| 单词 | thirteen |
| 例句 | So Jeffrey went up to him and said,“Hi. I’m Jeffrey. I’m five. Are you five? My brother is thirteen. Do you want to be friends?” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And, lowering her voice, “Plus it’s been thirteen days since my last you know what.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They were all thirteen and fourteen and messing with guys like me was just a game for them. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I’m dealing from the heart because I’ve been dealing with this for thirteen years. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother was, at this time, some thirteen years of age, big with child, and in little state to refuse. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This flag was white, with a red field in the upper left-hand corner containing a blue cross bordered in white and thirteen stars. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The yield of the Hiroshima bomb was only thirteen kilotons, the equivalent of thirteen thousand tons of TNT. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “At the most, thirteen. You really think I did something that would send me to prison for the rest of my life?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Vonetta surprised me by saying, “Not too much money, Delphine. We don’t need candy. We need thirteen more dollars for the concert at Madison Square Garden.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z When I had left home, there were thirteen brothers and sisters. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Something local, I think. About thirteen or fourteen years ago. A family was killed around here.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z When Magdalena was thirteen, her mother died, and she didn’t have any place to go, so she took a job as a maid for a rich, important family. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Just so," said Pycelle, "and the king—" "—is a boy of thirteen. I speak with his voice." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Living with thirteen of them over her head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Over the next thirteen weeks, you shall each dwell and compete in my home. You will train every day, and be tested once a week—a test during which one of you will be eliminated.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She wants them where she can see them, even Nademah, who is thirteen now, and almost as tall as Kathy herself. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Dany was thirteen, old enough to know that such gifts seldom come without their price, here in the free city of Pentos. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then, after the park was created in 1936, thirteen white-tailed deer were introduced, and, with no one to hunt them and few predators, they thrived. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, I know I’m thirteen, but there’s just something about a bounce house that makes me feel awesome. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And finally the thirteen colonies, spread along the eastern seaboard and stretching inward to the Alleghenies and beyond into unexplored forests occupied by hostile Indian tribes, had no history of enduring cooperation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z With these long legs I’m taken for twelve or thirteen, even a litde older. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it possible to have built a new house that wasn’t thirteen thousand square feet? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As I walked over to him, I noticed he was wearing actual pajamas—Captain America ones—even though he was thirteen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z An indigenous girl a couple of years younger than me— maybe twelve or thirteen—appears at the door to the patio, her hands red and wet, probably from washing clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am Pluto. Life is never easy for my children, but you have a special burden. Now that you’re thirteen, we must make provisions—” She pushed his hand away. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My thirteen are going to be so surprised. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “And it hasn’t been seen for thirteen years,” said Mr. Weasley quietly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z All that business about “unzipping,” that was typical of the way the whole subject impinged on us when we were thirteen. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z What about his own son, Robert, now thirteen? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Chernenko, who had served in that position for a mere thirteen months, was virtually unknown in the West. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Of the thirteen colonels in Pickett’s Division seven were dead and six were wounded. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Planting her feet firmly in the grass, she disposed of her old self year by year in thirteen strokes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was returning now after an absence of thirteen years to his old alma mater, Pennsylvania College, in Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A cockroach heart has twelve to thirteen chambers, arranged in a row. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I knew we were exactly one hundred thirteen nautical miles west by northwest of our destination. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z As other states seceded, the number of stars was increased to thirteen. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Before Carla arrives the next morning I spend exactly thirteen minutes in bed convinced that I am getting sick. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When I was thirteen, the fountain pen went with me to the Annex, and together we’ve raced through countless diaries and compositions. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to bake things for me. I’m too fat. And you don’t have to wait here for me to come home. I’m thirteen now.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The dole is nineteen shillings and sixpence a week, the rent is six and six, and that leaves thirteen shillings to feed and clothe five people and keep us warm in the winter. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He was young—probably the youngest of any in the group he’d seen so far, maybe twelve or thirteen years old. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Ben said that the real reason was cuz a small group of people on an isolated planet need all the adults they can get so thirteen is the day you start getting real responsibilities.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s the same town I’ve known for thirteen years, but I’m a stranger in a strange land. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She once calculated that she had traveled thirteen thousand miles and conducted 171 lectures over the previous twelve months, earning $4,318 in gross receipts. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He appears as nervous as me, which is amazing, since he can do an average of thirteen pirouettes, no matter the shoe, and I wasn’t even sure what a pirouette was all these years. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But ever since I lost my baby thirteen years ago, my deepest fear is that I will have to put another one in the ground. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Five feet six inches tall and a hundred and three pounds, and she was only thirteen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She said lucky number thirteen could take the tapes to hell. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Sure, I’m only thirteen, but my ideas matter. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z At only thirteen years old, I became the supervisor of 1,200 boys. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Next June I would be seventeen, and in my entire life I had only had one real date, and that was when I was thirteen, in junior-high school. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I had already lost thirteen points, all because she had to come helling in there at twelve, worrying me about that letter. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Please consider it as thirteen birthdays’ worth of presents from your godfather. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Uncle Bud gave it to Dad when it was thirteen years old and we’d had it for two years. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Hannah is a minor character, illustrated for the first time on page twelve or thirteen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But that was not what Perry really believed; he believed what he’d written Don Cullivan, with whom he now corresponded regularly: his crime was “unforgivable,” and he fully expected to “climbs those thirteen steps.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It had happened in October, thirteen years earlier. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z When they met, he was thirteen years older than Kathy, so she wasn’t immediately sold on the prospect of marriage, but those eyes, holding the light the way they did, had seized her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z At the age of thirteen, Maria had watched, waited, and witnessed with her own eyes. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I’m only twelve. But going on thirteen. I'll be thirteen in December. December fourth.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z By the time it pulled up in the courtyard there’d be a crowd waiting—mainly Juniors, because once you were past twelve or thirteen it wasn’t the thing to be getting so obviously excited. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z However, they did observe the major Jewish holidays, such as Passover, and they wanted Jack to have a bar mitzvah, the traditional Jewish coming- of-age ceremony, when he turned thirteen. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “We had to go out at all times, even when bombs were falling,” said Uwe Koster, who was thirteen at the time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Hah! Funny boy. What I want to know is, how have you lived in a graveyard for thirteen years without anyone catching wise?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I should have just done this thirteen years ago,” said Mr. Dandy. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I’m thirteen going on fourteen and it’s June, the last month of school forever. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "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 Once she tried to interest me in it, when I was thirteen and miserable and at loose ends. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She made thirteen pilgrimages to Mecca, and faithfully prayed five times a day. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Even though he was thirteen, the judge condemned Ian for living in the streets, for not having good parental supervision, and for his multiple prior arrests for shoplifting and minor property crimes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Angel, at thirteen, was thin and reserved, but when she smiled, her eyes revealed a glow she rarely displayed otherwise. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “This has been on my dressing table for thirteen years, Bud, ever since your mother was sixteen years old. Now it belongs to you.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z At thirteen, she was, as her grandfather liked to remind her, one year older than the century, and so a good deal wiser. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When I was thirteen, they both decided it would be really fun to get me drunk. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He pushed it open, looked down the thirteen stories, and turned around to face Burger. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z In confidence, the old man tells me that he gave all thirteen sons the same name to try to outwit the regime. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Almost thirteen thousand jars? Do you take me for a fool? I'm not about to pay the king's gold for empty jars and pots of sewage sealed with wax, I warn you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But if I don’t get that card, I’m going to Germany or I’m going to be arrested, and if that happens, my thirteen are dead. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He’s thirteen and standing at the front of his father’s church with the rest of the praise band. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I’m so glad my first snowfall happened before I turned thirteen. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Then the lechuzas, all thirteen of them, vanished into thin air, leaving only downy feathers floating innocuously in the rays of the morning sun. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And now that I’m thirteen years old, I don’t need much help with anything. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He spent the remaining thirteen years of his life curing diseases and battling opponents with his customary stubborn ferocity. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z A greenish fire burned in the mouthlike fireplace, and thirteen men sat at a long table, each staring at her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mike had mentioned that everyone older than thirteen would be responsible for doing some work; I just hadn’t realized that the assignments were chosen for you. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There’s a moment when my thirteen don’t know what to do. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z First of all, I’m thirteen, but a lot of people think by the way I carry myself that I’m above my age. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thirteen the first time I saw a police officer up close. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “I’m as old as you need the character of Elliott to be,” I’m about to say, to steal that boy’s line from the elevator, but instead I go, “I’m thirteen. I’m thirteen, sir.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a small, silly moment, but it also showed that boys from thirteen different countries and a wide array of ethnicities and religions and who spoke different languages were creating their own inside jokes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “He’s called The Tree Man because he had such a severe case of human papiloma virus of the skin that thirteen pounds of horn-like warts had to be removed from his body.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z We remained at the quarry for the next thirteen years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to four trolls who looked like very small and hairy human beings, thirteen little glass men and women climbed into Elinor’s buses—and so did Darius, the unhappy stammering reader. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z At the time this book went to print, thirteen million American children were living in poverty, some half million of whom labor in the fields that grow America’s food. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The British withdrew from the fight to maintain their thirteen colonies in 1783. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Has there ever existed a head of hair like mine at thirteen? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Five hundred repetitions once a week from thirteen to seventeen,” said Bernard wearily, as though to himself. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I turn around, my thirteen are huddled together in the corner, like Helena was. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I was thirteen years old, and my parents were gone. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z In the middle stage of a grueling distance race, Seabiscuit had broken the half-mile world record by two seconds, the equivalent of more than thirteen lengths. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Neeley, as he put it, was waiting to turn thirteen any moment. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen, Henrietta, Herbert, Hugh, and Hazel—just five of the thirteen Spencer children—straggled out of the last house on the road, the biggest house in all of Bumblebee. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “He said he was driving since he was thirteen....” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Now open your books to page two hundred and thirteen,” said Snape, smirking a little, “and read the first two paragraphs on the Cruciatus Curse...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She answered the question in his eyes before he asked it: “I'm thirteen, Maybeth is nine, James is ten.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But after Anna was born thirteen years ago, Mom insisted on hosting her first rice-tasting ceremony—something the family never did for me—here in our Harlem apartment. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Will and Anna, thirteen and twelve, could stay in touch with their mother and father. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z One belonged to a boy aged about twelve or thirteen, and the other to a girl of about nine or ten. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I saw a special on channel thirteen about that big museum in Moscow.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Angrily, she says, “I’m thirteen. I have a boyfriend.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Negotiating furiously, he assembled a force of as many as 200,000 men and built thirteen big ships in an audacious plan to assault Tenochtitlan from the water. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At the apex of the dome was the letter M. Beneath it were carved thirteen small circles, each with a smiling face upon it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She looks about thirteen, so small and bony, I can’t imagine that baby coming out of her. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The boys were a few years older than me, around twelve or thirteen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z With T there was this one time—we were maybe thirteen or fourteen, so it wasn't even all that long ago—when we scored a bag of small orange balloons from somewhere. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It is 1660, and she has just turned thirteen: too old for a proper German girl to be crouching in the dirt, according to her mother. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Michael and I took a train all the way down to Brownsville once, and do you know that there were Mexicans not even thirteen years old waddling around big-bellied?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He was thirteen and the only passenger on the plane with a pilot named—what was it? Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z On the rostrum, seated in three compact rows of auditorium chairs, were about twenty children, mostly girls, ranging in age from about seven to thirteen. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The thirteen finches were not created by some divine whim, but by “natural descent”—cascading downward and outward from an original ancestral finch. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She had no girl crushes, as is usual at twelve and thirteen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t matter. I’m thirteen. Thirteen. Almost four teen.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I spend thirteen hours every sol just sitting around while the solar panels charge the batteries. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When Dae Hyun was thirteen and still living in South Korea, his father began grooming him to take over the family’s meager crab fishing business. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z In this building lived the bungling managers, Mr. and Mrs. Trepid; their assistant, Morgan; and thirteen children, ranging in age from six months to thirteen years. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z But from Digger’s point of view, we were only hanging out under our cliff, where we hung out a million times over the last thirteen years. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Two very important things happened in the year that Francie was thirteen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stand up. You ask for forgiveness? I do not forgive. I do not forget. Thirteen long years... I want thirteen years’ repayment before I forgive you. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I watch channel thirteen. What you think, only kids and white people watch public television?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In the spring Maria turned thirteen, Jacob Marrel shut down his studio and left home with his two apprentices for an extended business trip. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Read me another verse, the last one, Corinthians thirteen.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We lived in our two huts — thirteen in each — while our wounds healed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nephew was thirteen and barely able to see over the steering wheel. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z At thirteen I was tall and large boned, with delusions of beauty and romance. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed nice and easygoing, mature for somebody who couldn’t have been more than thirteen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Out of that two pounds, I paid thirteen shillings and fourpence a month for my room at the Xhomas’. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My record was thirteen plates with little servings of fish on each! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She has never written thirteen pages about anything in her life. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “What if I get in there and they ask me to do thirteen pirouettes?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z This one was a little younger than me, maybe twelve or thirteen. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The thirteen seats of the table were filling up, and at the center of the table sat the king and Perrington. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If he said he would be somewhere at eight thirteen and forty seconds, that’s what time he would arrive. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She’d be thirteen next year, then fourteen, fifteen, and so on. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Among eleven occupied rooms, she counted thirteen sleepers, one of whom was not a faranji but a Tizerkane warrior, Tzara, wrapped in the slender arms of a slight young woman with very short, soft hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mary Alice was thirteen, so we both thought we were too old for this sort of thing. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “The Merling Queen has chosen a new Mermaid to take the place of the one that drowned. She is the daughter of a Prestayn serving maid, thirteen and penniless, but lovely.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was only thirteen, and the wine went to my head, I fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the other thirteen, Wunderman would air his own set of television commercials. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In truth, Joe was never given a second, much less a third, chance to “upright himself,” but he was nonetheless characterized at age thirteen as a “serial” or “violent recidivist” by prosecutors. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They thought simultaneously of the thirteen men outside. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a child still, despite the ripeness of her thirteen years, and no doubt fancied a grand wedding even as I had done. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z "Twelve or thirteen hundred for the Spicers. No more than eight hundred for the Brotherhood." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I recently stumbled upon a card I wrote to him for his eighth-grade graduation and was reminded that, even at thirteen years old, Kia was on track to becoming a good person. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Before this case, the maximum punishment in Illinois for children younger than thirteen was probation and counseling. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was thirteen days after the Feast of Pure Brightness that the earthquake hit. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The fair had become so intensely compelling that one woman, Mrs. Lucille Rodney of Galveston, Texas, walked thirteen hundred miles along railroad tracks to reach it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Singleton said he had records for eleven texts between Reggie and Briana prior to the crash and for thirteen texts afterward. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His volt meter showed thirteen and a half volts charging, and the Susan Marie ran hard and steady, her spotlight suffused in the fog. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When one is dealt a bridge hand of thirteen cards, the probability of being dealt that particular hand is less than one in 600 billion. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A bigger part of me knows this is my destiny, what thirteen years of torture have prepared me for, like my entire, tense childhood can be unspooled. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z At thirteen, Jenna and I are much too old for day camp. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A weak, watery moon filtered through the clouds and revealed a young man sitting on the topmost of thirteen stone steps that led into the water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted the blood of the one who had stripped me of power thirteen years ago ... for the lingering protection his mother once gave him would then reside in my veins too. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "For every kilogram of hydrogen, it can make thirteen kilograms of fuel. Watney has five hundred and fifty liters of water. We'll have him electrolyze it to get sixty kilograms of hydrogen." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Ilse checks my belly, tut-tuts, and shuts herself in her room to eat cake with a Nazi SS officer named Rolf while my thirteen starve in silence above her head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Vault seven hundred and thirteen now, please, and can we go more slowly?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to change everything. I just want to try this and see how it feels. I’m thirteen, which is perfect bar mitzvah timing.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I rolled thirteen curlers in her hair every night at the Chi Omega house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z President Wilson was calling for thirteen million men, ages eighteen to forty-five, to enroll. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But I wouldn’t have a clue where to go, and I only had about thirteen dollars in my pocket. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, black men have been admitted to state prison on drug charges at a rate that is more than thirteen times higher than that of white men. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I shall be thirteen in November, my lord.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Maya was thirteen months older than Lauren, so she felt responsible. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I hear the times table between my ears: Four times thirteen is fifty-two, like four suits in a deck of cards. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine him at the age of thirteen, and I realized he had probably looked a lot like I had when he found me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Stephen has a summer job this summer, teaching canoeing at a boys’ camp, but I don’t, because I’m only thirteen. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Along with her family, she was first imprisoned in that camp in 1975, at the age of thirteen. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Younger than her closest sibling by eight years, and nearly thirteen years younger than her oldest brother, Christine’s early life revolved around the routines of the grown-up world. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The thirteen days that followed became known in the United States as the "Cuban Missile Crisis" and in the Soviet Union as the "Caribbean Crisis." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her life would be thirteen short, bitter years with an unhappy ending. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Among their thirteen children, said Mother Marie, little Elijah was very different, almost from when he could walk and talk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z All thirteen share one bathroom, and the established pecking order means the Peraltas rarely get to use the kitchen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In early 1949 Jack Tenney, who had staged the earlier hearing into Rad Lab security, resurfaced with a package of thirteen bills targeting suspected communists at the university and elsewhere in state government. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Minnie tells me she was bom in Toledo, Ohio, the last of thirteen children, and that her mother died giving birth to her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Half a dozen men in long cloaks stood silent and watchful, gazing as ever at houses eleven and thirteen, but the thing for which they were waiting still appeared elusive. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And you, lucky number thirteen, you can take the tapes straight to hell. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Right now the Mendozas are visiting. Emilia’s thirteen too, very pretty with black hair and brown eyes.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Not content with that, Kinsworthy produced a flint from his wallet, struck sparks, and set ablaze the place I had called my home for thirteen years. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He is older than I am, probably thirteen or fourteen. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Just thirteen more days before you tell Mister Johnny about me,” I say, and like I knew she would, Miss Celia gets up from the kitchen table and heads for her bedroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "I was thirteen, and that morning I couldn't eat. The nerves made my stomach a mess. So when I marched into his office, I took one look at him and passed out." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Among them were the thirteen Navajo code talkers whod been assigned to the First Division and saw combat on the Gilberts. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Three hundred better still. But thirteen may suffice to carry us to Westeros.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We focused on the youngest kids, who were thirteen and fourteen. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Of the thirteen colonels in his command that day seven are dead, six are wounded. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That Marcy Baker will be bitten by a dog with rabies and have to get thirteen shots in her stomach.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He was thirteen today, and tall for his age, with the green eyes and golden hair of the Lannisters. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was sixteen then, and I'm seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I'm about thirteen. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I also told the Court that to say to any child of thirteen that he is fit only to die in prison is cruel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z After thirteen years in love, we needed to think through what this meant. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Next week I’m thirteen but thirteen looks way worse than twelve. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Go soak it. If the situation becomes desperate, I recommend you avail yourself of the numerous solvent formulae extant in Celum Tinture. Chapter thirteen, I believe.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “She was originally bound by thirteen knots,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z With about three minutes left in the second quarter and the game scoreless, Permian faced a second and thirteen from the Carter 31. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the thirteen years since she’d left Moton High School, the deficient building had passed from being merely overcrowded to packed beyond reasonable measure. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Now thirteen years old, he’s gone white in the muzzle and hobbles around with an arthritic limp. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After all the hesitation, all the delay, he finished the book he had been sitting on for more than fifteen years in just thirteen months and ten days. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Beauty may always be a little bit freakish, but the year I turned thirteen I was becoming freakier than ever. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Darwin had misclassified them: they were all finches—an astonishing thirteen species. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I wondered, in a real panic, how I would manage to get sanely through the next thirteen days to the Monday when Sister Irma’s next envelope was due. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Do you remember when I first took you to work, when you were thirteen? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z To be seen across the worlds, by species circling more than thirteen suns. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The women who know teach the men who don’t, my thirteen are occupied, and Siunek is a surprise prodigy, able to finish a sleeve in just a couple of hours. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z At a husky thirteen, he could shoe a horse, build a cabinet, and plot to escape to Pennsylvania someday. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And if Dino-land turns out to be a bust, guess who owns thirteen thousand acres of nothing? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Jem’s football sweater had grown increasingly gorgeous—he was captain of the team, the first year Maycomb beat Abbottsville in thirteen seasons. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The Latin dictionary was the first of thirteen thousand volumes which he would eventually buy and, at his death, bequeath to the Boston Public Library. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Considering that I have exactly thirteen dollars to my name right now, I’m at the most dire point I’ve ever been. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He went the next day into the town and to the house of the merchant and he said, “My daughter is thirteen years old and no longer a child and she is fit for marriage.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Will you take thirteen dollars if I call you Your Highness?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Fine, then let’s go to the band room together. Band starts in thirteen minutes; we can practice for the concert.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know what it would be like to be thirteen and married. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He was a boy of twelve or thirteen, no older than Ranofer himself, though he was bigger. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But by the sixth year, at thirteen and sixteen, they were too old to even pretend it was funny. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Charles and she would try to mend, but he was only ten and she thirteen. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She wore too much eyeliner then, at age thirteen, and now, at eighteen, she wears so much black under her eyes, she looks like a slutty linebacker raccoon. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She’ll never be strong enough again to work in a mill thirteen, fourteen hours a day. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z When Prendergast was thirteen, his father died, and he lost his only friend. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We had both turned thirteen within three weeks of each other, and at first I wondered if he was entering a new phase of development three weeks ahead of me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My name is Brian Robeson and I am thirteen years old and I am alone in the north woods of Canada. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked as though Harry had found out where the grubby little package from vault seven hundred and thirteen was. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Twelve?” he asked, and then teased, “Are you sure it’s not eleven, or thirteen?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z To the point that when I showed up to Coach Nat’s first recruitment meeting for the Firebirds, seven out of the thirteen other girls who were there knew who I was. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Somehow or other she slept until ten in the morning, meaning she slept thirteen hours straight. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A girl who couldn't be much older than twelve or thirteen approached his window. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mount St. Helens lost thirteen hundred feet of peak, and 230 square miles of forest were devastated. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But the worst difficulty is maintaining silence when thirteen people are arguing all the time. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “It went on for something like ten years, thirteen years, I’m not really sure, but we got to stay in the house. Her boyfriend was the one who moved out.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z As each click, each pulse, each second pulled them closer to that point on the gears of Luna’s life when every hand pointed toward thirteen, Xan could feel herself thinning, shrinking, fading. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Sometimes I wondered if almost thirteen was too old to be cleaning out pay phones for candy, but no one was watching us and it was hard to turn down free money. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At around thirteen she began to develop breasts; she lost weight, her waist thinned out, and she shot up like a transplanted tree. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Although she was only a year older than the twins, who were thirteen and full of cuss words and spite, Juanita was much taller and more muscular. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Katie sighed and said, “So soon? You’re just thirteen. I didn’t think it would come for another year yet. I was fifteen.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not have been more than thirteen or fourteen years old, but she was fully developed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As we count down to the new day, we follow the Cuban custom of gulping down thirteen grapes as quickly as we can. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She had just gotten a call from the Burmidians, friends of theirs for thirteen years. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “You are now thirteen,” the man said, “and I have in my hies an agreement for this arrangement signed by Kapugen and Naka.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He understood what it was about: whether the thirteen American colonies should stay a part of England or become a country of their own. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Her boys—fifteen, thirteen, and seven—were at home alone with an infant. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z At the very least I should show them that I can speak their language, so they don’t think I’m a complete moron who is almost thirteen and still in the second grade. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z She had to sigh seven times and roll her eyes thirteen different directions just to get me to ask the right question about it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Naked now, he walked down the thirteen stone steps into the water and further, until the river was chest high. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look. I came, didn’t I? Don’t start pushing me before I’m hardly off the plane. My god, I’ve been gone thirteen years, and you still think you can tell me what to do.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z When I was thirteen my dad moved to Cape Town, and we lost touch. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Looking for anything that might be empty, where I could put thirteen people for a day, for two days. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z His ears flared out and were very red, and though he was just out of high school he wore a size thirteen shoe. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They had all been grown men, tall and strong ... though all men were tall to a dwarf of thirteen years. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Each of the thirty-six cars weighed thirteen tons, for a total of just under one million pounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the first one he’s thirteen with an Afro. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I’m only thirteen! I’m your daughter! How can you do this to me! NO! STOP!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When we made Ghetto Life 101 I was thirteen years old, about four foot two and 115 pounds. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I dare not, Headmaster! If I join the table, we shall be thirteen! Nothing could be more unlucky! Never forget that when thirteen dine together, the first to rise will be the first to die!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I mean the preacher, the mother, and the twelve or thirteen hard-looking dudes in the back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When thirteen had fallen the rest fled shrieking, leaving the defenders unharmed, except for Sam who had a scratch along the scalp. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Soon our camp population is reduced to forty girls, ranging in age from ten to thirteen. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z An outspoken group of thirteen movement leaders held a press conference with local newspapers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Holly activated the thermal coil in her suit, and climbed to thirteen thousand feet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It’s like when I was thirteen and flipping through magazines, I’d scout for pictures of girls in skirts and dudes in shorts and would tilt the page to see what was underneath. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I’ve lived twelve years of thirteen long months each and another twelve months besides, all of which living means I’m still one month away from the big birthday. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z They’re going to cut that hole and look down into the faces of thirteen Jews. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “You’ve waited thirteen years, right?” my dad says, closing the door behind them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But we were young—all of us were now thirteen, except for Kanei, who was three years older—and our emotions were in disarray. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Some kids were thirteen, a few fifteen, but most of them Francie’s age—fourteen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Turns out, through a neat set of chemical reactions with the Martian atmosphere, for every kilogram of hydrogen you bring to Mars, you can make thirteen kilograms of fuel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I'm a kid. I'm thirteen. You said it's a miserable age, being thirteen, and you're right. If you don't fit in, they make your life a misery. Like Floyd Chaceley or Nicholas Briar.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I had just been assigned by the relief system to sweep the streets for thirteen dollars a week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z All together, my mama gave birth to thirteen children. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I don’t tell him that he also gave her the silver locket when she turned thirteen or how, when their friendship was discovered, he was sent away to France. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Like I said, it’d been thirteen years and I hadn’t borne fruit. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was about thirteen, with straight ash-blond hair of ear-lobe length, an exquisite forehead, and blasé eyes that, I thought, might very possibly have counted the house. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z With cigarettes and all, the check came to about thirteen bucks. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Imagine me then at unlucky thirteen as I entered the eighth grade. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But because I’m nearly thirteen, I get to choose an elective too. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We were born exactly thirteen months apart from each other. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Lavoisier had thirteen thousand of them in what was, to an almost preposterous degree, the finest private laboratory in existence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When Minnie wakes up, she says she knows she shouldn’t be telling me this, that I’m too young to hear it, but I swear I’m thirteen and that seems to satisfy her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Since nobody seems to have done any serious research in anatomy for the next twelve or thirteen centuries, Galen’s work was regarded as the last word in human anatomy until well into the sixteenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z First thing came to mind was the woman he named himself some thirteen years ago because, while tending her, that was the word he thought of: Wild. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m thirteen now so I don’t call him Uncle Pat anymore. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “You should be. I had a better mustache when I was thirteen.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Sounds like a lot, but that means each trap has only got to catch about thirteen lobster and we’re home free. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “And eight ten means eight ten, not eight eleven or eight twelve or eight thirteen.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The mouse council, thirteen honored mice and one Most Very Honored Head Mouse, heeded the call of Lester's drum and gathered in a small, secret hole off King Phillips throne room. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Now that she was thirteen, he showed up for the first time and said he was sorry? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And now, family by family, I watch my thirteen decide to go back to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I turned thirteen that summer of 1976, Afghanistan’s next to last summer of peace and anonymity. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z No child of twelve, thirteen, or fourteen can defend him- or herself in the adult criminal justice system. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Later, boys and girls ages thirteen to fifteen manned the batteries. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” said Rufus thoughtfully, “you still look mighty young. You pulled me out of that river thirteen or fourteen years ago, but you look like you would have been just a kid back then.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She was thirteen years old and terribly impressed with her own witchy cleverness. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Turning to Matthias, the old mouse continued, “Yes, most interesting. These thirteen small circles with smiling faces. What do you make of them?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was thirteen and intended to spend the summer studying and playing chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She was thirteen and she read the maps. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mom put me on those as soon as I turned thirteen. She couldn’t deal.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Kiyo, nearly thirteen by this time, looked forward to the heavy winds. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Next summer, Nathan thought, he was going to be twelve, and then thirteen. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Crawl through thirteen doors, and everything will return to normal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The rest of my thirteen are huddled around the sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He was about thirteen, I guess, but his clothes were weird. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “My mom and her parents are in New Hampshire—my sister moved there when she was thirteen and goes to Dartmouth now—and most of my dad’s family is in Jamaica.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The last tape has a thirteen on one side, but nothing on the back. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I won the hundred-yard dash even though I was much heavier than the other boys. I made it to the finish in thirteen seconds.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that's why you have bar mitzvahs at thirteen—it's the perfect time to start exploring who you are. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z How could she do to Rachel at eight what her mother had done to her at thirteen? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z That same January 8, my grandfather suffered the first of his thirteen strokes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Exactly two years, seven months, and thirteen days,” he thought. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She knew no names of people in Suffolk, despite having lived there for nearly thirteen years. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But as I approached thirteen a Dionysian element stole over my features. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Three times a week between thirteen and seventeen,” put in Bernard. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt as soft and light in his arms as she had when Lyra was conceived thirteen years before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Or even better, if only I could go backward to eleven, instead of forward to thirteen! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I was almost thirteen years old now, and it was hard to remember any other life—except for my daydreams of food. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s one thing to be old, to be forty or fifty with a broken heart, but it’s practically terminal when you’re thirteen. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In thirteen seconds they fired sixty-seven rounds, injuring nine and killing four. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z ‘We are forgetting our family history! These must be the very three that were caught by Gandalf, quarrelling over the right way to cook thirteen dwarves and one hobbit.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But he was awarded a handsome trophy for achieving the best score of a player under the age of thirteen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I had twenty- three cents—a dime I had earned running errands for my grandpa, and thirteen cents a fisherman had given me for a can of worms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It took him thirteen steps to get to the kitchen. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Leigh was four months old when the Air Force sent Jerome to Korea, and during the thirteen months he was gone, I continued to live with my parents. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Vault seven hundred and thirteen had no keyhole. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Remember when we were children,” said Francie, who had just finished being thirteen, “how we used to smell if Christmas was coming?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was nice looking, about thirteen or fourteen, I would have said. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She was busy—thirteen days on ferrying and two off, in all kinds of weather, and there were so many ongoing senseless administrative formalities or blunders that a bit of pointless night training was unremarkable. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I was only a month and a half away from thirteen. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z After thirteen years, I not only distinctly remember all six of Sister Irma’s samples, but four of them I sometimes think I remember a trifle too distinctly for my own peace of mind. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z White electric ferries made their way back and forth, shuttling fans over to the west side, where an observation train awaited them, its thirteen white-skirted flat cars outfitted with bleachers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Life begins to turn upside down at thirteen. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At first Hatsue, who was only thirteen, could not sit still for even thirty seconds. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And now, as I kept at it, all I could think of was that conversation we’d had about this very thing, and her smile as she repeated over and over again, “Maybe when you’re thirteen.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It takes thirteen steps to open, and she discovers the sequence in under five minutes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z On Wednesday twelve more died; thirteen died on Thursday. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She was aware that her mother was already on the lookout for a suitable match, though Aurelia would not be expected to marry until she was thirteen, or even fourteen if she was lucky. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z If they increased the number of franchises from thirteen to twenty-six, they could each make one hundred and twenty-eight dollars in one day. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He is the son of a famous professional hunter named Iain MacDonald, who was killed at the controls of a light plane that crashed on the African plains in 1967, when Robin was thirteen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That might have been okay when I was little, but not at thirteen. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z It would be four more years until Pong and Somkit turned thirteen. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Two teams of thirteen players line up against each other on a grassy, rectangular field. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z There had been thirteen black students on the Highland Gardens bus the day Claudette was arrested, most of them her classmates at Booker T. Washington. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z American farmers produce thirteen billion bushels of corn a year. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She last had seen me when I was thirteen. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Days thirteen and fourteen were filled with prayer and resolve to never go through this again. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I knew a family—the mother wasn’t too quick, though—nursed hers till the boy, I reckon, was near ’bout thirteen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Allowing Harry to go would make Harry happy, something Uncle Vernon had struggled against for thirteen years. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Mama took a pencil and marked thirteen eggs with X. We kept those in the nest, and when the hens laid fresh ones, we took those for eating. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dear Miss Hope, I am thirteen years old with black hair and something terrible is happening and I can’t tell anyone not even my mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was thirteen miles from downtown Atlanta, a city with a growing economy and a need for low-skilled workers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z This time of year I get about thirteen hours of light. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When the thirteen colonies rebelled against Britain, no one raised this question.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z My gift to Mamaji one birthday, I must have been thirteen or so, was two full lengths of credible butterfly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy Zizmo’s funeral was held thirteen days later by permission of the bishop in Chicago. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Just thirteen years ago, I felt helpless, like I’d never be free. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In 1935, as Henry Metelmann, now thirteen, sat in school, he listened to his teacher rant about the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z With the mountain spewing liquid fire, and the meadow offering no means of concealment, the remaining thirteen tributes—including Haymitch and Maysilee—have no choice but to confine themselves to the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A blue number thirteen painted in the corner. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The loudest was a girl maybe thirteen or fourteen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There are thirteen Jews in the attic above their heads. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Twelve of the thirteen colonies voted in favor of severing all ties to the British throne. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “You told me in the synagogue, all happy with the idea. You were only thirteen, you said, and already an aunt.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She backtracks to her first job at thirteen, cleaning the Francis the First silver service at the governor’s mansion. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “What do they teach them in school today? She’s thirteen years old.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z At thirteen I had never read a book by a Negro writer. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I really didn’t want to be responsible for a thirteen- year-old. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother was thirteen and I was five when we first met. And guess how we first met?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z For thirteen days, the battleships boomed and heavy shells rained down on target. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We went to a contest on the mainland the spring we were thirteen and might have won except that when the judges realized our chief soloist was not yet in high school, we were disqualified. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “When a girl is thirteen already she knows all the positions. Never in Afrique!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Thirteen Games, had it remained as thirteen games only, would have appeared to be just a shade more than a monograph. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In six years, Seabiscuit had won thirty-three races and set thirteen track records at eight tracks over six distances. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Counting the corpse there were twenty-six of us, two thirteens. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The statute does contain an opt-out provision, but as of 2010 only thirteen states and the District of Columbia had opted out entirely. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When she was thirteen her mother had dressed her in a silk kimono and sent her off to Mrs. Shigemura, who taught young girls to dance odori and to serve tea impeccably. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But every once in a while, you don’t make the safest choice when you’re thirteen. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z More or less 120 minutes long distance at $1.35 per first three minutes plus thirteen for the books plus probably ten for Charley’s taxi plus probably sixty for his time came to...? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Long red streamers flew from the masts of the thirteen Qartheen galleys, writhing in the wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The ship's chimney, or funnel, as sailors call it, is thirteen meters high. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was five months ago on my eleventh birthday, and I knew from the screen on Nan’s phone that the call lasted only six minutes and thirteen seconds. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Thyon, thirteen years old and sharp as the point of a viper’s fang, had looked around him at the cryptic rituals and philosophies and seen it all as obfuscation cooked up to excuse that failure. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Thirteen was when Layla got hers, Mom and Dad said, and thirteen was when Ivy would get one too. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Number thirteen is on the right," the rickshaw driver hollers back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The puzzled archaeologists took thirteen years to publish their data. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By the time he was thirteen, he had already composed lots of sonatas and symphonies. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Pong spent most of his time inside the temple grounds, but when he turned thirteen, Father Cham began taking him along more often on his visits to the village and surrounding countryside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I wanted her about thirteen, looking out with that defiant, almost belligerent stare of hers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “This has everything to do with her. You’ve been hot for her since you were thirteen.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He was now in a country that really wanted him, and for the first time in thirteen years he felt truly safe. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z So Jane and Michael chose thirteen slabs of gingerbread, each with its gilt paper star. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z But I’m twelve going on thirteen and I might be too old for angels. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z For much of the last century archaeologists believed that Indians came to the Americas through the Bering Strait about thirteen thousand years ago at the tail end of the last Ice Age. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was an accomplished doctor who would treat patients in exchange for marrying their young and pretty daughters, some as young as thirteen or fourteen years old. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Except for me, and I was practically thirteen. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One contestant was thirteen, and there were several twenty-year-olds, all rated quite highly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was going through a divorce from his wife of thirteen years, Carol Cummings. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “About thirteen years ago, three people were murdered in your house. The Dorian family.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I wonder what my thirteen can be thinking. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But like the cargo, not everyone could fit in the canoes, so thirteen of the men had to walk. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Monday is a teacher workday so between Sunday and Monday I have spent six hours and thirteen minutes cutting that stupid tree. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There were twenty-four of them—and only thirteen weeks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Only twenty miles long and thirteen miles wide, it lies at the farthest tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Enrique is thirteen miles from the heart of Mexico’s rail system. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Luke had been thirteen, old enough to realize that his parents weren’t in love the way people seemed to be in movies and on television shows. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then she goes to the market for the next day, hauling the fake bags back and forth, while two of my thirteen sneak downstairs to wash, stretch their legs, and prepare food for the others. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that we were thirteen, and a little too old for it, I loved them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When I was thirteen my father’s mother told me a secret: as a wee lad your poor father was dropped on his head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z LeAlan: My name is LeAlan Jones, I am thirteen years old, and I live with my family in a house around the corner from the Ida B. Wells. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The gift you begged of me in Qarth. Ships. There are thirteen galleys in the bay. Yours, if you will have them. I have brought you a fleet, to carry you home to Westeros.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We were thirteen when we made the list, and we were pretty positive the retreating glacier rhetoric was bogus. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She might have been twelve or thirteen mentally now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Another guardian had thirteen wards, more than half of whom had been listed as deceased. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "Maurice, can you get Iris on the booster in less than thirteen days?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I know that I have a budding geek, and if I can get him sane through the next thirteen years, there will be another decent adult on this planet. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He is a Barbarian boy, no more than thirteen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The old look being the way I’ve looked, every day, for the last thirteen years. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z What impetus drove the descent of, say, thirteen variants of finches down the fierce rivulets of speciation? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah, Baba, chill out. Your Bears are only down by thirteen.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Because she was thirteen, everybody supposed her nature was coming down, but it was hard to put up with her sulking and irritation. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She was amazed by her own fluidness, it was as if she had convinced even herself that she was not living on memories mildewed by thirteen years. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “She thinks there are thirteen eggs in a dozen.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It showed how desperate Generose had become that she was willing to leave her six-month-old daughter in the care of her three sons, ages seven, thirteen, and fifteen. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Don’t ask me. All I know is it’s thirteen years. Thirteen cycles of thirteen months.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z One day thirty ships arrived, thirteen of them from the West Indies, but no one was available to stop them from docking or discharging passengers. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I wonder if I’d called the police back when I was ten or thirteen or fifteen, would Charlie be alive now. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The last tape, the seventh tape, has a thirteen on one side but nothing on the reverse. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Her daughters had grown up: Johanna was twenty-three and Dorothea thirteen, which at the time was considered the brink of womanhood. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Depends on how you get there. On foot? I don’t recommend it. On horseback or in a carriage, twelve, thirteen days, if you travel all day.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Much to his unhappiness, thirteen of his children were girls, leaving my uncle and his precious son, Usman, the child of his first wife, as the only males in the household. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But from when we were thirteen, like I say, things started to change. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A young girl of thirteen or so looked around nervously and scurried inside, closing the door softly behind her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The incident reminded me that I had returned to my homeland a different man from the one who had left thirteen years before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been a dairy farmer for years, he said, before switching to corrections thirteen years earlier, succumbing to economic inevitability. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cover showed a painting of a white boy, maybe around twelve or thirteen years old, sitting at a desk doing homework. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “She had a great eye, even though she was only, like, thirteen,” Gus said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Salim is thirteen now and very grown up. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Nine of the thirteen women attended the banquet. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “He murdered thirteen people?” said Harry, handing the page back to Stan, “with one curse?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And tonight, for the first time in thirteen years, Lord Voldemort’s mark had appeared in the sky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z How far could I get with only thirteen dollars? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But we were thirteen by then, and this was a boy running into a girl in a really public situation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Recite chapter three, verse thirteen, from the Book of the Six.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z By the time he was thirteen, he had started abusing drugs and alcohol. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Galton was born in the winter of 1822—the same year as Gregor Mendel—and thirteen years after his cousin Charles Darwin. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z THE first time I was ever called ugly, I was thirteen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When you’re done listening to all thirteen sides—because there are thirteen sides to every story—rewind the tapes, put them back in the box, and pass them on to whoever follows your little tale. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z "We've been at it twenty-nine days; so we only have nineteen left. After that, the Pad needs thirteen days to mount it on the booster. We're at least two weeks behind." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the thirty-eight ingredients it takes to make a McNugget, I counted thirteen that can come from corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Why do you become a man here at thirteen?” she asks. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It was such a big difference from my life back at Duke, from the life I’d been leading since I was thirteen. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “That’s me,” I say, “I was the youngest boy. I turn thirteen in twenty-seven days and officially become a man according to Prentisstown law.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “I got thirteen children to take care of,” he told Mr. Pineville. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Do you remember him, Jeth?” they asked, with some awe of Jethro’s thirteen years. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s thirteen. Big for his age. Sandy hair. Blue eyes.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was afraid that Mr. Becker wouldn’t give me the job if he knew I was only thirteen, so I told him I was seventeen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The roar of the audience drowned out my own cheers for the thirteen newly selected members of the USA women’s junior team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He was locked away in Creedmore, a New York City mental institution, from the time he was thirteen. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z And thirteen mice, ashamed for Lester, looked away Reader, can you imagine your own father not voting against your being sent to a dungeon full of rats? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z In many ways, “unlucky thirteen” was the pivotal game of the Fischer–Spassky championship encounter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When he was thirteen, his parents had paid to send him to a Catholic convent so he could enter the priesthood. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Four there and four back, and somewhere along the way, those other thirteen or fourteen minutes disappear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She was small and pale, with the frightened air of an ill-used child, but her scrawny, underfed body did give off a hint of woman, so perhaps she was twelve or thirteen. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy was thirteen and had seen enough people slumped over a plow, or stilled after childbirth, and enough drowned children to know the difference between the quick and the dead. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When Theodore Hall graduated high school at the age of thirteen, he listed his three top career options: comedian, journalist, physicist. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Another inmate housed with Joe wrote to us and described him as disabled, horribly mistreated, and wrongfully condemned to die in prison for a non-homicide crime at thirteen. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z By the time Ali Shekari was thirteen, the war planes were practicing dropping chemicals instead of regular bombs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z If you re a guy and not a girl, and you’re my age—just weeks past thirteen—you’re too old to have a baby-sitter but too young to be one. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She drew thirteen evenly spaced marks along the circumference of the circle and used them to map out the points of a thirteen-pointed star. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Open Championship in Oklahoma City, the youngest player, at thirteen, ever to compete in the event. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z So this is a pretty typical case, except they were a little bit young—most of the murders that I see are thirteen- or fourteen-year-olds killing each other with guns. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z During tests we were given blank maps of the thirteen colonies, and asked to fill in names, dates, capitals. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Did you see that special on the Kennedys, on channel thirteen, Chino?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z That puts us at thirteen and Missus Stein asked for a dozen, so I think we’re lucky. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The boys are sad, of course, but Pascal and Patrice at fifteen and thirteen are nearly men, with men’s ways of coping. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was my best friend’s girlfriend since we were like thirteen.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z My mother pulled back the dollar bills and counted out exact change, thirteen cents, and put that on the tray instead, explaining firmly: “No tip!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents told her things they thought I was still too young to know, but I was nearly thirteen and it was time I learned the truth about our family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “We have a boy who is thirteen today,” a man on my shelf said. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z When I was fifteen and my little sister was thirteen, a whole new world opened up to us. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “We don’t know. We don’t even really know that he’s dead. He just vanished. But he was only thirteen. It was the middle of last winter. My sister was pretty broken up about it.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “You were thirteen,” I repeated, coming to a halt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z If he ain’t been here thirteen years, what do I need him now for? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The program has been on the air for thirteen minutes. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z And after thirteen years of being your slave, I know you, Jackson. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A combative-looking young girl of about twelve or thirteen appeared through the lace curtain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Eighteen months to my nine years, thirteen years to my twenty. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was when the first one hit twelve or thirteen. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Mom keeps pressuring me to spend more time with her, but Kaylee’s only thirteen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I turn thirteen next summer, so I got a minute. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “So what if your maternity leave went on for thirteen years longer than planned?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “I lost my pops when I was thirteen,” he says. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I’ve done the calculations and have figured out that from the ages of thirteen to fifteen, I’ve spent about forty-five percent of my life grounded. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When she was thirteen, she had a bat mitzvah at a temple in Portland, and during the candlelighting ceremony at the reception, I got called up to light one. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We use a different form: eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fifteen. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z We saw Rio Bravo three times, but we saw our favorite Western, The Magnificent Seven, thirteen times. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m only two hours thirty-seven minutes and thirteen seconds younger than Jude, but she always makes me feel like I’m her little brother. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “As a matter of fact, this letter—this letter is the first direct word we’ve—I’ve had from my daughter in thirteen years.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Hagrid had emptied vault seven hundred and thirteen, if you could call it emptying, taking out that grubby little package. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t write that I pretend they don’t bother me, but even after thirteen years of seeing them, they still hurt. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It is estimated that he infected thirteen sexual partners before being diagnosed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I once saw one of them, a boy of thirteen, beat his father for not making his bed properly. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mom told Finn and me that sometimes kids start acting weird about the time they turn thirteen. Or even just twelve. Like you.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I’m talking about the period from when we were thirteen to when we left at sixteen. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though he wasn't playing as many games this year, he'd probably get way past thirteen. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It seems to me that you are all determined to start a panic that will destabilize everything we have worked for these last thirteen years!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He counted out thirteen for the big piles. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, by the time we were twelve or thirteen, the Norfolk thing had become a big joke. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The thirteen people he supervises, the constant fund-raising, the media appearances. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Anthony’s friend Judge William Hay came up with thirteen laws for Stanton to include in her remarks. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z War came to my homeland when I was thirteen years old. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did I tell you I was a freaking C cup at thirteen?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He was one of thirteen children in his family. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I’d just turned thirteen when I came here, so I started thinking about myself and realized that I’ve become an “independent person” sooner than most girls. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Until I was thirteen and left Arkansas for good, the Store was my favorite place to be. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When he ran out of high school kids to whip, he took on Pete and thirteen other college runners in a two-mile race at Compton. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “I turn thirteen in August, and I’m determined to have a big party,” June said. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But where am I going to take thirteen Jews? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Now that I was thirteen, it took less than this to embarrass me. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the story as it had lived in my imagination for thirteen years began replaying in my mind: the shooting of a boy, then of his father, then of his mother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After my father died, when I was thirteen, it only got worse. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I was thirteen when Aunt Ivy took me in. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “You need thirteen to make it a true coven. They must be regular owls if there’s fewer than that.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Granny lived with her two children, Uncle Piet, thirteen, and Aunt Bush, fifteen. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z That left me, at thirteen, the head of the household. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was like seeing Bill Gates at age thirteen, times two. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z At that age—again, I’m talking of around thirteen—we were all pretty worried and excited about sex, and naturally would have pushed the other stuff into the background. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of us were between the ages of thirteen and sixteen, except Kanei, who was now seventeen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Being almost thirteen, I was too old to go trick-or-treating, but being almost thirteen, I also really loved candy, so I volunteered to take the little girl from down the street. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m thinking about tomorrow, when I turn thirteen, and a couple of weeks after that, when we leave—and how everyone has said that one day I’ll build again. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z One of my biggest worries in those days was that around the time I turned thirteen, I stopped growing. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We were going to be turning thirteen—Audrey in November and me in February. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z John is thirteen, just barely starting his growth spurt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I been here for almost thirteen years,” I say, “and the only thing I ever heard was men.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A stonefish is way more dangerous with its thirteen venomous spines. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Seven and I could recite Malcolm X quotes by the time we were thirteen. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z We counted how many washers the hot magnet picked up, a grand total of thirteen. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Harry ripped open the paper and found page thirteen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He would not be shocked if, come morning, there was twelve, thirteen feet of water covering the neighborhood. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Things started to change about four years ago, when I was thirteen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Kathy was one of nine children, and had grown up with very little, and Zeitoun, the eighth of thirteen children, had been raised with almost nothing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Madeleine Joyce was thirteen years old when she met Joseph Brook. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z One of them, a scrawny boy no older than thirteen, spoke up first. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Sirius Black had murdered thirteen people with one curse; Mr. and Mrs. Weasley obviously thought Harry would be panic-stricken if he knew the truth. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It had been more than thirteen years since the second Fischer–Spassky match, and people were saying, fearing, he might never play again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I doubt ye think at all! I keep ye hidden for nearly thirteen years, and then ye decide to go play with the locals, and my hard work goes straight in the garbage!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t have much. Try to do some unpacking while I’m gone. Eleven, twelve and thirteen are all your stuff.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But how often had she seen television interviews of next-door neighbors saying: Can't believe he killed thirteen people, he was such a nice kid. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was his mother, not his father, who had put his life at risk by plotting an escape when he was thirteen. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I add thirteen tiny freckles to a new, slenderer nose. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Jackie’s friend Casey told me if you count to thirteen when you see a truck full of hay, you can make a wish. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In the winter of 1807, thirteen like-minded souls in London got together at the Freemasons Tavern at Long Acre, in Covent Garden, to form a dining club to be called the Geological Society. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “It’s about the You- Know-What in vault seven hundred and thirteen.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The universe is more than thirteen billion years old. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Finley sat on his porch sucking chicken bones, as he had done for thirteen years, looked up, saw Sula, choked on a bone and died on the spot. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There were thirteen people seated there and, as M. Bouc had said, of all classes and nationalities. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The punishment seemed to me in a high degree ignominious, especially for so great a girl—she looked thirteen or upwards. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Residents there were stopped at a rate thirteen times the city average. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In childhood, he rode in the last of the great cattle drives; at thirteen, he was already a skilled horse breaker. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know what my thirteen think when the police come to Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z All of the youngest condemned children—thirteen or fourteen years of age—were black or Latino. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The note was stamped with the school’s official seal, attesting that he was a full-time student and only thirteen years old. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, actually, I think she’s thirteen now, but she was twelve when she won the baking show.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z It was as much as thirteen thousand years old. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z James junior then put the colt on the road, touring through thirteen tracks up and down the East Coast to run in low-rent races spaced as little as two days apart. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Unlucky thirteen,” she said with a wry look. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Her hero had led the Dodgers to extend their winning streak to thirteen games. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Then when he was thirteen he started back at Vocational and began to study hard. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But instead of arms, Max has drawn Helena and me with angel wings, spreading from one end of the paper to the other, and under our wings are thirteen faces. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “You’re going to be waiting a long time for that text. No phone until I turn thirteen, remember?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be a long thirteen hours,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Though there were only thirteen contestants, the curiosity about seeing these survivors — fanned by an Internet ad campaign that hinted at unsavory sexual secrets and possible cannibalism — drew a record number of viewers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He said cotton brought thirteen cents a pound in 1837, and when it was high, the slave traders paid as much as a thousand dollars for prime field hands. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the doors that she found, thirteen opened and closed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z We were of a sensible age, between thirteen and eighteen, and we knew intimately every chocolate bar in existence, from the Milk Flake to the Lemon Marshmallow. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It was more noticeable when I was thirteen than it is now. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Jones, who was only thirteen and weighed little more than eighty pounds, quickly found himself on the losing end of the tussle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z During the worst squall, she had counted thirteen containers scattered around the apartment, each with its own rhythm and pitch. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “And hair gets thin and goes gray, in thirteen years. But yes, that’s right. It’s Jack.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z And if so, was there a strong son of thirteen or fourteen left behind to take his place? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z "Septa Mordane says most . . . most highborn girls have their flowering at twelve or thirteen." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I don’t know exactly. My father brought me here when I was very tiny. I don’t remember it. That was nearly thirteen years ago.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It began after some boys bullied him when he was thirteen. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Resume my life as a boy of thirteen. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “First of all, you’re, like, what, thirteen? Second of all, I don’t want a boyfriend. Don’t you see that I just tried to kill myself?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z To come out ahead after child-care costs, Generose figured she would have to find work that paid thirteen or fourteen dollars an hour. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes he stayed there, fully clothed and inert, for twelve or thirteen hours. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Etty had been sickly since she was thirteen, two years before. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Big Bang released so much energy that the universe has been expanding outward from it for more than thirteen billion years. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z So much for keeping me away from my thirteen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Bull turned toward the far wall and, giving a signal to the other pilots in the room, all thirteen of them hurled their glasses into the fireplace already littered with bright shards of glass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess she's twelve or thirteen—a bit older than me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Luckily my tastes hadn’t matured much since the age of thirteen, so I tucked right in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I wasn't going to just bump along to grade thirteen and not go to a real school where I'd be roughed up and challenged. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z When I turned thirteen, Dad told me the truth about Mom. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Four more had run in, making thirteen in all. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He smiled at Milkman, who stopped himself from saying, No, thirteen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Like I said, she looked way older than thirteen, and I felt like a complete idiot. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She was no more than twelve or thirteen, dressed in rough calico with ill-fitting boots. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Tobin? Chop-chop. I’m in a bit of a rush. The doors upstairs will be open in thirteen minutes. Mrs. Tobin?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z For the next thirteen hours, he would not be able to eat, drink, relieve himself, or remove his tight-fitting helmet. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. M., as I’ll call him, has five children under the age of thirteen, and another on the way. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When they were twelve, maybe thirteen, Luke had made the same walk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “It’s going pretty well. I’ve got one hundred and thirteen signatures. But I think I can get more before I present it to Principal Rivera.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Thirteen years. . . thirteen years since last we met. Yet you answer my call as though it were yesterday. We are still united under the Dark Mark, then! Or are we?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z On the floor of his mother’s bedroom, as the aggrieved thirteen- year-old struggled to contain his fear, Shin’s camp-bred instincts took over: he had to tell a guard. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Two students, girls of twelve or thirteen, look up when I walk past their classroom. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I was thirteen the first time the sluggers abducted me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z By 2010, Florida had sentenced more than a hundred children to life imprisonment without parole for non-homicide offenses, several of whom were thirteen years old at the time of the crime. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then it needed thirteen hours to cool down fully. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After thirteen months of the preparatory examination, the magistrate ruled that he had found “sufficient reason” for putting us on trial in the Transvaal Supreme Court for high treason. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every boy got six kilograms, or about thirteen pounds, during each visit. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z This gives me a nice bonding moment with Dad, which happens about once every thirteen years. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A significant improvement occurred in his learning curve in 1956, when he was thirteen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The war went on for thirteen years, the legal struggle for ownership for another twenty-four. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One small boy about thirteen years old came back every day. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I lived then in a shack in the southern desert mountains of New Mexico, and the drive between the boat and the shack took almost exactly thirteen hours on Interstate 10. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The players on the home team—a group of thirteen- and fourteen-year-old boys from the nearby Atlanta suburbs playing with the North Atlanta Soccer Association—gestured toward the sky with awe. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z At the far end stood thirteen tall white columns, the Peristyle, with slashes of the blue lake visible between them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Not really. Fourteen’s pretty much the same as thirteen.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z And when experienced cell phone users were asked how long it would take novices to learn to use the phone, they guessed thirteen minutes; in fact, it took thirty-two. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She finally made herself admit the fact that it was her own letter that had driven Courtney to get in touch with her mother after a silence of thirteen years. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Barnacles, cowries, thirteen lumps of quartz gritty with sand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Byron had just turned thirteen so he was officially a teenage juvenile delinquent and didn’t think it was “cool” to touch anybody or let anyone touch him, even if it meant he froze to death. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You sound weird. I don’t know, afraid or something” “You’re leaving me alone since I’m thirteen. I’m just mainlining a little heroin.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Not even thirteen stitches, enough that I could have mumbled to my dad: “You shoulda seen the other sixth grader.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z "Fifteen," she said, "fourteen . . . thirteen . . . twelve . . . eleven . . ." Thousands had gathered at Cape Canaveral, the largest crowd ever to watch an unmanned launch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve been Jewish your whole life, but I’m thirteen years behind. I have no idea what to do.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was astonishing that Fischer, at thirteen, could excel at blindfold chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I copied him around the time I turned thirteen because confusing Mateo Thoughts surfaced and I needed tons of Mateo Time to sort through them. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Today there are 5,000 deer in the park, all descended from those original thirteen or others that migrated from nearby. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When the nurses go to the hospital, I call down my thirteen from the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The petition right before ours is being filed by an elderly man reporting a missing son, one of his thirteen. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some trouble he got into when he was thirteen years old,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Every thirteen steps or so, they came to a landing and an iron door leading to the inner core of the building. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “And then Audrey went to visit her sister for a week. This was, oh, a year, thirteen months after you’d gone away.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She was unconscious at the bottom of the swimming pool at the Y. Kids were swimming thirteen feet above her. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Sitting in the front row was a young girl of about thirteen, wearing black leggings and a silver tunic, her dark hair pulled back in a ponytail. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z How maybe he'd only had thirteen home runs last year, but so what? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Or he could pay thirteen percent of the bail to the courts and three percent to the bondsman—about $10,000 total. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z This Mycah was the worst; a butcher's boy, thirteen and wild, he slept in the meat wagon and smelled of the slaughtering block. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But Welles and his team attracted enough listeners during the summer for CBS to extend the program with thirteen new fall episodes. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Brullo stood at the front of the sparring hall, his hands clasped behind his back, watching the thirteen remaining competitors standing at thirteen individual tables. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her son was almost thirteen when the revolution triumphed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I earned thirteen dollars a week and I had to support four people with it, and should I risk that thirteen dollars by acting idealistically? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Over seven tapes and thirteen stories, her voice was kept at a slight distance by this steady hum in the background. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The twins just graduated from middle school, and ever since they turned thirteen, it’s been all about teen everything—clothes, music, and teenage boys. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes I have a hard time believing he and me are both thirteen. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Baxter is the youngest of them all, maybe thirteen, but Mark can tell he’s a tough little sucker. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Three cars away, a boy, twelve or thirteen years old, has managed to grab the bottom rung of a ladder on a fuel tanker, but he cannot haul himself up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z My fastest time yet was thirteen in one minute. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And Jewish or not, my thirteen need a break. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “And that was only water and a blade. Think what you might become if you were cleansed of thirteen years of dirt, neglect, and servitude.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We made the list when we were, like, thirteen, but almost right away Fang lost interest. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “But unfortunately for you, my dear, everyone under thirteen has to sit through lessons.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She told me that her da, now long dead, had given it to her for her First Holy Communion when she was thirteen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And this time when I stepped into the noise of Przemyśl, I was nearly thirteen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She just asked people between thirteen and fifteen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I was pretty sure I would be the only twelve-year-old entering the ninth grade; I wouldn't turn thirteen until the third week of school. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Everything had been great between us since he had stopped drinking when I was thirteen. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He was probably twelve or thirteen and only saw Vonetta and Janice as pests he could both mess with and keep at a distance. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I had just turned thirteen and become bar mitzvah when I started my apprenticeship at the Yiddish newspaper in Kielce. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had been thirteen years old, without realizing it, for a whole hour. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I was breathing air in the world thirteen years before your lungs were even formed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He began this notebook when he was thirteen years old. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z They look thirteen, fourteen years old and are wearing green Celtics jerseys. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The nearest hospital to Nali’s was thirteen miles away in Gallup, New Mexico. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Yesterday seemed a long time ago: Today he might have been thirteen years old again, the only one who collapsed on the Hogwarts Express. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I closed the door behind me and sat on the carpet, fed her five treats, one after the next, the way we used to do when Ben and I were thirteen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We take turns reading paragraphs out loud about the thirteen colonies, and then Mr. Fabian hands out worksheets. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “Someday when you get past being thirteen years old, and you’re not so angry about the divorce, you’re going to thank me for just smiling back at you when you’re like this.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My voice broke abruptly, as though I was thirteen again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious..." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And all of my thirteen, just standing in the living room. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He has straight sandy hair and pale blue eyes and is twelve or thirteen, from what I can tell, though his manner seems older. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Mami calls, “Un segundito,” from the kitchen, and in a moment, she comes back in, carrying a birthday cake in the shape of the island, with thirteen candles flaming away on top. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z There was a time when I had willpower, when I could run 10k before breakfast and subsist for weeks on thirteen hundred calories a day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt like a child once more, only thirteen and all alone, not ready for what was about to happen to her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The girl was younger, maybe thirteen, with amber eyes and chocolate skin and long curly hair. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Just ’cause we’ll both turn thirteen and that means we’ll be teenagers,” she said, trailing off, pushing her foot around in the hay. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Arrested at thirteen for assault with a deadly weapon. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I’m thirteen and I think they’re at the excitement up there. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z One senses Madison's matchless political savvy at work throughout the process, but also a preview of Jefferson’s defiantly bold behavior thirteen years later in pushing through the Louisiana Purchase. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z At thirteen, she was really pretty, with her golden-brown skin and long, slightly fuzzy ponytail that she liked to toss as she walked. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Etty, who turned thirteen in September, read to her mother to help her pass the time. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wow. How many people do you think get complimented for how good they are at eating ice cream? I guess it’s thirteen years of practice that makes me such a pro.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Somewhere in this very area, around 1855. He was twelve or thirteen then, and still called Light Hair.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z If I go to Germany, my thirteen are dead. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They reach womanhood when they turn thirteen, just like boys reach manhood, and then they’re women and they become wives. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Him: Two reasons: If Noah can be eighteen or sixteen or even fourteen when he has to watch his father go to jail, that will be better than it happening when he’s thirteen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Ptolemy XV Caesar was thirteen years old by this time. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In its original conception, the book had only contained thirteen games and the working title was just that: Thirteen Games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Elsie is one of only thirteen kids to receive a silver badge—meaning I’ve either got a gold badge or the scary moonstone badge. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She’d been thirteen or so, doing her homework on her bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the pink-faced kid was thirteen or fourteen, and the tot maybe three or four. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was just one of the regular old thirteen project buildings that made up St. Nick. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z At a pasta store they selected interestingly shaped noodles and asked the woman running the store the proper amount for thirteen people—the ten people Count Olaf mentioned, and the three of them. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Beloved had sat down with her and Redemption during their first big fight, when they were thirteen, to arbitrate. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z That first night in Block 16, the rest of us squeezed into the second room—Granny, Lillian, age fourteen, Ray, thirteen, May, eleven, Kiyo, ten, Mama, and me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I have lived most of my thirteen years in Bybanks, Kentucky, which is not much more than a caboodle of houses roosting in a green spot alongside the Ohio River. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z South from Kostor one peak after another stood out white against a colorless sky; I counted thirteen, the last an undefined glimmer in the mist of distance in the south. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty twenty-one twenty-two twenty-three twenty-four twenty-five twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine... The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was only thirteen, and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She knew the merchant prince too well to think that he would sacrifice thirteen of his own ships. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z |
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