| 单词 | candy |
| 例句 | Crenshaw stopped unwrapping a candy bar and looked at him sharply, his eyes narrowed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Styx reached into his pocket for his candy cigarette pack. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But I like just about every candy in the galaxy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I dribble candy hearts into the bags passed to me from four o’clock. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I take the candy and now I am closer to Mrs. Malloy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He tucked the candied chestnuts under his wing, then picked up the collar and lead and beckoned to Matthias. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I turned into the candy store as if I hadn’t seen them. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She saw him go into the candy store and buy four Sweet Caporal cigarettes with the two cents after mass. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But when he took out the piece of tinder, it was no more than a stub, smaller than a candy bar. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I love squishy gummy candies. I love Hot Tamales, too. My dad says I like them because they’re red like my hair and hot like my temper.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I guess candy is pretty important to you,” I say. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Later, when Pamela and I retreated to the garden to devour the candy, she asked why I hadn’t done what Mandy wanted straight off. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z You stole Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups from my Halloween candy stash and told me all my music was super cheesy. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z So much candy that it's hard to choose until our grandfather says, Get what you want but I'm getting myself some ice cream. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z While I keep glancing around, Sneaky studies the candy bars, taking his time when we need to get outta here! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Hanging over the front of the counter, a wire rack holds all the best candies. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I don’t know if it was pride from Father’s words or the pleasure from a piece of hard candy that beckoned, but I felt so good I thought I would burst. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think,” he said quietly, “I think...I’ll have just one more of those candy bars. The same kind as before, please.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He still liked candy, hard candy—not divinity or caramel—sour balls being his favorite. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They kept their distance from Pefta, refusing the candies he offered them unless I took them from him, in my hands, first. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then everyone around us is reaching their greedy fingers into the tin, taking out small round candies. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He was just going to make some nice candies for the kids. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Because of the log cabin interior and maroon accents, he looks like a candy cane in the middle of a lumberyard with his red-and-white-striped shirt and white pants. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The candy boxes he brought had photos of some of the grand historic buildings and tree-lined boulevards of Kraków. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It’s not about being scared, wearing costumes, or getting candy. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Raised dots, like pink candy on white sheets, can tell you what elevator button to push, or what door leads to the girls’ bathroom, or tell you a story like The Three Little Pigs. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The chaplain, a Colt .45 strapped to his belt, encouraged him to take more of the candy—“It’s good stuff,” he said. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I swallow my candy, look down at the floor, my shoes, anything but Pastor Dames’s eyes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Lidia is home on her couch, eating comfort candy, letting Penny stay awake. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Dad plops candy into both of our bags. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Esther repeated the name as if she were sucking on a candy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “We may have reached the maximum performance with rocket candy,” Quentin said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Only the key ingredient in my favorite candy bar,” he answered. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z These five candy bars may be anywhere—in any shop in any street in any town in any country in the world—upon any counter where Wonka’s candies are sold. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z My father reaches into the pocket of his blazer to find a butterscotch candy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z That night, after he gave Spider a piece of candy he had gotten at a gas station, Nathan snuck out into the desert through his window. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z "Yeah, she used to be the candy lady in Barnaby Terrace." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Her red-white-and-blue Sweet on America uniform smelled like the best things in the world: chocolate, licorice, and all the other stuff she sold at the candy shop in Grand Central. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “No candy sales in the library,” Mr. Shephard says with a smile. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The hard, grooved candy stick is both sweet and sour, a jolt of flavor so intense I almost swoon. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Balled-up candy wrappers and empty pop bottles peeped from under the dresser. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And somebody else, an aunt, is retiring from her job in that candy store. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake watched him stick his fingers in the miry candy and then lick them slowly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He hands me a small bag of glowing cotton candy, and I can’t get the stuff into my mouth fast enough. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Once the third aunt who worked at the laundry ran out and bought us bags of candy to hold over our noses; my mother was dismembering skunk on the chopping block. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mini brought out her compact mirror and pulled out an illusion of a candy. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I had to use all the hard candy money. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the Pigman and I tried one of the chocolates, which tasted a little like candy with crispy rice. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t it be something, Charlie, to open a bar of candy and see a Golden Ticket glistening inside!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The same man who gave me the candy helped me down. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hours later, Izzie comes back with his bag brimming with candy. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Beto and Cari squatted at the counter, eyeing the big glass jars of candy and figuring on what they could get for the dime Naomi had given them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My sisters and I walked down to the candy store on Fulton without Uncle Darnell. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I’d dreamed for years of finally having a park where we could ride on the merry-go-round and eat cotton candy. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If by “celebrity,” you mean the guy who tosses candy from the back of a red convertible that leads Batavia’s annual Flag Day parade. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They say she calls Children, offering Them candy From her sleeve. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There were brightly colored wrappings, peppermint candy, and windmills. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Melody, please come up and get your candy bar,” he said. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He handed me the whole pack of rice candy plus a Hershey’s bar. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Styx threw down the stub of his candy cigarette and ground it out like it was real. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “She wants to go to the candy mountain.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Like we had here, with the candy and everything? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I pointed to the bowl on the table, which held my most favorite, favorite candies—butterscotch caramel. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He licks his lips from the last piece of sugar candy stolen from my purse. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z There are many varieties of food on the table: red cookies, red candies, red roasted pigs, and red noodles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His foster mother at the time had tried to placate him with candy from the vending machine, but he had just cried under the table until she dragged him out and they went home. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He doesn’t want to make her jealous that I can eat lots of candy and she can’t. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Judy and I sat on the wall by the zoo entrance as we shared a candy bar and a Coke. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As fast as I could, I ran to meet him, expecting a sack of candy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On the corner table was a candy dish filled with butterscotch hard candies. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Give her a break,” Levi says, opening another box of candy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He offers me a snack from the candy drawer that he keeps in his desk. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes folks gave us a tip—a cookie or a piece of homemade candy. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Anybody who had ever wondered what color the walls were came and came to look at that little thumb of a human in a box like candy. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not even opened her Powerhouse bar or her potato chips, and now she traced the letters on the candy wrappers with her fingers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like the candy dish at the Gran’s,” said Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She learned that golden retrievers are not ponies, peas taste funny, dead flies on the floor are a no-no, but candy is really good. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z So they came: friends, neighbours, bringing sugar cane and frosted sugar and sticks of striped candy for the new baby. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z This woman’s got a plate of grits with fried whiting, biscuits in white gravy, three thick slices of beef bacon, and a side of candied yams with marshmallows and raisins. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I unfolded my candy wrapper that I had crumpled up and flung on the table. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I figure the girl must of found her some candy or sumpin’, she was so happy. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I sell a bunch of candy during the fourth graders’ lunch, which makes me even more hyped about going to the barbershop after school. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Cora’s grandmother saw a little boy among the gawkers eating rock candy and wondered what he was putting in his mouth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Do well all week and you snag candy, chips, or soda from the “incentive locker.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She puts a candy cigarette between her lips. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z When Pete told her he’d drink his castor oil if she gave him a box of candy, she agreed, watched him drink it, then handed him an empty candy box. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Actually, I’m selling candy bars for my soccer team. It’s a good cause.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z From the two booths were sold drinks and bloody brown hamburgers and cotton candy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He took the cover off the candy box. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Nielsen’s is a large open space divided into aisles, with a pharmacy in the back, a candy section up front, clothes, books, and magazines, shampoo, milk, and produce. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z To the great exasperation of the others, Constance demanded to know why they couldn’t have candy for breakfast. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My eyes took in every shelf, all the glittering bottles and big jars of candy. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z But they also talked about games at recess, and friends who shared candy at lunchtime or loaned them pocketknives to carve with. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I sold sandwiches, coffee, candy, cake, and ice cream as fast as the railroad’s commissary department could supply them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized it probably wasn’t the best idea because this hat was about fifty times bigger and way heavier than a candy necklace. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z A little piece of cotton candy stuck to her lipstick. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Look at that. She’s buying him candy,” said Arm disapprovingly as the boy’s mother fed money into the machine. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He held up the candy cigarette and made a show of dropping it back in his pocket. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Their apartment was a dark, cramped, depressing place behind the candy store. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In that split second I thought about the days when my mom used to work at the Grand Central candy shop. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z This year, Mother manages only banana tapioca and my favorite black sesame candy. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The larger theaters offer a bit more, but it's still mainly candy and ice cream sold by a vendor with a tray around his neck. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They gobbled down the candies and were out again, kicking up the powdery dust in the road and worrying if there was going to be time to get to town after all. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace gripped her pen and wondered when Max had become such a weakling, with a spine made out of cotton candy. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the holiday came and went with only some candy at the daycare center. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z People noticed Nick when he walked into his dad’s hardware store or when he stood in line at the Penny Pantry to buy a candy bar. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The yellow Whitman’s Sampler box that held my colored pencils, stickers, and scraps of paper still smelled of chocolate but no longer contained a delicious assortment of candy. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She ate up Father's words like candy, without question. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She looked longingly on as her uncle found the package of candied chestnuts and ripped it open. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “She works at the candy store in Grand Central Station. At least, she used to.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There was bread in all shapes and sausages of all lengths and colors and fruits and candies. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It wasn’t as if we were in Brooklyn, where the candy store, the record shop, and my best friend were around the corner. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I also bought a large sack of candy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He snorts and goes back to the rest of his plate of pepperoncini, taking them neatly like candies, one by one. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was in kindergarten and first grade, Bennie would slide a plastic milk crate under the counter for me to stand on so I could see the candy better. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But over the weeks, with each diminishing roll of candies, I added new secrets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Styx twirled the candy cigarette over his knuckles. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Let’s maybe stick to the less controversial stuff. And the candy is for the kids only. No teenagers.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I pecked his cheek and he slipped a piece of hard candy into my hand. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One of my last memories of Iran is my dad coming home with a case of Orich candy bars a few weeks before we had to escape. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I got all the candy and cookies in the house and pinned them inside my coat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In our living room, we have a very tall glass cabinet where Ma keeps a lot of plates and little ornaments, but especially all the delicious, pretty candies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She held out two bubbly pink drinks, each with a cherry, red as candy, floating in the ice. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z She set the table up just outside the house, then pulled boxes of candy from a small closet right by the front door, where most people would hang their coats. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Some were lowered in the front and painted in bright metallic colors, like candy apple red, and had tucked and rolled upholstery in white or black. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Really stoking him now, making him slam his candy bar to the ground. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was inappropriate, in my opinion, to consume the candy Mr. Pirzada gave me in a casual manner. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I wish I knew what this candy was called,” Jinjoo said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “I was born on Halloween, and until I was eight years old my parents had me convinced that the candy people gave out when I knocked on their doors was birthday presents.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I felt my shoulders relax as I crunched into the candy shells and the earthy sweetness melted on my tongue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z They did not look like they were going to the candy mountain. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Oh Lord, yes. I remember these candies. My daddy used to eat them.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She comes back with a Tom’s candy wall calendar. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I stood in front of the candy rack and watched his sister drop to her knees and gather him into her arms. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, as though he couldn’t bear the suspense any longer, Charlie tore the wrapper right down the middle...and on to his lap, there fell...a light-brown creamy-colored chocolate candy bar. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The cashier watches me as I look at the candy racks. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Like offering candy to a child and then yanking back your hand with some excuse about saving his teeth, I thought. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Once inside, I flip through magazines, slowly choose a piece of fruit, a candy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It would upset me greatly to see you defile your candied mouth with foulness like so many young girls I see. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then he put the can on the table, broke the aluminum tab thing, the thing you open it with, off the top, and popped it in his mouth like it was candy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I'm glad I was good, because her smile will stay inside me long after the candy is gone. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She stuffs the candy bar back into her pocket. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I continued to point to the candy dish. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z And for the first time I noticed that his large eyes were a pretty golden-brown color like a caramel candy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tayo went inside the station to buy candy; he had not eaten since he had left Betonie and his helper up in the mountains. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "Bundles of six. Three of each candy. Two fifty." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I doubted even rocket candy could get this dense little rocket off the ground. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He looked at his offerings: hand sanitizer and rubber bands and an old piece of candy all wrapped messily in tired newsprint. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I know dogs shouldn't have candy, but this is like his last meal. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She gives each of us a piece of candy every Sunday as long as we promise to wait till after church to eat it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was sneaky and bad enough to buy the candy and come back pretending it was a free gift. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a good feeling, making Ruby laugh, so I draw another picture, and another, along the edges of the paper: an orange, a candy bar, a carrot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He keeps up his presentation over the joyful squeals as people get handfuls of candy fish delivered to their desks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z And speaking of pink, he sampled blood candy in a tiny shop under a bridge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I knew there were confectioners there, too, who sold candies I’d always wanted to taste. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When all the trading was done, the storekeeper gave Mary and Laura each a piece of candy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The serving men brought out a heron stuffed with figs, veal cutlets blanched with almond milk, creamed herring, candied onions, foul-smelling cheeses, plates of snails and sweetbreads, and a black swan in her plumage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After that he brought me candy and fruit from the store, but he gave it to my mother to deliver to me, he never came into the room. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And the moment I open the door, the man at the register rings me up–cha-ching–Even before I pick up a candy bar, because he knows I never leave without one. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Time after time, it dipped in and out of the candy counter: peppermint sticks, jawbreakers, horehound, and gumdrops. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The food section has the usual vendors selling samosas and kabob rolls, and a big cotton candy machine. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z As I reached the door, my grandfather said in a loud voice, “Say, it’s been a long time since you’ve had any candy, hasn’t it?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With my nickel in my hand, I walk right past the pew where we were sitting and keep going, right out the door, down the block, around the corner to the candy store. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When I look at Kareem’s bright eyes, my hard candy coating gives way to my gooey inside. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z As was our habit upon entering the Store, he walked behind the candy counter and leaned on the cash register. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only that, but white kids just didn’t put their mouths where black kids had had theirs, be it soda bottles, spoons, or candy bars. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d use the candy as a snack before the noon sun called the workers to rest. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They liked to line up their candy along the low handrail that ran along the far side of the sloping porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was one of those places that custom-creates the ice cream, mixing the base with candy or nuts or fruit. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z We shaded our faces green with a broken eye shadow that belonged to Dora’s mother, and my mother gave us two burlap sacks that had once contained basmati rice, for collecting candy. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “But I still want candy. I’m just taking advantage of the holiday to help the oppressed.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z His skin was the color of caramel candy. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Last time, we bought candy at 7-Eleven, and Sneaky was mad because it cost us more. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Ms. CeeCee started to count them out, and a few seconds later there were eighteen pieces of candy in front of them. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The larger boy didn’t hear her—he was buried in chemistry, mixing sparkling water and food coloring and fizzy candy in six different sports bottles, and his back was to the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z John John lets the coins fall into Ms. CeeCee's hands, Bit scooping up the candy. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Dr. Jethro Hallam. I remember him just a little. He used to hold me on his lap, and once he give me candy because I didn’t cry when he had to swab my throat.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing helped: Not even Ida's candy nor Victor's reassurances that he would think of something to help Bo. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Some even hold bags of cotton candy in their laps—bags! Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And more than a few of them gave me candy and spare change. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He said he was going to the candy store around the corner and we asked if we could go with him. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “You need orange juice, stat. Whenever my uncle used to get the shakes, OJ would fix him right up. That or honey or hard candy.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Luma handed out shopping bags for the candy they would collect. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z From then on, she gave me a candy every day. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z And nobody seemed to mind she wasn’t there, especially not Mama and Aunt Loma, who got busy giving out thread samples and candy and had a swell time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We walked to the cotton candy stall slowly, people swarming around us like busy flies. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He tested his radio, unwrapped a candy bar, and sat back with his rifle cradled to his chest like a teddy bear. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the corner now a couple of boys darted out of the Five and Ten with handfuls of candy bars, dropping them along the walks as they ran with a man right behind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The bee looks like it ate too much of Sneaky’s candy. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Some club on campus was selling Valentine’s Day candy grams and the violently pink posters assaulted me everywhere I went. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Ever since elementary school, I’ve been making beauty out of everyday things—candy wrappers, pages of a newspaper, receipts, rip-outs from magazines. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Every year my birthday cake, my Easter basket, my Christmas candy canes always had to be blue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The two things I noticed right off were how she smelled like the candy part of candy apples and how perfect her teeth were. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z The chaplain was passing out pieces of lucky candy and rolls of military toilet paper, and Ishmael took one of each from him chiefly because everyone else had done so. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The resin was sold wrapped in waxy paper, like a sucking candy or a toffee. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He found beef jerky, rice, beans, dried onions, coffee, and candy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The walking candy store helps out by handing me two Wint O Green Life Savers from her bulging laptop case as she opens it to set up her equipment. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He watches Luna rip open the packet and dump the candy out onto his papers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There is a candy machine in every hall in the school and some kids have money every day for a Coke, a pack of cookies, and either chewy candies or candy bars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When he turned the page to a new month, he treated himself to a candy bar. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I was joking. It’s really cotton candy, delicious cotton candy. Try it and see.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Went down to the Wilco to steal some candy bars, doughnuts, whatever they could get their hands on, to eat on the curb outside of Luke’s apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When she learned that a rather large teacher kept a desk drawer filled with candy bars and fatty treats, Cara wrote an editorial with the title, “Let’s Chat about Fat.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The revelers promenaded in pairs, women in bustled ball gowns in bright candy colors, men in frock coats with waxed mustaches. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Percy had a feeling that if she made a sudden move, she wouldn’t be grabbing for the candy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Eyes now,” she said around the candy as she pulled a tiny bottle from her case. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z With a doggish grin on her face, she begged for a piece of candy, which I so gladly gave. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She told me about the books she wanted to write someday, when she had enough money to quit the candy shop. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Since January, each night before bed, I had continued to eat, for the sake of Mr. Pirzada’s family, a piece of candy I had saved from Halloween. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Stealing candy from drugstores and cash from his father’s pouch. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah? I think for being over here, y’all owe us some of that candy,” the first guy says, and I feel a tug on my backpack. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Then when I’m about a block away, throwing all dignity to the wind, I start checking the pockets of the jacket, finding nothing but a film canister, candy wrappers, a pen. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But they knew that in a town there were many houses, and a store full of candy and calico and other wonderful things—powder, and shot, and salt, and store sugar. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Sunny had sat back down across from me at the table, we both watched Big Rose unwrap the candy and fling it in her mouth. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She arranged mattresses and cushions along the walls of the living room, placed bowls of candy and roasted almonds on the table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Town wasn’t a whole lot of town, but as long as there was a candy store it was town enough. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z My pillowcase fills with candy, but it turns out it’s really hard to walk up and down stairs in my CharlieCard costume. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Lee Lee walks the aisles and gets a candy bar and a soda. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “And candy apples, and ice cream, and lemonade!” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I draw the things in my cage, simple items that fill my days: an apple core, a banana peel, a candy wrapper. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z After three days of weeping, one afternoon as she was stirring some sweet milk candy in the kitchen she heard her son's voice clearly in her ear. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Every time they appeared, I popped them one after another into my mouth like candy until there were none left. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And so an impromptu parade is thrown together, after which the animals are led to the menagerie and the candy butchers and other concessionaires set up their wares. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I moved over to the concession area, studying the candy, and both of us were very careful to avoid the awkwardness of eye contact. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like candy and sex and soft twinkling lights. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Five Golden Tickets have been printed on golden paper, and these five Golden Tickets have been hidden underneath the ordinary wrapping paper of five ordinary candy bars. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I was just coming back from the store with more soda and candy for the birthday party. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z So hot, if you were packing candy, you had soup in your pocket by two o’clock. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe it — in the middle of this horrible experience, Jeffrey had thought of me and had even managed to find me a box of my favorite candy. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time in my life I ever got a candy bar all to myself, and I couldn’t even take a bite. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When the stall was assembled, the candy seller offered the boy the first sweet he had made for the day. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I chewed right through the wrapper of the Snickers and dug into the candy bar with my teeth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He remembered the smile of the candy seller, on his first day in Tangier, when he had nothing to eat and nowhere to go—that smile had also been like the old king’s smile. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Avery found an empty candy box and put his frog in it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z A week of talent contests and softball games and races and Tilt-A-Whirl and bumper cars and music and barbecue and cotton candy. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The old man’s fingers were trembling most terribly as they fumbled with the candy bar. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It was filled with candy, cupcakes, pies, even a pack of butterscotch Krimpets. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you still be my friend if I didn’t always have candy and cookies?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Ever since I first came to the hospital more than ten years ago, she’s been the respiratory therapist here, slipping candy to me and the other CFers, like my partner in crime Poe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It had a few comic books, some lollipops, gum, jars filled with hard candy, and a Pac-Man machine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z When he came to visit, he brought us candy, and once he brought Mami flowers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A few families lined the street in front of us with a herd of children who attacked thrown candy like a pack of wolves. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z They leaned over the table looking at all the candy, trying to decide which was the right candy to get. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He’s sick of candy bars and potato chips—something he never would’ve thought possible. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I wish for the world’s biggest candy bar. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I think about Suesetta’s family and how she’ll have enough money to buy something for everyone and how she had enough money to get candy without having to use her offering. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Once at my grandfather’s store, I had given him a piece of candy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Edwin never brought many candy bars with the supplies. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z We stared at our twisted reflections in the mirror maze, ate powdered-sugar-dusted elephant ears, banged out our aggression on the bumper cars, and got sticky fingers from cotton candy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I knew it was some kind of candy. Him.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Before, a binding agent had solved the problem with black powder, and melting had produced our reliable rocket candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I smell something sweet—candy apples?—as we pass a vendor’s cart. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She pulls a candy bar from her pocket and holds it out. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “One million candy power! Oh, look,” he cried, pointing down, “there go the other children! They’re returning home!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The doorbell rings as we put away the Tupperware and box up the remaining candy. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z My mother liked her dress pattern and the little ones their candies, but the next day I was out helping in the fields like I had never been gone. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminds me of the way candy stains children’s skin if they eat it too sloppily. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She pays for the balloons and streamers, and we head straight for the candy section. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z And when the police entered his house to arrest him, they found him sitting on the floor amidst mountains of candy, ripping off the wrappers with the blade of a long dagger. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z At my signal, the candy was put into mouths. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks like the woman in my old candy frame—as if she stepped out of it and into the world. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “This is better than store candy,” I say. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “What you selling candy for anyway?” says Grandma. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The second quarter started, and Benji returned with ice cream and candy bars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z And so by the time I met Aziz, she was the old woman who offered stale candy and whose house smelled like sadness. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I noticed she was wearing a cheap ring, the adjustable kind that children buy at any street comer from the candy vendors. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a candy heart, and the long walk began. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Puzzled, I let her lead me into the living room, where she let go of my fingers and lifted the top of a crystal candy dish on the fireplace mantel. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The video then transitions to a montage of scenes with Grandma coming over to feed Grandpa, taking away his salty nuts or candy, bringing him his medicine and vitamins, laughing at him, nagging him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I loved the carnival atmosphere that day—and especially eating cotton candy and candied apples. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In his first two weeks, all he sold was some Quaker Oats and penny candy. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a mammoth’s fossilized footprint and rock candy in the gift shop. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Later, when the other Japanese families arrived, we ate all night long: salted rice balls, fish cakes, rice crackers, rice candies, and barbecued chicken. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It seems silly to give someone a gift in July that’s wrapped in holiday paper, but it’s all there is and I’ve spent my candy and records budget on the fabric, buttons, and zipper. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A confrontation would have been too easy, and he was not going to let them stop him; he asked the man where he could buy some candy. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her days of sitting with Tariq in a bed of clover on the banks of a stream somewhere, trading riddles and candy, watching the sun go down. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z From the blimps above, I bet they resemble candies in a box. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Instead, they were eye candy, arm candy, victims, or love interests. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I hadn't had a freshwater bath in three weeks and was glistening with caked salt like a stick of rock crystal candy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Did a giant barf cotton candy in here or what?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Stopping by the candy store made every day start off sweet. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z While candies are still hot, place the stick at one of the ends; gently press and twist so both sides of the stick are covered. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z When I was in town, I might get some penny candies for the little ones. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Estimate how many pieces of candy corn are in this jar and win it all. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Will heads to the vending machine about a dozen times, his replies coming with every new bag of chips or candy bar. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z They watched her tongue turn green as it curled around the edges of the candy casing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Galley even gave me another candy heart. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I made the turn onto Dock Square, past the candy store with the taffy pull in the window, and then the asphalt turned to granite slabs as I made my way onto T Wharf. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If Doctor Nolan asked me for the matches, I would say I'd thought they were made of candy and had eaten them. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Tomorrow this Halloween business will be over and you’ll be happy to be the only child in your school without a stomachache from eating all that candy.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z At the end, she even took off her candy necklace and tossed it into the audience. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The other end of the room boasts the concessions: glass-paneled and red-topped popcorn machines, shelves stacked with boxes of candy, empty plastic cups piled between the cash registers and soda fountains. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He liked to yell at her and her classmates as they left the candy store, sometimes calling them names. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And I lied, like, I’m just wondering whether he meant truffles the mushroom or truffles the candy. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Auk XI, which had rocket candy inside that I had not moistened, leapt off the pad with a satisfying hiss, but then exploded, steel fragments whistling overhead while we hit the dirt inside the blockhouse. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This is the type of soldier who tries to learn Dutch and gives children pieces of candy. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They’re fighting about their popcorn and candy, and whining about going to the potty. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Sneaky gets the school lunch, but he also carries a lunch pack with him, which is always stuffed with candy. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She put her hand deep into the candy corn. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z We try to imitate girls we see in the human world, girls in magazines, girls we see on movie screens in air-conditioned theaters, eating candy so sweet it makes my teeth ache. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The pieces of candy were exactly the same size. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The day before had been the last day of Easter vacation, so I had tried to eat up most of the candy that was left over. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The waitress saw Styx slip his candy cigarette from his pocket. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I looked at great billboards by the side of the road, advertising cigarettes and candy and beer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Curtis brought me a little bouquet of candy bars to school today. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He bought candy bars and beef jerky sticks and more chemical hand- and feetwarmers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z To see all those hungry kids in the Seam running around, waving cans of applesauce, tins of meat, even candy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z To this day you can find piles of sugar cane heaped in tropical markets—offering buyers a refreshing treat that is somewhere between a candy bar and an energy drink. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Inside were stored various bits of food he had collected—a piece of fruit, samples of candy, or the butt-end of a liverwurst. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then she gave me a piece of candy. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z One year I had chosen to give up the radio, and another, candy bars. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was better even than their Christmas candy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He made them taste Mrs. Hile’s pie and share Sam Gardiner’s candy; he showed them the book on English usage and told them about the cartoon in the paper relating to General McClellan’s late demotion. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look,” Aunt Daisy said, pointing at one of Phoebe’s candies glinting on the floor on the other side of the gate, pushed next to the wall. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid filled her sister’s thin hands with carrot candy, melon candy, and sheets of beef jerky. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I’d see it through to the end again, and I got up to get me some candy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “You gonna eat that?” he said, pointing at my candy bar. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I came back with some candy on a plate. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Auk XII, on the pad, was built to the design we had more or less standardized, but how it would perform loaded with melted rocket candy was a complete unknown. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said after careful consideration, “when you knock on somebody’s door in Africa—they don’t give you candy.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Sweet and bitter at the same time, like candied orange peel. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was a piece of candy, a buttercream with a hazelnut heart. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The American candy worked extremely well as bribes to keep the little boys going. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In her lap she had a jar of Rolaids, which she was eating like candy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I pulled the long, slim candy out of the box. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He can almost feel the snow, the excitement, and the anticipation, the sugary taste of a striped candy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The spokes were gold colored and the steel-frame body red, like a candy apple. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was nice meeting you.Thanks for nearly giving me some candy. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When Ma is in the room, I often stand in front of the cabinet, my palms pressing flat against the glass, drooling at the candies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There are candy wrappers, receipts, fast food bags, and papers all over. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I am very proud of my square candies that look round. Let’s take a peek.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Hoo stuffed the rest of the candy bar in his mouth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Humans leave their fingerprints behind, sticky with candy, slick with sweat. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I take one piece and tell him he can keep the rest of my candy since I know Mami won’t allow me to eat it anyway. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Once their candy was picked out and Mr. Mason had scooped it into a paper bag, Wash led them back out onto the porch so that Naomi could finish her shopping. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He fed the sparrow some more of the candied nut. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I see a father coming home early, surprising everyone with rock candy sticks from the market, telling heroic stories from the hospital every night before bed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I was surprised at Sunny for being nice like that, finally giving her a candy. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The four old people, two at either end of the bed, propped themselves up on their pillows and stared with anxious eyes at the candy bar in Charlie’s hands. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The candy lady's small living room is filled with shelves and shelves of chocolate bars and gumdrops, Good & Plenty and Jujubes, Moon Pies and Necco Wafers, lollipops and long red licorice strings. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Then let’s go to Miss Bertha’s. You like her candy, don’t you?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of each table there are two china dishes, one with salted nuts, the other with mixed candies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We were the only kids and could find crackers or candy no matter how well-hidden in the cupboards. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "I don't like candy and stuff anymore anyway," I said. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He twirled the candy cigarette over his place mat. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She said to Louisiana, “Get up. You can have some candy corn if you get up.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “I’m Dauntless. I’m a good shot. And I provide much-needed eye candy.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Vonetta surprised me by saying, “Not too much money, Delphine. We don’t need candy. We need thirteen more dollars for the concert at Madison Square Garden.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Francie breathed the warm air, watched the dancing leaf shadows, ate the candy and took sips of the cooled water in-between reading the book. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He got to America and married a pretty Marxist candy striper to get citizenship, and eventually they decided to have kids. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Three girls came to the door of the Loft’s candy store. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z All I could think of was that the teachers must’ve found the illegal stash of candy I’d been selling out of my dorm room. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Tip: Use only green apple candies, then dip them in melted caramel and let them rest on wax paper before packaging. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Your counselors saw right through it but usually let you eat the candy. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “I really like how you wrapped the candy.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The candies looked very much like square sugar lumps—except that each of them had a funny little pink face painted on one side. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I let the last of my candy slide down my throat and thought about just how weird Big Rose was. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He had even gone to the kitchen in the back where Antonapoulos made the candies. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I ate too much candy,” I said finally. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor can I complain about the lack of candy; everyone had dipped into their last reserves. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I’ve been obsessed with candy since birth, practically. And same with Pigeon and—pigeons.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On the train the next day, Joe didn’t make many speeches with rhymes to her, but he bought her the best things the butcher had, like apples and a glass lantern full of candies. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z When I turned back to loading rocket candy, I felt something I had never felt before—powerful, confident, and angry all at once. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I guess my candy business is stupid, too. You can find your own hustle.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Connor drops, scrambling to retrieve the fallen candies before Jack can reach him. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He left notes and candies in their secret spot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Whenever I fainted near a store, I would get a piece of candy or fruit from the storekeeper upon reviving. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe is begged to wrap up all the candy in the store and order more. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It still had cookies and candies all pin in it like she be a walking snack machine. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Horses don’t talk. Besides, I told you I’d give you half my candy.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Dale looked down at me while I tried to cover myself and said, “Want some candy, Ho? I’ll give you more candy anytime you want it.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was like sticking a wrinkly dollar into a candy machine over and over and having it spit the dollar out over and over, for a year, with a gun to your head. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Beer, candy wrappers, old movie ticket stubs, and one soiled pair of underwear had been left on the ground around it as offerings. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z As Mrs. Lloyd pulled the bag of candy off the scale, the jangly bell rang over the shop door and stopped abruptly as the door slammed against the inside wall. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Forget about that part. I’m talking midnight Rice Krispies candy. Ice cream for breakfast.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Styx teased the candy cigarette between his lips. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The ocean smelled weird, and so did the food they were selling on the boardwalk, like funnel cakes and cotton candy and hot dogs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And once, when I bit into a candy bar and saw how lumpy it was, how full of secret dark spots and creamy goo, I sacrificed that as well. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They had gone to get more bags of Halloween candy because the twins had already eaten all of theirs. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The white people who came with Christmas bags of rock candy and old clothes were hard put to get a Yes'm, thank you, out of those sullen mouths. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His frame was delicate, his wrists as narrow as mine, with knobs of bone that looked like they could be broken off like hard candy. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I took the rice candy, handing the Hershey’s bar to Silly. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then, at Mr. P’s, she armed herself with a fabulous array of candy. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z After Akira put the candy in his mouth, she put his pajamas on him because he looked so helpless. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The boy with the red hair put two candy bars on the counter. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Mrs. Parker takes a candy out of her jar and pops it into her mouth. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I mean, you probably would get way more kids in here if you let me sell candy. Kinda like Girl Scout Cookies, but better.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “That’s why Littmus made a fortune. He manufactured a piece of candy that tasted sweet and sad at the same time.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Wanting to enjoy every moment, I stared at the hard candies in the different wooden barrels. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I wondered if almost thirteen was too old to be cleaning out pay phones for candy, but no one was watching us and it was hard to turn down free money. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. One minute you’re yelling at me, the next minute you’re giving me a bite of your candy bar.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if it held light instead of candy corn. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “If we walk faster and farther today, I’ll give you more candy,” she said to her brothers. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He reached into his pocket and pulled out three pieces of ribbon-striped stick candy. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “And I don’t see anyone rushing to bring us any candy.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I hear the crack of impact as candies skitter across the hardwood floor. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Katie looked at the candy, at the new bills and then at her children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the bridge, Red Cross workers, wearing porcelain-smooth white helmets with red lines on them, looked like police as they offered us candy and said, “Welcome.” Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z We also knew he’d buy us candy or take us down to the record shop so we could moon over the Jackson Five album. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Some were wallets she had decorated with shiny candy wrappers; others were sequined purses she had found. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They went into Bell’s candy store and sat at a table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z To fill it took a pot and a half of rocket candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When the savage young sparrow showed signs of good behavior, Matthias would feed her morsels of candied chestnut. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Q, why do we need a new propellant? What’s wrong with rocket candy?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They played a while and sucked on their candy until they were down to just one piece of red licorice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z While I was on a roll, maybe I should have asked her to stock up on some new desk candy, too, but there are times when you just don’t push your luck. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z On the floor along the sides of the plank counters there were kegs of nails, and kegs of round, gray shot, and there were big wooden pails full of candy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I put both headphones on and unwrap the candy. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z We stood over the bowl of candy valentines. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z There are candy wrappers littered around her on the bed. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “No stopping at the candy store. No stopping to talk to friends. Straight there, straight back. You hear me?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My sisters forgot the pups for the candy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” she announced stiffly, “I’m only twenty-seven, so there! “Here’s another candy store!” she said. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know. Tomorrow, when you go to school, give the candy to the kids in the dumb class. And tell them I say hello.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z We brought him a batch of Mama’s peanut candy and half of a pound cake. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The one who used to bring a box of hard candies on Wednesdays and pass them out to us, one by one, as we left. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She’ll have to be the hard candy shell to her own gooey sweetness. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I don’t know yet, dear. But I’ll need your help. Now here’s some money for the candy. Medium toothbrushes—remember.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the twins were in the candy aisle sampling their favorites. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Was it only because Hannah used to buy candy from the same rack? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He must think I’m looking at the candy. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z When Halloween arrived, everyone in her homeroom found a candy pumpkin on his or her desk. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He seemed to be talking about a spot on the riverside where some ducks were making a nest out of torn-up plastic bags and candy wrappers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I was so scared at the bodega, I ate a bunch of candy bars.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z There were apricot candies pressed flat into wafers; thin, white, curled strips of coconut candy; several kinds of disclike rice cookies; and so on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I also leave him all my toys and the candy bar in my bottom right desk drawer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to buy them both wings from the wingsmiths so that they could fly away, with a stash of blood candy in a little treasure chest, so that they could live forever. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z After that, the four of us wander the mall, trying on purple lipsticks and eating sour apple candy slices crusted in sugar that turn my tongue green. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I offer the candy to Grandma Knife, who displays her uneven teeth. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Selena pulled off her candy necklace and began playing with it, twisting it into a cat’s cradle. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The Polish girl’s pink hat bobbed like a candy egg amidst hundreds of gray faces all so tired and drawn, they looked like boiled meat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She offered sesame candy from a dish beside the lamp that also had buttons in it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z An enormous glowing vending machine looms where the bed should be, filled not with candy but rows of razor-sharp tactical knives and armor-piercing pistols. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In each stocking there was a pair of bright red mittens, and there was a long, flat stick of red-and-white-striped peppermint candy, all beautifully notched along each side. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Meat, chips, candy, and, and, and, and cheese! Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It was startlingly austere—some dried noodles, one bag of rice, raisins, coffee, salt, a good supply of candy bars, and toilet paper. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I tasted better candy I found in our sofa.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z My sisters walked with me to the candy store around the corner on Fulton. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He sells candy at school, mainly at lunch, which is the only time I see him. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z His head was pounding, but he knew it had nothing to do with candy. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She had operated a candy store until she got sick, after which she mostly slept or sat by the window, looking frail and weak. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She was rolling it around on her tongue like a piece of hard lemon candy. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Sitting on top of the cupboard were baskets filled with pieces of candy glittering in silver and gold wrappers like distant stars. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Mv friends laugh And squeal, and I hit It again, the first Rain of candies. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If there were only children, I might say, “Where are the cookies?” or “Where is the candy?” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Joey offered me a bite of his cotton candy, but I said no. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “There is a gift for the boy in one of the chests. Some candied ginger. He was always fond of it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Two American Red Cross workers came around and passed out candy and stuff. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When you told me what happened to your candy money, I kinda put it all together.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Although he had eaten four cents’ worth of candy that morning, he was very hungry and made Francie run all the way home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Naturally, everyone wanted to give their opinion on whether it was a fly or a piece of candy Grace had pushed in there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I thought about it the entire walk home from Blue Spot, which is probably why I don’t remember which candy bar I bought that day. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Cade wore a nylon backpack carrying some water bottles, tobacco, a flashlight, candy bars, a few tools, and our phones. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It was black, not the deep amber color of maple candy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He puffed the candy cigarette, then eased it down to his side. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “People thought I was telling a lie to get more candy for myself! I told them, ‘You want to see my sister? Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Read the label on any bag of chips, candy bar, or frozen snack. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Five-year-old Eric Morse was thrown out of a fourteenth-story window by two other little boys, supposedly because he wouldn’t steal candy for them. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Because then I blurted out, “Do you want to get some cotton candy?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I saw you looking at this room,” she went on when she had swallowed her candy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The redheaded boy began to unwrap his candy, then stopped. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z She was a single mother with six sons, and she planned to put all of them through college using money she made cutting hair and selling chips, candy, and cigarettes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I take the brown wrapping from my Piggly Wiggly grocery bag and wrap up a little something, like a piece a candy, inside. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There’s a long pause and then a wheezing sound, like someone is choking on a hard candy. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The smell of pink sweet cloud candy makes my tongue wiggle in my mouth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Sissy took her into a little candy store and treated her to a penny chocolate soda. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z All summer They have lived On candies and plums, Bunches of grapes From their tw In the San Joaquin Valley. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins had kept it in a box and fed it nothing but bits of candy cane for over a week. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was almost like a starburst flashed from the corner of his teeth, like the cartoon dad on the candy cigarette box. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z There is the aroma of mulled wine and sugared candy, peppermint and pipe smoke. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The lady packed the batteries in a paper bag and pushed a handful of candy across the counter. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z His job was to make candies and sweets, uncrate the fruits, and to keep the place clean. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Arriving home, I dumped the sack of candy out on the bed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "Me and my friends selling candy. Say buy or say bye." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z They all wore matching candy necklaces, even the boys. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I imagined pouring my bottle of water on her and watching her melt, like the Wicked Witch of the West, until there was nothing but a pile of clothes and a candy necklace. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z On a normal day, my mom would be home from the candy store by now. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Char’s just standing there eating a candy bar like she’s at the movies. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Then, at the end of the tour, as a special present, all of them will be given enough chocolates and candies to last them for the rest of their lives! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “I want to go to the feast,” he told Madam Pomfrey as she straightened his many candy boxes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I take the candy and roll it around in my hands until it mixes with my tears and runs red over my palms. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z There were concession stands there, too, like at a farmers’ market, selling roasted peanuts and cotton candy. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 There were a few candy beads hanging from the sad-looking elastic band. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Connor is yelling for Mrs. Baransky’s attention, asking if she got any candy for Valentine’s Day, asking if she likes chocolates. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She should be reading fairy tales and taking her nickels to the sweet shop for a bag of penny candy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I, because I’m picturing her in a candy striper outfit and then picturing her out of it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Maya wondered whether, if she shook Joaquin, all the thoughts he’d been holding in would fall out of him like candy out of a pinata. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But His jaw goes up And down, and my mouth Goes up and Down, on red candy, The best I can do. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They gave us Halloween candy in December, Christmas candy around Valentine’s day, candy hearts at Easter, and Easter eggs at Halloween. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All at once, Mom bursts out laughing, Connor shrieks, and Jack pretends to swipe for the box filled with candy. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The Angel of the candy counter had found me out at last, and was exacting excruciating penance for all the stolen Milky Ways, Mounds, Mr. Goodbars and Her- sheys with Almonds. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My jaw felt stiff, so I opened and closed my mouth like I was chewing on Silly Putty or cheap bodega candy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Then came gardenias and benne candy, all bubbling sugar and toasty seeds. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Amma beams me a smile sweeter than the candy melting on my tongue. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I took a big bite of cotton candy. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He brought toys, candy, and clothes to each visit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z ME: Not unless they smell like cotton candy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Appointed Muslim Sisters quickly passed small trays from which everyone took a thin, round patty of peppermint candy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The candy seller had a smile on his face: he was happy, aware of what his life was about, and ready to begin a day’s work. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And being a Pepette, despite the restriction making candy off-limits to the locker room, still carried status. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I bought some food for my journey, some candies for the little ones, and a dress pattern and some cloth for my mother. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of her wanted to eat them both herself, but Jinjoo counted three more of the brown candies in her pile. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I’m standing by Rosie, supervising as she accepts donations of candy, gum, and even lemonade from the crowd. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A man with a cart was selling Cokes and candy bars. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie snuffed the candy wrapper out of the preacher’s hand and started chewing on it. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “They’re looking round! There’s no argument about it! They are square candies that look round!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z If Janae is the sticky sweetness keeping us sisters together, then I’m the hard candy shell, the protector. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When she spoke it was around a mouth full of candy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I let Mother’s words sit like a tiny, sweet candy on my tongue. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She held on to the phone and stared at the sunburst clock and thought about Mrs. Sylvester’s gigantic jar of candy corn. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Sneaky opens his lunch pack, pulls out the M&M’s, and waits for Aiden to hand him a dollar, which is what he charges for most of the candy he sells. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z As we got closer to the screen, I could hear High on a hill was a lonely goatherd, and could smell the cotton candy from one of the concession stands near the food trucks. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I used to give him candy He used to have dogs and I used to feed his dogs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mine was turning needle-sharp against my tongue, like a candy cane. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I raced through candy shops tossing boxes into a sack and raced out to the usual chorus of “Stop! Thief!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Vonetta was good at keeping track of things and divvying them up between us, so I let her be in charge of handing out the “new state” candy. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I picked out a candy bar from the rack on the counter, but I can’t tell you which one because I don’t remember. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The sewer drains thundered liltingly; the streets shone like glazed candy. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I get to pass out the candy, and the kids who come to our door are the cutest. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Good for you,” Tony said, but she could see his eyes were on the candy store. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z You May Be a Coconut If…You find yourself inside a delicious candy bar. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She hands us two pieces of candy each. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Hazel remembered the candy her father would bring home from his trips. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z In her candy pile, she counted ten packs of the chewing gum. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He did the same thing with about three other candy bars until he finally just grabbed a random one from the shelf, walked up, and set it on the counter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He hadn’t even unwrapped the Golden Ticket from around the candy bar. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z She looked over her friend’s shoulder; saw her take out a few pieces of stale candy and examine her prize—a coarse cambric handkerchief. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just forget all about those Golden Tickets and enjoy the candy,” Grandpa Joe said. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z There were apple and mince and dried-berry pies, little spicecakes with maple sugar frosting, candied fruits and nuts, pitchers of sweet apple cider, and great mugs of steaming flip for the men. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They would make candies out of quince paste. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m just saying, that girl gives away forgiveness like it’s candy, then she comes over here licking her wounds when things don’t work out the way she wants. If it were me, I’d...” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z On the seat of the hatrack beside her were a jar of candy and two handkerchiefs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I like trombones in tune. I like sharing candy at lunch. And I like the sound of checkers with Dad.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I can see the whole mall and a bit of the world beyond: the frantic pinball machines, the pink billows of cotton candy, the vast and treeless parking lot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The rest of the candy is in my pocketbook. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It sure must be nice having a mom who owns a candy store,” she said this morning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was a dentist who worked above a candy shop. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When I was very little, we had my mom’s mom, who always had candy, and my dad’s mom, who always had cookies. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He let go of Freebie’s collar and took the candy. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z A candy vendor was barking about sweet, chewy manna that had crystallized on the stalagmites of Thulm. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z There was a hamburger stand just like Henry had predicted, and Mr. Turner from the grocery store brought a truck with candy, pickles, and sausages on sticks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he slips four candy bars into his pocket. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I remember because it was the first time in my life I refused candy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Sneaky’s mom and mine always tell us to stay away, even though P.J.’s has the cheapest candy and ice cream bars. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “He works at a candy factory all day, then comes home, watches TV, and eventually goes to sleep. Seems pretty sad to me.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Everyone else had left by then, too, rushing off to see scary movies or pass out candy or go trick-or-treating or whatever they happened to have planned for Halloween. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sergeant Klages stared at the candy with horror and mumbled, “No, thank you.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to taste the candy, of course, to make sure it was not stale. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t say that. I give them a penny’s worth of candy for each cent they spend here. The pick is just so’s it’s more interesting.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z An unopened package of peppermint candy next to it. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Tony dropped to the ground, the bag of candy falling from his hand. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Since she’d left him, Cabot had continued harassing her, calling late at night, showing up with flowers or candy or big stuffed bears, sending messages to her through friends and acquaintances. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Soups and sauces, cans of this and cans of that, a dozen different cereals, tons of candies. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I’m kind of bothered to be with Mackenzie right now, because she happens to be sucking on her favorite candy—a blue Ring Pop. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He forgot all about us, and paid no attention when we nudged him and asked for nickels to put in the candy vendors on the back of the seats. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z After the high-powered battle of wills reached an unbearable peak of tension, I asked for a candy heart. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He had brought candy for Laura and Mary, and two pieces of pretty calico to make them each a dress. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, people stuck themselves to the white truck like ants on an abandoned candy bar. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Then I stroked grease into the leftover bush-ball, tugging it straight, then letting it go, watching it shrink back into dark brown cotton candy. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Aunty Cloud presses a handful of candies into my palm. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Nor did the kings skimp on eye candy for the home audience of Alexandrian Greeks. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z There were presents for everybody, and rare treats of sweet cakes and bits of candy, gay ribbons. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk from door to door, our brown paper grocery bags filling with candy apples, popcorn balls, peanut brittle, chanting at each door: Shell out! Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It looks like they still sell the same old fare—popcorn, candy, and balloons—but the children also carry flashing swords, and other moving, blinking toys I can’t make out at this distance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Are you putting blue candy in my stocking?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay! One slightly squished Butterfinger candy bar from my lunch bag,” the teacher said, holding it up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There were bigger issues to deal with, like how to hide our contraband candy and stop other kids from stealing it. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “I’ll send someone to pick you up and take you. I’ll make sure they get you a good seat and all the candy you want.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The counters are like candies, made of peppermint, cool like that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He dug in, savoring the candied carrots and raisins. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z So Mr. Higgins handed me the candy, took the dime, and gave me my change. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I mean, killing over a piece of candy? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to he down for just a minute,” said Louisiana, “and then when I get up, I will be ready to eat some candy corn.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The businesses here are hangers-on, relics from about twenty years ago—a sad and very old department store, a shoe store that smells like mothballs, a toy store, a candy shop, an ice cream parlor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I was in the liquor store buying some candy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When Masoud would bring home a box of Orich candy bars, he would run and put his portion into the pockets of his clown. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The vacation was over and the Truebas returned to the city laden with jars of candy, preserves, boxes of fruit, cheese, pickled chicken and rabbit, and baskets full of eggs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She stuck her thumb under the elastic of her candy necklace, pulling on a pink candy circle. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I unrolled my sleeping bag on the bed and changed into baggy sweatpants and an oversize T-shirt with M&M’s candy printed on the front. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z For the next half hour, Madge and I dump out our candy and swap, lollipops for chocolate bars, peanut butter cups for packs of gum. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The same dude is working at the register and gives us a look when we dump the candy on the counter. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Of course it’s a date. You have to give her something, like flowers or candy. Don’t you know anything? It’s Valentine’s Day.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It’s in the candy, the cake mixes, the mayonnaise, mustard, hot dogs and bologna, the salad dressings and even in some vitamins. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Rat Kiley carried brandy and M&M’s candy. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Children crowded around, begging for candy and stories and shims. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The myth of the Baker and Tamar, and its relation to my dad and candy bars and the love of his life. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Mom jumps up to hand out candy, and I change into one of Dad’s blue button-down shirts to look like Charlie. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z We left all the toys, and the books, and my candy bars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was peach-colored and looked as though it were made of cotton candy. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z While our audience cheered, we ran after our rocket and watched the last of its sputtering rocket candy burn up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and smacked his lips like he was eating the sweetest candy. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Because most of our gear was carried by yaks and human porters, my own backpack held little more than a jacket, a few candy bars, and my camera. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They noticed that Volt had a candy habit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Look, let’s say you’re at the store, and all you want to buy is a candy bar, but there’s a real long line. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “And the lady on Taylor gives out the best candy apples,” said Liz. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I just lay curled up on the bed, stroking the silken sheets, watching the sun set over the artificial candy Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There’s no way I can skip out on church to get candy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I think migration scrambles the appetite,” Pilar says, helping herself to a candied yam. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They contained small boxes of Japanese candy, packets of biscuits, cans of stew, as well as lots of pamphlets written in Japanese. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “And now I’m giving the candy to you.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Then the class mom brought in pink frosted cupcakes and we traded those little candy hearts that said “Hot Baby!” and “Be Mine!” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I take my piece of candy and walk over to my best friends, Suesetta and Phyllis, who are sitting in the sixth row, right side. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A few days later, on Halloween night, I offer to sit at our door, handing out candy. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Shin gave him bean-curd sausage, cigarettes, and a bag of candy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Next time he runs,” Luther told his wife, Helen, “bet a hundred dollars. It will be like taking candy from a baby.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I run an armful of chips and beef jerky and peanuts to the front counter, then jog to the candy aisle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z For migrant children, there are few options: shining shoes, selling gum or candy on the sidewalk, or washing cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z "What do you mean, how come? Can't I send candy to my wife without getting the third degree? I thought you were looking on the thin side, okay?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m expecting candy to fall from the piñata, but no, it’s something light, like snow, except all different colors. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He turned and reached behind him for the candy bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z As they crossed the station floor, Tucker pointed out the local sights of interest, such as the Nedick’s lunch counter—Tucker spent a lot of time around there—and the Loft’s candy store. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Pin to the inside of her coat was candy bars, bags of chips, packages of peanut-butter crackers, little sacks of cookies, and all kinds of stuff. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She used her lightest pink marker for her own hair, the color of sweet and fluffy cotton candy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A stern-looking man, Gunwoo’s dad was actually very kind and generous—he would always give out toffee candy to any child who greeted him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Trina is grabbing a few last chip bags and candy bars through the busted cover of a vending machine. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Lobel gave her some candy and carried her around on his shoulders. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I stick one of the candies in my mouth, feeling the peppermint melt on my tongue, and realize it’s the first thing I’ve eaten all day. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A woman sold popcorn and candied nuts on my left, and a band played under the rotunda to my right. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “You spent it at the store, didn’t you? All that penny candy.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Instead, I pop the remaining candy into my mouth. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Bo takes the blue-and-white-striped conductor hat and then reaches over my shoulder to grab a lollipop from the bowl of candy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I laugh and steal some of her candy. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Nick was standing one aisle away at the candy racks, and he was grinning. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “So what’s up with the candy clue from the Art and Artifacts Room?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Among the goods listed—spice and silk and the like—was an entry for svytagor blood candy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I had been thinking of those hard candies since my father woke me before daybreak and said, “Hitch the wagon. We gonna take some ribbon syrup into town and you comin’.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A stash of candy is spread around me on the bed. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z There was more, but I bought the candy.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why not give the candy away if you don’t want it?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z A little, rubbishy wavelet, full of candy wrappers and orange peel and seaweed, folded over my foot. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Styx puffed on his candy cigarette and scrubbed at the lunch box like it was going to save his life. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My collection of candy wrappers had fallen out of their notebook and were crumpled under my stamp album. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Favorite candy—Hershey’s chocolate almond bars for both of us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I think about how excited all my friends have been about the cotton candy and the dunk tank, and how hard everyone has been working to prepare. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Twig had insisted on dressing as an evil witch/candy cane hybrid for Halloween, even though nobody really celebrates Halloween in France, and Twig’s mom said she was being embarrassing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The turkey, surrounded by a ring of candied red apples, sat on a silver platter at my father’s place. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She even went out to the car and brought in a package of marshmallows she’d meant to roll in nuts and chocolate for Christmas candy. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I guess this lady figures if two high school kids have the balls to go trick-or-treating this late at night in the nicest neighborhood in town, we deserve some candy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They tossed mounds of candy in my lap that I chewed for hours. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “What’s all that noise?” the woman at the candy counter asked the manager. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the dismissal bell rings, Sam and I do our usual stop at Mrs. Parker’s office for our candy fix before we head home. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I had bought a cake and some candy, and we had tea and cookies, the works, but neither Hello nor I felt like sitting stiffly on our chairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I slump down in my chair and savor my candy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As you’re walking down the hall you see a candy wrapper on the floor. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Always giving us candy whenever we go to see Papa. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I loved that we lived within rollerblading distance of a local Japanese market that sold candy with edible wrappers. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z These dried snaps were the closest thing the kids had to what Abigail’s books called candy. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z To add to the glamour, the trough was completely plugged up, overflowing with soggy toilet paper and candy wrappers and other unrecognizable debris. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I lifted the pot and tipped it carefully, the rocket candy pouring out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This year, there will be no red apples in a bowl or candy canes on a little dish to offer visitors. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Beatty smiled his smile which showed the candy pinkness of his gums and the tiny candy whiteness of his teeth. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Antonapoulos seemed pleased to have Carl watch him as he glided the knife down the warm candy and cut it into squares. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Since when is candy contraband? Why did they come after my daughter in the first place?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Grayson replied, “Bags of fruit and candy for all of you are on the back table. Merry Christmas, everyone!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We do homework, listen to records, experiment with Kay’s makeup, and then go to the candy store so I can get Shirley her Sugar Daddies like I promised. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Want to build a safe for your candy, Justin?” he asks. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She digs the chocolate out from between her teeth and takes another bite of candy. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I sit on my bed and reach for the picture of my mother in a frame covered in sweet candy pieces and glitter. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The candy cigarette balanced on the edge of his lip. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Preparing to break the news, the nurses stocked up on candy bars for the girls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I would never have refused anyone who wanted to peek at my answers, I was magnanimous with my candy, and I wasn’t stuck-up. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When they got to Placer Street—which they'd practically run to after figuring out the numbers—they stopped on the corner, out of breath, and organized the candy. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Not at the candy counter of Duggie’s where he first saw her and wondered if that, the peppermint she bought, was what insulted her skin, light and creamy everywhere but her cheeks. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She fixed me up with a big white bandage around my finger so that it looked like a stick with a huge wad of cotton candy on the end. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Located downstairs on the same street was what is known in New York City as a “candy store.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I used to be a candy striper in a pulmonary ward. That cough does not sound good.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa Joe lifted Charlie up so that he could get a better view, and looking in, Charlie saw a long table, and on the table there were rows and rows of small white square-shaped candies. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z She stuck the candy in the baby’s warm, soft mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I started crying. Worse than that—Mama cried. And there was nothing that either of us could do except go home. And I never did get any candy.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z So I feel that’s what happened to Eric—they wanted to scare him so that the next time he would get that candy for them, and they just dropped him by accident. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the brown bag of candy on the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He waited until peaches were rich and plump before serving them to the girls, knowing that then they might actually compete with candy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He walked over behind the candy counter and shook out one of the quarter sacks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes extra jobs, one at a candy factory for $2.25 an hour. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His next present also contained candy — a large box of Chocolate Frogs from Hermione. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But he begged me to let a doctor examine my foot, promising me a giant piece of sesame candy if I did. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z A wire rack loaded with candy bars hangs from the front counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z People drank Coca-Colas like ambrosia and ate candy bars like Christmas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And they went to Junior Jay's, or the candy store, or the pizza place, or they went to CVS to buy random stuff. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It used to be small-time stuff like costume jewelry for his mother and candy bars and newspapers. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Henry just sat there, his mouth open, staring at the screen, and Jelly was always jumping up for candy or ice cream. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She replies tartly, “I was going to say Wednesday after school, but you’ll be out begging strangers for candy, so forget it.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He watched Sam Gardiner bring out a can of coal oil for another customer and guard against the possibility of the oil’s splashing out by fixing a lump of gumdrop candy over the spout. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She walks down Garden Avenue to a small grocery store which sells penny candy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mom and Dad came out of the Bar None Bar, they brought us each a long piece of beef jerky and a candy bar. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Reaching into her pocket, she pretended to be searching, though her fingers were already clutching a candy. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After we went and told Tyrone’s momma what was going on with stealing the candy, those boys got angry. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Lloyd: I think that those boys thought that since Eric told on them they weren’t going to be able to steal candy anymore. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Wait, that white lady sold candy in Barnaby Terrace?" she asked. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Did a giant barf cotton candy in here or what?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The lobby of the hotel smells like candied lemon and bleach, an acrid combination that burns my nostrils when I breathe it in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He was like a little kid being set free in a candy store. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Some shelves had rows of untouched chip bags and candy bars, all priced like they were endangered, precious goods. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z With her mouth full of candied pecans, she asks, “Why is it weird?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Vonetta went on and on about all the money we were saving and how she made sure Fern and I didn’t waste our money buying candy, airmail stamps, and mooning over boys in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Notes in the form of candy wrappers telling the street something sweet came by. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Dimming placed the candy bar on my tray. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Yes, across two yards she saw a little girl sitting on a fire escape with a book in her lap and a bag of candy at hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A bowl of pomegranates with ruby-red skin and some waxed-paper-wrapped peanut candies sat in one of Mama’s sweetgrass baskets on Doc’s worktable next to a deck of playing cards. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She takes a sip, scrunching her face like she’s eaten a handful of sour candy. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They said he stolethe stole the candy he just bought. he told the men he had paid for it, but they beat him up anwy anyway. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I could almost see the idea rolling around her brain, like a hard, round candy, trying to find a place to stick. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I put the candy on the table and moved closer to give Marcus a hug. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z They let rooms in a tidy little boarding house not far from the Exchange and tried every new food they saw, stuffing themselves sick on quince candy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Because everyone picked on me. So I stayed where I could throw perfume on myself all day and drink ten thousand malts and eat candy without people saying, ‘Oh, that’s full of calories!’ The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z After dinners, the family would sit in the open terrace with bowls of dried apricots, and pistachios, sugar candies, and a big samovar of black tea. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I said, “Do you all want me to go get you some candy?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Except for the candy, he made me finish eating everything I started. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He bit into the chaplain’s candy bar hungrily and continued with a full mouth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They ate hot dogs and milkshakes and cotton candy “I can’t wait until I don’t have to come with you to the girls’ bathroom,” he told her, and she laughed and laughed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He’d slip Magdalys and the others candies sometimes, and they heard him humming to himself to the swish of his broom and squeak of his well-shined boots as they fell asleep. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z James was describing the witch’s house, listing the kinds of candy used for various parts of the building. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a little man who always greets you with a smile, a piece of candy, and some random quote from one of his books on Buddhism. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The birds of my aviary had all waited for me and they listened to my stories about all the different candy they had in England. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Yeah, she does, but even if she didn’t, you know it’s wrong to steal a candy bar, right? But maybe this person has a lot of magic and is very convincing. ‘ Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z This numbers joint fronted as a candy store. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z People shower me with applause and confetti and candy, especially caramel squares and purple lollipops. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were walking down the block, coming from the corner store, Noodles ripping paper off cheap dime candy and tossing it on the sidewalk. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She was dressed in her work uniform—a starry blue skirt and a red-and-white striped blouse she wore to sell candy at Sweet on America. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z To check out the makeup and the cheap costume jewelry and the candy aisle, and to find the teen magazines to slowly pore over and discuss. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Avery had a balloon tied to his ear and was chewing a candied apple. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The next week I bit back my tongue as we entered the store with the forbidden candies. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Agriculture Building a giant pane of glass fell from the roof and shattered the table at which, just a few seconds earlier, a young woman had been selling candy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And once when she let go of my hand to take her wallet out of her purse at the cash register, I started to slip away to look at the candy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “You won’t lose your dentist license for encouraging me to eat candy?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z One of the men who was with me in the back of the truck put a piece of candy in my hand and gave me a few comforting pats on the shoulder. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “Do you think there’s candy corn at the county home?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I did not get the free basket with candy eggs or a photo with the fake rabbit. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z So whenever I write down something personal, I let it stay written for the rest of the day, like savoring a piece of hard candy before biting down on it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Today the weather was so cold that they could not play outdoors, but there were the new mittens to admire, and the candy to lick. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The dish shattered, and the candy scattered everywhere. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z An unimaginable mistake over some candy Tariq bought here, from me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Kids cried when the fire engines and police cars went by, and then started rushing the street when the creepy-looking clown rode by on his little bike and threw out candy. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But outside, he’d kicked the candy into the gutter, and on the way home, he’d told his father he wasn’t going back again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There should be something about candy accessories and misspelled words on clothes in the dress code. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z When told that the candy came from Germany—“You know, the fairy tale and the Brothers Grimm,” the clerk said—Bobby was reassured and bought a few bars, his anti-Semitic sensibilities appeased. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The jars of hard candy sticks lined up on a shelf hold dazzling combinations of colors and flavors. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Phyllis whispers, “Keep some of your money for the candy store.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This particular candy bar had as much chance as any other of having a Golden Ticket. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Kind of a green smell that feels good inside your nose and down the back of your throat, like spearmint candy. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the candy, not sure if I want to accept the peace offering. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Sally’s dress was so pink and frothy, she looked like a piece of cotton candy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I have never had her candy before so I don’t know if I’ll like it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s standing on the median that’s perpendicular to ours, and he’s holding a plastic shopping bag from Walgreens with what looks like bags of Halloween candy inside. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I rounded up the little kids and passed out all my candy stash, which they gleefully devoured. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Whenever we had a prescription filled, the druggist put candy in the medicine bag. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “That dont begin it. How about the dime or fifteen cents you’ll spend for a dam two cent box of candy or something. How about the time you’re wasting right now, listening to that band.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “They rode bicycles—their very own bicycles. And they had lots of books to read. They had warm beds. And food, delicious food. Ice cream, candy, cake, and cookies, all they could eat.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I toss the candy bar back to him. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Maybe their shoes were made out of licorice or rock candy. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When the other boys finally moved out of the way, he could scarcely believe his eyes: an entire box of candy for the taking. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He waved the pipe in the air and called out: “Children! Children! Come with me! We go to the candy mountain! Follow me! Follow me!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He spun away, fumbling in his pocket for the pack of candy cigarettes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The woman passed a box full of candy through the doorway. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She had baked a fresh batch of peanut butter dog biscuits that morning and was handing them out like Halloween candy. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Then she had to go down to the candy store to get the Sunday paper; then to the cigar store to get Papa a nickel Corona. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My sisters quit the table for the candy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get some of your favorite candy or lotion or something.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He sucked on his candy and stared down at his pointy-toed boots. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “No costume or anything. And you know I don’t allow candy.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z This will be like taking candy from a baby. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But in the morning our shoes were filled with nuts and candy, and each one of us had a small gift wrapped in green paper tied with ribbon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I took a swig of the soda that tasted like fizzy strawberry candy. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Throw a boy out the window just for candy? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course that was assuming Julie had packed things besides mushrooms and candy bars. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Too much work sucking through that hard candy shell to get to the Tootsie Roll.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The grown-ups usually gave us children most of their rations of candy, milk, and eggs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But that shows you how life is valued now when ten-year-old kids kill for a piece of candy. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She stokes it with more hunks of turkey and whole candied yams. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There were so many rows and rows of delicious candies to choose from that we’d spend an hour trying to decide how to spend the ten cents we’d each made. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When we get to the candy aisle, he places his hands on my shoulders and looks into my eyes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In the candy aisle, he adds bars of chocolate to the cart, along with jelly beans, lollipops, and chunks of candied ginger. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Various bottles line the counter, beside stacks of towels and bowls of mint candy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as you’re in the food business, why not make candy? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “What would you like?” he says, still with that lightness, as if it’s a money transaction merely, and a minor one at that: candy, cigarettes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cooper from the candy store and her daughter, Thelma, arrived next, stepping into the bucket line and asking how to help. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “This fellow was making maple candy here. Or syrup.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She reaches into it and pulls out a butterscotch candy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At which point, Herbie Goldfarb, on whom all the cop cars outside somehow hadn’t registered, tripped gaily through a pebble barrage and into the store to buy a candy bar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With my profits I buy lollipops and bananas from Otavalo and spend weekends at soccer and basketball games in nearby communities selling my sandwiches and candy and bananas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a suite with three separate bedrooms and a bar stocked with candy, sodas, and chips. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Tupperware containing various candies are laid out at two, four, eight, and ten o’clock. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Once in the menagerie, she stands behind her rope, happily charming the crowds and accepting candy. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was a quick hug, but in that minute, I inhaled deep and he smelled like soap and cinnamon candy. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The fields—wherever they were, whatever they were—had gone darker, the grass yellowing under their feet, the rides rusting, the candy apples moldering, the smell of rot and wet and damp assaulting her nostrils. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A couple of pieces of candy in tired wrappers. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The merchants were assembling their stalls, and the boy helped a candy seller to do his. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Our privilege smacked of evil and mystery whereas theirs came in recognizable panty hose packages and candy wrappers and vacuum cleaner bags and Kleenex boxes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z There were aisles of cookies, potato chips, sweet snacks, salty snacks, bags of candy, and cheese presliced into little cubes and squares. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The candy cigarette was like an extension of Styx’s fingers. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z And they would rather subscribe to the myth of Trayvon Martin, slight teenager, hands full of candy and soft drinks, transforming into a murderous juggernaut. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She was flushed with April sun and her mouth felt sticky from jelly beans and Easter candy. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Ferris gave us gifts from our mother, including candy, school clothing and supplies, plus backpacks. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They brought candy and flowers and history textbooks. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was a long road going into darkness and hills and he held to the wheel, now and again reaching into his lunch bucket and taking out a piece of candy. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it’s ironic that Apá works at a candy factory. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I loved the smell of the dirt roads after it rained, and the spicy tamarind candy from the corner store. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z "I mean, you said this candy from when you were young, right?" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Unwilling to say no, Jinjoo took the small rectangular sweet and sat with it in her hand, eyeing him and then the candy a little suspiciously. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “So your breath will smell like candy when you’re: dancing the slow dance.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Does he know I spent some of my offering money on candy? Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And Mrs. Sylvester was surely at her desk, typing, the giant jar of candy corn in front of her trembling slightly from the hum and clatter of the electric typewriter. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Each member of Homeroom 17 found a candy heart on his or her desk that morning. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z When I earned that much, I could go to the movies or go to a candy shop on 125th and buy a bag of stale candy for a dime. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They peeled themselves off the wall, away from the punch, cookies, and candy, and made it to the center of the dance floor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He would shove the entire candy bar into his mouth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Except it was only half a candy; even half the hazelnut was gone. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I was sitting back in my seat, and I taken a big bite of that candy, and it pulled a tooth right out of my mouth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Crisp candy shell, handlebars feeling outward like antennae. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But he's friendly and gives us each a peppermint candy. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He was not only a good runner, but had a great nose for burnt rocket candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Then you chew this, and when I put my hand out, you spit it out, okay? And if you don’t spit it out, if you swallowed it, then no brown candy for you, understand?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She was starting to unravel the wrapping paper when a hand slapped the candy away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She dropped her candy box to the sidewalk. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Every year, I competed in the draughts competition, and some years, I won the grand prize, which was usually a candy bar. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Last night George had eaten two plates of roast beef, veal and ham pie, carrots sweet as candy, and a mysterious dessert called meringue pudding. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Flies buzzed over a big, sticky jar of loose candy on the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At the candy counter, my father holds a toffee crunch above her flicking, disgusting tongue. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your grandmother in China is sending you candy again,” said my mother. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you dare give my daughter candy!” her mother said fiercely. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He was the one who liked sesame candy, but never ate it because he was bedridden. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We had roast beef, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, carrot cake, and candy canes. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked over at Rondell, who was chewing away at a candy bar, watching us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The candy bowl on the table clinked in tune with his steps. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The boys still got together on the corner or in front of a penny candy store of an evening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He went into a fruit and candy store to buy a paper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z All those endless letters, those sticks and circles and zigzags, filling up books and magazines, billboards and candy wrappers. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Auntie Fatima declares that the leftover candy will go to the mosque to be distributed at the Fun-Fun-Fun Islamic Quiz Game. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A kid sits behind the ticket wicket, his face framed by bags of pink and blue cotton candy. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Billy said, “Hello,” to her, and she asked him if he wanted some candy, and he said, “No, thanks.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The bland bread was fluffy, tender, and dissolved on his tongue like cotton candy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It seemed to recognize her and smiled when she gave it candy. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Chaos—candy butchers vaulting over counters, workmen staggering out from under tent flaps, roustabouts racing headlong across the lot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We each received a piece of licorice candy and a faint smile from the woman because we were successful. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “Have you eaten all of these candies on the wall, Sue-ellen?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z All the kiddos, everyone but me, who is horrified at this clown, jump up and down like he’s handing out chocolate-covered cotton candy, and Uncle Robert takes Shawn’s hand and starts toward the lineup. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And by that I mean that I liked his face and I was glad he existed—even if he couldn’t get me the crackers and the pen and the candy bar. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And, of course, he was smoking a candy cigarette. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Along the edge of the path is a thicket of weeds: goldenrod, ragweed, asters, burdocks, deadly nightshade, its berries red as valentine candies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Listen, you like this brown candy, right? You want more, right?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Sammy still got treats because he was just a little boy, but Lynn and I hadn’t bought candy in a long time. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We’ve known Old Mike, the owner of the store, since we were tall enough to reach the candy shelf. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z So I went door-to-door, begging neighbors to buy candy bars.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Over near the basketball hoops, a black Santa gives kids candy from his bag. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The neighbor kids With candies In their mouths Come running To ask, “iQue cs?” Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Bridge didn’t say what she was thinking: what about all the plastic bags the Human Rights Club was using to carry the candy wrappers around? Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Chapter Eleven sprawls on the carpet, wolfing candy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was full of oranges, apples, and candy. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I make sure no one is watching—especially Ollie Mae—then unwrap the candy and put it in my mouth fast, holding my hand up to my face and faking a cough. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Still hadn’t made enough when Dr. Rhodes suspended me for selling candy. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He ran to another kid whose arm was elbow deep in a barrel of fruity Tootsie Rolls—a candy neither Fred nor I bothered with. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But I gave him a piece of divinity, and the sweet candy melted his crankiness right away. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She dropped the money in a little candy box by her feet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I walked up to the glass display cases and looked over the rows of gum and candy bars laid out on the shelves. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She had been given a prize box of popcorn candy and was reaching in the box for the prize. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was just half my candy bar. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z One of the gangs shot up a candy store in the other gang’s territory. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to do something,” the candy woman told the manager laconically. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Didn’t I give you three pounds of candy?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He seemed to realize that, because he handed me a piece of rice candy and said, “I’d like to give you this.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he would just walk and walk and walk until the warmers and the candy bars ran out and then sit down and never get up again. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Her voice reminds me of a pin hidden inside a candy bar. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z And then she shoved the whole handful of candy corn in her mouth. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “You know, jaanoo, this Halloween business gets me quite depressed too. Who wouldn’t want to go out dressed like a rabbit and beg for candied carrots?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He pulled a candy bar from the pocket of his jacket and unwrapped it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Eating candied violets and falling asleep with our heads pillowed on logs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And what she had done was eat ywansyau filled with a kind of bitter poison, not candied seeds or the dull happiness of opium as Yan Chang and the others had thought. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “She shouldn’t! Tomorrow is All Saints’ Day, and Oma will make strudel that is even better than candy. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z She was sucking on her candy and thinking hard. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “You know, I like a mix of both. I used to always like eating candy and chips at the same time.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The tables are covered in statues of saints, colorful candles, black dolls in fancy dresses, crystal bowls of candy, bottles of perfume, and the shimmery gold and yellow colors that flavor the whole place. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He arrives only in time to watch the last of a flock of candy pink birds, equipped with long, thin beaks, skewer her through the neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes this fellow’s music was like little colored pieces of crystal candy, and other times it was the softest, saddest thing she had ever imagined about. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They were delicious—the nuts and candy of the Arctic. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was little, she’d bite into the hard candy right away to get to the honey center. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Her hands were open—in one there was the prize from the candy and in the other the pocketbook. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Zu’s face scrunched up, twisting like a piece of hard lemon candy was stuck on her tongue. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then, Lelia would stray off to the butcher’s section, Mitt to the candies. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “So it became candy. That’s what happens when a potato stays in the ground too long. Did you know that?” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I saw the white man frowning, my father grinning at me, and those barrels of candy to choose from. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At least I’ll get a little candy before they bury me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Celaena’s teeth were, of course, still red, and now she felt queasy as she stared at the bag of candy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Dorian opened his mouth to reply, but the bag of candy tipped over and spilled across the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then when they came to a certain fruit and candy store they paused for a moment on the sidewalk outside. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I help Windy gather snacks from the little kitchen in the back of the suite: candy, cookies, popcorn, and chips, and not a single vegetable. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They would buy us pizza and candy, and we would go to school only if we felt like it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nobody knows where Charlie got the gun he used to hold up Poncho's candy store three years ago. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z My Snickers bar says something about winning a million dollars, so I read the back label to see what the rules are, imagining that my candy bar is a winner. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I find that substance revolting, yet he eats it eagerly, as if it were candy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Kids dress up and knock on doors, and you give them candy. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I want a little bit of everything but I know that’s impossible, so I rush past the jars and go to the aisles that have small boxes of candy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It smelled like Fireballs—another candy Fred and I never bothered with. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She looked up at him like he was no more to her now than some ten-year-old boy come in for penny candy at the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We sit at the kitchen table covered with tulle, figurines, ribbon, and candied almonds. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I restack picture books and place the toys back in wooden bins while she sweeps for cookie crumbs, egg splots, cracklings of hard candy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky had turned to cotton candy and the city had become a plain again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dude #1: If they killed for candy, they be ready to take out the whole neighborhood just to get a rep, you know? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His face, smeared with the sticky candy, was alight with excitement. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This means that we walk separate ways now when going home and that we don’t swap candy at lunch or pass notes in class or help each other with our homework. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There are zines about all kinds of topics, like video games and candy and skateboarding. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Stifling our laughter, we’d hand the crushed coppers across the counter at the company store for candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Just like kids all over the country, we ran around collecting as much candy as we could, but we had to do so in this phony situation. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The bottom of our staircase was lined with baskets of miniature candy, and when Mr. Pirzada removed his shoes he did not place them there as he normally did, but inside the closet instead. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z My skin color was simply a fact about me, like the fact that I like candy. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A bag filled with wax lips, Jolly Ranchers, and Pixy Stix was the very thing that made Fern skip to the candy store. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It seems ironic that the commanders considered the boys old enough to fight but not old enough to smoke: The youngest recruits were given candy instead of the usual cigarette ration that older soldiers received. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He would bring Mariam chocolate candy wrapped in foil, a basketful of dyed boiled eggs, cookies. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z You want to follow the candy wrapper into the trash can. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He skids to a stop in front of us and holds out a piece of candy for each of us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z You should eat good foods like Devon who doesn’t eat nearly as much candy as me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Their bodies were splayed out at odd angles amidst candy wrappers and empty beer bottles. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The world smelled of unshared caramel candy and dust and beeswax. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t want candy—I want to win!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There was a bakery store to one side of it which sold beautiful charlotte russes with red candied cherries on their whipped cream tops for those who were rich enough to buy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This pretty little girl who was born by day wants to get taken to the candy store. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z They got to the front of the line, and Benji ordered popcorn, nuts, eight different candies, and soda. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Just then, one of the little golden girls came in with a beribboned box of candy for Teacher. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’m tired of traveling to different communities to sell sambo sandwiches and candy and fruit every weekend. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The word for “a piece of sugar” in the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit is khanda, which, as it passed through Persian to Arabic to Europe, became candy. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Matt was squatting on the floor and sucking on his stick of candy. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You? No. You were right in front of the candy shop. The woman gave you a chocolate and you followed her around like a piglet. We scooped you up and ran to the terminals.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I had my finger on the cage door release, and as Algernon watched the movement of my hand with his pink- candy eyes, I’m certain he knew what I had in mind. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t really care what Dad’s costume was, though, as long as I got candy. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The music of little dots being eaten up and ghosts following the smiling yellow cartoon was the only sound in the candy store. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Smitherman blocked the door to the general store, so she flew across the square and burst into the candy store. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But when I hear the door ding again and glance over my shoulder, I wish we had just gotten our candy at the 7-Eleven near Sneaky’s house. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Maria looks disappointed for a moment, but she seems to forget about the snowman as Mrs. Shannon gives everyone a soft piece of chocolate candy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Behind each door there were staggering supplies of candy: giant boxes of Mars Bars, Hershey’s Kisses, Snickers, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Jolly Ranchers, and huge, squirming nests of Gummi Worms. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “You did well, but you don’t get the candy.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Chris would often take me to a little kiosk down the street, where a man sold things like matches, candles, and candy. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “I’m going to have to hide this candy,” Windy says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, want to go get a candy apple and a funnel cake and help me celebrate? Colton and his dad are around here somewhere. Mom’s searching for a free table.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Man, we just came to get candy,” Sneaky says, and we keep walking. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Stroll through Union Square, which, according to Google, features organic candy corn vendors, hint-hint”—Libby should just skip college, I swear to you—“and then walk down, uh...Fourth Avenue. Yeah.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She had a little bouquet of candy tuft in a collar of paper lace. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “What signs? Tell me now,” he said, as if he were coaxing candy from my fist. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The smells of hot dogs and cotton candy mixed with the ripe scent of the animals. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Because Omi collects pebbles, and other stuff. Max’s mom got them at a fancy candy store. Never mind.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Who needed to waste a penny at the candy store when you could get a taste of molasses for free? I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “I remember that Abuelo used to give me those gummy candies that look like orange slices, and I would suck all the sugar off before eating them,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z To top it off, they found some brightly wrapped candies in a closet and savored the delicate sweet taste. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t normally share her candy; with Miguel, she is generous. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Tab held out a hand for Bridge’s candy wrapper. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Being almost thirteen, I was too old to go trick-or-treating, but being almost thirteen, I also really loved candy, so I volunteered to take the little girl from down the street. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She handed him a box of maple candy. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Later that evening Dad and I went to the grocery store and stocked up on several bags of lemons and my secret sour ingredient, Lemonhead candy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Even when we were little, she made sure I had whatever she had—from candy to new comic books to time with Kira. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Every word rolled out of my mouth heavy and hard like the round red-and-white mint candies Madrina used to give me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z If there was candy to be had, the Fugees were going to find it. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z While Vonetta and Fern charged to the counter lined with fishbowls of penny candy, I stood at the door and watched Danny the K push Ellis into the street and almost into a car. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Combine that with his candy hustle, and he’s set. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “You name them, we’ve got them. Even candied chestnuts and acorn crunch. We could feed the district for a year.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A stinging editorial in the school newspaper, the Permian Press, applauded a new rule prohibiting Pepettes from placing candy in players’ lockers every Friday. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like a kid in a candy store! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Sneaky don’t play when it comes to his candy business and his money. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Mom fished a blue jelly bean out of her candy bag. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She holds out a small, clear bag of licorice candy. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Alex wished rich people ate more canned vegetables and fewer Hershey’s Kisses, but he had to admit it was exciting to see candy and cookies. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Not like the actual candy, but more the little dispensers that come with the candy. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The receipt proved that something called blood candy had been purchased, but nothing more than that. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Bright candy skulls, family picnics on the graves, a plate set for each individual guest, a candle for the soul. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of dirty, unshaven men pour from the train and surround it, like ants on candy, cursing and stretching and lighting cigarettes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was like a circus and a carnival mixed together, except with no animals and no rides, though you could definitely buy light-up swords and cotton candy. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I wondered if they would let him have candy cigarettes in the hospital. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Her ribs were as thin as candy canes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I got candy in the car. Lots of candy.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And there’s pictures, and even stuff that you dropped or threw away, like a candy wrapper. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I have some pennies in my pocket so I stop at the corner store for some candy. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The sky looked like cotton candy as I made my way downstairs. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Expecting candy and having none, the boys took turns unplugging the radio. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She’d said she just wanted to check in with me, but then she’d immediately pushed the candy dish my way, so I knew there was a heavy topic on the agenda. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the candy lady, who is gray-haired and never smiles, disappears into another room and returns a few minutes later with a wafer cone, pale yellow lemon-chiffon ice cream dripping from it. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z There was usually only one to a candy box and often not even that, and I was not good at telling them on sight. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “But how do you put that in a piece of candy?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z We received baskets of candy until we grew older and the Easter Bunny branched out. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z So every time something was shiny or bright—and these boots were both—she assumed they were candy. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Where his private candy box opens for him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He offered a lopsided smile, then struck up a candy cigarette for the walk back to the moped. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The next day, Christmas Day, in the middle of Christmas dinner, Jorge suffered a heart attack, flipped over in his chair, his mouth full of candied sweet potato, and died. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t even bother me that most of the mothers paid us in homemade candy. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice trailed off and he tapped the candy cigarette against his lips. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Today is not the day to go to the candy store. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She stomped over to it, picked up an expensive-looking ceramic dish that was holding some sort of candies, and flung it at the window. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His body felt insubstantial, like he was made of helium and cotton candy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Next to the movie theater is the soda shop that sells old-fashioned candy and ice cream. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Dad takes over the candy bowl job and stands at the door. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z As she listened to the little sounds of pleasure her brothers made, she wrapped the rest of the candy in the cloth that they had used for their food. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And they wanted to steal my candy and the money. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She leads the way down the block, past the candy store, the bakery, the diner, to the park on the corner. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But it would have taken more than a few pieces of cheap candy to console April and Melanie. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Not one person says food pyramid or dairy product or candy or anything about why they are here. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She dug around in her purse until she found a piece of wrapped peppermint candy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It’s unzipped, revealing every pack of candy I had. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He tried to instill some military training in me, but always sweetened it with candy. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In one city, a famous gangster robbed a bank of five thousand dollars and spent the whole lot on candy bars that same afternoon. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z We look around the grocery store, spending a lot of time in the candy aisle observing how different the flavors are—green tea Kit Kat bars, wasabi drops, squid-flavored gummies, and melon soda. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You have to believe me that I didn’t mean to hurt you and tell your secret. I wasn’t thinking. Maybe it was all the candy. A sugar overload.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The canvas is taut and nearly translucent—sunlight filters through the material and seams, illuminating the largest candy stand of all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She closes the door almost all the way, and returns moments later with a bowl of candy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A kid in a candy aisle with a big bag? The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Most kids couldn’t wait for the end of October and filled their dreams with Halloween candy. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z There had been another candy that was like a soft but chewy fruit snack that was covered in sugar. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It has been years since we left Iran—but I wonder about the candy bars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Soon, she was dreaming about candy elephants and cookies the size of pancakes. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The tummy medicine tasted like liquid candy canes without sugar, but it worked. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “We don’t give sample candy, young lady,” he said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They were so astonished and so pleased that they just stood looking at their candies. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Once candies begin to melt and spread, remove from the oven. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Corporal Whitcomb’s mud-caked shoes were on the chaplain’s blanket, and he was eating one of the chaplain’s candy bars as he thumbed with a sneering expression through one of the chaplain’s Bibles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z If their pictures matched, the machine spit out a chunk of candy. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He sat up and sniffed it and wagged his tail and took the candy from between my fin' gers real gentle. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But he don’t try to give me no candy. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Instead of putting candy wrappers in my pocket, I threw them in the street. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, lets go to the candy store and get some,” Suesetta says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I knew there wasn’t candy in the dish, but Mom reached inside and picked up a little gold key. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I picked mine up and nervously tore at the butcher-paper wrapping: a bag of candy. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Borkowski always gave Raymie candy in exchange for the toenail cutting, and if you got paid for something, it couldn’t be a good deed. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z On top of getting a whipping, my consequence for leaving church to get candy was that besides doing my own chores, I have to do Shirley’s and Jimmie’s, too. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But football games were not won with noble role models and the cotton candy that college presidents liked to spin out for the media. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then we can hand out candy and stuff and have a sleepover.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z "Tell Becca that when she feels up to it to come by the store for a piece of candy," said Mr. Pike. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Not a sniffle, not a candy wrapper crackling, not a creak in the wooden church pews, nothing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Where we played pranks on people and traded candy while talking trash after school. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Dad sang along with the song: “Andy would bicycle across town in the rain to bring you candy.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I know I can’t depend on just the candy money, though. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Tia let them open every bag of candy we had left to keep them quiet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “She stands in the menagerie and takes candy.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It fits you perfectly, Josh, she said: You never clean your closet, and that bed of yours is always filled with cookie crumbs and candy wrappers. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z I eye the bags of chips and boxes of candy greedily. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Long before Joe stood in the drugstore watching a girl buy candy, Violet had stumbled into a crack or two. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Both pieces of candy were white, and flat and thin and heart-shaped. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hear someone operating a candy machine in the subway,” said Ear. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He gave us candy all year round, year after year, every time we went into the drugstore. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He helps himself to a piece of gelt from the candy bowl, peels the gold foil, and pops the chocolate coin into his mouth before reciting the prayers in Hebrew. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Whenever my dad brought home a case of candy bars, we ran to the door. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She had candy and potato chips, a bottle of soda and a large water. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Mom was cradling a bundle in her arms and giggling sort of guiltily, like she’d stolen a candy bar from a dime store. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The next day at school I told Savanna I had eaten some really bad Halloween candy and gotten sick, which is why I went home early from her party, and she believed me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Fully grown women were seen going into sweetshops and buying ten Wonka candy bars at a time, then tearing off the wrappers on the spot and peering eagerly underneath for a glint of golden paper. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Little girls were warned not to take candy from strangers, not to speak to strange men. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That was a sort of hard candy bar made out of sugar, chocolate, and oat flour. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z How I had stolen from the cash register and bought candy for everybody I knew, not just brothers and sisters, but strangers too and ghost children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z From his pocket, he pulled out a small bag of sesame candy and offered Jinjoo one. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Her mom made her hand over all the sticky candy the moment we got home last night. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Mister Brannon was her uncle and she could get free candy and drinks at his place any time she wanted to. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And when any child came in to buy chips, candy, or soda, Speed made them calculate how much change she owed them— they got a free Hershey’s kiss for each correct answer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z A single pink boot, all shiny like candy, one of the fastest boots in the world, real nishin. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The other stuff on my plate was candied sweet potatoes, string beans, and something I didn’t recognize, little brown clumps. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “I’m going to stop by the candy store on my way back. I’ll bring you back some Sugar Daddies, okay?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And then you see somebody you know at the front of the line, so you give her your dollar and she buys the candy bar for you. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She pulled the candy out and held it up triumphantly. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "You always say that when we come here. Don't nobody want no stale candy, Ms. CeeCee," Bit said, fighting himself to cool his tone. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Styx puffed on the stub of his candy cigarette. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I don’t go near the candy or the attendant will think I’m stealing and kick me out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They were more interested in leftover change for Jolly Ranchers candy than in stationery and stamps. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She had read many of them, because he recommended them, but they were like cotton candy that so easily evaporated from her tongue’s memory. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Shady Creek may be a magical fairyland of a suburb most of the time, but when the candy runs out on Halloween, the criminal underbelly emerges. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z We’d be with our uncle, moon over the Jackson Five, and get candy without spending money that could go toward our Madison Square Garden savings. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Beyond them, a catamaran and some parasailing boats bob in the distance, anchored and bright like candies. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In the fruit and candy store where he had bought the newspaper that afternoon he selected a basket of fruit wrapped in cellophane. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When people here ask me what kind of candy I like, I say, “Orich!” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Here, Ruthie, write your name on it and that will be for your candy.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I thought about the little gifts Kazi gives us all the time—pieces of candy under our pillows or a ripe tomato from the garden, sliced, salted, and sprinkled with chili pepper on a plate. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “And all the chocolate and candies that you could eat for the rest of your life—free!” said Grandpa George. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The piper marched up and down the streets and blew his silver flute and cried out, “Come to the candy mountain!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Celaena issued a jolly laugh and crammed some of the candy into her mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Of course, it had turned out that he’d wandered over to inspect the candy aisle. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Children scrambled for the candy tossed by a black Santa Claus. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In the hospital, friends and even total strangers visited Lilya and brought her candy and other little presents. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I’m proud of you, Lucy. But if you miss another homework assignment, you will lose your computer for a week. And no TV. Or candy.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “You’re new, right?” she asked, chewing on the candy necklace she wore. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “And thank you for the candy corn,” said Louisiana. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “I have never known a dog that cared for hard candy,” said Miss Franny, “but he is welcome to try one.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z A broom was propped in one corner, near the candy dispenser and the rusty hair dryer that had not been used in a hundred years. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When I passed by the taffy pull in the window of the candy store, I thought about calling Fred to see if he wanted to watch the game or hang out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They, too, had received a bag of candy. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He explained that the Earth was like a big ball of candy, with different layers. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z I eat candy and slowly, bit by bit, tell her about Farooq. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I dropped my backpack in a room with my dad that smelled like furniture polish and lemon candies and decided to hike down the sidewalk for a side-by-side comparison of the accommodations. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z "Well it didn't. Not like watching a video's going to teach me how to hold up a candy store." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Whenever Bandit needed a few pennies to buy melon seeds or candied plums, she sent Precious Coins to ask Grandmother for them. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z There were men in long narrow stalls set against the sides of buildings who sold toys and different candies— one a type of sweet but hot-tasting, candied ginger that was a bright orange-red in color. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But apart from eating a piece of candy for the sake of his family and praying for their safety, there was nothing I could do. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z While other students casually worked to complete the worksheet, Boobie ate some candy and left blank the entire second page, which asked for definitions of certain genetic terms. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Does she know I left church to get candy? Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Though my basket was hill, I found room for a sack of hard candy and a small loaf of sugar. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Laleh ignored all the stews and rice and went straight for the bowl of cucumbers, which she ate whole, like candy bars. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I lie in bed thinking about those days when the streets smelled like smoke and ash, when the stores where we’d just bought candy were closed and all boarded up. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “She has a huge sweet tooth. I know your mom’s been buttering her up—bringing her Pakistani candy, making her sweet chai tea.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z While they were frying, Francie ran down to the candy store and bought a penny’s worth of brown rock candy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a striped candy cane for each one. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “What if we melted rocket candy before loading it into the casement?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Anderson, the art teacher, poured pink sugar into a cotton candy machine. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The sister who sneaks me M&M’s during Lent, when Mom makes me give up candy and you give up soda. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Last Christmas he had decided that Almond Roca was his favorite candy and that he should have some on hand all year long. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z From my backseat car window, I would point my nose toward Kiddieland and breathe in the smells of roasting hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, and candied apples cooling on refreshment stand counters. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Henry candy bar when he suddenly stopped munching and listened to the tune the radio was playing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Her big ears flap back and forth as she accepts candy and popcorn and even chewing gum from delighted circus-goers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I would have kissed her but she had candy, com bread, and molasses all over her face. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Cats scrambled through the garbage cans that stood in front of some of the houses, and the sidewalks were strewn with old newspapers, ice cream and candy wrappers, worn cardboard cartons, and torn paper bags. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Eang’s sister made candies and hid bits of gold in them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Getting seven teeth drilled for cavities made me never want to eat candy again!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In England, the famous scientist, Professor Foulbody, invented a machine which would tell you at once, without opening the wrapper of a candy bar, whether or not there was a Golden Ticket hidden underneath it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z There’s a faint scent of Violet Mints, the lavender-flavored candy Nan loved. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Mary had lovely golden curls, and her candy heart had a poem on it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, we go in this grocery store, and Jimmy was upset because I told him he couldn’t have a candy or something. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z At one point, I tore open a bag of Jolly Ranchers I’d brought with me and popped a piece of green apple hard candy into my mouth. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There was also a laptop computer, a litigation bag with the FBI insignia in yellow, and a box of maple sugar candies—acorns, wee pilgrims, in fluted paper cups. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They had two children who never got anything special except a little rice candy, even before camp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I add a move that’s like popping M&M’s into my mouth, and then we do one where we throw candy to the audience. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z After, they ate the candies one by one until they met in the middle. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We decided to enter our school’s talent show and do the candy boy shake. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Each of us hugs him, promises to bring him candy and toys. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He soothed Baby with a ball of candy gum and eased the coat from her shoulders. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But when she spoke Valmiki’s mantra, she felt magic on her tongue, like fizzing Pop Rocks candy. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s candy. It kind of looks like a cloud, and it doesn’t taste like anything. It’s just really, really sweet. Sometimes Mrs. Borkowski put walnuts on top of it.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Constance coughed and spluttered upon a candied chestnut. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Bluefin comes in small, fancily contoured glass bottles, and it tastes like blue cotton candy. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When I turned back around, I stopped breathing and almost dropped the candy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Laura passed him a handful of candy bars, and he filled his pockets with them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “I have money. I have my savings. I brought fifty cents for our records and candy. Here, take half.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I filled a red plastic cup with lemonade and then plopped in one Lemonhead candy for an added punch of lemony goodness. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z This thing, for him, was far, far worse than seeing slabs of chocolate in the shop windows or watching other children munching creamy candy bars right in front of him. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a bar of candy—nothing more. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z At any moment, she might see her baba emerge with tales of adventure and a pocket full of sesame candy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “That kid is something else! Came here selling candy one day before I cut his hair.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Too old to go out and get candy, and too young to go to the kind of parties Hana goes to. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Ear folded his ears as a small boy began to throw a temper tantrum by the candy machine. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z All those scenes I had admired on the candy boxes were even more impressive in reality. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Benton Sage, having written only one page in four days, celebrated Christmas morning by watching a rerun of The Wonder Years and eating a candy bar. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Jenna finally selects a Peppermint Patty, and we head back to the counter to pay for the candy. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z We went to the movies, and ate candy and popcorn, and held hands for a few minutes on the way home. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The houses on my street were decorated with bright holiday lights, displaying their glowing Santas and candy canes, but it still felt like Diego and I were alone in the world. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I’m guessing Sneaky’ll think twice about selling candy at school, but it’s the complete opposite! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I put one of the candy bars back. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Pizza is the best deal—a dollar fifty will buy two slices, a can of soda, and a cherry Blow Pop from the candy bucket next to the register. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z At school, I consulted with the other boys and it was agreed we would load Auk XX with melted rocket candy the following Friday and fire it on Saturday. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I disagree. The healthier snack rule was good. It is bad for your body to fill with candy.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The single book worked its way down the line like a candy bar on a wrapping machine. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “When I was fifteen? You say it like it was a long time ago. Hell, I barely had money for a candy bar.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The soldiers used to give us candy and other treats. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It must have been half past five in the morning, well after several delirious games of cards and charades that had been brought on by too much candy and too little sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Otis asked when I handed him the candy. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They wave and blow mock kisses from their candy stands and ticket booths and from the bumper-car rink. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Snaps dried to candy in ten or twelve sleeps. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I do not believe that people should eat candy without sharing it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She eats the candy, and its sweetness is good. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I tap one end of the candy bar, making it teeter-totter on my knee. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z To keep the crowd occupied while this happens, the band plays a concert and the clowns, including Walter, tour the stands, handing out candy and chucking tots’ chins. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Tom Meek, the constable, came out of Bell’s candy store and fell into step with Cal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They, too, are snacking on candies for emotional reasons; they, too, are searching the grainy newsreel for the faces of fiances. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On Thursday he shared the sweet milk candy with the guards and put on his clean clothes, which were tight for him, and the patent leather boots. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He returned to where Sergio was surveying the gum and candy display under the counter while he waited. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Laura pulled open a couple of cardboard boxes, filled with candy bars. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sylvester kept an extremely large jar of candy corn on her desk at all times and in all seasons because she believed in feeding people. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z "We got ninety cents and we need as much candy as you can give us," John John explained. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “We’re friends,” I repeat for the third time as I pick out my favorite red candies. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “A missed connection. You know those posts where it’s like, I saw you on the F train reading Fifty Shades of Grey and eating candy corn.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “We have all this candy left over. I kind of wonder whether Celeste even answered the door last night. I’ve eaten like half a bag already.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Ms. CeeCee had been the neighborhood candy lady since the Low Cuts' parents were kids. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Bronwyn acted as den mother, rounding us up every time one of us strayed to get a closer look at a stall of brightly colored pinwheels or steaming boiled candy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He said they either came to work late or never and when they did often passed off fruit and candy and six- packs of beer to their friends. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Stuff came falling onto the back steps: socks, shirts, jocks, towels, candy wrappers, pizza crusts, Cheerios, mouse... Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Many times a day, he would see other children taking creamy candy bars out of their pockets and munching them greedily, and that, of course, was pure torture. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z In a way it was a waste, because Ralph was still too little to get the real good flavor out of candy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Like a feast for a royal family, but it’s really just baked macaroni and cheese, greens, candied yams, and ox tails with white rice. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The soldiers were tossing candy down to us. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mrs. Hyatt and every teacher after her always let Maria take charge of the green paper cutout candy canes and the purple-striped stars cut from wrapping paper. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Jinjoo took out the last brown candy bar and shared it with her siblings. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I and my little redheaded sister, Mary Toy, always followed him down the hall, and he usually gave us each a stick of penny candy before shutting the company room door in our faces. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The sloppy Greek who made candy for Charles Parker. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She was taken to the room with the long, brown table, except now there was a bowl of sugar-coated almond candy in the middle of the table, a Koran, a green veil, and a mirror. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z With a slam of her cleaver, she cracked rock candy into jagged pieces. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The tooth looked like one of those Halloween candy corns that had been boiled in sewage. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The boys came back with candy and new toys. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Start handing out dates like they were candy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Jinjoo furrowed her eyebrows as she tried to sear into her memory the look and taste of the most delicious candy she’d ever eaten. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z All I ever see Biddy eat at school was potato chips and candy bars. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe I hadn’t really thought about a hard candy maybe being dangerous. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He was a nice old man who sometimes gave me penny candy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know how it goes. It somehow went from you slipping folks candy in the halls to you slipping folks weed in the halls.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It was on the corner, a newsstand chain: papers, candy, cigarettes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We sit on the curb with our candy at our feet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Was I supposed to eat the candy heart? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The candy-store man had hoarded all broken bits of candy for weeks and now passed it out in little bags for all who came begging. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Omit to, if you wish, in a negative statement: Children ought not take candy from strangers. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like she was carrying a ball of cotton candy the way she was beaming. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If he killed for candy, imagine what he would do for twenty or thirty dollars—he’d shoot the President! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sahil took another bite of his chewy candy and then said, “Hmm. Did you hear that I once ate twelve doughnuts in one sitting?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It is too poignant, like the little boy peering in the candy store window. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She held the pebbles carefully in her lap, and her candy heart wrapped carefully in her handkerchief until she got home and could put it away to keep always. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was the birthplace of the family fortune. It was there that my great-grandfather manufactured the Littmus Lozenge, a candy that was famous the world over.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He held up the candy bar, an inch from Maniac’s lips. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Love got Mary Toy and me and Pink Predmore and the other boys to give out balloons and stick candy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z After the trick-or-treating, we went back to our apartment, and we sat on the floor with candles all around and split up our candy. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I ask Mr. Nielsen if I can use my own earnings to give a child a stick of penny candy now and then, and he laughs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She rips off a portion of the candy bag and hands it to me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z If you ever see someplace like that, it’s very noticeable, because everybody is used to a bit of dirt or candy wrappers or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I slide my legs off the bed and watch her gather her things and pick up candy litter. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It was enough to buy a whole bagful of his favorite candy mix at CVS. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z It’s a lot of effort to get candy, and we always have candy in our apartment anyway. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I put down the spoons I’d been using to measure the ingredients of the rocket candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He lifted him into the front seat of the truck and gave him a candy cane left over from Christmas. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The houses were like giant boxes of candy here, multicolored, bright, some even obnoxiously neon. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We told Titi Generosa we didn’t have to bathe daily, that we had no chores, that we could eat candy for lunch, and that we could wear whatever we wanted whenever we felt like it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “We decorated them and set them out on our desks, and everyone went around the room to put stuff in them, including Abby. She even gave me candy! Here, I’ll show you.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Wanna know why? She sold candy, Dr. Cook. Not drugs. Candy.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I did tell you, didn’t I, how the Gaming Machine gives you a candy when you win?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Too bad I’m not in the candy business anymore; I would’ve probably had a Snickers or something in my backpack. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I savored it, as I might savor an expensive piece of candy given only at Christmas. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z At the McIntyres’ a coffin was placed in front of the door, and Mr. McIntyre rose from it in silence, his face covered with chalk, and deposited a fistful of candy corns into our sacks. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The hypnotic whirl of the cotton candy machine helped keep my full-on panic about our secret show at bay. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z As he and Rondell climbed onto the bus, I went back to the waiting area and bought candy bars and Cokes and chips from the vending machines. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Both bars of candy, the birthday one and the one Grandpa Joe had bought, had long since been nibbled away, and all he got now were those thin, cabbagy meals three times a day. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Whenever Mr. Isles came to call after that, he always brought one box of candy for Mother and us, and a separate box for Lillian. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It took us two days: chopping candied fruit, mixing the cake by hand, and lining cake tins with cut-up brown paper bags. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I tried to think about basketball players, skateboards, the different kinds of candy in my mom’s shop. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I had to give Tommy all my candy, but don’t worry. My little brother knows how to keep a secret.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Madam’s list of required delicacies was endless: gingerbread, pies of brandied peaches and preserved cherries and mincemeat, macaroons, blancmange, Jordan almonds, sugar candy, as many kinds of cake as there were fingers on both hands. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She was too old then and living on borrowed time to repeat the miracle of the little candy animals, and none of her descendants had inherited her strength. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Now when he closed his eyes she was suddenly there, hot candy presence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He flicked invisible ash off his candy cigarette. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z People drank Coca-Colas like ambrosia and ate candy bars like Christmas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it tasted good it would be candy.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Carts carried coconut candy, sticks of sugarcane, molasses toffee, and dried papaya slices. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I loved that candy and I’d beg and beg until I got it all. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like cotton candy: sugar and air. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A vendor on the corner is selling water bottles, candy, and newspapers, and I stop real fast to get Skittles since they double as an appetizer and breath mint. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z And of course, the salesmen, whether it be kids selling candy or dudes moving DVDs, one for five, three for ten. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z ‘She always tries to show off. She’s going down to Mister Brannon’s café to get candy. He’s her uncle and she gets it free.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Placing it on the carpet, she pats a spot beside her and puts the candy bag between us. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z At these gatherings, the host serves roast pig, duck, beef, sweet cakes, and beautiful candies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was from The Three Musketeers, which was a book way before it became the name of a candy bar. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Each of us had a piece of candy for dessert. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She runs to Miguel with a bag full of candy, a party treat. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Let’s hit the road. You better grab that whole bag of candy cane truffles from the backseat. I think we need them in our emotionally fragile state.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Just before his army physical, he ate a fistful of candy bars; thanks to the consequent soaring blood sugar, he failed the physical. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The small shop sold newspapers, magazines, toys, games, ice cream, sundries, and of course, candy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z King Bull Sparra crammed the last candied chestnuts into his beak and chomped with evident enjoyment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "Two fifty! That's penny candy! At least it was when I was coming up." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z It’s for dressing up and laughing and trick-or-treating and getting candy. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Before we got busy he pulled out a hash pipe and a piece of hash the size of a candy bar. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z When different druggists or clerks waited on us, they also gave us candy. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Auntie Fatima marches around the table clockwise, making a sample bag to show us what we are aiming for: a muddle of cheap, kitschy candy. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Mama’s rule was: don’t buy candy or cake if you have a penny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t easy to find, but I am leaving a bag of Abuelo’s favorite candy on the community altar at Calaca. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Instead of saying anything back I shoved the rest of my second candy bar in my mouth and chewed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes I went to her door very early in the morning and waited for the candy. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead he said, “I want a slice of pizza, but I’ll take a candy bar.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He brought me gifts whenever he visited—candy, money, clothes—and I cried when he had to leave. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She tries to pat my head with the candy hand but I duck. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like a box of chocolates, but I knew Bailey wouldn’t save money to buy candy when we had all we could want under our noses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom and Alice are always using the phrase “eye candy” to talk about these people. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z If Phoebe’s candies were down here, they couldn’t see them anymore. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a twelve-pack of Life Savers and I spent the rest of the party arranging and rearranging the candy tubes in the order of my favorites. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I follow Sneaky to the candy aisle, which is right near the front counter. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z There were glass bowls of cookies and candies, but I could not take my eyes off the cake in the middle. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z A few mothers brought cupcakes and passed out heart- shaped candies with sayings printed on them. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Baba digs into her purse and pulls out a butterscotch candy. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z That compliment made him seem much older, like he was giving a penny candy to an anxious little kid. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z With cries of delight, they fell upon them as if they were candied berries. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I almost drop all the candy on the ground when the guy at the register bangs on the counter to get our attention. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I’d stood on the outside, looking in, on my way home from school, It had a soda fountain and jars of lemon drops, licorice whips, and candy buttons. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z All the windows of the candy machine had red sold-out flags in them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When we returned home, I gave them each two pieces of candy and I began my letters. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Then later, if someone asks you where you got the candy bar, you’ll say you bought it at the store. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I turned the diamond-shaped candy over and over in my filthy hand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I walked down the hall and noticed notes and plastic bags of candy taped to some of the lockers. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z "I used to live with my auntie. She kept a candy store. I used to get ever so many candies. As many as I liked. When'll your dad rescue us?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was nice to be surprised even if you couldn’t eat the candy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured the teacher offered me the candy to shut up Claire and Molly and to make me feel good that I accidentally got all the questions right. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I did the dishes, swept dust and candy wrappers out from underneath the couch, mopped the living room floor, wiped the bathroom sink clean of my toothpaste smears, and even made my bed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I was suddenly starving, and wished I had saved my candy bar instead of offering it to my brother. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A counselor supplied her with nicotine patches and advice, not always easy for her to follow: stay out of the house; stay busy; avoid stress; satisfy oral cravings with, say, candy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z If he caught you throwing candy wrappers on the sidewalk, he would give you a whack with his open hand on the bottom hard enough to lift you off the ground. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Our inventory was down to a bag of Cheetos, peanut butter crackers, some Twizzlers, and a snack pack of Oreos, plus the candy I had managed to stuff into my backpack. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z On the other spread the city of Venice—red-tiled roofs, metal church domes, steepled towers, and sun-bleached buildings in all the colors of Valentine candy hearts—red, white, ochre, pink, and orange. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A voice in my head said, Never take candy from strangers. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When I asked her why she was wasting her candies, she said she was burying them like the box her Mama and PapS had buried in their yard that was bad to touch. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't eat candy, but I was fairly certain he did. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Departing, he visited a movie theater, where, uncharacteristically, he chatted with an usher and a candy vendor. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Frank picked up a braided cylinder about the size of a candy bar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Right, like she understood Me: Rachelle blows a candy cigarette smoke ring at my face. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Last time I had been there, I practically had to donate blood to get a candy heart. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But halfway down the block from the bus stop there was a barber pole reflecting a candy cane of light from the window. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Maria and I stand over his crib talking about all the candy we could buy with just one of those fans. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Five admirers on every street corner, twenty or so friends, the favorite of most of my teachers, spoiled rotten by Father and Mother, bags full of candy and a big allowance. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At the end of the table, a number of Oompa-Loompas were busily painting more faces on more candies. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I could smell the rubbery odor through the candy. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though there was no stage to dive off, Joe stood on one of our little amps and leaped into the crowd, where he was caught by some of Selena’s candy crew. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Now they used the space to stash Halloween candy before Mama confiscated it. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I was having trouble deciding what kind of candy I wanted. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Step right back into our row, candy in our cheeks, just as Pastor Dames begins his sermon. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He never brought me candy or asked me to the movies or did any of the things a boyfriend was supposed to do. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody knows that you get the best candy early. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I’m still working on the list,” she said, pushing some candy across her desk at me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He could be counted on to play gin rummy and dominoes, to bring us candy and soda, and to make Mami smile like she hadn’t done in a long time. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z No children went there to buy candy, they knew better. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z On our way back from the candy store, Brian and I liked to spy on the Green Lantern—a big dark green house with a sagging porch right near the highway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If he could get it out of die plane, or if he could just get into it and pull something out A candy bar. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She pushed against her sister’s resistance until she finally agreed to eat the candy. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I figured,” says Namrata, throwing back a fistful of candy corn. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She cut open the belly and lifted out the warm liver, the “candy” of her people. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my turn to close the Store, and my book, half read, lay on the candy counter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you maybe lose it up at the cliffs yesterday?” asked Eevie, who was standing at the table scraping the honey from the candy platter with a finger. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They don’t know that I miss you more than I miss candy when Mom makes me give it up for Lent. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A phony business was set up, be it a candy store, a comic-book shop, or a florist. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z While the candy was still soft, I pushed a glass rod into it—borrowed from Miss Riley’s lab supplies—forming a spindle hole. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking that I’m starving and I have a candy bar in my bag. You want half?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He told me he had lots of candy in his daddy’s barn. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She had just been thinking about a sack of wintergreen candy she had bought there the day before. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In horror the boys watched her raise the slimy, dirty, half-chewed glob of candy above the tabletop to examine it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I'm hungry enough to stuff all the candy into my mouth at once, but I open my hand to Mouse Girl. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Even those tales of razors in Halloween candy are just urban rumors. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe you of all people fell for his cotton candy dreams.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I found a gumdrop and a candy cigarette and a fancy button. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z When the sheriff let us by, the girls still wanted their comic books and candy but I wouldn’t take anything from JimmyTrotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They were hidden under an empty pack of cigarettes, a long string of squares that looked more like candy than he thought they should. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z To sweeten the deal, they also secretly agreed to divide up parts of Poland, the Baltic States, Finland, and Romania, as if European nations were a box of candy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But when Mrs. Harper passed out the sheet music to “I Could Have Danced All Night,” I didn’t remember the candy stealing or the freezing-cold showers. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They had worked hard to eradicate customs that had begun to corrupt their society, banning even seemingly benign diversions such as a gaming machine, a simple gambling device that spit out candy to its winners. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When particulate matter in the atmosphere was sufficient, light from the ground got trapped and reflected back, and the entire Detroit sky would become the soft pink of cotton candy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It’s good to know, but we can’t do much about it right now, can we? So let’s get to work on these candies. The kids will be excited.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I give the stick To a friend, And more candies Rain to the ground. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With nothing else to give them, Jinjoo broke open another brown candy bar and gave two pieces each to her sister and brothers, only allowing herself to lick her fingers where the candy melted. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z There were no welcome posters, no murals, no candy stands. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The boys were energized by the thought of more candy and didn’t stop as much. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Then the kids stepped up one after another to give Grandpa sticky candy kisses, and he embraced them all with tears in his eyes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone thought Elizabeth and Marshall were just “darling,” and “adorable,” and they had to be admired and fussed over before the Egyptians could take their candy and leave. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Those are the only two memories I have of Aziz: the little river of flowers and sewage, and a sad old grin giving me stale candy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A green oblong pill, a blue-and-white capsule, and a yellow tablet that dissolves in your mouth like flavorless candy. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She even took me to the store so I could use some of my candy money to get a present for him: a basketball hoop to put on the back of his bedroom door. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z So is the little bag of hard candies—almost everything is gone but an old dress and a pair of underwear. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “We printed the name of our new business on the candy wrappers. See?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z There were coats, candy, and a few items that she had no idea what they were. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Alfred began to feel cramps in his stomach at the mingled smells of cotton candy, barbecue, fried chicken, and hot dogs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I must have tinkered too much wondering how my invisible grandmother, illiterate and dependent on letter writers, could give us candy free. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'll be depressive soon enough, but while you eat your candy just allow me to chew the rag; there's a kind of substance in it." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We split the cost of the candy, and I hate going into Daddy’s sock to take out seven dollars and some change. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z We’re in our costumes, buzzed on Halloween candy and trying to sit through our presentations until it’s time to go to the festival. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Mighty dressed up just to come to a candy store, young ladies,” he says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They made circles, and curlicues, and squiggledy things, and these hardened at once and were candy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Because he works all day packaging candy, he always has problems with his body—cuts, back pains, glue burns, and swollen legs, just to name a few. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There were now only two brown candies left. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And she went behind the candy counter and hummed, “Glory, glory, hallelujah, when I lay my burden down.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfazed, she turned around and began stalking the aisles, indiscriminately pulling candy bars and bags of chips off the shelves. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps for this reason she always thought of him as having candy in his mouth, candy staining the edges of his straight, cruel teeth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The next time I saw Charlie Kahn, after the night he hit me, I was stopped at the APlus for a candy bar. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Eight thirty-five,” he says, putting the candy into a bag but not handing it over until Sneaky gives him the money. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Frankenstein Girl was still reading her book when Sunny plopped a chocolate-covered candy down on the table in front of her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Mrs. Albury made the best divinity candy in all of Key West. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The same bell Hannah listened to whenever she came in for a candy fix. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z When the band played the final note of the song, I took off my Maríachi hat and, like Selena with her candy necklace, tossed it into the crowd. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “And that’s chocolate all over your mouth. Even my grandson doesn’t eat his candy like this!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I ate only one candy from the Halloween bag, but I can’t stop worrying about outgrowing my body cast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z It's Friday night and the weekend ahead is already calling us to the candy lady's house, my hand in Daddy's. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z They finished all but the last candy—that one was for Naomi—and hopped down from the porch to play marbles on the packed dirt in front of the store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was hard candy on the outside but the inside was a warm burst of actual honey, like you’d stuck your spoon into the jar when no one was looking. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I move a box of oatmeal and a carton of bread crumbs to get to the candy stash. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I go straight to Mrs. Parker’s office, where she offers me candy from the jar on her desk. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And the Best Little Store by a Dam Site was a good place to shop for treats and small luxuries, everything from cheap cigars to Oh Henry! candy bars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I’m wearing this to protest the treatment of homeless people in this country. I’m going to ask for only spare change tonight, instead of candy, and I’m going to give it all to the homeless.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I had moved on to the candy bars and cookies and was trying to figure out what might last us ten days without melting into a disgusting ooze or bouncing into a bag of crumbs. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Before she went back on the trail, Omakayas rinsed off the old candy lump in the lake. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He hooks me up with extra pegao because I’ve always loved crispy rice since I was a kid, maybe because it’s crunchy like some of my favorite candy. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It had started out being sixty seconds alone with the candy counter; now it was one large pizza per week for a whole year. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She bought blue-corn tortilla chips and brought home blue candy from the shop. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I knew it! I’m the man! I’m hot! Lemme hold that piece of candy!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z If you ask who I am as a person, I wouldn’t say, “I like candy.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “The Atomic Fireballs,” Benny said, holding up a red-hot candy before popping it into his mouth. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z But some days, when it's raining and Mama won’t let me go outside, I see them on the block, their fingers laced together, heading around the corner to the bodega for candy. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Um, if you say so. But I promise you, the kids here are all about the candy, and they seriously don’t care where it comes from.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She gave him all her emergency rations: chocolate and candy and sweetened condensed milk. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When Raymie told Mrs. Sylvester that she was going to enter the Little Miss Central Florida Tire contest, Mrs. Sylvester had clapped her hands together and said, “What a wonderful idea. Have some candy corn.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Naturally, I had been going to that school for three years without ever being offered candy from that lady’s desk — but whatever. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been too busy guzzling candied chestnuts to let it bother him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His mouth was crammed with the candy now and his throat rippled as he swallowed. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing she didn’t put on crackers was the chocolate-covered ants, which she just put on a plate so they looked like miniature chocolate candies. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z She loved her red mittens and she loved the candy, but she loved her doll best of all. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if suddenly we were all just thinking about candy. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Plenty of our neighbors will be handing out candy. Put your dad on, okay?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Smiling with his hand tucked behind him, he looks just like he did when he stole my Easter candy from my basket and thought I didn’t know exactly where it was. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Oh, come on, Moll, you won’t get caught,’ ” he says in a gruff whisper, “ ‘don’t you love candy, don’t you want some, come on, just one time?’” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I could not imagine a movie more interesting than this day of mine, or a candy as sweet as the idea that Jason was real and might be my brother. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z They found some great salty caramel chocolate at a candy store. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I settle into my nest with a bag of candy corn and the blood-sucking monster. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Francie, here’s a penny. Run down to the candy store and get a sheet of writing paper and an envelope.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We were allowed one egg apiece and two ounces of candy, and very little milk. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He bit off a chunk of the candy bar he was holding. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her presents were a pair of brown Oxford shoes and a box of cherry candy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I could eat any kind of candy I wanted because I still had my baby teeth. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z At the age of two, he got up in the middle of the night, found his way outside without waking his parents, and entered a house down the street to plunder a neighbor’s candy drawer. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold up my bag of candy, much heavier than I ever expected it to be. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The two of them poked around in a bookshop for a while, and then Jule bought them both cotton candy. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “The kids who are going to find the Golden Tickets are the ones who can afford to buy candy bars every day. Our Charlie gets only one a year. There isn’t a hope.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Styx drew on his candy cigarette, in the way that meant he had a lot of thoughts he wasn’t going to say. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My mouth, for instance, craved sweets, figs in their heavy syrup, coconut candy, soft golden flans. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She picks it off her face and rolls it into a ripped piece of the candy bag. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Finally I decided I would just tell them the truth, and with the help of the new overalls, cloth, and candy, I would weather the storm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Selena said as she and a guy from her candy crew walked up. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “You didn’t do anything wrong. It’s just that I’m not allowed to dress up or go trick-or-treating. And forget about candy.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It glowed with all of its special objects—ballpoint pens, cheese-filled crackers, candy bars, rain bonnets—each one of them giving off its own special light. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Who would think that children could dislike candy? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing before the counter, she looks at the array of candies. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I ought to be bringing her candy bars and telling her how nice her hair looked instead of shoving her onto the dirty bus floor. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Over their shoulders the vendors had heavy poles, from which they balanced baskets at either end—some with vegetables, others with pastries, or candies, or toys. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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