Why couldn't our men get in cars and go to the white neighborhoods to retaliate? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But as they walked back to the car, Gloria raced ahead and jumped in the front passenger seat, calling out, “I’m going to sit here if it kills me!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A compact car pulls up to the curb, a teenager behind the wheel. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Mother insisted that we get out of the car and stand clear. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing to do now was to dig out in front of the wheels, put in brush so that the chains could grip, and then push until the car was on the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Another cop car raced past the entrance to the alley behind me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You two can take the car,” said Daddy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t look at me even as we leave the restaurant and get into the car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I prayed that a police car might choose this street. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car around them vanished — and so did they. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Consider some activity which results in a certain number of deaths per year; say, automobile driving: one American in 5,300 dies each year due to a car crash. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The porters brought us food from the dining car because we couldn’t go through the white-occupied cars to the dining room. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Richard shifted as far away as he could from the two American journalists in the car, pressing himself against the door of the Peugeot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Men and boys are hanging on to the sides of tank cars, trying to find a spot to sit or stand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When I thought they understood it all, I got out to walk around the car and Grandpa moved over to the right side behind the wheel. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So while my aunt waited, I squatted down behind her car, praying that no one would drive by and see me “doing my business.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s still parking the car, or trying to. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was no one there at all, no people, no cars, no taxis. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why was she even in the car with a drug dealer?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s not just that. It’s everything. But I told the Colonel in the car.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I pictured what it might have been like to have him pick me up in his new car at our old school where everybody could see. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit, stand, sit, stand, sit in the front seat, which is harder to do in the car than in the living room. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Pinkie’s car got more horses under that hood than a John Wayne movie and you and T. C. O’Quinn both know it,” Art said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, all sorts of black town cars and SUVs are pulling over on the side of the road. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The sun, falling in the west, to the left of the Chevy, snuck into the car at an insidious angle, causing Reggie to squint. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t think it’s for me until I hear a car pull up alongside. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She turned as another car entered the parking lot. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He unbuckled, the seat belt slamming into the side of the car, and then he bolted out the door. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I watched the policeman put Zach and the other three boys in his car. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his van wasn't filled with luggage, my friends and I would ride around in the back and slide up and down its slick floor anytime the car slowed to a stop. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The car pulls to a stop at a dead end. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mention that the remainder of the shirt had been tied, tauntingly, to the antenna of his squad car. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spilled up the stairs and flooded into the car. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I see it,” Arnold said, “but I don’t believe it. How did he get in the car?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I paid this much for my first car.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The car veered out of control and plunged into a ditch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went on up the steps, then stopped under the pediment, out of the rain, to watch the group make its way to the car. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The cars, the bushes, the bird feeders—even the lids on the garbage cans are wearing white hats! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Of course not. I was hiding. The backseat of our car is hollowed out—Dad had it custom-built.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

We all tumble out of the car and head to the front door. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When he climbed back into our van, my dad smelled like car exhaust. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

You’ll go out of your way to pick someone up in your car because you know they need it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My arms were pinned at my sides by the crush of people in the car, but I wanted that snow. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A donkey hee-hawed somewhere, the sound echoed, and a car motor cut off so the silence seemed deep as the sea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mate was doing my nails when we heard the sound of a car pulling into the driveway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

People lie in sleeping bags, surrounded by car tires and orange life jackets, empty food packages, crumpled papers, water bottles and crushed cans. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their car—a car you’d expect, a black Ford sedan—was parked at the bottom of the hill, in the gravel lot behind the Science Building. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Four cars had been abandoned at haphazard angles along Hill Street, and one near the intersection of Hill and Ericksen had slid into a parked pickup truck, crumpling the driver’s-side rear panel. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Patrick held his hand outside the car and made air waves. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The picture of a body after a head-on car crash. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell by the growing quiet in the car that it is slowing down. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen up, in the car, kill the engine and then get your hands where I can see ’em.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pearl, Charlene, and the twins piled into the back of Jeff's old Ford, and fell asleep almost as soon as the car started moving. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man rode a skinny pinto mare with hip bones and ribs poking against the hide like springs of an old car seat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of a car coming up the road makes us all turn. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

When it was found that she was dead Jan would say that he had left them together in the car at Forty-sixth Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it was all in, the three cars stood in line down the driveway under the trees in the rain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He stood in the V of the open car door, watching as I went up on the sidewalk. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Conversation In the car I ask Dad if going to the doctor will kill him. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

A damp streak of hair lay like a dash of blue paint across her cheek and her hand was wet with glistening drops as I took it to help her from the car. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

On top of the cars there could be seen the dark shapes of the soldiers with their emplaced machine guns. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I've had my license since last year, but my parents don't own a car. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every night, when Ron sends us home, we walk to our cars, a few feet separating us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ten thousand cars, twenty thousand lights, she guessed, extending all the way to Baton Rouge or beyond. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Wednesday got out of the car, and pushed the envelopes through the night deposit slot. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There was a steel ladder on the side of the hopper car. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I bent over and looked back into the car at him. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the car drove down the street very slowly, as if the driver knew how many people were watching, Eberechi walked across. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could wake up tomorrow morning and the car might be gone. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He thumped Stick on the back, got in the car, and drove off. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When they got out of the car, Mr. Sen patted Eliot’s head. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now, though, instead of magic, what seemed to be flying into the car was everydayness. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before we could run back to the safety of our car, the police moved in and began arresting people. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The large policeman came over to the car. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Only thirty-six inches separates the wires from the tallest freight cars, the auto carriers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And not just because she says that she's going to open the door and jump out of the moving car if she doesn't get her way. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

So even if the car isn’t a lemon, a potential buyer assumes that it is. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Lefty Lewis pulled up next to a car that was as long as a big boat. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He is a very good football player and likes his car. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had groggily surrendered myself to oblivion when the car stopped. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed Reuven to his driver, who was waiting by the car door. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peered into the car to get a good look at him in the shadowed interior. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I walk out onto Georgia Avenue and take in the scenery: the shinier-than-usual cars, the well-dressed people, the wide, clean buildings. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The front of his car was a mess. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Some folks are unloading gallons of water from their cars; others, zombielike, instead of waving or saying hello when we pass by, keep staring at baby TVs or listening to boom box radios. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“A special car will be waiting to take you to Mecca, right after your dinner,” he told me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother warned her, “Don’t mess with that boy, his eyes green, his army suit green, and his car green. You can’t trust him.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I got into the car, because I had missed the bus. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He dived behind the car just as the door was opening. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“If we lived here, I’d ride a cable car every day,” their mom chimed in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Their education complemented their uniquely American facility with machines and technology, for they had spent their boyhoods surrounded by mechanical gadgetry: farm machines, radios, and cars. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“We can talk about that as soon as you pull over and get out of your car, sir.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“If they can’t find one, let me know right away. I may have to buy another car to get back home.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are just like the car seat crumbs I am not supposed to pick at. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then the car unstuck and crashed to the ground with a groan of metal as its roof pancaked under its weight. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go, please,” Mama says to Nuredin, who backs the car out of the driveway and through the gate. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure they park their car in the empty lot behind the bank and just sit there enjoying the silence. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the cable car jerked into motion, Emily curled her fingers around the edge of the bench. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Opening the door of Rick’s car, Officer Crams silently inspected the body of Polokov. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She watched the cars bolting past, their windows coated with soot and grime. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

One minute Marlena and I were in it up to our eyeballs, and next thing we knew the kids were borrowing the car and fleeing the coop for college. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We careened out of the Lincoln Tunnel and back into the rainstorm, people and monsters tossed around the bus, cars plowed aside like bowling pins. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy snapped one more picture, and we walked out to the car. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He followed the stream of cars and pickup trucks down a dirt lane that wound through pine woods and emerged into a large open pasture. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Too busy trying to concentrate on the moving cars and trucks so I can distract my tears from falling. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If Grace thought she was the first person who had threatened to put her in the trunk for being a brat on a car trip, she had another think coming. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Olanna was in the kitchen soaking some dried cassava in water when Mama Oji called, “There is a woman in a car asking for you!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone with the exception of the driver, my mother and me was out of the car and standing on the road.The noise of gear-wheels grinding against each other was terrible. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could answer, he winked and said in a loud voice, “Of course no dozd would waste his time on a car as ugly as my brother’s.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and there was a black Cadillac easing up almost to the bumper of Mr. Ray’s car. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard them talk to him before he takes the car. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“And in case you don’t know, they want to tell you with a lethal combination of houses, cars, and diamonds.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Clayton didn’t know for sure, but sitting in the train with one woman across from him and another at the other end of the car, he didn’t rule out the possibility. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

—Why did you say you felt like you should be down there with the cars? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw looked out of the windows of the saloon car, through the streams of rain. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The car stopped alongside me and the power window slowly went down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually I make my way back to the ring stock car and settle on the bedroll. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

With the little money I brought from the States I just managed to keep gas in my car. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The car slowed and Mom pulled into our driveway. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Son,” his father said when he got in the car. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He lay like a man asleep as I left the car and ran into the Golden Day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jaimito was finally convinced, she walked him down the drive to his car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hours later, he felt a tautness in his stomach when he heard Master’s car: the crunch of gravel and the hum of the engine before it stopped in the garage. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Probably not, no more than there were cars. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe people are driving cars and walking around. It’s not like there’s a war going on.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That was the mission of John Blackburn, Virginia’s easygoing admissions dean, when he rented a car and took to the road in the spring of 2005. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m so sorry. I think I have Band-Aids in the car.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I had never seen so many cars on the road at one time — even in Umtata, there were never more than a handful of cars and here there were thousands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so anxious to get going I swam to shore and drove my car up the steep unpaved road to our house. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I don't know much yet about different kinds of weapons, but it's a bit like looking at an expensive car. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Another of his jobs was to unload cement bags from railroad cars. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach twists into a knot and I almost want to tell Kasim to stop the car and let me out. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I walk to my car as Bo’s gaze follows me; the feeling of it starts as a ball of heat in my chest and spreads like a sunrise. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In those days, it was customary for blacks to ride in the back seat of the car if a white was driving. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a car waiting for me up ahead. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

That’s when I realize that the car is still running, and still in gear, stopped only because I’m still standing on the brakes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He drove fast, pugnaciously, darting into empty spaces, nudging other cars out of their lanes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran until the sound of blood pulsing in my ears was louder than the thoughts in my head; then I turned around and ran back, swinging around the pasture to the red railroad car. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He played records on it when the car was parked. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And with him is the child from the car. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was early afternoon on September 22, a few hours after Reggie’s car swerved left of center. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The main things to watch for are drunk drivers and, of course, police cars. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The street was quiet and no cars were running. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Peering closely at the cars, Yohan pointed to one with small flags on its hood. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

After being satisfied with the looks and sounds of the car, Papa then insisted on knowing who the original owner was. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She screamed so loudly people in the other lanes peered out their car windows. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the apartment, Luke opened the car door before Annie even parked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Behind me, I hear the car door slam. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Each time the car collapsed, I prayed we might be stranded there indefinitely. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whooping, giggling, and music came from a clump of parked cars in a corner of the lot as they parked and walked in. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Come on. I’ve told you how she is. She doesn’t know what happens when she drinks, she makes up the most—” “You got into the car with her. I watched you go.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped out of bed, too, and we got in the car and raced to the hospital, which luckily was only fifteen minutes away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The police called off the search, put us all in our car, and sent us home to grieve. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made the trip to the capital in two cars. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dan Martin greeted him as he got out of his car. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But there was one major sticking point: They didn't have enough money to buy gas for the car ride home. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Guards at intervals along the way took one look at the car, and the driver made a sign, and we were passed through, never even having to slow down. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad to see that most of the cars were older like mine, nothing flashy. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like they never run out of gas in the car and can’t fill it up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He holds the handles on either side, his arms stretching wide, and leans forward so his body is mostly outside the car, though his feet stay planted inside. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Witnesses say the car, driven by Andrew Jackson, 17, also of the Hazelwood team, had been noticeably weaving across the lanes of the expressway just before it hit a retaining wall and burst into flames. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understand you were in the car involved in the accident last night. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My ears are ringing as I climb down from the stock car, but even so it seems to me that the scene is eerily silent. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You’ve just got a broken leg. You’re lucky. This woman here, she was in the car in front of you. She’ll probably never walk again. We think she is paralyzed for life.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But the effort stirs the black, wet road to a mire, and when he starts up the car again, it won’t move. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long while, Ulbrickson just sat there staring into the darkness as fans came rushing through the car congratulating him and slapping him on the back. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

No tire marks are left on the road, and if you’re driving a car, your engine will die until morning. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Gone were the cars and neatly lined spaces, replaced by game booths and food booths and a Ferris wheel that looked like it had barely passed its last safety inspection. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Hatsue sat with her mittens in her lap and her hands held close to the car heater. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There was a trace of blood on his car.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The street below was poorly lit, bordered not by leafy trees but by closely parked cars, nothing like the pretty street on The Cosby Show. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As we jump back in the car and peel off down the street, I glance through the rear window at the house. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard a car stop in front of the house, Dedd considered taking off into the cacao grove. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped the car without warning to listen to something on the radio, or to stare at something, anything, in the road. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Walking down one of the tunnels, I turn a corner and am looking out on the beaver dam and the agent’s car. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were quiet on the car ride home. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I lay the posters back on the floor, I hear a car door slam outside. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jammed his hands into the pockets of his tight blue slacks, watching the cars cruise past. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Marv gets in his car, I hope for the inevitable, and it happens. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She hoped there were cars in each lot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don’t want to see him. I'll wait in the car. I only want to know if he still has a copy of the book, understand?" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were only warehouses and smokestacks and the other cars on the highway. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As Ferris’s men became accustomed to handling the big cars, the process of attaching them to the wheel accelerated. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was early one morning when we were seated at breakfast that my mother heard a car and looked out the frosty window. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would take him longer to get to Tulsa by car. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car steers us down to the bypass. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I had never seen that many cars, trucks, and buses in my life. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He thought it would be a good idea to get out on the road before there were too many cars and trucks. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

We ran and crowded at the window and watched the state police car coming up the goat path. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ob kept running the car off the road as he tried to drive and look at the same time. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

She gave Cady a quick hug and hurried to the other side of the car to open the passenger’s door. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I was out at the pond Saturday night. When I was walking by the garden, I saw a car pull up on the gravel. Was that you?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Ice has a car?” she asked, her arms folded in front of her. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

This particular Sunday, the Sunday I was hurled from a moving car, started out like any other Sunday. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The train cars whipped past in a blur. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each of the thirty-six cars weighed thirteen tons, for a total of just under one million pounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was hot in the car, the air too still, the outside sounds of people muffled from the windows being rolled all the way up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

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

Enrique leaps from car to car, finally landing on a boxcar. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But it was Mr. Shears’s car and I said, “Are you stealing the car?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She gives me the wait finger, and I lean up against the back of the car until she’s done. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My plan, which is not much of a plan, is to jump out the back door once they park the car. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The sun rose over the distant hills, so everything below them shone and sparkled like the entire city of Rome had just come out of the car wash. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like being in somebody’s car and not able to run away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we leave, in our usual rush to get the buckets to the car, Holly trips in a hole in the ground and falls down and screams. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about our car crash and wondered if the driver of the SUV was drunk or texting or speeding. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Sometime before his twenty-first, a Crown Victoria cage car would take him back to Alameda County Juvenile Hall, where he would be processed and then released. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"I'd never seen him before. He came down in the private car." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Beth’s friend Brent’s new red sports car is in our driveway, so Mrs. Carson lets me off at the curb. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Not being killed in a car accident may be 99 percent certain, while 98 percent of us may avoid perishing in a household accident. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his mouth shut tight, and his feet moving as fast as thoughts could make them, Milo ran all the way back to the car. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Was she in the front seat of the car?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When we’re done with dessert, it’s almost eleven p.m., and all we have left to do is load up the cars and say our farewells. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They brought the cars around to the front of the villa and we loaded them with the hospital equipment which was piled in the hallway. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I haven’t since I was in the car this morning, listening to Beethoven’s Cello Sonata no. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to get out of the car but she put a hand on my forearm. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then he told them that he loved them, then Ma said she did too, and then Grandma said she loved everybody as Dad and Ma got in the car. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A tune similar to the one from her living room, preaching “lean on the Lord,” filled the car, this one with a creepy organ backdrop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Two of Lumumba’s former cabinet members are behind them, coming from Léopoldville in another car. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had real cool covers, there were always drawings of smiling white people on it standing next to cars with wings or sitting in private submarines or eating a whole meal in one little pill. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were all down on the road around the car. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

With a disgruntled look on his face, Marv reaches into his pocket and pulls out his car keys. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The circled image of a person standing between two train cars with a red slash running through the circle was equally clear. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

No sirens, no lights, only the flames reflecting off the shiny black-and-white car. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When, eventually, his mother asked him in the car if he’d noticed a change in Mrs. Sen’s behavior, he said he hadn’t. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But old Stradlater kept snowing her in this Abraham Lincoln, sincere voice, and finally there'd be this terrific silence in the back of the car. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The voices of the men in the other cars had sounded full of pride, full of confidence. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Is he out there, sitting in his car, waiting? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“And if she did, I’m sure she’d need to be conservative on where to drive in order to keep gas in the car.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was no use explaining to him that I didn’t exactly spend my days talking about cars with people, either. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Marv’s car staggers to a halt at my place, and we decide to walk into town from there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Frankly, Dad didn’t drive our car well at all. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opens the passenger door to his car. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And he remembered how Guitar glared at her as she walked away from the car. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried them to the car and put them in the backseat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He remembered the brightness of the sun, the heat, all the smells of cars and food cooking, the noise, and the people. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A very fancy car with a shiny new paint job screeched up to the curb. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I thought about moving back to the United States, that drive down to San Diego, the crash of the car. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Heather gets out of her mom’s car and joins us. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

My father’s issues with cars don’t end with plunging rearview mirrors. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t even looking at the ladders of the train cars. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were only a few cars in the parking lot. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the only one who noticed the car at first. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Logos: “Buy my old car because yours is broken and mine is the only one on sale.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I think they took him in the car with them. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d secretly had extra keys made for our parents’ cars ages ago. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He considered using the car to escape but decided he knew too little about the system. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going back,” she said, as he got out of the car. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The car motor was running, and Ruthie stood on the steps wondering whether to go. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I was in some kind of nightmare, and the fact that I had thought white people never rode buses because of all the cars they had made everything the more unreal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaves properly then, and I see her father watching me from the car. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Nobody is there, but as I watch I see Nick come around to the back door of the car, open it, stand stiffly beside it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pete, Otis, and Diamond Joe speak in hushed voices in the other part of the car, but no one knocks and no one tries the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She hurries José back to the car, where they find a heap of guavas the other boys left behind on the shoulder of the road. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Once I’m in the car, I find out she has kidnapped me to go back-to-school clothes shopping. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We got in the car and rushed to Santa Maria County Hospital, which was a few blocks from the high school. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She pulls over to the side of the road and puts the car in park. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I ask when he gets in the car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I noticed a number of inconsistencies in his story, and I asked him the make of his car. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After an hour or so, Colonel Marx stopped the car in front of a small shop on a quiet street. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was night when I arrived, and in my enthusiasm I started to blow the horn of my car. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decide to get in my car and wait for the activity buses to leave. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

And so began our twenty-eight-and-a-half-minute lesson on why spray paint and car windshields don’t mix. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After calling in sick, he hopped into his newly purchased car and drove off to meet his friend Bill Wernecke, a fervent Nazi supporter and an expert draft dodger. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I grew up surrounded by concrete and brick, crowded freeways. People everywhere in cars, on buses, subways, trains.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maya looked at Joaquin, who seemed like he’d rather be stuck in a broken-down car on the freeway than between the two of them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When we finally climbed into the car and headed back up the mountain toward home, I scanned the woods and yards along the way, hoping I’d see that stray dog again, but I didn’t. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As he struggled to unstrap himself, the car door flew open and a white blast of sunlight hit him in the face. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would, I figured, park at a likely looking spot, take a hike up into the hills, hike back to the car, drive on a way, and repeat the process. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He must avoid la migra, which sometimes shows up at the station in unmarked cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

While I devised a plan, the women in the car showed constant concern for the baby, who could not seem to nurse. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

For most people, especially if they had little money, having a car was a proud symbol of status. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I saw my father’s head again, getting pushed down into the police car. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She flipped the car around and zipped off. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I rotate my wrists so that my cleats move in all different directions and sway my arms like I did for Zoey and Grace when I got out of the car. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“I have a bottle apiece to take in the cars,” Aymo said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was too soft and muddy for the cars. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They walked on, away from the mall and the parking lot and the car. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They go out the door and don’t look back Then us hear a car motor start Dear God, Harpo mope. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crashed his car into a milk truck and broke both arms, his right leg, and four ribs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me very carefully,” she said, and it didn’t seem to matter to her that at any moment a car or a PSF could come charging up the road. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

All three cars head east, out of the city. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That hardly seemed necessary when a white-and-black police car circled around the block. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking back through the narrow, winding streets to find their car, Poppy said, “Great idea you had, bringing up Saroyan.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t have cars and vans in your Oxford?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A car slams on its brakes and lays on the horn. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I just race back into the house, pull on some socks and shoes, brush my teeth, tell my parents I'm going to school early, and hurry into Tiny's car. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

At the top a the driveway, Miss Hilly and her crazy mama near bout back over me in they car, then yell out all friendly how sorry they is. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was out in the driveway, loading up his car when the dogs and cat returned from the fields. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It churns out rolling clouds of billowing smoke, a fat black rope that coils over the cars behind it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

After we packed our belongings and loaded them into the car, we headed south to Santa Maria. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got out of the car and began walking up and down the market square. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he finally began, “every time we get a call, Brady, a car accident or a hunting incident—and somebody dies at the scene—it’s very distressing to us.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I never looked back as I tore down the street, dodging cars, leaping over dongas and fences and puddles; entering yards I did not know, only to leap fences again. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dirty dogs let Byron get away with not doing his share of the windows and I had to do the whole car myself. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because when I came home, the car—my car—was missing. I thought someone had stolen it.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We swerved into a main road, narrowly avoiding the car ahead of us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was too heavy to carry, so we took turns dragging her by her rear legs back toward the cars. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I told him as we walked from the car toward the giant red circle Target sign. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Our car is idling by the curb; the engine is rattling, the exhaust pipe emitting fumes in the icy air. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nightfall came, and forced the hunters to quit—that, and lack of space, for they had amassed as many bottles as the car could contain. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he was getting out of the car, X-Ray said, “By the way. I’m going to need thirty bucks to put an ad in the paper.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry,” the aide says, “but we have to keep the car line moving. Would you be kind enough to pull out?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Dad told me to get out of the car and we went to meet the women. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She managed another swipe with her umbrella but the blow glanced off the cars roof. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He gestures to the two cops standing at their squad car. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But even from a mile away, you could smell the chicken grilling as soon as you got out of the car. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was a hybrid car before hybrid cars came out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The cars roar past the covered bazaar, through cheering throngs in the Turkish Quarter where every street- lamp, door, and window streams red cloth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Arabs? He said Bunny got in a car with some Arabs?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The car pulled to the right, and the suitcase beside them shifted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Oma wails behind him, and as he ducks into the car he looks up, sees her glistening face at the window. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

From a window the two watched Mr. Levy get into his sports car. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car was dented beyond repair, not just on the bumpers, but on the side doors and the roof. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As always, she makes a cross on the dashboard with her finger, looks up through the windshield at the sky, and says a prayer for the car to start. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He became a familiar sight in Ayemenem, coasting importantly down the narrow road in his wide car, looking outwardly elegant but sweating freely inside his woollen suits. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I saw that all the cars were there, even Kenyon’s old coyote wagon. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was in the back seat of the car, strewn with tinsel. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel the motion of the car, because I was in a dream. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, I followed him back to where we parked the car. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs Helena Kingshaw heard the warmth of his voice and flushed with gratification, relaxing into the thick, soft: upholstery of the car. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Back inside the car, Mr. Washburn’s hands are shaking so badly, he has trouble turning on the ignition. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“This is a very nice house you’ve got here. Too nice to belong to a lowly police officer. Your husband had money. So I’m sure there’s a car parked somewhere.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I looked farther down the car and saw a white couple already seated. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain was already inside the car and Engel hadn’t opened her own door yet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I’m in the car with Mom, and we’re on the way to Bounce! A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Cabot tossed the flashlight back into the car, walked around to the back, and opened the trunk. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Get your shoes on and meet me at the car in five minutes.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“That was some workout!” said Nala as the four dogs trotted down a set of steps to a sea of cars lined up in a parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius, I’m about to drop dead. I’ve been in this car since yesterday morning.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked as though both cars had come into the gulch from the southeast, then circled back. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Good luck with that. That’s, like, half the cars in Laguna.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to bring these outside and get the car seats ready. You put anything else that’s ours in that last bag, and I’ll be back in to get it in a few minutes.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In the winter, the cars were cold because few were adequately heated. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn for the car door, and when I look back over my shoulder, he’s already making his way back to the house and his pretty friend inside. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I slid the movie into the machine and watched the car turn into monsters by myself. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car had been found, abandoned at a diner in Pennsylvania. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cade found fresh tire ruts cutting across the muddy shoulder where the car we’d been following had slid from the highway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jeremy’s getting out of his car in the parking lot, his arm outstretched, opening the door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then he went to the car and mounted the steps, swiftly and quietly, and paused at the door. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hawkers, girls much younger than I, defied the school gate men, edging closer and closer to the cars to offer peeled oranges and bananas and groundnuts, their moth-eaten blouses slipping off their shoulders. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the car, I told Patrick everything that had been going on. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We followed her out of the house and got quietly in the car. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The tracks of the police car and the hearse cast shadows in the snow. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It finally releases and lets me haul the car seat out of the car. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

They heard her laugh again as the car pulled out of the driveway, and eased onto Eliot Street. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard the car drive off, I rushed into our room to search for the letter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He got quickly back into the car again and drove away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And to the children standing on the road she cried out, ‘Jump back into the car! We’re going to the doctor!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Driving the car was Eugene Wigner; in the passenger seat sat Leo Szilard. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth arrived when Einstein showed that time was similar to these three dimensions; we are constantly moving through time like a car that’s speeding down a highway. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She can leave her car, even her house, unlocked. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We and a few old dogs who lived inside the empty cars. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the owner of the sword got out of the car, I moved back very slowly. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He laughed when they were in the car. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

"Mainly commercials, but not for any banks or car dealerships, because those are usually choral arrangements." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning I run into Holly in the parking lot, limping badly and heading back to her car. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thank him, and on my way to the car, I remember the rock, which I’m still holding. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Next, Buddy borrowed a car from his own doctor, who'd had TB himself and was very understanding, and we drove off as the buzzer for walk hour rasped along the sunless sanatorium corridors. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Several hours later, just before midnight in fact, Dr. Malone parked her car outside the science building and let herself in at the side entrance. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blood clot could lodge in my brain and kill me ten minutes from now; a car could hit you while you’re walking your dog. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could feel the car start to roll back and when he shouted, “Put your foot down on the gas and pull on the stick,” I did just that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house in the country was empty, too, but it was an hour from Hampden and I didn’t have a car. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The children had stopped playing and now looked silently at the car, their arms behind their backs and their new over-sized overalls pulled tight over their little pot bellies as though they too were pregnant. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need a car. But there's nobody to help us here. Unless we, uh, borrowed one.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Red lights glowed from each car of the Ferris Wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Not only could I not prove I hadn’t stolen the car, I couldn’t prove I hadn’t murdered someone for it, either. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Miss Rebecca!” he yelled as we climbed into the car. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I ask this because James’s car isn’t in the lot, and he could be back any minute, and I want to see him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Isaiah, get back in that car!” yells Mama. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Police cars and ambulances filled the street, their angry red lights pulsating against the brick buildings. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget,” said Louisiana when Raymie got out of the car. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

When he saw the roadblock, he jumped out of the car and tried to make a break for it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up the road past several curves, and the sun sparkled off parked cars as far as I could see. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ice placed around the inside of the car kept it cooler. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But as he made his way through the rows of cars, a dark mass leaped from behind a tire and slithered right between his wobbly legs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then he gave instructions that the open car wasn't to be taken out under any circumstances--and this was strange because the front right fender needed repair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

People would bring their cars from all over the city for him to fix because he could work miracles on them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A moment later he drove out the drive in his open-top car. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a man stood in front of Rosie’s, leaning against his red motorized bicycle, waiting to wave at any cars that might pass. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And the ground and the dirty buildings on either side fell away, dropping out of sight as the car rose; in seconds, the whole of London lay, smoky and glittering, below them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She gives his hand a squeeze, and she and Amy are gone, and he’s alone in a tiny, secluded alleyway with the second car of backup security and a twisted-up feeling in his stomach. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So they leaned back against car fenders and fence posts, or sat on pickup tailgates, as if they were at a rodeo. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

To me, my losing was only another manifestation of that queer, material way of American living that computed everything in terms of the concrete: weight, color, race, fur coats, radios, electric refrigerators, cars, money ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he parked a few houses down from her uncle's, so they could see the house from the car. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rowan had invited him to join everyone at Clive’s, and he’d followed them down the highway in his car—that beat-up Toyota they’d spotted in the parking lot. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want the nurses seeing us dropped off by a car. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The police verify this by the crumple pattern and damage to the divider and where the car comes to rest. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them sat on the car’s roof in order, as they had in all the family portraits that had once hung in the stairwell and were now reduced to ash. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The government people bundled my brothers and sister into their cars. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peered over at me standing at the passenger side of Skunk's car, my mother's face still out the window. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She moved like an acrobat but spoke like a car salesperson. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the press car, a hush had gradually fallen over the Washington contingent of writers and coaches as they had taken in just how far behind the Husky Clipper was. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Yes, and why hadn't they sent a patrol car to pick me up? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did I ever tell you about the time I had to drive a car across the city of Paris?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Every single car that comes through my hands gets the treatment," the father said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped off the couch and got close to the window so that I could see clearly who was in the car. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The line of coal cars beside us suddenly began slamming against each other, just before being pushed to the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a loud clunk as the tow truck operator hooks a chain to ReelTok’s rental car. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They started the ride again, and since there was no one in the car below us, we were back on the ground just like that. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She put her hand in the bag and, without pulling it out, said, “And now, the thing that makes this car more perfect . . .” Dad started helping Joey cut up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car provided another form of closeness for my family, a chance to talk and travel at once. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The driver of that car, seeing Montag down, instinctively considered the probability that running over a body at that speed might turn the car upside down and spill them out. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thief fled on foot but was later spotted entering a yellow car driven by a black man with a beard and a mustache. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I saw him through the window of the reading room a little while ago. Doesn’t he have a car?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He opened the car door and a mix of laughter, loud, unintelligible words, and thrash metal music flowed into our forest and infected it with them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

By 1941, the business of rounding up Jews and packing them into cattle cars had become routine. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He got into the car without a second glance. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Later that evening Aunt Leanne called Gay and told her that my mother’s car had broken down and that the police had arrested her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then he got into the car, the door closed, and he was gone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A car horn honks and I glance up at the light, but it’s still red. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ms. Byrd and Mr. Miller watched Clayton open the car door and get inside. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I don’t picture myself being driven away in the royal car, I’m more realistic than that. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I attached both studs to an old envelope I found in the car and tucked them safely into the glove box. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had to admit, the El Camino was a nice car. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

For users, crack meant poverty—whole lives stripped down like a stolen car, the parts sold off to pay for their next hit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His eyes stare a little too long, so I look over at his car. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

So, when the alarm went off at seven, I dreamed I was back in that car, stuck in the river, sitting behind Screaming Ned as he sharpened his meat cleavers. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The streets are even wider here, and there don’t seem to be enough cars and enough people to fill up all the space. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Scarlett was thinking about the afternoon’s events as she lay in bed that night listening to the sound of the cars grinding their way along the main road. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, I planned that we would spend our nearly last Saturday in California traveling across the bay to San Francisco to ride a cable car and see Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf, and the Golden Gate Bridge. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the word, last year, about my wife's car wreck. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had a car—it’s about a three-hour drive from Syracuse to St. Lawrence—and we set off. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d pack the car and drive all the way up to Minnesota to work the crops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You should run over and pretend to get hit by her car when she backs up.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“But the living have fallen behind. Hurry and type that story up into an obituary form. Quickly, and then you can take my car to run it over to Mr. Greene.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She finishes the wine from Mom’s glass and grabs the car keys. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“When somebody had my car all afternoon? Whether or not she was in school today is already past,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the farther we got into the mountains, the faster the wind rushed past the car. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Beginning to feel he was in actual danger, the secretary jumped off the car, pushed through the crowd, and sprinted toward a nearby building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When they got to Lily’s car—a beat-up Ford Ranger—Toby couldn’t wait any longer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Grandma pulled in front of our house, Trevor’s brother’s car was parked in the driveway, with the trunk still open. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Music blasts around us, folks show off their cars. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Old Man Snow had the first tractor in town, and he drove it to the store like it was a car—newspaper tucked under his arm, his hounds Cadillac and Dan baying beside him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She guided them into putting their suitcases into the back of the car. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He pushed the money at me again and shut the car door, with a click that was more contemptuous than if he’d slammed it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We said good night, and Dad walked him up to the car. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He climbed into his car and started it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had paid Red Pettus ten dollars and sent him home as soon as the patrol car had pulled within sight of the jail. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Spring break. Any day. I can borrow my mom’s car and drive us up there, and we can stay with my cousin’s friend. It could be like a whole road trip.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“You mean to tell me that car belongs to some Central High white boy?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex watched as a crane swooped down on one of the cars, seized it in a metallic grip, and dropped it into a crusher. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When we reached his car, not only did he say thank you, but he also asked if I was interested in a job at his computer company. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The cabdriver didn't want to let me in his car. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had died in a car accident, the result of her driving while drunk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Jack closes my car door and circles around to the driver’s side. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Before you get in the car, I want you to scrape your shoes. If I find dirt in my car, you’re going to be the ones vacuuming it.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was almost four o’clock when I reached the car—much too late to try an alternative hike elsewhere. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even Papa hadn’t driven a car yet and everyone was rightfully impressed, especially the youngest ones. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the shiny black backs resolve into pickups and cars and ambulances. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a car and caught my breath. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I jumped out of the car and ran to the front door, Ivette and her mother only steps behind me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I only saw about half of it. We were late getting there because Jeff’s car broke down, and Justin had to help him get it to the garage.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I can see that he's pleased with himself as he finally says good-bye and walks to his car. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Durham transformed itself into a bustling, modern city: Electric trolley cars clattered down broad, tree-lined avenues. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been riding in the back of the car for two days, sleeping in a tent; I’m conscious of my grubbiness, my unbrushed hair. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On one flat street I passed a junkyard, littered with the carcasses of old cars. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, there was her mother, telling her that every street she had to cross, every car ride, every new person was a deathly risk. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Few places are far from human noise—cars, buses, motorcycles, tractors, lorries. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the truck passed the next car ahead of us, covering it with spray, the two little red lights we followed veered sharply to the right and then vanished—winked out—completely. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

When they got out of the car, a few birds rose up, disappearing into the bright sky. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled some car rots from the soft, dark earth and we sat down to eat. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I patched the inner tube, Miss Love leaned against the hood of the car, looking like she might faint. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Cora slapped her hands on the cushions of the parlor car and said the farm suited her just fine. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Fine, then not at all,” and he throws the car in gear and pulls out, leaving her behind in a cloud of dust. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The attentional limits we saw with pilots apply to drivers of cars. It was an important first step.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We got out of the car and started scratching and stretching. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granted, he damaged a bunch of cars and killed a defenseless tree in the process. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They’ve already set their special toys on the backseat of the car. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Moss faced forward again and wanted to expire at the sight that was before the car. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Daddy parks in a big parking garage, and when we get out of the car, I see him and Momma exchange looks back and forth. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Someone whose face she couldn't make out was standing beside the driver's door, shining a flashlight into the car. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

So I stood limply in his grip until the sirens came, and the policemen in their little black caps chained my wrists together and shoved me in the back of their car. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the street was another circle, around which cars traveled slowly, with a steady chorus of horns and many near collisions. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Maxim stopped the car I opened my eyes and sat up. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Just as if I’d rammed him with a car, I was consumed by the knowledge that a stranger was lying in a hospital bed because of me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Our parents never did find out about those blue eggs, just as they never knew about the turtle we found on the road one day, after a car had crushed it. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As we head to the car, I take a giant bite of my ice cream—I love the fire-hot/cold on my teeth. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Leila, though somewhat in a daze, noticed something else: There was no shoulder on the road, no easy place for her to walk; no room for the cars to safely swerve. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She stands with a coat over her shoulders, looking into the dark where expensive foreign cars idle sharply. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned the car left and stepped on the accelerator. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

From the first moment he had looked at it, out of the car window, he had hated it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They’re getting out the car, and know what they say to me — I’m in the car too — ” He wagged his head. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It consisted of a line of ordinary automobiles—the officers’ family cars, with the officers inside wearing civilian clothes, looking like commuters. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pursued coeds by all means necessary, once landing a date with a beauty by hurling himself into the side of her car, then pretending to have been struck. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I whispered into his ear as he got out of the car. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You call him silly? Don’t you call your car Darlin' every morning?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

So, it’s just me and Mama, and Patria and, of course, Papa mumbling in the back seat of the car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Army people sat in their two cars, eating junk food, feeling cold, and hoping that someone would show up soon with samples of monkey. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we all climbed into the car, our excitement was so intense we could hardly bear it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car arrived—a gleaming, metallic, grossly American blue—and Elijah and I shook hands and said good night once more. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The front passenger seat in the Wildcat belonged to Big Ma when the whole gang of us piled into the car. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Radar and I cross in front of the car; I toss him the keys and then run all out to the food mart. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I have to get Mother’s car back to her by three. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We had less trouble enticing him to the car than I’d expected. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

One of the cars has a blue and white football jersey taped to the back window and the words go panthers painted above it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Roli and I are out of the car by now, watching, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In short, Holland looked like Indianapolis, only with smaller cars. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Dad wants him home. Help me get him in the car.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After a minute his head popped up over the car with this confused look. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ripples of heat rose from the junked cars, which were lined up in rows as far as Roy could see. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a car whose window got shot out, but I don’t know whose it was. It drove away as soon as it happened, and I don’t blame them.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The brother leaned in the window of the car idling beside them, pulled out a small flat box, and handed it to Stick. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We climbed gratefully in, filling their nice car with snow, and rode down to the campground. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just ahead, the thicket of guava branches clears, and there is the footpath, and beyond, the gratifying sight of the car still on the side of the road. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It had launched toy cars and boats, and big-wheel riding toys when he was little; later there had been skateboards and, last year, a go-cart he had made by himself. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dalio and I got off the ground, looked at each other, and broke into a sprint, running away from the car now sitting ominously a few yards from us. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She sat in the car for a long time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t be the first time a car parked there for hours. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Hovering over Mission, Officer Crams’s police car prepared to descend for its landing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

After we got out of the car, he opened the trunk and began carrying my suitcase to the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He paid his fare, watching to see if the conductor was noticing him; then went through the car, watching to see if any face was turned to him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If we lived here, I’d ride a cable car every day,” their mom chimed in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Part of him wants to turn around, go sit in his car until the person leaves—but he knows that’s not what Manny would want him to do. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I put the car on the road again, and my memory of it is that we didn’t talk much more on the way back to the Kingsfield. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she lay back against the car seat. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not that he made a conscious decision to do that...He got back to school from Martel’s, hopped in his car, and let his instincts lead. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She goes from car to car, begging, with a picture of a mutilated migrant she’s trying to help and the prescription she must fill. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“But what will we do with a car?” my mom asked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The wind picks up as we hike back to the car, a rustling hush through the pines and foliage. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A homeless man passed through our subway car and asked for a dollar. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He clicked the unlock button on the car door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I laughed at the thought of Mrs. Dorn keeping a tally of everything her neighbors purchased, and tried not to be jealous that Audrey got a car because of a game of wealthy one-upmanship. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As he passed the car he saw that the door was still open. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Without further ado, he leans forward, catches hold of something around the side of the stock car, and climbs nimbly to the roof. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hubbard Lake is a pretty good drive from my house, but I still owned a car then. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the war he had always preferred offbeat, unpredictable cars that no one else of his acquaintance would be likely to own. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got out of the car, ran around to the driver’s side, opened her door, and said, “Be my guest.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to go anywhere in this car. I’d rather die.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They follow the Doberman’s lead as it circles the car. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the car radio he played with relish the twang-twang blues type of music and his TV preferences were westerns. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Macon drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, which trembled a little as the car idled. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few cars stop in front of the building and teenagers spill out onto the sidewalk. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The car’s driving dynamics totally changed with Saline aboard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked out the window and saw that the acorn throwers had turned their attention to the referee, who was desperately trying to unlock his car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the window, cars and trucks of Jerusalem swerved and honked, screeching their brakes and wailing up to the curb. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Carl stopped his car in front of our house, I told him, “Thanks. I had a good time.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Or, more accurately, things with Joaquin had been off ever since they had given him the car. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After a while the car started to sway, but I wasn’t sure if it was me gettin’ dizzy or if the car really was weaving across the expressway. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’d you think about what my cousin said in the car when we were going to San Francisco?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was afraid to get back into the car because I knew Miss Volker was fuming and would be so angry with my dad she might take back her car. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She boosted Jonas up into the car and then I heard the sounds—a baby crying and a man moaning. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Morrison carried the suitcases outside to a waiting army car. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And quickly my mom put her arm around my shoulders and spun me back toward the car, walking quickly, and I was like, “Mom, what’s wrong?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The car loop volunteer turns to see what’s taking us so long. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The man in charge of our wagon called out to a German officer strolling down the platform, asking him to have the sick woman moved to a hospital car. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

More cars pulled up, and a few people approached with bags and balloons and flowers. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When they got within spitting distance of the car, they threw the rope and pretty much lassoed the Recruiter. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They watched cars go by on 23rd, heard the sound of amplified voices in the church, felt the cool fall wind rush down the street. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He offered to drive Shin there in his car. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When his car blew by we waved and all, but he never rolled down the tinted windows, so all we saw was limo. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was carrying her suitcase to the car when she saw the town’s one white taxi drive up and deposit Dr. Finch on the sidewalk. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He felt like he was covered in lead weights, trying to swim with only his legs while holding a car over his head. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I miss getting in my car and just driving without anybody telling me what to do or how loud I can play the radio or asking if I’ve practiced piano.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

No one else has entered this car of the train, which is odd. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Behind me, the pop and squeal of one of the car doors opening. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Haukelid climbed into a car with the British officers, and they drove though a city battered by German bombs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember peering at him through my shattered window as he circled the car, his red cap pushed back so the brim reached upward, licking the air. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Obviously, Mom hadn’t noticed her car, because she wasn’t sprinting after us, yelling. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

In the car, Dad took out the money he’d won and counted off forty dollars, which he passed to me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The squad car was hot but, oddly, it looked darker outside now than when he’d first arrived—so dark, in fact, that he couldn’t see anything, not even the construction trailer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the exception of a few abandoned cars and green Dumpsters, the enormous blacktop parking lot was empty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He read the sign plastered to the window of the connecting car door. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

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

Or consider the automobile dealership: a salesman does his best to obscure the car’s base price under a mountain of add-ons and incentives. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The only sound was the swish of cars whizzing by on the wet street out front. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes — but I left my jacket in her car. I want to make sure she brings it tomorrow.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He takes out two pieces of something that looks like it got run over by a car. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“He says he doesn’t care about the car,” she said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“See ya,” I call back and get out of the car. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And then the most beautifvd notes of music I’d ever heard came from the front of the car and the back of the car at the same time. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few months, he went back to Monroe County and started collecting car parts for resale. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I’ve even started writing again. And riding in a car.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as I opened my car door and got out, the police officer who had started walking toward my vehicle drew his weapon and pointed it at me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The houses were set far back from the road, cars dark and silent in the lanes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even with every car full, the wheel never faltered, its bearings never groaned. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Dude, today is one huge dark bright side. Why’d you bail on the party car?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One day after work, she went to her car and there was a note stuck to the windshield. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He steps confidently into the intersection, slipping between cars and taxis. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Finally, I forced myself to borrow Burt’s car again. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But by the fourth his muscles began to get warm, like a car engine heating up on a cold morning, and they stopped struggling against each other. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said the Klansmen might still be in the front; we could not go to the car. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I opened the front door, hoping to see Papa’s car pulling into the driveway. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m taking you right now and enrolling you at Spaulding Street Elementary School,” she announced with determination as we headed back to the car. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

People would flock in from everywhere, in cars, wagons, whatever they could get to move. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I watch Mack’s car slam to a halt in the parking lot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Now, the whole family joined the dance, leaping, screaming, and racing past parked cars and the weird shadows cast by palmettos. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she went inside, she turned and watched the car go up the street. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She saw them roam the streets and every few hundred yards stop cars for questioning. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I whipped around, ready to run back to the car, but Ma drove off, and all my bravery evaporated. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was tired but feeling pleased as I walked to my car that evening. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

All week long Gaines had been nervous, almost snappish, but now he was surprisingly relaxed, glad to be insulated from it all as the car spun its way toward the Midland loop. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some even run behind the police car as it slowly navigates past gawking people, parked and stopped cars, and limo coaches. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At the appointed time he’d come by and pick me up in a car and I’d get into the back seat and lie flat so I wouldn’t he seen. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack stores the new crutches in the trunk of our car. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I get in his car and sit in the back with Mai like we are in a taxi, which we are not. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The woman who wouldn’t ever take the car out for fear of getting dust on it? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Streams of people brushed past us, and with the loud bargaining, the laughter, the arguing, and the honking of cars in the distance, everything felt like it was merging into one beating pulse. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We watched as both men approached the deputy’s car. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Ooh wee! Yo, Benny, we got steel and eighteens on this one!” he shouted like he was talking about a car. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A few cars were managing to move, their chains clanking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my mom trying to hammer me flat in the car, I still had a pretty good buzz on, like the good doctor had promised. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Police were setting up barricades blocking one whole lane of cars. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

How completely different from a fast- food hamburger wolfed down without a moment’s thought in a speeding car. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

More buses and cars had stopped on either side of the level crossing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Station employees brought a coarse mattress from a nearby sleeping car. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m swaying toward sleep in the park when I hear a door slam and Simon’s car start up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Smears of trees and undergrowth lined a road that was completely dark, save for the small car’s weak yellow headlights. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A few years ago she made enough money to consider buying a car. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He closed the car door, flicked a signal with his hand to Iran, and then swept up into the night sky. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Victor gets in his car and speeds to Althea. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The snow was coming down harder now, and Hazel’s mother leaned forward in her seat as she drove, as if to will the car through it all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As the car lurched over the snow he lifted his eyes and saw black people upon the snow-covered sidewalks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The car reached the top and pulled up to a gate with a sign reading Los Alamos Ranch School. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a hot August, but Billy’s car was air-conditioned. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car inched away from the leg of the couch. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He held up the car keys and jingled them in front of me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I moved quickly, trying to reach the car door before it closed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Kids are getting out of their cars and hanging around on the lawn. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m going out in the car and grab a smoke,” Kicky said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

An old-model car tooted its horn and skidded to a stop a few yards beyond me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patients arrived from a nearby institution packed in a train car. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She lets go, you get into the car, she says bye, you close the door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The car bounced on holes and rocks, brush scratching against its sides and dust coming through the open windows. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later someone rose from the car. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The car with the motor running waited fifteen minutes and then they left. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad hurried around to the back of the car and spent a few minutes trying to figure out how to fold the wheelchair to get it inside. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Once Mia mailed her photographs, Pearl always knew, they would pack up the car again and the entire process would repeat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every morning, while driving us to school, Adam would put that James Brown song on the car radio. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You ever think about teaching your kids how to work on cars someday?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, there was only one, and so I pulled into the empty parking lot and parked the car directly beneath a street light, because cars are always getting stolen on I-Drive. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was swept by the memory of his humans’ car roaring away in its stinging spray of gravel. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Red wooden train cars lined the platform, stretching in links as far as the eye could see. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Cliff spent most of his time on his porch, sitting in a plaid recliner so worn down it was mostly just exposed foam and springs, waving at each car that passed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Man, just give me my ticket—” “Get out the car! Hands up, where I can see them.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The major was gone taking hospital personnel in the staff car. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Riding a blast of cool air, the chatter of birds filled the car. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The crowd faded away, and all the cars downtown went home one by one. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How John gave me a handful of pills while we drove around in his car, and how I’m not really sure how many I took. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time the world was so thick with ghosts, I could hardly breathe; I could hardly walk, limping my way around the White Ghosts and their cars. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you know what Mr. Gregory had given me and was now rolled up in a long tube in the back of the car? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Deliveries of concrete blocks filled 63 rail- cars; lumber—38 million board feet—another 1,585 cars. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When Milton got a new car he gave Tessie his old one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A car horn beeps outside, and Hana wipes her face with a quick brush of her hand and jumps off the couch. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She remembered how, after their flight from the sheds where Capricorn had held them captive, she had stumbled toward Elinor's car, and the man had shot at them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I thought my father was going to bash another car. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

After they left in Master’s car, Ugwu heard a tap on the back door and went to see who it was. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Freebie had made a complete recovery, except he limped sometimes and was afraid of cars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t have them ruined by this smoke,” she told me as I lugged the boxes out to the car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a speeding car came roaring up behind us. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

South Korean soaps—which display the fast cars, opulent houses, and surging confidence of South Korea—are classified as “impure recorded visual materials” and are illegal to watch in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

"He left me the car keys and headed back to Massachusetts. I'm on my own for the next lesson." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The car ride home was awkward, to say the least. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So one day when she saw Vic piling in with some of the other guys for a 7-Eleven run, she jumped into her car and followed them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while the phone would ring, and he'd have a long, laughy conversation with somebody about a car or a deal or a bet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

No doesn’t mean to Marcus what it means to those without money and a car. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“But I talked the car sales dude down to eighty-four hundred dollars from ten thousand, so in a way I actually saved money. You know what the color’s called?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“How bad is he hurt?...Is everyone else okay? The boys?...What about the car?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We put the buckets just inside the entrance of the stock cars. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We waited as the black-and-white car barreled up to the house. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Men in dark suits get out of the first one and then the doors of the other car open. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they passed the Ferris wheel, Fern gazed up at it and wished she were in the topmost car with Henry Fussy at her side. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I studied the red exposed brick wall of the room and tried to identify the rap music coming from a car passing by. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Darren notices too, because he says, “Something bad must have happened. Look at all these cop cars!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I think we were all a little scared, because none of us said a word during the car ride. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I pull into our driveway and sit in the car for a second. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Any chance I can persuade you to stay in the car?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I shoved the compass into a side pocket of the satchel, then made my way to the back of the last car. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The coal cars kept trundling past until a big black steam locomotive, puffing huge gouts of white smoke, finally appeared. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Off to the right was a set of tracks with a big yellow electric locomotive sitting on it, some cars behind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the car, Mong’s cousin held up her hand for us to stop and said: “All right, nobody gets in without telling me their full name, first and last.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Something is wrong, very wrong, when a single person in good health, a person who in addition possesses a working car, can barely support herself by the sweat of her brow. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought they were sending me away at first. I thought the car was the social worker’s.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For a long time, I sit in the car outside my house, afraid to break the spell. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He put as many into his car as possible and drove them to a hospital. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Geoff Graham is over by his car in the Roosevelt parking lot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Milkman wanted boats, cars, airplanes, and the command of a large crew. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We took the cable car to the bus stop and took the East Bay bus back to Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, ma’am. Just not a whole lot of parking out there and I was wondering if I could leave my car while I run inside the pharmacy?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She shrugs, gestures at her phone, and then points at the clock on the cars dashboard. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A police car followed the sports car over the cliff before Ryan added, “Brad isn’t very friendly to me. He’s sort of a loner.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He called the men down from the work platforms and sent them to the safety of their cars. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When the car pulls into the driveway, Molly hears the crunch of gravel from the kitchen, at the opposite end of the house. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I will never see Phnom Penh again, drive in our car, ride a cyclo with Ma to the markets, buy food from the carts. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was at that moment that she heard the far-off sound of a car approaching, and Daddy’s face shifted, a combination of rage and sadness twisting his features. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Bonello had two sergeants of engineers on the seat of his car with him. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dad’s walking to his car carrying a suitcase. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My father told me to wait in the car. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

While he's slipping and sliding, jump off the car and see if it's unlocked. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I heard the screaming and the shouting and the sound of the car squealing away from the curb. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“We will put some food in the car, of course, yams and rice,” he said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took quite a few precautions because a black man driving a car into a smallholding in Rivonia in the middle of the night would attract unwanted questions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jump down from the flat car, check my intact arm once more, and stalk off. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I hear Dad rev the car a few times and then open the front door. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He searched up and down the street for his mom’s blue car. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He even took Hosie back to the buggy shed to show him the cars. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I remember once when we were in the eighth grade, Andy had a puppy who got hit by a car. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were in a hole up to the top of the car’s wheels. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The flashing lights of a police car came into view, then a fire truck, then an ambulance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I bet these people don’t even know that car exhaust and engine oil once filled this place. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

From the angle Pez is holding the phone, he can see Wales rolling by though the car window, dramatic and plunging. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Their car was suddenly surrounded by demonstrators, some of them wounded. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Then a stranger threatened to damage Wilson’s car in a confrontation over a free spot, so Wilson switched to the subway. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Crab set his mug on the hood of the car and popped the trunk. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When he reached the end of the dirt road, Mr. Trepid got out of the car and retrieved his shovel, trowel, and sack from the trunk. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Another bullet went through the backseat of the car and grazed my friend in the back. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was too confused and too angry about getting thrown out of the car to realize what had happened. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

No one ever picked up Quang-ha from school, so when Dell Duke's car screeched to a stop right at his feet, he was alarmed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Several cardboard boxes of busted laptops and computer parts sat in the corner, next to a rack of old car batteries and a modified exercise bike I’d rigged up as a recharger. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Omer reached out and insisted on carrying almost all her bags to their car. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She gets out, goes around to his side, unlocks his seat belt, and tries to pull him out the car, but he digs his feet into the seat. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

At the last car, I waited, listening the way I’d been taught—wait till the clack of the train wheels slows to the rhythm of your heartbeat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

King Lords in gray bandanas and Garden Disciples in green bandanas stand on a police car in the middle of the street, chanting, “Justice for Khalil!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then we heard a car horn and Tag Farmer drove his old Mercury out on the slack. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m no more to blame than the knife is to blame in a stabbing, or the car in a collision. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons he played pickup basketball at the Y, and then at night he drove around town in his father’s car, mostly alone, or with a six-pack of beer, cruising. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sometimes took me for a ride in the car, but I don’t remember much about that. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dell crossed the lot back to his car and then he squeezed himself and Cheddar into his vehicle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Jennifer's mother hauled two grocery bags out of the car and went into the house, ignoring them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Momma says, with one hand on her hip and the other clenching the car keys. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Run home and try to convince Mother that I never saw you in that car. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they climbed out of the gorge and sped along the mesa in a dust cloud, singing fervently and almost joyously together, until suddenly the car hit a confused jackrabbit and Linda burst into tears. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d hold his hips and bend her knees, and they’d fly between cars, down hills, through gauntlets of odor and noise and color. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There are no potholes, no bumps, no double-parked cars—hardly any cars. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But the cameras revealed no sign of canal builders, no Barsoomian air- cars or short swords, no princesses or fighting men, no thoats, no footprints, not even a cactus or a kangaroo rat. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got a car, and it’s got a backseat. I’m your driver anytime you want.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The doors of the police cars were open, and the red roof lights were blinking. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to set when we got into the car. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Because maybe somebody might be sellin’ model car parts at the market. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He could, of course, set the trunk in the snow right now and take a street car and get the money from Bessie and leave town. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, the blue and red lights of two police cars flash in the night. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe the car was packed and ready for the drive back to Columbus—the place my father called the Big City—now their home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“When he’s here, his car’s here. He’s away some place. I think it’s a lie. I think the Sprague kid is a liar. I think you’re a liar. You want to make something of that?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crammed into cattle cars by the Hungarian police, they cried silently. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached for Lovey’s hand as we watched the cars start, smoke blowing from the exhaust pipes, kicking brown and orange and yellow leaves up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Fox Brothers train has been moved off the siding, and the hotly disputed elephant car is now hitched directly behind our engine, where the ride will be smoothest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

At any moment he expected a car to start up and swing, with its lights extinguished, onto a muddy back lane, heading surreptitiously out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sherman went over to the road to make sure people knew they needed to stay back and it would be best if they got behind their cars and trucks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"When are you going to sell me that car?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

A car drove by kind of close to me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I just know she didn’t. She says she went for a car ride with one of the boys this afternoon and you followed her.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We moaned and groaned and put some more coats on and went outside to scrape the car’s windows. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a long walk,” somebody said, and High-Tech laughed and said, “We will commandeer a car, of course.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Get a real car and some real money, and I’ll consider letting you date my sister,” Glenn said through his open window. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Joe scrambled back in the car with his boots and pulled them on, jamming his jeans inside. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. They pulled them out their patrol car and stomped them. Gray Boys.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I want to ask him about yesterday, when we were in the car and I kissed his hand, I want to ask him what he felt. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The space in the car shrinks, closing in on me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I went over to the car, but before I got in, I opened up Holling’s brown paper bag and took out what was inside. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They seemed healthy and well-fed, and were keeping cool from the heat under the shade of the cars. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He smiled, but Hagar wasn’t looking, wasn’t even listening, and when he led her out of the car into Reba’s arms her eyes were still empty. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have to leave the squirrel in the car,” said Flora’s father as he pulled into the parking lot of the Giant Do-Nut. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Do you notice there is way; and a good walk from the car. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad was the opposite, gliding past everyone like a car passing pedestrians, but what he did have was this quiet focus. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her perfume lingered in the car and attacked him in the soft places of his boyhood. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other officer was now leaning inside my car and going through my papers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ahead of her, brakes squealed as cars jerked left and right. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now it was something like a car chase. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“And she—Melissa—she died a long time ago. A car accident.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

If I went out into the world with naked eyeballs, I’d probably be robbed, run over by a car, or mauled by animals. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Papa said nothing in the car, his jaw moving as if he were gritting his teeth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m the man who wrecked your car,” said my father. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The crew got into their cars or ran to the cafe. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Outside the car, I could hear Ares chuckling. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

One day, two men were out hunting four miles northwest of Fairfax when they spotted a car at the bottom of a rocky swale. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They have private servant whose job be only to wash car. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And someone must’ve called the police because when a couple squad cars came to the house, the dad stormed out. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Roy figured this had to be the same place where the police car got spray-painted and the alligators were hidden inside the latrines. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked slowly, admiring the number of cars, the Lebanese shops filled with all kinds of foods. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We finally got the courage to get out of the car. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I spotted Link’s car just on the North Little Rock side of the bridge. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been in a car accident and was in a coma. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Fewer motorcycles and cars pass by on the streets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When the light turned green, I took a left and drove a minute up the strip, to the car wash. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Milton got in his car and drove off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I scoot out of the car’s dark interior, then squint in the light. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The car smells like Emmett and George ate their favorite spicy beef jerky. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The three of them were around the car, in the middle of the lot, checking out the flat tire. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

My eyes are moist as she climbs down from the car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Armpit picked out a hooded red sweatshirt that said san francisco on it and had a picture of a cable car. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In my neighborhood, the police never get out of their cars unless it is to arrest someone or harass them with questions. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

So I get up, wipe my mouth and hands with a napkin, toss the rest of my food into a nearby trash bin, and start heading back to his car. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Esteban had to park the car several blocks away, because the streets had got narrower and narrower until they were only for bicycles and people on foot. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The low rumble got steadily louder—voices, footsteps, the creaking of bleachers, and the slamming of car doors up in the parking lot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At first his mother agrees, cheered by the prospect, but as soon as they step out into the windy parking lot she gets back into the car, saying she will wait. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The train was mostly empty, and I found a seat in an empty row at the back of the car. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mom backed the car out of the garage and down the driveway. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then, dented, scratched, and steaming, the car rumbled off into the darkness, its rear lights blazing angrily. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A line of black town cars idles at the curb while their drivers smoke and chat with each other. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What a silly notion, Elinor!’’ she muttered as she got back into the car. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At 12:30 p.m., the diplomats’ car drove past the protesters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After carefully loading the box in the car, the three of them made their way to the Smiths’ house. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“So don’t you want to get a car and drive the girls around? Don’t you want to get a job and grow up and make some money?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a crash, and the car exploded, and my mother’s friend said she thinks at least one of the boys was killed, maybe more. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“While you guys were getting the boat. They told me it’ll be twenty minutes before they can get a car out here.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of my family piles into the car. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Please turn back. Oh, you must turn the car around. I should be returning to China. I shouldn’t be here at all. Let’s go back. Do you understand me?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if he’d been a circus beast trained to behave like a domesticated creature, the mammoth dog left the dead man’s side and slipped out of our car through the opposite rear window. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mom was being relentlessly optimistic, and Connor had come along in the car with us because Jack was working and Mrs. Baransky was out of town. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The restaurant car is free now, Monsieur,” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returns, fumbles for her car keys, gets in, then puts two coins—3Vt pesos—in his hand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He had never washed a car at home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

My father, brother, and I were packed into a cattle car along with other male workers bound for Schindler's new factory. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“The car has just driven up to the door now, Madam,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Often the Abboud family drove around on slow Sunday evenings with their car windows wide open to “smell the air.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting so tired that I started to forget to duck in the bushes when a car would roar by. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Rick, with his toe, pressed the emergency button on the floor of his car. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few cars are parked in front of the grocery store. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He just unfolds himself from the car and gives a little wave. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There, at the church, we chained onto another car and went all the way to the Spaghetti House. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the next breath, he told me that he had borrowed a friend’s car and needed to buy gas so he could drive to Gary for a business meeting. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I looked there were cars going in every direction. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He waved as they left, and I watched him help Nan into our car. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“The man said part of selling cars is looking the part! Wearing the uniform! Remember?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Sarah drops us at the mosque back in Eastspring, where Muhammad’s car is parked. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It had become detached from me like a wheel fallen off a car. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My boyfriend has taken excellent care of the car since it became his. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We drove through slowly, of necessity, since the campus drives have cement ridges every forty or fifty feet that would cause your car to bump badly if any speed were attempted. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was filled with the smells of winter, and car exhaust, and the familiar sausage-y-maple syrupy wafting from the Burger King across the street. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Chuck Muckle wasn’t a very jolly fellow, though, especially after seeing the newspaper article about the police car being spray-painted on Mother Paula’s property. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some boy shot a cop and had a ’Pac song playing in the car. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We pull up to a red light and Travis tells me to look at the face of the lady riding the car next to us, and I do. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was past six o’clock when the police car pulled up in front of the house. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later a car pulled up in front of Stacie’s house. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her voice was full of caution as she kept her eyes on the car in front of us. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Like when Mom pulls the car over and hits me for no reason. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Dolores flitted around the car, screaming like a banshee, her face bedizened with fury. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes no move to get out of the car. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I argued, “I suppose you’d get on that roller coaster even if the car in front of you skipped the tracks and splattered everyone riding in it all over the pavement.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It reminded him of the bright popping he’d seen at late-night car accidents while the police department’s photographer was snapping pictures. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the car that pulls up in front of my house tonight isn’t playing it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wishes he could simply borrow his parents’ car and drive up to Maine to see Ruth after Christmas, or that she could visit him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A few times a year. Next time I go, it’ll be around Christmas. Assuming our junker car is still running by then.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Losing the car also meant losing access to my dad. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Look, I can’t go without you. James says we can take cable cars to get there. I know you’ve never been on one before—don’t you want to explore San Francisco a little?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They flapped their arms crazily and shouted, “Papa! Papa!” before he got the car door open. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was a squirrel riding in a car on a summer day with someone he loved. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The feeling floats with me out into the parking lot when Mom’s car pulls up. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“That was put there just before eleven. A well-dressed man drove up in a green car and came in. He read the note and signed it.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I conjured it, a squad car turns the corner. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Furman signed a receipt and got into one of the seven cars surrounding the truck. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His Secret Service agent, who was also thrown from the car, was killed. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The three of them quickly got in the car. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I was already out of the car when the second and third screams came, and by then I knew it was Tommy, though that hardly lessened my urgency. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Monsieur. After the service of dinner the door between the ordinary carriages and the sleeping cars is locked.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We saw the loss of the car as an opportunity,” Eric recalled later. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the door to the train car finally opened at Gross-Rosen, our new concentration camp, bodies fell out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his car in park and squeezes Molly’s shoulder. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A familiar example is provided by a car: the more powerful the engine, the greater the acceleration, but the heavier the car, the smaller the acceleration for the same engine. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week after I left Santa Barbara Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I leveled my rifle on the branch just in front of my face and put the car in my sight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

As I looked over my shoulder, the car blinded me, flashing its brights. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in big Hollywood movies they’ll have these crazy chase scenes where somebody jumps or gets thrown from a moving car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Officer Evans drives his squad car up Sixth Street and takes a left turn on Adams. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But he climbed, clawing his way higher until he was at the top of the freight car and could see down the length of the train. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He leaped from the car while it was still skidding dangerously and hurtled up the flight of steps inside, where three men were busy at the instruments and the controls. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

On average, a man died in the mines every day, often crushed by coal cars or killed by explosions. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Mom drove our old clunker up to the drop-off curb behind a bunch of other cars—mostly fancy cars like BMWs, Volvos, and Jeeps, all shiny and freshly waxed in a variety of bright colors. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I have been glancing into some of the rooms. Let's go to Coney Island, old sport. In my car." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I return to the stock car with my dukey box, which contains a ham sandwich, apple, and two bottles of sarsaparilla. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A woman with maroon hair climbed down from die driver’s seat and called, “Okay, boy, get out that car!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I listen, in the cars and when we’re assembled in the office, and learn, first, that no one seems to be homeless. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And here’s our hero!” said Kelly, smiling and holding her hands out as if she were a model presenting a new car on a game show. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

After setting a time to reunite with Clement and Marie- France, we slumped back to our car and to our hollowed-out home in Kinshasa. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I tried to keep her in the car, but she bit me. See? My arm is still bleeding.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They are plush, like the train car, but also have so many automatic gadgets that I'm sure I won't have time to press all the buttons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Corinthians slid as close to Porter as the floor gear of the car allowed, her head resting on the seat back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car was parked in the lot next to the hotel, and Maten had left a cooler inside, full of the foods her husband liked. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We were herded up a ramp into one of the train cars under the whips and clubs of the kapos and SS officers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And shall I arrange a car for his departure?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A tiny crowd had gathered, some of them taking care of the person in the other car. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Meme had met him by chance one afternoon when she went with Patricia Brown to get a car to take a drive through the groves. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Milkman laughed too, and they watched a while more before leaving the used cars and the pure white peacock. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to get out of the car,” I said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Olmsted in particular felt the pressure but also felt hobbled by the persistent delays in installation of exhibits and the damage done by the repeated comings and goings of drays and freight cars. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At the press of a button, the two wings would close on the car with a joint pressure of five hundred tons. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They made their way into the car and headed toward the center, squeezing past people who crowded the aisle. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sometime I hear a loud car and I think Robert is out there waiting to hurt me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But cars started rushing by so quickly they had to stretch the advertising out so it would last.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their fears began to circle the abandoned car, then to pile into it, tense new passengers with theories in their laps. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed in the right lane, letting people pass me, and focused on keeping the car steady even though I was practically shaking with the thrill of being out on the road like we were. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

At the last stop I left the car and went down a stretch of marble hallway until I found the door marked with the trustee's name. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Johnson knew a lot about cars so Dad asked him to take a good look at the Bomber before we went to Alabama. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind wrapped around our exposed thighs as cars drove by on our walk home from school. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But on that day, he’s standing right by her car, and she can’t avoid him. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I enter the next car, but Mateo keeps staring at the floor. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As Crab’s car left in a cloud of smoke and dust, Samantha snapped back into action, jumping around and barking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And the very next day my parents’ car had veered through the guardrail. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Unlike the steady stream of the highway, here rickshaws, motorcycles, trucks, and cars shared the narrow roads alongside bicycles and throngs of people. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But when we get back to Morning Glory Cottage, Ms. Ramirez’s car is already parked outside. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A car so fantastically powerful, so superlatively beautiful that it had all the nature of an apparition. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Liam whipped the car around so hard I had to brace Chubs and me from flying off the seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She double-parked on busy cross streets as she dashed in and out of buildings, provoking an avalanche of honking ire from other drivers, while the rest of us sat helplessly in the car. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I got up and stepped between the human bundles toward the door of the train car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Way, way down the block, they could see a long black car driving away into the night. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He looked kind of embarrassed, and as he passed her on his way to get his tarp to put away in his car, he did a strange thing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

So I swept my hat off the end of the counter and off we went in Carl’s car. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She stood there for a moment in the downpour staring thoughtfully, before turning and hurrying toward the car, her bowlegged waddle just the same as it always was. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t feel guilty about the rides anymore when I discover that Justin has managed to worm his way into the morning car schedule. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Smith climbed into the rear car, coming forward at each stop to check on his horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We return to the car and pick at the remains of the picnic. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Strapped into a car seat in the back, she had had enough. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The movie screen above the field of parked cars is reflected in their windshields. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mack and the boys used the squad car to go to Jimmy Brucia’s for more wine and Jimmy came back with them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A car honks as it passes us, and I see Max jump and pick up her pace. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Leroy maneuvered the car onto the adjacent street as if it had been his plan to turn all along, but it hadn’t. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’d make him ride in that car like a civilised man or stay at home. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dean had a house and car, and had had a wife, until the papers finally came through. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Jacqui even throws the car in park, Garrett and I have jumped out and are running to the front door. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The two of them got in the police car. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You had him eating out of your hand. That bit about cars losing value but art always gaining. You could have sold him Gloucestershire.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The other vehicle, almost tailgating her spiffy new car, followed that way for about two miles, then it pulled out to pass, but started to steer back in too soon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I have to see a man about a car." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The car in which Malcolm X left the hotel, bound for the aitport, was followed, said Bradley. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came to, she was in a car, locked in the back, with a splitting headache that her pain nanites were struggling to subdue. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Washing cars, like I was doing every day when I was nine, ten, eleven, you get to know the people who have cars in the town. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trains heading into Mexico City stop first in Lecherfa to leave any cars with combustible contents. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I knew enough to say baroto, the cheapest fare, but I couldn’t figure out how to ask for the colored car and he didn’t say nothing either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars finally park and the cops angrily push their way out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t like that I’m wearing my bike helmet in the car with him, but you just can’t be too careful. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She helped him find a small flat, buy a small car, get a driver’s license, go to the Lagos and Ibadan museums. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She and Arize did not talk until they got back in the car. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I cross the street on the next block, a car pulls up next to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” she said, “nobody has a car long enough to load up all the cardboard. A van is perfect.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I would get out of the car, make the long walk to his house, knock on his door, and recite everything my sister had directed me to say. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As night fell, another round of car raids started up unchecked. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Annabelle runs and runs down this awful Pennsylvania road, because now there is a car in a driveway, and its stereo is on, and music is pumping. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I climbed out of the car in front of Dorothy’s house, retrieving my sled from the trunk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if my dad had never bought that car, I wouldn’t have had a way to get to the beach. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, on the long walk back to my car, I started laughing. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t know where or what America is, but he does know, already, that he’s got round ears that stick out like the sideview mirrors of the only car in town — his father’s. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My step was lighter as I returned to the car where my wife was waiting. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we return to the car, Apa slumps in his seat and grips the green-card renewal forms with his brown callused fingers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dad was still looking for a car to replace the Olds—our budget was in the high two figures—so that weekend we all hiked over for our first look at the new place. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If the Dursleys wake up, I’m dead,” said Harry as he tied the rope tightly around a bar and Fred revved up the car. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The cars were blocking her view, but she could hear the sound of tennis balls bouncing against the ground. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She parks the car and the entire time I think, Let’s just turn around, let’s just leave. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

On August 16 Pollard and Yummy climbed into Yummy’s car, pulled out of the track, and hit the highway. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Braking, he managed to bring the car to a staggering, careening halt; he slammed off the motor and got out his laser tube. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Cade navigated by aiming his steering wheel toward two pinpoints of red—the taillights on whatever car was driving ahead of us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He thought waxing his red sports car all afternoon was more important than taking his wife somewhere in it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad, who’d recently traded in his car for a specialized van to accommodate his disability, still made a point of showing up in his cousins’ doorways as often as possible for in-person visits. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay, fine, I have my backpack in the car. But these are the important items,” Paolo said. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He spent a lot of time looking at other cars before buying this one. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked if you were sure you wanted to stay in the car.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She drove the car and trailer on paved and dirt roads between Norfolk, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, and North Carolina. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He buys a tree, ties it up, and secures it to the top of the car. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I was sorry, but I didn’t cry and I didn’t chase the car. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Three days after the Military Pronunciamiento, I drove to the Ministry of Defense in my Congressional car, surprised that no one had come to invite me to participate in the new government. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stayed there a week, walking the streets where their footsteps had clicked together through the November night and revisiting the out-of-the-way places to which they had driven in her white car. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The garage door was open, with the car in the driveway. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“If you have to give her a car, she doesn’t love you.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s wonderfulsaid Harry happily, thinking of Privet Drive. They got out of the car. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I take the next hand without looking at it, and climb as gracefully as I can into the car. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They sat in the big, white car and looked through their glasses at the fiesta. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She slammed the door of the car and came up the steps to meet me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we got into the car, Myron said, “Did you do anything against the law?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

During the day several crows cawed at us when we walked to our car. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We drove back to New York packed in Daddy’s car, while Henry slept peacefully in the back of his own car with Walter driving. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Pocock issued anxious instructions, they gingerly unloaded the shells from the baggage car. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My cheeks burn, and I brush past my uncle and climb into the backseat of the car without saying a word. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

After innumerable hugs and kisses, Auntie Harrigan and Uncle Arthur got in their car and honked as they rolled down the street while the kids waved and shouted their goodbyes and I-love-yous. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, I’d just watched her get into her car and drive away. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was hessian music, Black Sabbath, coming from a car up on blocks in the middle of the garage. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I start to sing the song, the one from the car. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

A time would come when Dad had had enough and he’d tell us kids to get in the car. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s extremely frugal, the kind of guy who drives the same car for twenty years. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Dad and I got pretty wet just from that short run to the car, and Ginger sat on the back seat, panting and smelling like the great wet dog she was. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guessed he didn’t like people eating in his car. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I opened the car door but didn’t get out. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Every morning, when Papi leaves for the office, one of the cars starts up its colicky motor and follows him down the hill. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“You spent a million on this? While your family doesn’t have a house or a decent car.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Ambulances came. Cop cars came. They had this power-pack thing, you know?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That way, everyone would get a chance to get out of the car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Nico got out of the back car and stormed over to Geryon. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The cars were parked in the driveway, doors and boots open, waiting to be loaded. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I knew that even though nobody in the world figured that old car had any good purpose, Ob knew there was some real reason to let it sit. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

So unless I want to start using my car as a residence, I have to find a second or an alternative job. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In these occupied territories, many black youth automatically “assume the position” when a patrol car pulls up, knowing full well that they will be detained and frisked no matter what. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

On our walk back to the car, my mom pulls me close to her and shows me a little scrap of paper with a phone number. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It gets hot sitting in Mama’s car with no AC, so I cross the street to a supernatural newsstand tucked inside an alleyway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There’s glass on the road and all over the seats of the car. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ahead there's this busy intersection, cars whizzing by, and it all seems sort of familiar. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

And Gran, she’s always rescuing things: birds with broken wings, a sick beaver, a deer hit by a car. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a pretty wide conspiracy, involving everything from his car’s faulty ignition to his father’s nagging about college to his English teacher’s “gay way of talking.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When I drive into the school parking lot this morning, she’s there, next to her car, putting lipstick on, waiting for the rest of her stupid little gang. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You can’t even drive a car, how can you ride that horse?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wherritt staggered in panic from one end of the car to the other, driving passengers before him “like scared sheep,” according to one account. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I bet she’d been on her way back to school with my trombone, science paper, and gym shorts in the backseat of the car when Isabel called, and bam, Mom completely forgot about me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She had her own car and she wasn’t too old to drive. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just naked treetops and peaked roofs and a band of darkening sky wrapping around the car, pressing against the window. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Pa was determined to save his precious car. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I trotted down the steps and met him at his car. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some spent the night in elaborate motor homes as long as railroad cars. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited for what seemed to be a long time before she heard automobile doors slamming and cars leaving. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But Joey said that wasn’t funny, because if we didn’t find Chas and he got into trouble or something, it would look like we’d stolen his car and ditched him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or, more precisely, he’d keep asking questions, keep sighing and staring at the car like it was a hand grenade, until Toby finally told him the truth. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Here, it was as if I was sealed into a noiseless box, and even when I opened a window, all I could hear was the rhythmic whisper of cars driving on the nearby road. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

One person knocks on the hood of the car and the driver honks back, a warning. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He walked through the doorway at the front of the car, unhooked the safety chain, and jumped down onto the tracks, disappearing into the dark of the tunnel. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father puts the gifts in the trunk of the car. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Wow, I get nauseous just from reading my phone in the car,” says Nick. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I hear a car pull into the driveway. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“There are few people travelling this time of year,” he said, glancing up at the windows of the sleeping car above them. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could borrow someone’s back tires and return them later, but you could not do this in Washington, D.C., and you could especially not do this to a senators car. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

After we get the animals back on board, I climb into the stock car and poke my head into the room. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Robbie Ray nodded his head all nervous, and ducked back down into the black car. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She helped them organize car washes in the parking lot of the YMCA, but the boys had come up $130 short of their goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Once, a car slowed, and the boys inside called out compliments. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, we kept one car open for the thud of Madam’s feet on the stairs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first cat ran away, and the second one was hit by a car. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You should have thought of that when you used up all the gas in the car.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was stealing over to the other cars. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were small gray motor cars that passed going very fast; usually there was an officer on the seat with the driver and more officers in the back seat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then a car passed and they showed in full relief, their shadows flying like dreams across the sparkle of snow and darkness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After an hour parked in the car, the formula looked like this: An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

In the car, I flip through the pages. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you want me to get out of the car?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

We would ride back in a railroad car at the end of the day and it was always quiet. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sirens screamed and the cars rolled slowly through the crowded streets and he was feeling the cross that touched his chest, like a knife pointed at his heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Later in the evening he would stand with his friend in the drive and watch the cars drive up to the house, his hands in his pockets, his cap on the back of his head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I caught the cable car back to Polk Street, my basket would be weighed down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train cars sway from side to side, up and down, like bobbing ice cubes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Windy sits in the front of the car. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We know they will die if we put them into bottles and leave them by accident in the sun in the back window of the car, as we have done before. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked the car left, just as the man fired off another shot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Perry, as the patrol car drew alongside, nodded. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young man opened the door of a parked car. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Once, on top of a moving train, he grew so hungry that he jumped forward to the first car, leaped off, and raced to pick a pineapple. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Benji made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. I tried, but he wouldn’t get out of my car until I accepted.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was empty of shoppers that morning—nothing but the occasional sound of automobiles breaking the graveyard silence of the cars in the lots, lined up like tombstones. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t fit on the pavement, so it walked on the road instead, passing through parked cars as if it was spun out of nothing but nightmare and imagination. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I was waiting for you to go to the store. When you didn’t come home, I walked down myself, and I saw a girl in a car that looked just like you.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The car creeps along a half mile of crunchy gravel. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I watched a pile of corn pour into a railroad hopper car painted with Cargill’s blue and yellow logo. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Sizwe and I stood outside the car, staring at each other. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, they trailed down the block after Tab’s parents, who walked arm in arm to their car. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The fox felt the car slow before the boy did, as he felt everything first. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As I walked him out to his car, I wanted to tell him that I loved him. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We made it. Everybody out,” Dad said, and by the time all the car doors had opened and Dad had popped the trunk, a light outside the house flickered on. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The family car takes the head of the house to work and the family to a drive-in movie at night. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took Mia’s hand, and Pearl, uprooted, came free and followed her mother back to the car. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s where we met with some friends that helped me switch cars and remove Martin back there from the medical trunk we had to smuggle him out in.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He and En Enrique’s Journey rique both work at the same mechanic’s shop, but the uncle never offers him a lift in his car to their job. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Most of the train’s passengers have settled into their respective cars and compartments to read or sleep or otherwise pass the journey. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cootie figured that car saved him from getting some new disease. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her tone sounds like Mom’s in the car. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

There was a feeling in that car, and it was almost sadness, but it wasn’t. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stops in front of the camel car and slides the door open. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

That’s why I don’t hear the car pull up next to me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed my way from car to car, until I couldn't go any farther. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

From one direction came the police car; running in the other direction were his two friends Well, the closest things to friends that he had in Coconut Cove. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad plodded back to the car and then turned and pointed at me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Maniac caught up, they were gone and the car was shuddering against a telephone pole. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hoisting the bundle onto his shoulder, he carried it down the hill and dropped it next to the red railroad car. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They are gone, left in cars that came for them, driven by pale Americans in white uniforms with gold braids on their shoulders and on their caps. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

At my house, Mitch gets out of the car to open the passenger door for me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Trask, I’m going to put you on the top of the list. The first car that comes in, you’re going to have.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the car I pause to consider my options. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She could still hear the hum of cars, but mostly it was crickets and breezes through the tall grasses of the cornfields and the big front yards in need of mowing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They passed countless cars, with license plates from many states, locked and empty. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped up, shoved him away, and ran for the car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They took the computer and some of the kids’ clothes and put them in the car. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But ever once in a while, Robert watch from his friend’s car. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He pulled the car off onto a logging road and turned to me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, all in all, the most beautiful, perfect car that God has ever allowed to be made on earth. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Without the coal cars, Coalwood was no longer covered by a daily pall of dust, but I still saw a gray, ugly crust on everything and everybody that would never come off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The ones by the door hammered on it with their fists, the car rocking with their efforts, but it did no good. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like how you treat your pockets the way I treat my car. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

An orderly in a stiff uniform jumped out to open the back door before the car came to a complete halt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Darius starts to say as he comes out of the car. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Others jump inside hoppers full of sand or grain, but only if they can find cars that are full enough that they will be able to crawl out. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

White people sat in cars facing us, waiting. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the radio in our company car the classic rock station notes the season by playing “Maggie May” several times a day—It’s late September and I really should be back at school. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My day-to-day life indeed felt like a car ride where my foot always had to be firmly pressed down on the gas, but I had gotten used to the speed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We pass a car that looks purple at first, but when the streetlights hit it, it’s neon green. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They pulled into Helenwood Elementary School’s parking lot, already packed with cars. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“She chose your path years ago, and it will not be easy. But now it is time for the funeral. We have obligations. Come. The car will be waiting.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She gets into the car, holds me in her lap and moans all the way to the Fever Hospital at the City Home. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Around midnight they had arrived at the mule barn, finding a rusty padlock on the back door, knocked loose with a whack from a hammer out of Roy Lee’s car. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I can be like the year’s supply of steak sauce they give you when you don't win the sports car.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

At a car that was parked across the street. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“And I finally remembered an old photo that hung in our brownstone when I was a toddler. It was of Father with his first car. The aqua one he passed on to you.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Brooke had a bottle of wine in the trunk of her car. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After that, she moved back and forth from the adjacent car where Mollie and the rest of the president's friends, attendants, and aides sat. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There are a couple shelves where I keep porcelain animals, and Micro Machines cars, and a La-Z-Boy chair we got when the people in the apartment next door left it outside. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He slipped the paper underneath the windshield wiper, then ran back to the car, an alligator-shaped grin plastered across his face. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I ran into the garage thinking maybe my new car was parked in there, but it wasn't. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Throngs of wounded were emptied from the cars. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He heard the engines puffing and snorting by the roundhouse and the crash of freight cars being assembled. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I keep trying to jab at the car seat button because it’s even harder when your hand won’t stay still. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He had driven Mark and Linda’s cars before, but this was entirely, incredibly different. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Through the abundant windows I see a strange vehicle—it’s shaped like a bird, with two wing structures and a pointed nose, but it has wheels, like a car. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The last bus lets us off on a commercial strip peppered with car dealerships. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

If people die in a storm, they’re collateral damage, like any other object in the storm’s path—a lamppost, a car, a house. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“So we need a car to take us into the city,” Annabeth said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Left with the class’s emblematic cars, Lilly Pulitzer skirts and Ralph Lauren shirts, their golf, tennis, and soccer, and, most conspicuously, their houses, they have staked out their place and inflated the American dream. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

We don’t have a car anymore, and it’s almost a two-hour drive. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He walked to the back of his car, opened the trunk, and calmly pulled out a lawn chair, a towel, and a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun with both barrels taped together. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

No plague patrols wander the streets, and the only sounds come from occasional cars and the distant blare of JumboTron ads. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Before long, I heard a sound and looked up to see a car approaching. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes or so later came the sound of another car and I opened the door to Herr Ribbentrop, the German Ambassador, by now no stranger to Darlington Hall. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No, you threw it like twenty feet over the car. Just, throw hard, but keep it low. And a little right of where you were last time.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He practically had to unfold himself from the car. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And her fingers knew exactly the best way to twist skinny green clover stems together to make a long chain to stretch across the street to stop cars. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A car honked behind them, followed by others like a cacophony of quarreling geese. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There were fewer trees and fewer garis pulled by horses, but more cars, taller buildings, more traffic lights and more paved roads. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

As the car pulled away, my eyes were so clouded by tears I couldn’t look back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A guard unlocks the gates to let the car drive in, and in the rearview mirror I see the guard lock the gates behind us again. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Brian will wonder why we didn’t bring his car back,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

People still pass through in large numbers, but they park in a turnout, have a brief appreciative gaze, then get back in their cars and drive off. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

General Groves arrived at the Trinity site later that night, got out of his car, and looked angrily at the sky. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even long after his car has pulled away and left me alone, his presence lingers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There are power lines on the car,” Dad said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Harry!” he boomed, sweeping Harry into a bone-crushing hug the moment Harry had stepped out of the car. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When we get to the car, he turns toward me and takes both my hands in his. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The air conditioner was on full blast and the car was freezing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“What happened to the man in the car?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

As he stood, he saw a car pull up to his house. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I see a raven by the side of the road, picking at a porcupine that’s been run over by a car, its quills like a huge burr, its guts pink and scrambled like eggs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But it was hard to tell because he was sitting down in his car.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We stayed in the car until the air was still again, and the pheasants came back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Sabeen opens the car door, and we scoot out, following her mother’s flowing black gown up the steps. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Only a few cars directly in front of Rosie’s, but none of them are Mom’s. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

We didn't really say too much in the car. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I pulled up in front of her block of flats in Hillbrow, stopped the car, and sat for a moment as I tried to figure out the polite and gentlemanly way to end the evening. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I met his second wife,” she said, opening the car door. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been more than an hour since he’d grabbed the painting from the patrol car. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sobbing, I climbed into the car and wrapped my arms around Trampita, who slept in the back seat. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered myself down off the car, trying not to make a sound. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The driver was out of the car, too, slamming his hands on the hood and shouting. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The same car that Bonnie and Clyde drove.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and David are busy changing the oil in Mom’s car. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It was an awkward and largely quiet hike down the hill to the car. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Long story short: I was with my parents and sister when our car crashed into the Hudson River and I had to watch them die. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a purple night, and we were driving on a highway full of cars. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was dissimulating, like some of the teachers at the college, who, to avoid trouble when driving through the small surrounding towns, wore chauffeur caps and pretended that their cars belonged to white men. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we’d line up in front of the house before getting into the car, Dad would look us all over carefully. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was gone a lot, because she used her car to drive people places. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

A police car pulls up to the curb outside Carrie’s house. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The car stopped a good spitting distance from the porch, and the door eased open. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

All the gasoline is going to the war, and few cars come trundling through the school gates; food is delivered by the same withered mule, its ribs showing as it drags its cart. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As they neared the consulate, they saw police cars and several uniformed officers milling around its entrance. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Now, here I am, in his car, and we’re going to make out at the pagoda. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Dolores slid into her car, she spied the papers strewn across the passenger’s seat, the mail she’d grabbed from the box on her way out of the apartment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We squeezed our elbows together as we walked to the car. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought of his car, with half a length between it and that drop of two thousand feet, and the blank expression on his face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I can see them whispering as I run to join Michael, who’s already waiting by our car. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I am equal to an airline pilot and a car mechanic. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“But his car’s here,” said the white-haired man, as the blond one said, “Who are you, anyway?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We sat in the car for almost two hours as everybody got a chance to go in the house and get their favorite records. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his ground car, he settled back, removed the tiny mechanism from his pocket and carefully inspected it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I looked back and two of the demons appeared around the side of a car. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The shower worked a lot like an old car wash. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You gleaned his father, and he gave you a car?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They weren’t mean like the two Oklahoma guys who beat her up one afternoon in a parked car behind the El Fidel. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I said to Father Amadi, as we walked to the car. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nergal roared as he flung another car at his sister-in-law. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I was washing one of my dad’s cars and saw you guys pull up,” he says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Something hits me as Chantal exits the highway and the car slows down. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As I made for the car, I spun around once, took a few shuffling steps backwards through the slushy lot. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We must have kissed for about I don’t even know how long before Ice and Bianca came to the car. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

So I drove as far as Gig Harbor, Washington, abandoned the car, and inveigled a ride on a northbound salmon seiner. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard walked his up-down walk over to the car as I was getting my shopping bags out of the backseat. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until I couldn’t see the cars that I came back and things started feeling bad again. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the other car immediately—a tan SUV, a kind I had never seen before. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer said he’d gotten out of the car to think about physics. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia slides to the backseat of her car and opens the door with a scrape. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged my eyes inside the car, found the glow-in-the-dark Jesus dangling from the rearview, but he was bobbing and weaving on me, bobbing and weaving. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As quietly as I could, I lifted my dad’s car keys from the windowsill, clutching them in my fist so they didn’t jingle. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I walk back to the car and begin to soap the hood. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Once in the car, I lie on my back next to the door and watch the Dauntless compound disappear behind me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

No bra, no shoes, no purse, car battery dead, Mom occupied. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The hot and sticky air stunk of car exhaust. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

My heart hammered at the thought of cars whizzing by her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I felt myself start to panic a little, but on the third try, the car came to life. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Luke looked up from his toy cars on the carpet. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then he picked up the car phone and dialed Leon Longbridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was struck by her beauty, and I turned my head to get a better look at her, but my car had gone by too fast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say a thing when he got out of Mrs. Stroud’s car. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Lupita, there’s nothing here but tracks and buildings and three railroad cars. There are no guards. Nobody. Dawn’s coming. I’ve seen a better place for us to hide. Hurry up.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“They have the big cars. The dads have the little cars and just go to work.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Henry said, “Remember when Jem fell out of the car?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I got down from the car and worked up the road a way, looking for a place where I could see ahead to find a side-road we could take across country. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

What happened was she hid some secret papers in the trunk of a car she borrowed, and she ran out of gas on the highway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” I said, releasing her arm and walking toward the car, “and where would that have left me... ?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day the entire family piled into two cars and headed to the Great Mall. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“How were the lessons?” she asked when Raymie got in the car. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Back at the patrol car, the patrolman took out his clipboard and started writing the report. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it came closer, the car slowed down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mami will be happy we have a car! Now we can go anyplace we want!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

We sulked long enough about good times in Papa’s car. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I just remember, in a flash, being in Mr. Ray’s big black car. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A car sped by and crashed into a nearby tree. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“No,” I say, and open the door to the car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As we cross over the freeway, the same cars are still on the roadway below, and now there’s clear evidence of abandonment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

On three we launch off the train car. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I never had any complaints, but after Mexico I would say the train looked mighty fine even in the colored car that I rode in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the brown landscape, like a dark stain, were three black old-fashioned cars and twelve army trucks strung out behind. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took an academic interest in the thought of stealing the car, knowing all the time that it would be not so much criminal as meaningless, a lapse into nothing, an escape into nowhere. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the closest car line is that way,” the second said, pointing back down the road. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Will, because he could see a police car farther down the road. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trent from next door stops them on the sidewalk by their squad car. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh," the guard laughed, "you steal a car, you rob a store." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It had involved extra work for our staffers, for the theater, for the waiters at the restaurant, for the people whose cars had been diverted off Sixth Avenue, for the police on the street. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It is early April 2000, and they have made it nearly a third of the way up the length of Mexico, a handful of migrants riding on boxcars, tank cars, and hoppers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Neither of them noticed the ferret scrambling up the roof of Mrs. Asher's car. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then we all pile into Simon’s car for a shitshow of a ride. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Link said he’d call,” I replied, as I began to search for ways of returning the car if he didn’t. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it was about as fine a car as they’d ever make. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi paused next to a burned-out car for the others to catch up. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I could turn my car around right here and now in front of these gates and go away from here, and no one would blame me. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

We’re talking the whole way on the train, talky talk, chattering at each other across the aisle of the swaying car like edgy ball players. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost everything that’s ever gone wrong in my life I can trace back to a secondhand car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A young lean priest in a discolored soutane came up to the car. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The other tenants park inside, but you should see all the shouting that happens in the morning when somebody does not move their car out of the way, and somebody else is late for work!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I debated silently if I should tell her I loved my car—needed my car—and that I had been living on my own long enough to never want a roommate. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Luke grabbed his backpack off the ground, eyeing the car and then Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he says anything at all, even a simple thing about a car or a plumbing repair, it tends to come out like this—in terms that can be interpreted as sacred. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You heard about that? Yeah. It’s not, like, a nice car or anything. And it’s not mine, you know. It’s my dad’s.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko put the squad car into a U-turn so he could take the boy to the police station. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say good night to Alejandro and get in my mom’s car. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Sir. Yes, sir,” the guard says and steps back into his car. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Choose quickly, then,” she said, “and we’ll carry the trays down to my car.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was concentrating on the people passing him in cars. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There’s Mom’s car bursting into flames as it busts through the sky. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She propped the lid on a metal rod as if she were propping open a car hood. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The car went fast and Robert got off my head, but he put a knife to my face. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re saying I don’t really like Margo? After all this—I’m twelve hours inside this car already and you don’t think I care about her because I don’t— ” I cut myself off. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

There are more cars too, Whirlwinds with their chauffeurs and their cushioned occupants, lesser cars driven by lesser men. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few moments, their small white car was bursting out of the garage onto the thickly blanketed driveway. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We strap on our backpacks and meet him at the car. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, most cars contain nothing but junk, but I manage to acquire a few unexpected assets that would otherwise go to waste. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

From miles away comes the thunder of big guns, and still the German transport trains are being hit, bending tracks and flipping cattle cars and maiming the fuhrer’s soldiers and filling his officers with fury. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Your door opened and I watched you walk to the front of your car, then crouch between the headlights for a closer look. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He was buying equipment to make his collection of cars simpler, but he wasn’t generating the kind of revenue necessary to support the costs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The car looked like a fish in a bowl. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The broken buildings surrounded her, the scorched and silent cars passing below. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The cars were surrounded by piles of junk and boxes—furniture, rugs, computers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care whether car A or car B gets to Chicago first. It’s a boring problem.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pressed down the clutch, shifted into first gear, and the car jumped forward. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold in the car, I was tired, and I hadn’t eaten—I was almost sick. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped up the hood of my jacket before I got out of the car. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But mostly it was a heartwarmingly plain, sincere machine, promising good fun and few breakdowns; the sort of car that, especially in soft yellow, looked like nothing so much as a bar of soap. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad pulls up, gets out of the car, and says, “Lewis?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the line of cars snaked behind me like some kind of unwilling funeral procession, I found myself talking out loud to her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he shoved him away from the car and screamed, “Run, boy, or I’ll cut this girl into small pieces! Run! Run!” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Instead of chocolate creams in a heart-shaped box. Instead of a big house and a great big car. Instead of long trips . . .” “Porter.” “. . . in a clean white boat.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Stanpole’s car was at the top of it, headlights on and motor running, empty. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the kitchen table was a thermos, a teacup, the white leatherette Bible, and the car keys. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a million questions I wanted to ask, but the car had pulled up in front of a small shop. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It felt good to ride the train this time, to sit in a passenger car, in a plush seat, not crammed in a cattle car. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then Roosevelt gunned his car engine and sped off. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It therefore came about that the Count and Countess were the last left in the restaurant car. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a dirty-faced kid in a car seat. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He entertains her in the back seat of the car when they drive on the highway on Saturday evenings, on the way to dinner parties thrown by their parents’ friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s the thing about my brother’s car: You hear it before you see it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, Chief Taylor did. Like a three-year-old. Ah yes, I remember it like it was yesterday. You cried—” Taylor was the red of a sports car. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Another car bounced over the top of a hill. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, when they arrived by car, he locked his door. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He clasps it over his mouth and nose, and returns to the car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Once my mother’s car was out of sight, Thalia said, “Your mom is so cool, Percy.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Thalia and I inhaled a few cookies while Zoe said, “I can drive, sir. I’m not as young as I look. I promise not to destroy your car.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The only reason she and her brother are in this car is because Kelton probably wouldn’t come without them—and Kelton’s the man with the antibiotics. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The vans are surely more silent than the other cars. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some scythes arrived at the Capitol Building on foot, as they had; others in publicars, some in private cars, and several in limousines. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Since we left the car, Amelia hasn’t stood beside me once. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They take Mom’s Prius, since Dad’s car is still convalescing in the garage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju cooked peppered gizzards, powdered her face, and stood by the living room window, waiting to see his car pull in. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now I am being pushed toward the front of the car. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Kids who flew home usually rode to the airport together, since seniors were allowed to leave their cars at PM. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until she got in the car without him that Dad realized it was really happening. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s that girl who can see it’s not my fault that a car with my mother in it lost control no matter what I did with this jerkoff beforehand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The car made a swell racket, and if I went slow, folks who heard me coming had plenty time to run out on the porch and watch me drive by. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was quite a sight because the kayak was longer than the car. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I lay my head against the car window. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At meals they chide younger children for admiring anything foreign: a British car advertisement, a French picture book. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t think the car salesmen in that study meant to discriminate against black men. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The thought of driving her car got me excited and my fingers rattled across the keys. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A minute or two later Mary Debenham entered the dining car. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faith, still disintegrating behind the wheel of the Sunbird parked alongside the curb, managed to give me a wet, worried look that pushed me out of the car. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I step out of the car, the gossip fog is like ether. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I climb into Lenore's car and I look up at the building. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Ahmed is taking us to the airport with a cousin of Mama’s in a second car because of the luggage. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When we came to a point just past the market where the road had narrowed, eaten away by erosion at the sides, he stopped for a while to let other cars go by. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

For a few moments she considered simply getting into her car and driving away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a particularly long trip from New Rochelle to the Bronx, where her grandparents lived, but the car was overheated as usual and Aaron complained the entire way. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned off the light and stood at the window, watching Jennifer's family unload their car. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But the policeman who gets out of the car is not Officer Khan. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And one night, about a month ago, the husband was driving his car a few blocks away, talking to his wife on the phone when he hit another car. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

With a courageous gathering of his moral forces he moved with decision toward the car. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The field stretched along a highway that ran from Burundi to Congo, and cars whizzed by us as we lay in the dirt. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Their path took them past frozen everything: cars and people and birds above, hung in permanent V-formation. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The body of the car was so battered that its next owner cut it in two and added a little truck bed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell Rock bye and run to the car. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Through the windshield he watched as Ronny circled around the goat, touched it quickly on its side, then trotted back to the car. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He swept his hand, and a wall of red flame rolled across the patrol cars. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Our idea of a vacation was two days of car camping, or a night spent at the Napa Valley Embassy Suites so we could swim in their indoor pool. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There were dark patches in the red gravel where the pavement ended, and she drove the car over Mr. Healy’s blood. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The police car’s engine started up, and dust clouds followed the car as it left our farm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Their wrinkly faces go all smooth once they park their cars or step down from the city bus. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

As we marched up the walk to the front door, the window of a car parked in the driveway whispered open. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The bridge was wide enough for a wagon with a horse and a mule and even for a car. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right before I got out of the car, he looked at me and his eyebrows got all furrowed and he said, “Just you and Maddie? No boys?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I wish, man. It was low when we left your house, but I thought I could wait a while before I got gas. I know my car.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

This is no ordinary car, as we both know so well. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her tone was casual, as if she held conversations every night with people crouching behind the car in the driveway. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

My dad always said that any of us kids who made the top three could ride home with him in his car. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then she asked the clerk where she could buy a car for cash. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But Sasha had surveyed the two options—Men and Women—and walked back to the car. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And finally, eventually, all the way back to our car. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“If my dog gets hit by a car or freezes to death, it’s going to be your fault!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The crowds that pressed around the cars were so dense there was no space between people and they blended into one another, wrappers blended into T-shirts, trousers into skirts, dresses into shirts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I started the car and put it in Drive. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh no. It’s a loser car all right. I guess that makes your brother Travis a loser.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“They also think America and Belgium should give them a lot of money, I happen to know. Enough for everybody to have a radio or a car or something. Nelson told me that.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A leper with soiled bandages begged at the car window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every patrol car in the county raced to the beach. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Force Fuchsia to get in the car with him? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But the Doyles peer out at me from their windows, their various shades of blond hair gleaming under the small light inside their car. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, I heard the trolley car rattle past as the night grew late. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

You turn to open the car door, now anxious to get away from her, but then her arms slip around your waist from behind and she crushes her svelte little body against yours. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Afterward, I tell Elizabeth congratulations again, walk out to my car. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Even before he got out of the car, Grace could tell that something was off. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

One of the Bahaman boys stopped by Tea Cake’s house in a car and hollered. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her mother and brother were one car behind in Sal the minivan. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The rental cars have a special number on the license plate. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They got off the cable car, and James led Emily and Matthew through a nearly deserted outdoor mall, then a palm-tree-lined plaza. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They fought about it in the car on the way to dinner. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huge cars, magnificent cars, with the tops down. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, there was a clattering noise under the car. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun shone through the steel-mesh side of the freight car, casting a shadow across Thalia’s face. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Out for my morning fix, Mike. This human bumper car's your handiwork, I take it?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Adam and Lee hung over the exposed insides of the car while Will Hamilton, puffing under the burden of his new fat, explained the workings of a mechanism he did not understand himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But even without their car, the young men were dangerous. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Later that day, my uncle Barnes came over and helped Dad install the zebra interior in my car. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My father’s desk was the size of a car. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But all at once the red car made a U-turn and returned, stopping a distance ahead of them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Felicia screams for her mother, throws herself onto the backseat and shoulders open the car’s only working door. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since it was against the law for private cars to charge fares like licensed taxis, the network would be paid for by donations collected at the mass meetings. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

His parents were taken to the railroad station where they were loaded into cattle cars and deported. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” I said once I reached the car. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Five cars were parked in the yard when he arrived; eight men had gathered in a single group smoking and talking quietly—one man had a bottle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch, stunned, as half a dozen flat cars whoosh by, loaded with what look like wagons, although I can’t quite make them out because the moon has gone behind a cloud. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Audrey walked to her car, unlocked the doors, and got in. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Whoever they were, they were only a few paces away from the car, talking in low voices. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I would stay in the car, all of you,” Geryon warned. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

That way he wouldn’t have to pay more than the law should allow to sit his car in an airport lot. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the year two million that is, when they build a road to here and somebody gets a car. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This could only mean one thing—my dad was living in his car. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"At cars that went by, at people who passed. After I checked into my room she howled for a few straight hours." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then, leaning back, he ran his eye thoughtfully round the dining car. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells her he spent the night safely sleeping in her car. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

People popped out at him from trees and bushes, from ditches and tall weeds, from around the corners of tents and from behind the fenders of parked cars. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Every one of them ran for the cars. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

First, I had to buy all the newspapers at the puestecito and put them in the trunk of our car so nobody else would see them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The tall man with the pale eyebrows was getting out of a car. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zu helped him place the nuts back in their sockets and slowly crank the car back down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We watched in awe as they hauled him roughly to his feet and marched him out to a squad car. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Yessuh. All three of us went upstairs when I brought ’em in in the car. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we reached the car, I was ready to explode. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Mom had gone to walk the woman to her car while I went to the WCC kitchen to heat up a slice of pizza for lunch. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was daydreaming so much about that car on my overseas assignment, it helped distract me from the stress of competition—which might be why I performed at those meets as well as I did. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He dug into his pocket and pulled out the small key he took from the ashtray in his car. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I parked in an alley so you wouldn’t be seen getting out of my car.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Convinced that such a ceremony would be the outcome of any trial—certainly any trial held in the State of Kansas—he had decided to “bust jail. Grab a car and raise dust.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt safer, out of the dark trees in the park and back around streetlights with people strolling and car horns. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He called it “a cheese- box. I’ll never buy another Chevy again,” he fumed as the car, loaded with kids, sat in traffic, its engine steaming and sputtering. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt as small and frightened as she had in the hopper car, and she prayed they would get to Aunt Consuelo soon. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I had to kill seven skin jobs before I could even make it out of the elevator car and into the hallway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Dispatch, this is car seven-two-four. We have a ten-forty-three-A. Shots fired. We need a medical team. I repeat. Shots fired. Victim is a child—a girl aged ten or eleven.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And then a little later, “Too much tear and wear on car.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had me stand back a few yards with the sprayer and wait for him to finish scrubbing the metal mesh with an old shoe brush and car soap. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music blared from a radio perched atop a phone booth down the block, where a group of men leaned against cars parked in front of the barbershop. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“And in the end the man doesn't live far from here at all—about an hour's car journey. Odd that he and Capricorn live so close to each other, isn't it?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

From the windows of condemned hotels, from fire escapes and balconies, from behind cars jacked up in front yards, they extended the barrels of their assorted guns. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as I climbed out of the DeLorean I cast a Shrink spell on it, instantly reducing it to the size of a Matchbox car. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Probably because for the first time in eight months, I’m a car ride away from home. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He claimed he could break into a car, disconnect the alarm, and hot-wire the engine, all in less than a minute. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We’re only at the train station briefly, to smile and wave as we pile into our car. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were something genuinely new and different, they offered a combination of girls and cars and late- night food, and before long they beckoned from intersections all over town. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

To be honest, I don’t know what Auntie Buzz was thinking, giving three teenagers a car in the first place, but she only sees the positives of a situation, none of the negatives. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bank employees say the robber was a thin white man. Another witness said he thought the man got into a red car.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I’d pick you up first thing in the morning and drive you to your car. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He steered the car in the direction of downtown San Francisco once again. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I was drinking Kamikazes that night. Something terrible always happens to me when I drink Kamikazes. I wreck my car, I get into fights...” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He went to help his children unload the car, gripping the suitcase handles in his bony fingers, his bony wrists locked. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy picked up Jaime and gave her the stew to eat in the car. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands used the car pool each day, and thousands more walked to work and school and the downtown stores. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

On our street, cars are driving by with their windows down and music playing. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in his parked car in front of the emergency room, asking Reggie questions, this time to fill out the paperwork. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

James reached the corner where the cars were all turning, and he stopped to wait for Emily to catch up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I stepped out of the car, and he put the cuffs on me and told me I was being arrested on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“What have you done to this car now? Daniel, what’s under that towel?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped when he heard the car, and the chauffeur slowed down. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And he was out the door and into his car before she could scream. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would continue to manufacture new cars and issue its annual report. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he knows he got knocked out cold and dragged to the car. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Matt hastily returned to his chair by the front door while Ralph quickly and skillfully drove his car under the clock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we came to the cross-roads though I saw the long green body of his car, and my heart sank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I manage to hobble out of the car as she opens up the chair and wheels it over to the passenger door. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She was perched on the roof of her car, which was now parked across the street, on the grass bordering the duck pond. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Why would she accept the car if she couldn’t?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As his car clunked and bumped along, Mr. Trepid thought about the red Cadillac convertible. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, we all piled into the car, some of us with greater reluctance than others, and trundled off to the vet. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

A car pulled up to where Noa stood, cradling her broken hand. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

People gathered around the car record the scene with their phones and throw rocks at the windows. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

My mom got in and closed the car door. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Within forty-eight hours Perry and his companion had discovered an open window, climbed out of it, stolen a car, and driven northwest to McCook, Nebraska. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Ugwu and Baby had come out of the car, she sat still for a while, watching the raindrops slide down the windscreen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Luke trailed off, looking at the car again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Papa asked us to get out of the car. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

No car company had an agency in Grandma’s town, not even Ford. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My car is stuck in the mountain pass,” said the doctor. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Extolling its many virtues, the salesman noted that this was El Jefe’s favorite car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars were still cruising, guys with their Saturday night girls, guys looking for Saturday night girls. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom’s car was in the driveway, though, so I know they didn’t go away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I took a step back as he reached for something inside the car that I couldn’t see. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She put her cup on a lamp table and was opening the blinds when she saw Henry’s car turn into the driveway. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I looked back at Lily in the idling car. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He always got nauseous whenever he faced backward in a car. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When we pulled into the driveway, I bounded out of the car and ran into the house, the beads in my box braids swinging around my face. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Next to the car, a cabbie laid his hand on his horn, then gestured wildly to the driver in front of him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I just couldn’t believe he was going this far to deny me driving a perfectly good car that was sitting in the garage. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The relatively high standard of living that she can now enjoy— enough for a small apartment and car in Bangalore—is good for America as well. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I got off and stood in my shadow and after a while a car came along and I got on and went back to the interurban station. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s eat these in the car—Mom’ll kill me if I get you there late, so...” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I watched as they handcuffed my father, read him his rights, and put him in the back of the police car. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom didn’t say anything in the car about the fight. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I figured I’d walk Penelope out to the parking lot, where her dad was waiting in his car. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has a real old car, one that he fixes up himself to keep it running. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Like us, their families moved to big houses with big yards to tend on weekends, they owned fancy cars that needed washing and waxing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if you stick, you only get a car 1 time out of 3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Disneyland, a grandchild’s graduation, Paris again, a new car. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly kids were racing, a flock of boys bending themselves around parked cars, colliding at the rolling ball. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It blew, and the car skidded side to side before the driver got control. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Sapo opened the car door and a terrible odor rose from inside. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They drove off in their squad car, and all down the block, drapes fell back to rest, half-opened shades closed like eyes that saw no evil. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When she pulls the car up to the falling-apart building downtown where Fuchsia lives, she leans over. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I bet her outfit cost more than our car, but I don’t think she’s the kind of person to show off about her money or make you feel bad for being poor. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Save me fifteen percent on my car insurance!” shouted someone else. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I decided to sit in his car and wait for him since he couldn’t have gone far. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the world revolve as the car spun around and lurched back to the highway. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I don't know much yet about different kinds of weapons, but it's a bit like looking at an expensive car. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Momma wasn’t at the car when Dicey returned, so Dicey said they’d wait for her until the next morning. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see the light attached to the head car. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Our cars are still at the bookstore, so we head back there. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was so dark that night that Mose couldn’t even determine the make of the abductors’ car. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I half ran hack to the car, feeling needlessly afraid. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the course of his or her life, a typical member of a modern affluent society will own several million artefacts—from cars and houses to disposable nappies and milk cartons. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father parks the car, gets out, and helps Uncle Clyde up the steps. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Carmine soon wants to crawl off the seat, and I am so busy trying to distract him from escaping that I barely notice as the other kids come on board and the car fills. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He went around the corner, and when I got back to the car, Chas was gone. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Getting out of the car, I’m tempted to yell, “Oh, yeah? Like you watched him at Melissa’s?” but I have bigger worries. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns off the car and taps into her texts. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Sammy winked at Ben, then turning and saying good-bye, they got into the car and drove to the movie. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lady was climbing up into the car behind ours. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The German army had taken everything—cars, petrol, radios, animals, food. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Not on the Penobscot Building; inside the car. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pooh pounds out a rhythm on the hood of the car. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

These are the pictures I’ve kept of those moments we waited by that car park. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noodle brakes the car at a red light. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I look out of the corner of my eye when I hear a car whizzing past me, checking to make sure it's not the officers, the guys who took my mother away. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Caught by fading light, they headed back to their car but somehow became separated. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There is a blue car, a new dress, loose unribboned hair. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“The car keeps overheating. Plus we’re having problems with sewage. Whole house stinks.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When we got to the car, I came right out and asked if we had enough money for stuff. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Just everybody,” I’m about to say, “just everybody hates me,” but instead I get lost reading all the subway car ads. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The snow had compacted under the wheels of other cars. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He squinted through the window at me and then stepped forward and searched the car on his own. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Lucky parked the car, he and Salvador got out. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

In the car, it appears I am wrong. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When Reggie saw a car behind the High Horse later that night, he foolishly thought that maybe it was Coach Douglas, coming to check on the boys battered ego. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I walk through the parking lot like usual, and somebody jump out from between the cars. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I suspect that you have effectively demolished the small car that someone innocently parked behind this bus. You had better succeed in getting out of this spot before its owner happens along.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a car came in with graffiti, the graffiti had to be removed during the changeover, or the car was removed from service. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you read car accident reports, it’s very common for crash reports to read: ‘I was driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Idiots and lunatics drove cars, why not the brilliant Marguerite Johnson? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody gets hit by a car or gets fired from a job or wins the lottery or their pops gets blown to pieces by a grenade in some stupid war. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We chatted much more freely on our walk back to the car than on the way out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tilted his hat farther forward, got in the car, waited for Ramón, and drove off with a roar. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Tired out, finally, they sprawled across the seats and rode the rest of the way with their feet kicked up, blasting Beyoncé on the car stereo as if it were just any old day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then she returned to the car and asked the driver to send someone to bring flowers to her father’s tomb. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The long car parked in front of the house. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The President was injured when a parked car exploded as his own limousine paraded by. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see men, women, and children rushing towards the trestle, and others swinging themselves out of passenger cars. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There were no cars coming, so they talked in the street. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father was glaring at the cars on the expressway as if he were daring them to try, even try dinging up his new pickup. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tag seemed everywhere, shooing the curious away from us, turning cars around that violated his single-file parking dictum. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A group of men stand in front of the stock car’s door, attaching a ramp with built-in sides. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He reached for a ladder on a fuel tanker, but the car was moving too fast, and he let go. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Along I-20, a superhighway that divides Atlanta into north and south, cars whizzed past at frightening speeds. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Now that was gone, too, and nothing was familiar anymore except the clothes in her traveling bag in the trunk of Elinor’s car. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She knew he had taken the front so he could pretend the car belonged to him. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There was a note on the window for me to fill the cars with the material piled in the hall and to proceed to Pordenone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Wes’s mother walked up to the backseat of the police car where her son sat and began to yell at him in between her tears. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We were not allowed to “congregate” in the prison yard, but down the road we stopped both cars. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the passenger side of Robbie’s car with the door open, one leg in and one leg out, puffing a cigarette. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The flashing cop car is gone, and so is James’s car. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Johnson carried the box out of the terminal building, put it in the trunk of his car, and drove to the Institute. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are dying for you and you are here driving a pleasure car?” a soldier asked, pulling her out of the car. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There are thousands of cars speeding along the roads and the sun turns everything to gold. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Rahel obligingly took a deep breath, threw her chest out and stood back to back with Estha in the airport car park, for Sophie Mol to see just how much shorter she was. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving against the flow, and now trying to edge round this same corner, was a column of armored cars, the paintwork untouched by battle, heading south into the German advance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He takes a shortcut through a pyramid of cars and tackles Luke, slamming him to the ground. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So the TV was the same old model, the car that Charlotte drove was the same old model, the dishes and the silverware and the towels—all the same. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His only problem is the fact that MaiVs car has about a 5 percent chance of starting first time round. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

People got on the car, sat across from them and stared curiously. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys who were running from the front of the house to the back alley stopped, following orders from the police car that pulled up behind them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Even our cat, Tuerto, has learned to hide when he hears the jingle of car keys. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She was sopping by the time she got back in the car. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He drove back along the highway toward the church, already laying down a bargain: if Pastor Tom’s car was there, then he would stop in and talk to him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The spot was completely unlit, and even with the car lights on, I was nervous another vehicle might come round the curve and run into us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit in the back seat of the car that smells of gasoline and cheese, waiting for my parents, who are buying groceries. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is fairly remarkable to think that Ford has been building cars and baseball has been playing World Series for longer than we have known that the Earth has a core. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He crossed to the passenger side of the car, opened that door too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You stay with Luba; I’ll get a patrol car here to take her to the Hall of Justice. For her bone marrow test.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He cut his blinker on, pulled over, and put the car in park. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It's just that we don't have a car and were going to have to catch the bus to the park. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We don't talk in the car, though, which is strange. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A tiny white speck of a car came singing down the wet road from town, far away, twisting with the black curves and growing larger by the moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Outside, a car drove past with its music turned up loud, the noise fading as it moved farther away. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We ran straight across the parking lot, ducking and weaving between parked cars, the guards right behind us, yelling. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Pushing me before her, we race out the door, my legs gaining strength as I fly through the house to the waiting car, Chucha urging me on. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When Auntie Buzz gave us the car, she’d handed us each a key. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got into his car and drove up the road, stopping a few houses down from the tree. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He wanted the whole coach to file into the dining car, now that they could. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mayor Nagin had told everyone in the city to have three days’ food on hand, and she had duly packed enough into the car to last. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Lines of tornadoes destroyed everything in their path—ripping up houses and trailers, tossing cars around like Matchbox toys. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“This green car came out of nowhere and hit us!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The smell of peaches and cheese eddied about the car, filling his nose with pleasure. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

One night I did hear a material car there and saw its lights stop at his front steps. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We played “lorry” inside the many stolen, scrapped cars strewn about the yard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you the dry cleaner was closed,” calls a woman’s voice from the car. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As I get into the car, I glance over my shoulder, back the wav he came. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got his car and in the clear, warm midday of Sunday, February 21, he drove uptown to the Audubon Ballroom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun-baked car didn’t have air conditioning and the back of my shirt turned into wet adhesive, binding clammy skin to black leatherette. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I got out of the car, intending to ask for the polici'as, but the guard beat me to the punch. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

People came out of the shops along the main street; cars pulled over and stopped to see what all the commotion was about. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kasim holds her back until she pushes him off her, and then Dray begins to pace around his car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The car ride, all three minutes of it, is impossibly silent. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maddy and me were used to it, but it irritated Ma every single time she was in the car. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He sometimes went days without feeling air as cool as in Lydia’s car except for when he opened the refrigerator. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Forget the lawyers, okay? I’ll put in a good word with the judge if you’ll just help me clear up some other cases. Are you the one who painted the windows of my patrol car?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cross Queens Boulevard, not rushing, stopping at the center island and waiting for the next green light, terrified of the racing cars. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The buses, police cars, fire engines, and ambulances drove swiftly, no trucks, cars, or mobs of pedestrians to slow them down. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“We got ten minutes to get to the church, so strap up,” Mr. Ray said, mashing the gas pedal and whipping the car around the corner like it was a go-cart. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We saw the yellow Cadillac at the end of the block trying to make a left-hand turn, but our alley is too skinny and the car crashed into a lamppost. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A car rumbles slowly down the darkened street, its headlights shrouded. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But what for? You never carried a gun in the car . . .” “Well, you never can tell,” her husband said in that special threatening tone of voice he used to indicate a discussion was over. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in a flash he’s inside his car and driving away. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

This veteran decided to take his car into the basement, and he closed the door and started down, but his wedding ring was caught in all the ornaments. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to stop her from spending so much time at church, and one of the most effective tools he used was to stop fixing my mother’s car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He walked down to the car and tightened the straps on the baggage carrier on top of the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped down, and the two of them darted back and forth on the massive leaf that was as wide as a car. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There was no point worrying yet, he told himself, as he got into the back of the Dursleys’ car. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When the car had fallen into the trough, it had landed on its side. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Compared with the desolate scene outside the car, his eyes look like the dancing flame of a lit match. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then the car moves forward, and we continue inside, parking at a spot near the front sidewalk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad stewed for a while, sucking on a beer, and then he told us all to get in the car. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had slowed to a stop and idled in a line of cars. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But the laughing made her feel sick, so I had to get out of the car and help her into the backseat. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t happen to be the same crackerjack lawman who fell asleep in his car while the vandal trashed our survey stakes, would you?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran out of the house, Mark and Linda yelling after him, and was in the car and halfway down the street before he realized that he hadn’t grabbed his phone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was cold inside the car, and his breath came out white. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As Dell pulled his car away, he could see neighbors coming out onto the sidewalk. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And now with time to reflect, I realised why I was so bothered by what had happened in the car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made it to the street where his car was parked. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when the automobile ban was lifted, we’d take the car with us on the Gay Head or the Sankaty, the steamers which plied between the mainland and the island. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Except they said it was because his car drew too much attention to him.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I'd never seen so many people, or cars, or such tall buildings in my life. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She backed away from the big green car, all the while keeping her eyes on the man. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Mine? I told you I don't know the first thing about cars. Now, keep your eyes on the road. We’ll be coming to the bridge any moment.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Is that one of the two cars that passed by us earlier? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“The car will be here soon,” she said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Their words surrounded me, and picked me up, and moved me along toward the car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one will ever get high with me, no one will be my audience as I play piano, and no one will sit shotgun in my dad’s car after I get my license. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We didn’t want to do anything to remind the sinners that there was an election going on, though Mrs. Brewer nixed Miss Winthrop’s idea of letting the air out of their car tires. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got into the car, Kevin told Mama that the soldiers had been ordered to demolish the vegetable stalls because they were illegal structures. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Take the car if you want, I don’t care. But I’m not going.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I thought I should run out to the car and grab the research proposal before Vern fell asleep, so I left the men in the study and returned with my backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her hair swung angrily as she gestured to the car and climbed back in. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

To avoid train fare, Luther and his fellow bug boys were stowed away in horse cars. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time a car pulled up at the curb. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"Eat quickly, girls. Are you sure you can drive the car all the way to the airport?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

American policemen were stuffing a handcuffed teenaged boy into a police car. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A car honks at us, and the driver yells out to let us know he has our back. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When the car stopped, I ran outside, opened my mouth, and curled my tongue to catch snowflakes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I asked Coach, who was sitting on the hood of the car, flipping through the lists of all our run times. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Parking the car, He goes back and forth Until it’s just right. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z