then one unforgettable Friday Mr. Schultz, himself, took her to lunch. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then asked a final and probably strange question. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

All the Light We Cannot See Albert says, “In the east, then?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Bottles toppled into the water as he stood barefoot on the rail, teetering back, then forward, while the others behind him roared, “Whoa, whoa.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled it down for her, and then zipped up the back. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I held my breath, listening to the quiet, then continued toward lights at the edge of the trees. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We heard the creak of Jazz's door, and then her little feet slide to the bathroom. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There’d be a cool spell come sundown, when the mosquitoes would fly in so thick that the air would grow dark with them, then at nightfall, it turned so cold that we usually needed blankets. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once she stopped and turned to face me, her hand tugging absently at her scarf, then moving lower to cover her mouth, and finally dropping to her side again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But then there was the whine of a bullet in the air, here and past, gone away, death sliding through the air a few feet above him, disappearing behind him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glances over at Isabella and then back down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Whimpering quietly but sincerely, I ran a hundred yards, day pack bouncing, glasses jiggling, then turned, heart stopped, and looked back. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to look at Mark, shrugged as if to say it’s now or never, then craned his neck toward the opening and leaned in for a peek. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I saw my father glance at them briefly, then look back at me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Joaquin laughed a little, then watched as the joint started to sink to the bottom of the pool. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But then Baachan ran a hand gently over Hanako’s, and now it was the anger that withered away until it was gone. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was then hopelessly lost in the streets of a small but endless town in the neighborhood of Medina, I think. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained how I would think of an idea, would make an outline of the story, and then type it up and do whatever revisions were necessary. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Woolf then had to resort to dirty riding to thwart Richardson. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The central question, then, is how exactly does a formally colorblind criminal justice system achieve such racially discriminatory results? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then I wondered how her face would look when she came out from behind those doors. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The town moved in and then Cora couldn’t see them anymore. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, I found out since then that it really was a garage once, until somebody changed it into the world’s dinkiest house. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I waited until Granny was asleep and snoring, and then I went outside. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the boy’s legs and pulled off his shoes, then slashed the soles of his feet with a piece of broken bottle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Dany squinted at them suspiciously, then plucked one from a branch and nibbled at it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His brow’s creasing up and then I remember: It says California School of the Arts on practically every freaking wall of that freaking place. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“It sounds odd, I know ...” I said, and I tailed off then, because it doesn’t just sound odd, it sounds insane when you say it out loud. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remove my giant coat and then, remembering that I stink, place it over myself like a blanket. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Back then, the only thing black people could control was their own behavior. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then the shadow, the circle, begins to eclipse inward. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then there were the problems of my taking on more responsibility in the Company. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then his mind fought its way upward, and when the light broke in it brought him only a sickness of the mind, and he retired into the grayness again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She rubs her hands together and then grabs the handles. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Tyger did—and just then, they heard the front door being opened. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“That door leads to the long passage and then into the front hall,” she said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The silent man at his side turned then and looked at him for the first time. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He winks and then laughs, and the instructor whirls around, barking at him to be quiet. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Though I had not seen him for months, it was only then that I felt Mr. Pirzada’s absence. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He looked at her for three blinks, and then turned away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Seven years ago we all went through the flames; and the happiness of some of us since then is, we think, well worth the pain we endured. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The man in the white coat bent down and looked closely into Winston’s eyes, felt his pulse, laid an ear against his chest, tapped here and there; then he nodded to O’Brien. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As it commenced to burn, the ants swarmed out and went first toward the centre where the fire was; then turned back and ran toward the end. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

An Orc seized Pippin like a sack, put its head between his tied hands, grabbed his arms and dragged them down, until Pippin’s face was crushed against its neck; then it jolted off with him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the towel and scrubbed his hair and neck, then rinsed the towel over the side. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until then, I’m the only one who can keep me alive. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She lay there for a minute, trying to catch her breath, and then she sat up and scanned the water. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Because maybe I do,” she admitted, and then she realized that she had chewed the top of her straw into two separate pieces. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Daddy waits until she and the camera operator leave and then goes over to Mr. Lewis. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Nathan gave them a glance, then rose hurriedly to his feet. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kabuo watched for one long moment—an occasional fish flaring at the gills or jerking—then pulled the hatch cover over them and sprayed sea slime out the scupper holes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The company turned then away from the Coomb and from the wood and took the road towards the Fords. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I went outside and sat next to her, the cement cold through my pants, the ground mostly clear by then except for a few patches of dirty snow. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And then Beans started having to go to the bathroom, or so he said. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She looked first at me, then at the painted lady. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, you get them,” Johnson agreed, “then you come over here.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The game’s come a long way since back then. It still has a ways to go, but it’s come a long way.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature’s beauty and simplicity. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“But then I heard the stupid lie you told, and I was crushed. Completely crushed. Do you know that my own mom won’t believe me unless you tell her yourself that you lied?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her eyes narrow as she walks closer, and then stops directly behind him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ask her what she did then, this honorable ally, this girl who stands in judgment of me and my kind.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then the rope tilted upward and he felt his shoulders come clear and his mouth was wrenched open in a great gasp as he breathed air and knew that he had just made it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

On Sunday, Mr. Trepid turned off the main highway and drove down a narrower side road and then onto a bumpy dirt road which led into Ruby Holler. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then what of his soul, which would one day come to die and stand naked before the judgment bar? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ben screamed then, without pause, a sound so piercing that Thomas covered his ears. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Avocet had seemed so indomitable then, but now she looked frail and weak. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We were in the midst of this discussion when the prosecutor, Mr. Bosch, entered the room and then asked Bob to excuse himself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father Joseph left, then, and Cousin Eunice brought Dicey a cot that she kept in the cellar. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shall test him with his present craving and see how it will work out; then I shall know more. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But then, Ivy saw herself reaching out and holding June’s hand. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he came up his father was saying, “—see if any of the other crews had any success, then send word back to the ship.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We all donned latex gloves and then, en masse, poured into the gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After high school, Gray worked his way rapidly through Alabama State College and then went off to law school in Ohio. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He turned away from me, then continued on his path. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jule ate leftovers in front of the television and then went upstairs. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At the base of the glass, the water creates a delicate suction, then lets go. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“We both play basketball,” I say, and then I wish I hadn’t because I don’t know if Mr. Gore knew that already. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he didn’t say anything for a while. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His fatigues turned into a toga, then a biker’s jacket and jeans. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Once we had that basic interoperable platform, then the killer applications— spreadsheets and word processing—drove its diffusion far and wide. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ghost ran with them for a time and then vanished among the trees. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Some of the men whispered to him, Papa whispered back, and then the men thanked him, shaking his hand with both of theirs before leaving. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Firing her out of the gate, Pollard sent her up alongside the favorite, then drew off to a commanding lead on the backstretch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A building would appear out of the grayness and then disappear. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gore shoots me a corny wink, and then adds, “We good?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was adopted by a missionary who taught him English, and then he worked for various English people in Calcutta before signing up for his indenture and traveling across the ocean. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

And with anger, too; she could have killed her father; if she could have torn out his heart, she would have done so there and then, for what he’d done to Roger. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Loli then recounts how Ester rushed at her with an ironing board and chased her into the stairwell of their building, knocking her against the wall and holding her there like a prisoner. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then last night we just walked out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The mother kissed him when he emerged from within the elephant, and then she wiped away the fat and the pieces of pumpkin that stuck to his skin. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Wilse took a drink of water, and then setting the glass down, twirled it a few times between his thumb and fingers. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that I realized they were all sitting across from me, nodding their heads, grouped around the caretaker. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

That was just the way things were back then, and Crane had been no exception. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar pendulum swing was to happen once more, and then stop. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The idea was to lock the parents in the bathroom, and wake the kids and put them there, then bring them out one by one and tie them up in different parts of the house. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad mimes strangling Prophet with his bare hands, then says to me, “How about that haircut? Looking pretty pre-Raphaelite there with all those long, dark locks.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She paints in arched eyebrows, then outlines her lips a bright orange. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claims that he stayed home until eleven thirty and then went to one of those all-night movies. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them stared at the clock, and then they put away all the toys, including the little mouse, and closed the booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Neewo and Ten Snow were wrapped in red blankets, then birchbark, and at last laid gently into their good mother, Akeeng, the earth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Even as he watched, Jonathan saw one of the men stick out his tongue, lick his lips, then hastily wipe away the spittle. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then she would speak and the voice would tell him what he needed to know. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I imagined Bud in a meat grinder, then said, “Try to find a buyer first.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“That one, then. The roll unwinds. The selenium cells transform the light impulses into sound waves, and . . .” “And there you are,” Dr. Gaffney concluded. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she stunned everyone by turning it down. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He held her eyes for a long few seconds and then said softly, “I know you won’t be a weak ruler. Because you won’t be a ruler at all. Return to the castle.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Moss carried up Reg’s folded wheelchair as they then headed upstairs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And then I heard people calling my name. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Hypothesis: If I raised enough money to pay for his treatment, then Fig could stay at home, where he belonged. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Larsen puts her hand over mine and leaves it there, squeezing it every now and then. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

By then, I was deep in the jungle. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s Maggie, the dog we got after my level nine Westerns, and then there are her puppies Lily, Atlas, and Bella, who were bred at the same farm where we found Maggie. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It rolled back on its treads, then surged forward. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Cross pen- and-pencil sets, records listened to twice and then abandoned, clothes that were too large, too small—that never seemed worth transporting to the increasingly cramped apartments he inhabited over the years. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kainta teaches me how to make a knife by chipping a piece of rock until it is sharp, then tying it with gut onto a short stick. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He felt her tiny legs crawl out from his jeans and then her body moving up on top of his jeans to his shoulder and then into the backpack. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And then when they were nice to you, they asked you lots and lots of questions. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The method today has many refinements, but then it consisted of working the always shifting edges of the audiences that others had managed to draw. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought those must be good cookies, then. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Z stuffed his hands in his pockets and then pulled them out again. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

What was it then between you, in the first place? Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smelled like lilacs, and then he knew that it was almost time. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I sat as far away from her as I could, and then Howard came in with his up-down walk and sat next to me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his wife, and then looked at what she was looking at, and he scratched his head. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Magdalys barely had time to nod before Redd spun Reba around one more time on top of the trike and then sent her leaping off, directly into the fray as shotgun blasts erupted around them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She got up to let him have his place by the window, and then she surprised him by talking. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I set it on the table and then shove my hands into my pockets to keep them from finding any more trouble. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

If'n the way I want to live don’t suit you, then don’t marry me.’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She looked at me a long time and then said no, I couldn’t. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I took a step toward my immersion bay, then turned back. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Sam gripped him by the jacket, and dragged him from under the root; and then with difficulty hauled him on to the bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“See,” she said, “if you could swim, then you could play out there too. And I wouldn’t have to sit here with you. Wouldn’t you like to learn to swim?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The judge then gave the key of the chest to Philip Lombard and the key of the cupboard to Blore. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She listened, then as she prepared to shout again Luster appeared around the corner of the kitchen. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen seconds passed, and then, with a clank heard above the clamorous purring all about, they fell to their knees. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

They would sleep during the day, and then the battle would resume at sunset. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That had seemed to satisfy him, but then, to my immense discomfort, and in front of everybody, he brought it up again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gives her a hug, promises he won't and then he is gone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

We waited covertly in the shadows until there was a gap in the traffic and then clumped up the old wooden steps, worn smooth by years of traffic. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Isobel turns her attention back to Celia, and then she pulls a deck from her bag; not her black-and-white circus cards but her original Marseilles deck, worn and faded. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Colonel Johnson gave her a short briefing on procedures and then helped her lower the helmet over her head. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl she recognized from her class, one who always ignored her and whose name she couldn’t remember, was chosen—and then her best friend was too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Auri froze with a bean halfway to her mouth, then relaxed and bobbed her head once, sending her fine hair swirling around her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We had climbed the path then that Jasper had wished to take at the beginning of the afternoon. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I walked a little slower, let him catch up, then ran at him . . . but who was I kidding? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The crowd’s chanting faltered then stopped altogether as people turned to stare. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mom leaned on my door just then and said, “You want to stay home today? No one will blame you.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

By the second year of his training he began treating minor cases by himself, and from then onwards Kenny paid him a small wage, not regularly but as and when funds came his way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked over the red hillside, at the rocks and the soil and the scrub grass, and then at the arch of the sky, pink and gold in the east. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He and I had us a great manure war then, throwing dried cow cushions and sheep pills and horse biscuits at each other and dying laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But then he thought back to his last seconds inside the crusher and sighed with relief. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

My family is pretty solemn on the way home, and it’s like no one wants to be first to break the silence, but then Daddy clears his throat. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“If I find out that you have been disrespectful to Mrs. Granger or any other teacher at school, then you really will be in big trouble.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Phoebe said something then, but I couldn't hear her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Only then did he understand how much he had begun to love him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

So Roosevelt responded by leading everyone in three cheers for Brazil, and then for Rondon, and Lyra, and the doctor, and finally the camaradas. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He paused, then, as Poirot did not speak, he made an apologetic little bow, and after a momentary hesitation left the dining car in the same quiet, unobtrusive fashion as he had come. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dusk softens the sharp points of trees outside my window; the sky slowly darkens, then blackens around an orb of moon. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He glanced at Lily and me, then back at Lily, where his eyes seemed to rest for a moment before he turned his attention to Nathan. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I watch as Ms. Albright guides Taylor to the front row, lets her sit next to Cal, and then kneels down in front of them for a minute to talk to them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I was never much of a drinker, maybe had a drink every now and then. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington listened to their report, then made the decision in January of 1791—the hundred-square-mile area stretching east from Georgetown to the mouth of the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

At first I wondered what it was, but then, without question, I was sure. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And every now and then we'd get in jail, and we'd see the jailers looking through the windows being moved by our prayers, and being moved by our words and our songs. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But then, feeling the fingernails of their wives, also staring, digging into their arms, their foreheads wrinkle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was then that a light dawned in my intricate mind. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, though, by going to classes now and then, I began to understand English. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even then it’s got to be to call your mother to say that the school nurse has just diagnosed leprosy or something. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Up until then she had never thought about him as being a real separate person. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Think about it—if more Germans spoke out, leaders like Hitler wouldn't be allowed to lie and say 'I want peace' and then start a war." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Barbarian,” she said, then she set her mouth, raised her head so her chins quivered, and stared straight ahead of her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I knew then he was definitely going to have a serious girlfriend by the end of the summer. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I lock the door again before I let her speak, and then the words burst out of her. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead I saw Tenorio’s head jerk in surprise, then he dropped the owl and his rifle and clutched at his stomach. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses, then says, "Are you going to be okay about all this, Bobby?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stacks of firewood were then lashed onto the sledge, and most of the provisions that had been carried by the packhorses were transferred there as well. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If the pooled sample is negative, he could pronounce the whole group healthy, and if not, he could then test each person individually. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cook brought out bowls and platters, then left them alone. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe, but then I’d be dragged by some unit into the field. As you know, Koch doesn’t like his affairs broadcast. This is private business,” I said, staring him down. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She smiled for a second, and then her mouth dropped. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Reaching the pond, he stripped in the darkness, then waded in without hesitation. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The waiter came up then, and the man ordered drinks for the four of us. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Antigravity starts up, and the shuttle slows, then stops, hovering at the same level as the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gran danced with Johnny and then my dad, then with Granddad, holding the edge of her skirt with one hand. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The scene would unlock with the quick, heavy thud of a body on a hood, then warp-speed into a scrambled collage of bent limbs and black pavement and broken glass. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They convinced themselves that Adams was the enemy, and then all the evidence fell in place around that rock-ribbed, if highly questionable, conviction. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Alma kissed me on the mouth, backed up, looked let down, and then crawled out of the backseat. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Just in, then out. I’m no space-pilot. Either of you two know much about engine theory?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It was then only I kind of looked up and saw he was holding a book. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If he was getting closer, then Cate and Rob wouldn’t be far behind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

To go inside, we must ride between two trees, an oak and a thorn, and then straight into what appears to be the stone wall of an abandoned folly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I assumed it was a bottle of booze, but then he opened the paper bag and turned it upside down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the cross and then bowed my head, suddenly afraid that God might punish me for poking around in His business. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So I waited a day and then sent him another fax. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No need for violence. I’ll double the reward if your son hands over the cub to us. And then we’ll forget this...er, incident...ever happened.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I went to his gym, and every day I bounced around, pow pow pow, light as air on my feet, and then, boom! a hook you never saw coming. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Now, I don’t remember much about the program itself because I was too young, but my dad never left to make a sandwich except during commercial breaks, and then he usually just sent my mom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, then, counselors, grab your bands. Let’s do this thing.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that. I was just a kid then.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She hesitates for a long moment, then adds, “The rain’s stopped. Why don’t you go out for a walk while you can?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Someone cried out, and then he saw her, Johanna, the communications manager. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At first his screaming was just that, but then he began to babble, yelling about the seas boiling and ash raining from the sky and an endless blanket of smoke smothering the earth. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“It does make sense,” Miss Leefolt say, but then she hush up when I come over to fill up they glasses. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Gran took one last breath that seemed to go on forever, and then in an instant was gone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You cut the mother’s ears off while he still alive and kicking — then you doing something.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ’ad six nippers, then I goes and leaves one on a bus, the eighty-eight up from Brixton. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But then I thought that people in love should act however they want. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Deydey gave tobacco to the deer’s spirit and thanked him, brought back as much as he could carry, then buried the rest of the deer in snow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was just then that Mr. Jones woke up. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, then looked slowly away, his face expressionless. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He murmurs something to my brother, then hands him Nan's largest kitchen knife. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Wes nodded but then stood there silent, as if grasping for an emotion that was just out of reach. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t tell if it were a dream or reality until several heads, then many, turned to look. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And then, at the end, how, regardless of all the threats, I just didn’t think I was worth the sacrifices he was making for me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But little Fifi could not be distracted from the scene at the end of the table: she stared wide-eyed at the bickering Fannings, and then over at Mami with a serious look of oncoming tears. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And then he told what I was after. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa said they generally started out by feeding on the carcass of some deer or cow that had died, then going from there to catching and killing live meat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were stupid enough to bury it in a hole, he thought, then they’re practically begging for someone to find it and take it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

A pleasant-looking National Park man checked me in and then he said, “How about that dog? They aren’t permitted in except on leash.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they think of a kiss, they must then think immediately of the floodlights going on, the rifle shots. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lanning leaned back in his seat, and there was the rapt silence of challenge and response between them, and then the old roboticist shook his head. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I try again and again, and then I pull on my sneakers and run. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then I found myself wanting to be more like Jackie again. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Harry reached the door at the top of the stairs, slipped through it, and found himself behind the counter of Honeydukes — he ducked, crept sideways, and then straightened up. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She slid both trays—sandwich, milk, cupcake—onto the table, and then she grabbed Em’s hand and led her out of the cafeteria. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And then she made us spaghetti and tomato sauce. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“A braggart of a man,” her father said after the landlord left, and then he said nothing else. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They collected rocks and built walls four feet high, and then turned the Docker and the Wills over to form a roof. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They glanced at each other and then nodded at me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They both think about this, then shake their heads. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe he began with the small central box, then the curved ones, then— Someone shouted. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The same process was repeated with his fingers—the leather gloves were no match for the inferno that passed over and through them—then tongues of flame licked across his shoulders and chest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand, then. If it was all true—all his stories— and if he knew I was like him, why did he keep it a secret until the last minute of his life?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Mother,” he repeated loudly rubbing in the science; and, leaning back in his chair, “These,” he said gravely, “are unpleasant facts; I know it. But then most historical facts are unpleasant.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Connor tries to kiss me, then, definitely, it’s a date. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I stayed up late, twisting my hair into knots as I tried to wrest meaning from the textbook, then lying in bed and brooding over my notes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” the doctor told him soberly and then said to his wife, “Good night. Be careful.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, and then she changed the subject. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Eloise kissed her wetly on the mouth and wiped the hair out of her eyes and then left the room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

There’s the click-click-click of the gas stove, and then the sizzling of fish. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And then we realized that we were in love with one another. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jam waved goodbye and watched him break into a jog, his body moving with an easy grace, then she went to the library to look up pictures of angels. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And then there are my wounds to contend with -burns, cuts, and bruises from smashing into the trees, and three tracker jacker stings, which are as sore and swollen as ever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He let it fall just by his face, then began to howl and howl. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Stand near it and speak loudly then, before you open.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said with a hug, then barked orders at us all to speed things up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Mom would do that backbreaking job and then go straight to work at the factory the next morning. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Until then, I had never known anger, the kind of coiling rage that slid sharp through my gut. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Halfway through, he set the one down and picked up the other, then tore off a piece of the challah and passed it to Misha. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Because if Dad hadn’t tried to dunk, then we wouldn’t be here. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Captain Marsh’s stony face seemed to crumble for a moment, and then he regained his steely determination. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the leaf against his cheek until the cool went out of it, and then he rolled it carefully. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And of course, right then, Dahlia stamped her foot. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs then and sat staring at my textbook. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She flattened her palms against the door and then pressed her body to the oak. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went to Chicago, then to Indiana, where they stopped in Logansport and Peru, then to Montpelier Junction, Ohio, and Adrian, Michigan. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They would like that They would be happy Because we would be defenseless then. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she finished the root beer in one swallow and set the bottle on its side, then gently pushed it, sending it rolling away from us. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She pressed Play, then picked up some papers and started grading. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We were pretty good friends in junior high, as much as I had friends back then. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our ship dips low as the crowd runs to the left, and then to the right. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

X sat looking at the door for a long while, then turned his chair around toward the writing table and picked up his portable typewriter from the floor. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

To this day I’m not sure why I couldn’t have told him the whole truth of it right then. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He smiles at her like she’s a rainbow, then fee-fi-fo-fums across the room, tapping me affectionately on the head and giving me a concussion. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess I’ll head out, then. Seems that everything is in order.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know, then, why I was choosing to write about myself in the third person. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He mustered a smile, and for a moment it hung there, a little lifeless, but then all the energy of his million-dollar flash came back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We sat for a long time—long enough for the sun to disappear behind the trees, and then below the horizon. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Terry walked into the room then and placed a large pile of mail addressed to the WEC in front of me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, there are times—like now—when it’s next to impossible not to smile, and the smiling is contagious, and then so is the cracking up. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

At first all I could hear was the heavy drum roll sound of hooves; then I began to hear voices of men shouting and the jingling of harness. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But then I remembered that we gods send omens—we don't observe them." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He waited a long time and then answered “Hello” without looking up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the dog came running around the corner. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as she stood there, listening—a cold, clammy hand touched her throat—a wet hand, smelling of the sea.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’d better ask him, then,” said Bigwig, with something like a sneer. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if I do get in, what then? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I ask, and then wish I could take back the question. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When they came, he read them from cover to cover and then I got them next. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And a little white chicken was standing in front of it, glaring at it, first with one eye and then with the other. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Hideo steps inside the wall, then gestures for me to join him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I splashed her to douse the flame, then grabbed the journal and lifted it—with Gum Baby still attached—out of the water with one hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I would move them around, because if you put a little hole in the same spot of every rug, then it’s not a flaw anymore, it’s the design. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He smiles at me then and steps back again, crouching down a little so that our eyes are level. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started to place her hand over her mouth, then stopped herself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He started up angrily, forgetting his leg, then fell back. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Claire gives the wet dog a kiss on the nose and then puts him in an empty kennel. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And, then, as one, they all turned their backs on me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” Tuck repeated, “seeing you know, I’ll go on and say this is the finest thing that’s happened in—oh—at least eighty years.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved him more now than I did then. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened, a sliver at first, then wider, and there was my mother, her skin glistening from the shower, wrapped in a towel that was too small to cover her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If these were Death Eaters, then perhaps their defenses were about to be tested by Dark Magic for the first time. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He touched the stupid tooth around his neck and then turned his attention toward the TV, focused on another rap video that had started. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they’ll play for a while and then they’ll get homesick for their old ball games, and everything will be just like it used to be.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least at the level of language, then, we need to recover the eighteenth-century context of things and not read back into those years the hallowed meanings they would acquire over the next century. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He just shook his head, then wiped his eyes on his shirt sleeve. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He made a resigned, philosophical gesture and then, unexpectedly, winked at me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They gulped down their breakfast, then set off upstairs, Kreacher bowing them out and promising to have a steak-and-kidney pie ready for them when they returned. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Because the Nazis were the ones who made us have rations to begin with, and if I flout their system, then I am also flouting them. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He thought about what I was saying and then nodded. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Clothes, vacations, plastic surgery, telescopes, traveling circuses, radioactive spiders, trips to the moon, and then the suggestions got weird. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He and Margaret lived in a modest home that he bought from a friend for a one-dollar down payment, then spent years fixing up and paying off. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He kept stepping into, then jumping back from, the spray, until the water shut off automatically. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I dangle for a couple of seconds, then get my left hand to hook on as well. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a little bit poor, more poor, then poorer than poor. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Bull then walked to the same spot where Colonel Varney had stood. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I brushed the dirt from the lid and opened it, I saw first the whiteness of her gloves, then the photograph wrapped in waxed paper, just as I’d left it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flattened up against the lockers, then backed around the comer, making sure her rubber soles didn’t squeak. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I could not help but think that this could have been me, and holding you—a month old by then—I knew that such loss would not be mine alone. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He allowed me half a cup of water and two hard biscuits, then fed Stew Cat with a wedge of leftover flying fish. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea snags me and then I can’t get out of it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mike interrupted us then — he was planning an epic battle of the blizzard in the parking lot after school and wanted us to join. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He kept forgetting that she was dead and then remembering, and he was sorrier about it every time he did. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

From then on, whenever she asked me to work on weekends, I said yes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And as for myself, well, I was still trying to find out who I was back then. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Gaur then left the room, and Mr. Sidelsky just shook his head ruefully. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We corresponded for a few years and then I lost track of her, but by that time I had considerably improved my table etiquette. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to slap her face, to make her crawl, and then to hold her in my arms and kiss her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And David had thought then how much he hated to study, hated the whole process of school. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s already really pale, but she kind of looked like a ghost then. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I took a seminar on conflict resolution at Emerson last summer. I’d like to put what I learned into practice,” she whispered back, then turned. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She looked over at me, then glanced in the rearview to see if Fang was listening. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I approached him, and said the gentlemen were coming; he nodded: then I looked carefully round and listened. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He coughed a few times, then lay down on the floor and died. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices fell into whispers then rose again in laughter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Faro did not seem to mind much; he gave a shake or two and then went back to his eating. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In this respect, then, the way Estraven proposed for us was highly practical. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess you have a ride home, then,” I said to Stephanie. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The voices in the visitors’ hall had a lift to them, now and then there was laughter. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oils from the bison’s brain were rubbed over the hide, which was then transformed into leather for robes and lodge coverings. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In their room, Ernie grabbed his sunglasses off the old dresser and put them on, then climbed into bed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Bridge liked what she saw in the mirror more than she expected to and then was afraid that her own satisfaction would be obvious to everyone in the room. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

His lips felt like a tired butterfly that landed once, then fluttered away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him take about three steps and then jump down the rest of the stairs. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Francis then began pacing up and down the room thinking aloud, hoping that in a great intellectual fervor he could reconstruct what Linus might have done. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

"We're all drifting and things are going rotten. At home there was always a grownup. Please, sir; please, miss; and then you got an answer. How I wish!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The diver came up and then went down again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at it for a moment then takes it but doesn’t put it in his mouth. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed pleased to see Dustfinger and even licked his hand, but then he ran after the boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She kissed and hugged me, then returned to the grapes. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps the pigeon knows the combination but doesn’t know how to tell us,” said Bronwyn, “but it could tell Miss Peregrine, because both of them speak bird language, and then Miss Peregrine could tell us.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She thought then that love on one side was defeating love on the other, because it was characteristic of men to deny hunger once their appetites were satisfied. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, now I’m back,” she said softly, and then took off her engagement ring. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It will then post a leaderboard for the top five players. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then, irresistibly and by degrees, I fell asleep. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We went to the restroom and dried ourselves with paper towels, then sat in silence on a wooden bench, waiting for the bus. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I can feel the table is colder,” Håkon said, patting the table with his foot and then patting the tunic’s shoulder. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

By then she had another cousin to play with. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if she didn’t want to, but she eventually took it, and then she pulled herself up and out of the passenger seat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean that she comes home, goes to her room to change clothes, wanders into the bathroom, picks through mail, and then finally arrives at the refrigerator. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Smiling, I grabbed the cookbook and started skimming through it, but then I realized that what I really wanted to bake wasn’t within its pages. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mom pours milk into her mug, then opens a packet of sweetener and sprinkles it in. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Jim then belted out “My Way” on the karaoke machine as the words scrolled across the TV screen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Since then she developed the first-ever treatment for a jellyfish sting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

What if she tried to find him—what then? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If it's still standing, then everything inside will be fine. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dain’s being named as the High King will kick off a month of revelry, while the moon wanes and then swells anew. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Pa gently cleans my face with his hand, then takes the rice pot from me and says I only have to carry myself for the rest of the trip. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the woman leading the song sped up, with the choir right behind her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And then maybe you can help me produce my song? I think I’m almost ready for that, too.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She feared then that he might find some reason to dismiss her, so she had been scrupulous to observe every regulation to the letter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

By various recondite processes, he converted the urine first into a noxious paste and then into a translucent warty substance. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Their stories comforted me at first, but then they made me miss my dog even more. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

To be honest, I missed a few days now and then. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And then she saw the glimmer of a bunny barrette, a bunny barrette that was attached to the head of Louisiana Elefante. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He’ll fling pockmarked Jell-O at you and then call it an accident. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was then, Rat said, that he picked out Mary Anne’s face. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about hitting Hymir with his hammer, but then he would never get the cauldron, not without a fight. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“If you can’t remember it, then how do you know you had a dream?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then one of them beckoned with a crooked finger. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

If you had hate, then you could see suffering—and cause it—and feel nothing except perhaps a sordid vindication. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I ran my hands from his chest down to his stomach and then around to his back. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were just little kids then, running away from older boys, like Major, who tried to hold them up for nickels on the street. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Matt had become El Patron, then he’d gotten the whole package: wealth, power ... and the evil that created it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at us, and then said something about either him being in charge or maybe he asked who was in charge, I didn’t know. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother first looked surprised, and then her face stretched into a tight smile. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was fourteen years old then, still brand-new to the spotlight. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead Mia held her close for a moment, kissed her on the side of the head, then handed her the grocery sack. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, we stepped carefully between the posters, choosing one and then plopping down next to it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled a fish off my line and let it dance its last dance against the bank, then put it in a pail half filled with water. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She slapped one cheek and then the other one. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, except for when a piece of art is captivating him, I catch him watching me, too. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The dark shapes of the Orcs in front grew dim, and then were swallowed up. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Rush then decided to try the strongest purge he knew of, known as the “Ten-and-Ten.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I lodge it in my cheek and then use the bathroom, spitting it out quickly. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But they would rise and then get killed again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

If ravids could walk here side by side with men and women and even share their cakes, then maybe godspawn could, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She secured the bandage with her father’s necktie, then bundled her mother in the blankets. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

First my eyes, then hair, then down my limbs, until even my toes and fingers felt they were aflame. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though Momly's age was a long, long, lonnnng way away, I wasn't trying to be walking with no cane by then. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We always came back through the wall together—me first, then her—ever since the night we found Olek. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The older guard behind the desk then looked at our boarding passes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now and then he drew back, examined his own efforts, and then leaned forward to correct the shape, to trim the curves. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And he half knew that it wasn't a success and then became sulkier and more awkward than ever. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

These northeasters dump rain in squalls that last for miles, and then they let up briefly. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She comes back with a damp cloth and wipes my face gently then cleans the blood from a broken plate off my hands. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lelia sits up to go to the bathroom, waits for a second, then runs through the dark. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this business of dropping Selena off at her house after tennis and then getting stuck—every single time—for the whole cab fare was getting on Ginnie’s nerves. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Bast scrubbed roughly at his eyes, then watched his master go. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The singing filled the synagogue, and Reb Saunders sat back in his leather seat and sang too, and then Danny was singing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Denna gave the remains of her apple a speculative look, then began to eat it from the bottom up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He thought about the next time he would laugh with her and then the next. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cautiously she looked at the upholstery, the overhead lights, the open door to the pilot’s cabin—then she closed her eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, then laughed a long, rumbling laugh. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

If you get tricked and a good person dies in the movie then you can rewrite it in your head so the good person lives and the part about death is superfluous. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching into the right-hand top drawer of his desk, Inspector Garland fumbled about, then brought forth a laser tube; he swiveled it until it pointed at Rick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But then Papa looked at his watch, cleared his throat, and off he went. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Jacobs gives another little sigh and then asks us, “How are everyone’s eyeball journals coming along?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Erik locked eyes with him for a second, then backed off. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear Coach West shout out, “Go, Shayla! Go, Shayla!” and then Bernard says it too, with his deep booming voice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“There it is!” a little boy shouted, as a brilliant light, first green then red, exploded on the horizon. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He posts that letter and then writes another the same day. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“What, then? Don’t get pitiful. I won’t stand for you getting pitiful, hear me?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then the door to the Reserve opens again. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He would turn on the space heater, visit the band shell lavatory, then heat up some water, get breakfast ready, and finally wake the boy with a gentle shake of the shoulder. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then somebody at the Board of Health calls the Department of Children and Family Services. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were called into dinner, then the twins ran off.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

One by one, then in groups, Cold Sassy came in to view the hidden remains. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He said it would tell her everything she needed to know, then autographed the inside front cover. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You went out to dinner every night. You go to the bar for drinks. You’re going to the spa! You work, but then when you have any free time, you don’t spend it with us!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

In its most acute form it produces abrupt and terrifying hallucinations, disturbing to victims and onlookers alike, which generally then give way to coma and death. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He slapped some skin with Dirty Deed, then started talking regular again. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I went limp, hoping to lull him, then concentrated and muttered a binding against the man’s thick hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He darted up to the window-pane, brushed down his breast-feathers with his beak and then, “Cheerio!” he said perkily, and spread his wings and was gone. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He would count to ten, then move, he decided. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother stared at the card, a huge smile coming across her face, then handed it to the lawyer, who scanned it, then nodded and murmured, “This is good. This is good.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"I didn't have to. I heard the squeak, and then she came out of the cupboard." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And then Dad made like he was going to say something else but decided not to. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t thank me, Ibtihaj, until you win. Until then, your life is going to be harder than it’s ever been before.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When he gets in, he hovers over the warm radiator a minute and then looks at me and smiles and sits down on my vanity bench. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then she went on: 'But that doesn't mean to say, of course, there aren't occasions now and then - extremely desolate occasions - when you think to yourself: "What a terrible mistake I've made with my life." The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

You gave the tall boy a warm grin and poked yourself in the ribs, then jabbed me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He raised the conch for a moment "Very well then. I suppose what's what is whether there are ghosts or not-" He thought for a moment, formulating the question. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She bent down to touch the pale crystals, then rubbed her cold fingertips over her lips. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right then, Mr. Potter. Try this one. Beechwood and dragon heartstring. Nine inches. Nice and flexible. Just take it and give it a wave.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They ran off to do as she said, and then Lyra turned back to the door. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And then I sensed God planting in me a vision for my future. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Washington left a small force at his New Jersey headquarters and marched southward while still making moves that indicated he was planning to attack New York by taking Staten Island, then crossing into Manhattan. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if I decide that I want to throw in with Madoc, well then, so long as you get paid, it won’t matter, will it?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She sounded angry, but then she added, “If it falls open and I have to pick it up, I’m not going to close my eyes.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He heard the shovels clang as the Jews dug their own graves, and then he heard the machine-gun salvo. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dell then changed the font color on his personal files in his computer to correspond with his categorization. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Its front legs rear up, then its back legs as it leaps, its tail a flash of white. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z