| 单词 | cafeteria |
| 例句 | The Olympic Village was like an athlete’s fantasyland, with a pool and workout studios and a huge twenty-four-hour cafeteria with every style of food imaginable. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Coach Mustilli didn’t say anything to me as I stood in line with the other kids as he walked up and down the length of the cafeteria examining us all. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z All around the cafeteria, people are sitting with their friends. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The corridors stank of oiled floors and cafeteria soup. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z My stomach growls noisily and I decide to head to the cafeteria to distract myself with some food. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z This was the doubt that sat in my mind through student orientation, through my first sessions of high school biology and English, through my somewhat fumbling get-to-know-you conversations in the cafeteria with new friends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Over the noise of the cafeteria, he didn’t notice that someone had come up behind him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She slid both trays—sandwich, milk, cupcake—onto the table, and then she grabbed Em’s hand and led her out of the cafeteria. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z When I look back, Sandra is not behind me but sitting on the steps leading into the cafeteria pit, unwrapping a sandwich. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z For one thing, the cafeteria food smelled good and tasted even better. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Our cafeteria had better options than the food court, and the prices were lower. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “He’s the one who came into the cafeteria to invite me to transfer to Sunny Brook,” said Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s take a walk to the cafeteria,” he said, picking up a folder. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She went to the cafeteria, greeted her coworkers, ate the morning meal, and began her assigned tasks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We hastened down the trail to it as we had an inkling that there was a visitors’ center there, which meant the possibility of a cafeteria and other gratifying contacts with the developed world. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z There were sporadic yells of MOJO! but the crowd in the cafeteria didn’t become animated until the screen showed running back Shawn Crow breaking tackle after tackle in the quarterfinal playoff game against Arlington. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And then his parents had left the room to grab them all some food from the cafeteria, leaving Mark and Jessie alone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A lot of eyes were on him as he sat down in the cafeteria. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Or because they were popular and loved so much that the school cafeteria offered them mozzarella sticks and crinkle-cut fries on the house. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Fingers tight on my lunch bag on the way to the cafeteria, I hear someone shout, “Amelia!” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The Mess is a giant characterless cafeteria, like you’d find in a public high school or a prison. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until he saw Ben and Alex staring at him oddly that Will realized he had been searching the cafeteria for Claire. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Madge’s eyes laser burn me as she scrambles up from the floor and runs out of the cafeteria. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Before I could react, Tyson’s voice changed again, becoming deeper and gruffer, like the other guy we’d heard talking to Luke outside the cafeteria. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I smiled at Connor, stepped forward into the doorway, and entered a cafeteria I had never seen before. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Even silent reading wasn’t silent. And the cafeteria is really loud.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z In the morning, the cafeteria smells fried and sweet, like fish sticks and cookies. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As we walk, I tell her about Sam—about the incident at the mall and in the cafeteria line, and how Sam doesn’t even know about Natasha Ramsey. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As he’s doing this, I pretend I don’t see it, and I turn to my stack of books, pick them up and walk out of the cafeteria. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Through the empty corridors and across the cafeteria, where the Helpers were busy preparing supper, Mr. Curtain never slowed—not even when he approached the door onto the plaza. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I decided to go to the cafeteria a few minutes late just in case no one came. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The cafeteria is bustling with little kids opening superhero or My Little Pony lunch boxes. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z In the school cafeteria, he scrounged constantly for spilled cabbage soup, dipping his hand in cold dirty soup that had spilled on the floor and licking his fingers clean. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z "Go down to the cafeteria and lift one of the ketchup squeeze bottles with the pointy top. Clean it out good and fill it with hot water and do what has to be done." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z One day on break, I walked over to Maggie, who was sitting by herself in the cafeteria. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The cafeteria is called the “Nutrition Center,” which is strange. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z On Monday at lunch, I stood at the entrance of the cafeteria waiting for Jenna. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z As I stepped off the conveyor, the HR computer directed me to a nearby cafeteria that looked like something out of an old prison movie. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A small, blond girl is carrying a cafeteria tray and a jumbo metal water bottle with the words “I am not PLASTIC” on it. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The cafeteria was such a huge place, with so many of our attackers gathered at one time. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At lunch, it hadn’t seemed right to hang out in the library without James, so she went to the cafeteria, which was about as loud as a marching band practicing in a bathroom. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We sit in the cafeteria picking at the burritos some Indiana kitchen worker has attempted to make, and she asks what I did over the weekend. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We just left lunch, and the cafeteria had fried chicken, one of the foods Williamson gets right. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Alma took a seat at an empty table in the back of the cafeteria. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It's mostly tins of meat and potato hash I stole from an airship's cafeteria, and an old pair of shoes with intact soles. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The next morning I didn't go down to breakfast, which meant going down two flights of stairs to the cafeteria. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I already sense that the level of buzzing energy in the cafeteria is higher than usual, but I first hear the news when Andrew approaches me in the food line. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I start to make eye contact with her everywhere—in the halls, in class whenever she turns around and feels my eyes on her, even through the crowds of curly heads in the cafeteria. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I walk quick and Carlos follows me into the cafeteria. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Fadi put on his backpack, glanced at the school map on the back of his schedule, and headed toward the cafeteria. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “Sure,” I said, scanning the cafeteria for a safe haven. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Luke wanted to keep his promise to Annie, to say that he hadn’t worried about Toby once when he walked into the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But Father Mulrooney stopped him on the way to the cafeteria. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Will you give this letter to Ramu tomorrow? If you don’t see him on the way to school, then give it to him in the cafeteria. Put it in his hand, okay?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Two corporals made some noise about taking the cafeteria over. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He finished eating and left the cafeteria without waiting for the bell or asking permission. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Jillson appeared in the cafeteria, a jubilant grin on her face, and came straight over to their table. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I imagine my father, a grown man, sitting next to Jeanine, a grown woman, at a lunch table in my old cafeteria, a book between them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Usually there’s so much going on in the cafeteria that the adults haven’t noticed Sneaky’s operation. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z During lunch at the cafeteria, Ramu offers me something from his lunch box, a pastry filled with mashed potatoes his mother made. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z On the day of tryouts, Ana, Nicole, and I met outside of the school cafeteria, where fencing practice was held. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She had the guts that I didn’t in the cafeteria. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z All evening at school, my mind was filled with words bouncing around in my head like the popcorn machine someone had set up in the corner of the cafeteria. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Naomi pulled open the door to the cafeteria cleaning supply closet with no more thought than she’d given to any other task over the last two days. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z At lunchtime, I clutch my brown bag, waiting near the door until the first rush of cafeteria noise dims: banging trays, ripping plastic, overtalking at too-crowded tables. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Dad drives me to the hospital and we buy flowers at the gift shop near the cafeteria. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Down to the hairnets and surly looks from the cafeteria workers.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Miss Brown, the cafeteria lady, is standing at the register. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Burt introduced me to an economics professor at the faculty cafeteria, one well known for his work on the economic factors affecting interest rates. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z She insisted on escorting us to the rest room and the cafeteria, and we thanked her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly a school official showed up, and Minnijean was whisked away, while we were hustled out of the cafeteria. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As Benji stepped into the cafeteria for lunch, someone grabbed his shoulder. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z With dwindling hope, my eyes scoured the rest of the cafeteria, hoping to find him alone, waiting for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I could hear Mrs. G call my name, but I pretended not to hear and just kept walking to the other side of the cafeteria, behind the lunch counter. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The school dance committee tried hard to transform the cafeteria into something nicer. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He wasn’t easy to buddy up to, but sometimes Joe sat with him in the cafeteria. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z On the way to the cafeteria five people stopped me to talk about the game and about nine or ten people waved to me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The university is a delightful place; lots of room in the classes and residences, no crowding in the cafeteria, and the professors are solicitous. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When suppertime came and the cafeteria roiled once again with rowdy students, the members of the Mysterious Benedict Society suddenly developed an apparent dislike for anything salty or sweet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then I ran out the cafeteria as fast as I could. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The next time I saw Jerome, I was standing in Fisk’s cafeteria line. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z So I was impatient and frightened as Jessica and I entered the cafeteria. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Even though they were long past the cafeteria. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He nibbled on mini carrots that he’d sneaked out of the school cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Whatever it is sends you running out of the cafeteria just as the volcano of butterflies in your belly erU pTS After Soccer Practice Go wash up. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Audrey shook the soda from her hands, not caring who she flung the drops on, and stormed out of the cafeteria, leaving her lunch tray on the floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Tonesha looks around at everyone in the cafeteria, as if making sure that her audience is in place. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I looked for Brian in the cafeteria at lunchtime, but fourth-graders were on a different schedule, so I sat by myself and bit into the sandwich Erma had made for me that morning. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He had also drawn Marcy, a cafeteria lady who usually looked at all of us like we were spoiled brats. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Employees sat elbow to elbow with the same people during their morning coffee, ate lunch in their designated time slot in the cafeteria as a group, and left together to catch the evening shuttle bus. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She alternately giggles and flips her hair as she guides me to the cafeteria. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I’m not used to eating with thieves in a gross cafeteria. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Well, thought Nick, the school cafeteria is sort of a restaurant, isn't it? Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the cafeteria, where a shrinking slice of my consciousness still resided, Daisy was telling Mychal that his averaging project shouldn’t be about people named Mychal but about imprisoned men who’d later been exonerated. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z So when I saw him going into the cafeteria ahead of me, I knew he’d have no one to sit with, but I just couldn’t bring myself to sit with him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z But at lunch when I see her in the cafeteria with the laundry bags, I find myself drifting over there. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I offer to go door-to-door for donations and pass the hat around the cafeteria. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I feel exactly the way I do when I wake up from the dream where I’m naked in the school cafeteria and only have those flimsy pathetic napkin squares to cover myself up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z At lunch, I avoid the cafeteria and go to the library instead. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Erin—who sits next to me in the cafeteria when it’s not basketball season—just started eating the carrots off my plate enthusiastically and thanking people until they got confused. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She missed her teachers, and the smell of her old schoolbooks, and even the cafeteria food. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z What if there is no right place for me in the cafeteria? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z But as he was crossing toward Mr. Crane’s house, the janitor waved to him from the portico that connected the main school building and the cafeteria. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He gestures to a table in the last row of the cafeteria. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Because right now, only about half the high school who had lunch fifth period sat in the cafeteria that day. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z So when Ty walked into the cafeteria, he walked into a minefield. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Better choices in the cafeteria,” she said, putting the clipboard on the counter next to me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Even though I still had one evening left of washing dishes in the cafeteria to work off my smoking conviction, we didn’t much fear the Eagle. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z As we stood in line to board, Grover started looking around, sniffing the air like he smelled his favorite school cafeteria delicacy—enchiladas. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The last time I eat pizza in the cafeteria with Ben. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “I know it’s you! I saw you two planning it in the cafeteria!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It pretty much looked like my high-school cafeteria, with the floor that looked like a checkerboard and the wobbly brown tables. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The former members of the Blue Team are scattered all over the cafeteria at lunchtime—twelve bodies orbiting the white-hot sun of the cool table. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I also needed an answer to the cafeteria, which to me, always asked the same question, "Where you sitting?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z By the time he walked into the cafeteria, Toby was wearing his disappointment on his face, his sleeve—anywhere it would fit. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I corner Dana in the cafeteria line the next day at lunch. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was weird to think about this, but when my father was my age, he sat in this very cafeteria and ate his lunch. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z On Thursday, Fina and I have just sat down in the cafeteria when I see her waving someone over. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The cafeteria cashier is trying to find my name in the red folder. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Curtis and his boys walk toward the cafeteria, right near my locker. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “We could get him to walk across a stamp pad so he would leave purple footprints. That way we could see if he went to the cafeteria and the library and all those places.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Our cafeteria is on the second floor and always feels way overcrowded and noisy. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Everyone else at the conference is eating dinner in the Connellsville High cafeteria. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Mealtime portions in the farm’s cafeteria were no larger than at the cement factory, the textile mill, or the mines. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “I have to eat in the cafeteria too,” Sam says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When Sunny and I meet for lunch in the cafeteria, I'm suddenly gripped by fear. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The faithful sat on little stools of orange and blue under the merciless lights of the high school cafeteria, but the Spartan setting didn’t bother them a bit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed her gaze to see Edward, smiling crookedly, staring at me from an empty table across the cafeteria from where he usually sat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I sit right in the middle of the cafeteria. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “Albie, we’ll put your cupcakes in the cafeteria, okay? And then you can pick them up to take home after school is out. Would someone like to volunteer to take them, please?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Any time somebody barfs in the hall, or there’s a food fight in the cafeteria, guess who has to clean it up. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Chankara sat across from me in the cafeteria and I couldn’t help staring at her. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Calvin says, “Well, there are several reasons for that. The cafeteria is anything but a pleasant dining environment. It’s loud, overcrowded, and likely to be hostile.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Oh right,” I said, pretending I remembered the exact loca-tion of all five hundred students in the cafeteria. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I slam the locker closed, and turn away from them to go down the steps to the cafeteria. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Jobs turned out to be sorting the plastic forks, spoons, straws, and napkins for the cafeteria. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z We were under the shelter of the cafeteria roof now, so I could more easily look at his face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Other kids are like, “The best part of my week is that there was creamed corn in the cafeteria.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Not even when Nicco and J.R. tripped him last year in the cafeteria or when the others called him names and bumped him into lockers as they passed in the halls. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We run through the cafeteria doors and join the throng around the famous vlogger. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z At lunch a group of boys dare each other to eat the most disgusting combination of cafeteria food. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The atmosphere in the cafeteria is festive, with two long tables filled with snacks that parent volunteers brought. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Then at lunch, Jenna and I would find each other in the cafeteria line to buy food. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z If I sat in the cafeteria, students moved. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Someone planted a bomb in the cafeteria, just before the first Collection,” Cate said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Although he sketched a variety of things and people—buildings, his house, what looked like students in a posh school cafeteria—he kept coming back to Aditya. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The silence lasted until I noticed that the cafeteria was almost empty. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Lettie and her group of girls had already gone through the cafeteria line and were standing above me with their trays of food. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We’d aligned ourselves with different foundations and food suppliers to install six thousand salad bars in school cafeterias and were recruiting local chefs to help schools serve meals that were not just healthy but tasty. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There’s a whiff of the bleach that is in our Mercury Home, but mixed with fried oil and what I used to call eau de cafeteria when I still ate lunch at school. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z We all make it into the cafeteria, which is somehow quieter than the library, maybe because of the teachers patrolling the edges of the room. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z They were held in the school cafeteria, and like the Vets dances, the girls stood on one side and the boys on the other. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z After a lot of hustling and cajoling, Kate got Constance moving, then quick-stepped it to the cafeteria with the smaller girl riding piggyback. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Do you really want to carry that giant tray through the cafeteria? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Every day, I watched anxiously until the rest of the Cullens entered the cafeteria without him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z So I keep it moving and make my way through the cafeteria doors. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I decided not to go down to the cafeteria for breakfast. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We don’t have a cafeteria; we eat outside with seagulls hovering overhead. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Until last year, when the shitstorm began, I sat with Charlie in the back booth on the east side of the cafeteria. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I would never be trying to come to school on Saturdays for practice,” Ana said on a Monday in the cafeteria after I told her and Nicole what my crazy weekend had entailed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The hallway is quiet after the laughter and chatter of the cafeteria. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We entered, too, and watched the mischievous boys as they laughed and huddled together in a fluffy white cafeteria. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The Daniels had never experienced the Academy cafeteria, so they thought the food court was fine dining. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z She was turning back to the cafeteria when the blast knocked her off her feet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe run out of the cafeteria and just keep running forever and never come back. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The cafeteria, reeking of fish sticks, buzzed around them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z That’s because the black girls generally sat together in the cafeteria. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The shiny chrome-and-glass cafeteria, where customers inserted nickels into a slot and turned a knob to open a glass door for their food, was one of George Dasch's favorite restaurants. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z In the sixties and seventies, during the social upheaval of freedom rides and cafeteria sit-ins and boycotts in Birmingham and marches on Selma, Odessa stood locked in time. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab my lunch bag, stuff all my wrappers in it, and head out of the cafeteria. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Her grandfather’s sermons went out the window when Alba set eyes on Miguel one unforgettable rainy afternoon in the cafeteria of the university. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The five of us sat in the corner of the cafeteria, not touching our food, while rain slammed against the windows. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Her “meeting” is taking place near what used to be the cafeteria, and I have no choice but to walk right by the group to the elevator leading back to my room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The cafeteria is a giant sound stage where they film daily segments of Teenage Humiliation Rituals. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I have no intention of going to the cafeteria, so I wait until everyone leaves and then I walk over to Mrs. Medina’s desk. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The weather was too warm to eat outside, but I couldn’t endure the cafeteria with all those people looking at and talking about me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Dad and I eat dinner at the cafeteria. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If I waited, I’d lose my nerve and change the subject to the cafeteria’s chocolate milk or something. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For dinner, I microwaved a refrigerated bufriedo the Colonel had snuck out of the cafeteria. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The soda bottles launched into the air and sent sweet suds bursting out of every window in the cafeteria, and one bottle zoomed down the hallway and out the front door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I sit and turn my flushed face to the corner, my back to the cafeteria. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z And then we’d all catch up about the stuff we had in common—schoolwork, homework, teachers, tests, bad cafeteria food—in the middle of the table. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The laughter splashes from table to table around the whole cafeteria. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z They wandered through the student union, and dragged a tray together along the cafeteria ledge, and ate french fries heaped in a cardboard boat among students chatting at circular tables. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And besides, once I had my sad, soupy Sloppy Joe on the tray and looked out over the rest of the cafeteria, I realized it wasn’t just the basketball team divided up this way today. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Outside the cafeteria windows, the snow is falling faster, thicker. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Lyons had told them to wait for him at the cafeteria loading dock because he knew the security camera back there was broken. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She starts walking out, swinging through the door and back across the cafeteria. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “What do you think they’re doing in there?” she said, craning her neck to get a better view of what looked like a bunch of kids sword fighting in the school cafeteria. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z So for the first time in a long time, I walked back to the cafeteria. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody in Mrs. Rouse’s class sat at one long table in the middle of the cafeteria. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Nicolas went off to preach at the cafeteria in the university, where he acquired an impressive number of followers for his classes in spiritual and respiratory exercise. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m standing by the door to Ms. Washington's room, looking down the long hallway toward the cafeteria. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Seasoned researchers took the male upstarts under their wings, initiating them into their guild over lunchtime conversations in the cafeteria and in after-hours men-only smokers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They worked together through the cafeteria and then the gymnasium. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He so smoothly broke into the cafeteria line, and nobody objected. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Anise sits on the other side of the cafeteria, but I can hear her voice over the hum of talk. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Hazel didn’t know if her father’s Underworld palace had a cafeteria for zombies, but if it did, that cafeteria would smell like Sciron’s feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A tall, square-shouldered first lieutenant gave out meal tickets, and we were told we could use them at the airport cafeteria. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At lunch, I avoid the cafeteria, where Tats would be waiting at our table, and log on to a computer in the library. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z At lunch I suddenly have the most popular table in the cafeteria. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He rolled up his sleeves, picked up Mr. Stine’s toolbox, and followed him into the cafeteria. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I always figured that there would be more drama to a high school cafeteria. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Then we passed a cafeteria and saw our first monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z On our way from the cafeteria, I see a lunch monitor reach down and pick up a candy wrapper that someone dropped on the floor. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The school, which served 300 students, had four toilets, one drinking fountain, and no cafeteria. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But then the same thing happened that happened yesterday: our lunch table was called, they got their food, and then headed toward a new table on the other side of the cafeteria. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “He’s foraging for food in the cafeteria,” Matthew says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She had a young baby, worked full-time as a cook in a cafeteria, and had a husband who was a handful. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like every other kid in the cafeteria was eating the lunch Benji had bought. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z But Mr. Harding was out sick, and on my way to the cafeteria, JT cornered me in the hall. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The epicenter of activity was a monstrously ugly concrete building, the Summit Information Center, with big windows, broad viewing platforms, and an exceedingly lively cafeteria. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we all sit down in the cafeteria, Keisha announces to Albert, “Okay. This has been killing me. All. Day. Long.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z At lunchtime in the cafeteria, a new minefield: rows and rows of tables and chairs, cliques of friends, trays of weird food. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There was only one food line in the cafeteria, and about ten square tables in the middle of the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “The meeting is in the library at three thirty sharp,” I tell the kids waiting in line at the used-tray return in the cafeteria. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Diego packed his playbook in his backpack and we both smiled and nodded and then walked past the cafeteria toward the classroom buildings. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z From across the cafeteria, she spotted Em walking toward their comer table, wearing a baggy green sweatshirt and carrying her tray. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s extra sweet Ma bought chicken so we don’t have to eat in the gross cafeteria. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “That way we won’t be the only Black kids on the team. And we wouldn’t be associated with those guys in there,” she said, gesturing toward the kids in the cafeteria. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Agnes jerked the cafeteria bench closer to the table and started to roll up her dragging shirtsleeves. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The food was spread out behind a counter, cafeteria style, and he simply pointed to what he wanted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His daughter goes to this school, and I saw the two of them in the cafeteria the other day. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You should come to cooking club today,” I tell Micah as we walk to the cafeteria. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Sitting on the hard bench in the cafeteria, I pictured her thirty-hour trip to Beijing, the train crowded with enthusiastic Red Guards. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no cafeteria or private telephone—just a payphone for everyone at the end of the hall. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z After the presentation, the women of West Computing walked over to the cafeteria. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “It’s a school event, totally chaperoned. What’s wrong with a bunch of kids hanging out in the cafeteria? You have to let her go.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Every time I eat guava fruit here in India, I remember your mother’s guava pastry that you gave me to taste once in the cafeteria. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Some were eating two lunches—pizza and cafeteria food. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I know only how to get to the most basic places: the sleeping area, the cafeteria, the lobby, the interrogation room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I got up and walked to Latin, and then to physics, and then finally it was fourth period, and I found Ben in the cafeteria and said, “I really need a nap or something.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z "There was a dude here but he never told me his name. I think he went to the cafeteria or to get some X-rays of his elbow or something." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In the cafeteria, I walk past my regular table, past Amanda and Roamer and the audience gathered there. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I went silently beside him to a cafeteria down near the end of the block, seeing him peer inside through the window before we entered. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been using the back exit ever since those men chased her and James, but today that meant going through the crowds waiting for the haunted house/cafeteria. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It is born when Mr. Neck tracks me through the cafeteria, demanding my “Twenty Ways the Iroquois Survived in the Forest” homework. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Now it was the cafeteria and Sherm might be in it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z And I can smell the wet cafeteria smell and the lights are too bright. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Micah asks, drumming the cafeteria table with a plastic knife and fork. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I went to the cafeteria, looked around to see if Maurice was there, saw he wasn’t, and went and dropped a quarter in the machine. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When the bell rings, everyone files out of the cafeteria. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They led us into the cafeteria, then into their sleeping area, with bunk beds in long rows. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Sam and I are in the cafeteria, standing in line to fix our burrito bowls. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I still think about that now, eating off the metal trays in the prison cafeteria. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Tomorrow I might find myself sitting alone in the cafeteria. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At lunch, I search the cafeteria looking for Esther, hoping to invite her to sit with us, when I spot her with a new group. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I watched him sometimes, unable to stop myself — from a distance, though, in the cafeteria or parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z All around the cafeteria, people were doing the exact same thing we were doing at our lunch table: staring at Auggie and Summer eating together. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z That night, I tell my mom I want to start buying milk and a snack in the cafeteria. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On the very first day, he lead his group into the cafeteria for lunch and sagely directed them to the shortest line. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z At first she didn’t think she should see me, but I begged her to meet me at the cafeteria where we had dinner together. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z When we were around the edge of the cafeteria, out of sight of building four in case Mr. Banner was watching, I stopped. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We just stand against the wall, watching the juniors stream into the cafeteria in clusters. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z My dread only grew when Mother announced that we were all going to a cafeteria for dinner. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When we get there, we head to the cafeteria for free breakfast. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z They started to walk to the cafeteria, and I followed them. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When I got to the cafeteria, for some reason, the sandwich line was short. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I glanced around, startled to see that he was right and the cafeteria was nearly vacant. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They reminded me of miniature cafeteria ladies who’d been crossbred with dodo birds. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The audience had come to the school cafeteria because they wanted to hear him. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 All fall he had been looking forward to winter break, and to spending time with Joyce somewhere other than in the dreary student cafeteria. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One evening, I stop in at a college and career fair in the Truman cafeteria. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The social began winding down a little after four o’clock, and we moved through the cafeteria shaking hands and migrating out toward the bus for our long ride back to Pine Mountain. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And if you want you can go to the cafeteria during my vincristine push if the throwing up will bother you. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes we skipped the cafeteria, but most days we found the quiet end of a table and pretended the other seats were empty. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I look up from my lunch tray and catch Tanisha’s eye while she stands in the cafeteria line. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After the story about the cafeteria workers, her research got more careful, and she was always sure of her facts. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z It’s just like a school cafeteria, but for adults, and nicer. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Ever since the first intruder drill, Bridge had looked for him—in the halls, the school lobby, the cafeteria. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z When we got to the cafeteria where the saber fencers practiced, Coach Mustilli turned to me and said with a wicked grin, “Welcome to the dark side.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I couldn’t think of anything else to say, and he didn’t speak — biding his time, I presumed — so it was a quiet walk to the cafeteria. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Other people at the cafeteria started looking over at us. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they spread through the cafeteria, grabbing us by the hand one by one and spinning us around. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z As I walked through the cafeteria doors, the typical sound of a hundred chattering voices greeted me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Under the shelter of the cafeteria roof’s overhang, Jessica was waiting, her eyes about to bug out of their sockets. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I have not looked at Tobias since we were in the cafeteria, but I can’t help but look at him now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Luke didn’t know whether to stand up, hide, or laugh with the rest of the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There can’t be any place on the planet scarier than a school cafeteria. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The only slight drawback is that I’m one table over from Brij Nath and Matthew Weir, both of whom slurp cafeteria chili and gargle it in the back of their throats as a joke. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I whip out of the cafeteria, down the hall, and into the bathroom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I’m going to ask for answers to the tests. And for extra recesses. And unlimited ketchup in the cafeteria.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z And it gives me time to scan the cafeteria for a friendly face or an inconspicuous corner. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z At cafeterias — eating factories, these seemed to him, most advanced and efficient, especially the Automats with their machines lit bright as a stage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z That Monday morning in the cafeteria, he paid for my Pop Tarts and grape juice and said, “The first Aunt Viv was the best Aunt Viv.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I know that’s where I am, but I don’t see the cafeteria anymore. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t say anything back, though, because the security guards of our school came to bring all of us out of the cafeteria. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He also holds a coupon for a free ice cream in the cafeteria, and I think how happy Albert would be if I gave that to him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “I said, we’ll meet in the cafeteria at lunchtime and pick a topic. Okay?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When the bell rang, Annie gave Luke a kiss and hustled out of the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z After lunch we take our time leaving the cafeteria before heading to English class, where Mr. Kazilly awaits. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z One of the teachers on cafeteria duty broke into the crowd of kids that suddenly surrounded us once the commotion started. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “But I bet they'll have more books than both our classrooms combined. And Hafsa told me some boarding schools have cafeterias with all the food you can eat and televisions in all the bedrooms.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I saw her at lunch and dinner at the cafeteria, and I probably would have seen her at breakfast, if I’d ever gotten up for it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I let Sandra go ahead of me and wait for a bit before I head to the cafeteria. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It took a sincere effort not to roll my eyes at her, though she wouldn’t have even noticed as she walked out of the cafeteria with her hair dripping over her face. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “And how will you pay for school? Will you work in the school cafeteria? That won’t even pay for your books. Then you will realize what you’ve done.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Sutton’s is a cafeteria down the street from the department store, with trays that you slide down a steel counter to select just what you want for your entrée and side dish. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The cafeteria line was to become an obstacle course of tripping legs. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z James looks around the cafeteria for a minute, then back at us. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z When we can finally sit up straight again, I catch sight of someone else staring at me from across the cafeteria. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I’ve watched enough TV to know that cafeterias are rooms of torture and humiliation in both schools and prisons. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They sat at a cafeteria table, alone and apart as always. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z An audible groan goes up in the cafeteria. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The first time Salva spoke in front of an audience was in a school cafeteria. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At the start of lunch, the three of us met at the cafeteria. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z A white cardboard sign on a table in the back of the cafeteria beckoned them, its crisply stenciled black letters spelling out the lunchroom hierarchy: colored computers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Or maybe it’s just that, after lunch, the cafeteria doesn’t have the smell of things to come. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We filed down the dark halls and entered the former prison cafeteria. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z In the cafeteria I sit down next to Laura who is very pretty and very popular. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When we get out of the car near the cafeteria door Dad stops and stares at the school for a moment. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see everyone in the cafeteria is starting to pay attention to their heated argument, and any minute now, the teachers will come over. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Still, despite all our complaints, there were a few students who tried to reach out to us with smiles or offers to sit at our cafeteria tables; some even accompanied us along the halls. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I find Soojin and Emily in the corner of the cafeteria, at the same table we claimed as ours last year. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Char’s still sitting at the front of the cafeteria. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z He sits across from me in the cafeteria, at the table closest to the windows. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Now, looking around in the Hatchery cafeteria, Claire was aware that all the other workers took a pill every morning. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Red sped off, almost hitting one of the colored women who worked in the cafeteria and was trying to cross the street. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Monday after Thanksgiving we were stuck in the school cafeteria for lunch. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z They saw me from across the cafeteria and clattered their teeth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It’s lunchtime, and I’m hiding away in the farthest corner of the cafeteria, gobbling up my food quickly so I can leave. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He stood on a table in the cafeteria and told everyone the lies they wanted to hear. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Oh, they’re ice cold. You go down to the cafeteria and get some hot chocolate.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Jennifer’s mom was taking us shopping and then on to Sutton’s, the cafeteria located down the street from May Company Department Store. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z We stole extra paper packets of sugar for her, from the cafeteria at mealtimes, smuggled them to her, at night, handing them from bed to bed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the cafeteria, Freak is turning purple. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z She stared through the clouds of dust at the cafeteria, which was still standing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She had been using the back exit ever since those men chased her and James, but today that meant going through the crowds waiting for the haunted house/cafeteria. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I sent a text message to everyone asking them to meet at our table in the cafeteria on Friday. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z After school Mr. Paul, the lunch aide, let me into the cafeteria kitchen to get the cupcakes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Then I look down, noticing a cafeteria milk shake sitting on the floor, a note resting underneath it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He hurried through the cafeteria line and found an empty table. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They had rarely seen their homes in the last two months; a makeshift bunk room had been set up in the cafeteria. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Today is different because when I’m on my way to the hot lunch line, I see him crossing the cafeteria. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Strange how when I’m in the college cafeteria and hear the students arguing about history or politics or religion, it all seems so childish. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z That entire week, I go to Mrs. Newman’s art room instead of the cafeteria and paint away my misery. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He and I had been dicking around in the cafeteria, trying to study, and we’d both been in serious danger of flunking. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Other than that, Luke barely said a word for the next fifteen minutes, doing nothing but picking at a salad and casually watching the entrance to the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then the coaches sent us over to the team storage shed, positioned in the back corner of the cafeteria, to find protective gear to wear—they called them fencing whites. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I skipped going to the cafeteria and ate half a bar of chocolate as I made my way to our lunch spot. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Slowly, noon comes, the door busting open as Stella’s parents come back, Camila and Mya trailing a few feet behind, cafeteria food containers piled high in everyone’s hands. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z So when Jenny and Bill walk into the cafeteria, I pick it up and bite into it, hoping just a fraction of me can be as cool as Charlie was only a year ago. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z All the Dauntless go quiet then I walk into the cafeteria that night. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He gave eight hundred to the food drive in the cafeteria. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Ji-yong and I had arrived early, but we still ended up sitting near the back of the factory cafeteria. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d hear myself ordering lunch in the cafeteria, and the sound would turn my stomach. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I was in the principal’s office, or with the nurse, or I was helping out in the library or cafeteria, or running laps out on the playground. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The cafeteria with cubbies filled with food and a wall of magnawaves is bare. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z This used to happen when she carried her lunch tray in the cafeteria. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The first floor also has the cafetorium which, obviously, doubles as the cafeteria and the auditorium. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We file past the cafeteria workers to collect our plates of rice and some unrecognizable vegetable stew. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z "You don't mind me butting in front of you, right? I mean, it's not like you haven't had cafeteria food before. You probably had some last night, right?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Jasmine lifts one eyebrow with a little smile, as if we just proved her boys are immature point before she turns off and heads down the hall with Camille and Breanna, toward the cafeteria. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Once I got around the cafeteria, building three was easy to spot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I stand in the school cafeteria again, but all the long tables are empty, and I see through the glass walls that it’s snowing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In the cafeteria, Madge motions me over, and I decide to join her crowded table. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Every single day was World War Three in the cafeteria. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z That morning he saw me heading for the cafeteria and caught up with me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They found new and fertile grounds for mirth at his expense one evening when a group of them noticed Joe eating a meal in the cafeteria. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Colonel spent the morning with me, but then he decided to go to the cafeteria for meat loaf. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But whenever I’d start a job in a cafeteria, word would get around fast about who I was. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I watch some kids ask the cafeteria ladies to sign their books. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z As she started telling us the cafeteria rules, 1 looked around to see where Jack Will was sitting, but I didn’t see him on my side of the room. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I head down to the cafeteria with everyone else. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I don't dork out, don't drop my tray in the cafeteria, trip on the stairs, nothing like that. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the cafeteria, too, the Helpers were already hard at work. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But what hope had the West Computers of making a federal case out of something so banal as a cafeteria sign? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z While the rest of the family was at PS 737’s school cafeteria wrapping gifts for the toy drive, Isa and Jessie went about their dinner preparations without a word, every sound echoing throughout the kitchen. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Friendships were suspicious, we knew it, we avoided each other during the mealtime line-ups in the cafeteria and in the halls between classes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z One of Beatrice’s friends giggled, and Beatrice shot her a scowl. “... which means you could probably knock me around the cafeteria all day long. But it wouldn’t prove a darn thing,” Roy said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell him about how I passed the cafeteria during fourth-grade lunch and heard some kids yelling that the food sucked. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The cafeteria was huge, so there were plenty of open spots. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z As I chased after Ema, I saw Ms. Owens, who was working as cafeteria monitor, move quickly to cut me off. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I started bringing something to eat from home and spending lunch in the library again to avoid the band—ex-band—in the cafeteria. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The minute I shot that spitball in the cafeteria, I could feel Zach noticing me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She shoved her feet into Naomi’s shoes, pushed out of the closet, and clomped across the cafeteria. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he walked to the other side of the cafeteria and sat down, alone, to eat his lunch. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Waiting for us outside the cafeteria is a row of ten rooms. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Let’s find the cafeteria. It’s a good day for a mommy-daughter lunch.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z While Max distracted her inside the cafeteria, Zara and I would run out to the blacktop and make a giant O out of pebbles. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They serve it in the cafeteria at the hospital. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The white kids stared at me in the cafeteria as I gobbled down the horrible school lunch. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At lunch I don’t even bother going to the cafeteria. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She reads all the time—in the halls, in the cafeteria— mostly novels with angsty protagonists: The Virgin Suicides, Catcher in the Rye, The Bell Jar. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Most of the first floor was a cafeteria, like one in a school, that had nothing you could steal or break. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In that first week at the Creek, the cafeteria served fried chicken, chicken- fried steak, and fried okra, which marked my first foray into the delicacy that is the fried vegetable. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z We were in the cafeteria at this point. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I saw them find a table way over at the other end of the cafeteria. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z So I get my lunch and sit down at a secluded cafeteria table with the most popular boy in the seventh grade. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I showed him the cafeteria where we have lunch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I lean against the brick wall behind: the cafeteria, searching my music library for an EP by Leda. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He looked into the cafeteria and smiled when he saw Eleanor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z As more and more people realized something was brewing, the chatter in the cafeteria quieted down. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys recited the Five Principles of Good Citizenship and the Four Attitudes Leading to Right-Mindfulness before trooping into the cafeteria for plankton gruel. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry about the cafeteria thing,” I blurt out. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z By morning the cafeteria mess was straightened out, and we ate anything we wanted. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He holds up the pink calendar they sent around to all the rooms with the daily specials down at the cafeteria. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Not the kind that you see at construction sites, or in school cafeterias whenever there was a spill. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I would go to the cafeteria during dinner, pack my food into a container, and then eat in my room once the sun set around eleven p.m. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I hadn't had time to eat any breakfast at the hotel cafeteria that morning, except for a cup of overstewed coffee so bitter it made my nose curl, and I was starving. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The cafeteria trays start to come out to find seats with their friends. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I take the tray with the same old hamburger bun on it over to the side of the cafeteria where the ketchup and mustard packs are. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z In the cafeteria that day, Esteban asked if he could record the poems he had read to us. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Barrone: “This is what happens when you cut class. Why hang in the cutout, with nothing to do? Why not the cafeteria?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z They were sitting in the corner of the cafeteria, as far away from where I sat as possible in the long room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There were silver stars hanging up and down the hallway behind the cafeteria, swaying just over their heads. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Instead, I duck my head and run until Mr. Lopez shouts, “No running in the cafeteria, Ogle!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But the others buy my lunch the next day, which is great, since it’s pizza day and our cafeteria brings in from Angelino’s. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The cafeteria wasn't exactly the most sanitary place to reopen that wound. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z We search where Mother sat, then retrace her steps to the cafeteria to the bathroom to the parking lot. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There were about eight hundred persons crammed into the Permian High School cafeteria by the time the Watermelon Feed began. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It resembled his school cafeteria, and he Was as excited to be there as he would be at his school cafeteria. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The laughing kids and the bland smells of the cafeteria press at me like a fog. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I cursed the luck that had timed my arrival in the hotel cafeteria to coincide with Hilda's. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I casually swing around the corner to see Stella leaning against the door to the cafeteria, a look of pure joy filling her face when she sees me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When I was the last student left in the cafeteria, the janitor, who was putting the chairs on the tabletops so the floor could be mopped, told me it was time to go. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Alex sat between his two companions at the cafeteria table and listened while they argued the same argument he’d heard almost daily for the three weeks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I hadn’t eaten in the cafeteria since the middle of sophomore year. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A few days before the end of the school year, our class practiced for graduation in the auditorium, which also served as the cafeteria. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z At the sound of the bells, the corps moved en masse toward the cafeteria doors at the end of the building. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Your parents are in the cafeteria,” a woman says and then points me in the right direction. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If my mom hadn’t packed my lunch on 18 September 2013,1 wouldn’t have gotten to the cafeteria early and sat at a table that belonged to a group of seniors, which included my brother. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As we entered the cafeteria on Forty-fifth Street and picked up our trays, she spoke animatedly. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly it’s like the bird version of the cafeteria. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z When they sat together in the cafeteria now, neither mentioned that gift, and when Shin left that evening, there was no special goodbye. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “So, Morales,” Kevin said as they ate their cafeteria lunch of boiled potatoes and canned carrots. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z My jaw drops, lands on the cafeteria floor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Or you spit in his food in the cafeteria. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I have friends there, Mom. They’re just not my best friends. It’s not like I go to school and sit all by myself in the cafeteria. I’m fine,” I tell her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I jerk away from her, pick up my books, and walk out of the cafeteria. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She keeps it moving to the cafeteria, not even looking back. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Basically, all the kids from all the fifth-grade classes poured into the cafeteria at the same time, talking loudly and bumping into one another while they ran to different tables. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z At least in Raleigh, I had friends at school, but here, when I sat at a table in the cafeteria, girls made faces like they smelled something bad and slid their trays away from me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I turn my head to see what she’s looking at—and there, in the corner of the cafeteria, stands a white woman in her nightgown, looking at Kalinda. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We went in the cafeteria and sat at an empty table. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The latest is on the ice cream freezer in the cafeteria. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Ma and Pop, Ray and Leda are going to the cafeteria. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He’s been working nights at the hospital cafeteria again. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I noticed that Ximena was looking at us from all the way across the cafeteria. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “It’s so much nicer than when you had to fence in the cafeteria,” Faizah added with a grin. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The cafeteria clamored with the sounds of plastic trays against wooden tables and forks scraping plates, but any conversations were muted. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “It’s not the kind of news you deliver in a cafeteria,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Everybody in the whole cafeteria could see him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Eating a burger at Zack’s would be so much better than eating a turkey wrap from the cafeteria, but nothing would make me miss this meeting with Mrs. Parker. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They didn’t say anything after that, the cafeteria like a wave of sound rising and falling every few seconds. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I felt a mixture of anger and disappointment as I swiftly turned and marched into the cafeteria to find the sign-up sheet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We had it read to us every breakfast, as we sat in the high school cafeteria, eating porridge with cream and brown sugar. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, it just felt weird to sit alone in the cafeteria every day. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “We don’t run in the cafeteria,” she said, “or we get a week’s detention. Do I make myself clear?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z My mom is already standing outside the cafeteria when I get there, her hair in a messy ponytail, dark circles hanging heavily under her eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I think of the track and pools, the theater and cafeteria on the other side. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When the lunch bell rang, we flew down the stairs in a big huddle, not knowing exactly how to get to the cafeteria. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She was, she told Colin as they sat at the cafeteria, a vegetarian. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z It’s like you can’t just tell them about your French teacher’s obvious wedgie, or Garrett dropping his tray in the cafeteria. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Johanna takes us to the cafeteria, where we find some of the Abnegation who were in the safe house with Caleb and my father. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He stayed for the cast party in the school cafeteria. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z If anyone showed up late to practice, the whole team had to do sprints down the length of the hallway adjacent to the cafeteria. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Week after week, wherever he went—be it chess club, restaurant, cafeteria, or billiard parlor—there was the blue box. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Eat your raisins,” Skeezie tells him, tossing the box at him as Addie and I set off on our journey to uncharted territory: the center of the cafeteria. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z He shrugs his muscle-y shoulders—which, fine, are kind of nice to look at—and shifts his gaze across the cafeteria. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Try as she might, she couldn’t forget the look in Milligan’s eyes as the Executives and Recruiters paraded him through the cafeteria. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z When appeased, she let go of him and—as if suddenly realizing she was in the middle of a crowded cafeteria—looked around, her eyes widening. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Besides, Gregor had loved the rain forest exhibit, and the cafeteria with french fries shaped like dinosaurs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z By then I was anxious to go to the cafeteria. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the cafeteria at school, Nora and the other broadcasting club kids gave me dirty looks when I walked up to their table. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I saw that we were walking by the cafeteria. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, two carrot sticks, a mound of lime gelatin, a tin cup of milk, served on a cafeteria tiay. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They were being led into the cafeteria now, a huge bright room crowded with tables, much like any other cafeteria except for the smells. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z You should’ve seen him run when it was enchilada day in the cafeteria. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I can feel it as I walk the cafeteria line with my tray, and see it in the huddled heads of a group of factionless as they lean over their oatmeal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Ugh. Fine. How about every day I went into the cafeteria before fifth grade and all this year?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Maybe we could share a meal of mediocre cafeteria food. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I’m hustling to English, hoping my quick work with a cleansing wipe was good enough to wipe off my PE sweat, when I see a bunch of guys around the trash can outside the cafeteria. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z See, the real issue with the cafeteria is that it's tiny. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Whoever hit her, well, maybe they’re watching,” Dad says, and then he glances around the cafeteria carefully. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cook, who worked at the elementary school attended by Mrs. Colbey's children, eventually instructed one of the school cafeteria workers to call the police about the absent infant. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I stomped away from him and plopped down under the cafeteria windows and glared at the kids playing soccer on the playground. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z As I emerged from the cafeteria today, he walked right up, face to face, stepping on my toes so I couldn’t move for a long moment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To celebrate, he treated her to a Spam sandwich in the cafeteria. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Our high school was equipped with showers and a well-stocked cafeteria. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There’s a table of timorous kids in the back of the cafeteria, and I am one of them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z His voice is impossible to miss, the one no student ever wants to hear in the cafeteria, or anywhere else, really: grizzly, smoked too much over the years, always a few decibels louder than necessary. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The following day we learned of an extraordinary course of events: the warders had gone on their own food boycott, refusing to go to their own cafeteria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A little farther on was a smallish cafeteria, filled with seven or eight patients. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z On the morning following our arrival, I went downstairs to the cafeteria, where fifty-seven children from twenty-three countries were waiting to have breakfast and to begin the United Nations First International Children’s Parliament. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z One was clutching the knee I bashed in with one of those metal cafeteria chairs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Here in the Bureau compound, people are sitting in the cafeteria right now, eating and drinking and laughing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I file out of the dorm with everyone else and head to the cafeteria, in a different building a few doors down from Nina. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The principal made Cara go and apologize to the cafeteria workers. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z All around the cafeteria, children were stuffing themselves with their usual favorites—greasy foods, savories, and sweet treats—and guzzling chocolate milk and soft drinks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Being the new kid, Roy always sat alone, at the end of the table, whenever he was in the cafeteria. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually,” she goes on, “I was looking for you in the cafeteria yesterday, but you weren’t there. And when I didn’t see you again today, I thought you might have come here.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It got around in the cafeteria that Clean was going to do up Monkeyman. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The fun raiser is in the Virginia Dare Middle School cafeteria. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The cafeteria was practically bursting at the seams. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z "About how my mother works in a cafeteria, and about my neighborhood, and all that. He always trying me, and he don't even know me like that. Just wouldn't shut up." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Now he’s the pickle on my plate next to the cafeteria’s limp grilled cheese sandwich. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z For example, two years later, all the school cafeterias in town were serving delicious food at least four days a week, all because of Nick the Consumer. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour later, in the cafeteria, he spotted Petra in a corner by herself. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She is carrying her tray in the cafeteria. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It also belonged to his uncle L.V., who sat on one of the little cafeteria stools toward the back wearing a cap that had Boobie’s number, 35, proudly affixed to the side. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I met him in the cafeteria on hot-dog day, which was the worst day of any week. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He walked down to the Pentagon cafeteria, and lingered over dinner. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Spike concocts what looks like a gourmet meal out of the regular offerings of the cafeteria. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z At lunch, it hadn’t seemed right to hang out in the library without James, so she went to the cafeteria, which was about as loud as a marching band practicing in a bathroom. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I catch a glimpse of her now across the cafeteria, and her curly blond hair is really the opposite of emo. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z As I crossed the threshold of the cafeteria, I felt the first true tingle of fear slither down my spine and settle in my stomach. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They were the only ones left in the cafeteria. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After the snake incident, I saw them in the cafeteria, reenacting what had happened for their friends. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “It’s late, I know, but we had to wait until the cafeteria closed.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He stood up and patted me on the shoulder before he left the cafeteria. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The cafeteria with kids flinging peas at each other and ignoring me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Not lonely, just alone—riding her bike across campus or sitting off by herself in the cafeteria—even dancing, she danced alone—and it was the aloneness that filled him with love. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Em sorry to interrupt. How are you feeling? Would you like me to call down to the cafeteria and see if they’ve put the Jell-O out yet?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z No one is calling him a coward anymore, not after he beat up Marcus in the cafeteria. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll ask teachers to announce it in study hall. Students can drop off food cans in the cafeteria and we’ll have the Salvation Army deliver it to needy families,” Mr. Osterveen added. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z There were no bursts of applause, no coach’s speech comparing him to the great Permian runners of the past, no take-your-sweet-time walk down the aisle of the crowded high school cafeteria. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in camp, all they had to do was show up at the cafeteria, and the food was there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s not great, I guess, but it’s better than the cafeteria with its lights and noise and human degradation. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I’m down in the cafeteria, grabbing a cup of tea, but you could call back in five minutes.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z From the far end of the cafeteria, they heard a whoop and then guffaws of laughter as Hari got on the cafeteria table, stripped off his shirt, and twirled it around. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There was so little money from city funds that each year the principal put on a fund-raising event to buy desks, books, and equipment for the cafeteria. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The windowless space we had entered was about the size of the cafeteria at my school, but it wasn’t made for tall people. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I stare down at the ship’s cafeteria, which I’m positive has no masa or chile verde. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I headed to the cafeteria for a Coke. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Scout calls as he runs through the cafeteria. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and I are here together, leaning against the green railing while Dad gets coffee and snacks from the indoor cafeteria. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A group of Amity girls in yellow and red sit in a circle on the cafeteria floor, playing some kind of hand-slapping game involving a rhyming song. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I plead my case across the cafeteria table. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It felt like every kid in the cafeteria was at my table asking. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I turned around and saw Joey and Kevin leaving the cafeteria. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “By all accounts, we seem to be off to a great school year. Teachers are already handing out piles of homework, and the cafeteria is serving veggie sloppy joes. It makes a principal proud.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Those who braved the Oak Ridge cafeteria invariably suffered an introductory bout of intestinal distress dubbed “Clinton fever.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The cafeteria workers remind me of my abuela, my mom’s mom. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Sitting with someone in the cafeteria was more of a statement anyway. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z When we get to the cafeteria, a huge group of girls is crowded around the entry door. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Stuff like that—in the cafeteria, during lunch, in study class. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At school, the black girls were on top of the news, and we discussed it every day at lunch in the cafeteria. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It was the only sign in the West Area cafeteria; no other group needed their seating proscribed in the same fashion. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “That’s the drain in the cafeteria floor!” said Grace, peering up twenty feet to a circular, slatted grate. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The cafeteria was noisy with kids laughing and talking sometimes in English, sometimes in Spanish, and sometimes in a combination bouncing back and forth between languages. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z In the cafeteria, my friends and I sat at the end of the table where the black girls sat. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The people at the cafeteria were civilians, and they didn’t want any part of our meal tickets, even though a sergeant tried to explain to the head of the cafeteria that the U.S. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Just before going to the cafeteria, I went to put away my notebooks. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Fabian comes into the cafeteria and snaps and claps to get our attention. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z There were demands for separate dormitory facilities, clubhouses, separate cafeteria tables, even for soul- food menus. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Anne got a job in the high-school cafeteria, saved her money, and bought silk stockings, two short dresses and four flimsy pieces of underwear known as teddies. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like the cafeteria has fallen away—sound has been sucked out, there’s no sense of anyone else in the room, just me, Ben, and Sabeen. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z We were taking a break in the cafeteria. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She picks up her tray, throws her trash away, and walks out of the cafeteria without a backward glance. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Heather sits so her back is to the rest of the cafeteria. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The table’s on the far edge of the cafeteria. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I looked over as Betty and her crew walked into the cafeteria and took their seats at the front table. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She had the same intense look as the last time we were together in the cafeteria. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z His dates with Joyce devolved into bleak meetings in the cafeteria, where they mixed catsup with hot water and called it tomato soup and rounded out the meal with soda crackers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Dorothy Vaughan was more likely to run into her former colleagues in the Langley cafeteria or the parking lot than to see them during the workday. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Instead, I take an elevator up to the third floor, and then walk to the other wing of the hospital and use the back stairs to get to the cafeteria. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z They talked about it in the library, the cafeteria, and study hall. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Lydia and Dill sat in their corner of the cafeteria, which was abuzz with talk about prom in a week, at the beginning of May. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Instead of returning to the cafeteria, he slouched against the door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I wander back down the halls to the cafeteria, which has the same fried-food, boiled- vegetable stench as cafeterias everywhere. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Because he bowed his head in prayer at the cafeteria table, even if it was just an ice-cream sandwich? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I study the fake wood pattern in the closest cafeteria table and try not to show how much I suddenly wish I could be scouting Squaretail Brook with him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z In the cafeteria, where spectators wolfed down the local variety of lamb-based hot dogs and gurgled bottles of 2 percent Icelandic beer, the action on the stage was discussed vociferously. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They shared a sullen New Year’s supper in a cafeteria at his father’s work site, eating cornmeal and cabbage soup. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I shrug, because this is sixth grade and I am not going to yell at Maddy or, worse, cry in the middle of the cafeteria. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And I fell pretty far down that recursive wormhole until it transported me completely out of the White River High School cafeteria into some non-sensorial place only properly crazy people get to visit. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z We only had to walk down the street and enter through the cafeteria's big welcoming doors, with its famous treasure chest just inside. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Even so, I chewed slowly, staring intently at my bite marks in the bread to delay as long as possible the moment I would have to leave the cafeteria and go out to the playground. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At lunchtime Kate was tossing grapes into the air—so high they almost struck the cafeteria ceiling—then catching them in her mouth, where they made a satisfying plock! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My mind flashed to the school cafeteria that afternoon. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad pulls into a Handicapped Spot right by the cafeteria door and I tell him, You can’t park here, but he turns off the engine and opens his door and says, This counts. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk into the cafeteria even more miserable. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The loud rasp of the buzzer summoned them all to the cafeteria for the evening meal. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Once Mom started teaching, I thought maybe we’d be able to buy new clothes, eat cafeteria lunches, and even spring for nifty extras like the class pictures the school took every year. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Have you ever been in a cafeteria? It’s horrible.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Finally, the bell rang for lunch, and I found Omi in the cafeteria line to get yogurt. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We passed what must have once been the cafeteria, but the entire right side of the building had crumbled in on itself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I felt a lot better after two cups of cafeteria coffee. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The cafeteria was so absurdly loud they could speak in normal voices and not be overheard, but it was all Kate could do to keep her voice below an outraged shout. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Our group is downstairs in the cafeteria, where the game will take place. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It’s been too cold to go outside, so we sit in the far corner of the overheated cafeteria until it’s time to go back to class. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z After so many days of sitting alone, listening to the cafeteria noises, I’m good at hearing things. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One afternoon near the end of term, when I was eating lunch in the library cafeteria, I recognized a group of students from my program. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Cap, what are you going to do about the terrible state of cafeteria food?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z On our way out of the cafeteria, mostly to change the subject, I tell Brenda about Germ and ask if she’d like to be a part of it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I let “Rebel Girl” distract me from my general hatred of cafeterias and my particular dread about sitting with the band. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The Italians all sat together on one side of the cafeteria, the blacks on another. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I walk the cafeteria perimeter to my table from last year, in the corner near the trash and recycling bins. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I chew on the corner of my bottom lip and try my best not to have a nervous breakdown in front of the whole stinkin’ cafeteria. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My mom was looking at the kids in the cafeteria, but I was scanning the high school girls pouring out of the massive building. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He demonstrates by shoving today’s cafeteria lunch into his mouth. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In the cafeteria, instead of people leaving Ty alone, instead of them cracking their stupid jokes to each other, a bunch of them had decided they'd sit with him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I still smell like wind when I walk into the cafeteria that evening. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Pretending he hadn’t heard, Fadi avoided the cafeteria, planning to hide out in the library. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It promised a horrific year, cafeteria coleslaw in her locker, her mother’s face crumpling in disappointment. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I walk across the cafeteria, loafers sticking to the yellow tile, until I’m right in front of Marie Antoinette. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There were those special mornings when the priest would come over from church to take the boys to the cafeteria, while the nun remained with the girls—‘the young ladies’—in the classroom. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But as much as it felt like third-period physics would never end, it did, and then I was in the cafeteria with Ben. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It seemed a shame, but we couldn’t fix them, and couldn’t leave them around for the mortals, so we stuffed the wings in the trash bin outside the cafeteria. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “My young ’uns forgot to take their lunch to school today,” he announced to the teacher on cafeteria duty as he walked toward us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At lunch, I wait at the cafeteria entrance until the first rush of sound drops. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z When Alex landed, he turned his ankle, causing him to fall and crack his head against the edge of one of the cafeteria tables. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z These were the kids I’d see in the cafeteria, yard time, PE, music, library, computer class. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Okay, it was a big cafeteria, but I’d been working my way up to that position since the very first day of sixth grade. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I still think about that now, eating off the metal trays in the prison cafeteria. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Her voice seemed to come from her knees, from the dingy floor of their cafeteria, gaining more and more power until finally exploding from her mouth. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Most of the room applauds the tray drop because I believe that’s the officially required response in every school cafeteria and dining hall across America. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The sign, placed by an unseen hand, made the unspoken rules of the cafeteria explicit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He described ducking cafeteria chairs as he tried to fulfill his duty. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Bright yellow, hawking me in the cafeteria, the hallways, even the locker rooms. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When I finally find my way to the cafeteria, there’s this huge line to get food. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I took my paper bag and headed for the cafeteria. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She still gave me money for milk and a snack in the cafeteria every day, even though I now spent every lunch period in Mrs. Turton’s room. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z You could beat up someone, but you had to make sure it wasn't in the school cafeteria or the parking lot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I watch the janitor empty the trash cans on the other side of the cafeteria. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep hearing my mom in the cafeteria, her voice weaving circles around my head. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z As the sign drama played itself out in the Langley cafeteria, an incident that would have national repercussions took place in Gloucester County, just twenty miles away. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “No way,” James says, finishing his last bite of burger, wiping his mouth, and looking around the cafeteria. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z They were eating in the Hatchery cafeteria, six of them at the same table. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The cafeteria has a whole lot of plastic benches and smells like someone spilled a mess of cleaning products on the floor. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The five-dollar bill I get only on Fridays to buy pizza in the school cafeteria. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I bite into the sandwich Caleb got me from the cafeteria line. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I pushed the door open to the cafeteria, and the three of us peeked in. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Now, we gotta go do dishes in the cafeteria, Chipper. God, the sacrifices I make.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z By that time they were more confident about us; sometimes they left us unsupervised in the classroom and even the cafeteria for minutes at a time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe occasionally we’d go by the cafeteria after church on Sunday. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Beatriz, dressed to the nines in a red checkered skirt and white sweater, diva-strolls into the cafeteria, taking a seat at the center table, which everybody knows is reserved for her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was difficult enough to rise above the silent reminders of Colored signs on the bathroom doors and cafeteria tables. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Would she eat in the cafeteria, or in the Egress downstairs, or perhaps out on the lawn somewhere? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I paced up and back in front of the cafeteria until the policeman began to eye me suspiciously. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Fadi carried his lunch tray through the rowdy cafeteria, oblivious to the noise around him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He extended his middle finger at the cafeteria for emphasis. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I had been avoiding the cafeteria, eating my sandwich alone in any safe place I could find. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I could’ve lied and told him the cafeteria burritos gave me stomach cramps, even though I’m smart enough never to eat those cheesy laxative bombs. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Nico and I head in opposite directions as we enter the cafeteria. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z It was found in the cafeteria bathroom and returned to her file. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Anyway, she told me that Margie was in the cafeteria because she had a early lunch. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The things slithered into the cafeteria with a cold hissing that might have been snake laughter. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Without waiting for a response, he hobbles out of the cafeteria. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Several hours later, I’m in my Malala outfit again in the cafeteria for the main event and have already presented to a bunch of groups of people who’ve come by. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z At lunchtime, Shirley went with the class to the school cafeteria, but before she could pick up a tray, several boys and girls waved for her to follow them. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I could sneak into the cafeteria once everyone had left and dig through the garbage pails. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The school cafeteria was closed—school opening was still weeks away—so we all had to bring our own. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z They packed together at the two far tables in the cafeteria at lunch. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The four of us walked to the lower level and into a wider hallway, a brightly lit area of what appeared to be a basement corridor leading to the biggest cafeteria I had ever seen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked back around the cafeteria, to the south buildings by the gym. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We eat lunch at a special table in the cafeteria, and when we’re done eating, we are allowed to roam the caf and talk about our paradoxes. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The girl turns around just as the whole cafeteria lets out a series of Oooooohs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z You turn away from me and storm out of the cafeteria. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Anyway, Eddie must’ve been looking a little too much like his old self, because one of the COs said his name from across the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And the fact that I bought them all monster cookies from the cafeteria didn’t hurt my cause. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go to the cafeteria,” Will says, “and eat cake.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When that happened, one of my teachers would tell Miss Pullum—the lady who supervised our school cafeteria—to give me some ice cream. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “If you want, I can show you around the cafeteria.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z You could only do this on Wednesdays because that was the only day they sold old apples in the cafeteria. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The cafeteria just forgot there was another box in the back, and you got a slice of cake from your friend anyway. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I mean, we had just seen them in class a couple of hours before, but now the cafeteria was a dance floor, and they weren’t girl students anymore, they were girl girls. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z That was two years ago, in third grade, when me and Sneaky snuck into the cafeteria to get extra chocolate milk cartons. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z It was like the lunchroom on a Friday afternoon before school vacation when the cafeteria monitors weren’t paying attention. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z We break-fasted on water breads and the celebrated little cheeses of Higuey, watching the pilgrims through the door of the cafeteria. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s my sign for today,” she would say upon entering the cafeteria, spying the placard designating their table in the back of the room. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Some years later, on the day Ifemelu resigned, she went into the cafeteria for a last lunch. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Hannah’s eyes keep sliding over to the cafeteria windows to gaze at our usual lunch table, which I suppose is where she really wants to be. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I still can’t look at Tobias when I see him in the dormitory, in the cafeteria, in the hallway, without seeing the exploded wall next to Uriah’s head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z One day I walk into the cafeteria and see Marie Antoinette sitting alone. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I buy apples and bananas in the cafeteria and eat them furtively in my room. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The cafeteria line was treacherous, but I survived with my tray of food intact. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The worst thing happens later, in the cafeteria. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The combination of seeing that word and breathing the smell of the first floor, which is the smell of the cafeteria after lunch, creates some kind of echo in my head, like a faraway shout. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z All I knew was that it didn’t fit the vending machines in the school cafeteria. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z No teachers turning into monsters and trying to kill me with poisoned cafeteria food or exploding homework. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He stopped there — to wait for his family; I could see the four of them walking this way, but still by the cafeteria. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He shouldered his way through a bunch of cafeteria workers who had come outside to see what was going on. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I dive into the stream of fourth-period lunch students and swim down the hall to the cafeteria. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I made it my mission to avoid Selena as much as possible in the cafeteria, but it was like the fates conspired to bring us together in the worst possible place: Spanish class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I follow Miss Garcia, but she doesn’t lead me to the cafeteria. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The janitors, the laborers, the cafeteria workers themselves did not take lunch in the main cafeteria. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Like the way kids laugh at us sometimes in the cafeteria, right? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When I returned to the cafeteria, Mr. Irvin handed me my plate, but I waved it away. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The cafeteria is filled with faces I recognize from the community, like Dahlia and her parents, Sami’s family, and Sister Naima and her husband. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Spanish, and she walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Maybe he was waiting for me at the cafeteria. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Diamants health improved, and he baked bread two days a week in a cafeteria. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We could have fit 6 of my elementary school cafeterias in here. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I imagined sitting in the cafeteria and Windy yelling, Listen up, everyone. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She smells it all—Kat’s orange blossom lotion, chocolate bits from the granola bar, the waft of cafeteria pizza. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As we work, I notice that kids are getting up and rushing to the cafeteria windows. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The cafeteria seemed to be half the size of a football field, filled with long tables. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The cafeteria used to just be the cafeteria. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The new teacher took Shin to the cafeteria after mealtimes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Parents and friends milled around the cafeteria, waiting for the ceremony to start. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She told me that Nolan broke up with Miri in the middle of the cafeteria. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I knew I could get there two different ways: the busy route, which went right past the cafeteria, and the quiet route, which went the long way around the office. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z At lunchtime I waited on line at the cafeteria. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Hundreds of voices were shouting over one another in the cafeteria, so that the conversation became mere sound, the rushing of a river over rocks. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I imagine her campaign merchandise strewn across the floor of the cafeteria and kids stepping on it in their fancy shoes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Actually, we both have families you wouldn’t believe, but I don’t particularly feel like going into it at the moment because I just ate lunch in the cafeteria. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Hearts in every color under the sun are pasted everywhere—the cafeteria walls are covered. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Addie and I start to walk away when we notice how quiet the cafeteria has gotten. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z But when I peered in through the cafeteria window, I could see Ellie’s red hair. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I slide to the right edge of the picture to see a corner of the milk-shake machine in the cafeteria. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She walks to the far corner of the cafeteria, where a few tables of Erudite refugees sit. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It was near the beginning of the second lunch period, a time when the cafeteria was most crowded. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The dining hall at Chumley Prep is nothing like the cafeteria at my old middle school. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z At lunch I stand at the back of the cafeteria line. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “It contains the main office, the cafeteria, the library, and the sixth- grade classrooms.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t want to be there, but I heard they were gonna do something big to you in the cafeteria. So I thought if I was there I could do something to help you.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate a late lunch in the cafeteria. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z And yet, for the very first time since Link approached me in the cafeteria, I can sort of picture it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We walk slowly past the cafeteria and stand in front of a huge glass window off to the side, away from any passersby, watching the sky slowly lighten. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z We went to a cafeteria near his dorm. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When he didn’t show, I looked in the cafeteria and out on the ball field. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The school lunch line ran the entire cafeteria wall. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When I slouched into the cafeteria after fourth period, I spent the hour doing homework instead of eating. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We stopped in the hospital cafeteria to pick up my father. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I did meet many nice classmates at school, and some of us hung around together at lunchtime in the cafeteria. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The cafeteria now looked more like a mini mall food court than a school lunchroom. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Bad memories: a hallway ran past the cafeteria. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t gelled up like the cafeteria cherry pie. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Eating lunch in the cafeteria, Kyle stared at his wilted fish sticks, wishing he could pull a magic Take Another Turn card out of thin air. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She’s the girl who was so obnoxious to me in the cafeteria when people first found out about my colors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Together the three of us walk toward the cafeteria, leaving my brother behind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z With Mr. Baca’s help, she found a spot for us outside the school, near one of the cafeteria exits. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It’s where kids sit who brought lunch; if you buy, then you go sit in the cafeteria. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “This isn’t going to go away. It’s not like I wore the wrong brand of sneakers or dropped a tray of spaghetti in the cafeteria. I’m a freak. I scare people.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Miguel’s disappointment and rage at Alba’s being the granddaughter of Senator Trueba vanished the second time he saw her wandering like a lost soul down the corridors near the cafeteria where they had met. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At lunch hour, the girl soccer players were sitting together in the cafeteria, but Beatrice wasn’t among them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sixth graders head straight to the cafeteria and seventh and eighth graders are supposed to line up in the gym before first period. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z This last request caused confusion in the stadium’s cafeteria, as they were unable to supply the skyr. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “This card gets you a free lunch, so present it to the cashier in the cafeteria after you get your food.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “Some connect to the Helpers’ barracks and the cafeteria, which have their own corridors, obviously.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In the cafeteria, the talk was all about Sally’s upcoming birthday party. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z School cafeteria out of your favorite pastry today? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Tucker leaned back against the wall outside the cafeteria. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z One day in junior high, Halliday was sitting alone in the cafeteria reading a Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He directs the cart toward what was once the cafeteria, and we follow him until he’s in the smaller open room connected to the domed great room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Charlie wouldn’t have stolen my lunch, and I wouldn’t have been forced to buy something to eat and sit at another table on the other side of the cafeteria. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We’ll be staying in the dorms, eating meals at the school cafeteria, watching a play, and taking a tour. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Miguel inspected the building and confiscated all the food supplies in the cafeteria. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed his books and walked out of the cafeteria, aware that the eyes of the other students were on him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Dragging him by the hand to the cafeteria. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Soojin grabs my hand and tries to pull me into the center of the cafeteria, which has been taped off to form a dance floor. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I looked around the cafeteria, which was filling up now. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Jake hit the cafeteria and quickly completed the next level in Revenge of the Brain Dead with one hand while munching on a cheeseburger with the other. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z That caught me off-guard because the play did have a cafeteria lady, and that was close to being a maid. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z But the entire cafeteria, the conversation he was having with Luke and Annie, felt like they were happening to somebody else. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I sit with my eyes closed, hands on my ears, until the cafeteria is empty. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z It was more convenient as well; the cafeteria was just far enough from her building to have to drive, and who wanted to do that? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Even the blond-haired cafeteria lady joins in on the Oh my, you just got cooked, son. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The doors to the cafeteria open, and a hush falls over the room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Since then, he occasionally sidles up to me for a lunch-line chat while he chomps on a basket of cafeteria fries. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Looks like Drew Young really enjoyed the beef stew at the cafeteria today, Reggie.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Before he can go on, the cafeteria doors open, and a group of Abnegation come in. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Zander puts his hands together and looks at the cafeteria ceiling where the god of birthday cakes must be. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I’m staring at my free lunch and I get this flash in my head of me throwing the tray across the cafeteria and just screaming as loud as I can. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z We sit at the long tables in the cafeteria, and the test administrators call ten names at a time, one for each testing room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z On Tuesday, December 17, when we had one more day to go before vacation, five of us entered the cafeteria. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Food service workers brought them in and sold them to the cafeteria crews, who in turn had friends or relatives mail them the payments. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I walked into the cafeteria, after reporting my loss to Mrs. Huckaby and getting new books, to find that my friends had already left. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She finds him in the cafeteria later, where he eats his free lunches alone, or sometimes with Travis Bohannon, another thoroughly odd duck with a sad story of his own. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I was like a nation of one in the cafeteria with no one to help defend the territory. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The other people in the background are out of focus, but I can tell she’s in the cafeteria. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Once, in the cafeteria line, standing directly next to a guard, I watched a skinny black kid stab some other "blood" with a dinner fork. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The hospital is the perfect place to be invisible and the cafeteria food is better than the school’s. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Baca connected extension cords into electrical outlets inside the cafeteria that Mrs. Hidalgo ran out to where we were setting up. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I’d always just walked into the cafeteria and sat wherever the hell I wanted. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The dining halls were open, though at that hour of the morning there were no students, only cafeteria workers and maintenance men eating breakfast before their shifts began. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At lunchtime I sit with Cordelia in the cafeteria, which is pale-colored, with long whitish tables. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t wait for the American bishops to terminate the observance of meadess Fridays before I ate what looked best in the dormitory cafeteria on Friday nights. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat with her back to the rest of the cafeteria, and she tried to eat her lunch. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z But whenever we met at other places in the school—when we sat together in the cafeteria or studied side by side on the quad on a sunny day—something was off. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At the table, Stephanie didn’t ask if the salad was organic like she would at the cafeteria or if the juice came from a major food corporation that exploited migrant laborers. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I follow the Basketball Pole into the cafeteria. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I hold out the pool cue, and she takes the other end, pushing open the door and leading me across the dark cafeteria. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z They all looked out the cafeteria's glass wall. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I followed the épée group into the adjacent cafeteria, where we were broken down into smaller groups of ten or so based on our ability. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z That girl from the back of the classroom—Susie—stood in front of me holding a tray of cafeteria food. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Langley liked to think of itself as a place that eschewed bureaucracy, where an idea from a cafeteria worker could get a fair hearing if it were compelling enough. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It’s about as long as the tables in Midtown’s cafeteria and sectioned off by sizes. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was beaten, deprived of food for five days, and his cafeteria rations were cut in half for three months. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z At school I eat in a special area of the cafeteria with the other disabled kids. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Everyone but Kate was chuckling about this one when Martina and Jackson, halfway across the cafeteria, suddenly seemed to change their minds and returned to their table. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone seemed mesmerized as they watched Crow on a small screen in the front of the cafeteria, the memories of it, the absolute magic of it, suddenly flooding back. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no guards in the halls when we changed classes, no guards just outside the cafeteria doors, within shouting distance, as they often were. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since everyone had the same lunch period, the cafeteria was beyond packed, so we exercised our rights as seniors and drove to Wendy’s. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When their names were called they walked down a narrow aisle separating the cafeteria in half. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Bruce Ng sat in the JPL cafeteria along with hundreds of engineers who had given everything they had to Iris. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t face a cafeteria full of uglies watching her every move, wondering what she had done to deserve her still-ugly face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Did you know this bathroom is always empty at lunch? Apparently people are too lazy to hike up here from the cafeteria!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It feels like something I might hear in a cafeteria lunch line when I've stared too long at a mysterious noodle dish. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And it was healthier too, what with the temptation of the ice cream that the cafeteria sold for dessert. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Seemed like everybody was having a sale on ketchup, which was a good thing because ketchup always made cafeteria food taste better. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Even though I have to say, “Free lunch,” the cafeteria has turkey and dressing again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She sits me down in the cafeteria, forcing me to look her in the eye. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She wanders around the main lobby, loops around the gift shop, visits the cafeteria. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As Milligan passed through the cafeteria, the whole place erupted in applause for the Executives and Recruiters, then horrible boos and jeers for the captured spy. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s the cafeteria, but worse, because I expected it to be better. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They wolfed down their food in the cafeteria at lunch, as if they were starving, and I realized they probably had little food at home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z That very first day of school I remember seeing August in the cafeteria. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z |
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