And in front of me were those wonderful majestic stairs going up to the Lincoln Memorial. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

When the lovers had passed, she flew up to his shoulder and whispered, “The man just along there—watch....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

At the meeting, when Papa stood up to defend the YES YES position, murmurs of “Inu, inu” began to circulate around the mess hall. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He came up to Arthur and took a swing at him, so Arthur hit him back. One time. Am I right?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought the receiver up to my ear but said nothing. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie guessed Crab was headed out hunting, and wanted to pop up to see if he could catch a glimpse of him with his rifle, but decided that Grandma wouldn’t like that. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Still, she zips us up to the Vanderbilt Hotel lobby without another word. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ms. Moskowitz calls us one by one and says, Come up to the board and write your name. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He high-stepped through the pluff mud, the hem of his pants rolled up to his knees, fishing for treasures. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Behind them, a mile or so away, mountains rose up to a sharp blue sky. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

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

At the start of the Korean War, the Tan Yanks remaining in active service in the US Air Force were called up to serve as a part of an integrated squadron. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

South of the bridge the river opened up to embrace the briny sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The man hadn’t participated in the discussion, and, in fact, hadn’t said a word up to that point. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides my class moving up to senior status, there were other changes at the high school. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just as Digory said “Trees!” he had to jump because Uncle Andrew had sidled up to him again and was just going to pick his pocket. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you wonder how only Dog’s mother got up to the sky in the first place?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could walk right up to her and ask if she really did—if she saw the spirit of that woman. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And Mrs. Granger’s eyes would be cranked up to maximum punch power. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were taped and wiped down, the coaches would show up to unleash whatever hell was planned for the next two hours. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"The party is such a lovely idea," Grace said, warming up to the owner of the shorthand notes. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa walked me up to a tall, powerful-looking woman in a maroon warm-up suit. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rounding a curve, Cabot Searcy began to think about his life up to that point. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“We were brought up to believe that women were equal to men, and we thought that we should be allowed to go into the army, too,” Polina argued. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When Elizabeth looks up and sees who she’s been surrounded by, she coughs, draws her hand up to her throat as if she’s shielding herself from some kind of attack. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She looked up to see Agent Jones aiming for her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

There were two ways to get up to the REP, but the other way required the Vanderbeeker kids to use the ladder directly across from the Beiderman’s door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Now it meant running up to someone and slapping their neck. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

"And it's up to us to save them." Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was going to be first in his class, and he was not going home until he had his doctorate rolled up to hand his father. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Albert’s pockets are bulging by the time we line up to go inside. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He took a pinch of glittering powder out of the flowerpot, stepped up to the fire, and threw the powder into the flames. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I wake up to Tats scraping and flicking her dried nail polish, sitting beside me on Mom’s bed. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Just as the town clock strikes two, the mayor steps up to the podium and begins to read. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Asher bares his teeth and laughs, then rushes up to greet her. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harry got so tired of Ron and Hermione sniping at each other over their homework in the common room that he took Sirius’s food up to the Owlery that evening on his own. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The mission is designed to handle sandstorm gusts up to 150 kph. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said softly, "Very well, then. It's up to you, Headmistress." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You can go up to bed, dear,” she added to Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It whittles you down to lie up to fifty times in the space of the fifteen minutes or so it takes to do a “survey,” even when there’s a higher moral purpose to serve. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now everyone seems to get it—-not who I am or what I do—but that whatever I’m up to, the joke is on Ted. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she turned and went up to her room with slow, heavy steps. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Thought about driving up to my sister’s. But I can’t take the kids, they got school.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Grandma’s friends had thrown her a shower at work, because they knew that with four young kids moving in, she might need some help getting up to speed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And man, as I headed to Jefferson that night, I was feeling good, so good it felt like someone had cranked the volume of life up to eleven. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I raise my eyes up to the girl’s and she steps back from the force of it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

At last the words of the chant floated up to them, across the bowl of blackened wood and ashes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The day after that Nick turned the classroom thermostat up to about ninety degrees with a little screwdriver he had brought from home. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not until I was finished with the letter did I look up to see what he was doing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Where colored men worked harbors for $2.50 a day, pulling cargo from ships bigger than churches, and others drove up to the very door of your house to take you where you needed to be. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled over and pulled myself up to my knees. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The crowd had begun forming some forty hours earlier, but up to twenty-four hours before, there were still fewer than one thousand. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Curly had holed up in the trailer for almost three hours, until the reptile wrangler pulled up to the gate. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We had our own little plot cooked up to present to his father—the day before university classes started. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered going up to the Lighthouse bookshelf, feeling all the spines and then picking the one I wanted to take in my room. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, we pulled up to the police station and they led me inside. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Toady pressed his face right up to the crack. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her fingers toyed with the clouds and she imagined Sean striding up to her, releasing her from this horrible prison. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

As her crew made her fast to the pilings and lowered a gangplank, her captain sauntered up to Davos. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She rippled the iridescent fabrics under the lights as converts stepped up to pay. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up again and reached up to the opening and took hold of the stone rim. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The man kept knocking him down with hard, resounding open-palm blows to the head, then jerking him up to his feet in order to knock him down again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione had crept out of their dormitories very early and hurried up to the Owlery together to send a note to Sirius. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Andrew said it was up to me, and I wanted to be a good son, but the dreams of my mother were opposite the wishes of my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say what again? You mean that it sounds all mixed up to me?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I moved back up to Alaska, I had in a strange way fallen into the category of the ignorant tourist. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Certainly,” he replied with alacrity, and stood up to put it in train for speaking. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I sigh and walk up to the sidelines, slipping between people whose voices have started to go hoarse from cheering. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He leapt up to the strut where his dragonfly had been struggling into the world, and eased it gently free of the broken cocoon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then another and another until there’s a whole school of tinker mackerel darting up to nibble on the chum, fighting one another for the pieces I been cutting up and dropping into the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Crommelynck’s hand told me to stay where I was when I got up to light her cigarette. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I love how the sky stays light right into evening, how Lake Michigan gets busy with sailboats and the heat ratchets up to the point that it’s almost impossible to recall the struggles of winter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The next day he was much improved, and sat up to eat. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly desperate for comfort, I reach for Tris’s hand, and she brings her fingers up to meet mine. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Would she go so far as to paint swastikas just to rally the troops and get us all riled up to work on some project? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I looked up to the top of the thickly wooded hillside and that’s when I saw it: a rounded black form, coming over the top of the hill. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Early in the morning, they woke up to the sound of a series of intense blasts that shook the building. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When he heard the doorbell, he jerked up to answer it before he was awake. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I wished I had gone up to Paris with Bill, except that Paris would have meant more fiesta-ing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

As Shadow ran he saw Constance dash across the grounds at an angle which cut him off from the stairs up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Next thing I knew, the contestants rushed up to me, giving me one big group hug and saying congratulations. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every year they say we’re going to get right up to the present, but we always get stuck in the Industrial Revolution. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The water ripples quietly around him as he slides his hands up to hold Henry’s face in both palms, tracing his cheekbones with the wet pads of his thumbs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was perhaps on his way up to the eminence from which Estraven, less than a year ago, had. fallen. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I am Ayesha Farooq, and I’m Pakistan’s first female fighter pilot. I scored the highest possible marks on my air force exam, and I say instead of looking up to role models, be one yourself.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I seen with my own two eyes the charlie run up to that claymore you set, turn it around, and run before Monaco got him.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds them up to her eyes and looks for a bit, then hands ’em to me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“A tight boat is a good boat,” my dad used to say, but now he don’t care if the Mary Rose sunk, so it’s up to me to raise her. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she sees me, she jumps up to help with the plates and bottles. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

‘What have you been up to? Tell me at once!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

They proved themselves up to the challenge, though. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I'm in front of the wide steps that lead up to the museum when my backpack starts to ring. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I looked up to the stars and tried to figure out which was the best one. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tommy looked worried—Christopher being someone he looked up to in those days—and asked what he meant. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up to the sound of music. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I shout and climb up to the top of the escarpment to greet him. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucas Cader walked up to me as I sat on the steps of the gazebo, finishing corn dog number two and gazing over at the Baptist church choir performing on the stage. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And the other ones will grow up to be fried chicken! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went running up to the front of the library, and there was Miss Franny Block, sitting on the floor behind her desk. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

The huge stone columns lining the road that lead up to the hotel look like they belong in a fairy-tale palace. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Em rolled her eyes up to the ceiling. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Miss Trotter ambled up to the cabinet and traced her hand along the wood and even the glass, which was dusty. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As you are not playing downstairs, or peacefully abed, a cynical person might wonder what you are doing at this late hour, and if you are up to no good. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From there you could go down to the basement or up to the second floor. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Her eye went back up to the top of the list, found Wilmington and traced the buses leaving for the eastern shore. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved up to the front of the line to join my classmates who had also made the California Scholarship Federation every semester for four years. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I apologize for not living up to your absurd expectations, Papa. Don’t you have anyone else to bother?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And then I head up to the second level. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Native Australians constructed elaborate systems of canals up to a mile and a half long, in order to enable eels to extend their range from one marsh to another. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A black man in a white coat came up to me, jerked my right arm, and smeared it above the elbow with an acid ointment. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was pitifully easy to kill the seals: they had no fear of anything on land, and the men could ski or walk up to the trusting animals and club them to death. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Emily looked up to see Matthew applying a bumper sticker for Flush to the face of the ticket machine. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When she returned backstage she walked right up to the judges and told them she would not be able to sign the contract. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I remember we came up to a crossroad, sand everywhere, the outline of two intersecting roads. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Captains walked up to each other and shook hands; Diggory smiled at Wood but Wood now looked as though he had lockjaw and merely nodded. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Most of the town had shown up to see Resilient Helenwood, and all the artwork that usually hung on the walls was replaced with a cornucopia of colors and mediums, words and photographs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It rose up to her waist, to her chest. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Oliver looked up to see Angie waving at him from the stoop of her building. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She left her home and hurried to the White House, arriving just as the president was brought up to his room. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

After while, Mae Mobley come over and press her cheek up to mine and just hold it there, like she know I be hurting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I turned to find a huge dude rolling up to me fast and flexed. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the ticket counter and said I had a reservation. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Bottom line, nobody sees us and automatically assumes we’re up to no good. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He lifted his hand up to the propane valve and tweaked the knob. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to disappoint you, and I don’t want to hurt my parents. Is there any way you won’t tell them? Please? I’ll make it up to you.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

After the sports ended, that was ten-thirty, and I got up to go. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was aiming his weapon, yelling at them all to freeze, when Mark caught up to him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I walk up to Hope and Jason, grabbing the bag and nodding for them to follow me into my room. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Victoria wasn’t on the same page as Maddie because she came up to me and said, “Twinkle, do you think my right side is my good side?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You want to go up to Mr. Henry’s room and look at his girlie magazines?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will compensate you for their deaths! We will make it up to you! We will pay you.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When she stands up to leave, one boy puts his arms round her waist and whispers something in her ear. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

One of the most brilliant engineers on the laboratory’s staff took an active interest in standing up to the prejudice he saw around town. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He ran up to her every afternoon, grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the gate where she waited with Maybeth silent beside her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, as one packinghouse manager explained, “If you need to turn out a little more, you speed up the conveyors a little and the men speed up to keep pace.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A girl with thick, short hair stretched up to the ceiling, then bowed down to her feet, holding her position and letting her arms dangle toward the hardwood studio floor. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Simon nods and jumps up to hug him, laughing so hard he can barely speak. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I am told, Madam Mina, by my friend John that you and your husband have put up in exact order all things that have been, up to this moment.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, this white man had come up to him, flung aside the curtain and walked into the room of his life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lets go of my hand and sinks onto the steps that lead up to Ma’s building. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

And perhaps Uncle wanted to make up to us for all the time we had been living out here like this, trying to prove he was wrong about our never being able to fly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay in there!” his mother called up to him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Then I walked up to the podium and unfolded the piece of paper on which I’d printed my eulogy. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But no one gets up to tell us hello. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Suma’s up to her waist and struggling as much as I am. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Father Drozdov lifted his arms up to halt the crowd coming forward, blood dripping from his nose down his face. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I dropped the toffee apple, ran out behind her in tears, and caught up to her at the car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go back up to the house,” said my father. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Nightmare Me looks up to where she’s pointing and watches attentively, not scared yet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I turn just in time to be withered by Jupe’s stare before she rotates on her heel and heads up to the house. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He looked up to see a school bus arriving at the far end of the lot. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I said, “Well, how about I watch the end with you, and then I can rewind it and watch up to the point I started watching with you?” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

By way of answer Viola digs ’em outta her bag and holds ’em up to her own eyes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s totally up to you, but if you wanted to cover up your, um, you know, spots, I could teach you how.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No, we haven’t,” I said, looking up to the hole in the ceiling above our nest. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The airplane landed steadily enough and ran up to the group. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After she had seen Papa off, Francie went up to see what kind of costume Floss Gaddis had for the dance that night. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second Mom went back into the kitchen, the boys pounced on Jess with their news: Their dad was heading up to his fishing cabin early tomorrow morning. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, I peeked out the front window in the hope that my father had changed his mind and was at that very moment pulling up to the house. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime on January 15, fireman George Layhe had decided not to join the game and instead had gone up to the sleeping room on the third floor to take a short nap. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

As we watch, she jumps out of the canoe and trots up to Captain Smith. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I tried to catch up to him, ignoring the pain and indignity beneath my coat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mark held his arms up to protect Trina and Deedee, backed up and pressed them against the wall by the stairs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Weaponsmaster was so impressed, he came up to the stage to take a dose, then, in the ultimate demonstration, proceeded to glean the saleswoman. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know back then that men you looked up to could do so much more damage. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then she chuckled under her breath and held the screen up to show me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When she stood up to look at the rich colors and exciting shapes of her clutch, her knees bent. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I got out of the car and went up to her one more time and asked her “Please, I would like to meet my father, I do have the right, you know!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The young man said, “Jump out and go up to the third floor.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He peered up to see his captor standing over him, a concrete ceiling and walls behind him, fluorescent lights on either side. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It will be up to the other players to discover who you really are. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What are you kids up to so early?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Listen: ‘The incident happened shortly before sunrise, when an unknown prankster sneaked up to the patrol car, a 2001 Crown Victoria, and spray-painted the windows with black paint.’” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed him to the back of the house to check on Dadi, her pale face turned up to the ceiling, breathing weakly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Several of the villagers whispered the words, but the rabbi, his hand up to his eyes, strained to read them. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Khadijah auntie walking up to me, leaning on her cane, drawing me into a one-armed hug. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But Mom cuts through all that, clear across the room, walking right up to me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I read The Irish Times and The Times of London because that tells me what the King is up to every day and what Elizabeth and Margaret are doing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“If he’s dead, you guys’ll probably find him eventually. If not, he’ll get hungry and show up to eat. I don’t care.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He put a finger to his lips and beckoned to Lyra, and led her to the stairs and up to the next floor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some go up to five days without eating. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Half the pleasure was sticking your arm in up to the shirtsleeve and fishing in the ice water for the bottle. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

To deepen the weight on my back was the disapproval of my teammates, who were less than forgiving when I lost a point or didn’t measure up to their expectations. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even the doctors and nurses play up to this: a donor on a fourth will go in for a check and be greeted by whitecoats smiling and shaking their hand. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's still not warmed up to Chase but lets Mattie fuss and pet at him to no end. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then he literally marched them all up to bed, installed Maddie in his fox’s den of a library on the way, and came back to her twenty minutes later carrying a steaming silver coffee pot. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Henry’s hand comes up to stroke along his jaw, his sweaty hairline, and Alex settles himself between his legs, lets Henry lace the fingers of his right hand with Alex’s left. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dayah jumps up to help when she sees Baba with a patient. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember—your goal is always to aim for the gem. However you accomplish that is up to you. Let’s work out our weaknesses.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was about to nod when I realized if I said something, I could bring my word count for the day up to five. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briefly, I thought about turning around, just giving up, but then I got out of the car and walked up to the front porch. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I manage to take a piece of potato and some cornbread up to him before it gets dark. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I could just go up to people, like some regular person, like someone who hadn’t known his friend was going to die, and say what? Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I guess she hated to admit that if it was up to her we’d be hightailing it out of here like rabbits. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy walked back to the gate and opened the container of crickets and held it up to the fence. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of others had come to D.C. to perform in the many other events being held in the days leading up to the inauguration, and tens of thousands more had come to watch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Dimple walked up to him and took the bottles of water. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

With best friends, you always know what they are up to, but until break today, Isabella didn’t breathe one word about leaving early. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It's heavy, and as I move to the stairs with it, Alicia gets to her feet, and I follow her up to the kitchen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother heard the report of D day on our ancient radio and walked up to the crab house to tell me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whymper heard nothing of this affair, and the eggs were duly delivered, a grocer’s van driving up to the farm once a week to take them away. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I walk around the tree, look for knots, and remember how Charlie used to boost me up to them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Within three minutes, the regulator had brought the Hab oxygen back up to par. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it’s not even set up to use in Turkey.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

As some big coward, too afraid to stand up to his parents, too afraid to really live life? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jethro felt his face bum with anger, but something new had been pointed up to him, something in the long process of learning to which he would be sensitive for the rest of his days. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leave five dollars in the jar for a bucket of bait and try to skedaddle before anybody thinks to ask what I’m up to. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

This is clear evidence that I was here, that I was up to something. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We walk over wooden floors, polished to a sheen with pine- scented wax, past stairs that curve up to a wraparound balcony that overlooks the gardens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, if you can imagine, the line to see Fumulani on Independence Day began forming early, right around the time my father stepped up to the bar at General Grocery. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The beaver took them along the water and up to a dense section of forest that jutted into the pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She pulls her legs up to lotus position on the couch and doubles over with laughter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a bat. It’s a black butterfly,” Mundín observes, leaping up to catch it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe the painting would start coming to life like in 1408 and Drew and I could team up to face the haunted room. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Instead his steps led him up to the roof of the east tower, die tallest at Griffin’s Roost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

When I got home after making my rather scanty “observations,” I went up to the roof and decided to record what I saw on the street below. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I parked in the student parking lot, parted ways with Mom, and then lined up to walk through the metal detectors. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stood up to applaud, along with two thousand other admirers. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The Great Harbor was deep enough for the biggest ships to come right up to the edge of the street grid. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I go in to collect they plates and I hear Miss Hilly say, “I’m up to Chapter Seven,” and I freeze, the plates in my hand clattering. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We are poor folk,” she said, “but poverty isn’t so bad when you’re willing to own up to it, and a contented spirit is a great help, too.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I have to hear from the neighborhood how good you're getting? So I came up to see." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me close by saying that I have the personal faith that mankind will somehow rise up to the occasion and give new directions to an age drifting rapidly to its doom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After the meeting, Elizabeth went up to Campbell and offered to help. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And even as he thought of that he saw a battery moving out of the woods to his left, being rushed up to support the line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran up to Candy Man and flung himself at him, wrapping his arms around Candy Man’s legs. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

With his hands on her shoulders, she could feel the pulsing of her blood within her as if it were rushing up to meet his skin, and the price did not seem so high. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One leg of her denim bell-bottoms was rolled up to expose a white, bony knee on which a face had been drawn. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to ride Pegasus up to Olympus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish them a good night and step into my room, tucking myself into bed and pulling the covers up to my neck. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Car breaks down, they split up to find help, and a serial killer murders somebody,” Seven adds. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She steps up to Ruby, and I join them, feeling a bit worried; Olive lets some pretty awful things fly when she talks to her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The plastic forks scratched against the Styrofoam plates, the fold-up chairs squeaked and honked as people scooched up to the tables. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But how can I look without Quirrell realizing what I’m up to? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Others came up to shake his hand, congratulating him on such a great sermon. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I held it up to the light and quickly read; it was a list of names, with the mayor’s at the bottom. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, we creep up to the door and glance in. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He might be weeks getting back, or might never get back—it was up to him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scramble to it and reach up to help her. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The price always starts at five when it’s just sprinkling, then goes up to fifteen when it’s really pouring. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My pants were wet up to the thigh now, and I wondered how much higher the marsh line would get before I hit the riverbank. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each time I had to get up to sharpen it, I told myself I could just walk out of there. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He witnessed Lord Voldemort’s rebirth. I will explain it all to you if you will step up to my office.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He backed up to create some space between them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They caught up to him in an alley half a mile away. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

But a cry came from the priest and they looked up to see a marvel hardly to be believed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eccentricities are chalked up to his status as a famous actor. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He blew a smoke stream up to the ceiling that seemed to go on forever, and then he looked over at me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And everyone is going wild, stomping and crying and lifting their hands up to the sky. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But when Annie realized what was happening, she got this terrified, defeated look and said, “I think it’s time for you to move up to big boy board shorts, Ryan Dean.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I balled my hair back and pulled the hood up to cover it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When Palmer recalled last year’s Treatment, he could hardly believe his own memory: pride, honor, little kids lining up to touch his devastated arm. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“When people die, it’s just the body that dies. The soul goes up to the sky.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At times he nearly stood up to reach for a new crayon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She stands on tiptoe next to me, drawing in a sharp gasp as she takes in the trail of red leading up to the door. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He reached forward, picked up Neville Longbottom’s copy of Travels with Trolls, and held it up to show his own, winking portrait on the front. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Electric blue in colour, up to eight inches in height and very mischievous, the pixie delights in tricks and practical jokes of all descriptions. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pull up to the short line of cars waiting there, the right-turn blinker ticking into the silence. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Meeker, go up to Doctor Hobart’s house and tell him we’ve got a wounded man down here.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dig out a one-piece that she’s had since swim class in sixth grade, holding it up to her with a smirk. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Marie shook me and told me that Masson had gone back up to the house, that it was time for lunch. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He croaked and threw his hands up to try to relieve the pressure as he fell on his back and the wind was knocked out of his lungs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“If it was up to me I’d send you all back to that monkey island of yours.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I almost cried out, but I held back and waited for him to come up to my bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Almost two years now. And if you’re wondering, yes, we do get the occasional prankster who pulls up to the window and tells me they want a chalupa.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

You can feel it: it’s like the hum of electric lights, the change in atmosphere as the train pulls up to the red signal. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to go up to my room where the closed door, the quiet, and the privacy would force me to make a decision. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had always looked up to this woman, but here she was, making assumptions about me when she had no idea what I was experiencing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Who will be the kings, the rooks, and bishops rising up to strike at a distance? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella kicked and kicked, forcing them back up to the surface. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I bring my hands up to run them through her hair. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

In a magic square, a grid was filled with a consecutive set of numbers so every row, column, and diagonal added up to the same number. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And there was the arsenal of course: guns, pistols, shotguns, slingshots, knives, and swords, It’s no wonder kids grow up to be killers with all that rehearsal. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

When we pull up to my house, he says, “Just tell Erin and your folks we were talking hoops, okay? They don’t need to know our secret.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightened and bewildered, she stood biting her lip while Will did as his father told him, his face close up to the knifepoint in the paling dragonfly light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You heard her screaming, Dad—” My dad’s hands go up to block my words. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dad would say I got in with party people and didn’t work up to my potential in my first semester,” said Jule. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They both looked up to see Madame Bee coming toward them, carrying a small tray that held two miniature jars. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She totally ballooned up to a size six and none of her pants fit, and she had, like, three-hundred-dollar Sandeces jeans!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Robin was sitting on the stairs that led up to the second floor. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following day I went up to Harlem, an area that had assumed legendary proportions in my mind since the 1950s when I watched young men in Soweto emulate the fashions of Harlem dandies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here various associates testify to the “essential feeling of family for which Wal-Mart is so well-known, ” leading up to the conclusion that we don’t need a union. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came back again, I started up to the porch to help but my father smacked me on the shoulder. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On a Big Meeting Sunday, we’d pull up to church at noon and wouldn’t get home until dark. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She took my hand, and we walked up to Mrs. Windermere’s. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For the last time in his life, Seabiscuit eased up to tease an opponent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to scale up to allow for the second reflection, Brunelleschi’s board would have needed to have an area of four square feet, not one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I look up too, and I get up to try and make conversation and not be an antisocial nerd. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

McCarthy shoved his way up to the horse and propped a microphone on Seabiscuit’s withers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think many people stand up to her mother. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Hey, kid, if it was up to me, I would let you stay. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The kettle begins to whistle, and he gets up to pour the boiling water into his teacup. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The suitcase was so packed with books Emily had to drag it up to the front porch one step at a time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

During a May conference at Caltech honoring the visiting Niels Bohr, he alluded to the lightweight neutron while describing the disintegration of eight heavy targets, up to aluminum, by deuton bombardment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He answered my unspoken question as he stood up to take his plate to the sink. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the period leading up to the election, a Transitional Executive Council with members from each party would ensure the right climate for the elections. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horses soared up to the very top of the sky and then, plunging headlong down, they set the world on fire. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were just up to “Happy birthday, dear Oooo-mi” when something brushed my shoulders. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom,” I asked as she was getting up to leave, “what if I miss?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes darted up to the top of the screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At half past eleven that evening, Harry, who had pretended to go up to bed early, pulled the Invisibility Cloak back over himself and crept back downstairs through the common room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Always a perfume or cologne that was supposed to help but ended up taking stink up to stank. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But when they held it up to Laurie, the sweater reached only to her navel and the leggings went to just below her knees. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up to watch him, to watch his dark skin covered with beads of sweat that gleamed in the sun. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he looked up to read my eyes, there was no trace of fear in them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Each part had 25 points to add up to a hundred and I needed 16.25 out of each part. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A few nights ago a drunken white man had come up to him and begun pulling him along the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He turns and sprints back up to his apartment, and I follow, thinking about how turning someone else’s doorknob is such a small thing but also such a creepy thing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, he walked solemnly back up to the house and spoke to his wife. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Believe me, even when I thought we were going to live in the marble palace, I would have given it up to sit on that basement dirt floor again. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Abby tapped her phone screen to end the call and hopped up to her feet. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I brought my fingers up to make the quotes around date. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

While she spun honey across the tops of a fresh pan of cakes, she explained to me in detail how the Assumption was nothing less than Mary rising up to heaven. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother bustled about, putting the porridge into a bowl for all to dip into and drawing a bench up to the table. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Harris was there and the three of us walked up to Roncesvalles. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The portico led up to the guest house, where no guests ever stayed: only Desdemona, for a short time with her husband and a long time alone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The horse stood quietly in the center of the chaos, his tail in the air and his ribs heaving in and out as the waves of fans pushed up to his sides. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glances up at me as he tapes the sensor onto his middle finger, holding it up to me and grinning. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She came up to us and patted our backs. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But my cucumbers this year haven't been up to snuff, not worth the brine for pickling. How were yours?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe a sigh of relief and rise up to get ready for choir practice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He asked Ben to hold the reins for a moment as he stood up and hollered up to the bridgetender’s house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could fix pretty much any sort of car that sputtered or was dragged by a mule up to his garage door. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then Kat went up to her and offered her the souvenir photograph. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pull up to their cute little house. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I am light on my feet and feel like I am a little girl in Cuba again, lifted by the breeze, way up to the sky. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He could not bear the thought of Buchi growing up to resent him, to lack something that he should have been for her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Rogers went downstairs to clear up in the dining room and pantry. Anyone could have gone up to the woman's bedroom then without being seen." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

My mother had her hand up to her mouth. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They could go 700 miles at 350 miles an hour without refueling, and climb up to four miles high in seven minutes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I mean really lost. The police are looking for him. It was just after you came up to us and gave us that ticket. Remember?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dallas, oblivious to Florida’s warnings, raced up to the barn. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

One night at supper, Dad was firing questions at Dan on the squares of numbers up to twenty-five. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The porter got up to make his rounds I didn’t see him no more, but when the train lurched to a stop, I was already by the door. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The upper wind settled in the West and deeper and wetter clouds rolled up to spill their laden rain on the bare heads of the Downs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I went up to her and pulled the sleeve of her fur- collared jacket. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he looked away, I guessed what he was up to. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even Dragon, though he would chase a rat up to the edge of the bush, would not follow him into it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The moth spooked from his brow and all the others from the wall, to flutter up to the ceiling and beat around the beams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Adam lay on the bed, a sheet pulled up to his waist, and Alice patted the cuts with a linen handkerchief dipped in warm water. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Barely a half hour later, my door opens, and I look up to see Hideo walk into my room, flanked by his bodyguards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wearing a nice suit and sucking up to reporters? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I see my life up to New Year’s 1944 as if I were looking through a powerful magnifying glass. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They would catch up to the girl in three days. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tristran reached up to the buttonhole of his jerkin and felt it there, as cold and perfect as it had been through all his journeyings. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A warm, good smell of sun-baked earth and grass and flowers came up to them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

And also about how I should think about what I was doing, like any of it was up to me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the monster, because I had to stand up to move, her gaze pounced on me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I held the bottle up to my mouth and drew a long messy swallow, as if I were some decadent wild woman who had just dismissed an unsatisfactory lover. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t go all the way up to Buzzard’s Roost. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Chaol Westfall stopped short when he found the assassin dangling from the beam of the bedroom doorway, repeatedly hoisting herself up to touch her chin to the wooden bar. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He said, “Okay,” but then he walked up to me, walked right up to me, and I felt something pop inside my head. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to reconnoiter this situation for ourselves. Black Boar isn’t far off and once we see what Hatchet’s up to, we can send someone back to base with concrete information.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He kissed me, he told me he’d make it up to me, that we’d be OK, that everything would be all right. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess she’d had her say and was leaving it up to me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

So they made their way up to Seven’s room to wait. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jazz said, standing up to get a better look. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I eased the shirt up over his chest and he sat up to let me pull it off. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance marched up to the stage and pulled the curtain shut. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The word itself means nothing; Luce made it up to avoid any etymological associations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then towards the end of the afternoon as we were leaving the Art Room, he came up to me in the corridor and said: “Kath, can I just have a quick word?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex says, trudging up to stand next to him under the tree. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mark stepped up to her, not sure what to do. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, the blonde one got up to dance with me, because you could tell I was really talking to her, and we walked out to the dance floor. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Someone who had to just stop in his tracks and do a slow pivot like Smokey Robinson with his brilliant smile that slid over his mouth and drifted right up to his laughing eyes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

His route takes him through the streets of south London up to the Thames, along the river until he crosses it to get into central London and to Goupil’s. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Stanton would have invited Anthony and Bloomer over for dinner, she wrote, but she didn’t know what kind of mischief her children had been up to in her absence. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Also, up to that time chess champions would traditionally defend their title only every three years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He slithers up to a note, hits it, flails, recovers, oozes in the direction of another note. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t do a thing,” I said, standing up to him. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Milton looks up to see Morrison in his living room, lighting a cigarette. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Javier curled into himself; his brown hands jerked up to his chest, and blood squirted out between his fingers. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the top right corner I draw his mouth with his lips curled up to show he’s happy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of keeping safely motionless, my arms reached up to twine tightly around his neck, and I was suddenly welded to his stone figure. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some guys in school hardly ever get up to recite or go to the blackboard. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Seems to be all there,” he called up to the Conte and his companion. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They wrote their names upon their leaves, fastened them to their breast pockets, and bellied up to the long oak table that served as our communal desk. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A school bus pulled up to the stop sign at that corner. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

At the hanging of his friend, convicted killer Tom Horn, he made national headlines by stepping up to the gallows and belting out “Life’s Railway to Heaven.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding it up to her mouth, he gently helped her to drink from it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just...walked right up to an actor. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They stop and set them on the ground and Dill’s father dances up to them, clapping his hands. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We began with basic arithmetic and worked our way up to the complexities of trigonometry. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Tell me those are both at GW,” Alex says, hopping up to sit on one of the immaculate countertops, feet dangling. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kempsey'd told me, curtly, to get on with my homework till I was sent for, but for once I was up to date. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Oleander bushes flanked the road leading up to the main gate of the Ravenel Marine Air Station. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They strode up to the fortress gate, seeing no one. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Will you have a lot of catching up to do?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I caught up to him just past the school gates. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Where are all the bats?” asked Kojo, swinging his flashlight beam up to the ceiling. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Box Boy shoots me a halting glance before stepping up to the counter. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

So it’s up to me and it didn’t take but five or six maids before everbody already know what I’m on ask before I get three words out my mouth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dimple was attempting to balance two water bottles and a pile of dripping paper towels when Celia ran up to her and took a few things. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Brent sauntered up to me and said, “Jubilee, I’ve heard so much about you. I think what you and your friends have done here is awesome, and I’m happy to be a part of it.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I got out and told the driver to go on and that if we had not caught up to them at the junction of the road to Cormons to wait there. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Placing a hand beside her mouth, Grandma called up to the ledge. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“So you see,” he said, “I do big business. I am up to date. I understand salesmanship!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding the container steady, we climbed back up to the top and placed it on the ground. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And the army never learned to bunch its troops into tight formations, as the Greeks did at Marathon, forming human masses that can literally stand up to cavalry. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now it was up to me to give my father a dose of the courage he had always given me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then I felt headlights on me, too high up to be a car’s headlights. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a wide platform in front of the store, and at one end of it steps went up to it out of the sand. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very first time Alex pulled up to Pennsylvania Avenue as the First Son of the United States, he almost fell into a bush. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was afraid Father would come up so I slipped away from the top of the stairs and began to climb the ladder up to the loft. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martin sidled up to Moss and put a box of tissues and a pitcher of water on the table before dashing off. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I show up to work maybe more buzzed than I’ve ever been. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’ll fiddle with the VCR till it pauses on the exact moment of van Damme holding his knee up to his chest before exploding it out sideways into a guy’s stomach. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He’s not writhing anymore; apparently the nurse gave him what he needed, because he’s sitting up, eyes closed, pants rolled up to his knee, scratching everything—his lower leg, chest, face—mumbling and swaying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Pond walked up to him and rested his chin on Nathan’s shoulder. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He’s casually dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt and, for some reason, authentic leather cowboy boots with gigantic heels that boost him up to merely short. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In the midst of all his preoccupations, Harry had not forgotten his other ambition: finding out what Malfoy was up to in the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m taking these folks on up to Gwynedd, and the wife and me are heading for her mother’s in Bethlehem.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped off his sandals and clambered up to them, gripping the bare stone with his toes, and he looked into the shallow caves. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wants to make things up to me, she says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And when Christopher got up to answer the door, my mother stood and walked over to his seat, sat down, and took my father’s hand. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She obediently drew it back up to pier level. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered how he’d been told the cost of the flashlight was going to go up to forty bucks, and he figured it out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It had not been in my plan to listen to him, but my curiosity was piqued and I straightened up to give him my attention. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled up to the barn as the wind picked up. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you’re up to something when you start getting polite. Just what have you got brewing?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Just shoot him, you see, then tie up to him real easy, then toss him overboard and wash your hands. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We wear long wool coats with tie belts, the collars turned up to look like those of movie stars, and rubber boots with the tops folded down and men’s work socks inside. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The water was up to my waist; it was inching toward Peach’s armpits. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then a boy who looks about fifteen or sixteen comes up to me and holds out his hand and shyly asks, “Excuse me, senorita. Will you dance with me?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is actually inviting me up to her room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Asher will expect me to hang around for team-bonding time, especially in the weeks leading up to the first official game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By then I could not understand what Francis was up to and reverted to The Times for amusement. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

We crossed carefully back over the log and climbed the bank up to the highway. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She pulled it loose and held it up to examine it in the weak moonlight from the window. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The soldiers left the library, deposited the lead weights by the front door, and headed up to the second floor, knocking their shoulders against the paintings of the Lockton ancestors that lined the staircase. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outer parapet came up to her chin, but along the inner edge of the walk was nothing, nothing but a long plunge to the bailey seventy or eighty feet below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Moms pretty much thinks milk is what could make me and Diego grow up to be big and strong like our old man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Most of the time when Momma made us go to Mitchell’s, Byron would make me carry the bags from the store right up to the front porch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at him gratefully and hold the blanket up to my nose. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She ran her hand over the curly hair on his chest, but he kissed her and got up to look for his underwear. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But when I step up to the reservation desk, ready to haggle over this booking mistake, it is confirmed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The reason I came up to talk to y’all was, could I use your phone? Mine’s dead. Would that be okay?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If my son grows up to be like Bob, I’ll be a happy man. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A clerk came up to Billy and told him the good stuff was in the back, that the books Billy was reading were window dressing. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carl’s grandfather watched game shows on television the whole time, except when he occasionally got up to tell us we needed to hurry because he was late for work. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

As soon as Ken had written his question, Toby grabbed the folded paper, and, stepping up to the new altar, he started right in being the priest of the oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What in the name of goodness are you up to now?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was up to no good, Will was certain of it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The reverend’s daughter opens it up to see an exhausted, very thin redheaded man dressed in rags, covered with dirt and sweat. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The U.S. boat crept up to within a half length of the British boat’s stern. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Edna went up to her atelier —a bright room in the top of the house. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If only we could get hold of a German atomic physicist,” said Samuel Goudsmit, “we could soon find out what the rest of them were up to.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone else offered seventy-five cents, then a dollar, and before too long it was up to nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She’s on her third boyfriend since Gavin, so I don’t know what her problem is with me, but today she actually comes up to me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Luckily, in the motel parking lot, the water was only up to the dogs’ elbows. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

An old man with a sun-weathered straw hat and faded overalls unbent himself from his chores in the garden to nod our way as we walked up to him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I went up to her and tapped her shoulder. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, I realize, if God is ready to take Reverend Hunt up to heaven, it is not my business to try to stop Him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Viola rushes up to the fence in front of the house. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something. When you saw me in the station, with the crate, why did you back off and hide? Why didn’t you just walk up to me? It could have been settled there.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Francie first saw it, it was only up to the second story. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up to find her staring at me, silent. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It takes me a moment to realize what’s happening, but when I look over, Feathers is already reaching up to unfasten her visor. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I accuse him of murderous things; I’d have him arrested—and you pop up to his rescue. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The map will guide us to the location of the first key. From there, it’s up to you.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The hollow looked up to see the rock sailing toward it and poised to jump again—but there wasn’t time. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Congress for its antiapartheid legislation and said the new South Africa hoped to live up to the values that created the two chambers before which I spoke. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I could afford to catch a bus home instead of walking or save up to buy whatever. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Mind!” said my convict, wiping blood from his face with his ragged sleeves, and shaking torn hair from his fingers: “I took him! I give him up to you! Mind that!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

They marched in two straight lines right up to the courthouse steps. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Walking up to the edge of the playground, I stopped to watch. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never did make it back up to Mrs. Maxy’s class for math drills like I wanted to, and when school was out I walked home. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t grow up to be one of those men who lie for the sport of it,” she said, “and most men do. That’s a fact.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the first Tuesday we rolled up to the Wynnum Ex-Services Bowls Club, located on the waterfront next to the local dump. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I walked right up to the man like I was hypnotized. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dallas stared at the money, smoothing it and rearranging it and holding it up to the light. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

A chimney stood nearby, and a staircase led up to the attic. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At about five, when I got up to leave, he looked over to tell me in a weary voice that he had some very big news. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bad, the Goat Man had to hold her up to milk her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I look up to the faces of the adults who are all looking in the same direction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You spoil her too much,” Sarah said as I stepped up to the counter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel very thankful, but I took my dinner, as was customary, up to the bronze brazier and scraped part of it into the flames. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s too big and heavy. I might lift him up to you, but you can’t stand to hold him in your arms that long. You’ll give out.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to take care of them quickly, before any others show up to see what’s going on. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But everyone I went up to was just like, What the? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I get up to leave, the cuffs of my sleeves, used to wipe my cheeks, are damp, and my jaw aches. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He stepped up to a blank monitor, studied his reflection. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“I guess our brains haven’t caught up to us yet. But my brains better get going. Guess what?” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru thought back to Mini’s story about showing up to a birthday party on the wrong date. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The water was up to their necks now. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

All of this was marvelous and helpful, freeing me up to focus on the things I felt were most important. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Satisfied with a job well done, the work crews stacked up their materials, and were hauled up to the ramparts in the large grain baskets. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then I went on up to the principal's office. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, we head back to the car, and as we walk, I catch up to Mustafa and tug on his arm. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The white flew up to become the sky, the yolk descended into earth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They drew rein before the city gates, and looked up to see Dany on the wall above them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Addie said she understood, and then she was miserable for about five minutes until DuShawn came up to her and said, “Congratulations.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to kill all the vandals, miss,” she said, when she came up to hand in her drawing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Next morning, Sarah agreed I could move my pallet up to the kitchen hearth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, shook off drowsiness, and pulled the comforter up to cover my chest. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Kneazles have up to eight kittens in a Utter and can interbreed with cats. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could chalk it up to any number of distractions. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Amari and Polly rushed out of the kitchen and up to the big house—their first trip back since the night of the spilled pie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I pull up to Building A, before she opens the door to get out, she turns the volume knob down all the way. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Standing beside the frock-coated men, Turner shivered with the sea breeze that had come up to him and circled his feet. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He smiled, sneaky, like he was up to something. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was hardly up to the second stories. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby and I want to take our piles up to our rooms and start using them. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Did Apollo’s late reparation make up to her for all that she had suffered? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurry up to her and tap her on the shoulder. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

"They come right up to my door looking for the boy," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was in there for only an hour before I was called up to court, where a judge would either let me go or send me to prison to await trial. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Sun’s stellar ash can be reused for fuel only up to a point. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It closed quietly after his mother bid him goodbye, and he jogged up to Esperanza, the chain-link fence screeching as she shut the gate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If they failed to live up to Methodist standards, they were expelled from the group. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she rambled on about how graduating from high school wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be and how much she hated her job at the Waffle House. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He saw joy in those faces, and holy excitement, and belief—and they all looked up to him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Every day, a larger number of volunteers show up to work on the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

His whole body feels heavy as he carries the radio up to the dormer. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He went up to the table with the models and stood there for a moment. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I am only too happy to have been of any service! Oh, God!” he cried suddenly, struggling up to a sitting posture and pointing to me, “It was worth for this to die! Look! look!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Some of the older folks resisted leaving right up to the end and had to have their bags packed for them and be physically lifted and shoved onto the buses. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brushed my teeth, dressed, and hurried outside, where the first familiar person I spotted was Julian on his way up to the Lyceum. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

“Or maybe she just ran away. Her name was Runaround Sue. Maybe she was living up to it.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Minli heard him say, and she peeked up to see the king looking at her with the same amused expression he’d had as a beggar watching the people eat the peaches. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie holds the book up to me again, tapping his finger against one of the pictures. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"It's Dog Squad to the rescue!" cries Nala, who has clambered undetected up to the rafters high above the barn floor. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

If my mom decided that Ali didn't live up to his photographs or that he was an ogre with halitosis and no discernible sense of humor, she could have politely refused to marry him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Alex’s eyes flash up to search Henry’s face and find him smiling softly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And the next time your pipes spring a leak and a panel truck marked ''Licensed” Plumber pulls up to your door, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost all were modified, with engines souped up to outrun police cars and secret compartments big enough to carry large amounts of hidden alcoholic beverages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In support of my personal belief that real life doesn’t live up to writing about it, the members of my family seem to have spent most of their time that year engaged in correspondence. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She calls up to the woman, “We’re meant to be heading for the settlement.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t he be living up to the prophecy, and giving himself the best chance of survival, if he joined those highly trained wizards whose job it was to find and kill Voldemort? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

After that Sunrise Prayer, my guide accompanied me back up to the fourth tier. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drags her eyes away from a retreating bin and up to the next applicant. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The cows on these “farms” spend their time in a fenced lot eating organic grain except for the three times a day they are hooked up to milking machines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’d been put in charge of the spending money, so I went up to pay. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after the game was over, she walked up to me and said, “We don’t want you to play with us anymore.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

After a little bit, we get to a small clearing, almost like a little field that rises up to a short bluff, standing just over the treetops. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He looks up to see, there in the sky and blocking out the sun completely, the long-lost Lazarus woodpecker, with its wings outspread and its beak pointing upward, nearly piercing the blue of the sky. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The next day, after school, Canton, with the broom dog tucked under his arm, slowly walked up to the corner to watch his mother—to guard the crossing guard. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“First, fold your fingers down, tips to base. Yeah. Now fold them again, toward that meat below your thumb. Right. Now tuck your thumb up to hold it all together. Much better.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was going to ask for his money back until he discovered that people driving through town on their way back up to the city would pay a fortune for a dozen Easter-colored eggs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“All right. We’ll conduct a test. You pretend that you’re me and you’re meeting someone for the first time. Now walk up to this imaginary person and introduce yourself without laughing.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not going to be easy. He’s going to have machines and tubes hooked up to him. He’s not going to look at you or say anything.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Harvard...Harvard men...In spite of everything the buried memories rose up to nag him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were thick bands of iron hugged ’round her ankles connecting up to some locks and chains that were keeping her where she was at. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, bunched the thin fabric in his hand, and pressed it back up to his nose. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning we walked up to the land and worked until the early-afternoon gunshots sent us running back home to take cover under beds. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We get Lucy this time, and she zips us up to the Department of Creature Control. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"You will not like the ride, I promise you that," he'd said curtly, and since the moment they set out, he had done all he could to live up to that promise. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, he wants me to use the recorder up to the last minute. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sped up to a jog, heading for the green hills filled with wildflowers so tall and thick they waved like new corn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Very important. White people have always run those centers and they don't always understand the problems. Black children need to look up to black adults." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

What had been a broad avenue was fast becoming a ragged sinkhole with black water boiling up to fill it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As she struggles to free herself, I bring my knee up to my chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was too worried out and shooked up to talk so she started looking me up and down and spinning me ’round to try and figure what was wrong. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The horses were coming back, through the gate, wet and sweating, the jockeys quieting them and riding up to dismount under the trees. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The first-floor lobby opened up to a recreation room filled with some seventy-five boys sitting around waiting for the lunch bell to be sounded. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look up to see his relaxed smile. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He nodded at us and stepped up to a urinal. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jimmy’s response beeped a few seconds later as Frankie was headed up to the second floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was a set of metal stairs going up to the plane. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s been walking around the lunchroom with a tray of chocolate milk containers—lined up to hide the mini cupcake samples she is definitely not supposed to be giving out right now. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The lid is like a wing of a bird ready to fly, propped up to show the golden strings that create the sound. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then he struck it against a desk to make it ring, and held it up to me. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

So finally they tell me not to worry, that they was going to send word up to the school that I was to stay right where I am. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For now I better limp up to the dump before those rats multiply and take over the town. What would Mrs. Roosevelt think of that?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She nodded, then got up to spoon steaming Cream of Rice into a bowl for me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Took five years before we were able to buy his way up to ground level. Didn’t see the sun once.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Look, don’t worry about it, OK? Keep the doors locked. I’ll give her a ring and find out what she’s up to.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you puke on her puzzle, she launches herself at you—pushes you hard against the wall, and you’re too drugged up to fight back. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then, with his pencil poised over the form, Grandpa looked up over his reading glasses and asked, “Son, why ain’t you said nothin’ bout this up to now?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Two full bottles were waiting for them at the South Summit; if Hall had known this he could have retrieved the gas fairly quickly and then climbed back up to give Hansen a fresh tank. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson knew exactly what Nixon was up to. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Could you tell them that my father is dead, my mother and my brother are in a labor camp in Germany, and that it is up to me to care for my little sister?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jason is completely up to date on all things Stella, but I haven’t filled Hope in yet. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“In our experience parents don’t always know what their teenaged children are up to.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The slaves called up to us, “That the island?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, his eyes were constantly jumping up to the clock out of the hope that more time had passed than Moss was conscious of. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I heard on the news that it was Rosa Parks, I had several feelings: I was glad an adult had finally stood up to the system, but I felt left out. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Instinctually she reached up to pull down her headband and adjust her veil. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

By this point, we were pulling up to my stop. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maria came up to him, no longer angry or rebellious. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up to see him pop it into his mouth. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ma reaches up to plump her snowy halo of hair, which is starting to droop a bit. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She comes up to me under a streetlamp and I see her eyes, large and gleaming with wet, and her hair dusted with sleet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not tonight, Ophelia, I think I’m going to head on up to bed. I appreciate you washing up, Rose.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I run to catch up to her, and she stops. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

‘Boy, I don’t know what you’re up to. And I suspect no good.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There were repeated infractions leading up to that. They were warned. Still they took more bread.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As the wagon took us up to the front steps, I could see the river off to one side and some of the land I had run through a few hours—a few years—before. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached the front yard, the dog came rushing up to meet me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stumbled up to where Rondell was sleeping, put my bag under my head and laid down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I want to learn trombone,” she says, and stands up to slide her arms down low as if she is playing already. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The white bird flew up to her shoulder. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Connor and I walked up to the door of the Tourette’s support group. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Matt had watched Jethro’s whereabouts more closely after that, and the boy realized that for some reason his father did not approve of his going up to play on Walnut Hill. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’re serious about opening yourself up to new experiences, though. Doesn’t have to be something like the party car.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was clearly affection, but there was also a quiet speculation in his eyes, as if he was holding her up to something. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sam had long ago made up his mind that, though boats were maybe not as dangerous as he had been brought up to believe, they were far more uncomfortable than even he had imagined. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Voices from down below wound up to her ears. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

You can’t believe how strong the current was under the ice, even just up to my knee. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Treading as lightly as he could, he crept up to the side window where the candlelight flickered lowest, and peeped in. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had made sure that the man had gone out, they went cautiously into the front garden and up to the fence. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in Cal there grew up a passionate love for his father and a wish to protect him and to make it up to him for the things he had suffered. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad called us now and then from Grandpa’s to bring us up to date on life in Welch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to put his fists up to Hooper, and dared not. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Constance stumbled blearily past without looking at them, and then the two boys started up to S.Q.’s desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I remember when Du Barry paired us up to change our very first person. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It empowered and spread forms of music that had developed without notation, making available to a mass audience folk and ethnic music that had up to then been confined to local communities. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I reached up to touch the boards above my head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the last stage was the clerestory, which consisted of sixty- foot windows that reached right up to the roof. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

When I'm walking up to that lunch counter and taking my seat, I pray to God, don't let anybody spit on me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I stepped up to the counter and whispered, “Please, ma’am, do you have a copy of Mr. Darwin’s book?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as they were finished, they jumped up to carry huge armloads of tangled vines out to the marsh. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just went up to the nursery, and if the baby was up, we would hear him saying sweet things to her as he changed her diaper.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s not enough time left in the year to get anything in the kiln, so those of us who bothered to show up to ceramics at all have been left to our own devices. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My father reached up to hold my mother’s hand. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew you were up to something,” she whispered when she caught up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

These bricks, added to the secret project I had started in my room last night, might really add up to something. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Now the whole town seemed to be up to something. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was not easy, but Zannikos worked his way up to short-order cook, learning English as he went along. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure he believed right up to the end that he was doing the right thing. He never did give up the ship.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a bedroom fit for a baby girl who’ll grow up to be a princess. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They’ve cleared a path all the way up to the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Once we got to the lake he waded in, up to his knees, and beckoned dramatically like Saint John the Baptist. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Will put down his tote bag and held out his hand, and the cat came up to rub her head against his knuckles, just as Moxie did. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d just set up to send and receive and was waiting for the first messages. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the other girls gathered their tampons, gummi bears, and beauty samples — a smokescreen of female products — and headed back up to the surface. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It took a little while to bring it up to par, and I had to disable some alarms on the suit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike the other rooms underground, this chamber was connected to only two tunnels: one leading down to a pool of water and another going up to the air. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I got what Jazz was up to—making it a point to not give Noodles anything else because of how he treated Needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It lasted two more weeks, right up to the start of a new school year, and I have to admit they were the best two weeks of my life. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The dog owner stepped up to the car and reached for the back door. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Why would a white girl hang around Harlem unless she was up to something bad? The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled close up to the shore and lay quiet. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Moss looked up to see his mother staring at him, a slight smile on her face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He went up to the studio on an automatic elevator, and there were other people up there, waiting to go in. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain George Crowninshield had built a lookout there for him on a high point—a solid granite base, with steps leading up to a seat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she said that, Mrs. Coulter’s daemon snapped his head up to look at her, and all the golden fur on his little body stood up, bristling, as if it were charged itself. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up to see how much nearer the mountain tops had come. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The competition was tremendous now, but the day after she was ninth a three-page letter arrived from Westley in London and just reading it over put her up to eighth. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Beatrice had taken the trouble to go up to London and to buy the books for me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Miguel turned and ran for a staircase winding up to the second floor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

They dropped a rope down, and Roosevelt and the others, up to their armpits in water, tied it around the outermost canoe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It's up to you, the jury, to find guilt where there is guilt. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The class gazed dreamily at the bank, half-expecting it to shoot up to the ceiling in a puff of smoke. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When I caught up to him again, my fingers closed around the soft, loose leather of his jacket’s sleeve. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Rubs a thumb over the key, then holds it up to the light; squints at it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I started to get up to chase him but felt suddenly dizzy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went directly up to my bedroom and sat on the bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Here they were, on Mercury exactly twelve hours—and already up to the eyebrows in the worst sort of trouble. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I went up to throw the ball to Nick, who was open, but Ice was all over it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The morning of the funeral I went up to New York to see Meyer Wolfshiem; I couldn't seem to reach him any other way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was much lighter up there, because a white-painted flight of steps led up to the roof—or, rather, to a wood-and-glass structure like a little greenhouse. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Feeling up to a long journey?” he asked her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ivan screamed with her as he recoiled back, arms up to shield himself. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“She was the gatekeeper. It was up to her to keep out evil, but she welcomed it in!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You got the word out, Roy. Without you, nobody would’ve known what was happening. Nobody would have showed up to protest the bulldozing.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, after the plates had been cleared, Robb carried Bran up to bed himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tino, Victor, and the boys got up to go back out, so I struggled to get to my feet. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night Mary Alice went up to bed early, tuckered out. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leafie had been amazed at all that I packed up to take with me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stepped up to help her, but before I got there the umbrella blew inside out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I went up to Armelia, who was sitting with the others outside the courtroom, and she looked at me with concern. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When Doc came out of his cabin and up to the house, he stared at what we’d done. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Wearily, she got up to climb the wall and try the door again. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We can talk about it here or in private; it’s up to you,” the Gran said calmly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself up to stand against the tree and stretched, bringing new aches and pains. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time the witches would see a spring high up, too high to climb to, and fly up to fill the children’s flasks. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finished with her bouquet, Immie climbed up to sit on the wooden fence. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I reach up to touch one of the lamps. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It starts with her mother’s rules of how to work for white women, all the way up to leaving Missus Walters. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After a while, he got up to play pool, and no sooner had he left his stool than a man came over and sat on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was modest and lived modestly, yet knew the richness of his own mind and the world of privilege that would open up to him as a result. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"I wish I could. What a delight it must be to dream away the hours and wake up to a new day full of fresh possibilities." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She went back up to the surface and took in another great gasp of air. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“What on earth are you up to?” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Withdraw, then,—I consent; but remember, you leave me here in anguish. Go up to your own room; think over all I have said, and, Jane, cast a glance on my sufferings—think of me.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he didn’t show up to my parents’ big anniversary lunch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Or a row of poplars on the horizon next to a big woolly oak, and I’m convinced for a second I’m coming up to the South Playing Field from the other side. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pita asked him, as she sidled up to walk beside the boy up ahead of us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Max swims awkwardly, windmilling one arm forward and then the other, periodically looking up to make sure his mother is watching. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I hold it close to my face, then farther away, squinting, holding my wrist up to the fluorescent slants of light that pass through the hall. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And this is why we don’t stand up to the Witch. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was good all the way up to that moment, but once I knew the date was actually going down, robot face started to appear. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Not to mention the cost to mail these bills done gone up to a nickel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He hurried her up to the kitchen, too harried to find the words that would explain what was happening. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re moving up to Fort Washington, to guard the King’s Bridge.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished, the game’s credit counter jumped from zero up to forty. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Assuming we can stop whatever Mr. Curtain’s up to,” Sticky said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t look at me, this wasn’t my idea. If it were up to me, we’d be in Santa Monica right this very minute,” I say under my breath. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although she insisted that she would be there right up to the last minute, Dorothy did not come to Palmer’s birthday party. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Other demons ran up to help force the meal down. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Uhmma traced the line with her cat-tongue finger, tickling my hand as it moved from the heel of my palm up to the base of my middle finger. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

My dad used to pretend he was a horse running on the beach, and I can’t jog a few hundred feet to catch up to this little bus! Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

We pull right up to Olive’s house and run to it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Leaving my shoes on the sand, I creep into the pond up to my shoulders, my bra and underwear sticking to my goose-pimply body. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

"You won't have to do much. Just sign up to be the sponsor. Didu and Anu can make costumes for your shows that will stun the audience." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Keep a very close eye on him and see if you can’t find out what he’s up to.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I watched as she walked up to another girl in our class, her red bun shaking and threatening to topple over as she talked enthusiastically about cafeteria food. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Mom hooked me up to a portable tank and then reminded me I had class. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, the canoe was free, and the men slowly dragged it up to safety. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

And that’s when June comes charging up to them, her hand on the arm of a girl Alex recognizes—her college roommate, his brain supplies. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Beth nestled up to her, and whispered softly, “I wish I could send my bunch to Father. I’m afraid he isn’t having such a merry Christmas as we are.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inspector said the police would need something more up to date. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Judah went to Bermuda In the April rain He sunk in the ooze Right up to his snooze And never was heard of again.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It hobbled up to the trough and drank water with a loud sucking noise. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

People looked up to doctors, but they looked up to surgeons more. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Trevor was walking up to the teacher—who, now that I was closer, I realized couldn’t possibly be Professor Thomas. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The car pulled up to the main gate and Ben pulled down the sun visor and tried to age his face five years by assuming a stern, no-nonsense expression. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entrance to the Citadel also looked eastward, but was delved in the heart of the rock; thence a long lamp-lit slope ran up to the seventh gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Peeta presses his hand against the surface and I put my own up to meet it, as if I can feel him through the wall. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I did not bring you up to humiliate me at Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

One entire glass wall opens up to my own private patio, half of which is taken up by a shimmering blue infinity pool that goes all the way to the edge of the balcony. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So when I saw another staircase—marble again—circling up to the next floor, I took it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In addition to the refectory, on the second floor are two small rooms where up to ten women share four beds. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She had to search through the mess to find her things, and when she stood up to leave, Clara was standing in the doorway. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the year, there were an extra five days, bringing the total up to 365. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It had gone up to one hundred and five. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

They could hear honking as a few more cars pulled up to the harbor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Years before, the Supreme Court had issued a massive desegregation order for our nation, demanding all public facilities be opened up to everyone, black and white. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As we stood up to herd everybody out, I couldn’t help myself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled up to speak to him, saw his eyes wash over Rocinante, sweep up the details, and then retire into their sockets. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Arkansas National Guard protector calmly looked on as Andy chased me, getting so close with his knife blade that the book I held up to protect me got slashed through the cover. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tips his chin up to the warm, sticky hometown air, catches his own eye in the rearview mirror. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn't feel up to asking him if there were any other ways to have babies. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Did Justin put you up to this?” she says, disgust in her voice. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When I turned, I saw her face stretched up to the window, watching me leave. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, the boat zipped back past Jinny again, up to the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Directly across from me I see Beetee with about ten different machines hooked up to him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy made a motion with his hand, and the horse walked up to the son. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

As they came up to the cattle still milling about on the road they reined up sharply. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So early that only trucks and people up to no good are on the streets. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His dreams were full of grey, stony hands reaching for him from out of the fog, and a stair that led up to his father. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I saw him, he was hooked up to various machines. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They gasped when the tightrope walker fell off into a net and cheered when she climbed right back up to try again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was holding her up to see the ship! Please get her back, Ma! Please! I’ll never drop it again!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen men stand up to attacks and torture without breaking, showing a strength and resiliency that defies the imagination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked up to the wall and then turned to face the club. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then the owl returned and gathered up all the babes of Limbo and flew them up to the clouds of heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto was too wound up to sleep, so he kept crying and walking up and down my body. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had come up to me after the hearings and had given me a sweet kiss on the cheek. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

While I watched, horrified, she held them up to herself and danced around the room, admiring her reflection in the tarnished mirrors. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The two women found themselves teaming up to try to keep Mandela out of trouble. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then the very decided sound of someone mounting the stairs—doors opening and shutting—feet going up to the attics overhead. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

A large flat-screen television was mounted over the fireplace; I looked up to see a network newscaster talking about my parents, a picture of Malcolm and Maud floating next to his head. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was getting dark now, but David opened the cover and held the first page up to the fading light. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, right before homeroom, Aru had gone up to Carol and held the paper in her face. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grand ma grew careful about balancing her ingredients, holding the measuring cup up to the light She was like a scientist seeking the cure for something. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

One naked girl with mud up to her knees could not seem to take her eyes off Tyrion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Early in the morning, before the sun was yet visible, Vasudeva came out of the stable and walked up to his friend. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m happy just to be running, and I will work up to competing. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“This period was one of the most intense, frightening, and meaningful times of my life,” Patricia Ellsberg later said of the months leading up to the trial. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And the last stage was the clerestory, which consisted of sixty-foot windows that reached right up to the roof. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

I’d teach him to go up to the end of the driveway on Sunday mornings and get the newspaper before church. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But having parents who couldn’t care less about what you were up to had its own levels of associated suckage. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo climbed up to the podium waving his Biafran flag: swaths of red, black, and green and, at the center, a luminous half of a yellow sun. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Ben walked through the door, Lillian ran up to him and kissed him lightly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father pretended he didn't understand what all his daughters were up to. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

That night was easily the most fun I’d ever had in my life up to that point. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Not only was he on the defensive, he was gradually being edged back toward the soldiers, who had lifted their swords up to make a wall of deadly spikes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We would be up to no good and they would know it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kim’s up to the part of Operation Distraction, when Brooke Vega and a dozen assorted punks descended upon the hospital. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Willem stops walking, pointing up to a building like he's merely interested in showing off the architecture. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the beeyard was still, and he would ride up to the house and rap on her window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t quite up to his eyeballs. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

His mother caught up to him and cradled him in her arms. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Oksi chased right, then left, right, left, and speeded up to strike. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He walked briskly up West Third Street, trying to ignore the hunger that had caught up to him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

In his first week on the trail, he managed just five miles a day, but he persevered, and by August, when he reached his home state, he was up to a dozen miles a day. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

So I went back up to our compartment. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was down, rolling over and over in the warm sand, crouching with arm up to ward off, trying to cry for mercy. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She swam across and came up to me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart pounding, I stepped up to Claudius. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

So then it was up to me, really, to put on a good show. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

If we left it up to you we’d have the poor people of Limerick jumping into the arms of the Protestants. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

By the time Jiro drops me off and I make my way up to my suite, the gift—a beautiful box made of black suede—is already sitting on my desk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I'd much rather we all went up to your room and sat down before I tell you any more." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He looks nervous, and I chalk it up to the fact that I’m here in his house. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Geography didn’t catch up to Eratosthenes until true oceangoing ships proved his calculations directly, almost two thousand years after he was born. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I reach up to the buttons on her outfit. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We had won a host of small battles that added up to a change in the atmosphere of the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still others chalked them up to simple paranoia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After a few more times shuttling loads of food and fuel up to their camp, they finally hauled up the drowned girl. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She took several quick steps up to the trunk of the maple, threw her arms around it, and kissed that tree soundly. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

A gloom started creeping over me the same way clouds’ll all the sudden start sliding up to cover a full moon. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When my father saw I was a girl-child, he took me up to drown in a bucket of water. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The Bering land bridge, during its millennia of intermittent existence, would have been up to a thousand miles wide, covered by open tundra, and easily traversable by people adapted to cold conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Over the years, it had taken hold at the grassroots, and in 1960 Levi was one of fifty thousand boys gearing up to compete in local races around the country. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Would you mind taking Professor Lockhart up to the infirmary, too?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“A few, a million years ago,” Heidi says, holding a red T-shirt up to me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Edna says, sidling up to him, which makes Rachel’s eyes bulge. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But then it came to me: the way to make it up to him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go home and go up to my room and feed Toby and practice some maths. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We filed into our pew, all except for Harry, who went up to assist Miss Brown at the organ. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Like somebody had backed the cement truck up to the honey house, swung the pipe over to my chest, and started pouring. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama put both hands up to her mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She tells me I better not get the notion she’ll be running up to this part of the world every time I have a little pain or a twinge. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Select which book to hunt by title, location, or random selection—it’s up to you! Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"I will make it up to you. And if we end up back in the hospital, I'll give you all my meal trays." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I know I shouldn’t be doing this, but I’ve been building up to it all day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picture Wells on the other end of the call, phone mashed up to his tiny ear. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The golden godson retrieved it and held it up to a glave to examine it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As he came up to the rail, he rubbed his nose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I get up to go to Mrs. Brook time and I decide to ask her if Dad can come see her since she doesn’t charge insurance. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s up to you people to make a world that is better. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all happened so quickly that now, knees curled up to his chin as they leave the ground, is the first time Alex is able to actually think about everything. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were written during the thirties, but much of it would still be up to date - after all, I do not imagine German bombs have altered our countryside so significantly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now, in the months leading up to Rio, I remained determined to enjoy every minute. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I sat up to listen to our watchdog prowl the yard, pulling her long chain after her, and that worried me too. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worried that Chicago would not be up to the task. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I sit cross-legged on the tarp while Janae pulls her knees up to her chest. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The boys backed the Husky Clipper up to the gangway and waited. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She came up to me and took my face in her hands. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That love opens you up to the world. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I staggered, then looked up to see what I had hit and saw slabs of rock, roof bolts jammed into them every few feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The plaintive wail which succeeded the passionate roar went to Meg’s heart, and she ran up to say beseechingly... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up to people and asked if they knew anything that I should know, because sometimes Dad would design Reconnaissance Expeditions so I would have to talk to people. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the days leading up to the execution, it seemed that Herbert was more concerned about his flag than his impending execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A short Erudite boy with red hair pumps his arms as he tries to catch up to the train. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nell put her hands up to catch them and spun around laughing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held the bottom of his shirt up to his nose, using it to plug his left nostril to stop blood from pouring from it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She rises slowly and takes a few steps up to the microphone and into the light. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht followed reluctantly, his glowing stone held up to light the way. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I did not wait for the lift, I climbed the stairs, three at a time, up to the third floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My mother only went up to the sixth grade because it was not the custom for a woman to get an education. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Moss watched him as he acknowledged each person who came up to him in the hallways as he slowly rolled toward his homeroom. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I felt like going up to heaven.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And he would smile and that warm, golden feeling would start at his toes and fill him all the way up to his smile. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sure it must be he, all grown up to a gentleman, for who else would come to see her? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Franny brought her handbag up to table level, opened it, and began to rummage through it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the last day of school, JT came up to me while I was cleaning out my locker. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women already inside the house replied to the newcomer with similar cheers, and their sounds merged into a thundering song that reached up to the clouds. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The front was rolled up to cool her sweaty stomach. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Two miles into the trial, Bobby Moch kicked the beat up to thirty-two and settled in there. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a new school set up to create the leaders of tomorrow; corporate internships are mandatory; the higher-ups of Merrill Lynch come and speak to classes and distribute travel mugs and stuff. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

John dropped a brick in the wagon, then walked up to my seat, all his grief flooding into a sense of longing, a need for escape. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, very few people showed up to support the State. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When I get home, we'll race goats to the bridge and go up to the waterfall! Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The flagon shattered underneath him as the floor came up to smack him in the head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The neighbor’s daughter, Cindy, who was exactly my age, stood beside me as I walked right up to the concession stand to buy popcorn. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike military pistols that could fire up to six rounds before reloading, the Deringer could be fired just once. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up to see Garrett waving at me frantically with both arms. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

So, I woke up from this dream, this nightmare, just as my dad drove the car up to our house. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You just confirmed it. What you do when you leave is up to you.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It was up to Johnny to keep in touch with Dove. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women worried that no one would show up to the meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When at last I finished the heron, I looked up to see Mr. Das standing there smiling. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I waited at the back of the queue, several of Scott Fischer’s Sherpas caught up to us. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then I go up to my room and cry my eyes out. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

February 24—and there's been an update every twenty- four hours right up to yesterday. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I climbed up to the next step of my ladder so I could reach the top of Blaze Tower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, amazed by how much I've allowed myself to open up to her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And since people believed she could help them get better, Maeve tried to live up to their hopes. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One hand came up to fist in his hair, and there was something breaking in his voice when he spoke again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kristi reaches up to twirl a piece of hair in her fingers. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weather systems, with winds of up to 200 miles per hour that howl up from Antarctica, are one reason it is so treacherous. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“My father used to own a shop in this village. And my shop will live up to his motto—‘The best work at the best prices.’ Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I press my cheek to hers and breathe deeply before I get up to go. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ivan’s mother ran up to Mama then, her beautiful smile brightening the day. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And yet here’s your heart, doing its job all the time, one beat after the next, all the way up to three billion. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Radiation Laboratory lived up to its heritage and its challenge as a centerpiece of Big Science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Now more people stood up to speak to each other, confusion and gossip swirling in the air as Stephanie left the auditorium. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The table second from the left clapped this time; several Ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, my legs broke free and I was able to scramble up to a sitting position off of Sahil. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, when it is my turn to share, I run up to the front of the classroom. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

By the time I catch up to her, she’s lying supine, propped up on her elbows. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Only dwarfs look up to me. I don’t read, my lord. On a good day I can write my name.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He jogged up to us, and I kept thinking, All I had to do was turn and walk away, what the hell is wrong with me? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then, remembering La Llorona’s words and the effect the ear pendant had on the duty officer at customs, I reached up to my left ear and flicked my index finger against the nestling orbs. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The mistress went up to Doll to tell her that she must let the children go. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was probably around six, and just knew that he was going to grow up to be a famous singer. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the counter where the elderly lady librarian was handing some books to a fat man in a white linen suit. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We were so busy arguing about how to go up to her that we didn’t even realize that she had come up to us. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man rode right up to the front door. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I jump up to my seat and think about taking a handful of Goldfish pretzels, to stall, but Heidi's really got to get back to those Southern guys. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I check my coin purse to make sure before going up to the counter. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Harry, who was nearest the door, got up to look into the corridor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Henry brought his head up to look at me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The edges of her nostrils were inflamed and rabbity, and she reached up to wipe her nose with a red-taloned hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I called him up to the palace for an interview. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I got up to see if I could walk with the leg wrapped as tight as I had it, and I could. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

People getting beaten, and sometimes killed, by the cops, and then there’s all this fuss about it, only to build up to a big heartbreak when nothing happens. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Some child in the park that afternoon had come up to him with the dreamy misinformation, ‘You stink, kid.’ Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I mean you don't just go up to somebody and say, "You're a terrific whistler." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s up to our sons now—they’re the only ones who can save us. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

It’s everyone from the mom buying some food that fell off the back of a truck to feed her family, all the way up to the gangs selling military-grade weapons and hardware. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The three of us can’t wait to move up to the state competition,” said Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I was thinking more about going up to the Sky Deck of the PPG building and seeing the whole city from one spot.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When those places were not available, she would slip into the seldom-used parlor, or even up to her bedroom. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The bar had been set the year before by an engineer in the Aerospace Mechanics Division—Katherine Johnsons group—but Mary and her young collaborator were more than up to the challenge. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Glaucus called up to her, “Maiden, I am no monster. I am a god with power over the waters—and I love you.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl went up to one of the burnt-out torches and touched its charred head. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Benji picked it up to read, but he couldn't get past the first few lines. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They say no pets,” the man said, holding the dog up to the camera. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Next, Lily lifted a corner of the mattress and raked her arm along the box springs, reaching in between all the way up to her armpit. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

How many kids this week, he wondered, had woken up to find their worlds changed that way, their parents gone off to war, maybe never coming home? Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jason nodded encouragingly, like this was great news—like he expected Leo to walk up to a towering mass of darkness, shoot a few fireballs, and solve all their problems. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My mom walked up to the construction worker and told him he had no right to park his vehicle there. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me,” said Ron, hurrying up to her. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Trailed by Lupita, Salvador went up to the group and waited to be noticed. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“We have to walk from here up to the mountains,” Pa tells us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was blowing hard and the ladder up to the platform that held the housing would be thick with ice. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the phone over and curl onto my side, pulling my knees up to my chest. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“What do we do if the Sleeper catches up to us?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dad and I watched the ending credits all the way through, and then I got up to make some tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I dream that my son will grow up to be a good per­son, a free person, and an important person. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Hilly. You know me better than anybody else in this world. If I was up to something, you’d have me figured out in half a second.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I reached up to loosen his grip, but he wouldn’t let go. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

No Yankee farmers could stand up to them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let my hands float up to the top of the tank. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I remembered the anticipation leading up to it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He comes straight up to our group, Tjaden's face turns red. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down the middle of the mid-Atlantic ridge was a canyon–a rift–up to a dozen miles wide for its entire 12,000-mile length. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It used to be used for those wanting to get up to no good. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

There was a rustling and whirling of wings above us, and all the men ducked and held their hands up to protect themselves from the attack. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was very dusty and dirty and went up to my room to wash. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They all drew their chairs up to the table and watched with bated breath. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He walked up to Severo, took him by the arm, and led him off to one side. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It plunged head and shoulders into the zebra’s guts, up to the knees of its front legs. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stomped across the hillside and up to the cave, but never stopped to wonder what might be lurking within. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I run outside as Mr. Keller rolls up to the house in a flashy red pickup. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I'll see how well the battery harness holds up to a real journey, and how well the solar cells do strapped to the roof. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His logic: Since the horse rested himself so much more than other horses, he could stand up to an unusually heavy racing schedule. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Goodness knows what you’re up to when we leave you here. You need to see something of society if you’re ever going to work in any other household. Just be sure to hold your tongue.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved in slow motion, dragging himself up to the pencil sharpener and carefully slipping in his pencil and then grinding away forever. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles a little and puts her hand up to the back of her own head and winces. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He then made a beeline for his car, driving away just moments before Lenore Cole pulled up to the curb. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the days leading up to the last one, it was decided that wearing our uniforms was too dangerous, so we were told to dress in our everyday clothes. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

An assembly of well-intentioned people had marched right up to the elderly man’s front door one rainy afternoon to escort him—by reason, or by force—to a facility for proper care. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He has seemed to warm up to this new place. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Jessie had been sure that every kid in the neighborhood would line up to buy a cup of lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I grabbed him in the driveway, dragged him up to the bed, whipped my pajamas on—I couldn’t wait till dark—and confessed. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Thus it came to pass that Ngawang ignored Scott’s instructions and, instead of going down, went up to Camp Two to spend the night. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Smith said that complying with such a demand was up to Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simeon now asked Ms. Post, who had put a hand up to signal for other walkers to hold tight on the corner and wait for her whistle. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He stepped up to the Joust machine and dropped both quarters into the left coin slot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I get up to reach for my phone. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

This year, they’d both be moving up to the varsity team since about half the starters from last year had graduated. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"And it came up to the front"—she showed on herself—"and here it was tied in a—" She held up her fingers and made the sign for zero. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The driver hadn’t realized until too late how slow we were going, or else he had miscalculated how fast he would catch up to us. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

From far away the store on the edge of town looked about a hundred years old, but when we got up to it, I saw it was actually older. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed past a group of women examining the eggplants and made my way up to the blue crates filled with tomatoes, jalapenos, and radishes. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She does a goofy, fake ballerina leap across the room, lands on the bed, and shoulders up to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

You never simply went up to a speakeasy’s entrance and walked in. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The machines hooked up to his scalp were showing flatlines in his brain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put the bottle down and lifted Lyra up to pat her back. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Camel scurries up to Uncle Al and steps into his path. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I gasped for breath and reached up to feel my numb neck, the thick dents his fingers left in the skin. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I said lightly that I had heard nothing at all, and a few minutes later I got up to go home. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Luke sidled up to her and showed off his bruised arm. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

At the temple inside the cave, I could go up to the altar and talk to the Rain God if I wanted to, but I didn’t have a thing to say to him. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed her to the ladder and she made her slow, stumbling way up to the top of the greystone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But even as he spoke, one of those thin black fins suddenly changed direction and came cutting swiftly through the water right up to the side of the peach itself. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She grew up listening to the work songs of the black women shucking oysters at the J. S. Darling processing plant that wafted up to the pedestrians on the Queen Street Bridge above. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I had heard you were growing up to be a good, upstanding student. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Nicole put on a brave face, but I could see she was halfway to freaked, too many people coming up to her at once. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She steps back farther, putting a hand up to her face to cover her mouth, her eyes sending asking marks at me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

We may as well face up to it: there is a highly visible difference between the pace of basic science and the application of new knowledge to human problems. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any person can pledge to live up to his highest standards. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

After it was over, Van Houten walked up to me and put a fat hand on my shoulder and said, “Could I hitch a ride? Left my rental at the bottom of the hill.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say nothing, just got up to leave and go back to digging. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with my newly and dearly bought assurance I could give myself up to the rhythms and let them propel me where they willed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a seething press of soldiers behind him, Darkclaw stepped up to the waiting diggers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The next shove was up to the Pennsylvania Station area. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever somebody with a harelip or T.B. came into the place he would set him up to beer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then, with the truck still running, he walks with me right up to the front door of the school. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Claudio and Hero—Shakespeare wasn’t all that good about his names—Claudio and Hero would have a whole lot to do just to get up to where Romeo and Juliet were. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Merry and Sam drew their swords also and rode up to support Pippin; but Frodo did not move. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When his eyes were fully open, he felt so drowsy that he could scarcely move, and then he sat up to find his bandage loose and his bed crimson. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t wait to hop out of there and get into school, but somehow when we did pull up to the building, I didn’t make any move to get out. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the jiggling of her body, her kerchiefframed face remained apart, looking slightly scandalized at what her breasts and hips were up to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It has seven impressive arms reaching up to the colorful evening sky. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had to stick his arm in up to the elbow to turn the creature upside down and help it pull its head through. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t stop moving until the water is up to my knees and soaks my jeans. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Fabiola, I know you’re family and all, but keep my father’s name out your mouth,” she says, and kisses two of her fingers and raises them up to the ceiling. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The box of the puzzle was propped up to show what the picture would be when the puzzle was done: a covered bridge in autumn. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a picture of Taylor with his friend and neighbor Travis, both five years old, buried up to their necks in sand. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I knew he wasn’t giving all that up to deal on no corner. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His face looked up to the sky as lie screamed, “I didn’t touch her.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The good news is we’re all set up to begin making our movie. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The more desirable prisons have seniority-based waiting lists of up to several years. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nipple slipped out of Lyra’s mouth, and the woman lifted her up to her shoulder and patted her back. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He said a whole lot of things which all added up to the fact that I was sick. Well, I could have told the young fool that from the start.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jake left the porch rail and walked right up to a girl named Suky, the one who had been most bitter in her making fun. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped them from my face and sidled up to the guard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"I know what you're up to," he said, raising his voice, just as the door closed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I picked it up to see how the pencil worked, but I couldn’t figure it out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His aviator's helmet again flapping over his ears, Otis Amber danced up to his soup-kitchen companion, flung his arms around the taut body, and squeezed her tightly. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed up to check out Hank’s window display—all tacked-up Ts, glass pipes, bongs and black velvet boards of jewelry—then ground to a halt at the entrance. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Daniels calls me up to his desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone except for Mother and Father shuffled up to bed, leaving the two of them to sit up together awhile longer. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She pulled the boat along with her as she waded farther, until the water was up to her waist, until her tunic pockets filled with air. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I like a girl with long legs,” one of them says, catching up to me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When a girl holds a rose up to you, you run better, let me tell you. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the corner of the landing was a steep set of steps, sort of like a ladder, covered almost completely with boxes and old bolts of fabric, that must have led up to an attic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Or would he be crazy and cocky enough just to walk up to the front door and knock? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even weirder, her hands and arms up to her elbows were covered by bright yellow rubber gloves—the kind my mom used to wear when she scrubbed the bathroom or did the dishes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I was back up to watch, having eaten some lunch and changed back to my blue jeans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mommy gets up to give you a glass of water in the middle of the night. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let his glasses slip down on his nose and reached up to massage his temples. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a while they started to laugh and came up to me and said I could sit when I wanted to, and I said I knew. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I could ease that, so I took his candle and went up to the attic for my bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Take that Scott up to Mother’s, and tell him I’m away, sick, dead, anything. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were like running around corners and peeking and diving, and there were these mirrors set up to confuse you, so you’d see all these nonexistent beef hallways. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as everyone grumbled about Alfonso and Mari- ana, no one ever stood up to them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ignore the blood running down my arm and hold the disc and the needle up to the light above the sink. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen a house as beautiful as Grandma and Grandpa’s home, with its gleaming floors, big eat-in kitchen, and a wide stairway up to the second floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Would I have let myself open up to him, lulled by the security of money and food and the illusion of safety being a victor could bring under different circumstances? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her sleeves are rolled up to her shoulders, and I see that her flesh barely covers her bones. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We took the escalator up to our gate. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa drew her blanket up to her chin to cover herself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

By the time he came, I was really keyed up to hear the hype he was going to explain. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, it was up to just us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He went up to the guest room where he slept. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Propped on two soiled pillows, the blanket pulled up to her chin, she just stares at me when I come in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In at least one significant case, Bobby woke up to the fact that the Other was less appealing than he’d first thought. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He made no mention of anything leading up to the early morn­ing of July 2nd that might explain what happened?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A kid who would definitely fit into the geek camp came up to me with a tray in his hand. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

For the most part, the athletes held their formations, except for the Americans, a good number of whom rushed up to the ropes to get a better look at Hitler. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He leaped again instantly, bringing both legs up to either side in a split, touching his fingers to his toes before landing again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I already looked forward to the day I could pass whatever wisdom I picked up to the next First Lady in line. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She was holding Maria up to the window in the crook of her arm. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns her music back up to cover the uncomfortable silence. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I started running the story down and got about halfway through, just up to when the cop pressed me, when Spoony lost it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary heard the gay ringing of sleigh bells, growing louder every moment, and then the big bobsled came out of the woods and drove up to the gate. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the night, the winner of the auction comes up to me, smiling, my piece in his hands. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My hand shakes when I grab the railing, and I look over my shoulder one last time, to check if Tobias caught up to us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We’re back in the elevator, chugging its way up to the sixteenth floor, to the audition. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Surprised, I almost told him the sum was too much, but one of the other women came up to him just then to ask for thread the color of the fruit of a mango. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unknown to me, those anarchists had taken up residence in my abdomen, and were even hooked up to the utilities. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe he had grown up to be even worse than I had feared. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we pulled up to Burke’s Burger Box, Mena Prescott ran up to his car window, leaned inside, and kissed him on the cheek. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Chester Academy is one of those schools that go from kindergarten all the way up to twelfth grade, but the different levels are broken into three wings of the building. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Thorn, it’s up to you. Can you shoot it?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The fairy suited up, zipping the dull-green jumpsuit up to her chin and strapping on her helmet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She opened up to me, talking about her feelings and worries—something she had not done in the past. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

With pointless optimism, I look for something to pick up to use as a weapon, but there’s nothing in my path except the couch. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After a while I look up to see Mom standing there, watching me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got the mute girl tutoring you?” asked Red loudly as he pulled up to the curb. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For just a minute I wondered if I wasn't making a mistake, then I thought it all over again quickly and got up to say goodbye. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

If I thought it would add up to anything, I wouldn’t hang out with Ginia after school. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“My parents woke up to the Death-Cast alert on May tenth.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Rachel had already flown away with her devil saviour, and I was nailed down in Bulungu, since my body was still sunk so deep in poison it couldn’t bear up to many more mosquito bites. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny runs up to us and puts a paw on each of our shoulders and lets forth a yawp of joy. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He fired again—a fan spewed up to the right. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma stood up to watch it pass, fingering her chins thoughtfully. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We will see, young hero. She has a hard task ahead of her when you arrive in Rome. Whether she is up to it... I do not know.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The inflatable shark naturally led to the puddle of heavy cream, which, if lapped from the floor with slow, steady precision, could account for up to twenty minutes of valuable stage time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was in it thick, up to my neck, and I’m still looking for my boyfriend. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you have to let people fight their own battles. I know you and that kid Toby are close, but you aren’t doing him any favors by stepping up to every guy who wants some.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His hands came up to pull mine away from my face, but I wasn’t about to let him be gentle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I still think that, sometimes, think that maybe “the afterlife” is just something we made up to ease the pain of loss, to make our time in the labyrinth bearable. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And he pulled Minli up to her feet and pushed her behind one of the giant gnarled stone carvings, kicking his rags over her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She sighs, holding the phone up to her ear as it rings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There are questions and questions that whirl around my mind like a tornado, and they slowly make their way up to my throat to form one deep, angry wail. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I drag my eyes away from his chest and up to his face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ann gave herself up to the pious delight that hymn singing had always stirred in her ever since she was a child in the small wooden church down the road from her father’s house. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He woke up to Fly, who was apologizing profusely, squatting on his forehead. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Another staircase led up to the room where the van Pels family had lived, this one steeper than the last and eighteen steps, essentially a glorified ladder. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Many miles along her way she came upon wolverine tracks and followed them up to a den. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lay up to five hundred eggs at a time and bury them. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ll work on it for the next few weeks, she says, right up to the winter break. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The teacher has us all file up to his desk to pick up the first book on our reading list—Lord of the Flies. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then she swept Fabian up to the high table, asking him for his “report.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She took from Jackson’s seat an envelope and held it up to show them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

North Korea announced a new policy of harsh punishment for illegal border crossings, with prison terms of up to five years. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When you looked up to the sky and cried “Why?” sometimes the sky shrugged. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Harry hurried up to the third floor, slipping the Marauder’s Map out of his pocket as he went. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Head Sister held her scrying device up to her right eye and scanned the rest of the forest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“We can even swing up to Nashville if you want to come by here to visit your dad.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“But I did find it strange that you spent so much time questioning Day. Do you feel sorry for him now? Did you set something up to—” He never gets to finish that sentence. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Powell inched toward the staircase, backing Bell up to the landing. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess that’s up to you. But this is a ‘No game’ today. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were on our way back up to Mabel's room when I heard Ana and Javier talking in their living room. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning, at school, I walked up to Penelope and showed her my empty hands. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reach up to claw at Valerian’s face, but I am too dizzy to reach him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he catches up to me, his chest is rising up and down, up and down. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I lean back against the seat and exhale as the cab drives up to our block. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He slipped into the earth, up to his chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Ma’am, do you think Uncle Camp might still be alive if Loma and Grandpa hadn’t blessed him out so much? You think Grandpa is tryin’ to make it up to him now?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Boy21 waits on the sidewalk when I walk Erin up to her door and give her a kiss good-bye. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron looked up to meet Kvothe’s eye, then nodded and looked down into his mug again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He held it up to his ear and smiled. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had opened up to me, had let me into her beautiful, shiny life, into Stef’s tortured one, and now it was my turn. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And I hope he’s up to no tricks. And anyway I hope he doesn’t fall into other hands, as you might say. Because if he does, we shall soon be in for trouble.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Who had stood up to Lettie and her friends when no one else would. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I had sent a load of them down by the porter and 1 believe she must have seen them going out and come up to find some more. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I wish you’d try harder to warm up to your stepmother, Clay.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk over to a corner of the studio where there’s a platform with one chair pulled up to it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But by the time she got up to get some of the food off the floor, the previously quiet women had already rushed past her and savagely fought over every scrap of bread. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panting with a sudden shortness of breath, I reached up to pry his fingers off my tie. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He thought about it for a minute, then decided it was up to me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She puts a few bottles up to my face and studies the colors before making her choices. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

"This fellow has worked out the whole thing. It's up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the podium, feeling nervous but confident. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“When you have one of these,” Alex says, sidling up to him, “you should do two champagne fountains instead of one. Really embarrassing to be at a wedding with only one champagne fountain.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Will you promise to take us up to sixty?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drone behind the Director rises up to shoulder level and turns its camera to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The question is understandable, but up to now no one has come up with a satisfactory answer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I detached two of my solar cells and hooked them up to the power loggers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, I am disappointed, but I’m also relieved: I never have to worry whether your next book will live up to the magnificent perfection of the original. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I barely saw Grandma’s hand come up to stroke her cheek. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Bring her up to be one of my people, of course.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I tossed and turned, and finally I got up to get some water. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was waiting for him to say something about the pictures; it even occurred to me he was working up to another rage, when he’d throw all the pictures out of the window. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read the newspaper with my granddaughter, verified that my affairs were up to date, handled my correspondence, and went out for the rest of the day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi should have known that Wash and the twins were up to something when she didn’t hear from the three of them for over an hour. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After passing through the dismal, dimly fit town, Cabot pulled up to a small motel with several of its sign’s neon letters burnt out. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I ran for the chair so I could climb up to him, but as soon as I was high enough, he flew off. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somkit picked a meatball out of his soup with his chopsticks and held it up to Pong. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Unbearable smells from the sewers rose up to my second-story window and the stink had nowhere else to go but into my nose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see a young woman above me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Hanna, the little one, ran up to me as soon as I entered, tugging at my tzitzis like I was a dog on a leash. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So, what are you up to lately?” he asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, he sits with his bag pulled up to his chest, clumsily trying to make knots in a short length of rope. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Emma said, as if he’d just said something like Cheetahs can run up to seventy-five miles per hour or Bats are the only mammals that can fly. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My dad couldn’t come because he got a call around five thirty that afternoon to haul some oil well equipment up to Harrison. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The bell hung in its own rack, set up to sound alarms. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lived on the first floor and he usually came up to see X when he had a few rumors or gripes to unload. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He never would own up to being drunk; he’d always say he had a headache or needed to get the prescription for his glasses readjusted. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We hurried back to the house and found the guests all stand­ing in the yard, looking up to the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That was one of the frst times I ever saw a man, any man, stick up to Aunt Mary. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were they coming up to my room to yell at me? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Apparently when Mahmoud had gone up to the roof, the birds had flocked to him, alighting on his shoulders and arms, and he was so charmed that he couldn’t send them away. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

James threw his hands up to either side of his cowlick as if he were covering Steve’s ears. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I say, and catch up to the little kids, as if I planned to trick-or-treat with them through the rest of the building. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Gramps said he followed her like a sick, old dog for twenty-two days, and on the twenty-third day, he marched up to her father and asked if he could marry her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

So much for earning his respect by standing up to him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it was she got through breakfast and dinner, but by supper she could only manage a few bites of stew before she dragged herself up to bed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

After wiping spruce dust out of my eyes, I look up to see Alice practically in the nest. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Artwork isn't finished just because you've colored up to every corner on the page. Artwork is finished when you get to the end of your sentence.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

‘But in the meantime enemies have got up the Stairs. And what were you up to? You’re supposed to keep watch, aren’t you, special orders or no? What are you for?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She must have seen something of that in his face because she put down her pen and stood up to put a hand on his shoulder. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The gang not only paid for the funeral but often gave a stipend of up to three years’ wages to the victim’s family. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I got up to go sleep on the couch before he came back. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The first rays of morning lit up the still deserted streets of Dundalk, Maryland, where Mary’s new home was located, as the cops mounted up to leave her ransacked space. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

High dune grass hid the paths up to the houses—in fact, almost hid the chopping block one man was using to split his cordwood. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I went up to the head of it, still calling her name and praying she would come to me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he opened the door and moved up to make room beside him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would look pretty messed up to be a social worker and have dried kid blood as a permanent stain in your vehicle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m more than twice as big as a dime. A dime only comes up to here on me.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

When such partly immune people came into contact with others who had had no previous exposure to the germs, epidemics resulted in which up to 99 percent of the previously unexposed population was killed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cows that had been lying around roused themselves, and the bolder ones slowly lumbered over in our direction, One of them stepped right up to nuzzle us like a big cat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I stood up to head to the bathroom. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The man laughed and called up to her, “Come down. No, I am not the guard. Let me have a look at you.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

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

He crossed the tracks, barely checking to see if a train was coming, climbed another fence, and found himself at the base of the hill leading up to the church. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Before I went up to the university, the regent bought me my first suit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I completed my engineering drawing of the nozzle, there was nothing to do but to go up to the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to live up to that standard anymore. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The door on the left takes you up to the spice storage area, attic and loft in the front part of the house. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She looked up to the sky, and her face went from distant to angry in a flash. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

By the time I got up to where my car was, they were clean out of sight, the horn still blowing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t sit by and let her burn up to nothing while I watched. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A wave of a hand, and the details were all up to him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He let go of Thomas’s shirt and took a step back, then crept up to the corner around which he’d seen the Griever. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All the pieces of down home came flooding up to greet me. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’d been looking for Mac—I’d done several searches, I just wanted to find out where he was, what he was up to. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I stayed close enough so that when he opened a shop door and disappeared inside, I had time to slow and creep up to the shop. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The cricket prepared to fling himself into the first wild strains of the jig, but suddenly he dropped his wings and said, “I’m just not up to it tonight.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of water animal that came up to the sand to ... to do what? lo do something with the sand, to play and make a pile in die sand? Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V looked from me to the phone, sighed, and got up to answer it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Miles shoved his glasses up to rub his eyes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

His shoulders rounded forward and his neck seemed to pain him, for he often reached up to rub it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

About ten minutes into the walk, a red Toyota slowly drove up to us. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Rondell looked back and forth between us for a minute or so, and then he went up to the fence too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No. Don’t come up to me until you see me among a lot of people. And don’t look at me. Just keep somewhere near me.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Heather had her hands up to her mouth. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his face up to the air. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And we have difficulty convincing you that we believe in you, that we don’t believe that you will grow up to be members of gangs, that you can achieve anything that you want to achieve. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people who come from outside bring us a lot of news that later proves to be untrue; however, up to now our radio has never lied. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I patted him on the shoulder, and he did the same to me, and it seemed like we were cool, but I knew I still had to make it up to him somehow. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When the Laughing Man’s small eyes finally opened, Omba eagerly raised the vial of eagles’ blood up to the mask. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Was it because he’d seen Harry collapse on the train, and thought he wasn’t up to much? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Duchess and a couple of her girls run up to me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And once the ski valley was completed there would be pressure to raise taxes for a better road up to it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don't mind if I do, Michael, thanks. Here's looking at you, kid! So Helena, I see your mobile pagoda hasn't gone up to the great Oriental junkyard in the sky yet?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If it had been up to Griff, the Shy Maid would continue downstream by night as well as day, but Yandry and Ysilla refused to risk their pole- boat in the dark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The crypt or the sheds?” asked Cockerell, strolling up to her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But this query was answered almost instantly; they were level with the Slytherin table now, and Karkaroff had just bustled up to his students. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The priest drew his chair up to the table and licked his fingers before turning the pages of the great atlas. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I worked my way out little by little up to my breast pockets, the shore-driven wind slapping water in my mouth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We thought we were learning about the place where Miss Honeywell was, not preparing to write a report on a country we hadn’t heard of before Mr. Mwila brought us up to our classroom. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Each payout is multiplied by the probability of its occurring, and these products are then summed up to give the average or expected payout. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked up to see if my throw had hit its target, the group I was chasing was standing there laughing at me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Garrett may have mentioned it in passing. But don’t get him in trouble. I only bring it up to add evidence to my argument about your forgiving nature.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But in seconds the spider had spun its way up to his knees. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A big white truck is backing up to the door, belching smoke. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

A brick walk led up to the front steps. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like an actor whose audience has stood up to clap, I didn’t want to quit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I step up to the side of his desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m up to the part where Charlie realizes that the mouse’s fate may be his own when I hear a loud rumbling noise outside. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my T-shirt up to cover my mouth and nose and ran off into the blowing gray smoke. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier drew himself up to his full height. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There was actually quite a lot of bad science going on throughout the period–people rushing in with results that didn’t always stand up to scrutiny." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I hang up and Hudson catches up to me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They added up to this: All the eighth graders would have to squeeze into the high school; all the seventh graders would have to squeeze into the middle school. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lately Sam had been showing up to my competitions late, if at all, and dressed like he was going out clubbing in Harlem in the 1920s. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With the help of the physiologist A. V. Hill, he obtained a small grant to come up to Cambridge in the fall of 1947. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I remember propping myself up to accept a drink of water and then collapsing back on the bedroll. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I jumped up to give him a hug, clinging to him a bit longer than usual, thankful to have him home. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I mentally fist pump and suit up to start on the defoliant. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes Tucker came bounding into the newsstand and up to the stool and the shelf. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would close the list with relief, proud of herself for standing up to Elena Richardson at last. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The three of them walked back up to Coraline’s other house together. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Half a mile up to the raftered ceiling hung with red, dusty drapes or banners all ragged with the years. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He cautiously crept up to the porch and—after pausing to take in a deep, fortifying, leg-steadying breath—shimmied through Duke’s doggy door. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Should the enemy in the meadow decide to make any sudden move, the workmen could be speedily hauled back up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rebecca stepped back up to the mic to say something, but he couldn’t stand there. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he saw that I wasn’t going to let go and I wasn’t gonna change my mind, then of course he did go up to the seat where he should have been. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick it up to wipe the table and there I see the letters HWH across the top of a card. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed to begin at the soles of his feet and travel up to his mouth, like he was carrying a weight he was glad to set down for a moment. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

“But,” Minli said, “it looks like flying is the only way up to see the Old Man of the Moon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“But Ma walked right up to him and slapped him, and he didn’t do anything at all. Why didn’t he do anything?” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, I said pointing up to the third floor. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved up to the front passenger seat. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

By the time I manage to roll out from under the sack and make it up to my knees, a man is gazing down at me in concern. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And now all of those plants are blooming again, and they’re reaching up to the sun, and suddenly the school year is over. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You want to be cheerleaders or you want to be crusaders, it’s up to you. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

No one knew her thoughts since the afternoon on which she had given Colonel Gerineldo Márquez his final rejection and shut herself up to weep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Raymond was still asleep, and Mama Sweetie said, “He must have known you were up to something good because he didn’t give us one moment’s trouble.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

High John interrupted loudly as he sauntered up to congratulate me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A Mexican couple dressed in matching crisp blue jeans and sweatshirts with a red Reebok logo across the chest step up to the window. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It led to wooden steps built up to a lookout tower that gave a view of the deep valley and the surrounding hillsides. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In Sunday morning I woke up to the smell of coffee land breakfast cooking. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The next morning I wake up to an obnoxious digitized symphony—the alarm on my phone, which, miraculously, held its charge overnight. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The color drains from her mom’s face as her hand comes up to cover her mouth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The flash of headlights through the rain caught my attention as a dark car pulled up to the curb just a few feet away, facing us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A man climbed the stairs from the sidewalk up to the park. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And the teachers never called on her or asked her to come up to the board to solve problems unless she raised her hand. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He’s tucked into the corner of his seat, his knees up to his chest and his camo trucker hat pulled down so low that I can’t tell if he can see. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

At the rate the morning had gone, this trial might last for weeks, and I wasn’t sure how long I wanted to sit there sweating about being called up to testify. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Why not go up to—wasn’t it Jarabacoa where you honeymooned?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up to give me a hug, but almost immediately sat down again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to keep pushing it up to my wrist. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He must have barely known him, always being up to his neck in communal affairs and not knowledgeable in family matters. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was nonsense—it was superstition—the gyptians knew nothing, or they were up to something, or they weren’t to be trusted. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He props himself up to his elbows and looks at me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Mrs. Hawkins took control right away, moving the group quickly up to the stage, placing the little ones in front and the taller ones in the back. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Well, with game like this that’s where me and JB are headed.The new girl comes up to me after the game, her smile ocean wide my mouth wide shut. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I glanced up to the clear sky with its bright, full moon. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, orders came through for Brunner and Lobel to be promoted to sergeant, and everybody else in the squad moved up to corporal. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps waking up in DC, and Henry keeps waking up in London, and the whole world keeps waking up to talk about the two of them in love with other people. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A spark lit at the center of my chest, spreading quickly up to my brain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I remember pulling up to an event in Delaware with Melissa and Katie and seeing a line of people five-deep and stretching around the block, waiting to get inside an already-jammed auditorium. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He pulled up to his feet just in time to catch another blow from Ripred’s tail. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What is Ewell up to? In God’s name, can he follow no order at all?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled up to a ranch house painted the color of key lime pie. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I counted all the squares on the sidewalk up to the steps of the church, then I counted the steps, twenty-seven. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I watch her from the open door, her small body hooked up to large machines that do the job of breathing for her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They could make it up to Vanderbilt later. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I took a basin of it up to the attic. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Back at the apartment I rigged the micro-recorder up to our stereo. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea what Oppenheimer and Tatlock had been up to in her apartment. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ambrose is still laughing into his phone, so that must mean he’s got another adult lined up to take Ma’s place. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

As a preface, the judge explained that the law allowed a penalty of up to a year in jail for each count of negligent homicide. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Each stone pillar weighed up to seven tons and reached a height of sixteen feet. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hennessey, who was working catcher, casually hands him a bat as he steps up to the plate, and I jog to take over for her. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I hold them up to the light: everything that’s white in the real picture is black in the negative. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But up to now all my fairy tales have been too long, so I don’t think I have much of a chance. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I bring the cloth up to my face and inhale the fragrance. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He looked around once more—then he stood up to his full height. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then large vats of pitch were hoisted up to the roof and the timber was coated to prevent it from rotting. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Mama, scandalized, had both hands up to her mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I’d read that serial killers often started out with rodents, then cats, dogs, moving their way up to humans. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She held it up to the light, like she couldn’t believe what she was seeing, “just lookin’ at it gives me the willies,” Ma said at last. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

William “had made a reputation so startling that I regarded the task of catching up to him as being altogether hopeless.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Moments later, Daddy runs up to the back door. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“We can wear our winter overcoats and hats in the house,” said Mr. Popper, as he got up to go around and open all the windows. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes travel down to my lips and back up to my eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-eight thousand fans, the biggest throng in Michigan racing history, showed up to see it, among them Charles and Marcela Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking up to the airport counter, I made a point not to blink too much. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Next morning we woke up to find they’d rolled us and beat it,” said Hickock. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure I was right about that until she said, “They come right up to the back door at sunset. Did you get your father to sign my book?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dare look up to the roof. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he noticed that the vlei people had silently crept up to them while they were eating. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

For example, herds of wild horses consist of one stallion, up to half a dozen mares, and their foals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m working my way up to the late-night gig that he has right now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Henry D. came up to me and said, “Did you hear what happened?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In moonlight we carried our bags up to the back porch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So after dinner she went up to Mrs. Hall's apartment to see April. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I look up to catch his eye, he’s already halfway to the armchair. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She put her hand up to her forehead, and it shook. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’m going to make it up to you when I see you again. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But if you’re looking for clues to what they meant when they wrote certain parts of the Constitution it helps to know what the arguments were leading up to the writing.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the only way I can stand up to Luke.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They pulled up to the auto parts store and went in. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

One day, we will grow up to preach God's word, take it out into the world and maybe we'll save some people. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He got on his toes and reached up to push the doorbell. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The lady grabs a little yarn ball from a pile on a small table as she passes it and tosses it up to the bird, who grabs it in its beak. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Stairs led up to the booth on either side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Interesting. You’re from Camp Jupiter, and yet... Oh, I see. Juno is up to her tricks.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I walked up to my mother and saw that she was hovering over something, as if she were tending a baby. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny children line up to get on the school bus. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Had I known it was Tyler at the time, had I snuck under the blinds and looked up to see his face, I would’ve run outside and embarrassed the hell out of him. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Nobody cares anymore if I grow up to be a cook. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Because, faced with this emergency, Tessie took Chapter Eleven and me up to the attic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Several people are already finished and getting up to leave. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I look up to see that her eyes are already laughing at me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He bellied up to the bank and rolled over onto the snow. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as he left, I got up to check myself in the small bathroom under the stairs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The boat is powering up to speed, throwing its wake. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching up to the sun, branches spread out wide. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby managed to scramble back up to her perch on my shoulder, where she whispered other gruesome threats in my ear. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

If she had, Cora would have walked up to Mabel and knocked her flat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The Soviets stated that she lived up to a week before the sensors failed. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He fed and watered the horses, talking to them as he hitched them up to the wagon. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Ruth May was not up to snuff, so she was being quiet, hanging on to Mother’s hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the head of the table, Jason sat uncomfortably with his T-shirt rolled up to his ribcage as Nurse Piper changed his bandages. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When he turned to warn the others, to his surprise he sawGurgi in water up to his waist and heading toward the center of the lake. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, I think it was when I was squeezing up to let someone else in beside me that I first noticed the pencil case. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gift in the woods that even he looked up to and he was the best there ever was. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just walked up to me and said, “It’s New Year’s. So Happy New Year.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The end of the spy wars left the CIA with a lot of cleaning up to do and unresolved questions to be reckoned with. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I come back up to the surface under the great wide sky, take a breath, and down I go again, deeper this time. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Rat pushed up to his feet, moved a few steps away from us, then stopped and stood with his back turned. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the side streets, groups of boys and girls, some on foot, some on motorcycles yell and honk their horns as others run up to the trucks, slapping and touching the soldiers’ hands. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my head up to look over the seat out the back window. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It would burn more than six million tons of coal each year to make up to eight million tons of steel and employ more than 30,000 workers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The cop held the gadget up to his face as if inspecting it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My new mother stood up to these men too. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times I've looked up to find one fixated on me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, at the foot of the twisting path that leads up to the Commandant’s house, sits a small crumpled figure. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I walked through the rain up to the hospital. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

My red skirt is hitched up to my waist, though no higher. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went up to the small munching woodman, who did not seem to have seen them, and asked him where the glades were trading to. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tenants, who still had no idea what Ampai was up to, complained about having to stumble around, so Somkit made up some excuse about tinkering with the tinfoil cones. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A man wearing a stained white caftan walked into the yard on a Saturday afternoon, and Olanna hurried up to him, certain that he had come with news of Ugwu. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I get up to go but she wants me to stay. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we leave, I remember how Khalil used to run up to the car when I was about to go, the sun shining on the grease lines that separated his cornrows. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He walked up to O’Dell and waited patiently until the boy had stopped gyrating. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even Kelton agrees that it’s better having him under our watchful eyes than out there where we can’t see what he’s up to. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And when I got back to the house I was angry enough to stand up to Father. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With repeated spraying over the years the range between trees is from 26 to 60 pounds to the acre; under trees, up to 113 pounds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He dashed through the house and up to the bathroom. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

We found the elevator and rode up to the fourth floor, then followed the arrows to something called the Psychohormonal Unit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Thief,” Jon said, as the I bird flapped up to the lintel above the door to devour its prize. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The young woman had apparently been in the middle of a washing day, for she wore an apron, her sleeves were rolled up to the elbow, and there were soapsuds on her hands. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain looked up to watch them go, sensing alarm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Fred Carter had the guts to belly up to the bar. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I can make it up to Jason on Tuesday. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, as we are getting ready to board the buses, Shay tromps up to me with her shadow, Jessica, right behind her. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I looked up to the clouds, turning my face to the pounding rain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He jogs up to me, stopping a few steps in front of the dead bird. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Then she drew herself up to her fullest height. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After the funeral home men drove away, August and Rosaleen walked up to the coffin and stared down at May, but I hung back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we turned and began to mount the staircase leading up to the house. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

For my brother Alex, who was born small, my mom spun a song that he was kindhearted and genuine and would grow up to become strapping and tall. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon fled to Lyra at once, and she scooped him up to her face to kiss and gentle. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

That meant they were the last ones up to each home, and sometimes most of the good stuff was already taken; but they hardly noticed. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth stayed where she was, and that was why, when Tommy came up to us, his gaze fell on me and why it was me he hugged first. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hill up to the eighteenth green where Patrick and I spit wine from laughing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

More precisely, they don’t have that mental valet in their unconscious that frees them up to concentrate on what really matters. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She was up to her wrists in soapsuds and called out to us to be careful as we whizzed back outside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

How else would Mr. Curtain get up to the Whispering Gallery in his wheelchair? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she insisted, kneeling up to face me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Branwell is tall for his age—I am not—and when he sat across the table from me, I had to look up to make eye contact, which was not easy. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told what had happened when she flew up to meet the angels, and then of her journey to Lord Asriel’s fortress. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom gets out of her car and runs up to Bo’s window. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Or consider the grassy balds—treeless, meadowy expanses of mountaintop, up to 250 acres in extent, which are quite unique to the southern Appalachians. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Scyld grew up to be strong and brave, the terror of his enemies. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must apologize, Kitty, since my style is not up to my usual standard today. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

While I was waiting for the elevator, I ran up to Mr. X’s and shoved the gum wrapper between his door and the doorframe. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It took me a second to remember that there were a dozen or so steps up to the stage and she was walking up them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The woman pushed aside her folds of silk and held a small bag up to her chest. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She allowed Reverend Okonjo to pass by her and step up to the pulpit, and as he did so, the room hushed almost immediately. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tucked in the middle of the forest are three training gyms, a dance studio, medical facilities, dining and recreational spaces, and cabins that can sleep up to three hundred athletes and coaches at a time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Good. We have contacts in a building down on Lispenard that can set you up to sweep some chimneys tomorrow morning. Who will join her?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I wondered what you two had been up to today.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the guests stood up to toast the king, their wigs came flying off. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom conked out within seconds, but Augustus and I stayed up to look out the window for a while. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She wanted Eric to kiss up to her, escort her around, buy her gifts, and shower her with compliments. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It buzzed a little bit, and I had a brief vision of it experiencing a non-passive failure and exploding into a billowing cloud of smoke and motor particles, but then it got up to speed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“And then Lenny picked us up to bring us back home in the break between his jobs.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Well, I’m not a teacher who says, “O.K.,” so I went back and told him he’d have to move up to the front. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he raised up to look he could just see the top of the truck moving along the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I walked so fast Jenna had to jog to catch up to me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I took the slip up to the teacher, a tall, balding man whose desk had a nameplate identifying him as Mr. Mason. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She looked up to the ceiling, then back at us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Fadi glanced from his picture of Fillmore Street back up to Ms. Bethune’s contemplative face. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He looked like he was in the clear but when he went up to take his shot their center, who was knocking everything down, pinned his stuff against the boards and then pulled it down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, this sophomore girl comes up to me in the hall and explains that she supports the cause but decided to go back to class after she heard why they were really protesting. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I look up to see him watching me with cruel delight, like a raptor bird trying to decide whether to be bothered devouring a small mouse. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hike the stairs back up to the fifth floor, and I don't even have to hold on to the railing. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she sat there with her knees pulled up to her chin. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Jeannine’s head only came up to my shoulder, but she looked sixteen, at least. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I can even rush back into the bedroom, Pri has already leaped up to find me near the banister. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We all get up to make room for her as she slowly eases down near the armrest. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I run up to him, put my project down on the floor, and throw my arms around him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When he moves away from the bed, I can see that Eden is lying there with a blanket pulled up to his chin, despite the heat. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He sat with his back to the kitchen window, the one over the sink that looked out onto their small backyard, across the train tracks and up to the church with its graveyard. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Pop,” Nick said, wondering, what in hell is this old looney up to now? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up to what I was doing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She crept up to the windows of the tavern and rubbed at the grime with the side of her fist. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun got out of the canoe and walked up to the front door. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She waits next door at Gloria’s for the smuggler to call Rosa Amalia, who has just gotten hooked up to phone service. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My fingers came up to trace one of the fresh punctures on the side paneling where a bullet had slammed through the thin metal. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The fighting came right outside, gunfire and breaking glass, and when the shots finally slowed and stopped, Henek crept up to the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My eyes flicked up to the sky, to the hole that burned like a second sun, and he followed my gaze. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Lord Roke leapt for the hem of her coat and ran up to her shoulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Macy shrugged and reached up to tug her hair into her mouth. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Are you up to another visitor, or are you too sleepy? she says, with a smirk. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We pushed our Formica cupboard up to the door and pressed against it with our bodies as the noise got closer and closer, until it was surrounding us, engulfing our home. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Putting one foot after the other, I chug up the stairs, my arms and legs starting to burn as I drag my body up to the fifth floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When I came up to the front yard, I stopped, staying in the road, and waited. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She gets up to wash her dish, and when she’s done, she slips out the door. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she appears as cupbearer to the gods; sometimes that office is held by Ganymede, a beautiful young Trojan prince who was seized and carried up to Olympus by Zeus’s eagle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of people got up to say how she influenced them. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I shout up to the sky, top of my lungs. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mouth opened up to answer him, but I couldn’t. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she also wanted Dr. Barnes to know right away that she saw what he was up to. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s holding it up to admire it. It’s a wood thing, all right.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He rolled up to his feet and followed her as silently as she had gone, and he could hear her quick footsteps going toward the shore. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

That brings me up to Joey’s phone call asking me if I’m all right. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk in numbed silence, even as everyone I pass watches me and as some of the other wild cards occasionally come up to congratulate me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That would be up to the sheriff to decide what to do, I guess.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being a little older than my classmates adds to my allure; they look up to me, admire me even. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must be heading up to the top of the flag tower, Reynie thought. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any idea what your daughter’s been up to?” he shouted. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was a tailor by trade and entered politics in his twenties, working his way up to the Senate. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Jenkins came striding up to our table with a very purposeful look on his face. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I really didn’t want to go up to where J.T. was. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a woman’s head, blown up to twice the size of a normal head. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I know that if I walk up to her, she’ll suddenly blink and turn to me with that fake smile. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I reached up to his bed and yanked his pillowcase off. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I took a plastic laundry tub—part of the gear we had carried up to the cave—and left it under the waterfall for a moment. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd imagine I was James Bond meeting beautiful older women at the roulette tables and walking arm in arm up to their rooms where something dangerously exotic might happen. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She came up to the board and took the chalk from my hand. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see how much higher I had to go when my hand touched something moist. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched dude go right up to this older lady coming out of Payless Shoes with her little granddaughter in a stroller. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I edged up to another ledge, and lay down on it to catch my breath. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up to go to the bathroom. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She walked up to her sister and kicked the jump rope out of the way with a sigh of irritation. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Of course not!” she said again, and headed back across the planks to firm ground while I went up to meet her, my pail of mussels sloshing as I went. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You want us to give this child up to them she’s a fleeing from, is that right?’ The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Tommy’s steps coming nearer until he was right up to me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the divine vehicles, the golden tiger with startlingly long claws, walked up to the door and pawed it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had to admit, he wasn’t exactly sucking up to her. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1793, the Reign of Terror, already intense, ratcheted up to a higher gear. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I was becoming more outward and social, more willing to open myself up to the messes of the wider world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

R.C swung his leg over and sat on Emmet’s stomach, then he slid the fish up to Emmett’s neck. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The chin did not lift itself; no eyes turned up to meet the boy. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it was up to the states to decide whether to allow female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She looked up to see him frowning slightly, watching her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Taisin strode up to the front door and raised her hand to knock, her knuckles ringing on the wood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the end of it, he says that if it were up to him, he’d cancel tonight’s show out of respect for Lucinda. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The sea was all around, leaving the three of them alone in the darkness as they slowly climbed up to their beacon fire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The light in the room arced up to the ceiling, a half vault of stripes, below which he could almost make out the rise and fall of her body. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron announced, and we got together, a tiered threesome—Nia’s head came up to my chin; my head came up to Aaron’s chin. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Course I did. Plus, I’ve got coffee cups up to my eyeballs.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch I went up to my room, read a while, and went to sleep. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

One by one, our aunts and cousins come up to me and touch my hair, my arms, and my back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up to my attic room then, since I couldn’t get any more words out without crying, and read my library books for a while. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He wore tight jeans and a white t-shirt with the sleeves rolled up to show off his muscles. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m in my room, sitting at the head of my bed with my knees pulled up to my chest. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The boys followed me up to my room and watched me as I sat on the edge of my bed, staring unseeing at the far wall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When people drove up to get gas, Lucas would wheel out from the garage as quick as he could. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’d only been there once before, traveling by elevator up to the secret six hundredth floor of the Empire State Building. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

At my home he took my hands very gently and said to me, “Claudette, do you really feel up to it?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She said something about catching her Tube and stood up to go. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I looked at Dad, who shrugged, and we both followed my sister up to the office. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We should get some stuff to send up to Snuffles,” Harry muttered. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Whose whims had been taken seriously by adults and who grew up to be the stingiest, greediest people on earth and out of their stinginess grew their stingy little love that ate everything in sight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when we ride up to the twelfth floor, the faces of all the tributes who will never return flash across my mind and there's a heavy, tight place in my chest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The eight designated fliers stepped up to the balcony railing, where they were joined by Dr. Zinchenko and the panel of holographic judges: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong, and Leonardo da Vinci. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, he left it up to us to figure out what an “assessment word” is—while saving no characters, and being less rather than more scientifically precise. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Just as we got up to the slabrock fence that Papa had built around the corn patch, I looked over and spotted this gobbler doing our pea-picking for us. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and I follow her two floors up to her apartment. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting up to stretch my legs. Sorry” “Sometimes I just want to burn down all the rules and start over,” Mary Lou said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Only time I’m ma’am instead of Mama is when you’re up to something.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The thin man came up to Amari and lifted her upper lip, pinching the flesh with his long, bony fingers. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You woke us up to get doughnut recommendations.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She marched straight up to the sarcophagus and pushed aside the golden lid. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her gaze remained on the Klansman until Bill Riddick walked up to the microphone and called the meeting to order. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The station wagon pulled up to the curb and screeched to a stop. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Also, there was a difference in its depth; his current sadness was as deep as a pool that went up to his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

First, always have the courage to own up to your mistakes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My phone vibrates and I pick it up to see a text from Will. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He sinks back down into his recliner and keeps glaring at me like I’m the one showing up to steal his old .22 rifle. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Dari shrugged, pressing his bony shoulders all the way up to his ears. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She walked up to Travis, whose eyes got bigger and whose face got redder and redder as she came toward him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, I reached up to the collar of my cloak and unpinned my talent pipes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He braced himself against the sink and held Naomi’s slip up to his nostrils. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without being asked, he’d get the chickens crated up to ship to Atlanta, and the cars washed, and I don’t know what all. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“If I were looking for a good number I’d have to go up to seven.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He cried because he had to wake up to what was left: the dim room, empty beds, and a March dust storm rattling the tin on the roof. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What up, Jay? What you been up to this summer?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stood up to make sure he didn't try to do nothing crazy, like swing on Black, though I didn't really think he would go that far. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She walked up to the driver's seat, sat down and took up the reins. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing that he was game, he took a final look at the strange white back and then went straight up to the edge of the hollow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My tongue had swelled up to twice its usual size behind my clenched teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pointed up to the evening star, and she leaned closer to follow the direction of my finger. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

No one said a word as we walked up to the third floor. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Can we fight about this later? I’m up to my knees in cursed mud!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But lugging all those buckets of water up to the house was hard work, and I would put off bathing until I was feeling pretty gamy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had carried Mr. Justice Wargrave up to his room and laid him on the bed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“There were so many expectations and I honestly wasn’t sure we were going to be able to live up to them and then we did.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“And I’m not going to give him up to any of you kidney birds without a struggle. I was here first.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And then their uncle comes in, and tosses them up to the ceiling in a very frightful way!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Cole moseyed along slowly, not catching up to Edwin until they reached the trees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Reverend Okonjo strode up to the pulpit right as the crowd broke out in applause and cheers, the group agitated and eager to do something, anything. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The house presented two pointed gables in its front; the windows were latticed and narrow: the front door was narrow too, one step led up to it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bus takes a left at the next intersection and pulls up to the curb. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And he stood up to go to the bar. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But I dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes Bubber would haul the gun up to his shoulder. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help it; my eyes flickered up to my picture behind her. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For so long she had been wrong, wrong, wrong, making countless mistakes and never quite living up to her mama’s expectations. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then as the time was still early he decided to go up to the mute’s room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“My mom wanted to know what we were up to.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

‘Wrong again, I expect,' he sighed. ‘But it’s my job to go right up to the top first, whatever happens afterwards.' The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I just hope I can live up to expectations—everyone else’s and my own. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a party at Trinity on Saturday night, and on Sunday Maurice was coming up to the Cricks’ for a social visit arranged weeks before the arrival of the Pauling manuscript. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The penguins all loved to climb the stairs that led up to the kitchen, and never knew when to stop unless they found the kitchen door closed. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She skipped up to it and traced the glass. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It is a name one does not simply possess, but has to live up to. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked up to see Tori holding a bag of clothes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Surely you weren’t up to the Ace of Diamonds. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I climb onto the railing of a connecting platform and somehow scrape my way up to the top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I can’t think what your daddy’s up to,” she said, still panting from her rush up the stairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mandingham saw her too, and gathered himself up to make a desperate leap over her as she lay on the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cardinal wasn’t doing anything at all—just sitting on a twig, all fluffed up to keep himself warm. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faint hum of a motor rose up to us in the still air. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Last stop along the beach. Unless you wanna head up to College Station with the rest of us.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Earlier that afternoon, a well-dressed young woman had come up to Richard at the train station and taken his hand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the days leading up to the charrette, Durham’s two white newspapers also featured several in-depth stories about the event, many of them focusing on the odd couple chairing it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped into a seat between Ron and Hermione at the Gryffindor table and tried to ignore the fact that people were standing up to look at him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

My hand goes up to check my glabella. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And Emily has always sucked up to Julie, even if that means laughing really hard at her dumb jokes or chiming in when she puts everyone else down. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Grandma fixed him a look, frowning like she knew he and Genie were up to something. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As I walked over to the counter, the colored fellow got up to pay his bill. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s stopped talking, but there’s definitely more and I can tell he’s gearing up to say it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Not that your father wasn’t a nice guy and all, but he wasn’t up to fatherhood. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They will come up to you and speak, but their voices sound like chatter, like bats twittering. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t sleep. I went up to the roof for a while and watched the streets.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I went up to his room, half expecting some change—I don’t know what. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin brought his hands up to hold on to Jessica’s wrists, and she ran her thumbs under his eyes and then kissed the top of his head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She had to look that one up to make sure it was an actual word. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

One man walked up to Blackburn and introduced his son as an aspiring doctor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He then heard the flushing of a toilet from the bathroom and, as the door swung open, sat up to see who was there. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Marigold knew, from the letter she’d shamefully steamed open before secretly resealing and returning it to her mother’s car, that Zane was in it up to his neck this time. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He cupped his hand under my chin and tilted my face up to his. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s ultra-modern science technology here, too, including an EEG cap that is wireless, meaning that it can send signals without being hooked up to wires. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As we left the village, everyone lined up to watch us go. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I shuffled up to the boardwalk, beating Ma there. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew rolled out of his room and dug his heel into the skateboard to flip it up to his hand. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It says to write down the story of what happened and everything that led up to it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

When they had passed he stood up to watch them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The relationship between success and IQ works only up to a point. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Bill, seeming to understand well what was going on, nuzzled up to him, putting his nose to Sam’s ear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a hearth fire you could depend on, you could draw up to and get warm by if you were cold, or cook something on that would feed the emptiness in you. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reginald, the one who had always looked up to me, had gotten big enough to fake his age, and he was planning soon to enter the merchant marine. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says what’s up to somebody, and there’s a sound like palms slapping. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I began thinking about what would happen if we all just acknowledged our brokenness, if we owned up to our weaknesses, our deficits, our biases, our fears. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My father finally broke the silence between me and David, saying that it was time for us to get my stuff up to the dorm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

When Amil and I came home from school, there was a man squatting in our alley on the way to the back stairs that take us up to our little flat. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She sat on one side of the little Formica table, steam from her mug of tea rising up to her face as she stared out the window to the Barrows’ house next door. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So I walked up to the counter, feeling very impressed with myself, and I put down my money and said, “I’ll have a large number one.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He felt as though he had swelled up to the size of a giant. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead of running up to her and trying to start a conversation, I test out a wave to see what her response will be. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Horace Danver got up to speak, and I saw a flash of skin as he sauntered down the aisle in his blue flannel shirt. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I step right up to the wall and, just like Mr. Daniels taught me, use the envelope in my hand as a marker under the first line. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I'm going so fast that the water is up to my chest before Freak gets my attention, he's tugging at my hair with both hands. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would sit, when he was up to it, and dictate the responses to friends and family who gathered for their letter-writing sessions. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She tipped herself over the railing. Maybe climbing up to see something. They found her car in the lot with an empty vodka bottle in it.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

June popped up to her knees and started grabbing at all the papers, collecting them in her arms in a haphazard bundle. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then Frodo stepped up to the great grey net, and hewed it with a wide sweeping stroke, drawing the bitter edge swiftly across a ladder of close-strung cords, and at once springing away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I looked up to the edge of the roof and saw Auri standing there, a silhouette against the night sky, her fine hair made a cloud around her head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She set the alarm clock for five, only to wake to the sound of Farmer’s voice, singing up to her from the courtyard below. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“So is everybody else,” said Kyle as the bookmobile pulled up to the front of the library. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was as if the Washington victory had been held up to the nation as some sort of fluke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The swallows, drowsy from their long naps as mussels, were singing, and a silver sea of clouds had drifted up to where the mountain met the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

If the League caught up to us and took them in, I’d never forgive myself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then Mum sent Kat and me up to bed. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up to get a drink of water, and I examined what he’d circled on the page, because that’s how tricky he could be. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But where I was bracing myself for things like having the N-word shouted at me when I was up to bat, or having an ump make bad calls because he didn’t want us to win? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He ambled up to Thomas slowly and stopped right in front of him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When we were all getting ready to leave, I walked up to my grandfather and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She’d already taken the hardcover out of the library twice, gone up to the front desk and signed it out with her library card. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sit down, Uhmma says and sits back on her feet, butt close to the ground, knees sticking up to the sky. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Emily handed it over and looked up to see a girl in the crowd scowling at her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She ran right up to Benny and hugged him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Kibitzers began gathering around his board, and each time Bobby had to get up to visit the tiny restroom in the back of the club, he almost had to fight his way through the scrum. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She could scale a wall with ease, and had even demonstrated by climbing up to her own balcony with nothing but her bare hands. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“How about later?” she asks, the view panning back up to her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Plates of dark armor clip into place around my wrist, then cover my forearms, then creep up to my shoulders. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z