Beauty-lanterns drift along streets paved with glistening stones, past mismatched shops painted in pastel shades and lined up like the frosted pastries in a bakery window. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“The barista drew a cat that you could’ve Instagrammed, but it got messed up.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Beverly threw her baton up high in the air and caught it with a professional snap of her wrist. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I hung up and called my friend Ricky for a ride. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He said, “I bet they put big guns up there now.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he gets home from work he picks them up and throws them in the air. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He opened it up to where my name was. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to sit up, his head woozy. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Then why did you look like you were going to flip out when I showed up outside the field house? Everyone else went to the lake—captain’s orders—but you were here. Why?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I picked up the cards and shuffled them and laid them out again one by one, in accordance with the strategic rules that he himself had taught me, and beat his score by fifty points. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Twisting awkwardly, the Frenchman lurched up on his hands and knees. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded and we walked together up the narrow path, our fingers entwined. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Turner could almost see him against the moonlight thrown up off the snow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She started showing up for dinner and staying home on weekends and it made him so happy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He balled up, wrapped his arms around himself. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had the same thought as he sat on the front steps of the school that afternoon, waiting for Esperanza to show up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I have improvised quite a bit trying to come up with tents that did not require blueprints.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The creases around his eyes were seismic in the morning light, but they were turned up. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Hoist me up as high as you can,” I said. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I walked up toward the river, trying to pick out specific landmarks, but all 1 recognized was a small rise where Jimmy Cross had set up his command post that night. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shuffled out of his yard and up the dirt road. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“That man Kendall,” Mr. Johnson said as he pulled up and stopped, panting. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“How do they set up meetings if they don’t have E.S.P.?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the pipe and knocked all the tobacco out of it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern and Vonetta played invisible hopscotch next to the luggage while I waited for Big Ma and Mr. Lucas to drive up in his truck. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was dark when I got up in the morning, frosty when I followed my breath to school. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She believed she could do anything . . . like holding up the world, for instance. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ahead of us women in shawls and small children are picking up coal along the road. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He’ll at least get beat up by Edward, who has been studying hand-to-hand combat since we were ten years old. For fun.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And then why would he ask her how her business was coming along—like he did up in Mister Singer’s room? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Riflemen, to the rear! Everyone else, close up those holes.'' The drovers fall back, and the rest of us cover down to take up their slack. “Shoot until you're out of ammo, then fall back.'' Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We made enough space in the attic for my bed, and if we clear some more things out, I will have a huge room up there. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I growled something I probably wouldn’t say anywhere near Nana and stalked up the rest of the steps. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We went along a broad, carpeted passage, and then turned left, through an oak door, and down a narrow flight of stairs and up a corresponding flight, and so to another door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie is tearing up the moons she’s made one by one, her chin jerking wildly down to her collarbone and up. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie says, bouncing up and down, hardly able to contain himself. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

"Pick it up, Ghost! Pick it up!" he screeched, his voice loud and crackly. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It has two doors, with a knob at the bottom of each, and a grid up the center that glows red-hot. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But if you do not find solace there, perhaps you should take up embroidery. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t usually come over in the mornings either, but Dad had a big project coming up and Mom had moved her Pilates schedule, so they said that might happen more. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mack loved to see the expression on the cashier’s face when he drove up and said, “Could I have some extra ketchup for my kid?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

One had to be an impossible wish, another a wish that you could make come true yourself, and the third had to be a wish for when you grew up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma and Mrs. Holton gave us all big servings of good things then Ma carved up some pieces of her peach pie and dropped one on everybody’s plate. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The horizon lit up with a huge web of lightning. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Your talent is the activity you take up since you don’t have to work either in school or your district’s industry. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alexander rode up: a young man; nondescript face but very capable. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a genius plan, but it was the best thing she could come up with. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As he slept there stole into his consciousness a disturbing, rhythmic throbbing which he tried to fight off to keep from waking up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, he ends up by discussing something far afield, an act which incites skepticism and suspicion in those anxious for a straight-out explanation. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He roared, looking about the room, rolling now, caught up in the rhythms of his own oratory, the fever and righteousness of his message. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scooped up water in a dozen hands and washed his face. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They burned plantations and commissaries, tore up tracks to impede the passage of the trains that began to open their path with machine-gun fire, and they cut telegraph and telephone wires. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

My fingers trace the circle around the little gold mockingjay and I think of the woods, and of my father, and of my mother and Prim waking up, having to get on with things. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It spread from the bottom of her jaw up to her temple, from her eye to over her ear. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The boys said they would help build the house from the planks and two- by-fours Dad brought up here for that purpose. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We had to put your daughter in a body cast. She’s growing. We want to prevent one leg from ending up shorter than the other. We hope it will work.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You were so scratched up, your hair and clothes all singed from that fire, but you had the biggest smile on your face.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I hung the fresh cuts of venison up in the dog run, right where Old Yeller had stolen the hog meat the night he came. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, don’t get my hopes up. I can’t—” The window creaked open. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everyone at the bench is picking up their backpacks and textbooks. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They just sit there, too heavy for me to pick up. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the Mexican guys saw and started whistling and clapping and everybody set down their tools and came walking up to us and patted us on the back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins sat between them, offended and silent, and presently, because they were very tired, they crept closer to her and leant up against her sides and fell asleep, still wondering.... Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She definitely wasn’t as fired up about all of this as Dimple was. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I squint up at him, the sunlight so dazzling it’s hard to see. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He choked and would have fallen, and they caught him and held him up, and he began to weep. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then you would zoom upward into the sky, and look up at the clouds, and the rope would twist and you would twist and turn with the rope. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

When she pushes the button that usually makes the screen light up and nothing happens, her eyes narrow just the teeniest bit. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Use this time to jump the fence your mother says the Carters put up to keep Ms. Winston's little kids from playing in their pool that we're not sure exists. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

None of us told him to shut up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the whole problem would fall out just by our concentrating on the prettiest way for a polynucleotide chain to fold up. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She reckoned up what a braid and a pair of shoes had cost her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember being on my knees in this terrible pool and pushing up and down on his chest with my arms locked, like I learned. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The “departure” that Blatch, other suffragist leaders, and particularly Alice Paul came up with was picketing, a tactic that Blatch and Paul had seen used effectively when they had aided British suffragists. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

At the time, I couldn’t conceive of myself being up onstage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was very creative, and I was pretty sure he’could come up with a way to do the impossible and never get caught. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

By this time he’d almost given up hope of finding the gun. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the officers didn’t come into the tavern; instead, three or four of them rode up to Mr. Heron’s house. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wish instead of being so shy, you’d step up and accept our gratitude. We honestly couldn’t have accomplished so many installations without you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Something woke me up from a deep sleep. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And when we look up at the night sky, we confront an infinity of the very large. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako spooned some soup up, but she secretly kept her nostrils closed so she couldn’t taste it too well. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The helicopter gradually began to move, following the colorful current of evidence all the way up the beach, all the way to the marina where the Coral Queen was moored. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I picked up the sunglasses and kept walking, listening for her, but everything was quiet now. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He brought his knees up to his chin. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother’s eyes were thoughtful as she looked up at him; Jethro was afraid that she might interfere, but she didn’t. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some men looked up, puzzled by the fast irregular knocking sounds that came from up and down the line as arrows hurtled into wood or frozen canvas. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

If they don’t pay up, there’s no way to dodge. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, what do you expect from a place that’s made up of a bunch of foreigners? They come here and can’t even speak good English.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now, he pulled up some plantains and knotted them quickly, and then began to shoot off the brown heads. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

James’s mom held her palms up and shrugged, like she was saying, “What can you do?” and ducked back into the kitchen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Lupita ran up, panting, and pointed to where the other woman knelt in her row. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

No one jeered at him or noticed him because he had crossed the street and was walking close up against the hedge on the other side. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice and I sat on the bank leisurely watching as the contraption went up and down, up and down, turning acorns into flour. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have been just too busy gathering nuts and berries, smoking venison, fish, and small game to keep up with the exact date. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the front room, Dayah and Bushra fold up the embroidered rugs and beautiful wall hangings, the floor cushions and curtains. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

I stared down at the guitar, about to activate my jet boots again, to fly back up through the trapdoor and out of the cave. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Laughing, I stare up at the broken pieces of glass decorating the night sky from my own chair. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Through pollinated air she saw a glorious being coming up the road. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But to accelerate his progress, she began to speak to him in Spanish, coaxed him to take up his text, and tutored him, and within a short while he was receiving high grades. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting up I yawned and tried to comb back my matted hair with my fingers. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Sorenson followed them up the stairs, down the hall, and up into their bedroom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“The supplies come up at the same time every week. Hey, look.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Go away,” I say, looking up at his face looking down at me, with that same expression he had on before. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He turned to my father, looking worked up. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Jay asked me something that woke me right up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Osh laughed a little as he hauled the trap up and into the boat. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Babou had changed into a plain white shirt and loose white pants with a drawstring waist, and he had hitched them halfway up his torso. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Harry dawdled behind, taking an inordinate amount of time to do up his bag. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were no longer showing up only to zip away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Curtis kinda brought it up, so maybe it’s okay? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I sat up and looked at Lily for a moment. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Shoving me around isn’t gonna get her locked up like them, though. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, the two men unrolled their blankets on the damp earth, laid down, and gazed up at the immense black sky decorated by countless points of twinkling light. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man pointed up the hill with a gnarled finger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s passed to me, wrapped up in a concise delivery system, but I pass it on. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Quite a few people showed up for the cleanup, including the Great Lake-loving Ms. Banks, who managed to look hot in rubber boots and a baggy fleece jacket. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Safer pushes back from the table and stands up. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She smoothed the front of her sundress, picked up her towel, and with careful hands rolled it into a ball. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

June holds onto his elbow and makes half-hearted jokes, and when they pull up a block from the cafe, she offers him an apologetic smile. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The sun was directly in my eyes, so I put my hand up and under my baseball cap, like a salute, and I squinted in Declaration’s direction. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could act as a public person—able to defend my interests, to unionize, to petition, to speak up—to challenge and demand. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The huge head was up near the rafters, forty or fifty feet in the air. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As far as he could tell, they had the building all to themselves, but that didn’t mean someone wasn’t lurking in the stairwell, and he couldn’t risk letting Julie go up by herself. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Already by 8000 B.C. wild almonds show up in excavated archaeological sites in Greece. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s made it halfway up the walk by the time I look up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I sit up and turn on a light and look around my room, as if the man might be lurking behind the desk or in the closet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I pedal, slowly, feeling the burn in my calves as I carry two people forward; it’s like running up a hill. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Always he wanted to set her up to something, to give to her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I give the rope a pull and then let it go, and the wipers slap up and down. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Under his tutelage, I learned artificing as quickly as I learned everything, and it wasn’t long before we worked our way up to more complex projects like heat-eaters and sympathy lamps. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Sneaky, don’t play with me!” she says, holding a hand in front of her nose, like he smells so bad it might mess up her face. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Or we were too stressed about getting picked up by some cop car that would eventually come creeping up over the hill behind us and flip on their lights. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Not much farther. He lives up on a ledge.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Now when at sundown shadows crossed the lanes she dragged the cutter to the sea and launched it, fitted out with tough seagoing gear, and tied it up, away at the harbor’s edge. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see Jesse, so I pulled up his SnowFlake page. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Miss Wren put up her hands in a plea for quiet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Because they were making it all up as they went along. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched, my lips parting, as she picked up her water glass and threw it at his head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I guessed it was from dragging these two huge plastic bags up the seven flights to our place. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

After a while she looked up at him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read the line “Florence held up the lamp.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then Matthew went into the sixth grade and his classmate wanted to start a band, so her brother took up the guitar. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Even with all that pizza to sop it up, the liquor seeped its way through my arms, my legs, everything heightened and muffled at once. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s up in the air what will happen when school starts again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Under the kitchen window his shamed, downcast eyes fell upon a curiously shaped stone, a stone of such fascination that he squatted down and picked it up and turned it over in his hands. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tell me if Thomas was following her up the stairs. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sort of afraid he'd get up and leave on me if I didn't shut up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as I hang up the phone, I call Suesetta. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Morning finally came, and Hugo gathered up his tools and tried to do his morning rounds. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He half wished Nipper hadn’t showed up, so he could be rid of the whole problem. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, if even one white passenger wanted to sit in a row occupied by four black riders, the driver would glance up and yell, “I need those seats!” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Babies slid to the floor as women stood up and men leaned toward the radio. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lifted up the stairs and deposited at the top, and the applause rang out again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A world of wildflowers blooming up through the shapes of rusty cast-off parts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There is Paolo, strutting along the alleyway and up the stone drive, running his hand along the wall, casually peering into each of the holes. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You wait here. Sit down and don’t stand up.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I remember driving up from Palo Alto to San Francisco with L. W. Alvarez and Dr. Vannevar Bush when we discussed Oppenheimer’s activities in the nuclear weapons program,” he stated. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He walked straight up to the back gate, opened it, and went in. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then happily Mack tied up the necks of the sacks. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked up to Luis and offered my hand to shake. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up closer so I could hear what he was singing. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve come up with some of my best sketchbook ideas pretending to be sick down there. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He places his hands on Alex’s thighs, bracketing him with his full attention, and when he looks up into Alex’s eyes, his are clear blue and focused. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

By midday we were in Newport, following Mr. Robert up the steps of Sullivan’s Tavern. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Always be up before they come in. So you can watch them and be aware of the things going on around you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Once we were outside and I locked up and we were heading down the sidewalk, I threw my arm over his shoulder. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Last week I seen some girl named Beth in here staring at him like he was chocolate ice cream she couldn’t wait to spoon up. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the creature showed up in their house, and out of her mother’s painting, technically that would make them its hosts. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Standing up, the baby tried another wobbly step. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His brother rushed up to Joana, meeting her in the street. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

As he opened up a little, I found his personal life equally interesting. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“No time for the intellectual embryos, I’m afraid. We must go up to the Nurseries before the children have finished their afternoon sleep.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened up the Schumann book to the dark little piece I had played at the recital. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hit it, it fell, then got up and limped away yelping. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It worked almost like the logical arrangements of five squares that made up each piece of his set of pentominoes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They played a few more rounds, and Ivy ended up winning. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The sight of that enemy army had shown him what they were up against. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The table creaked as the agent stood up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I manage to get a B or better in all my classes—even Ms. Rucker’s, where I’ve climbed up to eighty-two percent, thanks to Rosa. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Open up!” he growls in a loud whisper. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He purposely didn’t look at the milk shake machines lined up so shiny against the back wall. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Makes me feel like no matter how dressed up we are, no matter how respectful we are, some people will only see what they want to see. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Because we didn’t have a phone, the midwife called Grandma-down-the-hill, who walked up the hill, tired and ornery, and barked that it was time for Mother to go “play doctor.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The fury rising in Emily propelled her up from the ground and forward. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

James stood in front of the class and held up his vertical strip of paper with letters on it: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He neither looked up nor took any notes while they spoke. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elinor was limping, but she did her best not to hold up the others. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dad was bundled up on the other side of Joey, trying to look at anything but Momma. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope fell across the flagpole like a cable over a pulley, and as Kate dropped downward, so Constance—much lighter by far—shot up out of the grasp of the astonished Martina Crowe. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I got the water running hot first, then switched it to cold, just to fire up the senses and wake up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe never be able to do anything but sweep up this crummy store. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped up, but Father didn’t get up and I still couldn’t see him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way for Hannah to open up in that class. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear glanced surreptitiously at his colleagues; many were setting up half a dozen planks or more. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

After two minutes, they would haul themselves up again and continue. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Gay fumed as she cleaned up the waste. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We cheered and jumped and sang “I’m Going Back to Indiana,” messing up the song lyrics to announce that we were going to New York City to see the Jackson Five at Madison Square Garden. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A great heaviness was in all his limbs, but he roused himself with an effort and sat up. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Me and Rondell threw our bags in the sand too and looked up at the house. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Soon, more waves were heaving it up out of the water. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Using an iron shovel from the Dalton basement, Buckley showed how the bones had been raked out; explained how Bigger had “craftily crept up the stairs during the excitement and taken flight.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t usually ask me to get dressed up and take me out. I’m even wearing shoes.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

If they had a deuce set up you could bank it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I clean up the dishes and wipe up the tea I spilled on my floor. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The sound of him staggering up the stairs to our apartment told us all we needed to know. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

An automated announcement drifted up from the level below where the trains and buses arrived. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He picked up the trash can and came back to the foot of the ladder. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Edwin motioned everyone up to the fire pit. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She sizes me up and slides over a small guava square, still warm, on a plate. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I scooped up every kind I could find and ran out of the shop with an armful. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Don't die, Bran. Please. We're all waiting for you to wake up. Me and Robb and the girls, everyone ..." Lady Stark was watching. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The solo over, a duet followed, and then a glee: a joyous conversational murmur filled up the intervals. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He leaps, his torso up above the water, then quickly dives, catching the last log. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her godfather smiled up from his coffee mug. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

To help some of them conceal their big feet—and their coming growth spurts—Woolf started up a black market in his shoes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was swinging a ceremonial mace, and when we saw him, our whole party stood up and started clapping and cheering. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't worry, Lavender, you'll soon catch up," Miss Honey said, lying through her teeth. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ashish paused in his texting madness and looked up, thick eyebrows disappearing into his hairline. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Marcus began chanting, “Shot, shot, shot!” and it was taken up by the drunken horde surrounding me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ralph suggested that in the basement it might stink up his office. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the Escape Bathroom comes into sight, Heather calls my name, runs up, and grabs my arm. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That just makes it worse,” he said, and walked out just as Evan picked up Celia with one arm and she began squealing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“He drinks until he turns into a monster. Mom just gets drunk and pretends nothing has happened. It’s like a bad dream I can’t wake up from.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He bumped against it and ended up sitting. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I love the Heights. Can’t imagine growing up anywhere else,” James starts. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s not different. You say you let her go up there, but how could you have known she would fall?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Up and up and up she went, methodically climbing past nests and ledges and tiny trees rooted in the cracks, and before long our robot felt the soft soil of the island beneath her feet. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If any other girl had told me that she’d been told this by a guy, I’d tell her to back it up. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We got up, and she explained that we were going to find the host--I had never met him, she said, and it was making me uneasy. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She opens up the folder and examines the immunization record, the birth certificate. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She and Levi had gone to the local Chevrolet dealer to fill out the entry form and pick up a copy of the official rules, which read like a familiarization manual for an airplane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

And they would have to make up all their missed work once they got back to school in January. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He caught me up in his iron grip, crushing me to him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When he saw her, he got up, said, “Adiós,” to the boy, and came to her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Now, normally I am very shy, but Nothing seemed like the kind of guy you could just walk up to at a football game even though you were three years younger and not popular. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I picked up Paradise Lost I could only remember it was about Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge, but now I couldn’t make sense of it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I might have to give up on practical. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pull my book bag up over my shoulder and keep a straight face. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And her heels were clicking down the linoleum hall as Bailey tap-danced up the stairs to his room. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would not give him up a second time, however. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you pull up in the projects with a fancy car, you better be playing some New Edition, Whodini, or DJ Kool Here. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It cracks me up how expensive restaurants, located in what are basically outdoor shopping plazas, give themselves these snooty, fancy names. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Slugged him so hard that he dropped to his knees and then fell to his side and curled up in a fetal position, making high-pitched whistling sounds. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And over time she chalked up more and more victories. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“There’s always a first time. Now get up here!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

J.T. and Digger were punching each other in the arms and made a beeline for the store, but I walked up to the front to thank Carl for the ride. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mama took Andeg’s friendliness as a sign that he really had eaten up the berries. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And when people pick up a new word, they say it all the time. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like picking up the blame and carrying it, but I had no choice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had finished eating, the hunter stood up and pointed out the window. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I saw them in the staring light of the great room they slept in, and all but gave up my hope of acting that first night before I had drawn suspicion on myself. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d just imagined the excitement of jumping great hedges, the challenge of trying to keep up with the best riders, and the thrilling sound of the hunting horn. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one stared up at the first sergeant, yet there was complete silence as he spoke. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’ll be back on the field as soon as the play wraps up next week. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“What about Finch? Do you think you’ll wind up at the same place?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She helps him up and, without a word, pats his hair until his face flushes the color of beets. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slogged up the plowed driveway from the gym, past the snow-dusted baseball field and the ice hockey rink to get to the schoolhouse. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It rose from the ground, traveling up her legs until she was filled to the brim with it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"That was last night's supper, you ninny. You were asleep when I brought it up." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We gotta clean up that old lunch box so we can trade it for a motor.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

For the briefest instant he looked up and down the gravel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom takes my chin and tilts my head up. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The next day, we boarded the train in Cumberland and rode up a mountain to Frostburg and back. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

So they were all lined up, six of them, with their hands tied. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There were holes everywhere, and of course the mounds of dirt dug up alongside them. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Coughing and queasy, I sit up slowly to find my companions in the same condition. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself up on his knees and dragged himself off the road to the ditch that kept it drained. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Leary bounded out of nowhere, picked up a Laistrygonian giant in her mouth, and flung him into the air like a Frisbee. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Henry nodded but before he could answer Mr. Corcoran suddenly came up behind him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wake up early with a bad feeling and lift my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

If I bought a hot dog on the street, I'd have to make up that money by eating eggs for dinner or walking fifty blocks to the library rather than taking the subway. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And from that day forth people figured Cleofes was in trouble up to his eyeballs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could still feel the cool metal of the stapler in his hand, the heaviness of it as he picked it up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He scoops up his stew, slopping it on the table as he struggles to eat from a too-big spoon. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had no chance to aim again, for he crouched down, picked up a piece of wood, and hurled it at me, striking my gun, which flew out of my hand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faro picked up my trail immediately—the freshest one, leading toward the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The bus clanked into gear as I got up to open my window. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furious, Smith shredded up the form and stormed out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the first time she saw April do a ceremony for Set she kept jumping up and down with half-scared excitement. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still had to navigate the fallen bricks so I would not trip up again. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A website came up advertising a landscaping company. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He went and chatted up some lady loitering amongst the drugs, clipboard in hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then I pulled my T-shirt up over my nose and forced my way against the headwind. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gary pipes up, "Me too," and I'm tensing my fists, my jaw locked, and I just want to scream, but instead I say, "Whatever, I'm going home," because / don't have a fake ID. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Not to trade for tea,” Seth said, holding up Goldilocks. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When he typed “In the Pocket,” a matching cover image popped up. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I felt like the princess going up to the castle. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the sports car, as they drove through the salt marshes that led back to the coast, Mrs. Levy, pulling her blowing fur up closer around her neck said, “I’m establishing a foundation.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had walked more slowly than the others and was just coming up the mountain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and looked at me but didn’t say anything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Well, Isaac wasn't made up. He was just a girl. I mean, that girl Maura is Isaac." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I was wondering if you’d do me a favor,” he said as he came up to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He fumbled with the Ghabe stove, turned up the light, stared at me with his dark eyes full of fear. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I bob up and down a little and then splash into the water. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She gathered up Andrew and we climbed out of the Volkswagen and went out to try to catch a ride. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, Slam, I would like to work with you to get your math grades up,” the guy said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Monday grinned, her face lighting up as she kicked her legs. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Besides, he was still hungry- We picked up our pace as we walked in the shadows of the tree- lined sidewalks, now avoiding the center of the street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was dark inside, with just a few black lights and glow sticks strung up around the place, and Rishi found his heartbeat quickening just a bit. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Never mind that my heart was up in my throat pounding like runaway drums and my stomach was squeezing and screaming pain. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He kicked Shin in the side of the head and told him to stand up. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Through the open visor of his helm, a face pale and piggy peered up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dad answers with a wave, Mom a nod, and Gisa doesn’t look up from her scrap of silk. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

He managed it, finally, after hefting himself up and sagging back down a few times. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I do show up, my teachers look at me like they want to lecture me about how irresponsible they think I am. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dicey sat cross-legged on the floor, between the two in their chairs, looking up at them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if planned, we all got up and started running. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Besides, if I did talk to the doctor, I'd have to stay covered up with my scarf and gloves. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was curled up in the corner of a small room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pollard sat up and began searching the lines of buildings. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up, peer down over the edge of the gutter, and see the old Ford. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted another kiss—her chapped lips were burning up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Love was up and practically hopping, she was so excited. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn't too bad for a while because there weren't many people around and I could stick my feet up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They come up from the South, eighty thousand men, up the narrow roads that converge toward the blue mountains. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got up, he could go into the Headmaster’s house and watch television and eat fruit. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

After she hung up I called her back and told her I was sorry, even though I really didn’t think I did anything wrong. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

History, he kicked it to the far side of the room before I could pick it up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“How come you to follow me up here tonight?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his father’s spear and marched out to face the basilisks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He held up his hand to show me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She tipped it up and drained it and dropped it on the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Holding it up, she let the dingy light shine through its watermelon reds and deep greens. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In a few strides, War Admiral swooped up alongside him, his head pressing Seabiscuit’s shoulder. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I look up, I see something the sea brought aboard. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But Alec shot straight up before Mark reached him, startling him so much he almost skidded across the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He’ll sneak up behind me in the kitchen house and throw an arm across my chest, making me scream and laugh at the same time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His right hand went into his shirt and felt his knife: his eyes were wide; he stood up and walked to the doorway. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long as I could remember, Mama and Papa had gone to their room every Sunday after dinner and shut the door, and we knew better than to wake them up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The givens, all I’d been taught, fell away like so many covers when you sit up in bed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flipping open an old notebook she'd written in just before she left St. Louis, she read, It is hard to find anyone else who will admit they do not want to grow up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His father glanced up with a pained expression, shook his head, and resumed work. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

After our pictures were taken, and fresh, chemical-smelling laminated ID cards were spit out into our hands, we agreed to catch up to each other again at dinner. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Reverend Hunt,” I say as I struggle to keep up with his long strides. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She was utterly unprepared for her first pep rally, for all those fanatical cheers, all those arms pumping so frantically up and down, and she found the girls cliquey and obsessed with appearance. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two years of pushing up and down high hills in Montana’s thin air had made Roy a powerful rider, but Beatrice Leep was stronger. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were peasants going up into the hills. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s not about what the mortals believe. Maybe it’s because you give up on yourself” His pure brown eyes regarded me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Sure, yes, that,” he says, and he gets up and heads for the back wall of the room, where the Secret Service is stationed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Mr and Mrs Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You were kind of wrapped up in your own world.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when rich people move into the hood, where it’s a little bit broken and a little bit forgotten, the first thing they want to do is clean it up. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Did you come up here just to bug me?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you throw up all over her car?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I laced up my new sneakers, then unlaced and laced them better. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"You start Saul, and end up Paul," my grandfather had often said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stamped out the few that were still edged in red and threatening to flame up again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Raymie got up and stood in the doorway of the room and looked at the bright and shining path. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“To think,” said Mr. Pumblechook, after snorting admiration at me for some moments, “that I should have been the humble instrument of leading up to this, is a proud reward.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised when the prayer we said after dinner each night, the one with the beads, started up of its own accord and recited itself in the back reaches of my head. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just lay there, all tensed up, waiting for a fusillade of bullets to come buzzing through his windows. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pond took them up a hill and jumped, sending them into a short free fall. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Old Dan reared up, placed his front paws on the trunk, and started bawling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to get up there, see what’s going on—see if we can help.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I rolled it up and stuck it in my back pocket. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She sends me down the hall to rinse the dirty diapers in the lavatory so that they can be hung up to dry and used the next day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“By the sound of it, Malfoy was trying to use an Unforgivable Curse, you should be glad Harry had something good up his sleeve!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He got off the handlebars and tugged at his jeans, which had ridden up the crack of his butt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd erupted, and everyone from shop owners to warriors had their hands up, ready to fight. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The top of the barn comes swooping up out of the twilight. As I Lay Dying 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it was supposed to have stopped! Your scar—it wasn’t supposed to do this anymore! You mustn’t let that connection open up again—Dumbledore wanted you to close your mind!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He knew she was kidding, or thought she was, but he still felt anger rise up in his throat, and he knew the hurt was betrayed in his eyes. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Reading magazines took Deborah a long time because she had to stop often to look words up in her dictionary. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Yes, that’s right. So you've met him, then—’’ "I hate to tell you this, mister, but your friend is dead. Froze to death up on the tundra. Just read about it in Outdoor magazine.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday, Mama,” I said, jumping up and down like a lunatic, clutching my stomach, which all of a sudden ached. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was bracing myself to see a dumb tree branch or cement block somebody had tossed in to anchor a buoy come up. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Phoebe kept saying, “Hear that noise?” and she would jump up to peer out the window in case it was the lunatic returning for the rest of us. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The nurse takes my temperature, ’Tis up a bit, have a good sleep for yourself now that you’re away from the chatter with Patricia Madigan below who will never know a gray hair. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure he mostly clears up athlete’s foot and plantar warts. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The vision rippled, and Thorn’s hands were up; she was fighting. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The flag is still there. There are six flags up there, actually. But they’re all white now. Bleached out by the sun.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

During the trek to Base Camp, a young Sherpa named Pemba rolled up her sleeping bag every morning and packed her rucksack for her. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he reached into his pocket and then held his napkin up to his face and sneezed into it, once, twice, three times. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I remember listening to the sound of my father’s car as he drove up our street, pulled into the driveway, and rustled in his pocket to find his house keys. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The elf blushed, kneeling to pick up his wallet and badge. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A passing car on a gravel road had thrown up pebbles and broken out the large front window of Rocinante and it had to be replaced. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

On balance, then, the strangers ended up doing a much better job. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She followed her directional line over the Caribbean Sea and caught up with Drum as they were approaching the Isthmus of Panama. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

An inky blue tattoo that snaked up the side of his neck from beneath the collar of his shirt. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“If you got a corncob up you butt.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Seven lumbered up the final stretch of the hill and wondered at how different things looked up here compared with the rest of Ravenskill. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It's a habit by now, Freak riding up high on my shoulders and using his little feet to steer me if I forget where we're going. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was still up on the highest shelf. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The jeans were much too big for him, but he rolled up the cuffs until his feet showed, then he made a belt out of brown garden-twine, and tied it around his waist. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“You can call him up, ma’am,” I said, my heart pounding. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly, certainly. Come in and say hello to Polly,” he said, getting up from his desk. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby’s cage hung from a metal stand in the corner on the opposite side of the room, quite high up, so that the floor where she crouched was above their heads. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to be a regular guy. I want to grow up. Have, you know, a regular high school experience.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I would huddle, listening to their noise in the darkness, my eyebrows lifted, my lips pursed, the hair on the back of my neck standing up like pigs’ bristles. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Palmer decides for himself. It’s up to him.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The rider pulled it up and forced it to turn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not today. Now hurry up, Lolly. Get ready. You know how long they make you wait down there.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Nancy, frightened at being alone, came up with the children to sleep in Jenny’s room each night. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn't fit anywhere in the photo album of my life up until now, barely even a blur in the background or on the fringe of some forgotten frame. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I kneel and pick up a seashell fragment. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Wish I knew what he was up to,” said Fred, frowning. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He picks up a towel and wets it, then kneels down beside me and carefully wipes my face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For the next forty-eight hours, all the WEC members we could round up worked frantically, putting the names, addresses and phone numbers of all thirty thousand registered voters in Little Rock onto note cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey has jumped up, too, and is holding the brim of his baseball cap. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m sure we shall end up the best of chums,” said Diggle brightly, waving his hat as he left the room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Prosper shook her very gently by the shoulder, but Hornet shot up so fast that the kitten rolled off her pillow like a ball. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth’s walk was much steadier now and when we came to the fence, and I held up the wire, she hardly hesitated. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, without any warning, Mrs. Coulter stood up and turned and looked Lena Feldt full in the face. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother must have noticed these same differences after Ted picked me up one evening at my parents’ house. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes slid from one end of him to the other, up, down, and sideways, never finding purchase. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you see? It goes up at the end.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the man snapped up, he saw the cane stalks shuddering but he didn’t hear a single crack. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the game Coach Benny Kelly himself came up and kissed me in the middle of the court, in front of more than three hundred people. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

An enormous chart of the keyboard diagram was tacked up in front of the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t hurt that Duncan had grown up in Chicago. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

During that long summer, from mid-May to late September, I thought about it as I walked the tunnels and corridors from the lineup room to various buildings up the hill. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man looked up, smiling, when Jonas entered the room. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every day no matter what, Mom’d get up and make biscuits, grits, and sausage, bacon, eggs, or ham. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“I knew it! I knew all you guys were going to crack up someday if you didn’t quit fooling around with this hocus-pocus stuff.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave a start and nearly fell, just as Ji-yong picked up some speed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled down walls and found old fireplaces that, with a little fixing up, still worked. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He picked up boulders and piled them next to the catapults for firing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Very good. I’ll take up astronomy in my old age. Where will it lead me?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with a satisfied expression on his face, he climbed up to the chair that had replaced the altar. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I hold up my phone so the officer can see the text message I received. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I take the stairs up the two flights to the fourth floor and ring Elena’s doorbell. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ethan is staring at me and I realize my eyes are all welled up with tears, ’cause I’m on the verge of crying. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He hoisted Rita to his shoulders and trotted up the stairs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

An octopus, when you drag one from his chamber, comes up with suckers full of tiny stones: Odysseus left the skin of his great hands torn on that rock-ledge as the wave submerged him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand squeezes my waist and travels up to my chest. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Booth saddles up and is on his way, walking the mare up Sixth Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

An ant stung her on the ankle and she picked it up in her fingers and looked at it very close. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Evan brought up Bridge’s accident almost every time she saw him. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I told him not to mix them up; we didn’t want people growing hair between their toes. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad to see that the water was okay, especially when a big loggerhead turtle bobbed up to the surface. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Harry swallowed his mouthful of chocolate with great difficulty and got up again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She crinkled her mouth up and peeled the Johnny Tremain title off the old Captain Underpants I already finished and stuck it to the new one. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked up, he was watching my chickens. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then, even though the sky directly above was clear and sprinkled with the glittering souls of infant children who had died, a wind sprang up and rippled across the grass, carrying rain. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She felt like she did when we was packing up to go to Ohio,” he said. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eight hours do not help us at all—They make us work to maximum, up to maximum. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

We pass La Vega, and the rain is lighter now, but shows no sign of letting up. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn drew the curtains in the living room so that the people choking up the lawn wouldn’t gape. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I hurried up the hollow, calling her name. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I sat up and stretched my hands toward Mama in a plea for mercy. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I guess that if we was caught up and they didn’t need us, they didn’t want to be paying us either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled herself out of the chair to turn up the volume on the television and then plopped back down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“No, Dad. Call him at the hotel. See if he’ll come pick us up.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Bod stared up at her to see if this was a joke. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

On Lake Street, for instance, Margaret O’Toole set up her small stand and began selling chestnuts. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The blood spurted up over the berries and dyed them a dark red. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music from the jazz ensemble playing in the background, servers coming up to me every few seconds with a new offering. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And when he loved the goats too much, he gave them up for sheep. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Paganini hopped over right away at the smell of the cilantro and gobbled it up, his back molars crunching away happily. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“How was I supposed to know he was about to hang up?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked around the room nervously and then came up to me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Foreigners, kid. Immigrants. People who come from another country. That’s most of the people in Manifest. The whole town is made up of immigrants who came here to work the mines.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Upon arrival at the Gardens of Glenwood, the two men carry everything up the flight of stairs to Dell's apartment without even breaking a sweat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

His jeans stuck uncomfortably to his legs as he pulled them up. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Getting my hopes up when a hospital is involved doesn’t seem like a good idea to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But he was intent on it; he stood up again after a couple of seconds, the knife held forward already. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because my parents were so high up in the government, my brothers attended one of the best private schools, and my younger brother and I had our own baby-sitters. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nico had called on the earth to swallow them up, and then he’d run away—terrified of his own powers, and his own emotions. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He opens his mouth to shut Logan up, when Logan suddenly hollers, “Gardyloo!” and slings the contents of the wastebasket across the front of the room. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I basically just change which arm is pointing up and which one is pointing sideways. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The ground surged up to meet her and the cab door slammed against her shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So do you mean I have to pack up all my toys?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of getting up, she curls into me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When we stopped, I looked up at the decayed hotel, I looked up at our future. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we eat, I bring up my account and send Hideo an invite to join me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I say for you to shut up?” the policeman said angrily. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just hurry up. Don’t make them all puffy. I need them tight.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t know how long it would take for you to wake up. I had to make a decision.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You must be broiling in that coat,” Sarah said as she wrapped up my sandwiches in newspaper. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, well! who knows what may happen?” said Mr. Lloyd, as he got up. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Did not jump up in class and shout, “I have a pigeon!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He swung his arms, and loosened up his legs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Special Circumstances would come, they would wake her up, they would take her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Shadow thought there was a lot to be said for bottling up emotions. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She glides away along the sidewalk and I go up the walk towards the house. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its tail wasn’t flipping up and down the way the dolphin’s had, or even the baby porpoise’s. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him running up the hill where you two used to play, his feet kicking up plumes of dust. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fine hairs along my arms stand up. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the possibility that the team might break up into cliques based on country or tribe or language was always there. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I took up my customary position on the chaise, my arms folded behind me on the cowhide. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The nurse dismissed them, rolled up her sleeves, and proceeded to wash Aurelia as if she were four years old. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

There’s little talk among us: everyone seems caught up in private thoughts. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The gravity of the situation didn’t hit me until Saturday afternoon, when Miles showed up on the doorstep, apologizing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

You wake up at four a.m. hungry, so you eat. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If he declined Trip’s offer, Frank figured he would offend the guy and end up as sorghum or wheat or some other cash crop. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Chipper ran in past us and leapt up on the window curtain and hung there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Decca mentioned the doctor, but Mom almost never checks the home phone. I would have picked up the messages if there were any.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jabir picked up one of the smaller ones and cradled it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Merlyn, before letting her lock him up in the cave, had given the Matter of Britain into her hands. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up, saw my face, and ceased his experiment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It remained dark, not only because of the smokes of the Mountain: there seemed to be a storm coming up, and away to the south-east there was a shimmer of lightnings under the black skies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If only the Colonel didn’t ball up his every belonging and stuff it into random dresser drawers. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Watch out for the seat springs up there,” I tell Lolo. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Everything she think just hop up and sit on that ashy white face for anybody to see. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She mixes up frothy shakes out of cantaloupe. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Lily got up and hugged him, but I could tell it was a hug that was barely there. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

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

On my third try the bird paddled up to the sinking bait and plunged its head underwater to get at it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When it began to grow dark, they set up camp just off the trail; downhill, the river Nir was pregnant with rain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If I wait for him at the table before the sun comes up, look right at him, and speak loudly, he’ll be so surprised, he’ll have to answer me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Bridge tried to give her a smile and a thumbs-up, but Em was looking at Mr. Partridge, who had stepped away from the light board to talk up at her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was the person folks called for advice, prayer, and practical help when someone got into trouble or ended up in jail. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was in pieces and falling apart, but I was too attached to give him up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We appreciate your sentiments,” said Fflewddur, “but with that leg of yours, you’re hardly up to slashing or gashing or anything at all.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But as the sun rose and the mist burned off, we really warmed up in our fashionable get-ups. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Gradually it became red and soft with rust and gradually the mallow weeds grew up around it and the flaking rust fed the weeds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his hand back and waved it through the air to sum up all the ways the San Antonio schools kept Mexican students apart from whites. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not with a fight between her and Dad first when Dad tells her the whole story about where he picked me up. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I look up at her to see if it works. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The temperature was climbing up, and the sky was bleaching yellow with heat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad behaved himself pretty well during the tea, but on later visits he’d sometimes interrupt Mother’s parents in the middle of sentences and go over and pick up Mother from her chair. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve been wound up for hours, dashing around the house, thrilled to be awake so late. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings he trudged back up the mountain to the schoolhouse to chop more wood, do his schoolwork, and sleep as best he could. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A fast-talking guy on TV was pouring chocolate syrup on the floor and mopping it up with a Miracle Mop. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And he picked up a little book and handed it to me and said, “Two ninety-five.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lolo looks up at the ceiling and clears his throat. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I’ll never be able to make my First Communion and mothers will hold their small children up and point at me and say, Look at him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then a part of it slowly began to rise up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Denna gave the remains of her apple a speculative look, then began to eat it from the bottom up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Savage’s face lit up with a sudden pleasure. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had stayed up until Master came home and Ugwu was in the kitchen, half asleep, waiting to lock up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The dead outnumbered the living, and there weren’t enough hands to bury the bodies piling up in the roads.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

"Now bring up three more bottles," Mike said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

‘Bless me! It’s Master Merry, to be sure, and all dressed up for fighting!’ said old Hob. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was too tired to fall all the way asleep, and even though Mamou was soft and warm, leaning up against her wasn’t a terribly comfortable position to sleep in. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Texan looked up at him with an uncertain grin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A double column of guardsmen brought up the rear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But as I careen forward he steps up and catches my wrists, steadying me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess she had gotten her strength back while we were gone, because she lifted Jeffrey up in a rib-crushing hug until he practically begged her to let him down. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have time to react, so each pan torpedoed into the blue water and, like a depth charge, held on for a moment before blowing up in my face. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They brought out the official square wooden table for the challenger to stand on, and from the moment Maniac climbed up, you could tell the Knot was in big trouble. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth scrambled to center stage, turned to the audience, and stood up straight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it curled up next to me, I could feel its warmth. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

My father began looking for someone to tutor me, to help me make up at least part of what I had lost. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

My hands was shaking, but I picked up her groceries, putting ’em in the sack, then went back into the alley. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

It writhed like a fierce, black dragon with chili peppers up its snout. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had seen Ligaroti’s head jerk up oddly at the wire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dandelion and the other two seem to have cheered you up, all right,” said Hazel to Holly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One path led south across a bridge, up to the hill with all the temples. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He tried to cut around the baseline looking for a backdoor play or maybe to post me up low. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I am amazed, because it does fly just like a little bird, flitting up and down and around, higher than I can reach. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He clearly hated being laughed at, but his slow little mind couldn’t quite work out what Sammy was up to. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at the set faces and thought the Underlanders had already decided to split them up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Passively, he hungered for another orbit between two poles that would let him live again; for a new mode of life that would catch him up with the tension of hate and love. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My brother Lachaud has shot up tall like me, but Pie stays small and sick with some breathing thing. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up, brushed my teeth and put on pajamas. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But it proved to be a good deal more difficult to forget him than I had anticipated, mostly because I had been moved up into Rav Gershenson’s Talmud class where Danny’s presence was always felt. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Milkman stood up and walked to his car. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he looked at me with this tenderness that was also totally new to me, stood up, and held his arms open. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the door opened for some newcomers, and he saw Arlene smiling up at him, her face puffy, the blond wig tipped over one eye. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got on the bus that afternoon, and I guess the fact I wouldn’t speak to him made him sit up front with Shana. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the bridge Fiver, who was perfectly calm and unhurried, stopped and sat up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he just barges up to somebody and swats a tile from his hand, shattering it on purpose. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maria, choking back tears, was pushed up to the table by Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight they were dancing together when Lexie felt someone press up against her from behind. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If the disturbance is from a regular vibration, the result is that the molecules end up squeezed together into evenly-spaced waves. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She made me real nervous—but she also kept Lice Peeking from acting up. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t have nothing to separate our smells and sounds except for a big blanket tacked up in the middle,” she told us more times than we wanted, which was none. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His heart crowded up into his breast and he leaned over the child to look at it. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The very thought of her lips against water—the tip of her nose touching its surface—summons up a biological craving beyond anything she has experienced. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A hand pulls him up by the hair and a soldier is staring at him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided not to mention that Mom and Mr. Shine had gotten real quiet when they saw me riding up the driveway. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Wandering aimlessly at first in the wood, Frodo found that his feet were leading him up towards the slopes of the hill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Because we spent our days doing nothing but listening to CDs and coming up with dance moves, our crew from the corner already knew all the songs, so they became our dancers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mack says Ruby’s not picking up the slack after all. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He gives me a sheepish smile as she stretches up to pat both his cheeks like he’s a small boy. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They ripped up his scrap of paper with his mother’s phone number on it, too, and tossed it to the wind. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Like the dinitros, it interferes, often fatally, with the body’s source of energy, so that the affected organism almost literally burns itself up. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She poke her head up, smiling big as you please. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then he looked up, as if he wanted to say something, glanced at Bridge, and left. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

You focus on getting your own one little place set up perfect, as I have done, and you’ll see. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little later, when the cat had curled up to sleep, Will took a cup of coffee and the green leather writing case, and sat on the balcony. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart thuds as if I were still pedaling up the hill. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We marched up the hill to the mess hall pavilion. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Binns droned on and on while they scribbled down names and dates, and got Emeric the Evil and Uric the Oddball mixed up. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“We missed the fun of the wedding, you know, it’s a shame to deprive us of all excitement. Hands up for the Manderley fancy dress ball. There you see, de Winter? Carried unanimously.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I stand motionless in front of the mirror, Mrs. Walton holds the dress up to my shoulders. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every now and then Calvin stopped, threw his lamplight on a tree, and examined it closely from about three feet off the ground to up as far as his arm could go. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the phone and called Mom. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I’m trying to save up for piano lessons and a keyboard.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“The general wants you up and ready to report to duty. He’s in one of his go-go-go moods. You may only be a Green, but he’s expecting you to help.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

That’s where she wants to end up when she makes Junior Researcher. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I can’t eat right now, and while I appreciate Baba’s hospitality, I would also like him to hurry up and leave so I can finally sing this song, before I chicken out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Even as he watched, the speed seemed to pick up. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Red picked up my flattened hat and shoved it back on my head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Picking up the next card, I decide I shouldn’t do just “me” words. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe one was loose enough to pull up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning found me headed up island long before the sun rose. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

After resting, I got up and went to the barn to get the tractor. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I left the books behind, planning to pick them up later. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you and I fight, but then we make up,” I said to him hopefully. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he got up to the street, he pressed in the number. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He looked up—seemingly to make sure it was me—then lifted one of his long arms, and set it on my shoulder. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The row of A-shape structures holding up this bridge—they don’t look good. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They brought wet sleeping bags and clothes up on deck and hung them from the masts, halyards, and rigging. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch picked up the cracker and sardine and presented them to Rose Aylmer. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Chris Hayes, my best friend, slid up behind me while I tried to stuff myself into my locker. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It must have been a little after midnight when Gollum woke up: suddenly they were aware of his pale eyes unlidded gleaming at them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He had hanged himself with rope from a beam high up in a neighbor’s barn. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Luke had that effect on girls—even donkey-legged vampires—and Percy wasn’t sure bringing up his name was such a good idea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A row of folding tables had been set up in front of the auditorium stage. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

When we didn’t have access to the school’s dance studio we’d break down oversize cardboard boxes in abandoned streets and parking lots, set up a boom box, and practice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The plan was to shoot west until they hit a string of islands a trapper had shown him, and then bow northeast until the swamp dried up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Apparently his rank wasn’t up to her standards. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m still pacing when the elevator opens up to the youth dormitories. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Looking up at the mirror, she was surprised by the wild look on her face. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daedalus picked up another one of the boy’s metal bugs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He looked along the passage, and saw, up some steps and through another open door, the side of the hill with the shadow of oncoming night on it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get how Hudson gets all the pity points just because I’m the one who broke up with him. I had my reasons. You know all of them.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Aaron bounced up and down on his chair. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t worry about that,” said the Mathemagician as he scooped up the pieces. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Tom, I was thinking about what you told me I said. That the Maze is a code. Being holed up in here does wonders for making the brain do what it was made for.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Having grown up with this in our ears, it's startling to realize that other countries have nationalistic slogans of their own, none of which are "We're number two!" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He started mumbling some African talk against it then commenced to crying in quiet jerking noises that made his teeth rub up against my skin and made the chains on his arms and legs rattle. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He leaned a ladder up to her window, forced the latch and let her out. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” I said, looking him up and down. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were still warm, so I kind of hated giving one up for Chas when we stepped outside and into the drizzle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’d been wondering how it would feel for him to grow up without relatives. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold out, and the air seemed to lift up under the heavy coat Ty'ree was wearing. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Sam would call, as he and his donkey, Mary Lou, walked up and down the dirt roads of Green Lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I hope he knows enough about plowing to make up for what I don’t. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then right away she started making up new rules and trying to take control of me and Grandma and the house. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Watch what you say, or you may never leave—not standing up at any rate." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow woke up stretched out in the back of a sedan car. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“They build it high up so it’s harder for hunters to get there.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had known, for instance, a horse nearly dead beat with fatigue to perk up when told it was only a little farther to his destination. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down and picking up her diary began to write in it in a clear flowing hand. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up, looked into the keyhole, blew into it, and turning to his employers, made some remark. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Badal, the water man, would bring it up the hill to our compound every day from the well. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were all up there somewhere, making a mess of the world. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the blood was washed off and she had dried my hands with paper toweling, she looked up into my face and her eyes went round with fright. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up to the scream of sirens speeding up Central Park West, maybe one of the most common sounds in New York City. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

When they looked up, he pointed to the watch on his own wrist. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She wasn't wearing her nametag—it was still pinned to the lab coat she had hung up when she left work. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Johnny’s brother—we ended up transferring him from Doolittle because of the way kids are—kids can be very cruel! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put down the book and stood up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He woke up in his aunt's bed, blinking against the white glare of the morning sun. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up strands of hair from before him and rolled them between his fingers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget to grab the ones you left in my folks’ house back up in the woods.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pulled it up from the new string around my neck. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came back, he was sitting up in bed, his bedclothes on the floor; he was shivering and blue with cold. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

If he wants her to get up, I thought, why is he kicking and clubbing her? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

And I thought: what would it be like, ten years from now, to be up here gathering greens some morning with children of my own? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jay held up jar after jar to his flashlight, dropping them all back into the baskets he plucked them from. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’d had to tell him to shut up about it several times already because for some reason he always felt comfortable sharing these details with me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stand up and quickly turn one of the clocks around. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Birdie, whose smile never looked fake, who never wondered if anyone would show up at her academic decathlon, who never woke up in one house and went to sleep in another. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then he picked up the ball and tossed it lightly into the air, nothing but net. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he went up to bed he tried again to get the thing off, and so did his wife, but it wouldn't budge. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Toby dropped his bag, barely sitting down before she grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I hung up and stared at the phone. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

My shadow fell upon the water as I passed, and he looked up and saw me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His face when he looks up is completely blank. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I woke up this morning, I noticed the infection had gotten worse. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He got up at dawn just for the chance to sit on the stairs and watch the rest of his family eat breakfast. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I held up English for You and Me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There are umbrellas and awnings set up to keep them in the shade, but not nearly enough. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I came in here to burn them up. But if you want to buy one for a nickel?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pedro Tercero was put in the trunk of the car, curled up like a package, and covered with market baskets full of fruit and vegetables. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually a few of us are allowed to get up. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sinking to his knees before me, Yakov parted my hands and tilted up my chin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Coming up from the basement, Kyle saw Andrew Peckleman in the middle of the Rotunda Reading Room, opening a long metal box sitting on top of the center desk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I just went up and put my hand in Jimmy’s face and pushed him away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone would be expecting them to follow up yesterday’s failed ascension with a success, which of course they couldn’t do, at least not yet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Chiron had to break up a fight,” Luke shouted to me over the music. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I went downstairs and slipped out the backdoor, pretending I was going to the outhouse, in case she woke up. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Headbands made her chin-length hair fan out weirdly around her face so that she ended up looking like a frilled-neck lizard. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The rider abruptly stood up and threw his weight against the reins. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point last night, Tom got promoted back up the list of men I think about, and I sent him an email. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My shirt creeps up my body, and I don’t pull it down, even when I feel cool air on my stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Open up, the monster said, its voice as clear as if the window wasn’t between them. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes dart to the cabinet where she had taped up my meal plan. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

My heart feels as if it's a cricket ball, rising up one minute only to head straight to the ground a minute later. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My husband's career had allowed me to witness the machinations of politics and power up close. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He says, “Let’s never give up the root cellar, Mason. Not for anything. Tell no one.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I had gotten up in the middle of the night and stolen the rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cassie smiled and went on up 145th Street toward the subway. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected her to go up in flames. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why’s he sent you up here, if he knows you don’t like heights?” said Harry, frowning. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Every morning, as soon as she woke up, she ran her mind over her body, to see where she hurt and what new afflictions she had developed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t hear of it. We’re not giving up that easily. My child shall not be brought up by a robot if it takes years to break her of it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Panicking was how the people in the movies ended up getting themselves killed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Holly got up from the bed and started walking fast, back and forth, across the room. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Pete glances up at me, still leaning over the twitching animal. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She leaned up and kissed Rishi, her tongue falling against his with a fervor that surprised her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If he came home, he would beat her and me up for sure. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As you earn points, you will move up through the ranks of the game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I followed him through a second door and up another stairway, bursting through the rooftop hatch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her face is tear streaked, so I reach up to wipe it clean. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked up and stood by his side. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

With one of the mariposas climbing up her nose, staring at her eye to eye, Pita looked like Bambi, right before the hunters shot his mother. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Some of them were being held up by others. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He slid the balls up the brass rods, pondered swiftly, clicked them all back into place and announced “dirty-nine cent.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up straighter, realizing that I don’t know the answer. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I steel up inside, willing myself to do something I don’t really want to do. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lola said, “He came up behind me, you see. He knocked me to the ground...and then...he pushed my head back and his hand was over my eyes. I couldn’t actually, I wasn’t able...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her hair is tied up in a huge severe and shiny bun. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The crowd broke up in silence and went their separate ways. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had been up for about an hour, and we’d already gathered the eggs, fed the chickens, had breakfast, and been waiting at the bus stop for over ten minutes. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She put her hand up and the boy came out from the Pagoda bar beside the stables. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ever up now we went, until we came to the Endless Stair.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Without missing a beat, Hideo picks up the glasses, follows his mother into the kitchen, and gently reminds her to put them on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he had drunk enough, he stood up, bloody intestines draped around his neck like a scarf, and went to find Draupadi and bathe her hair in fresh blood. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where was God when a kid had a question and looked to his friends in the streets for an answer because his father was locked up and his mother strung out? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You’ve really got the basement in a mess. You want to clean it up down there?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But finding the wallet made up for all that, plus now they weren't going to starve. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“At school? Some of the lasses will be lovely. Sit up, sweet. Don’t you want your presents?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

That kind of slip up bothered him a lot, and for maybe five minutes he could not concentrate as he should have on the ground below. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tippytoed up the rest of the steps. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Going up to the house at this time would be more than inappropriate. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hang up and hand the phone back to him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“And then...if you’re still awake after all that, you slip your hand under the covers...you slide it back and forth, up your legs and down until...” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It just gives her an excuse to make up a story.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Angela and I were the last to arrive, and, as Eric said our names, I noticed a younger boy sitting on the stones near the fire glance up at me in interest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Was it the ship itself giving up the ghost? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A field pops up to ask me how many notes I want to bet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We came up with a plan, and I have to admit, I was kind of excited. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When issues came up before the alliance, the Tododaho would summon the fifty sachems who represented the clans of the Five Nations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could have tracked her down—I was, after all, a reporter—but after a couple of feeble attempts I gave up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and we pack up for sixth period. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I clean up and say nothing, hoarding these things for times of greater need. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at the sunlight winking through the cedar branches. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The ball bounced off my face, knocking my goggles up and knocking me back into the goal net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that, the twins jumped up and ran from the room roaring like race cars. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She just stared at me for a second, sizing me up, probably thinking about whether she wanted to yell at me or not. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of shuffling around when the bell rang and everybody got up to leave. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t need rest, and I don’t want to go, but before I know it, my feet are taking me up the stairs and I am closing my door behind me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Sharp chips and shards of rock flew up and stung his face. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then he called to the men walking up the road, "Get the hell out of the General's road. General Pershing's coming through. Make way for General Pershing!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the other boys looked up the valley, and so did our audience. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I check my phone and see it’s time to pick up Mr. Ram. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

On her first night in Casa Rosa, Zola climbs the narrow, ziggy stone steps to the tower and clambers through the tripping door up to the balcony. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I thought there would be too many people, so I stood up and pretended to yawn. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She took measured steps up to the podium. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As Will came around the corner, his cat Moxie, rose up from her favorite spot under the still-living hydrangea and stretched before greeting him with a soft meow and butting her head against his leg. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless Tigris gives us up, I don’t believe anyone will find us here. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Newt stepped up, lightly placed a hand on Alby’s chest and pushed him back. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Except the desire shredding me up inside was so painful, it could only be a part of my heart and soul. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I say, “Good for you, Tommy,” plant my hand on his back, and stand up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I woke up at dawn feeling excited about making the trip to Santa Clara. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was staring up at the sky as though he was waiting for the sun to send him a message. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She could smell his skin, could see the wounds on his shoulder up close. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I asked again, because my world was shattering, and I needed the truth to build it back up. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As she talked, someone else pulled a chair up and joined the group at the table. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A jeep started up with a backfire directly outside and roared away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was a mountain of snow right in the middle that we climbed up. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It was as if whatever happened in the barrio was conveyed in the breeze to be picked up by whomever was alert enough. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The newcomer hesitated, thought for a moment, then picked the fish back up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m not. My dad’s in town, so he’s picking me up.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Midnight rises up on his hind legs, his forelegs curled in front of him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It’s not even up to God who, if He exists, is nowhere around right now. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the boodeg racket I was involved in, someone high up must have been taken for a real pile. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greek mythology is largely made up of stories about gods and goddesses, but it must not be read as a kind of Greek Bible, an account of the Greek religion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake went up on tiptoe so he could see Dominic’s math scrawls. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I have read this in a book, dug up from the depths of the stacks, in the library. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Little Ann, not to be outdone, reared up and placed her small front paws on the smooth white bark. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the matures! or the saddest phase had come, in which enthusiasms had been need up for good, and only our famous seventh sense was left to be practised. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I try to call up old girl friends on the telephone late at night, after my wife has gone to bed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had promised to school me in how to beat the barbershops’ three- and four-dollar price by making up congo- lene, and then conking ourselves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he walks up the street he pulls a small notebook from his pocket and writes a few things down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He must have had to bunny hop all the way up to Gryffindor Tower. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Usually he had simply locked up and left, leaving the key with Mrs. Oakes so that she could come in once or twice a week mid keep the house warm, and aired. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that opens up a black hole in the pit of my stomach. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It picked up an acorn, held it for a moment in its handlike front paws, as if it were praying. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the runners were moving up, the fans let the umpire have it for that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant I could get out of the house if I was really quiet so I didn’t wake him up. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She buzzed a second later, and I got up, slid the headphones across the table to Willy, and left the kitchen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And what you plant is a bare seed . . . not the full-bodied plant that will later grow up. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I spit in the toilet and stood up, looked at my bloodshot eyes in the mirror, and I couldn’t believe it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He half expected Dessie to run out of the house when he drove up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, we came sneaking up in single file, in the darkness, and the two white boys in the lead fell down into the outhouse hole neck deep. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day I left the bread and picked up a little black-and-white glass dog no bigger than my thumbnail. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, my alarm clock tells me it's 11:37 p.m., so from the time I lay down on my bed to now is almost four hours. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Georgie had been in the shed when I woke up, if I’d met him in the woods, if we’d made up, I might not have left the shelter of the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There he stood in front of Pippin, looking him up and down. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Take him up to his room and put him to bed. Dana, you...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Looking up, he saw a pair of hawks flying high in the sky. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soojin pulls up a photo on her phone and shows us. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Genie swallowed the need-to-be-honest that was making its way up his throat. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A driver picked him up and took him not to an office but to a remote cottage outside Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Next time, baby. I was busy up here. Dug a little deeper. Picked up some fresh intel.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

A loud cheer went up from the bank. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I thought of Customs Officer II, who I had imagined stringing me up to the ceiling and interrogating me before he decided to let me go. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Feeling that it was time for him to do something, Bernard also jumped up and shouted: “I hear him; He’s corning.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When our time was up, I tried to take the pictures and he started screaming. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He would have forced me over the side of the bridge if I had not reached up and grabbed the reins. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie scooped up the nearest chicken and sat in the only chair in the room. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The deputy standing by the door made a grunting noise and held up five chubby fingers, which was the number of minutes left before he took my father back to the cell. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Heavens, Scipio! Did you have to creep up on me like that?” he spluttered. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up, suddenly, at the sound of a car horn. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The edge of the hallway light rolled up the bedspread like some little sunrise. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She waited until the car started up and pulled away. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t tell if she wanted him to continue or to shut up. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Object came up the stairs to the master bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Excellent! Who else? We leave at three, we pick up trash for an hour, you’re back here by four-thirty. So you could, technically, go to the Mathletes meeting.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Whit sparked up like I had asked her for twenty bucks. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Over those first few days, Lazlo had to see to it that all the Godslayer’s delegates were set up with workspace to accommodate their needs, as well as materials and, in some cases, assistants. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The preacher murmured to Hickey and got no response, so took him by the hand and led him to the wooden stairs that led up to his fate. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up toward the stars, but even the sky had turned murky. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How fearfully he watched death creep over her from the bottom up. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was twenty-six steps up to the world above. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

How can I bear the scent of what catches up to me? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny told his children how Hendrick Hudson had sailed up that same river so long ago. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It leads to a tunnel, and they wind up going through it into another world, the Goldengrove. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t team up with the Ellisons. You invited Leen because you want her to be your girlfriend and left me dealing with Wiki getting in the way.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Cook’s children had grown up in the house but had left and gone off to other places a couple of years ago, California and Boston and the like. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I go in the kitchen and fill up a glass from the sink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I taped up eight of the intakes, leaving only one of them active. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mrs. Van Hopper will be up again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She had the jacket to this tan suit my mother bought her in Canada hung up on the back of the chair. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

If it’s all up to him to decide our fate, shouldn’t protection be part of the bargain? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for setting up the trap, Uncle Jet.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Four smaller gold thrones lined up in a row on a lower level. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Eventually I begin to think I’m going to throw up and crawl away, to the great mirth of everyone. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I took a few bites of my sandwich, wrapped up the rest, and tossed it in my book case for later. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he returned, he was boiling up with a fever and hallucinating. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But Arthur showing up has completely changed the game. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and sat up, wrapping her arms around Otto and giving him a big kiss on the top of his head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to remember the way his crisp shirt collar stood up against his neck. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he went to the Indian school up in Pennsylvania, and if he did, how it compares to Miss Preston's. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He would have to put up with his tantrums, his inconsiderate orders, and his self-importance for the rest of his life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, our love for each other and Dolly ended up running deeper than one song. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My eyes lift up into the trees, searching for a sign of her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I felt like I floated up the front stairs, then I made sure the screen door didn’t slam and took my shoes off and went in and sat on my bed. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have never interfered with the way you brought them up,” Mother says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said put yer hands up,” Davy says, his horse whinnying and bluffing and clopping from foot to foot. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I helped her pick them up, but she was going to have to wash everything over again. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Commanding officers do not usually pick up prisoners at the hospital, so my suspicions were immediately aroused. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead Gabriel Witter stood up, raised both hands into the air, and began to shout as sincerely and convincingly as he could manage. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Through this work, Hooke came up with the idea of a new kind of pocket watch regulated by a balance spring. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Like when you wake up and your arm is still asleep and you can't hardly make it move? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she didn’t, he picked up a garbage bag and helped. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery, was more than twenty years older than I, and had established a great reputation with herself and the neighbours because she had brought me up “by hand.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Cooter jammed our ears up tight. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Me and Maxwell Smitherman here come to sign up to vote.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“So. Let us begin. Simple procedure. Come up one at a time. Reach into this bag. Take one slip of paper. Read it out loud.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was sitting up, putting his glasses back on, and picking up his wand. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“They thought Cloke was mixed up in it, they thought a lot of things. It’s funny. We’re so used to Henry. We don’t realize sometimes how he looks to other people.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Look it up. Six-three-four-point-three-three-four. Lemons as an orchard crop. That means it’s a fruit!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

In turning a leaf she happened to look up, and I said to her directly— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Two snakes full of poison” is how Patsy Mitchner, a former slave, summed up her experience before and after the war. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shrug and pick it all up again. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I meant to,” Mom says, “but then you asked for my help with the basement, and I got caught up in that and forgot to bring it up.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, I haul myself up into a tree and belt myself in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He lay on the brass bed and went back in time over his sullen and miserable childhood and his fretful and vicious growing up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not in his own rooms,” Bernard summed up. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bluebeards and tigers and Rippers could eat him up before he could scream for help. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they woke Hake, who received the Lord Commander's orders with a stream of curses, but got up all the same and soon had a dozen brothers cutting roots for a soup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe it's the shock and anger of learning I have to leave, but something wakes up inside me, something as powerful as a searchlight, and I jump up and stamp my feet. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I wake up to the patter of rain on Caitlin’s balcony. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Him carrying me on his back up the stairs. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dubonnet showed up on our doorstep one evening and Mom answered his knock. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, even though my mother has been setting up shrines and praying for Pri’s father’s soul on the anniversary of his death each year. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Why can’t poets just say what they want to say and then shut up? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Vortices of snow whirl up in front of them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I have been for the last couple months or so—last guys got transferred, I moved up.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the first Volley, Mares spun, Legs broken, Skulls crushed, & the rest charged the far Wall of the Paddock & leaped it or crashed through it & coursed up the Hillside away from us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

With unusual awkwardness he grabbed a juice pitcher, lost his grip, and ended up sloshing an entire quart of juice all over Kate’s feet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Growing up on Euclid Avenue, I’d been taught that self-sufficiency was everything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As we drive up to my house, I see that Bo’s truck is parked out front. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When he finally looked up, I was already staring at him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jay scraped the bottom of his bowl of fruit and I squinched my face up at the sound. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jaime looked up from the ground and thought he recognized the man; he reminded him of a boy he used to play with at Tres Marias when he was a child. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still a playground rocket, not a real one, but every time I turn the wheel to the left, the trees in the park lift up their roots and sidestep it to the left. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Why, then when my strength fails,” Antigone answered, “I will give up.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hurry up. He probably needs to do his business,” Nana says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"There's only, but of course! You remember? The tail-end part, where the rocks are all piled up. I've been near there. The rock makes a sort of bridge. There's only one way up." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And although he could not feel more shock or horror or sadness than he felt already, Harry knew, as he picked it up, that there was something wrong... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He slipped away then, back up the creaking steps, but Winnie sat upright, wide awake, her cheeks burning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was ready to go home, ready to leave Greenwood and Grampa’s house, ready to try to patch things up with Dad. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tiny wrens and sparrows hopped around the yard and fluttered up to the bird feeder on the fencepost. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Harry knew that Ron was only saying this to make up for his behavior of the last few weeks, but he appreciated it all the same. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like having to explain to them, so I just shut up, smoked a cigarette, and looked at the sea. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Pulling back Lenny’s nice curtains makes it pretty clear that the rest of the trailer park is lit up all bright and showy. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Armistead came up to the stone wall, and the blue boys were falling back. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monique busied herself, trying to clean up the apartment a bit so that Jordan wouldn’t have anything to yell about when he returned. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took us twice as long to get a fire started, and it took me longer to carry water up and down the stairs, but I didn’t care. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hope I don’t goof up,” says Tim, comically bending his sword and shooting me a worried look. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“But sometimes? Sometimes, you remember every detail. Sometimes they are so real that if you were laughing in your dream, you wake up laughing. And if you were crying, you wake up crying.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I threw in little clumps of dirt that broke up as soon as they met the water. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Raspberry mocha, thin mint, stone gray...I’m so good at painting nails, I could open up my own shop. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hamid frowns as I lift up my shirt, her dark eyebrows knitting together as she looks at the infected skin around my G-tube. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

On the street outside I look up and down for his car, but it’s not there either. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But then Akimi started waving for him to come on up! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

About fifteen hundred people were lined up at the foot of the building’s white marble steps, hoping to get one of fewer than two hundred seats available to the public. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dad’s Adam’s apple rolled down his throat, then back up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The roses flamed up as though with a sudden passion from within; a new and profound significance seemed to suffuse the shining pages of the books. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk to the rock ledge that surrounds part of the Hole and climb up onto it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She uncoiled her hair, ran a brush through it two or three times, and then pulled it up into a ponytail. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And with that, even as his eyes were lifted up to gloat on his prize, he stepped too far, toppled, wavered for a moment on the brink, and then with a shriek he fell. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They slithered down the tree and gathered up dry grass. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anticipation, in a way—that same awkward feeling as when I’d walked up the sidewalk to ring her doorbell on our first date. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His thin, gray eyebrows began to climb up his forehead. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The officials looked up, expecting to see Greenberg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They straightened up when Carlos gave them a sour look. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I spotted Mtisha I came up behind her, put my arm around, and when she turned to see who it was I planted one right on her lips. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

If I wake up yelling three times a night there’s not much point in trying to hide. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the clock on the wall. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“But, my dear sir,” cried Mr. Weston, “if Emma comes away early, it will be breaking up the party.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The assignments, quite honestly, made me feel guilty for growing up in a time with a life-changing advancement, sort of like how we have medicine to cure common diseases that killed others in the past. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He’d woken up with this sword his first night at the Wolf House—two months ago? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When she looked up at the sky, she saw Raya’s plane circling around to make another attack on the bombers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I stood up, trying to realize what reality lay behind the meaning of the words . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate made her way to the back of the Institute Control Building, hustled past the boulders and the drapeweed trap, and started up the hill. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looks up at me and rolls her eyes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The solemn tone, more than the sacrilege of what she said, made me look up. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I turned right to that midwife and said, ‘I’ll take the girl and get her cleaned up right.’” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She was going to grow up and grow old and fill her head with memories that time would never be able to steal from her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Skillets, beds, patched up spare inner tubes all hanging and dangling from the ancient cars on the outside and hopeful humanity, herded and hovered on the inside, chugging on to the muck. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sasha and her friends had taken a shine to cable cooking shows and sometimes commandeered the residence kitchen to decorate cookies or whip up elaborate, multicourse meals for themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There’s a tailor who sets up his foot-pedal sewing machine under the tree and takes their orders, simple as that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until I moved closer to the city, I only ever saw airplanes up high. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Like a man reborn, he wanted to test and taste each thing now to see how it went; like a man risen up well from a long illness, he felt deep and wayward whims. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t quite stand up, but I could crawl in and kneel or squat comfortably. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Joon shrugs and reaches in to pick up the brown paper bag. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I feel so hurt up inside when I see one of those thing,” Arrabelle lamented. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Poke up the fire,” she said to the boy. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I can push back up. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But don’t ask me to get up, little brother. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stand up,” said Arthur, and be clapped Ms hands for a page to take away the seat. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pinched a corner, pulled the paper away from the professor’s knees, and passed it up to my dad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

How my daddy ever got hooked up with a preacher, I can’t say, as he’s not a churchgoing man. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lyra had no idea how tired she was until they caught up with the gyptians. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Wild animals turned up where they shouldn’t have. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She and Chase scooped up a veritable rainbow of flowers. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Red picked me up and loaded me into the back of the garbage truck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We can always look it up in the dictionary, he said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the fire started out in the middle of the lake, so the kids were able to safely climb out of the water before it all went up like a big bowl of gasoline. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It has been calculated that a baseball thrown at a hundred miles an hour will pick up 0.000000000002 grams of mass on its way to home plate. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

One prayer brought God up to date on current events with a view to their revision. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he went around behind Joseph to pick up the pails he’d stacked. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He reached up to grab one and came down with several, and they kept coming, washing over him, floating all around him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Esther's eyebrows moved up and down as rapidly as a bouncing ball. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the bottle and spun the cap with the side of her hand. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then he picked up the box and carried it to the mail truck, the chickens squawking. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

A moment later Rishi signaled left and pulled up to the curb. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Even when they can spend it, they often think it’s vulgar and unnecessary. The newcomers have brought the island up to par with their demands.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Before lunch Briony slipped away to the empty rehearsal room—the nursery—and walked up and down on the painted floorboards, considering her casting options. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This was a woman who would check up on the finances of charities she gave to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They should all be seized on the spot! When did you last come up here? I could scrape the dust off their pages with a trowel.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I know this isn’t a news flash, but I’m hurt,” Cas had said, backing up against a...She had no idea what it was she was leaning against. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

While I was walking up the stairs, though, all of a sudden I thought I was going to puke again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She looked down and watched their slow progress up the stairs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Workmen had patched up the house in a temporary way, covering the windows with plywood and draping the leaky roof with sheets of heavy blue plastic. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t sneak up on people,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This sparked a money-throwing war, which ended when Miles paid for our food, passed the drink carrier and bags to me, and then folded up the ten dollars and wedged it under my thigh. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Kamau looked up, and Ekon followed his brother’s gaze to take in the silver-white stars beginning to speckle the sky overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She took off the kimono and carefully folded it up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When we Chinese girls listened to the adults talk- story, we learned that we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a photograph of the prospective bride and a considerable dowry, her father had come up with one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Still, whenever she did show up at Bannon’s, everyone knew what that meant—something needed fixing, whether it was my attitude or something about the gym. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’ll just go and — er — finish off,” said Harry hastily, hurrying to pick up his fallen telescope and trainers. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You remember how I told you about me and your mom meeting up in the city? About how happy we were?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He dashed back across the road, hurried up to his office, snapped at his secretary not to disturb him, seized his telephone, and had almost finished dialing his home number when he changed his mind. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to catch up by watching plenty of TV, but I had a long way to go. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Of course leaving meant making up with Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Louis Sullivan, engorged with praise and awards for his Transportation Building—especially its Golden Door—again took up his work with Dankmar Adler but under changed circumstances. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He hung his coat and hat on the pegs in the foyer, took out the reeds, and balled the paper bag up in his fist. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

War games had deteriorated into “beat up the Fifth.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The other option is to toughen up, put up this facade. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Part of me would like to talk to them, but I wonder if Grammy is right—maybe talking about things just stirs up sadness. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As he got dressed in the dark, he whispered up to the top bunk, “Reynie, they didn’t happen to blindfold you when you went to Mr. Curtain’s office, did they?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she stands to go to the bathroom, El turns to me with her shoulders hunched up and her voice high. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Uneasily, I got up and headed back to the bedroom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What happens when you wind it up?” she asked. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Constance, would you please let the rat up? Much as I would like to see him get his just desserts, you must remember we cannot break the law of hospitality in our Abbey.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Granny’s eyes lit up, and she slapped her hand down on the counter. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By then I had filled up half my closet wall with boy-crazy confessionals. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I picked up one side of the section. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall led the first years up here, so that they came to a halt in a line facing the other students, with the teachers behind them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Eliza picked it up and waved it over the tiny bodies until her arms shook with the effort. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Rondell loaded all our groceries in our bags and zipped ’em back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Matt paces the floor like a man who has given up hope but will make one last attempt to reason. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Abbey said, “Muleman’ll have that tub fixed up good as new in a week. What was Dad thinking? If he was serious, he would’ve burned the dam thing to the waterline.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Growing up in the ghetto is fun, but it’s dangerous. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push Dylan into the hallway before Mama can look up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I would have fallen down if I hadn’t been wearing the roller skates, but Norton just picked up the oscilloscope and beat it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tally realized that she had slept through the breakfast call, too exhausted to wake up with everyone else. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

So Sahil and I were sitting in Ms. Rogers’s classroom at lunch, waiting until 12:20, which is the time we put on the flyers that people should show up and wait outside the door. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“What in the name of goodness are you up to now?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She crosses her arms, standing up a little straighter as she watches their back-and-forth. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But then Mong sort of got his breath back and sat up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then she drew herself up to her fullest height. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu humored them, listening to their observations and memories, and hoped that neither of them would bring up Blaine; she had told them a work issue had delayed his visit. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how old the snowman was at that point, but poor Sydney could not stand up straight. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And this time Union soldiers sprint up the hill, overrunning the Confederate positions. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Despite constant maintenance, erosion silted up reservoirs, hurricanes destroyed terraces, and weeds and sediment choked irrigation networks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Pima’s mother picked up a blade of rusted metal and held it in front of his face. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Bernard rang up from downstairs to let us know the delivery man was in the elevator, Mom gave me two twenties from her purse. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She offered her hand and helped him up. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I asked Cecile for some money for dinner, and Fern and I went out to pick up chop suey from Ming’s. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was holding Raulito in such a way that his blanket covered up the package. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Got up from the dirty sofa and handed it to me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of the room, the Oompa-Loompas around the giant camera were already beating their tiny drums and beginning to jog up and down to the rhythm. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The people you love? Your parents lied to you. Your Aunt Nin gave you up.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Helen shook her head and picked up one of the grocery bags. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mother came from the bedroom, putting her hair up into a bun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

All week long, every time I saw J.T. or Digger, we avoided one another—until the day Digger caught up with me after school when I was cutting across the field by the tennis courts. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the table, Malfoy looked up, listening closely. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Fearing that in her hot anger she might strike me, I grabbed up the Pauling manuscript and hastily retreated to the open door. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It was an eerie sight—Shady and Jinx, their arms reaching up from the ground, as if the dead could provide some comfort for the living. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He gets up and closes his hand around the glass. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She bent over and picked up Despereaux’s tail and held it up, proudly displaying it to Cook. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Luke never made any progress, and after a year Mother gave up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He realizes it is his own tears and he lifts up his shirt to quickly wipe his eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked it up by the hair and took it with him, crawling on all fours. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would have happened if I’d gone round then, banged on the door and asked her what the hell she thought she was up to? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t recall the last time she’d done this, but a memory welled up in her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“My mother will pick me up in two hours.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Richard watched the smile that pulled her mouth up at one end, a sardonic smile that he imagined hid something else, perhaps dissatisfaction. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Em glanced up and said, “Sorry, Bridge. I—” “No, it’s fine!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

As he paused, wondering what was best to be done, Bigwig came up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Government had murdered the entire family, parents and children, to cover up what they had done. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I looked up to the counter where red and green peppers were strung like Christmas tree lights and saw the frowning face of the stranger. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she didn’t know what she was giving up until afterward. Maybe once she saw the baby she changed her mind.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kelly jumped up when she heard a knock on the front door. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“How many rings before she gets up to answer?” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I could see some people walking around the campus below, but most kids at that time of day were either back in their dorms or finishing up whatever team sports were being practiced in September. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A cab rolled up to discharge a passenger and I was about to take it when the woman came up the stairs and stopped before me, smiling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up my boxer shorts when I was folding them, and she had this smile, and she put her finger through the vent in the front and twiddled it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At daybreak, a truck showed up for their belongings. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

By the time me and Old Flap got back to the barn, Mr. Segee had already shut everything up and went home. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I felt a sharp tug on my arm, and turned toward Zu, who was holding up her notebook for us to see. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She looked up and saw her father beaming at her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He needed them to step up, and they did. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, his head was beaten up pretty bad, so it’d a been hard to tell right off who it was no matter what, but—” Breland interrupted him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Did you think I was making it up?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Let’s take a quick look at what Lou's been up to.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I started for the stairs, but Doc had already arrived, stalking into the foyer and up the steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And it had nothing to do with the strange crying of the wind, or the birds high up in the old store’s rafters. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Sonny, I think you’d better go up to the Little Store bus stop.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper picked up his little globe and found the Antarctic. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our great event for counterfeit Easter Sunday was a pageant, organized by Father and whoever else could drum up the enthusiasm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to use up any breaks fetching them— not today, with the strike news to talk about. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walks up to me and whisper-says, "It's a slightly creepy delight to see you." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And because if he isn't around to help me rescue Amma now, it's all up to me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden his face scrooched up, and in a choky voice he ordered me to leave and tell Mama not to let nobody come in on him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

People ask me now, “What was going through your head as you went up to the podium?” and all I can remember thinking is, Did this just happen? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“We can’t go back up the river and tell them all to come here.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and removed the hat from his eyes, shoving it back off his face to look at me in mine. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A mother outside shouts to her children that it's time to come inside and wash up, and I realize that I have to get back to light the Sabbath candles. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Peeking through cracks in the walls, they could see antiaircraft fire light up the sky. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry got up and crossed to the door. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Maybeth and James woke up immediately when she spoke their names. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I grew up witnessing one just like it.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her right leg is up on the fence. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“So much has happened. My campaign going viral, Tamika showing up in my life way too many times to count, and you’ll never believe it, but I raised enough money to save Fig!” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"Your own . . . my lord, that would not be possible. The King's Hand has taken up residence in your former chambers." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Boots picked it up immediately and then tried to teach it to the roaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Across the country, the United States debated the quality of its schools, concerned with how American students matched up to the Soviets in math and the sciences. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Pecola picked up the laundry bag, heavy with wet clothes, and we stepped hurriedly out the door. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Initially the dial is set at 1 g' and everything behaves as we have grown up to expect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, in the crash investigation, it was determined that if he had seized control of the plane in that moment, there would have been enough time to pull up the nose and clear Nimitz Hill. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Some of them are in for making liquor or running it, but most of them are in for murder. They don’t think a whole lot about killing people up here.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A little colored boy, about ten years old, drove a wagon up the street through the crowd, shouting at the two horses. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In a few moments she stood up and smiled at him. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He landed and snuggled up against my ear. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We probably would’ve broken up in those early weeks were it not for my house. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Personally, all he had wanted to do was die after he had broken up with Birdie. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And when the draft begins, more and more pack up to leave. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

At dawn I was awake and saw that we had left everything behind except rock, and ice, and light, and the narrow road always going up and up under our treads. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He poked up the fire and waited for his mother to ask him if he had been perk and didn’t grieve his father, but she didn’t. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had climbed far up into the Deeping-coomb when they looked back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Lawrence had already telephoned Arthur Compton to set up a meeting in Chicago. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“The owner was contacted. A Henry Winter. Goes to school up at the college. He says he lent the vehicle to Mr. Macaulay for the evening.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it had been replaced by another emotion: anger at being forced to get back up on the bar before I’d felt ready. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He and the man from Asaba talked in low voices as if they alone were responsible for her, and afterward he came up to where Olanna was sitting on the veranda. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be heading directly for the frontier of Guilder. Catch up as quickly as you can once he’s dead.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I got a rag from the house and, using some of the water, I cleaned up as well as I could around his head; I got him a fresh pillow and a clean blanket. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For two days I slogged steadily up the valley of ice. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped the loud noise would not wake Baby up from her siesta. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When it is fully dark, Marie-Laure follows her great-uncle up the stairs, through the sixth-floor room, and up the ladder into the attic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“If you ask me,” said Ron once Harry had finished describing his conversation with Tonks, “she’s cracking up a bit. Losing her nerve after what happened at the Ministry.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

That afternoon when Gabriel was collecting some of his things from my room, and I was jotting down some ideas in my notebook, he looked up at me and froze in place. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Imagine if there were 150 Rosa Parks standing up for tolerance, what a difference we would make. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Johnny picked up a heavy Bible, hoping that this, too, would prove to be a box. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t play any of the things he’d learned—just made up one of his own pieces as he went along. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a long climb. Have the Unsullied help him up.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After tossing and turning a bunch of times I gave up on the whole sleep thing and sat up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were smiling, and Esther walked up and pulled on my nose to cheer me up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She is a birdlike woman, and her arms—up to her head, elbows out—look like wings. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a while to build yourself up from nothing. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their sheep killed hedges, snipped valleys bare, and their pigs nosed up the very roots of what might have grown. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up, took Phoebe’s arm, and said, “Follow me.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Those intense gray eyes size me up as he comes down to meet us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The angel folded up his giant wings and disappeared as Joseph bolted up from bed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The last time I had stood watching a herd of cattle eat their supper I was standing up to my ankles in cow manure in Poky Feeders pen number 43. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh, shut up. How you think I feel? I shouldn’t haveta be running like this at my age.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Grandma’s fears were idle, but they stirred up a little fuzz ball of fear in my stomach. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Peacekeeper named Darius comes up and buys a bowl while I’m eating. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tried pulling up a map of Ludus on my display, but I couldn’t. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, I let gravity pull me down, slowly, and I jumped back up again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He would gather up one or two empty kerosene cans from my camp and hit and kick them ahead of him as he charged toward a group of adult males. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could see Mars Bar’s foot sticking out, trying to trip him up as he circled the bases for a home run. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t what Mandela had signed up for. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The hair stood up along his back and he showed his sharp, fierce teeth to the wolves. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s standing in the water, arms crossed, beaming at me as I come up from the water. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Instead he lay there wallowing now in the seas and the old man pulled the skiff up onto him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made up my mind that we were going to follow that advice. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The blisters are healing and the infection has cleared up.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

If a guy like you can stand up and do what you did, then maybe everyone can. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed to take forever to fill up both water tanks, and each minute that they pumped Nathan wanted more and more to go back home to Phoenix. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

By the following week, the side of the house is closed up all the way. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Feeling the backs of his legs grow tight, Jonathan pulled his gun up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They tell him that he’ll end up crazy like Mama, that he’s starting to show her symptoms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers stood up before his eyes like pillars, enormous, blurry, and seeming to vibrate, but unmistakably four. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The kids even got Dr. Cohn out on the dance floor while we cruised up the Potomac River on a tour boat. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The charges probably went up for running, but I didn’t have time to think. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Let her see me up close and personal and hear me loud and clear. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm X promptly got up and silently took my notebook, tore out that page and crumpled it and put it into his pocket, and he was considerably subdued during the remainder of that session. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quentin, for no apparent reason, had gone on and on the day before about extinct birds, so I was up on them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a few more moments when the only one talking was my TV persona gushing over the kitty cuteness, I spoke up. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

You could tell he didn’t like it, but I guess he figured he’d best put up with it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hung up and stood in silence for a full minute. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I look up at the ledge, he’s there, moving out of shadow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But he got up from the piano bench too restively for it to have been a real gesture of dismissal. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I go up to my room and try to paint, but my mind keeps wandering. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There was a piece of paper inside, folded up as small as it could go: that very thin kind of paper that Bibles were printed on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She dialed and cracked me a can of Pepsi as she waited for my father or his voicemail to pick up. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There was no telling in the fog how far the fall would be on either side, but it looked awfully steep, and we were after all a mile up in the clouds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You old sorcerer,” the boy shouted up to the sky. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would you get up and give an old lady like me your subway seat? Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Nobody came, and a fear rose inside Jinny, bubbling up in the back of her throat. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I followed her, like I always did, and lifted her up so she could see herself in the mirror. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

As the sun was coming up, I brought the cows into the kraal, one by one, eight of them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georgie and I had fixed it up like a clubhouse, with candles and books and a few board games, along with blankets and pillows borrowed from the attic. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He didn't say anything then, but the next night he made us have compulsory study hall in the academic building and he came up and made a speech. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

A guard came sauntering over to shut them up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dicey picked up the grocery bag and followed her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eril-Fane held up his arm, and the bird spiraled an elegant descent, luffed into the wind, and landed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When it became dark, the boats turned their yellow orbs on and bounced up and down on the dark shiny water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thalia drew her shield and held it up as she ran down the highway. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

We used to beat each other up as children, but now that we’re older—and he’s a foot taller than me—I try to avoid scuffles. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I hung up, all I could think was, why would I need a copy of the order? Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Probably you wouldn’t even want to pick it up if you saw it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I woke up my old man to ask him. He was so far out of it, he would’ve signed anything,” she said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up, holding them in one hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They thought we were stuck in the old ways and unwilling to assimilate, when really, it was just a question of how much we were willing to give up to become American, and how fast. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The chill in my veins didn’t return, but halfway up the first flight, I stopped and looked back the way we’d come. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What I loved most about calling myself a reporter was that it gave me an excuse to show up anyplace. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the porch, his only thought had been to get his boots off, wash up, and toss himself into bed like he always did after an all-night shift. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One step behind her, her father tilts his head up and gives the sky a huge smile. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I wondered how in hell I’d got myself mixed up in a project that couldn’t be carried out. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up the biography and can’t get past the cover for staring at his name and the title, The Big Sea. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her senses churned with their tumbling, end over end, no up, no down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Whistles and shouts rise up from the throng. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then I get up and rinse out my bowl and put it into the dishwasher. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

You just sound so grown up all of a sudden. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The sheriff straightened up, undid his fingers, and held the arms of his chair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple smiled and pushed her glasses up on her nose, her eyes darting away like she was shy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Black got up and took the bag from her, and gave her a kiss. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It’s used to describe political movements that whip up hate and fear against outsiders and try to disguise them as patriotism. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The Dinka admired him as much as any American sports fans look up to an athlete who scores a touchdown or hits a home run. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you ready?” he heard Javier say as he pulled up next to him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

While Hazel helped him up, Frank turned and nocked an arrow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I held her up at one shoulder, and Shriya held the two braids in her hand to keep them from swinging forward, and Aileen let it all go. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A young jockey named George Woolf, aboard for one of these woeful performances, summed up the colt’s mental state in four words: “mean, restive and ragged.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Marlee,” said David, and he gave me such a big hug, he picked me up off the ground. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see the vent twirling. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I like it just fine. Listen, I don’t have any money so I don’t know when or if I can ever make it up to you, but can I have this?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Tradition would have me up in the women’s gallery. It would silence me.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And it felt different, waking up to it instead of hearing it while I was making tea or eating lunch. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Viola and Hildy are up ahead still, Viola’s eyes wide and her mouth gulping like a fish. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I grew up in a poor, rural, racially segregated settlement on the eastern shore of the Delmarva Peninsula, in Delaware, where the racial history of this country casts a long shadow. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I liked the way her face scrunched up when she played. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He took all the time he wanted before dressing and picking up his gun again. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was playing with the handle on the side of the La-Z-Boy, flipping the footrest up and down, apparently barely tuned in. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“But you built me dreams instead,” Celia says, looking up at him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The church was not very far away, four blocks up Lenox Avenue, on a corner not far from the hospital. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

"You came all the way up here to tell me that? It's been in the news." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mother and Dussel and the rest of us didn’t agree with her, so now we’re dividing up the potatoes as well. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” Luke said, turning Treasure Island right side up at the very last moment. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jay’s at class and Trey’s at work, so I lock up the house. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I'm all dressed up in a little black dress with small lace cutouts at the waist, and wearing heels, and then there are those Band-Aids. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We’ve left the gravel and are cruising along on pavement again when she looks up from the notebook she’s now writing in. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He limped inside, wincing, with a duffel bag hiked up on his shoulder. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You and Jaja can have breakfast upstairs. I will bring the things up. Your father will eat with the guests,” Mama said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was apparent Mariel didn’t believe I was able to keep up with her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Adam swivels around and hugs Willow with such force that her feet lift up off the ground. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, some of the women’s rights advocates refused to give up so easily. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The idea clearly was that the colonists, enraged by the putative assault, would rise up and smite Massasoit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He hopped up on the table and considered the plate full of macaroni and cheese. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

It’s the end of the day, and she is cleaning up her classroom, straightening rows of desks, and sorting piles and piles of paper. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

A barge, right on time, swinging its back end wide, near enough to throw up waves, but too far to reach. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And lo! even as he laughed at despair he looked out again on the black ships, and he lifted up his sword to defy them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She squinted at him writhing in her hands, acutely aware of the huge battle raging on her block, her mami caught up in the midst of it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was a college town up in some mountains. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up, and then looked back down. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gazing up and out into the morning, Jinny saw that the sunrise shapes—the whorls and swirls that usually filled the sky—looked different than they ever had before. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

More than one captain made up his mind then and there that his “cobble” or his “mule,” as they term the different classes of boats, would remain in the harbour till the storm had passed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“No, just listen, okay? You used to be a part of Quinton’s tutoring program. But I also know that you gave up on school after he went missing. Well, I’m going to restart the program.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Leave it up to Daddy and Pop Pop with their tight lips and hushed words, and it’s stayed that way for years. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A week later Frank was beaten up badly by two men who had followed him in the park. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The other children tormented him, but he was so desperate for company that he put up with it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s way up high in the tree. What if he can’t get down?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

How can a bar mitzvah be the right path for this kid who grew up going to church, hunting Easter eggs, and writing letters to Santa? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It looked like half the neighborhood had shown up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“It was a cold night. I’ll never forget the smell of it, either. Like when my uncle used to cut up deer. Ask Francis. He remembers, too.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was expecting to see Ocean, but he never showed up. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Naka sat up and together they sang the song of the wolves. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They chanted as the church slowly filled up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Later, while making dinner with the Doctorita, I muster up a casual voice. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shreve was coming up the walk, shambling, fatly earnest, his glasses glinting beneath the running leaves like little pools. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure is! Now blow out them candles, Baby Girl. Fore they run up in you grits.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The water was whispering through the cracks in the back fence, rising up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The goddess looked up, her face almost as grief-stricken as Thalia’s. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want people watching me up there.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then he turns up the radio and laughs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a monthly meeting of the alethiometer research group coming up, when they compared results and discussed lines of approach, and if she had nothing to say, her privileges might be withdrawn. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I sucked a few breaths of air in, then put my right leg straight up against the wall and pushed off to get a bit of extra speed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I dropped the bucket into the well to fill it with water, then turned the handle to bring it back up again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico loads up an old-school soul sample, which means he was paying attention on the bus when I said what I listen to. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She rushes up to us and stands bravely in front of the loaded muskets. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, she just muddled up his thoughts until he wasn’t sure how he felt anymore. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He says in effect to his reader, “Never mind how silly they are. I will dress them up so prettily for you that you will like them.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was growing up, and for the first time it occurred to me that our world was changing before my eyes, and not for the better. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He has done some brave things in the past: starting a school without a coin in his pocket, standing up for women’s rights and girls’ education, and standing up to the Taliban. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“He aims to charge you with meditated criminal assault. Here, you, make that gal shut up that noise.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at Annabeth, figuring she’d crack up at this practical joke they were playing on me, but she looked deadly serious. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“All this rocket stuff they’re doing down at Cape Canaveral,” he said, “is just burning up taxpayers’ money to scare the Russians. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was new, someone they’d picked up in the Paradise Islands, and a bit of a rabble-rouser, but no one contradicted him when he said it again, louder: “It just ain’t right.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was worse than Noah’s flood, and I didn’t care who got caught up in the rush. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Like a little boy, he picks up a dried seedhead and plays with it, not looking at me, either. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Shaker Heights High School, class of 1971. Did you go to Shaker schools all the way up?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There! You’re all fixed up, Prima Donna. Whatever gave you the idea your arm was going to drop off?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have even remembered some electrifying famous last words which I have been saving up to finish with. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And when I finish my story, the question that comes up the most is the one that initiated this quest: “What made the difference?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As the children grew up, they all remained close to Emma and Charles and with each other. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached up and touched my earlobe, and my hand came away red. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A small hanging glacier extends out from the lip of the ice cap, leading up and across the north face of the Thumb like a catwalk. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to pick up the cup of cold coffee, but his hand would not hold it steadily. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The barrel fairly flew up under the badger’s strong paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I cannot imagine making it, but I cannot imagine giving up. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She walked to the center of the room again, and picked up her bag. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He jumped up and pulled her to her feet. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He could make a frog stand up straight and get happy with Jesus. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Street sounds made it up to the room, curiously distinct, echoing off the stone building opposite. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That night, when my father reached up to feel it, a handful of plaster came down on his face. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Or else he had simply made up everything, and not just the Amazons. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Invisible servants had set up a table with beef stew and apple cider, which may not sound all that exciting, but that’s because you haven’t tasted it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the light was powerful—it lit up the entire room whenever it suddenly appeared. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Englishman rode up grinning broadly through widely spaced teeth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would leave funny little Post-it Notes around the room to cheer me up. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“You were my steward, fetching my food and cleaning up my leavings. I was lord commander, with never a moment’s peace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She presses a side button and I see the screen light up as it turns on. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I woke up from a dream, crying. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Please, Mr. Leroy, please get up. Please don’t leave me here alone!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He took care not to mention the green galleys of Old Volantis that surely must be sailing up through the Gulf of Grief even as he spoke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She twisted the hook a few times, then dangled it up in front of Genie and Ernie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I lower myself in the corner and pull my knees up to my chest, which feels like it’s gonna cave in. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He snapped down the cue chalk, sending up a puff of blue powder, and missed a final shot. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Ma leans on her cane and heads up the block. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He uncurled himself slowly and sat up a little straighter. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Mike, Curtis, Kyle, time to wake up!” his mother called from down in the kitchen. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Uncle Arthur disguised his own tears by picking up Laney and burying his head in her neck. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bernard dropped down to floor thirty-three, hurried along the corridor, stood hesitating for a moment outside Room 3210, then, having wound himself up, opened the door and walked in. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the problem the animals could not at first solve was how to break up the stone into pieces of suitable size. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

They would wake up at the same time, have the urge to go to the bathroom at the same time, suffer the same upsets in health, and they even dreamed about the same things. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of the second half he went up to Don and stared him in the face. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed Sohrab to the door and laced up my Vans. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ob drew up his nose and got this foolish look on him, like he was about to sneeze. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though Scottish by birth, he grew up in the far south of England, in the New Forest of Hampshire, because his mother was convinced that Scots were feckless drunks. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The fire in the dare crackled as a breeze came up from the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t Hera say something about a ranch? We need to check it out. Nico might be up there.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Willie stacked some of the chairs up on the tables and mopped at the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“This was a mistake, right? We shouldn’t have broken up.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I curl into him, arms tucked under his, legs pulled up, my head against his chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Hold up on the serving until we set out the trash cans,” Big Joe said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The studies revealed losses running all the way up to complete destruction of wildlife on some of the treated areas. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The boy blinked a few times, then sat up abruptly and grunted like an animal, he and the little one suddenly yelling at each other as they gathered the cakes into their newspaper. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I pick up the phone in my room, TJ is on the line. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Students, are you? And do you learn much, up at the school?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Hilly holds up a Life magazine, points to a spread of a house in California. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t been squirming from nervousness—she’d been twisting her legs up to get at the licorice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And with that Mr. Wigg began to bob up and down, shaking with laughter at the thought of his own cheerfulness. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Before I can be mortified, Phil swipes it up with his finger and puts it in his mouth. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I crumpled it up and tossed it aside. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I pushed myself from the ground before he could even think about standing up, spreading his arms, screaming desperate, crazy screams, stepping into nothing, killing us both. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I nipped at Jesse’s ear and ran my hands up the back of his shirt. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I stand up straight, as straight as I can, and put my bag on my shoulder. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Four casinos down on the strip, Jule surveyed six restaurants until she found a place to order a coffee and chat up a lonely college student who was just starting work on the night shift. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You could make it up to me by telling Mom you’re craving carne asada. She also always serves really boring meals when we have kids here, and that bugs me, too.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

On most days, my brother and I stayed in the house, pretending we were other people by dressing up or playing with paper dolls, puzzles, and blocks. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Back when I was still living at the foster group home, I could see the Empire State Building if I climbed up onto the roof. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We marched up athwart a hillock toward the house, Olakunde beating our step to better impress upon the inhabitants our seriousness of purpose. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

One morning recently, for instance, she was out on the deck like usual drinking her tea and when I got closer I saw that she’d floated up into the air. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then he’d set up a yell you could have heard a mile off and go chasing after the butterfly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d raise up their tin cups of warm water with molasses. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now that she piled them up in a basket and threw them into the washing machine on Friday evenings, she had come to see this, the heaping of dirty underwear, as normal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two hundred yards up there seemed to be a belt of thick, lower brush starting— about ten or twelve feet high—and that formed a wall he could not see through. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drove the point of his sword under the brass mask and up through the wearer’s throat, even as the second locust sprouted a crossbow bolt from his chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I do remember complaining to her about the committee that had been set up to find a more modern name for Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I walked up from another direction and bought some walnuts and an apple. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, the pie can wait. If we go pick up the items on your list, will you let me schedule an appointment for you to meet with someone?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The casement was only half full, so I put the pot back on the hot plate to mix up some more. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though there are rational numbers everywhere on the number line, they take up no space at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Anyway, as she danced up, down, under my arm, flinging out, while I felt her out and examined her style, I glimpsed her footwork. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon Snow met them on the kingsroad half a league south of Mole’s Town, before they could turn up at Castle Black, claim guest right, or call for parley. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Shush, child. 'Tis myself I can’t forgive. To think I knew all along you were going to that place and I never spoke up.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She held it up to her ear and pressed play. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I look up and see the clear sky is filled with kites, green, yellow, red, orange. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She could be in the middle of a house full of people and still feel like she was locked up by herself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They’d started this voyage with Leo messing up, firing on New Rome. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I took the shovel that was tied up in the corner of the wagon and did the same. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That story got picked up and spread by other people. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The counterman emerged from the kitchen at the rear and sized them up expertly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every brother I saw coming from a doorway or walking up a stair I thought, at first, was Michelangelo. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I wait for Mom to pick me up and carry me to the mental hospital herself. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I pick up my sketchbook and I draw a picture of my friends laughing together as they all huddle around their cell phones. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then I was caught up in the arms of a huge man wearing overalls and a train cap—the engineer who’d waved at me in Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Sally went behind that old blue pickup to kiss the boys and get her keys back, and I ran up three flights of stairs to where Tito lived. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A column of riders came wheeling up behind them, led by a lordling with a horsehead on his shield. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She rolled up the sleeve of her gingham dress, all the way to the shoulder joint, revealing a bony arm with stringy muscles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I do, I clap twice, bringing Sherlock running back to me, and we both head up the walkway. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We all stared up at the giant bridge, Rondell pointing at it because who knows why, and then Mong said: “A lot of people commit suicide off it, too.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up and pushed off the blankets; he was sweating. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol brings up the box from the basement. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up at Josiah and pulled at a blue thread hanging from the sleeve of her dress. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

After the town got word of Miss Hilly’s lies, three ladies in a row hung up on me the minute I said my name. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Pop, I need Dad to pick me up.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Striding along the sidewalks, he bathed all whom he met in the boyish grin, and his conversation with any who came up was quiet and pleasant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the other boy always did bring it up when a question of precedence arose, he had got into the habit of giving in at once before it could be mentioned. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Should I make a statement or something? Get people riled up?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He tries to pick up his speech by moving on to the bombing of a water purification plant, when a clip of Finnick talking about Rue replaces him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

This was my first chance ever, really, to build something basically from the ground up: Success or failure would depend almost entirely on my efforts, not those of my boss or anyone else. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But by claiming that the Jesuits dealt in fairy tales while he dealt in facts, Galileo was storing up more trouble for himself in Rome. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I looked up at him, confused, but did as he asked. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The black shirts had been busy setting up a performance area on the beach. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The whole team ran to him, picked him up and pummeled him madly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto and I sat up and stared out into the near-dark clearing like we were watching a sports game on TV, the caterpillars a bowl of popcorn we chowed through without looking. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to throw up, but before he could, everything went black. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If Basta were here he’d discipline the man for that—shut him up in Capricorn’s cowsheds for three days with nothing to eat." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He made up his mind that he would move to Salt Lake City and attend Salt Lake Community College. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Olanna stood up and placed one leg forward, then the other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lined up the vitamin pills by each person’s plate and made sure they were swallowed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ve been nestled up there for too long,” Aunt Nancy says when she reaches Axel’s side. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My leg starts twitching just imagining what it’d be like standing up there talking. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to feel the sadness caught in my chest start to rise and fill me up until it feels like I’m stuck beneath the water of the bayou. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

There is a point at which gas, in theory, takes up no space at all; Charles’ law says that a balloon of gas must shrink to zero space. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She opened the roof; an autumn wind would come up, and the needles fell in braids—brown strands, green strands, yellow strands. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night she lay upon her thin blanket on the hard ground, staring up at the great red comet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In a conversational tone, like somebody picking up a story that had been interrupted in the telling, she told her brother something quite different from what she told the policemen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand goes to the crossbow, but I don’t pick it up. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Black people looked up to him because of it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a character, all right. He was just like that in college, too. He just never grew up. Some people don’t have to. They’re lucky.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Methuselah walked up and down the steps, testing what Matthias had said. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He stumbled and fell, rolled over and sat up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lantern threw her shadow up the hill, a black ghost attached to her feet, and she shivered as the wind came rattling through the pine branches. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even dreams cannot live up here, he told himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As quietly as possible, he and Zero climbed up out of their holes and crept toward camp. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Loo looked up at Jinny and scowled, as though he wasn’t convinced. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t quite bold enough to use the forbidden curse word aloud, but I thought of it several times quite happily as I made my way up the path and to Auntie Braxton’s house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he came up, a pair of red flares puffed open, a soft blurry glow, and in the glow he saw Kiowa’s wide-open eyes settling down into the scum. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the semidark I stare up at the blind plaster eye in the middle of the ceiling, which stares back down at me, even though it can’t see. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Poplar Springs Middle announced that an afterschool cooking club was starting, I signed up immediately. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, the hundreds of snaking cracks in the windshield cut up his reflection. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A man in the country club band stepped up to the mike and started shaking those seedpod rattles that mean South American music. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Scattered along the river bank were docks and wharves with skiffs and rowboats tied up to them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real relief would doubtless turn up shortly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Later I climbed up on the roof to readjust the TV dish, or try. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You think it’s a joke, do you? You think that sucking my boy up into your Fudge Room like that is just one great big colossal joke?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want to end up like me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When Turner picked up the ball and threw it to him, Willis caught it and turned his face so that the shadow was not so dark—and he saw that Willis was smiling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I gave Wishbone the crackers, and after he gobbled them up, he looked at me and wagged his tail again. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Vonetta. Suppose you were going to be on TV” She perked up on that one. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up, surprised, and threw it back, laughing. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door gunners on the choppers opened up on the knot of ARVNs behind us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think anything could make me get up just then—until I saw Fowler raising his whip again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

What I really wanted, I suppose, was to get straight all the things that happened between me and Tommy and Ruth after we grew up and left Hailsham. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ulysses pulled himself up straighten He looked back at Dr. Meescham. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He stood up on the cloud spire and called "Halloo!" several times, as loudly as he could. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And can you fix me so that I don’t hurt so much when I wake up each morning? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed and looked up and down the street. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The sun will be up in a few hours. We’U stop here and rest till break of day.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He sat on his picnic bench with his bunny slippers propped up, eating a plate of greasy shish kebab. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And they would laugh, and she would find the strength to continue, partly out of a strange sort of logic: wasn’t it more absurd to give up? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I sit myself on my desk and put my feet up, like Miss Saunders had done. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You know, where I come from, we don’t think much of someone who sneaks up and stabs a person in their sleep.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about changing direction,’ she says, ‘balancing on two feet or one, being focused, scooping up your token, no matter what.’ Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron approached her table and at last, she looked up. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tucked me up alongside him at night so we slept as one. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Holding her neck straight to keep from looking up at “Sarsaparilla,” she followed Trotter’s bulk back to her house. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I set it up and climbed on it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We go up a flight of rickety wooden stairs to the second floor; when I stumble, Nino Carlitos puts his hand at my back to make sure I don’t fall. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus shudders to a stop, and I take up my bag and look out at the car, where my brother and sister stand waving. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down to pick up the pieces anyway. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It took two days and nights to burn up that bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Mask uses one hand to yank Darin up by the neck and the other to prod me on with his scim. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Looking around this untouched room at the heart of the house, I understand the grief that made him lock it up for so long. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was pleasant to take a hot drink up to her room and have it beside her as she sat in her silent room reading in the empty house in the afternoons. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a pity they didn’t clean you up as well. That dirt’s dangerous.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m really not in the mood to divvy up everything into eleven equal parts, factoring in age, body weight, and physical output. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Jonathan struggled to his feet, then bent hurriedly to pick up the boy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the past day or so, he’s just been making them up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The baby whimpered and held out its arms for its mother to pick it up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I waited for it to boot up, I tried to remember what I’d learned at that lesson in that man’s garage. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe part of it was the loneliness of the craters, but I was feeling like it was maybe time to hook up with someone again, because it had been a couple months. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella cracked up—that was a good one! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Inside, a lady in a green shirt walks right up to us, all smiling and happy. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They were getting closer to each other in that connected way of theirs, as if trying to make up their minds. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Looking back, she would realize this was proof that she had already made up her mind. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I was going to send the old lady home today if she had turned up,” Joseph continued. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father returned to loading up the truck, but Uncle Katsuhisa didn’t even notice. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was time for the epileptic boy to grow up. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The air was fresh with the smell of new growth, and I went into that building and up to that office humming with the pure joy of being alive. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer didn’t want to rile up the establishment, but he was determined to get his points across. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The watchers below could see the chocolate swishing around the boy in the pipe, and they could see it building up behind him in a solid mass, pushing against the blockage. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I will if you don’t give up your weapon.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing a movement from Rubin, I thought he was going to get up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Save your energy. My hair doesn't move,” I say, just to break up that heated moment. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She raised her cup and drank from it without any difficulty. “ don’t know what they wanna stay up here all October for,” she said malcontentedly, lowering her cup. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Her parents were coming to pick them up this afternoon. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I feel the urge to drive home and lock it up somewhere safer before anyone else sees it, or in case it’s stolen. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Early in December, in the course of a single afternoon, two of the cafe’s steadiest customers announced plans to pack up and leave not merely Finney County but the state. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean that. I was in the kitchen shaking up a milkshake in a fruit jar and she came in and worked me over.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When, as a prank, someone put our school up for sale, covering it with signs and posting a listing on eBay, suspicious eyes turned to Nelson Baker and Jenna McLaughlin, not to us. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” said Harry, standing up, his fork falling onto his plate with a clatter. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"Your rooms are up the staircase to the north wing; this is the southern staircase." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It took only a few minutes to get to the tank, which rose up over them like the mountains in Carmen’s village back in Italy. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

When he joined Ged and Serret for supper he sat silent, looking up at his young wife sometimes with a hard, covetous glance. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Or Cecile was up under Ma Charles and Miss Trotter, who called her “daughter” or “dear one.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dad reached over and picked up his convent catalogues, but he couldn’t put any enthusiasm into them, and he finally tossed them down again. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, this was my grandfather’s wallet. And this”—he held up the paper—“is his birthday.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was almost a circle, and the seats rose right up the walls toward a ceiling of cables and beams. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head rolls to the side and both my hands fly up to cover my face. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When he looked back at me, I flicked my eyebrows up to say, I win. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

John nearly pulled us both off, but we had a lot of ground to cover to catch up to Horace Danver before he cut the fence. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And so for almost half a stupid year, all the boys were gathered up by sad-faced Mr. Royal and plonked out here in an outbuilding away from the main Noise of the town. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

As fires burned in Baltimore, a five-year-old black child worked with neighbors and volunteers, sweeping up the debris, a small beginning toward picking up the pieces of her community. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She walks a circle around the Grand Gallery, navigating between squeaking floorboards; she hears feet tramp up and down museum staircases, a toddler squeal, the groan of a weary grandmother lowering herself onto a bench. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But she was “just in fear and trembling that he was going to pack up and move back to Cambridge. I’d been there, and I didn’t want to live there, not with a family.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The room was growing lighter; without taking his eyes from Mina’s face, Dr. Van Helsing motioned me to pull up the blind. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the stronger ones raised up the weaker ones, and both became stronger in the process. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reporters, Ellsberg figured, following up rumors that he was somehow linked to the leak. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He sat in an easy chair and held up one hand and studied it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his shirt in the sink and ran water on it, but Ms. Davis told him to hurry up. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Just enough time to wash up, or as my mom says, splash some water on my hot spots, throw on some clean clothes, and give myself two spritzes of perfume. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t heard Doc come up from the cellar of the cabin; we were too wrapped up in our fight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was sitting on our front lawn, staring at the rope swing Dad put up when we were kids. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I give up,” Pork Chop said, after trying to mix in the sugar. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me, without any hat, in the middle of the afternoon, having to chase up and down back alleys because of my mother’s good name. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kendrick would walk up on someone, clock them, and lay them out in one hit. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The church ladies were warming up behind me with a few hallelujahs and Praise the Lords and Amens, and the preacher hadn’t really moved into the meat of the sermon. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice was way too pleased with herself when she came up with his name, but I’m not going to lie. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But they were still trussed up and now came the tricky business of releasing them from their bonds. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I probably wouldn’t be able to fall back asleep, so I decided to kill the remaining hours until dawn by brushing up on a few coin-op classics. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Thomas, so terrified by the ordeal that his body shook, turned and followed Teresa up the stairs and into the aisle of the bus. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If you showed up for roll call with so much as a bandage on, you could be ordered aside and later killed. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have been curled up with my back against the wall for at least a half hour, listening to the roaring wind and watching the city smear past us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I hung up and went back to my display. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We end up in some of the same places without realizing how we got there. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was just like “Trap the Birdie,” except instead of throwing up feathers stuck inside the hole of a coin, the player bounced a ball against the step and called out a mystery number. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He would occasionally escape from his cage, wander around the house, and eventually climb up inside the hollow center post of the dining-room table and go to sleep. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d shown up as a reporter knowing little about the team other than that it was based in a town called Clarkston, the players were refugees, and the coach was a woman. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I needed a clear head so I could come up with a plan. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I took my sleeping bag and a blanket up to the shelf where I had been building the fire wall. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Chandeliers and flashing party lights light up the ballroom. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I felt the electricity run up and down my spine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“The trick with people like Marsha Jean,” said Louisiana’s grandmother, “is to be forever wily, to fight back, to never give up or give in.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

In the midst of more applause and photo snapping, her family rushes up, showering her with flowers and cheers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shut up, Donna! Shut up. You had something to do with this, D? Huh, Donna? The way you left me hanging like that? You had something to do with this?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It stops ringing, then starts back up a few seconds later. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I pulled the sheet up to my nose. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Only when he passed in front of Ultima did he glance up, and in that swift glance his evil eye vowed his revenge on Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up in fright, thinking the wind would knock me off my knees. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the next second, Summer, without saying anything to anyone, just picked up her lunch tray and walked over to him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She bounced from rock to rock up a steep hill, grabbed a hanging branch, and hurled herself toward the top. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

By the time we got him off his feet, the train had started to speed up again. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every now and then someone would come up to me and whisper, “Hey, Robert, put me down for a couple of extra tackles, would you?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Bagman suddenly spotted Harry, got up quickly, and bounded forward. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

If the dog is left shut up for hours, you could offer, with your parents’ permission, to take it for walks. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Elinor was sitting up in bed, staring at the flowers on her nightdress, and not saying a word. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had to get them up, aired out, and stowed correctly or at least tied in place, but he found that he could not move. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still had that moment of terror when I let go of the side of the pool or was released by someone holding me up in the water. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Edwin helped Garvey pull the boat up on the rocks and tie the rope off to a large rock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“What if I’m so rusty they get up and leave?” she asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

At the back of the room, up in a loft, came the sound of someone at work with a wood rasp. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe the cat leapt up, or a cockroach is about to attack me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I opened the stable door I already had four chunking stones in my hand just in case the bear-fighting dog had woke up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The young man led them to a boat tied up at the sugar-beet jetty, where a woman in a red flannel apron held open the door for them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The girls might grow up without a father. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

One flight up, Joseph pushed open the blue door and explored the lady’s sitting room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When Kingshaw had tried again to go off and fetch somebody, he had said, ‘Shut up,’ more violently, and then, ‘Don't be stupid,’ Kingshaw had followed him, unasked, into the House block. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Can’t joke it away Can’t even talk to each other except maybe in whispers, all hush-hush, and that just revs up the willies. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, Baby Girl’s up in her high chair, got purple juice all over her face. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then a voice that was jarringly different to the usual commentator’s started up. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t feel like bringing that up. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Like he knew everyone would get the joke because who doesn’t think he should be standing up there? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Now, for the...We would like to ask a young man named Adam Costello to come up in front of the audience.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We sat for a while longer, then I started to get up, except I was still feeling the wobbles in my head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A roar of approval went up from the crowd. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He sat a while, calm and dull as one under an enchantment, and then stood up, reaching for his staff. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He wedged the corner of the blade under it and pried it up and then knelt and took hold of the lock and twisted the whole thing loose and pitched it into the grass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She reached down, pulled up a snake, and gave Gramps a puzzled look. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Matt craned his head up to see where it was coming from. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up a twig from the dirt under the bush behind me and trace the cracks in the bricks. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

So the sonuvabitch climbed up after me and cut me open with his guitar pick.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

What kind of tricks had she been up to? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down to us by the history of the community we grew up in, and those differences are extraordinarily specific. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They both cried, and the baby, who was tied to Masvita’s back, picked up their mood and began to howl. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stayed there a long time, and when he straightened up, he had taken possession of the situation. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Without another thought, Moss bolted up the steps, his legs a quivering mess of nerves and soreness and his heart full of misguided hope. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She must have been worried sick when I didn’t show up Thursday. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman behind the counter nodded as she picked up a phone. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I would imagine he walked into the palace and looked up to see the daughter watching from a terrace above him in the grand hall. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

On top of the wall the mouse archers kept up their relentless hail of arrows into the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

For as William pulled up his robes past his midsection, she saw, holding up his underwear, a belt inlaid with looping whorls of gold. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think you’d get in trouble if we hooked up?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But at this moment the three cows, who had seemed uneasy for some time past, set up a loud lowing. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“How old are you?” he said, and when I told him he laughed, and got up from his chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Hang in there! Chins up! Look on the bright side—it could always be worse!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bull straightened up and pressed a fist to his throbbing ear, trying to stanch the invisible bleeding. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I clean myself up some in the bathroom. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They ended up getting 42.6 percent of the Trivial Pursuit questions right. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This high up, songbirds glide through the breeze in blurs of red; chirping and trilling as they pass. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At sunset of that same long day, a stranger came strolling up the road from the village and paused at the Fosters’ gate. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned her head back against him and slid a hand up along his smooth jaw. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He retrieved it and set it up again, dried the interior with towels, and then went inside the house to look for ballast. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see my father in the front doorway. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You mean Mami. She picks this guy up and invites him for lunch at the hospital coffee shop." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I curled up next to her and fell asleep. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again I picked up my hat and waited. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She live up in Greenwood, Mississippi, and she driving down to New Orleans. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She sat up and turned to face me, swinging her legs over the side of the bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Is it the lord chancellor?” said Malcolm eagerly, jumping up and following his father out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He throws up his hands but seems happy. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Basil bounded up and ate the last of Jess’s cheese decisively. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“He tells me that he was up by the Shrieking Shack when he ran into Weasley — apparently alone.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“OMG, this is so good, I’m not even going to make myself barf it back up.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He took a few deep breaths to get his courage up— —and an ancient woman he had not seen before hobbled into the men’s meeting place. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He helped her up, and for the first time they looked around at the land where the ghosts were. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It was required in school. I’ve been learning about how to set up a successful colony since I was five.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go have a talk with him? I’ve got to pick up your sister from her piano lesson.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The younger children are restless, and the older boys stir up trouble in small ways, wherever they can find it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his hand, put his finger under the head of the pin and slid it up, out of the thick, striped body. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Fiona starts blinking like there’s too much light in the room, then says, “I...I guess my time’s up.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I got up and handed it to him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It is astonishing just how much of what we are can be tied to the beds we wake up in in the morning, and it is astonishing how fragile that can be. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He’d break into a trot and often Flittman had to run more than half a block to catch up with him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He buys a tree, ties it up, and secures it to the top of the car. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He struggled to sit up when we stepped into his partition. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, Ho Chi Kuei,” they say, “what silliness have you been up to now?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cry that rose up pierced through Moss, forced Johanna to stop for a moment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The problem is people grow up thinking that material things are what makes them worthwhile. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My dad has bruises on his face, and he stands with his shoulders slightly slumped; he’s holding his right arm up at a weird angle. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Harry glanced up at Hermione and saw that her mouth was fully open now. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I hollered with hurt till Little Arliss turned up and went to crying, too. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever picks up Bernard is always already waiting, so he’s one of the first people to leave. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In summer the children and grandchildren would come and help her fill up the empty space, the empty hours. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She woke up gasping, her arms outstretched, the sound of Peach still ringing in her ears. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mom comes up again, even though neither of us did our “Write something about Mom” homework. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life I had to be woken up Christmas morning. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Levi comes back with a roll of paper towels to mop up the mess. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Getting the fat colonel up and off the bottom of the dory was heavy work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aloe’s voice interrupted, and Jam held up a hand to silence him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She was in the middle of dropping runs when she stepped from her office out onto the flats to gaze up at the front-side galleries. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the age of two, he got up in the middle of the night, found his way outside without waking his parents, and entered a house down the street to plunder a neighbor’s candy drawer. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go up the entrance steps, take a seat on the bottom bench, lay my crutches down, and unload my backpack. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Let us hope you will not be snowed up in the Taurus!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Stuart opened his eyes and sat up. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He walked over to a workbench and lifted up a piece of canvas. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I open up the book the way he asks, and the pages smell like a ballpoint pen. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Juana looked up, and her eyes were wide at Kino’s courage and at his imagination. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new moon had been up and down three times before she got worried in mind. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“St. John,” I said, “I think you are almost wicked to talk so. I am disposed to be as content as a queen, and you try to stir me up to restlessness! To what end?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Sonny’s small,” Coach Tom Morgan told my uncle Clarence at practice one day, “but he makes up for it by being slow.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Amazing to think this room made up the whole bookstore in the beginning, isn’t it?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“A Wagon Lit conductor himself puts up the luggage! It is unheard of!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes snapped open and he sat up straighter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They turned up slope and half crawled, half climbed into the thicker cover of the trees. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Cinna was up late working on organizing your garment car. He must have over a hundred outfits for you. Your evening clothes are exquisite. And Peeta’s team is probably still asleep.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had even been making trips up to the test range for work. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Webb kept pushing the syrup over and telling me what I was missing by giving up oatburgers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Ruth didn’t stretch out her hand to pick them up, or even shift her feet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t blame you for being burnt up.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of months ago, I’d succeeded in hacking into the main directory of Warcross players in New York and synced it all up to my phone’s maps. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I get her diapers off and put her up on that toilet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My mom’s up and getting dressed when I go outside and wait for the bus. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We had to be careful we weren’t makings things up, half remembered, half dreamed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Get me some sort of a command post rigged up here. Cheesethief, where are the gangs with that battering ram?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That was my fifth grade Innovation Project, a toilet-paper-dispenser hat so that whenever I had a cold I could reach up, yank down the paper, and presto! The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Then we pretended to walk up a flight of stairs, to indicate that we had entered the factory. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up to put on his raincoat but I asked him to stay a little longer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his hairy knuckles and lifted up his arm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Betsy picked up her botany book again as though closing the discussion. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z