I didn’t know what Bailey received, but after I opened my boxes I went out to the backyard behind the chinaberry tree. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had he missed the can and hit a tree and the bullet ricocheted? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Years ago she’d broken away from me, run off with her leash still attached and got it wrapped around a branch while trying to tree a squirrel. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The first thing I thought,” Harry said, “was, ‘This man looks like a tree.’ Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was almost no sign of sunlight left as they crept among the trees, closer and closer to the chorus of creepy chanting. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The architecture was more elegant too, more modern, and I saw parks where roses and jasmine bloomed in the shadows of trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Meg’s had roses and heliotrope, myrtle, and a little orange tree in it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were sitting at the base of a tree. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The coroner’s jury that gathered under the juniper tree found the cause of death to be accidental or self-inflicted, then they hurried away from the cold to the warmth of their homes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What has happened to the trees? she thought. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sees signs in the patterns of clouds or in how a tree holds out its arms or in a feather she has found. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

They imagine this animal overseeing its off­spring proudly and tenderly, the whole family watching the setting of the sun from the limbs of trees with sighs of pleasure. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s the tree. We don’t have to talk...” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We saw ourselves riding wild waves on surfboards, picking oranges and apples off fruit trees, filling our autograph books with signatures from movie stars we’d see in soda shops. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time he looked through the open window at the inky Bengal night, at the vague shapes of palm trees and the simplest of homes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Turner said that once the Indians felled a tree against the escarpment. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi found the tree on her way to call the kids home from fishing one day. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would have burst out of the trees and dashed off towards the voices, if they had not pulled him back. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Exasperated, I tossed the books out of the tree. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just a tree with a tire swing that I loved a lot. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“There were clouds,” she said simply as she walked around the edge of the roof toward the apple tree. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It would take one of Byrd’s miracles for Braviary to fly past the window just now, as the three of them look at the sky and the trees and the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow morning I may go up near the top of Burden Hill, climb a tree and watch. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The myrtle was her tree; the dove her bird—sometimes, too, the sparrow and the swan. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minerva was dark, round, and tiny like a tree stump. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The rabbits and porcupines shared the shade beneath the trees and the frogs and fish shared the cool brown waters of the forest pond. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often sat under an isolated tree on a distant part of campus and wrote in my journal. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That shouldn’t have been possible.The camp’s magic boundaries didn’t allow monsters to cross past Thalia’s tree. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They loosened their stays and sighed the hours away and cursed the heat and their husbands, too, for dragging them to Caldwell County to plant cotton and acres of pecan trees. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In the trees around the parking lot, the harpies gathered to watch as if they sensed what was at stake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The streams were also crisscrossed by rotting trees and logs that had been felled by age or by extensive logging operations. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by their faces that they were back in the park with their Nerf guns, aiming them at the trees. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Me and Winn-Dixie stood and stared at the tree, and the hair on top of his head rose up a little bit and he growled deep in his throat. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The drone of the grillos and the sigh of the wind in the trees whispered the call of the soul of the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the outside, though, Axel sees the other half of the tree. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“But despite the super beds, I’ll climb that big banyan tree over there and sleep somewhere up in the branches.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The orphaned snake slithered down from the trees and she let it rest upon her shoulders like a beautiful, iridescent boa. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They walk under a cluster of trees which, only hours ago, housed the livelihoods of food hawkers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A large rodent appeared from behind an aroma tree and began nibbling the toes of her boots. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's why we dogs have been chasing you guys up trees for centuries!" adds Scruffy. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The strain broke the tree’s limb, and the four girls plummeted into the water and were borne along by the fast-moving current. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As they sat talking on the verandah, we watched them from under the mango tree, where we sat cleaning our guns. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

By the time they untangled her, they heard Dallas calling from the opposite hillside, beyond the tickle-violets and picnic tree. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now when it is dark, and I have traveled far, and I am nestled high in this tree, now I must try and rest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But at Polyface, it was understood that the trees helped the grass to grow and the forest fed the farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In the charred areas behind the fires were the blackened spikes of trees, many of them of species that activists fight to save in other parts of Amazonia. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He looked up at the walnut-sized birds flitting among the tree limbs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In a dead tree, split in two by lightning, were perched three huge, black birds, too big for crows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I waited in the courtyard, under a plane tree. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had taken that tree, and that tree, and that rock as markers of the path...but there was no path, only the mirk, and the twilight, and the pale trees. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

These trees had grown fast in recent years, and now the clearing was completely concealed and had become Matty’s private place. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I'll tie string to a tree and then unwind it, as far as I can go. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I scolded him and made him stay there till I could haul the tree stump into place. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly—in two days—I went from X-raying convicts with broken bodies to selling X-mas trees in Little Italy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Tally made her way carefully through the trees. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The sun was just beginning to drive its first splinters of light through the pines, bouncing against tree trunks and earth. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After while, the locusts in the trees start humming, the shade get cooler and I feel my eyes, trained on the kids in the pool, start to sag. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

How the grasses had been burned and the trees uprooted and the river strangled with rocks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At lunch I also solved the problem of carving out my tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flapping, it beat its way skyward through the trees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was an old crab apple tree there, just at the bank of the creek bed, from which someone long forgotten had hung a rope. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The trees and shrubbery of the woods were already half dead—a tinder- box ready to light up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The office looks like a tree exploded in here. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Before Francie could speak up, a neighborhood bully, a boy of eighteen known as Punky Perkins, stepped forward and ordered the man to chuck the tree at him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same with every tree around. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s really hard to be a tree.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After searching for a time they found a fallen tree trunk, from the underside of which the bark had pulled away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would be proudly bearing my stick, which I had left by a tree when I had stopped to tie my laces or adjust my pack. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

This park had more trees, streams, hills, bridges and footpaths than it knew what to do with. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

No, Miig wouldn’t set up camp for that long, especially not with a steady thread of smoke reaching above the trees, blasting a signal to anyone who might be out there. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The sun was low in the sky and surrounded as I was by trees, I had no reference point to tell me whether it was rising or setting. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The night in the tree house when he disappeared. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was kneeling on the hardwood in the living room, plucking pine needles one after another from the tree skirt, an antique lace one that my mother had loved. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

To either side of the bridge are the tops of trees, bare of leaves, with a covering of snow on them, as after a heavy moist snowfall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he had gone halfway around the lake, and had jumped up twenty or so birds, he finally gave up and sat at the base of a tree. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like what she was telling me was real important, but the trees were so green, and I could smell the grass near my face. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a sanguine smell. What a purposeful fire. Breakfast in a tree. Son, I toil from sunup to sundown, and never have I lived so well!” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy—you have to run. Do you see that big tree?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Leaves and windfall pears had piled up beneath the trees. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers toyed with the wood as he looked up at the sunrise that had begun to glow warmly over the trees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Windows exploded, beams crashed, and trees split, their crowns ablaze like torches in the hand of a cruel giant. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Trench mortars,” he replies, and then points up at one of the trees. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish our trees would talk to me,” he said wistfully. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They had thought they would start a farm, as soon as they came to the end of the trees. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truck bumped as it traveled on the rough road that snaked between the pine trees around them and jerked his body around. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There were peach and persimmon trees there, and slender, tall cedars, and a beautiful new home with three rock gardens. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Later, his colleagues would suggest that the telltale signs of decline had lurked just beneath the surface, quietly ravaging the scholar’s mind like moss on a rotting tree. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Roy knew they were out of the trees when the air got warmer and the ground beneath his feet got flat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother and the trees were dark against the brilliance. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Styx was out of sight beneath the trees in seconds. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The gnarled, smaller trees became taller pines, the undergrowth thinning, the brook breaking into occasional rapids. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Thousands upon thousands of trees in the red glow of sundown, perfectly shaped and perfectly aligned, vertically and horizontally, like squares in a million-square grid. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were some ten feet from the main trunk, and Mrs. Frisby could see, just above the place where the branch joined the tree, a dark round hole as large as a lunch plate. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The rough bark of the tree scratched against my back through my school dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We learned that wildlife, like deer and butterflies, depend on native plants for survival, and if we remove the bushes and small trees along our coastlines, then hurricanes could cause increased coastal erosion. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He banged Billy against a tree, then pulled him away from it, flung him in the direction he was supposed to take under his own power. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the trees in the world are going to fall sooner or later. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He sat atop a fallen tree that still smoldered, studying his fingernails. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She flew ahead of him and waited in the oak tree for him to arrive. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

For days on end, he’d sit under the orange trees reading. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A tree is not a tree, it’s an opportunity.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me spread a vast, stark world of winter-dead trees. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There, carved in the white bark of a sycamore tree, was a large heart. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That trees shed their leaves not according to season, but according to rainfall. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We meet, gathered around the tree where Captain Smith is chained so that he can join us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The sound caromed off the trunks of pine trees, carrying past the meager beach out over the water, where I floated on an inner tube, reading Love Story. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Every night the wagons stopped in a grove of trees by a stream. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I finally came to the conclusion that I had to climb the tree and get ahold of that crazy dog. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only trees they did not cut down were the ones the people used. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I found Dionysus’s son Pollux propped up against a tree. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He lay curled in a small heap of blanket inside the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another burning tree barrels down the ridge, bouncing off the hillside, before landing. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was a large chestnut tree just outside the window. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Thorn were suddenly at the base of the tree, looking up with matching worried expressions. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every inch of his bedroom floor was covered in short, spiky yew tree leaves. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Deacon Jackson, a tall, thin, quiet man, who was also a part-time Sunday school teacher, gave a scream like a falling tree, leaned back on thin air and punched Reverend Taylor on the arm. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she dreamed that she was walking in the Wood, passing the same stand of pine trees repeatedly; she would grow increasingly frustrated until she woke herself up, her hands balled into fists. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was in the pine needles where he could smell all the tree, from roots deep in the damp earth to the moonlight blue branches, the highest tips swaying in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It threaded between boulders and past baobab trees with their roots firmly tapped into pockets of water in the soil. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the yard, a doomed ash tree was green with new leaves. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A mile southwards along the shore they came upon holly trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Who had inveigled the child with promises, and thought of the hiding place under the willow tree, and persuaded her — no dragged her against her will — to meet Hannah? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was higher now and not as bright, but Neel squinted into the trees. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just for the moment it was as if she’d disappeared, and her voice was thrown into the trees.Then she returned to us, but all that was left of her was an awful silence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning my father had us carve our names into the stump of the tree that fell away from our house. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

One tree on the lawn was still full of leaves, red and orange, like the tent in which he had married Twinkle. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sounds of tree frogs and cicadas filled the still night. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Not too far into the trees was the winter’s wood supply. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A white tree he made spring up from the stone floor. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every house in town had trees, but I had never seen a place so green. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They camped in the Green Hills, and on September the twenty-second they rode gently down into the beginning of the trees as afternoon was wearing away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Visitors use the main manor road, crossing through the gatehouse and past the apple trees and the stable. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chris’s voice boomed out among the trees as he talked to Daddy and Mother. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

With each flash she saw dancing trees and wild water pouring across the barnyard. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He tossed the skull back into the mouth of the tree, where it landed with a puff of fine ash. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No trees grew there; but among the rank grasses could still be seen the burned and axe-hewn stumps of ancient groves. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There’s something about the vegetation, too, that I respond to instinctively—the stunning bougainvillea, the flamboyants and jacarandas, the orchids growing from the trunks of the mysterious ceiba trees. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll always be attached to it, like a branch that’s growing farther and farther away but it doesn’t matter because its roots are a part of the tree’s roots. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Next he took the remaining rope that we had and tied it securely around the same sturdy tree. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was late if I tapped the tree and he came out. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can feel the sun against her skin and the bark of the tree beneath her fingers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A few low trees grew there close to the water, and behind them rose a steep rocky bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cicadas make their noise, and the breeze whispers through the trees. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

At the feet of the trees, and all about the green hillsides the grass was studded with small golden flowers shaped like stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All around us, there was a vastness to the world, an unpeopled rawness, just the trees and the sky and the water reaching out toward nowhere. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His floor was covered in poisonous red yew tree berries. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

They lit a fire in a hollow, down among the roots of a spreading hawthorn, tall as a tree, writhen with age, but hale in every limb. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I climb the tree and gather avocadoes, dropping them furtively into the bag slung over my shoulder. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Whomping Willow was a very violent tree that stood alone in the middle of the grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t even be able to try to escape; they would find him collapsed under the tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Haze hung under the trees, and every inch of air smelled overripe with peaches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a description of a tree is not a tree, and a thousand paper kisses will never equal the feel of Olly’s lips against mine. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We walk up the hill, granite road turning to dust and mud and weeds, and turn down the path to the right of the mahogany tree. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The leafless branches of the trees surrounding the prison were skeletal against the iron-hued December sky. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There were groves of trees, a winding stream, acres of strawberries spread out under the blue sky. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Should I come right out and say, Actually, Mom, he wasn’t killed by a tree branch. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile our farm dances: the heavy conifer trees sway slowly, while the sagebrush and thistles quiver, bowing before every puff and pocket of air. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And Xan, the swallow, burst from the thicket and soared over the trees, beating her ancient wings as best she could. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I stood beneath that tree for the longest time, hoping to catch sight of the bird who was singing such a song. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

My mother had a set, kept at the back of the hall cupboard, with the Christmas tree decorations in their cardboard boxes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And off they were, before I could count to seven, down the lawn to a creaky wicker gate, through which they entered the orchard and disappeared among the trees. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The floor is covered with sawdust made of dead trees. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I dig the chisel into the block and push, trying to follow the line of a tree trunk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

One morning as they sat under the old oak tree eating their breakfast bread, Alyce told the cat again about the birth of Tansy’s twins. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said her gran had brought her here for the Christmas tree lighting once. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The fragments exploded across the room as if a gigantic tree had been sloppily felled. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then my heart stopped, because there, under a red maple tree, was Tobias. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia’s Christmas tree is not like others: it’s covered in gauzy angel hair, and all the lights and decorations on it are blue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The conch glimmered among the trees, a white blob against the place where the sun would rise. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Old Dan bawled treed a few more times and then stopped. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had spread a blanket near a fire and hung a lantern on a tree and they sat around the blanket slapping bugs in die dark, surrounded by campfires, laughter and music. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom jumps from the taxi in her sling-back pumps and runs past the giant bird of paradise bushes, past the rotting pawpaw tree, and up the three front steps of Abuela Celia’s house. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I follow Finnick about fifteen yards into the jungle, where he finds a good tree and starts stabbing to make a hole with his knife. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat with his back against a tree, put his head in his hands. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she sat against a tree and stared at the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This tree is staying put. And I hope your family will, too.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You know, Grandpa,” I said, “she wouldn’t bark treed at the water oak like Old Dan did.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, after pulling ten trout in the first hour of dawn, Joe had walked past that place and heard what he first believed was some combination of running water and wind in high trees. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas sprinted after the scurrying spy, and in a matter of seconds he entered the thick copse of trees and the world became dark. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Nor am I even suggesting that you form mental images of trees while you write. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Many of the trees were yet covered with leaves; the undergrowth was thicker; the land less stark than the hills around Dark Gate. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Through the window we could see him sag against the trunk of our big mahogany tree. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the other side, the trees were so densely packed together that their horses had to slow to a walk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At dusk, we approached a bend where hand-painted signs advertising auto repairs and coal deliveries had been nailed to trees along the roadside. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We drive west of the city into Brookline, to an area where the streets widen and the trees thicken and the houses grow bigger and more spaced apart. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he points, I train my camera on the knotty dead trunks of Japanese maples and the cherry and ginkgo trees—gnarled limbs reaching toward blue sky. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I guess we put up a tree in our living room and decorated it, as we always did. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The cedar tree was a silvery gray and its bark crinkled all the way up. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees are spindly but numerous, and only a few yards in, the pond stops and spills into the creek. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was my job to keep her there, usually, with one eye always on the lookout for her to fall out of a tree and crack her head wide open. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I close my eyes and I can hear the wind blowing against the trees surrounding the river. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If I were on the tree next to Libby, I’d have fallen into the yard below. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I raised the rake over my head again, closed my eyes and swung it like I was Paul Bunyan chopping down a tree with one blow. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing, of course, nothing but the black trees and the snow that worked its worm-tongued way into her sneakers. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

After a while, the shrubs and trees return, only to be wiped out by a flood. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A kingfisher perched on a peepul tree, its red breast like a tongue of fire. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

If a tree is not available, then you should back off slowly, avoiding direct eye contact. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, she walked out of the school alone and saw him packing up his tools under one of the naked trees in front of the superintendent’s house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As she made her way down the path, past the cabins, and then along the beach in the direction of the bone tree, Jinny stopped to look back at her island. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He smells the history of the tree, the visitors who have come and gone. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Jesper aimed between the slabs at a distant stand of trees, and Nina realized there was another Grisha there, a boy with dark hair. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The wind blew, the trees shook their myriads of leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching the children struggling up the stairs with their tree, listening to their voices, still so babylike, she got these ideas about education. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The garden had fruit trees, too, and berries, herbs, and pea vines in one corner. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Three weeks after everyone else had left, Bobby was still at the Miramar, just steps from the ocean, surrounded by gardens and palm trees, breathing in the pungent smell of eucalyptus. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, it was in a tree, all right. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I finished painting another rock and June started another tree. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I bit my lip and clenched my fists, glanced into the trees all around. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They hustled the man to a tree so close to me that I lay flat on the ground, stiff with fear. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She burst out of the banana trees and ran faster than she dreamed possible. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me want to keen, sing, clap up thunder, lie down at the foot of a tree and let the worms take whatever of me they can still use. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Horseshoe Lake, they climbed trees like children, throwing stale chunks of bread to the ducks bobbing below. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was under the hugest oak tree Marly had even seen in all her life. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a nail from his pocket, reached up, and twisted it into the soft, crumbling wood of the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nanny’s head and face looked like the standing roots of some old tree that had been torn away by storm. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Without the shade of Babou’s fig trees, the neighborhood was a luminous white, so bright, I was certain I could feel my optic nerves cooking. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the trees might blow under a great wind of helicopters. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pigs stopped and started charging at the bottom of the tree. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The whole area was clear of trees and brush with roads going every which way. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, Old Dan would rear up on a large hackberry tree that was standing about seven feet from the fence and bawl treed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there were ten million little crystals shining on every single branch of every single tree, down to the littlest twig. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Cold fog hangs in the budding trees, and Werner sits in the back of the truck and shivers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The memories of driving past trees, ponds, lakes, creeks, and rivers flooded back to me from the last time we had driven down three years ago. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I quickly locked the office and rushed to the parking lot to see the tree. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Now, invulnerable, I was as solitary as one live tree in a vast landscape of coal. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

They'd hacked branches off trees to make a litter for him, but it was slow, hard work carrying him along, and he whimpered every time they jounced him "We have to yield," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No tree, not even a blade of grass grew on it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It does feel like spring today—real spring, with leafy trees and blooming daffodils, air so warm you don’t need a sweater. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I played my way farther out into the world, vast cavern aboveground, cautiously darting from tree to tree challenging the terrible forces of night on tiptoe. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sprinkled all around the bed were leaves from the healing neem tree. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went in my tree room for a snack of beechnuts when I heard a faint “halloooo” from far down the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them was pointing his gun at a tree. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There were stones by the barn path and a big gray stone near the fir tree. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Here we are, two guys from far places, whacking at a tree we hold nothing against, for a hard lady who cares for nobody but her own face-stretched self, about to plunge to our deaths. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Far below she saw the Wood, a sea of trees all around Taninli. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jacob strolled to a nearby driftwood tree that had its roots sticking out like the attenuated legs of a huge, pale spider. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was piling in heaps on sidewalks, on roofs, gathering in patches on the bark of straggly trees. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Celia just sits, looking out at that tree, fiddling with a pen in her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the posse’s men collapsed closer to the tree line, on mossy ground, among large rocks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one end were several benches shaded by a sprawling rose tree. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

About ten yards away, near the ravine, something white was tucked into the hollow of a tree. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Grace sees her hair first, dark brown curls gathered at the back of her neck, the sun shining through the trees and dancing across her shoulders. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The mud-smeared boat, leaky and useless, was still tied to a tree. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The trees were every color of green—from a bright yellow-green to a dark color that was almost black. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I climb the fence and continue walking south and a bit east, searching for pig tracks among the rushes and trees along the swamp stream. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so quiet in the room that I could hear the leaves being blown off the trees outside. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She darted from tree to tree with artistic speed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The trees were thicker now than they had yet been and in the more open spaces there was bracken. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

They could not climb the tree or pluck the fruit because it was taboo; udala belonged to the spirits. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Either that or find a tree. But let's give him another half an hour or so. Then we'll take cover," I answer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A trail led down a hillside past msasa trees to a small village. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

With a cyclone roar, the big tree crashed to the ground, and then silence settled over the bottoms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Residents were screaming and crying and carrying everything they owned to the safest place: the cemetery, which had no houses and almost no trees to catch fire. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked around the harbor under the trees to the casino, and then up one of the cool streets to the Café Marinas. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Colin leaned back against the rotten tree, his back arching over it until he was staring at the cloudy sky. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Among them were the presence of two different guns, the bloody rope discarded by the tree, and the near physical impossibility of shooting oneself in the head with a shotgun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bank on each side of the oak tree was bare and consisted of a light, gravelly soil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We race across the boulevard that cuts in front of the school, and alongside the trees that separate the main parking lot from the river that splits the town in half. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After that they hung the hog in a tree, took out the insides, and left it hanging to cool. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted nothing so much as to seek out the godswood, to kneel before the heart tree and pray for the life of Robert Baratheon, who had been more than a brother to him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The cubs slid through the stinking straw till they fell against the cold trees on the other side. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Flayrah? But isn’t it rather late in the morning to raid a garden?” said Hazel, glancing at the distant roofs of the farm behind the trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose while the boy slept and pulled on his shoes and wrapped in his blanket he walked out through the trees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She dared groups of children to climb to the tops of trees with her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If I die weep at my grave every day until a seedling appears in the dirt, then cry on it to make it grow until it becomes a beautiful tree whose roots surround my body. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

That day I heard the drip, drip begin, and by evening some of the trees had dumped their loads and were slowly lifting themselves to their feet, so to speak. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scamper up a tree and quickly pluck a dozen guavas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together, they stepped carefully backward, kicking their legs high to get over the fallen tree, which now offered their best protection against the hog. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Were setting down in that park,” Leo announced, pointing to a wide green space dotted with palm trees. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes went to his bag perched against a tree. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then he waved his great hands to all the company and went off into the trees. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It felt so good, the big car snorting and the steering wheel shimmying and the bushes and trees on both sides turning into green blurs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She said it just as we came around the last stand of trees and stepped into the empty parking lot of the shuttered up farm stand, closed for the season. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The track was overgrown with vines and stunted trees, every wooden cross-tie in the grip of a dozen tentacles of vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A plume of red soared up in the middle of town, tendrils of fireworks drifting down like the leaves of a giant willow tree. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He grabbed Julian's book bag and ran with it to a tree beyond the school fence. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They went round to the other side of the tree, and then Sam understood the click that he had heard. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

High in the oak trees, stuffing themselves with acorns, the tubby young bears moved along the thinnest branches. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The back of my hand smacked against a tree, but I couldn’t see where we were going. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He waited beneath the tree until the noise of the helicopters was completely gone. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Spinning and weaving, he crossed the clearing to a solitary tree near the cabin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

One neighbor had called them “louts” after they wrested plums from the tree beside her cottage, then squashed them in the path. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Carroll, lying behind a wide tree, was a dark silhouette. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made him look like a tree stump in yellow boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He lay face downward at the base of a tree, his fingernails digging into the scuffed earth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Move those large branches away, my boy. We must steer the horse and cart behind the trees.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There were heraldic devices worked or stamped on the sides—enormous Mack eagles with two heads perhaps, or wyverns, or lances, or oak trees, or punning signs which referred to the names of the owners. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someday Ray will find a tree full of squirrels, and Axel will see the eagles fly. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was past two o’clock and we sat underneath a large walnut tree that was on the side of the road. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once out there, she was living in a tree. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cypress tree and the bunkhouse loomed and then dropped back into the mist. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind moves the changing leaves in the trees. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He woke in the morning and turned over in the blanket and looked back down the road through the trees the way they’d come in time to see the marchers appear four abreast. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I let Johanna lead because it’s a pretty straight shot up to the tree, and I figure she can’t get us too lost. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps flipping back to the page with the tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They hanged him from the branch of an oak tree with still two hours to go before afternoon prayer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could not face the thought of having a tree on his head again, and so he went back to the charm woman’s house. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

There, parked under a tree, was a car. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leaves tossed with a rushing sound and the scent of wild gardenias hidden somewhere in the trees blew from the shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his dream, Dallas crawled out from under the tree and went to the edge of the stream, where a spectacular silver bird hopped along the bank. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But down deep, at the molecular heart of life, the trees and we are essentially identical. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as huge as Alfhercht’s tree outside Kiev, but it was a comfortable size. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His lips had grown to the size of tree branches and hung off his jaws in a floppy mess. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The trees will teach you. The trees remember.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

None of the built-in-a-hurry houses in the oil field camps had trees or anything like a proper yard. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rain whipping wood, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, smacking at trees, beating out any sap. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He stopped and looked at her from behind a tree, knowing she’d heard him approach but glad she was pretending she hadn’t. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

From behind a glass pane, I see a brilliant green snake coiled around a tree branch. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I did, he pulled a twist of rope from his sack, and to my alarm proceeded to tie my hands behind the tree. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Together, we look out over the circle of brown and the bench and the trees and the flat, white landscape beyond. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

More than a tree being cleared from their driveway sometime between the storm and Dr. Martin coming? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Neil’s brother, an African Methodist- Episcopal reverend from Albany, Georgia, was going to marry them in the backyard under the myrtle trees. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed hold of a skinny black-walnut tree trunk and wrapped Peach’s arms around it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I marvel at how his toes and fingers grip the tree like a monkey. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the far corner of the yard was an old oak tree, and tied to one of the lowest branches of the tree was an old-fashioned swing. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Bits of tree bark stuck to his mustache, and his straining face was flushed with exertion. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But as she turned the corner and saw those strange child-like trees that Will had seen, she knew that something at least was true about all this. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Broken glass and charred palm trees along the sides of the roads. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I can see it in my head: a strong old oak tree with a wide scarred trunk and thousands of leaves reaching to the sun. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was no longer hungry, thanks to the stack of pancakes I’d eaten at IHOP, so I headed straight to my tree. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Flaws and irregularities told how the trees endured fires and lightning strikes and windstorms and infestations and yet continued to grow. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Above, two slim, fluted minarets rose in the air before a background of soaring coconut trees. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had a square house with a red tile roof, and his garden was full of heavily laden banana and papaya trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being a branch on the same family tree as Leo made sense to him, and this strange new history made Joseph suddenly feel more alive, more real, and not quite so lost. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She looked out of the window and understood, now, how the trees felt. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Like hiding a leaf in a tree,” he said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Finally Johanna and the others who emerged as discussion leaders stand in a line on the tree roots. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she opened them, the garden patch had vanished far behind them, and Jeremy, searching the trees below, began a long, slanting descent. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Then the tree done the dangdest thing, Pap hit it so hard that it squeals and throws a ball of sparks and fire like it was ’bout to bust out in flame!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I tell Ms. Blinny, “I am looking for something that was about the last time I saw Benny. It is about me jumping down from the tree house.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The tree leaves, which had been green for the robot’s entire life, turned yellow and orange and red. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he arrived in Anaheim — and saw the palm trees and orange groves, and smelled the citrus in the air — Carl said to himself, “This is heaven.” Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

She wanted to lean against the closest building, under the shade of a tree, and catch her breath, but when she looked down the hill, the tan car rounded the corner. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A bird calls in a nearby tree, and one in the distance answers it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The trees creaked in the mocking sunlight of the late afternoon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I gazed up at the old tree now, thinking about how it had stood tall through many a hurricane. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

More and more, I find myself hovering at the edge of the schoolyard, always with an excuse, like picking avocadoes from the trees by the fence, or pasturing the cow. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled into the store tree to get the smoked venison and some cattail tubers. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he was ill with the fever, or once when he fell from a tree, his mother would rub his body with okwuma, all the while muttering, “We shall defeat them, they will not win.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mermaid clouds drifted over the glebe, over the cockerel tree, over the Malvern Hills. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The lawns were dark and drenched with the heavy rain, and the trees had a shrouded humped appearance. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa kept going in his wet clothes until we reached the tree where the dogs were. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we began to walk, Gideon’s stories came back to me in flashes, like views between the trees from a train window. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He said to the tree, “Brother, stretch yourself.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The shadows under the trees shrank as the sun moved toward noon. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And we will live by this pond, where he can be around other geese. I will find us a sturdy tree nearby.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I walk barefoot over to a big oak tree and sit underneath it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down against a tree and fell asleep. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Just to make absolutely sure, I shoot an arrow into the empty space above the tree line. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finnick’s hand comes up and hits me so hard, so squarely in the chest that I go flying back into a nearby tree trunk. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you think it’s going to do when the trees run out?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boy stood next to her, peering into the trees in the direction Hatchet’s men had gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When I opened them, only the trash can was beneath the tree. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we woke in the morning, the rain had stopped, though the world was still insipid and dreary, and water was dripping from the trees. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The fire sent up wispy smoke messengers that vanished before they cleared the tree- tops. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In one of those trees, in a new nest they’ve built, just along the twist of the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Methuselah was sitting with his back against the tree, his eyes closed in an apparent doze. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The desert is dotted with tall, crooked Joshua trees. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“What did you think of it?” he asked her.“Did the tigers run all around that tree?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The yard is thick with trees and bushes, and surrounded by a tall metal fence. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaves blown by a cold autumn wind sailed across the sky, baring trees in the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The ground had been dug up; the soil was still fresh from where deep tree roots had been. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The wind is strong and gusting stronger, and the corners of the tent strain against their guy ropes, and where the flaps at the two ends come up, he can see trees buck and sway. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A giant was ripping up trees in Bryant Park while dryads pelted him with nuts. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He found what was left of the sword a few feet away, the end splintered and twisted like a tree struck by lightning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I never knew that northmen made blood sacrifice to their heart trees.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well, .someone had to take the blame. Lord Zeus was most upset. The tree he'd created from the spirit of his daughter, poisoned! Mr. D had to punish someone.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The trees seemed to have moved at their tops, leaning toward each other to create a roof across the path; they would protect him from rain, he realized, and perhaps that was a good thing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Any fear I had ever had of the tree was nothing beside this. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees themselves, turning and bending in the half light, looked as though they had gone mad and were dancing their roots out of the ground. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Thru the trees on the little bluff I can see downriver. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They don’t have the right kind of trees by the sea, either. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a week of living under the tree, the nights become cold and our stomachs too empty, so Kim asks a family camping nearby to let us live with them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of it, runes and words and glyphs, twisted together and grounded to the initial tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He sat on a bench across from the jungle gym, watching a bunch of second graders hang upside down like tree sloths. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She searched through the forest for them, looking under all the trees and bushes and into all the secret forest places which leopards like to lie in. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They followed the tracks to a hard oak tree where he had spent a night. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He picked his way up the scar, passed the great rock where Ralph had climbed on the first morning, then turned off to his right among the trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“He’s right over there,” Tee said, “by the mango tree or whatever that is, in that little dark garden area. Being creepy like always. Hey, where you going?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As he approached, a man climbed a tree to watch the roads. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then with her pink lip wart quivering and her skin-and-bones face lit up like a Christmas tree, she proceeded to tell what the tall stranger had done besides bring Miss Love a saddle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“My tools? I have twenty acres of trees to care for. And I’m a wood-carver. You thought they were weapons?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

However, I saw the iron wagon axle iced against a tree, and crawled to it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the trees they saw a bright light that rhythmically flashed red. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t mean I like cutting down trees. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I stand there watching him, admiring his ability to get up and slide down the tree so fast. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apple trees with glistening fruit the color of pearls. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They accused us of picking cherries, grapes, or figs from the trees and vines in their yards. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

All along the path, dozens of monkeys were seated on stones, as well as on the branches of the trees. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

This place—the tree with its peeling white bark, the walls, the field below scented with wild onions and timothy grass and the faintest odor of tar—he recognized them all. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Cuttings have the advantage that, once ancient farmers had found or developed a productive tree, they could be sure that all its descendants would remain identical to it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he disappeared behind the lime trees lining the side of our house, I stood trembling in my bare feet, wondering if we’d ever be close again, the way we were before he’d abandoned us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Claire often stood hidden in the trees and watched him at work. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He said, The sky, the tree, the fish. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After carefully parking his car under a protective tree, Jake sat down beside Mr. Dubonnet on the Pontiac’s fender and raised a bottle of beer in my direction. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looks around at the trees, the long frosted willow branches cascading down, the topiaries that line the nearby path like ghosts. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was buried three days later beneath the haw- thorn tree behind the house, just as twilight was darkening the sky. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

No tree or bush grew on it, no plant but the bowing sea-grass. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was cleanshaven, sunburned, nervous, gnarled like the roots of the trees; but gnarled and mature with weather and poetry rather than with age, for he was scarcely thirty years old. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around him, a storm raged and the trees swayed violently. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I guess he just wandered away trying to follow his brothers and sisters into the trees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old enough to just pick a tree already. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cicadas hummed insistently in the trees, and the soil was dry as dust. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

However, Hagrid strolled off around the edge of the trees, and five minutes later, they found themselves outside a kind of paddock. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Especially this one. She’ll have you off to bring her a leaf of the singing tree from the other side of the world.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A few ordered a tree set aside for the day; others stopped to price, inspect and conjecture. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’re you doing out here?” he says, eyes scanning the trees all around me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

His hat had been knocked off by the first branches of the old walnut trees, so he held it in his hand. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the side of me the walls were beautiful trees. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

She walked to one of the trees, planning to snap off a branch and inspect it, but instead walked straight through it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What about the night you left me in the tree house?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom, however, thought it was one of the most beautiful trees she had ever seen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here I came across a pecan tree downed by the snow, its raw, flesh-tinted core the only color in the otherwise black-and-white landscape. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The grass was green and neat, the mulch surrounding the various trees bright and woody. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Just as Neel was buttoning the last button on his shirt, the golpata trees rustled behind them. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The evening sun was still hot when it hit him as they came out of the patches of shade made by the trees on the bank, and the cool water on his neck refreshed him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“While we research your family trees,” she said, “please enjoy this short and informative film.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

As they pushed their way out through the golpata trees, Neel froze. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I can see, there are low buildings separated by trimmed grass and fledgling trees. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He scanned the branches of the trees along the path, thinking maybe she’d climbed a tree, but he didn’t find her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the gate she could see only that the road continued, turned, shadowed on either side by the still, dark trees. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

As she bent to pick them up she was certain that a shadowy figure slipped behind a tree. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The evergreen trees around us look golden in the slanting light. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The rules kept us where we were, as much a part of the farm now as the trees, more firmly rooted to its earth than the deer and foxes. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He had emerged from the trees and reached the point where the path joined the drive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The short trees tore at her immaculate white dress, but she didn’t care. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What’s this thing that’s on yore mind?” he asked, settling back comfortably against the tree trunk and looking up at small segments of sky that appeared here and there through the canopy of green leaves. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ocean reached up, plucked a leaf from a tree we were passing, and spun it around in his hands. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It runs along the tree line at the far side of the clearing and then cuts off into the woods. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She had heard that there was a steep waterfall someplace, and fallen trees here and there that could easily smash the thin boards he was so carefully tying together with strips of bamboo. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And what was all that nonsense about pine trees? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Someone else was in the tree, isn’t that so?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked nice in the ferns, and now the bag was bulky, and I put it in the shade of the tree. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Eva thought that children grew on trees, like apples, and that the stork plucked them off the tree when they were ripe and brought them to the mothers. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A green balloon floats past a power line, then gets tangled in a tree. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The beam searches out the pine tree, the fencing, the lean-to....And then I see this big German shepherd, mean as nails, hunched over Shiloh there on the ground. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A wand made from the same stand of trees as the Current herself. For calling us, if you need our help. No matter when, we’ll come running.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I create the whole universe, blink by blink.—An ugly god pitifully dying in a tree! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to draw a branch coming out of a tree trunk for the 315th time. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They went between the oak trees, where the deer had been standing, and plunged deeper into the wood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He came now out of the coconut trees, limping, dirty, with dead leaves hanging from his shock of yellow hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As soon as I get to the top, I hide behind a tree and peer out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The echoing bounced the voice around trees and rocks, and there was no way for Anya to tell where it had come from. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The moonlight, penetrating a thin space between two trees, caught the stream that ran through its centre, so that, now and then, as the branches stirred, there was a gleam of water. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As we were passing by a gnarled, knotty tree, Hamlet plucked an apple and showed me the fruit streaked with red and gold like a sunset. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin has plans to make, Axel has eagles to watch in the tree, Lark digs through her own black bag; Byrd does not get a response. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Although wingless, it can fly and has been known to seize unwary humans by the ears and deposit them at the tops of tall trees and buildings. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a copy of Harpers Bizarre and find a seat on a shaded bench under a tree. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Several species of mites, for example, can begin life only within the fallen needles of a spruce tree. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Why, Billy,” he said, “you can’t stay down here without anything to eat and no sleep. Besides, it’ll take at least two days to cut that tree down and that’s hard work.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where a tree sliced into the side of the house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The path led them into a grey wood of thin, pale birch trees. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A crow flies silently into a tree across the stream and, after checking the land and sky, drops to the ground near the coyote’s prey. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment a large Bulldog, who had been sniffing and staring very hard, said: “Look. Isn’t there another of these queer creatures—over there, beside the river, under the trees?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Where an old Englishman ghost, sickled to a tree, was abrogated by a pair of two-egg twins—a Mobile Republic with a Puff who had planted a Marxist flag in the earth beside him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We see the hovercraft appear over the area where the wave began and pluck a body from the trees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was already raining sideways and the palm trees were wagging their leaves at me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The body becomes dust and trees and exploding fire, it becomes gaseous and disappears, and still there is eternity. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the snow covers the ground and the benches, the hood of the groundskeeper's truck, and the trees. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It said nothing else as they went through the woodland together, the raven in the lead and flying from tree to tree, the man stomping heavily through the undergrowth trying to catch up. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

You sat on benches, and they showed the movie on a sheet hung from the branch of a tree. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes, they live in a wonderful city called Reality,” he announced, smashing into one of the smaller trees and sending a cascade of nuts and leaves to the ground. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a couple of years, when the tree was completely shot away, Lee replaced it with four gunny sacks of sand and the same antlers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cars slumped along the mud and gravel roads at twenty or thirty miles an hour like sluggish beetles beneath the overhanging trees. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” he said, “you want me to go writing your name everywhere? Carving your initials on trees? Writing ‘Eleanor, Eleanor’ on little scraps of paper?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The vastness of the night beyond the house, the dark trees, the welcoming shadows, the cool new-mown grass—all this had been reserved, he had designated it as belonging exclusively to himself and Cecilia. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That was the axe biting into the tree. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

There was a clearing in the forest, a wide sward of moonlit grass, and the white rays shone full upon the tree trunks on the opposite side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Towering black trees soared into the gloom, perfectly round and bare of branches, like monstrous hair follicles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They named the seed tree, and all the creatures and plants. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Beneath the Cross was a painting of a black man hanged from a tree. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smooth rocks encircle the edge of the spring, while cherry blossoms drift down from the trees, coming to rest on the water’s surface. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The trees brood over you, the streams don’t babble—they growl, and each call of an animal seems like a dire warning of imminent danger. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“The man is a monster. And that apple didn’t tumble far from the tree.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

One of the slaves who could read used to tell the others what it said on those handbills that were nailed up on the trees, along the edge of the roads. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their bodies collided, his back slamming against the tree’s trunk to take the worst of the impact. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I promise I won’t wear any of your clothes to go fishing or climb trees,” I said aloud as I opened the latch. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk toward Henry but have to pass Ruby, who is casting a fishing line up into the trees. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She soon came to a clearly marked trail dotted with the hoofprints of deer; it took her to the tree- line and, finally, the meadow behind Quinn House. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tree rats don’t seem to have any fear of humans, so I take down three easily. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I drew back under the trees and skirted around the house to the laboratory, adding to my tardiness and the repercussions I’d have to face at the table. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

About midnight, a black bear came prowling around the margins of the camp, spied the bag, and brought it down by climbing one of the trees and breaking a branch. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The mothers gather their children and herd them along the branches, and the troop moves out, leaping through trees, searching for fruit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fig trees give twice a year,” her mother explained, showing her a full branch. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When she didn’t answer, Wash said, “Do you always spend your mornings in the trees?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The farmhouses had only a few trees near them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terrain changed from scrub to woodland; they walked among stands of stunted trees. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she wanted now was her tree in the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim’s grandmother had bowed her head to avoid the sweeping branches of the trees, and the horse had trotted down the twisting drive where I now walked. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A tree can never be just a tree after seeing that. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She yelled, punctuated most sentences with a raspy, high-pitched laugh, and maintained a running commentary on everything around her: “Look at the size of those trees!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It is chopping down—with machetes—a tree of huge tallness. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The other side of the river was thick with trees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She leads us back to the food court, where workers are standing on ladders, putting up a gigantic Christmas tree. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The roads are mostly empty, because it’s the war, though once in a while there’s a truck loaded with cut tree trunks or fresh lumber, trailing its perfume of sawdust. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the bean field, drowsy in the late afternoon heat, Mary heard Atal’s voice, and she couldn’t tell excitement from alarm: had another tree fallen? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Many of these late-stage fruit trees posed a further problem in that their wild progenitors were the opposite of self-pollinating. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The paint on the walls and ceiling was peeling, paint chips tumbling to the floor like dried-up petals, resembling the leaves falling from the September trees outside. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every tree they had seen so far had been intangible, so Aru had walked straight through them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The opening in the tree wasn’t small, but it was screened on one side by a mess of brambles and on the other side by the second oak. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

From there, he reached for a jutting tree, then another crack in the rock, and then he heaved himself over the first ledge. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The trees hesitantly swayed with the quiet wind. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They came in a police van and carried the body down the steps past the four pear trees and into the van for all the world as with Hannah. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Father just squinted at him, like here was one tree he’d like to make into firewood. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the stream the Wood transformed into the dark forest she had known as a child: peeling, soft brown bark on the trees, and leaves like drooping feathers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The golden noses of imperial carriages peek out of the trees surrounding the teahouse. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The leaves of the cottonwood trees that crowded the canyon caught reflections of the afternoon sun, hundreds of tiny mirrors flashing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

The force of his flight buffeted her back, and she watched him climb into the sky, over the trees, and then he was gone into the cooling day. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now he was standing under a tree with his dog, as though sheltering from a shower of rain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They stood under the trees, waiting, not knowing what to say. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This June morning is hot and humid with a haze so dense I can barely see the huge hemlock tree in which I live. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came by today to surprise her. I was going to cut down that mimosa tree she hates so much, then take her into town for lunch. Pick out some jewelry for her Christmas present.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It’s also a waste of effort to grow them from seed, since the offspring even of an outstanding individual tree of those species are highly variable and mostly yield worthless fruit. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

With each lunge, he struck the tree harder, ignoring the pain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He felt alone and unprotected, and scraping crickets and shrilling tree frogs and croaking toads seemed to be carrying the melody of evil. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

We leave her books in her locker and move out of the building, into the air, the real air, the sunshine and the trees and the less burdensome world. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They spent the long afternoons sunbathing together, stretched out side by side on top of their bunker, or playing backgammon in the shade of a giant palm tree, or just sitting quietly. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was usually gazing out of the window indifferently, as if he were looking straight through the mountains and trees, houses and rocky slopes passing by outside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The fields shine green and wet, and tree leaves drip, and I can almost see, hovering in the air, those mysterious red arrows and black letters hiding a world from me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do one of those crazy adrenaline overreactive catch things and secure the box, but not without almost tossing myself out of the tree in the process. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She thought about Bubber sitting out in the cold, dark tree house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And also I didn’t want to let him excel me in this, even though I knew that it didn’t matter whether he showed me up at the tree or not. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

William replied quickly, and then he looked away into the trees. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was a great tree house; some lucky kid must have had a contractor for a father. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Whenever she does this,” Judy huffed as we ran, “she goes up a tree.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shone out from the weeds like bulbs on a Christmas tree. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first glance, the organization of a text really does seem like a tree, with passages of language embedded in still larger passages of language. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A breeze sprang up and tugged more leaves from the trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He picked one of the limbs that seemed right and began chopping where the limb joined the tree. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

We formed a ring around the base of the tree, and one by one deposited our combustibles at the trunk. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand on the corner, pretending I am a tree. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived in a tree and when other saints visited him for dinner they would sit around on branches like birds having a grand time with their water and dry bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It is raining, and I am sitting in the hollow tree to keep dry. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She walked away with Will, back along the grass under the hornbeam trees, and turned at the first corner they came to. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a twist, Oksi caught it in the air and returned to the oak tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

All the trees were bowed and twisted by the weight of ice they carried. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy steered the boat around trees to the corner of County Road 2435 and Rural Route 2, where there was no Purgatory Hill and we could get up and out of the grove easily. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a play set inside, two long logs that look like they could’ve come from the fallen trees at Axel’s own house, and a bunch of smaller stumps. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Just said he’d need Sunday clothes, and would I find him some and leave them in the crotch of the maple tree in his backyard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As Easter Sunday dawns, Herold and Booth are camped in a grove of pine trees a quarter mile off the main road. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

As Frodo watched he saw something dark pass across the lighter space between two trees, and then halt. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She alighted on the limb of an oak tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He jammed Mr. Canton’s car over the embankment and into some trees—which kept it from rolling completely. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I watched the little monkeys practice jumping from tree to tree or watched the curious eyes of a deer that sensed my presence. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The banks of fir trees below almost look black. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was inside the tree, loudly rummaging through boxes and bags of things he’d collected over the months of robbing people. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As the sun climbed over the trees, black horse flies started attacking. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The terrified reptile, unable to speak, ran up the tree and hid among the fronds, the gift still lodged in its throat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the haunted forest to the north, the shadows of the afternoon crept through the trees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the fading light, the trees along the banks were slowly losing their dimensions, flattening into silhouettes clipped from black paper and pasted to the paling sky. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Climb what? A tree? It’s been knocking those down for fun!” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He looked back at the camp through the black palings of the trees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

These trees were beeches, whose trunks are always more beautiful in a pearly light, and among the beeches there was the smallest movement and a silvery dink. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees are columns of slick, brindled bark like muscular animals overgrown beyond all reason. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother was going on as she did every year about the incredible price of trees and butter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember sitting at the dinner table, with Cordelia, his warnings washing over our heads, the ruined water, the poisoned trees, species after species snuffed out like stepped-on ants. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had to get down from this tree safely and keep moving. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

For dinner they all had as much of the delicious honey as they could eat, and Pa told them how he found the bee tree. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was mute and immobile, a tree rooted in place. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The moon was bright over the mountains and sent a shimmering glow across the yard, making shadows that snaked around the dogwood tree and crept along the garden fence. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Joel likes to put his turkeys in the orchard, where they eat the bugs, mow the grass, and fertilize the trees and vines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Every tree was blessed with a halo, and the sparkling silver beams slanted down to Turner as he thought about streaking a ball right back up alongside them until it disappeared in the silver-haloed glow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She had to crane her neck to see where the tops of cypress trees protruded over them from the other side. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

By midnight, I was still keeping an eye on his shiny shoes when I saw something moving behind the trees to the left of our house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I heard a huge crackling sound like some giant tree being splintered in the forest. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abra put her arms around his neck in the dusk under the willow tree. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they opened them the Park had entirely disappeared—not a tree nor a green-painted seat nor an asphalt footpath was in sight. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

At that moment a solid shot passed through the trees above them, tore through the leaves, ripped away a branch, caromed out into the dark over the line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the trees were tall with sturdy trunks, packed tightly together, the canopy up above thick with leaves. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

On one side of the main lobby, Mr. Vendleri had put up a huge fir tree and wound it with silver garlands. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The inner bark of the poplar tree tasted like wheat kernels, and so I dried as much as I could and powdered it into flour. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tayo stroked her neck and made sure the rope was tied securely to the tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tally followed at what she guessed was a safe distance, hoping her tricked-up board was still reluctant to crash into the darkness-cloaked rocks and tree branches. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A rough, rocky tangle of trees and wildlife. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They lay curled closely together in a hollow filled with sweet-scented needles, under an aged, spreading balsam tree, near the banks of the the stream. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The biggest trees weighed fifty tons, as much as a traincar. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

An April breeze ran across the meadow, stirring the bushes and the trees in one long chilly sigh. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The writer’s challenge is to come up with a scheme to order these units of text—to turn a dangly mobile into a rigid tree. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

My- cah ran for the trees as fast as his legs would take him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A leaf suddenly fell off the magnolia tree and flew in the wind and hit the screen right in front of me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The afternoon air was warm and still, and the shade of the tree was drowsy and murmurous with crickets. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The trees are so tall I feel as if I am in a cathedral. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He tried to make for the trees, but the man in black would have none of it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The wind that was rustling the bushes and making the trees sway was also causing his wet garments to feel icy against his skin. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Presently the path turned round a huge bare shoulder of rock and plunged into the gloom of soft-sighing trees. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They’ll take the whole freshman class here and show them this. They’ll talk about the tree, its deep roots, its soaring branches,” he said, dropping his voice cartoonishly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His chest was thick and his neck was die size of a small tree trunk. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we came out from the trees we saw cultivated fields. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When they moved off and started back toward the trees, I had a clear view of the truck driver being rolled, unconscious and bound, into the ditch alongside the road. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say any more, and I took the shortcut home, through the yucca plants, past the barren mango tree at the edge of Lalao’s finca. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The moose quietly led the robot to the clearing in the trees where the new lodge would go. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Across the water, off to the right, I see the enormous flash as the lightning bolt hits the tree and the electrical storm begins again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t any tree pushing through the floor, thankfully, but Grandpop did lock himself inside. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And then she saw the boot prints ending in a trampled place under the tree. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I keep all my money in an old tin tea caddy with a picture of the desert on it, palm trees and camels. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But here, there, are green trees, upright and mighty. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I would walk past all the folks sitting in the town square beneath the big oak tree. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s pitiful and ugly seeing remaining ash, blackened trees and ground. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Catching the Klan is kinda like nailing jelly to a tree,” he explained. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Together we walked down the gravel path in the park in the dark, under the trees and then out from under the trees and past the gate into the street that led into town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The noise, the slaughtering and slaughtered demons black against the flames—what scenes then have been in Sherwood, where now the oak trees crowd into a shade! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the sun has barely started dipping beneath the rooftops and trees, streetlamps are lit on both sides of the road. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I was climbing a low, crumbly hill and had been about to support myself by grasping a scrawny, almost vine-like tree with splayed leaves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I look up and over the trees to my left. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Veiny tree roots closed around it protectively, as if saving it from the destruction their brothers and sisters had faced. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I focus on a tree trunk across the stream, twirl the sling over my head, and let a stone fly. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient, giant mahogany trees, all the trees, the game, everything of the forest was being destroyed, and the land was forced to lie flat, he said, and bare as the palm of his hand. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one the harpies, their faces eager and hungry and suffused with the lust for misery, turned and flew back to the tree, and the ghosts drifted back as well. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jomo placed the watering can aside and began to pick the umbrella tree fruit; they had fallen during the previous night, and lay, oval and pale yellow, on the lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wind shook the trees and blew a sheet of heavy rain against the building. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my lungs inflate with the inrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“He can be ‘quiet in the trees,’ indeed,” she thought. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

We started hunting for more twigs that had been under the trees and put the damp ones out in the sun along with some dried leaves. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was happening slowly, but there could be no doubt—the Fleece’s magic was seeping into the tree, filling it with new power and expelling the poison. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So, you walked into a big thorn tree and got two black eyes, a torn ear and your whole hide covered in long scratches?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A moment later, there was thunder and a flash of lightning, and I dragged him away from the tree again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every year at Christmas, Mr. Washington always made sure that Angel and Gerald had something special under their tree. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She collects pinecones dropped by trees who knows how far away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She would stand in the cold wind looking east, one hand clutching her robe to her throat, the silent guards encircling her like trees. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets had that worn dusty look of August, and the leaves hung listless on dull trees. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her head drooped forward into the puddle, the wisps of her blonde hair dabbling in it like tree roots in a bog, and I realized she was asleep. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She can see his magazine, open to a two-page spread of a beautifully landscaped yard, with lit trees and a lit fountain set into a rock wall. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She raced down a path between the trees. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I got up to run to my tree, but had not gotten past the walnut before the patrol cars started up and screamed away. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luster came away from the flower tree and we went along the fence and they stopped and we stopped and I looked through the fence while Luster was hunting in the grass. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iole cried out what had happened and the two, rushing to the tree, embraced the still warm trunk and watered it with their tears. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One strap of the backpack was now gone, heading to wherever that freaky little tree led. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I sat down with my back against the trunk of the tree. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jean de Satigny observed her walk off under the eaves of the house and in the shadow of the trees; he was going to follow her, but then he thought better of it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stretch of uncleared trees lay at the closest edge of town, only a twenty-second dash away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The breeze lullabied the conker tree and the conker tree lullabied me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And the boy’s name is inscribed on the family tree. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was everywhere a bewildering mass of fruit blossom—apple, plum, pear, cherry; and as we drove by I could see the green grass under the trees spangled with the fallen petals. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

His eyes go to the trees, and to Byrd’s garden, young shoots just starting to pop through soil. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Not the letter. An actual eye. And that’s a foot. Or maybe a tree. And a trunk. Dad, I think that’s a trunk!” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He picked up his tree club and threw it into the water. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Flower and fruit grew together on the same tree and everywhere was the scent of ripeness and the booming of a million bees at pasture. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The birdsong came from the top of the willow and I did not want to look too closely, because I wanted it to be the tree that was singing. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We ran behind the houses at the edge of the coffee trees and came upon the house where the cries were coming from. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We sat on the far side of the gate, in the shade of an overhanging tree. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Right before Benny and I started to build the tree house. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The fields were bright and green and the sharp smell of pine trees was in the air. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We laid out all of Luis’s hose, then all of Tino’s, then all of mine, up and down the rows of little trees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard trees snapping in the forest around die rock, felt his body slipping out and clawed at the rocks to hold himself down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mob of red-winged blackbirds shrieked at one another from a crowded tree. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shady said we’d find you in that tree house, but from the looks of it, you’re likely to fall out at any minute.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then I remembered my own tree, the one Gloria had helped me plant. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A flock of gray birds passes over us and settles in a giant tree. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mostly she watched...everything: us kids playing in the river, the way the trees tilted to the north towards what was left of the natural landscape beyond the clear-cuts stripped of topsoil. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

On the tree was a carving of a crescent moon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Buford went to a great shade tree and stood in the dark for a moment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun shone over the hill and threw long, dark shadows of the trees and buildings. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A horde of black spiders erupted from the tree, covering the place where Baba’s face had been. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She found young mupfuti trees, broke away the outer covering with a rock, and pulled the inner bark off in long strips. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many trees, and they wavered in the dim light, dark shadows against even darker shadows. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This time, it knocked the tree over, causing an explosion of earth and rock as the tree’s roots tore out of the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I was tired, Jorah. I was weary of war. I wanted to rest, to laugh, to plant trees and see them grow. I am only a young girl.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

While the men walked, they were not only keeping an eye out for Indians but also for trees that would be suitable for making two new canoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

On three sides the woods pressed upon it; but eastward the ground fell steeply and the tops of the dark trees, growing at the bottom of the slope, were below their feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The evergreens are dusted with the light snow that fell last night like a forest of Christmas trees. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The tree has grown twice as tall as I stand on tippy toes. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Normally, once or twice a week he went for long walks on his own land, the well-loved piece of prairie where he had always hoped to build a house, plant trees, eventually entertain greatgrandchildren. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed her and then, still looking into her eyes, unbuttoned two of the buttons on her blouse and kissed her again so that she was caught gently between Carl and the tree. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Up by the post office, the old oak tree, the Confederate Tree, they called it, was going to be a gallows. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded in the direction of the scattered pigs that were meandering through the trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Paris thins steadily into low houses and stand-alone shops broken by long strands of trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

After about another mile, I can see an end to the tree line and assume we’re reaching the crest of the hill. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man hammered out metal on a rock, making a ringing sound through the trees. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig, Dandelion and Speedwell were ready, but the others preferred to graze their way back to the thorn trees and go underground with the sun. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not to be left out, Otto imitated me by thumping his palms against another tree. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The drone and die sea of green trees that lay before the plane’s nose and flowed to the horizon, spread with lakes, swamps, and wandering streams and rivers. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she had looked out the train window at Hiroshima and seen even one green tree, that would have made her hopeful for the city’s future. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sadna and Pima were lashing down a skiff, tying it to a tree trunk as it bent in the wind. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tall and white and fair she walked beneath the trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pointed, and Beverly shone the light up in the trees, and there was the yellow bird. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I knew they couldn’t go very far from their tree, which was their source of life. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Walter remembered well the terror that shot through the black community in Monroe County when Charley’s lifeless, bullet-ridden body was found swinging in a tree. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He could no longer hear the water—not the rain or the charging of fins through the sea—only the snapping of flames as they gobbled the ancient trees and tender saplings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I run my hands along the trunks of the trees as I walk, listening to the golden crunch of the leaves under my feet. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The East Wind was streaming through the bare branches of the trees, and seething in the dark pines on the hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It seems not very material whether evergreen trees are transplanted in April, May, or June...’” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In both, royal family trees formed an intricate network across national boundaries, but in Mixteca the queen's lands stayed in her line—the king's heir wasn’t necessarily the queen’s heir. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The fog’s so thick, I have to walk with my arms out straight so I don’t collide into any mailboxes or telephone poles or trees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He would never forget seeing Annie appear on the tree line, the way Luke didn’t even think about it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he pushed on through the trees without answering they knew he was an enemy and they surrounded the wood. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A leaf fell on to my hand from the tree above. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, eight years later, I remember how my papa looked that day—like a thundercloud, but also like a pitiful, lightning-struck tree. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The bougainvillea had also crept through the tree. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In colonial times, as many as one out of every four trees in between southeastern Canada and Georgia was a chestnut—partly the result, it would seem, of Indian burning and planting. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the other edge of the property, a tall palm tree and several smaller, bluish silver eucalyptus trees trembled together in the late-afternoon wind. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The gypsy moth, which in its larval stage attacks the foliage of oak trees and a few other hardwoods for a few weeks each spring, now occurs in all the New England states. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In no time at all he forgets little pebbly creeks and apple trees so old they lay their branches along the ground and you have to reach down or stoop to pick the fruit. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had forgotten that you northmen worship trees.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Deciding abruptly that what he wished now was the obscurity of his corner, he started for the acacia tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

On a shelf I find a book of landscapes filled with illustrations of every stinking tree that grows: sycamore, linden, aspen, willow, fir, tulip poplar, chestnut, elm, spruce, pine. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to my feet, gasping for air, holding the tree with one hand and pushing my hair out of my face with the other. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

From a bag of deer tallow, she added a yellow smear of grease and then, forcing Pinch to lie still, she spread the paste on his burns and propped him against a tree. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was like trying to push down a tree. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The only green things were the acacia trees, which have long roots that grow deep into the ground. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

With darkness upon me I had to leave the brush and run up in the hills, just along the tree line. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them Matt saw the great mansion with its white pillars and orange trees decorated with fights. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of imps sat on the tree stump. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We were halfway down the hill, with Quinby dozing happily in the wheelbarrow, when I heard noises in the trees to my right. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed he’d reached the end of the journal’s botanical section, but he hadn’t seen any notes or illustrations to match the tree before them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At last, I caught him and pinned him against a tree, holding him fast. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But Rafik thought she had passed the camp and was heading down through low bushes and scraggly trees toward the runways at the abandoned airport. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

By then the grove was ringed by rangers, sliding past the bone-white trees, steel glinting in black-gloved hands, poised for slaughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They picnicked at Burchillville and Sylvan Grove, listened while the high school band played sluggish Sousa marches, and sprawled under trees drinking port wine. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Far away, in the trees over Hill House, an owl cried out, and toward morning a thin, fine rain began, misty and dull. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cotton from the trees drifted lazily in the heavy air. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as we shall see, coherent discourse also uses devices that differ from the branching of a tree, and our metaphors must expand accordingly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

At fifty-nine minutes, thirty-two seconds, I stopped, pulled my lighter hunt bag and the rifle off my back, and settled into the nook made by a felled tree. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Ekon paced between the trees, hands clasped tight behind his back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Occasionally they came to villages, and at each village they encountered a roadblock of fallen trees. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The willow trees drop yellow catkins over the bridge; the maple keys fall twirling to the sidewalks and we split the sticky seed part and pinch the keys onto our noses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the tree people put ropes around my trunk and consulted with one another. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In Honduras, his aunt had a real tree. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Leper, luckless in his last year as all the others, had been moved to a room lost in an old building off somewhere in the trees toward the gym. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a few more steps and picked up a fallen tree. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It had pointed leaves which grew along green switches which radiated from the bough and made a tree which looked like a lot of opened green umbrellas. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A movement caught his attention, and he spotted a large white shape disappearing into the tall trees below. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She began to beg him to transform himself into anything he wished—a hawk, a bull, a fire, a tree. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Over there, way in the back. See, by the tree just before the weaving shed? Isn’t that Matt’s mother?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only other story Judy was working on was about eighteen new trees that were going to be planted along East Main Street. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It fell from his shoulder after he had crossed the clearing, and as we ran away, I saw him pulling on the bag, which was stuck between tree stumps. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

As they traveled north, the trees became taller, greener, stronger. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You want our last Christmas tree to look like it was pulled out of a forest fire?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Bundini and their beautiful daughters waved at us from the picnic under the trees that shaded the clearing by the road. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Above them wound a lovely and peaceful lane lined with pomegranate trees. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He came back a quarter of an hour ago. He has orders to take your tea out under the chestnut tree.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted her own cherries, from her own cherry tree, with stems and seeds; not some too-sweet mashed mush. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven stars and seven stones and one white tree. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

That would mean that the two observers would disagree about when the raven meets the tree. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He’s already gone out and bought a Christmas tree, which I’m staring at. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe you sing carols and decorate a Christmas tree in the lobby. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The swallows had begun, and I could hear the sparrows beginning to swarm in the trees in the courthouse yard. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sunlight glowed through the blanket between the shadows of overhanging trees while Fletcher made conversation with his horses. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“It's a spile. Sort of like a faucet. You put it in a tree and sap comes out.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, the Great Masters had burned the best arbors along with the olive trees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The branches above her shuddered and whipped from side to side, as though the tree were angry for the damage that had been done to it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In Xhosa, Rolihlahla literally means “pulling the branch of a tree,” but its colloquial meaning more accurately would be “troublemaker.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t get out for a spin every now and then, you forget all about them. And will you look at those trees.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I shook each sleepy limb, each screaming muscle back into service and half slid, half climbed back down the tree to the ground. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I saw water. Quite a lot of it, through the trees Emma’s face clouded. She said, “We’re trying to get away from the sea, not back to it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The sound of the wind in the trees and the flow of the Tallahatchie made me want to hurry up and find a shady spot to take a nap. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Grandpa lived far away in the Big Woods, where the trees were closer together and larger. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the side of the bridge, a stack of dead trees rotted, branches hanging into the murky water. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“He’d been drinking recently when I shot him out of a tree, but I couldn’t find his source. I swear; I covered every inch of ground in a thirty-yard radius.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He went to pull the arrows out of the tree. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

High up above the tall cliffs were steep slopes upon which trees climbed, mounting one head above another; and above them again were grey faces of inaccessible rock, crowned by a great spire of stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cole cut boughs off the spruce trees and fashioned a mattress beside the fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Accident? You want to talk about accidents? Who was the one who wrecked the Volkswagen? Who wrapped it around a tree?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

In the evening there would be band concerts under the trees across from the Café Marinas. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Instead of the densely wooded wilderness Europeans depicted in literature and art, the real American landscape included cornfields, berry patches, and groves of nut trees that contributed to the food supply. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Blue and dusty pink wild sage flowered among the trees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

How hard can it be to put a tree on a piece of paper? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And there they were, her brothers, sitting back to back beneath the old pear tree in the yard. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Had the fairies thrown down the tree house? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Magic orchids, strange trees, and plants of jasper grew on Penglai, a fairy mountain, which may have been Mount Fuji. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw some other buildings, and some trees in the distance. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Harry saw something silvery dart out of it and streak away through the trees like a ghostly bird. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There were rocks and weeds, bushes and trees, everywhere. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Anya leaned against the tree, and it shifted against her back. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He lifted his hand and opened his eyelids; gazed blank, and with a straining effort, on the sky, and toward the amphitheatre of trees: one saw that all to him was void darkness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the parking lot, just past the visitor center, was a dark little stand of pine trees hunched down in the wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carroll put his back to a tree, pointed to his eyes, and held up one finger. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the trees to his left, he sees a naked berry-black woman. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier I mentioned that holding the branches of a tree in memory is one of the two cognitive challenges in parsing a sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I prayed to every passing tree, and there were a thumping lot of trees along the way. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, tall brown palms and coconut trees provide little shade for the dry, crumbling city. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thin fingers of smoke rose from hundreds of cookfires, mailed men sat under trees and honed their blades, and familiar banners fluttered from staffs thrust into the muddy ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She looked out across the veranda roof to the wide lawn below, with its bushes and little clumps of trees wound around with mist. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cemetery was deserted and the dark crooning of the wind bowed the heavy cypress trees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Asta saw his dæmon—a cat—moving among the lowest branches of the oak tree while he stood below and looked up and down the towpath. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I imagine climbing towering trees, spying on eggs and eaglets. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Only when the houses of Capricorn’s village were almost out of sight behind the trees did he stop. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He stopped, finally, at a clump of trees where the road made a slight bend. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What do you want me to do? Scale that tree? Break a window?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A pair of these birds made a nest in a stunted tree near my house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time my brother says ain 't my mother pulls a branch from the willow tree growing down the hill at the edge of our backyard. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The apple trees are covered with scabby apples, red ones and yellow ones; some of the apples have fallen off and are rotting on the ground. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The longer I stared up at the leaves, the more it seemed that it was the tree itself that was singing. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When I look back up at Ronan, he has stuffed his hands in his pockets and he’s looking up at the trees. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He was now in a small thicket of trees. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"This tree isn't a proper home, though, is it?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The palm tree dance began again among the Negroes in the back. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was about ten feet long, glistening gray, with a painting of a barn owl above an olive tree. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

When she could not run any harder, any longer, she’d fallen from the thick jungle of corn plants onto a bare, grassy field, trees all around. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We once saw a squirrel do a backflip from those power lines into that maple tree.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Always, the plums were raining down, as though the trees were enchanted and would never die. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Up there. In one of those rooms. Where the trees are growing out of the roof.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The tree limb had bought them a few extra seconds. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was at the other end of the park. The dryads had this great idea of passing me through the trees to get me here. They don’t understand height very well.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The endpapers are covered in an exquisitely detailed drawing of a tree covered in symbols and markings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We eased closer and took up a spot with our shoes in soft black soil and our backs against the bark of a tree. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Here there was a proper fireplace, richly carved with the arms and supporters of Benwick, and half a tree smouldered in the grate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man threw each tree in turn, starting with the biggest. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The aspens and birch trees, however, were still bent like Indian bows. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They definitely didn’t have trees like this at Aimee’s school in Chicago. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Next to him, a tall chain-link fence separated the highway from a neighborhood of winding streets, cozy houses, and tall eucalyptus trees. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stood staring at the tree, muttering soundlessly at it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I found Hassan sitting cross-legged at the foot of one of the trees, eating from a fistful of dried mulberries. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly he scaled the tree to the artificial scrape and, fending off Frightful with one arm, he gently lay the eggs in the box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

For hours they sat under the acacia tree and discussed the funeral and what should happen with the family. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was already late afternoon, and I passed through spotted light, then brighter clearings, with grass so tall it bent from both sides to form a tunnel overhead, then back under trees again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whimpers, begging Axel to leave the chopped tree for a better adventure. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was just lying there, the lawn mower stopped, not far from the one tree in our front yard. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was tied to a tree, stripped naked, and had been beaten to death. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Holding my hand to keep his balance, as trees and bushes made strange, sliding movements in his peripheral vision, Lefty was confronting the possibility that consciousness was a biological accident. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sonia is morose, running a slight fever from her typhoid shot, still expecting, when she enters the living room in the morning, to see a tree trimmed with lights. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the favorite tricks of a smart old ringtail is the tree- barking trick. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a frond of the palm trees stirred. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they could see the drifts of snow outdoors and the great trees standing bare and black, making thin blue shadows on the white snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jingle Boy picked his way through the trees heading toward my home and I asked Mr. Leroy, “How far off is this village in Michigan, sir?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Then the rain stopped falling and the trees dripped and I helped to spawn a school of secret dangers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I stuck to the directions, and to hope, and imagined that, in a short time, the trees would open up and reveal the train station sitting there waiting for me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He wanted the bright sun shining through the magnolia tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a house was visible through the trees; sometimes there was only a long driveway. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Unless it all floated away. Backyard’s pretty wet right now. Which, by the way, is one of the reasons it’s time for this tree to say good-bye.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He crawled forward through the tent flap and stood up, blinking, swaying, one hand against the bole of a tree. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa pulled in front and Francie and Neeley pushed in back and they began forcing the big tree up the three narrow flights of stairs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climb a neighboring tree and leap precariously into the maple, almost losing my hold on the slick bark. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sound echoed up through the tree branches. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The woods here were not thick, but shadows drenched the high tree trunks and the sun broke through only in jagged streaks. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, Gilly,” Miss Ellis began, her voice glittering like a fake Christmas tree. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Exactly what I think. But he didn't, so I did a bit of invoking while I was running, and—ba-boom!—tree. What do you think?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wildflowers and fruit trees began sprouting throughout the clearing and on the hill, coming to full bloom in a matter of seconds. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A grove of trees stands on one side. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If you can distinguish between trees and a long open corridor through the trees you will have no trouble finding your way along the AT. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

That is, there is no item in an outline, no branch of a tree, no unit of discourse that consistently corresponds to a block of text delimited by a blank line or an indentation. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It is also possible that the fungus gives the tree protection from bacteria or other fungi. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Three-hundred-year-old trees that are two feet tall that you can carry in your arms?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had barely shrieked at the tiny explosions beneath my thin soles before a gaggle of boys with skinned-up knees and red Kool-Aid grins charged us from their tree fort. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

At the next tree he sank down to the ground and put his head back on its bark. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t do infrared reconnaissance and maintain a civilian arsenal in some namby-pamby tree house. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The fields had small trees scattered over them, pine and maple saplings, and the grass was thick and tangled, as tall as Dicey’s waist. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hacked down trees in widening rings around their central halls and blistered the land with peasant huts and pigpen fences till the forest looked like an old dog dying of mange. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time she paused by the grove of pine trees to observe the traffic on the main road. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

From behind the tree came the call, “Is that you, Jane, my dove?” and out leaped the baker, holding a bunch of Michaelmas daisies and a basket of bread before him. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Donald had never forgiven her, she told Martin, she was sure of it, and now they were going to swing from the branches of the tree right outside their front door. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Could I put a face in my tree, like a dryad from Greek mythology? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t tell them! They think I ran into a tree.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see die reflections of the trees at the other end of the lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With more water you can grow fruit like crazy from your fruit trees,” the thugs’ mellifluous voices crooned. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

An enormous sycamore tree stands higher than all the rest, dappling the valley floor with the shade of its leaves and making the whole glade feel like a secret, round room. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You want to hear my list? Take a painting class with Bob Ross. Lots of happy little trees and cadmium yellow that you don’t think will work but then...” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The rebel with the semiautomatic machine gun, who had been standing against a tree smoking a cigarette, furiously walked toward the old man and pointed his gun between the old man’s legs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But there’s a reason trees are chopped into firewood. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Huge tree branches lying on ripped-apart roofs, windows shattered, bikes and toys and trash scattered over lawns. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the shade beneath a sycamore tree, thinking of the unfilled hours ahead, replaying the conversation in the coffee shop, remembering the look on Martin’s face when he said good-bye to me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen miles from shore in Rhode Island, Giovanni da Verrazzano found trees so widely spaced that the forest “could be penetrated even by a large army.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I pulled a few leaves from several trees, ignoring the strange looks I got from passersby. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He waved his whole body back and forth in place, like a round little willow tree bending in a gentle breeze. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched Frightful during the day from the big sycamore tree on the river- bank and at night from the top of the bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

There is a picture of a monkey, too, hanging upside down from a tree. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Before I can even try to run, he’s coming at me with his hands out, grabbing my neck, smashing me back against a tree. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Getting all weepy won’t help,” says Bastian, and gestures vaguely to the far end of the field, where a line of trees cuts across the weeds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I see it, to my left, in the tallest tree. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“If you like. It’s not my personal tree or anything. I don’t own it.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In response, the grootslang drew itself up to its full height, blotting out what little light filtered through the trees. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The rain pounded louder on the tin roof, and she looked up from the note then, at the screen door and the cottonwood tree outside, its leaves beaten flat by the downpour. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I could see the tops of the trees.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I scream again, and it’s me, pushing the tree trunk into the boat. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was standing under an apricot tree, partially hidden by a bushy canopy of gnarled limbs sweeping so close to the earth the slender leaves touched the ground in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He continued to lean against the tree even when the rope was off him until one of the patrollers pulled him around and tied his hands in front of him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The ash trees creaked and the stream sang. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they would see a few weeds struggling from some crack in the rock or a splotch of pale lichen, but there was no grass, and they woe above the trees now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She stooped to hide under the shade of a cluster of huisache trees, looking almost translucent. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“All the air raids we have had, we went there, and nothing happened to us. We don’t need a bunker. Banana trees absorb bullets and bombs.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe this wasn’t as philosophical a question as “When a tree falls in a forest...” but it did make him think about what it meant to “write” a book. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosa Parks and Sandra Bland talk with each other under southern trees. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was like the day they had gone to the castle, all over again, the smell of the car reminded him of the long, green tunnel of trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be able to reach my wood from the tree when the snow was deep. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last I spotted a few trees in the distance, not far from the roadside, so I drove up to them, stopped and got out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far back in the woods there was still fog in the trees, caught in the branches like fragments of white summer, and Lee remembered: Bow down Thy Heavens, 0 Lord, and come down. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the heart tree no longer scared him the way it used to. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry was sure he could see something else moving in the shadow of the trees too. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Next to Thalia’s pine tree, at the very edge of the camp’s magical boundaries, a family stood silhouetted—two litde children, a woman, and a tall man with blond hair. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt supposed that the monkey must have been dangling from a tree branch, trying to take a drink of water from the river, when the catfish swam up and ate him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

"I expect you will want, to say your words before a heart tree, as your uncle did," Mormont said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Built in the 1950s, it has white metal awnings and is framed in tall green trees. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They were passing through a park with many trees and benches when Palmer saw something that stopped him in his tracks. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I staggered up to a tree and collapsed under it in the deafening silence. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Old Nan says the children knew the songs of the trees, that they could fly like birds and swim like fish and talk to the animals," Bran said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Somehow he’s calm, so calm, when he says, “There’s a tree inside our house.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He lay in the high barn loft all night, listening to distant animals and insects and trees, the little motions and stirrings. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not far beyond the fence there is tree cover. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Charlie led Joe among the stumps and downed trees, teaching him how to understand what lay beneath the bark of the fallen logs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The trees were thick in some places and sparse in others. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Looking out the window, I saw a smoking ring of trees from the clearing where we’d taken off. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t like this great big tree. I don’t trust it. Hark at it singing about sleep now! This won’t do at all!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Think about it: it’s just one lesson. Now, where’s this tree?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She took a coil long enough to reach over one of the branches of a high tree and back down to the ground, and strong enough to bear several times her weight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If you want to see stars—which is what Rachel claims it’s all about—then why not just go climb up a tree in the dark? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s hotel in Dubai had a pool surrounded by date trees, under a sun so bright hot and white that it bleached everything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And I want one of those green funerals where they bury you in the ground under a tree. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stars are still out when Bailey reaches his oak tree, his bag slung over his shoulder. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Pocock said the rings told more than a tree’s age; they told the whole story of the tree’s life over as much as two thousand years. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was situated on the back side of the tree, making it hard to see from most of the yard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And the stage contorts and trees rise as the dream twists into something else entirely. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Our favorite tree for climbing was called the Big Oak, which I later found out was a maple. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Doc’s words were a memory as we found trees to climb and ran off the aches in our backs from the work. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They jumped, startled, at the most ordinary sounds: the murmur of the wind in the branches of the trees, the twittering of a bird. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yelled around the house, into the front yard, and into the van, covering all sounds of a small escape in the trees. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The rain roared on the oak trees in the home draw and the wind disturbed their high dignity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She recognized the way the stag sprinted through the trees as if it had been painted in a storybook. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Matthew Creighton, standing concealed among the trees, had heard Jethro explaining a new slingshot to someone very real to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow was damp and smooth in the road, so the sled slipped quickly over it, and the big trees seemed to be hurrying by on either side. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the sun sank low they would return, descending from the sky on night-black wings until every branch of every tree was thick with them for yards around. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wander down the path into the garden and through the fruit trees, recognizing landmarks from stories Baba told. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the ragged hedge on the opposite side of the field the boughs of the elm trees were swaying very faintly in the breeze, their leaves just stirring in dense masses like women’s hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mo stepped away from the long tree branches that seemed to reach out for us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He stands beneath the tree that bisects the middle of the loft. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Many of the trees had been cut, and the orchard now had stretches of cultivated grass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As we came up the ladder, walking across the grass under the trees, we passed the big, gray painted cages with the bulls in them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was enormous, and looked rather like the interior of a particularly sumptuous tree house, or perhaps a gigantic ship’s cabin. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was in an apple tree, staring through a window at Victoria Forester, who was getting undressed. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered the chair at Hemingway's house had been lodged in a manchineel tree and must have been coated with a little bit of the tree's caustic sap. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They prowled under the trees as a piney wind blew ashes and embers through the sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Doli jumped down, and after examining several trees ran quickly to the ruins of an enormous hollow oak. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lee rode slowly forward, nearing the trees ahead alongside the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a wood of stubborn sentinel trees armored in grey-green needles, of mighty oaks, of ironwoods as old as the realm itself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

You could see the abandoned funeral chapel, iron doors padlocked, ivy on the sides of the spire, a small tree growing out of the guttering at roof level. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I have forty-six quarters in my State Quarters Map now because Virginia is coming out to cut the oak tree. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are covered with lush giant trees that shadow the ground, making the flame bursts seem particularly dramatic. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In order to harvest these things from the tree, the Apothecary would have had to cut it down. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hurry back out and wait behind the tree to let my eyes readjust to the light. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Eventually he found an area beside the roots of a cypress tree that wasn’t so bad. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We had eleven avocado trees and nine mango trees,” Mami was saying. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I guess maybe you can take pine trees for granted. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Native Americans of the eastern United States domesticated no locally available wild pulse, no fiber crop, no fruit or nut tree. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What I like best about this tree,” he said in that voice of his, the equivalent in sound of a hypnotist’s eyes, “what I like is that it’s such a cinch!” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men knocked them down with poles or toppled the trees they were sitting on. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The fact that in his opinion coconut trees were getting shorter by the year. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was all of Ardestan—all the saffron fields, all the walnut trees, the platter of pomegranates and wedges of cheese. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We stay just inside the park, walking close to bushes and trees. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tally looked at the surrounding forest, trying to peer into the black spaces between the trees. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

These structures had also been reinforced with plywood, and debarked tree limbs buttressed every wall. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Branches muscled through the earth, growing in fast motion until a full-sized olive tree shaded the courtyard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Startled, she dropped the spear, which stuck fast in a fat tree root. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“So we pray. I want to plant my olive trees and see them fruit.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It is a beautiful ranch, rich in water and trees and grazing land. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Large tree, smaller tree, steps, garden, stone path leading to a gate with a picket fence on either side. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a child standing in rompers outside a chicken-wire fence, looking in upon a huge black-and-white dog, log-chained to an apple tree. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he called to her, and she came down, and they walked on the grass or sat under a green tree together, now in silence, now in speech. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A little spring mud remains under the pine trees near the fence. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a shred of our childhood, not a splinter of our tree house, not a bit of our New Year’s Eve kiss. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There is no broadcasting of material but, rather, concentrated application to the base of the trees. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Zu pulled away from his grasp and headed for the trees to her left. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In less than an hour, I was done with the job, and the only trouble we had was getting the hogs to leave the tree after I was finished. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to step right up and pluck one, except for the dragon coiled around the tree. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The scent of pine is overwhelming as you enter the next room to find yourself in a forest full of evergreen trees. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He kept it directly before him as he picked through bushes and vines and trees, the thick rotting floor of the forest crunching beneath his feet, reminding him of where we all go. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

In this way, too, the people from under the tree got back exactly that amount which they had given at the burial of the chief. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Rivera was standing in the middle of the ring, his feet flat on the lumpy canvas, planted like a tree. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was no voice, just the wind passing through the yew trees, just the occasional lapping of water against the hull. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She squeezed between the trunks of two mesquite trees in an attempt to avoid going around. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Amity sit on the floor, most with their legs crossed, in knots and clusters that vaguely resemble the tree roots to me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“First, I had to figure out the right question to ask. Why are the hummingbears only nesting here? What makes these two trees so special?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A green, spacious campus with white buildings, great trees streaming Spanish moss. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. And you’re in the middle of digging his grave,” Rufus says as trees rustle and a shovel scoops up earth. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The squirrel leapt on the wings of the wind and clung to another standing tree, eating downwards. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She slipped between the trees, keeping her breathing soft, following the sound till it became more pronounced. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

This year, watching some of the Christmas shows on television as we decorated our tree made it seem like an even bigger party. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The folds of the hills and the symmetry of the trees no longer had the power to please them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet back up automatically and I blend into the trees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It went wide, sinking into the trunk of the willow tree with a thump and a splash. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Matilde was no good at climbing trees since she lived in the city. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It skirts the lakes at the bottom of the Rift and passes through groves of fever trees, yellow-green and glowing in the sun. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, in reply, a choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same tall trees, the same brightly colored flowers, the same tropical fish tank right by the doors, where Poe and I got in trouble with Barb for throwing donut crumbs to the fish. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I hope Summer wasn’t hurt falling from the tree. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Those same problems of slow growth and fast squirrels probably also explain why beech and hickory trees, heavily exploited as wild trees for their nuts by Europeans and Native Americans, respectively, were also not domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the library I walked past a row of giant Christmas trees that were planted on the side of the building. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hoopoes called from jacaranda trees, but a microchip went on with a far better selection of birdsong. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was enchanted by the city, the warm tropical air, the diverse faces of the locals, the bright pastel colors covering many of the buildings, the swaying palm trees that flanked the streets. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She went to one of the craggy trees and leaned against it, taking in the loamy scent of its bark through the soft beak of her nose. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The Land Rover parked under the kola nut tree, and her mother climbed out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But they were too far away and the foliage of the tree was too thick. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They multiplied prodigiously, hung abundantly from the trees, crowded the skies until they were redolent of yeast. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the thickets of bare trees, you could see houses that were invisible during the summer. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After hundreds of years, when the great trees finally got too old and dry, the Ka’t’sina carvers from the villages came searching for them to cut pieces of their soft dry wood to carve. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Deciduous trees are an interesting topic, I guess. But I myself would rather write about people.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ones by the trees were on the far sides; you couldn’t see them from the house even in broad daylight. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Soon, her empty jug was bouncing against her arm when she heard a faint noise running through the trees. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

On either hand the walls sloped upwards, until they were fifty feet high or more, and along each wall stood an aisle of trees that also increased in height as they marched inwards. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There were hills with trees all over them and occasionally there were roads with the lights of cars moving along. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a crackling in the undergrowth, and a man burst from the trees behind them, his round face twisted in anger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He walked the road, not even glancing to the trees when he passed the plane, until he came to the long gravel driveway that led back to his trailer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The tunnel let us out somewhere in the wasteland we drove through to get to the compound, among the crumbling buildings and overgrown trees breaking through the pavement. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then Lancelot mounted his horse, got his bearings by asking several peasants where he was, and rode off toward the forest of fire apple tree where he had lost his cousin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them came padding out from under the trees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I sat with my group in the powdery red dust of Kakuma in the shade of an achuil tree and nervously waited for the teacher. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt and Bando also decided to make a guest house out of one of the other trees. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They lit the ballroom up for the holidays, with the tree in that one corner. They had a menorah, too, of course, but they didn’t really mean it,” said Patti. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They listened to the wind in the eucalyptus trees awhile. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There were some big trees on the property, and the house was right on the waterfront. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“In the reserve. It was just a flash of orange and black through the trees. I was alone; my baba hadn’t come back yet.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I emerged from the hedge and made my way to the northwest corner where the apple tree stood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We sit there for a few minutes watching the shadows created by the blowing tree limbs outside of his plastic blinds. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He could hear the traffic just beyond a row of trees. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing and breathless, she touched the tree just seconds before Jojo did, her lunch bucket clunking against the trunk. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Above them, the branches of the oak tree were beginning to creak and sway. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the next day the Nine Masters of Roke gathered in a place somewhere under the dark trees of the Immanent Grove. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Next to my favorite sugar maple tree beside the bam is a tall aspen. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The fire roared, at least ten feet wide with its tongues of flame licking far up into the air, almost threatening the lower limbs of the trees surrounding it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then I walked out of the wrinkly hilly part and out of the trees and into the bright dusty sun, around all those rows of grapevines, following the fence down near the street. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

His is a tree I strive to fall increasingly farther from. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He straddled one of these, and paddled his hot feet in the cool brown water; and there he too suddenly fell asleep with his back against the tree. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The droughts have dried the hill and the tree hasn’t borne fruit in years, but Sohrab and I still sit under its shade and I read to him from the Shahnamah. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he leaned against the tree and added, “Thanks.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their beds were on the soft meadow grass; under the thick-leaved trees; where the pine needles fall year after year. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped over the ferns and sat carefully, making sure my jacket was between the damp seat and my clothes wherever they touched, and leaned my hooded head back against the living tree. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They gazed after him as he disappeared above the trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shopping cart had rolled down the hill away from the store and was sitting by a tree. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Listen . . . sounds like something big. They listened. Some distance to their right, the something big was snapping branches as it carved a path through the trees. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We’d lived in a small white house on an acre of land with many trees. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning back like someone on a rope tow, she was pulled unsteadily into the trees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The trees are different here than the few we have. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The mountain’s lower slopes were blanketed with green trees. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

One was the master of the earth, or at least believed himself to be, and the other was a nimble dweller in trees, a cousin of the master of the earth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, a birch tree angled out from the stone wall. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Other than Cookie Monster and Tarzan, most of us effortlessly choose the right case whenever a pronoun is found in its usual place in the tree, next to the governing verb or preposition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The tiny dragon perched on the branch extending over the door of Xan’s tree home, opening his multicolored wings as wide as he could and arching his long neck toward the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She gathered herself and stepped out from the tree. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The light breeze tickles the palm trees, and I can hear the crackle of the ocean from down the coast. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We found a cluster of mango trees and hid behind them. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By the light of the moon, I bring him to a stand of small trees where we both relieve ourselves. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mark thought he heard him sniffle just before he vanished back into the trees. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Auntie Seema is talking so much about the planet sometimes she is forgetting the people are different from trees." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rudyard tied the dog to a tree, using the end of the long rope. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the photograph, though the tree was in the foreground, there was a building in the background, and a sign near it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Strawberry came through the hedge by the crab-apple tree, looked about him and made his way to Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still warm; there are clouds of midges under the trees and the sunshine is streaming through the leaves, bathing the path in an oddly subterranean light. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to spot because it also has a fake ficus tree, taking the fiction a step beyond absurd. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The tree shuddered as he banged it with his skull, and he pivoted around it, stumbling. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Amber starts off as sap from a tree,” Joseph said in the dark. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At the summit, lightning had splintered the giant pine tree. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They would put a live tree in their front room, and all of us kids would decorate it with paper chains and stars that we’d made at school the week before. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He lives among us, in the air, the trees, the stones, the red earth. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The sound of running and falling water was loud, and the evening was filled with a faint scent of trees and flowers, as if summer still lingered in Elrond’s gardens. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I ripped down the silver silk flag from the tree and took off. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The tree produced a cedar perfume that permeated their skin and clothes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We stood in a field, one where trees had been clear-cut and what remained was nothing more than what looked like some sad, ancient war zone. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

In a way, the Milagro fruit trees were related to the town’s horses. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long after they have gone, and after the mother has calmed down the little kids, I am still behind the tree. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The angel was occasionally visible now in the long shadows of the trees. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They took their final sips of opal-haworthia potion, threw their hands up, and stepped out from behind the trees, ready to fight. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The tree was thought to be a magic one, which was the reason why such a lot of traffic went on round it “Lady,” said he, “do you know of any adventures in this forest?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Close as the branches on the trees were slapping by me I knowed they had to be giving me some pretty good whuppings, but I didn’t feel nothing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The wind was coming in from over the ocean and the palm trees were swaying. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s where the Augurs have left me, in this salt-white flatness that stretches for hundreds of miles, marked by nothing but angry black cracks and the occasional gnarled Jack tree. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That palm tree was as out of place as the stucco. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lay with our heads in the shade and looked up into the trees. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He knew a lot about trees and fish and birds. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped the hammer and shot up that enormous tree like a monkey. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Just a few trees, hidden by taller firs. Do you know it?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

With the tree and grass cover removed, erosion proceeded and valleys silted up, while irrigation agriculture in the low-rainfall environment led to salt accumulation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Papá stood in front of our two lime trees, looking across the dance floor with his hands in his pockets. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the tree, the fight went on. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The branches in the tree began to rustle, and leaves floated down around us, as though someone—or a bunch of someones—was climbing down. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Unlike a Safe Horse, it had to be tied to a tree. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see the soldiers in their bloodred coats hiding in the trees. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair mimicked the motion of the trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To his right stood a tall pine tree that did not touch the ceiling. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But then she would withdraw and disappear into the shaded grove of trees. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"I live in a tree behind that old estate." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Now I was a tiger that neither pounced nor lay waiting between the trees. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The combatants discussed for a minute, and then the woman took to the tree on the other side of the trail, knife clenched between her teeth. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There he could see the heads of the trees descending in ranks towards the plain from which they had come. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Here the roots of the trees seemed to claw at the sandy soil like the brown knuckles of clenched fists. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

So off she went, leaving me filling the root cellar with bushel baskets of vegetables, pruning the fruit trees, spreading the compost—getting ready for winter. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

As the dragon ducked underneath branches and swerved through trees, Minli understood why most dragons flew. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

As they approached the top through a copse of chestnut trees, the lowering sun dropped below the cloud cover and caught the scene, dazzling the three soldiers as they rose into it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was no sound but the creaking of the wagon as it floundered through the sour-smelling mud and over mammoth tree roots. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pine trees gave way to a tangled thicket of Brazilian peppers and dense ground scrub, which looked impenetrable. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But water had begun a slow swirl around our legs, and I was afraid it would suck us under and bash us into the trees. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, one after another, I roped the others, dragged them up into the tree, and worked them over. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since moving to Berkeley I’ve located a handful of excellent fruit trees—plum, apple, apricot, and fig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

That one flower stood all alone in a patch of sun, one bright pink spot on the brown leaves under a maple tree. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We trudged through a cold, silent world of bare trees, beneath pewter skies, on ground like iron. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now that she was paying attention, she saw that she had run right past a path that led into the trees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I pray to the forest of fallen trees that Brian looks out the window and sees me here with the naked English guy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We stood in the trees in a circle around Miig, who was loading his gun while he gave us the charge for the day. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Potted plants and trees sprout here and there, vines hang down from the balconies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya hid behind the willow tree and watched the two giants hack and swing at each other. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I darted through the snow and peered out from behind a tree. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The old satyr clapped his hands, and a bunch of nymphs melted out of the trees with platters of vegetables, fruits, tin cans, and other goat delicacies. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When field marshals picked their men I was snapped up 'cause I was an ace dodger and tree climber. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It's a teenager with arms as thick as tree trunks. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

So we walked over to the tree and looked up. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Laney declared, jabbing her finger at the tree she had chosen. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

With a bit of looking I found a heavy, round stone under the walnut tree, and then took a folded paper from my pocket. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I went on missions to inspect fallen trees that needed removing, talked to neighborhood pastors who were upset about traffic or garbage collection, and often represented the mayor’s office at community functions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The first sun broke through, yellow and warm through steaming tree leaves, broad bright light blazed across the map table. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead I could see shadows and then figures as the trees opened and the moon poured into the clearing before the cliff. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“But it would have killed the tree and made him rich!” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Generally, it would be a tangled-up mess of grasshoppers and worms and praying bugs and little rusty tree lizards. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d copied the yard and house perfectly: the uneven wooden fence, the listing palm trees, the open scuttle window upstairs. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next hour, I sit and fill this sheet with palm trees along an imaginary shoreline. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t look Very inviting,” the bug remarked, for, as they climbed higher and higher, not a tree or a blade of grass could be seen anywhere. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

We keep to the woods as long as we can, clambering over fallen trees and beating our way through thorn bushes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Gene and the sergeant parked under a sweet- gum tree by the low brick building and went in through the front door. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Comb the grass back under the McIntosh trees. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

If Mrs. V is, well, like a tree, then my mom is a twig next to her. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I lean on the porch railing, look out on the three mossy oak trees in the front yard. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

For instance, the words of the trees and the wind. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

What was odd was that you couldn’t smell no grass nor trees nor even soil. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I bind myself to the tree with a nearly falling-to-pieces rope. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only sound he could hear came from the regular, quiet breaking of delicate waves from the beach beyond the palm trees at the edge of the garden. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had lost my beloved walking stick—I suddenly remembered propping it against a tree when I had stopped to tie a lace—and was filled with despair. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The shoreline faded into darkness in the shadow of the trees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was only a tree, alone in the empty silver dirt. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her pine tree was still there, the Golden Fleece glittering in its lowest branch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

For contrast the girl wore a large blue hat, fetching as a frying pan; Ralph watched as she took two steps, gazed up with rapture at the tree branches, then took another two steps. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beam of light moves through the yard to the giant ceiba, thick as six lesser trees. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peach’s back was a mess where the tree had scraped it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were straight rows of trees—colonnades—growing out of the seedbed of trees that had fallen two hundred years before and sunk and become the earth itself. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him a very strange location to choose for a house, or else an odd decision to leave the trees growing nearby, blocking all light and the view of the valley below. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

That night, Dallas fell asleep quickly and was dreaming about his favorite place: a sandy patch of earth beneath a leafy tree, with a curtain of branches dipping down all around him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But who wouldn’t feel a little wobbly in a rickety tree house so high above the ground? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They also brought the seeds of the mulberry tree. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was approaching the sparse, skeletal trees in front of the denser woods when he was startled by a blur of movement at his feet, followed by a hurried set of clacking sounds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A faint breeze rusded the magnolia tree and azaleas in the backyard, and even though the sun had not yet set, outside was cooler than Gramma’s kitchen. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And I'm well concealed in the clump of trees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Inside the cave it was much darker, and much more full of sound: mostly the wind in the trees, but below that was another sound, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t leave anything by the tree, anything you might have touched, or picked up?” she asked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stripped a branch off the tree, a switch, and started whipping him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Old Dan walked slowly around behind the tree and hid himself. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall dark trees lined the road, crowding the gravel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elm, ash, oak, and other trees dot the landscape in clumps. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t my costume awful? My stylist’s the biggest idiot in the Capitol. Our tributes have been trees for forty years under her. Wish I’d gotten Cinna. You look fantastic.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was a tree, a rock, a mountain. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then I take a few careful steps to a neighboring tree, pull off some moss, and without examining the wound further, tightly bandage my arm. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As they passed beyond the green field of the Tongue, the trees drew down to the river’s brink. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He wished he had not devoured all the apples on the tree. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The trees start to thin out some, letting the sun directly on us now and then. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

For a while, I sit all alone under the skinny neem tree. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

After the trees leaf out, young lovers often hide in the shadows of the trail. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘One time in the middle of a play-off game I had to splint a quarterback’s leg with nothing but tree branches and strapping tape.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Basta glanced at the trees, looked down the road, and trod out his cigarette. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stood frozen behind the tree for a few minutes. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she’d focused almost all her energy on holes near the two willows closest to the stream—the same trees where the hummingbears were nesting. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But Fiver was not under the yew tree. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it is a place where bodies were stacked, and I don't want to make friends with trees that once hid the dead. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Dogwood trees with bright pink flowers and rosebushes of every color lined the brick road that led to Division Street. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A few weeks sped by, but the leaves on the trees were still green. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A tree of lightning crackled in the sky. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

For, why he did not know, his thought sprang back suddenly to the Elves in the Shire, and the song that drove away the Black Rider in the trees. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I stagger back and slide down the tree to where I was sitting. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He came in under the trees and saw Longstreet writing a note, sending it with a galloping aide. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The writer can see the links among the concepts in his internal web of knowledge, and has forgotten that a reader needs to build an orderly tree to decipher them from his string of words. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Florida looked around the barn and out through its wide open doors at the far end, toward an arch of tall leafy trees. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Grace should have him swear an oath before his heart tree.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

However, these early fruit and nut trees were still the easiest such crops to cultivate. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Maple? Is that the word for a tree?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Taran set himself more firmly against the ash tree and raised his knife. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Palm trees and pillared arcades cast shadows over the burning pavements. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The fields were green and there were small green shoots on the vines, the trees along the road had small leaves and a breeze came from the sea. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There were the long rows of bare trees, the big hotels and the closed villas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the third day of their voyage wore on the lands changed slowly: the trees thinned and then failed altogether. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she realized that trees were creeping closer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The reason a rubber tree seeps latex when cut is that this is its way of saying to insects and other organisms, “Not tasty. Nothing here for you. Go away.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You were right about the trees giving shade.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Aspirin came from the bark of a tree,” she said, “so why not other medicines?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The branches of the oak trees and their dangling threads of moss sweep the ground, and the sweet scent of magnolia flowers fill the air. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Nurses in uniform and in peasant costume walked under the trees with children. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Father and I are currently working on our family tree, and he tells me something about each person as we go along. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Prisoners were often kept in barbed-wire compounds, flogged, tortured, starved and hung from trees, and those who died buried secretly in unmarked graves. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the year turned to spring and the willows grew faintly green and the peach trees budded pink, and Wang Lung had not yet found the one he sought for his son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The contrast be­tween its purple bracts and the red flowers of the tree was very pretty. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Get out of my way,” Cole ordered, swinging his fist as if to hit the tree. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And that is how I happened to suspend my tree prayers and tell them about Phoebe Winterbottom, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Why would someone plant trees in the middle of a forest?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the trees were so high, so thick, and now the sound was still fainter. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on top of hills, or in their shadows, or even by little creeks, not a tree and not a single green blade of grass. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the darkness and rugged terrain of the quarry bottom, Dad’s foot was crushed by a tree limb. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He took the other end from Tarik and looked around for a tree trunk to tie it to. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Loading her rucksack again, she made her way down onto the coarse, rich grass of the prairie, aiming for the nearest stand of trees, four or five miles away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You rich kid now, your daddy rich rich man. Big house, big tree, now even we got houselady. Nice big yard for you. I pay all cash.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole asked, looking up toward tree line at the stack of building materials. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The orange glow from the clearing silhouetted a man at the edge of the yard, searching the trees with a rifle at his shoulder. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The soft glow of the lampposts in the park, the white snow clinging to the branches of the trees, the quiet stillness of it all. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She seemed to compress down into an even smaller version of herself so that she looked like an angry tree stump with short stubby branches for arms. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She balanced the baskets in the branches of the musasa tree. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scanned the trees for a few breaths, then turned back to Mikhail. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But he could not even stand without the hand on the tree. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the pool fruit trees hung heavy laden with pears, pomegranates, rosy apples, sweet figs. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cool in the shade of the trees, and some of the trees had leaves and fruits we could pick to eat. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They loved the stream and the trees and the birds. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered the boy with sticking-up hair staring up into the mango tree, his ear pointed to the fruit. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Namely, the elevated tactical unit I built in the oak tree in our backyard. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her father visits her regularly at twilight, on her evening walks home from the bakery, and whispers to her through the oak and maple trees. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes and summon the fond smells of childhood, do I smell gingerbread baking or the pine-fresh scent of Christmas trees? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The statue settled on the crest of the hill, about twenty feet away from Thalia’s pine tree. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The little tree carved into the side is proof. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Recall that apples were historically among the most difficult fruit trees to cultivate and among the last major ones to be domesticated in Eurasia, because their propagation requires the difficult technique of grafting. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was always afraid I’d fall off the sea wall, or tumble out of a tree, or cut myself with a pocketknife. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

All down the block trees were wrapped in twinkling white lights for the holidays. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It lighted the trees and made them warm and friendly. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A murder! A murder of crows! Can you believe it? A bunch of trees, you’re a grove. A bunch of raccoons? A gaze.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The branch holding the creepy large bottle at the top of the tree seemed to lean over more and more. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My mother often talked about the house and the trees; about the change of seasons and the friends she had there. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on a stump under the breadfruit tree, her back to me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were colored lights: red and green and yellow, twinkling from a tree which was, oddly, inside the room. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s ten or fifteen trees and lots of bushes and stuff along the edges. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

In the western doorway, Roman and Greek demigods in full armor fought one another on a hillside under a large pine tree. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Some thing, some blueness of heat and light and raw power seemed to jump from the tree to the briefcase and radio and enter Derek’s hand. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the northernmost realms of Prydain many trees were already leafless, and among the branches clung the ragged shapes of empty nests. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Climbing down out of the tree, I picked up my ax and lantern, and trotted down to another riffle and waded across. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The olive trees where they took cover were stunted, with matted branches hanging almost to the ground, as if the weight of their leaves was too much for them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Wart looked in the direction which had been indicated with a despondent thumb, and saw a lot of rope wound round a tree. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over my shoulder, I saw many of the people who weren’t family but came to pay their last respects to Gran standing nearer the shade of the huge evergreen trees lining the cemetery’s edges. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I were sitting on a pair of tree trunks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We reach our stop and step into the cold, and the bus pulls away to reveal a lit-up tree with gold ornaments in the middle of the square. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My grandma’s garden feels like a wonderland, with trees full of bright lemons and limes, and large wooden planters overrun with leafy greens and all kinds of herbs. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She rushes across the street, and it takes me a while to follow her, because my legs feel like tree trunks. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

You would never feel like that with an apple tree in an orchard. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He removed the chickens to the shade of a tree nearby. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They go out, too, with another keeper, and learn how to climb small, safe trees. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Armistead saw Pickett running up through the trees, a note in his hand, his face flushed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woods were lit with lanterns, and far below in the bay, through the interstices of trees, she could make out the deck lights of moored pleasure boats. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a hot, overcast morning, trees shimmering in the heat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The raft had moved to the outside of a shallow curve and had glided back beneath some overhanging willows and low trees. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Amen to that. I met with the Student Council officers today. They have decided to dedicate this year’s Senior Awards Night to Mike Costello and to plant a tree in his memory in our entranceway.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his tail pulled taut and the wind whistling through his fangs, Redtooth howled as the trees went by in a green blur. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to do or say, I ducked behind the oak tree, feeling for the first time like Granny had been betrayed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The street below was poorly lit, bordered not by leafy trees but by closely parked cars, nothing like the pretty street on The Cosby Show. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear was so called after the mushroom that grew in wrinkled half-circles on dead or fallen tree trunks, emerging from the rotten wood without benefit of parent seed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was not going to have his mother insulted in this way, and the following day he arose early and flew to the highest tree that overlooked the fields of the new wife. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She also had drawn a baby surrounded by ancient, gnarled trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

An open field of grass speckled with mulberry trees in blossom. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He chuckled, using the closest tree to help him stand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The odor of dead meat came down on the wind, drifting through the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the open white snow field, surrounded by shadowy trees. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the rope got closer to the tree, more men arrived to help. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I stay behind the tree till the mourners leave and the grave diggers fill in the grave. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I believe I was informed that those near the pine tree are nasturtiums.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Christmas Eve morning, after milk-bow saws and an ax just in case and headed up into the hills to find a tree—not too far, since we had to drag it back. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

As they walked back toward the house Cyrus turned left and entered the woodlot among the trees, and it was dusk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He skirted a fallen tree and stared at the trees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of finding a path, I immediately slammed into a tree and got a nice-size knot on my head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It had an earthy sound, not like the metal drum at home, of something burrowed out of a tree trunk with an animal skin stretched over the top. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he ran, too, and probably hit a whole lot more trees than he would have if the world was a fairer place. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He would have to climb a tree, or be caught on the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is up with the menagerie, lady? How are we supposed to cut this tree down?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There is a forest of such trees, carefully filed on his bookshelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Along the spring there were several trees with a ripe fruit that I had never seen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They would sit together at a window looking out at the garden where the fairies were building themselves nests, gently glowing globes that hung among the branches of the trees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sierra smiled and dashed into a dark grove of trees as another red tide swept past. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I glide beneath the trees, transform into wind. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mitch was carrying on like a madman in the tree house. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Golden light poured out of a circle of pine trees at the far end. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He scuttled halfway up a pine tree, and from the safety of his perch shook a fist at the astonished Ellidyr. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She rolled over onto her back and looked up through the branches of the tree, the new leaves a dark pattern against the black night sky. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not just a tree, by the way. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It did not seem to be any nearer to the edge of the wood, the trees were thick, on all sides around them. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Pizarro’s pilot once explained how to navigate from Mexico’s Pacific shore to Peru: Sail south along the coast until you no longer see trees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Poteet had stopped chasing bats and was asleep under the apple tree. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There went the frightened, snorting cattle, stampeding through the trees with their tails in the air like it was heel-fly time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed close to a solitary mukonde tree, which raised many pale, leafless branches against the dark sky. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tree smacked against the water and sent the beavers bobbing up and down. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A couple of the boys saw me sitting in the shade of that tree, and as soon as they did, they stopped dead, pointed at me, and motioned to the others to head back upstream. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He threw the lines over a post and sat down in the shade of the tree. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scamper down the tree and hit the ground running in the opposite direction of the lake. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Not a tiny tree but something of my own home, also beautiful. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

My bike is still leaning against the pruned tree in the front yard. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then they let the fire go out, and Pa took all the strips and pieces of meat out of the hollow tree. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either there was soil deeper down, or this species of tree was a remarkable in­stance of a commensal or a parasite. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She walked along the wishing-circle path, and I stood back at the edge of the trees and watched her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Frigg spoke to trees, to beasts, and to birds and to all things that creep and fly and crawl, and each creature promised that its kind would never hurt Balder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Calling to the boy to give her his drum, she hung it on the branch of a tree in a place where he would not be able to get at it easily. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Somewhere above the trees, the zeppelins were hovering, and men were sliding down ropes, but the wind made it difficult for the pilots to hold the aircraft steady. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She made sure that Reggie noticed her, then she continued on farther into the park, beyond the playground and basketball courts, underneath a canopy of oak trees. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Soundlessly we followed the truck, keeping the trees and brambles between us and the lane. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the back of Heart is a dumpster and some tall trees and some bushes that haven’t been trimmed in years. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The fruits swell and burst crimson and the tree shrivels and dies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put out my head to see him standing among the trees, moonlight glinting off his skin, eyes flashing. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But a few were uninhabited and gloomy-looking with dandelions overrunning the yard and limp gutters hanging loose from the weight of soggy old leaves and broken tree branches. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Like the trees, they offered her all they had: love murmurs and a protective shade. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My bodice and skirt lay draped over a branch of the tree on the bank, at a distance I would not cross under Hamlet’s gaze. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I began to sleep in the tree every night. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ground moved farther and farther away, and the top of the tree stretched into the clouds, which were pink. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The leaves on the surrounding trees still moved in the wind, but without sound. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I liked being high above the world, and I spent a lot of time either on the roof or sitting in a tree in the park. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Staying just out of his reach, she baited the coyote until she reached the sweet-gum tree. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I’d picked out that tree because it had a huge branch that stuck out to one side. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beeches are gone now, and so are the pear trees where children sat and yelled down through the blossoms to passersby. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits scrambled down a steep green bank and plunged into the thick trees below. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

About a quarter mile away, a Hyperborean giant was sitting in the bog, peacefully picking mud from between his toes with a broken tree trunk. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then Ralph was running beneath trees, with the grumble of the forest explained. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Well, she says, I don’t know exactly what quarter-cut oak is but I do know this much: it is not wood cut from an oak tree with a quarter. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I had climbed aboard, I remembered Timothy’s knife stuck in the palm tree. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

An old fallen tree lay ahead of him on the deer trail he was following. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few paces further on there was a little clearing, where Alice was sitting on a fallen tree trunk with Lyra, who was fast asleep on her lap. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She pointed in the general direction of the sycamore tree. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"Last night I had a dream, a horrid dream, fighting with things. I was outside the shelter by myself, fighting with things, those twisty things in the trees." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We slip into a tall building and are suddenly in a tropical forest with bamboo trees and wide-leafed plants. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Pariah kites dropped into nearby trees, to supervise the supervision of the last rites of the dead elephant. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could still smell the salt water and the pine trees. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Gimli was still deep in slumber, but Legolas was standing, gazing northwards into the darkness, thoughtful and silent as a young tree in a windless night. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Stan threw her bag out after her and rammed the doors shut; there was another loud BANG, and they were thundering down a narrow country lane, trees leaping out of the way. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ritchie wrapped the tree in netting while Papa pulled out his wallet to pay. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The branches were cut back so as not to interfere with the telephone wires and the tree died. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The episode of the naked man in the tree at Snowden’s funeral mystified him thoroughly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I know there’s a cluster of trees with leaves that turn brilliant shades of yellow in the fall. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Since our tree made papershell pecans, Jay and me would take two of the oblong nuts in one hand and press them together until the shells cracked. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The copper leaves on the tree shivered, softly, as if in a gentle wind, and then harder, as if a storm were coming. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Had the earth stopped turning, had the trees frozen, had the sea given up its dead, Jean Louise would not have noticed. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“My father is still purposefully vague about the rules,” Celia says as they walk through the trees. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The tower might as well be a tree for all she cares. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tree mimicked the sunset, all golds and oranges and lavenders and dusty pinks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The vines from the banyan tree hung over us like they were waiting to turn us into puppets. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Birds cried out merrily from the woods and the tops of the trees danced to rhythms all their own. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Notice he’s cutting some trees up Vexation way.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He could not have appeared more openly and completely at a loss if Hazel and his companions had flown away over the trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coyote would tear her from the tree soon, or grow impatient with her distractions and return to the trail she’d diverted him from. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A thick fog had swirled in, they'd strayed from the road, and trees had closed in on them. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first we were surrounded by former orchards of apple, cherry, and apricot trees that had now become wild. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But soon Haldir turned aside into the trees and halted on the bank of the river under their shadows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were still under the white plum tree and their faces were touching except for a pale thin ray of moonlight between. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I spread the lunch on a newspaper, and uncorked one of the bottles and leaned the other against a tree. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Snow frosted the bare branches of the few spindly trees. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was about the trees still unsold when midnight of Christmas Eve approached. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rummage in the bin again and find a half-melted palm tree from a Lego set. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The landscape below them was a bleak, ash-gray plain bristling with black trees, like insect hair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Here Strider turned aside, and soon they were lost in a sombre country of dark trees winding among the feet of sullen hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tayo sat motionless with his back against the small cottonwood tree growing in the wash. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my arm back and tossed the rock straight at the tree. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

A silvery cord raced across my ankles and fastened to the tree next to me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was as tall as a pine tree and covered with carved words. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But where is the form of the oak tree? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“In Madagascar, there’s a place just like this, called the Avenue of the Baobabs. The Malagasy—the people who live in Madagascar—they call these trees renala. It means ‘mother of the forest.’” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the top of the spruce tree sat four young goshawks. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And there, next to a small garden plot and a stable and two wooden chairs seated in a flowering arbor—an enormous tree. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He made a point of saying that if he were only fifty again, he could climb the tree and slice them off with his knife. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

An old villa nestled in the shade of some weird-looking pine trees with thin curvy trunks that shot up thirty or forty feet, then sprouted into puffy canopies. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Snow swirls, coating the tree branches and giving everything a hushed feel. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the sheriffs car, I said, “She isn’t actually gone at all. She’s singing in the trees.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The palm tree in my yard keeps trying to stand up in spite of a cold couple of months. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

With Eilonwy at his heels, he ran to the tree, fearful the fatigue and strain of the day had at last driven the dwarf out of his wits. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. It’s good advice,” Nhamo said politely as she made sure she was surrounded by real trees and real sunlight. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen storm troubles in New Orleans, too—flooding, a fallen tree, a roof blown off. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

A second later, it flashed along the trunk of a nearby oak tree. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It had green fields and tropical fruit trees and white beaches. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He will gaze beyond the high brick wall, the red-tile rooftops, the spike of church steeples, the linden and chestnut trees. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he peers out the grimy windshield at the trees ahead. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As she turned away from him, he spied the manacle that connected her ankle to one of the big cypress trees. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

His half-moon glasses glittered in the wandlight as he peered around at the surrounding trees. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They’re near the river’s edge and there’s a forked tree just this side of them along the riverbank, bleached and leafless, like it maybe once got struck by lightning. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Most impressive to Penelope was the fact that each room had its very own Christmas tree, except for the ballroom, which had two—one on either end. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“And the way Papa sang when he helped us get the tree up the stairs,” recalled Neeley. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of everything, there’s a really big photo with Quinton and Maria crouching down beside a short elf with a head full of dark leaves and skin like mottled tree bark. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I take a seat beside the fake banana tree in the lobby to wait for her. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, Bigwig suddenly broke out of the trees, running very fast. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t, the Golden Dawns are dead, and we got ourselves a thousand rough lemon trees.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees and bushes were covered with mist. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was surrounded by palm trees and banana trees, and, when the bananas ripened, the students all got free bananas at lunch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Inigo flashed immediately out from the tree, attacking himself now, and the man in black retreated, stumbled, got his balance, continued moving away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He not only recognized me as a tree Muslim, but he gave me two books, one in English, the other in Arabic. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The troops were already up and moving out on the misty road beyond the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Revelations are not to be found in the far bend of the river, darkly hidden in the trees. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had gotten halfway across on the tree bridge and now stood there grabbing the upper branches, terrified to move either forward or backward. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ah, the wet season will soon be here, and fruit will grow wild on the trees, and the animals in the bush will grow fat, I told myself. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calder staggered across the Castiglione’s backyard, tried to step carefully in Fred’s footprints so as not to leave a trail, and climbed the tree. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had risen some four hundred feet and were now into tighter aspen stands, well above all pinon trees. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Millet arranged to borrow tropical plants and trees from the Horticulture Building and have them moved to the lakeshore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Some even climbed oak trees and perched in branches for a good spot. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

From close by there was a chaos of singular lights, flashlights bouncing off the trees, shuffling polyester shorts, the squeak of gym sneakers on a wooden floor. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Soon’s it let me go I forgot all that nonsense ’bout mice and cats and I tried to light out for the trees. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A loud scraping screech came from the trees. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The falling of the tree was simply a natural reality, like the passing of another day. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Even the greens, her favorite shades of greens, flee the trees and assault her with luminosity. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t hold our breath for rain, but a hot breeze blew through the tree house. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

You would never announce to a companion, “I’m going to say three things to you. The first thing I’m going to say is that a woodpecker has just landed on that tree.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“And now that he has blinded her, MaWee will hide behind one of the trees in the Swedish jungle and most foully lie in wait for an ambush!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

There had been one or two minor setbacks, but Cluny and his squad had finally made it up into the elm tree. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When they reached the cover of the trees, the enemy was gone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Again he directed the wand at the surrounding trees and bushes, searching for a human outline, for the glint of an eye, but he could not see anyone there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We eat around the fire, which turns brighter as the shadows grow out from the trees like darker branches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I added the feathery leaves of the tamarind tree that stood in the middle of our courtyard and our cow under its shade. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The silence wrapped around her like a quilt, a silence made up of trees growing and corn ripening, of the bright sky glowing and the distant water following its tides. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She who sees signs in the way trees stand, in the forms of passing clouds. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The battle edged closer to the trees, and I realized the fetterlings were dragging the giant away, back to wherever they had taken Brer Fox. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I looked out the window and watched the trees go by. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They stood as palm trees were supposed to stand. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What? Waiting in the trees? No, sir. Why would we...” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

When we get to a small clearing where there’s a bit of flat land and a break in the trees, I stop us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The first time he ate, the thunder god jumped out of the sky, its legs like old trees. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember Deborah sitting beneath the tree, looking up at us in the branches. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was like a small tornado had settled at the tree line, and snow began to whirl around faster and faster. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She continued on, and the trees began to grow more thickly, until all around her were slim white trunks. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I drove past Holly Meadows three times before I finally found it—everything in the area was oak trees and ranch land, and Holly Meadows—lacking a sign at its entrance—didn’t stand out much. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A coordination phrase is a strange entity, and the logic of trees that applies elsewhere in English syntax does not apply to it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Honeysuckle and purple wisteria hung heavy from the trees and white magnolias mixed with their scents in the bee-humming air. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will have three divisions. Your objective will be that clump of trees . . . there.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spun quickly, taking two steps back and banging into a tree. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She moved from tree to tree, feeling the roughness of the bark beneath her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I walk from the nail salon to Dell's office and I realize that I'm looking at the lawns and the trees and the flowerbeds as I make my way there. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

The trees were aptly named after beauty—their wood wasn’t just supple and strong, it was a lovely, glowing red. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The pigs were driven into the purlieus of the forest, where boys beat the trees to supply them with acorns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just about to come out of the trees when I stop dead still again, for right there in the meadow is a deer, a young doe. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody ran out at him, no flash of green light burst from behind a tree. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed to have something to do with the gentle winter climate and our stands of blue willows, the only trees where they’d nest. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I see a hummingbird in a bottlebrush tree that is planted in the space between the sidewalk and the street. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The color of the forest was a silvery gray-green from the olive trees, yet here and there, a dark- green podocarpus tree burst through the canopy. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I interest you in this climbing tree?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was quite dark under the willow tree now. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the rice fields of eastern Texas, this practice has seriously reduced the populations of the fulvous tree duck, a tawny-colored, gooselike duck of the Gulf Coast. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

If you haven’t been keeping the tree suspended in memory, the word islands, which is ringing in your mind’s ear just before you type the verb, will contaminate the number you give the verb. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I left the tree and went across the meadow looking for food. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there were only trees, their gray-brown trunks scaled with lichen, and every so often the sound of a squirrel or rabbit bounding through the underbrush. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Undoubtedly, she spent the night in a tree somewhere. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then she runs to hide in the coconut trees on the far side of the pool. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s a perfect evening; the air is warm, the trees along the avenue are swathed in deep green leaves. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he called out to Rudie to get along now, and Stella kept her eyes on the trees standing sentinel as they passed. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sitting there, it was easy to remember the island, the storm, the cold, the lightning, the fallen tree, the dead sparrows, and the mauling. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He’d always wondered how they could sleep perched in the trees without falling to the ground. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He saw his friend, aiming an imaginary weapon in his hand, dart from behind one tree to another. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I could sit against a tree and fish, too, think you?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Not far from here. On a hill, beneath a tree, overlooking a pond. Very serene. A good place to think. ” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet stretched out, over the long grass and distant trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made her way up the tree, working carefully to avoid snagging her new dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another enemy warrior shot flaming arrows into the trees, sending our archers and dryads into a panic. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We leave Rani's tree behind and visit the public bathroom. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We watch in silence as the tree crashes piece by piece to the damp ground. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I just sat there looking at them, until they walked away among the shadows. Then I climbed down out of the tree and came home.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sat on a street of massive homes and towering trees in a place called Lake Forest. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dicey saw short, narrow beaches, a few trees, some big houses. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning the baby doll was under the tree, a ribbon in her gold hair, and a bottle tied to her wrist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A near full moon shone above the trees and chill penetrated as though brilliance strengthened it. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kendra stared at the bushes and trees, expecting to find spiteful eyes glaring back at her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I finally stop trying to find the right word and just gaze up at the trees in awe. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The man promised that he would give the woman her cows once the tree had gone. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Next week, all of us are going to Eagle’s Ridge to plant new trees. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I glimpsed a tree with blue blossoms as big as teacups. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She situated Princesse over to one side and made sure she chopped the tree so it would fall in the opposite direction. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They made much noise and flew away ahead of him when he walked under the tree. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up at the tree as the elders addressed the crowd and imagined Odenigbo here as a boy, looking up as she was doing, hoping to see the shadowy outline of a spirit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I saw all around this forest hundreds of evenly scattered, identically sized ponds with trees sparsely distributed in a uniform way between them, the whole arrangement giving the un­mistakable impression of following a design. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped down in the garden, like a leaf tumbling off the oak tree of life, just before I was supposed to meet you at Listening Rock. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He led them this morning to a small wooden shack, not much bigger than an outhouse, hidden in a thicket of trees. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening, monkeys could be seen in the forest jumping from tree to tree, returning to their sleeping places. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It’s too cold to climb my pine tree, and last time that was a disaster. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Their riders guided them low, among the shelter of the trees, and then flew from branch to branch, taking their bearings in the gathering dark. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then one day I saw lightning split a tree nearly in half. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The tangle of trees, fallen in such a memorable way. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mo straightened the boy's blanket and leaned back against the tree trunk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Your uncle may have been named for me. Some are, still. Not so many as before. Men forget. Only the trees remember.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He told her the whole story, from the moment Asta had spotted the man under the oak tree to the story Mrs. Carpenter in the chandlery had shown him in the Oxford Times. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Fall rains had brought life to the paloverde trees, making them bright with delicate yellow and orange flowers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there against a tree, to the right of one of the gates. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was out there with them, in the shade in my shorts and barefooted, waiting for what little coolness might come at us through the pear trees. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took him to the nearest town, where his tooth was pulled; but it was too late, and the blood-poisoning carried him off, black-faced and groaning, and they buried him beneath his favorite willow tree. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

What they knew—all they knew—was the island itself, years of running on the beach, singing by the fire, plucking fruit from the trees and fish from the nets. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The crisp pine scent of a fir tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We climbed down the tower to join our friends, where we exchanged tearful goodbyes with Claire and Fiona under the big shade tree. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes it is a cave, but I like the version with the tree. Perhaps a tree is more romantic.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Was that his name?—was moving away from him as fast as a squirrel up a tree. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The picture wasn’t much different from what most first graders drew, except the tree the child had drawn had a hidey-hole in it. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every rock, every tree, every crystal of snow cries out cold-blooded objectness. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flash of green glinted across a tree stump a few feet ahead, and she made her way toward it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It should have been his mother; she would have sensed his presence and met him at the grove of ube trees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The trees and the road opened up all at once to reveal the grounds of a temple. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The glowing embers cast faint shadows into the surrounding night, and under the trees, a large set of eyes reflected the light, staring patiently out of the darkness. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A rushing sound rapidly approached through the trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a lovely story, especially the part about the fig tree in winter under the snow and then the fig tree in spring with all the green fruit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He got up quickly—but it seemed to him slowly—and went behind the other side of the tree. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all its mass, a tree is a remarkably delicate thing. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Farid went ahead again, using every tree as cover, always keeping uphill from the houses until they were above the uninhabited part of the village that looked as if a giant had trodden on it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Eventually someone from each of the big groups stands and approaches Johanna, picking their way carefully over the roots of the big tree. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One morning he found Úrsula weeping under the chestnut tree at the knees of her dead husband. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the yard was a big tree, with a wooden swing hanging from a branch. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Winged seeds lay beneath the tulip trees, and all along the roads milkweed pods began to spill white silky threads. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful was dozing with her face in the sun, and the tree sparrows were raiding the hemlock cones. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her foot up and rested it against a tree to examine it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sinis, who killed people by fastening them to two pine trees bent down to the ground and letting the trees go, died in that way himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

So every day she taught them under the flame tree, away from the horrible smells toward the back of the buildings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stared at the knotted roots of the trees on the creek bank, trying hard not to look like I’d just been called adorable. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She'd been turned into a tree when she was twelve, but that had been seven years ago. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Tonight the red bird perches in the willow tree. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The zoo is filled with tall trees, their leaves the colors of a sunset. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly weak, I lean against a tree to rest, feeling the heat draw the moisture from my body like a sponge. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The air is steamy, and the space inside the glass includes flower beds full of orchids, banana trees, hibiscus flowers, and bamboo. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I turned left, was quickly in the trees, and worked my way back to the cave. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A pear tree grew there, close against the house. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She broke into the air; she was on top of the tallest tree; she was the tree itself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It got windows and doors and a lot of trees round it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were also six holes the size of supper plates cut into the board so’s it ’peared to be a big knothole in each one of the trees. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As the dark shadows of the trees slid over him, he stopped again, staring at the front door, to which somebody had nailed a dead snake. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She’d seen a tree on the side of the road that had caught her fancy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are lovely against the sky, she thought, so straight and free; Luke was wrong about the softness everywhere, because the trees are hard like wooden trees. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ray has finished with the mysteries of the tree. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I count the rows of trees as I pass them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“These are the guests, coming to join us,” he called out, and they stepped back into the trees. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When he saw it was there, he called out to his daughter and together they walked to the foot of the half-burned, half-green tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They all stop when they get to the line of elm trees with the single strand of barbed wire stretching between them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Just as Sam and Mole went into the tree house, Chup came home to feed and brood Oksi, and Frightful took off. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Another series of pops sounded, and tiny puffs of white smoke burst from the tree’s trunk where it met the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They reached the island and climbed up through trees and kudzu vines and bushes, making good time, even with Nailer’s bad shoulder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The balloon bobbed and weaved with the air currents for a while, the patches of trees making way for taller and taller buildings, and Zane sat, not thinking much of anything. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As I approached the glow, sparks swarmed like fireflies between the trees. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was the most amazing bed I’ve ever seen, because it was made out of tree parts. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We pass by a store where a man is selling bonsai trees. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There were no fruit trees, no planters of jasmine, only long rows of hyacinths and a collection of huge pots filled with different herbs. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Tea under the chestnut tree, and the murmur of the sea coming up to us from the lawns below. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting among the lacy needles, the image of the one mountain among thousands, the one tree among millions, and Sam came to mind. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

From the other side of the valley we could watch chimps arriving at the tree, feeding, then climbing down and vanishing into the forest. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Back of the Lyte house were apple trees, now heavy with fruit. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie wondered how “concerned” Grandpop really was, hiking through the trees like that, occasionally tripping over ground roots that Crab couldn’t kick away. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He gathered them from the tree in our backyard. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I play the first words of Esteban’s story over and over as my father’s song lifts up to my room, as my uncle packs above me, as the blue jay perches in the Ailanthus tree. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I put the tree together, and strung its fairy lights. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At the base of the devil tree, exposing its roots, was a deserted animal burrow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This land was shy on trees but flush with rocks. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

One-third of the landscape of the lower forty-eight states is covered in trees—728 million acres in all. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

You live in Los Angeles with sun and palm trees day in day out and you ask God if there’s any chance He could give you one soft rainy Limerick day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The moon was so bright that everything under the trees was caught in a net of confusing shadows. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He must see the confused look I’m giving the tree, because he adds, “Skipped kindergarten.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When I went out to the deer-lick, I climbed up into a big oak tree. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not far from where I stood was a low tree still covered with leaves. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a dull crack as her body hit the tops of the trees, and another as she landed at the bottom of the rocky ravine. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, the tree got the most attention of all. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the day he stayed off by himself, sitting alone under a tree, just staring down at the field tent. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there's someone hiding behind those trees, a boy with a dark, heavy brow and glittering eyes, always laughing, living loud and bright and magnetic, always there with the tang of smoke on his lips. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I remember redwood trees so monumental it took five of us, fully grown with arms outstretched, to encircle just one of them. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She stalked off into the trees, wishing she could just saddle her horse and ride home. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She walked home down the quiet path, surrounded by trees and grass and blue sky. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I turned, and there he was in the night sky, flying in from twelve o’clock with his winged shoes fluttering, Grover, holding a tree branch the size of a baseball bat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting with his back to a great tree, as if he was resting. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

All the world was frozen, the distant trees, the telephone lines, the grass in the yards of the downriver houses, the ground itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“They were up in the trees, throwing grenades down on us,” Scruggs said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A broad, slow-moving river wound through rich grassland in the middle distance, and at the foot of the long slope, among copses of small trees and rows of vegetables, stood a village of thatched houses. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After a moment of terrified squeaking, it spotted the Christmas tree and jumped. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I fall into rhythm, watching Leo’s back and pack dodging through trees. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The yard, overgrown and long neglected, stretched out behind the house to a large tree, and beyond that to woods. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road ahead was long and straight, rising toward a ridge of trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dayi Jamsheed parked the SUV under the shade of a gigantic walnut tree that hung over the street and thrust its roots beneath the cracking sidewalk. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The farther trees looked shadowy, and almost black, and the stream was suddenly opaque, eddying about Kingshaw’s thighs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But in the middle of the circle is a regular pine tree that towers over everything else. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The night was windless, the snow drifting straight down out of a cold black sky, yet the leaves of the heart tree were rustling his name. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tree branches would be stark and, with their leaves fallen, wear a kind of proud desolation. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But this hindered them; for the grass was thick and tussocky, and the ground uneven, and the trees began to draw together into thickets. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As he walks up the rue Cuvier and turns into the Jardin des Plantes, the trees look misty and significant: parasols held up just for him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The wind bent the palm trees almost to the ground. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was covered with dirt and tree sap. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We stood blinking for a moment, staring out through the dust at a hundred dark villagers, slender and silent, swaying faintly like trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leaves flared and faded quickly, leaving nothing but a thousand embers, making the tree look like an immense extinguished candelabrum. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There is something sad about palm trees cavorting all over curtains when you are not in Florida but are instead in Georgia. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I walk up and down the rows and then I see one book and a lot more all about trees. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to look at from under the tree except Gatsby's enormous house, so I stared at it, like Kant at his church steeple, for half an hour. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Around the fountain, sculptures hid like tree sprites under the topiaries—cupids playing flutes and tambourines, or ladies dancing in their rain-worn stone gowns next to the huge pots of orange trees. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I know, I know. But”—he looked toward the world beyond the trees—“I don’t know if I can do that, either.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes again, but the trees with faces were still there, still glaring. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Above—through the leaves and branches of the black-water trees—the sky scrolled before her, new constellations wheeling in the darkness as she relaxed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Marco turns his attention back to his sketch, tracing the lines of the tree with his fingertips. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He lay down for half an hour, pressed under the fallen tree where he had hidden, to give time for the thing to go right away and for his own heart to cease thundering. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In syntactic ambiguity, there may be no single word that is ambiguous, but the words can be interconnected into more than one tree. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The girls sprang out from behind a tree, chased by one of the guys on the hockey team. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I went behind the house and punched the mango tree until Mohamed took me away from it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Today I saw an oak tree disguised as a chestnut tree. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s got a picture on the cover of what looks like the Nile at dusk, with a palm tree lilting left, echoing the brightening moon, and the purple sky rolling up from the horizon. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We stop at a tree with a small burlap sack hanging off a branch. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I turn to look, but there are too many men sitting under the shade of a mahogany tree. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And on top of the tinsel, popcorn, strings of it, ropes of it, wrapping around the tree like a mummy. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She knew there wasn’t any danger, this year, that Daddy wouldn’t light the Christmas tree. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stands of prehistoric trees rise and fall and rise again in succession. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That way he got a little rest, and we didn’t run the risk of rounding a comer and barreling into a fallen tree or slow-moving cart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Distant lightning flickered in her words as she spoke, and the forest was hushed, as if every leaf and every tree were listening intently to what she said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But instead, she continued straight, then turned left, so that the House of the Old, surrounded by trees, was just ahead of her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Several were homeless, and of a group of men who sheltered under a tree when the storm began six had been killed by lightning. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did the tree chase him and his parents out? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They met in Vesper County, Virginia, under a walnut tree. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung and dropped, landing in a grove of painted plywood trees that sprang up from nowhere. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, they walked through a forest that seemed endless, and their progress was slow, as they had to step through kudzu and over trees and hop the occasional dribbling creek. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He straightened out his wet, dirty shirt, marched stiffly to the road, and vanished around the trees. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They crept through the trees and found themselves on the bank of a river. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After a time, they found a spot well protected by trees, and flung themselves wearily to the turf. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Some of them had spotted calves who ran behind them, their bony rumps flashing white and disappearing into the trees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My dad has a goat skin with all the family tree on it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The only highlight was Juniper the tree nymph, who screamed, “Grover!” and gave her boyfriend a flying tackle hug, making everybody cheer. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He skirted the camp, moving like a shadow through the trees on the hill behind, until he came out upon the lake’s shore a quarter of a mile upwind of the camp. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied the horse to a tree in the woods near the quarter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It landed on a branch just inside the tree line, cawed, and then flew up and into the sky. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z