They don’t know I got two draw fours, a wild card, a yellow skip, and a red reverse. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She does get his card from the member board. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The tan cards say ‘Go Grab an Orange.’ Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He had his question already written on one of the cards he carried about with him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A summer without a sport was not in the cards for me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then, the applause having come to an end, the company took up their cards and continued the game that had been interrupted, and the animals crept silently away. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

As I pulled off the sleeve, his pale green identity card peeked out from his interior jacket pocket. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then Smitty passes some kind of card in front of two double doors, and the doors open and we walk through them. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She took me out of my chair, set me on the floor, and left the room while I pulled the cards that I’d knocked down into a messy pile on the floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Principal Marcelo comes onstage and says, “Thank you, sixth graders, for the brilliant performance. Well done! Now it’s time for the students to present cards they’ve made to their mothers.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reads the card again, and for a minute there are no sounds but the fluttering of papers as I sort them in stacks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I grabbed two thick sheets of card stock. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

In the Cow’s Guts, Eye fed General Matsika’s credit card into the computer. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, card really isn’t up-to-date anymore, which makes it even more annoying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

You and Coby sit on the floor in the back near the biographies, playing cards, whispering. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I open my backpack and reach for a blank card. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached the back door and prepared my credit card. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There are three cards in my drawer and one in my hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

On a card table a little way beyond the light was a silver icing-bucket with the necks and corks of two champagne bottles showing above the ice. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you ever run across a bird named Margalo,” said Stuart, “I’d appreciate it if you would drop me a line. Here’s my card.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the table and snapped the corner of a loose card. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was the margin of a newspaper he brought in, sometimes it was on index cards that he carried in the back of a small, red-backed appointment book. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma sold her pies, Mrs. Charles played cards with neighbors, while Monday and I ran around, eating hot dogs, dancing by the DJ booth, and playing in the bouncy house with August. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One day, in a blackjack game, an old cook who was dealing the cards tried to be slick, and I had to drop my pistol in his face. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sets the card aside and fishes his present out of the bag. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The last I heard, she’d branched over into designing her own Christmas cards. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

So the Low Cuts had to wait at the door another few minutes until Ms. CeeCee returned with a small card table. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could hear my mother clearing the typewriter and the papers from the card table and laying out the silver for supper, but I didn't move. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry yourself about them,” he says, “it takes a great deal more than a deck of cards to frighten this lot. But if you would rather not, I understand.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He dropped his cards and pushed away on the stool. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You had to take those pieces of paper with you when you went shopping, though by the time I was nine or ten most people used plastic cards. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I opened it a card fell out. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

These cards were intended to label batches of samples. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In line, I pull out my wallet, move the fake ID to the front picture window, and hide my real driver's license between a health insurance card and my dad's business card. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

As for me, I hold the card again in my hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then he touches his security card to the reader. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Is this your father’s address here?” he asked, pointing at the address on the card. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He gave his library card to Ms. White and took a computer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Bernard had proclaimed his triumph on every invitation card. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the table next to the games, an older man sold hand-painted greeting cards for all occasions to raise money for the Jaycees, one of Sing Sing’s “approved inmate organizations.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jules kept staring at the note cards and blinking, as if they might magically disappear while her eyes were closed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lay the mirror and the card on my sketchbook to give me something firm underneath while I draw. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kevin...the Happy Birthday songs, the Valentine cards, all the nice things she does for people...doesn’t that count for something?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I saw them on a case strewn with sun visors, hair nets, rubber gloves, a card of false eyelashes, and seized the darkest lenses I could find. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay a card on my sketchbook, but before I can choose a word, Carol rushes through the clinic doorway, her baby balanced on her hip. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man looked up as he approached, put down his cards, and marched toward him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

And a note, clipped to a business card: Anita will sell these for you when you need money. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They tend to answer just the A card, or the A and the six. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He collects cigarette cards with pictures of airplanes on them, and knows the names of all the planes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

From behind her desk, she pulled out a plastic tub full of index cards and started to flip through them while the officers watched. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Kyle wondered what the sound effects would be if he and his friends lost their library cards playing Let’s Do a Deal. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I hand over the twenty and receive the Doorman and the card. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Every Monday the card tournament always gets messed up! I quit!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ivy dealt them each seven cards, but she couldn’t concentrate on the game. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“An honest man, gentlemen. Simple tastes. Lays his cards on the table. I like that.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I collapsed the legs on the card table. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Shortly after receiving your card which I had looked at only hurriedly, someone brought in a paper with the headline about the plane crash.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He pulled a bunch of playing cards from out of Rose’s sleeve. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got almost all of them, plus their holographic cards! Well, except for a few really rare ones.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

We could have been having a great time sharing meals, playing cards, and talking about women and soccer. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

George cut the cards and began turning them over, looking at each one and throwing it down on a pile. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played with special little kid cards for a while. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sent me for the card table I’d used for my jigsaw puzzle of Charles A. Lindbergh. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The receptionist circles the phone number on the card. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I whisper, knowing the card must’ve been valuable to someone named Foster, Niles. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She did not take to her bed as I expected but was driven round to the home of Missus Taylor to play cards and, no doubt, complain about her husband. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel put the card in his fake leather wallet, and we walked toward home. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The policeman looked at the card once more. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both put down flowers and sometimes a card. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he was rich; unlike most boys his age, he had never even begun collecting baseball cards. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The registrar gives us our papers and a card with a grid of tear-off numbers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A good cantor can recite the traditional riddles for all fifty-four cards in the Lotería by heart as he reveals each card to the players. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I stare down at my own card and scribble Junior Agent in big letters. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Extra clothes, books, scientific instruments and specimens, chess sets, flags, lanterns, tools, sewing kits, lucky talismans, razors, barometers, combs, scissors, playing cards, dishes, silverware, photographs—each man added to the heap. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“The real card is supposed to come in two weeks. The woman said it’s bright green with a red stripe.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“You can get pretty good cards in there really cheap.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilkins also got absolutely livid when something hadn’t been done right, every now and then taking the little cards that had diagrams of plays on them and throwing them in the air in exasperation. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the tables were silent and the cards untouched. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like knowing that something else, someone else, held all the cards. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Fat, talkative, with the airs of a matron in disgrace, she renounced the sterile illusions of her cards and found peace and consolation in other people's loves. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

George dealt and Whit picked up his cards and examined them. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the door to another room is a sign reading County Sheriff’s Office, and under it is a card saying Conservation Officer on duty today. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his book the card stands out against the others I’ve made, plain as a field of new snow. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s even considered ripping up the index card, letting it fall to the ground in a one-thousand-piece mess. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“No cards; no emails. I got this machine that reads me my emails. It’s awesome. I can change the voice’s gender or accent or whatever.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I pick it up to wipe the table and there I see the letters HWH across the top of a card. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The card had pictures of cars on the front. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You’d think this lady’d be smiling, but she looks angry or out to prove something, like when Mom comes to me with a broken cereal bowl, or my report card. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

For four mortal hours she sat on a wooden bench and struggled to grasp the tricky process of carding wool. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

In die far corner, however, a group of men were playing cards. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t bother to slide it in Jason’s book, just lay the card on top. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gulped, grabbed his crumpled note cards and his book bag, and walked to the front of the room. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It means we need Charles’s, Andrew’s, and Haley’s cards,” said Kyle. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“There’s no dead end in Norvelt, not today! Take those five library cards, Team Kyle! You won them fair and square!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We didn’t make flash cards or draw pictures. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Doughty grunted agreement, surveying the action taking place at the tables below—dice, cards, Makker’s Wheel, fortunes won and lost, and a delicious slice of all of it came to Rollins. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She'd even written in her card, "Here's a little something to help you get that music thing you want." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“If you two keep fighting, you’re going to get us all killed, and I have a lot more card games I need to lose.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He even made a card float up by itself and then lower into the deck again. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a calling card, printed with the name of the circus and an address in New York City. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I had to give her that card. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

As I lay in bed, I did not think about going back to Enugu; I thought about how many card games I had lost. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He remained silent, examining the card he held up to his face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His card didn’t work, but he needed to catch that train. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

George laid out his deliberate solitaire hand— seven cards, and six on top, and five on top of those. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we use the game to build a house of cards?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I move Nutmeg over so I can slide the cards, word after word, in Jason’s book. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I add another Langston Hughes book on top of the magnolia book and pull my card out of my satchel and wait for the librarian to thunk a stamp in my books. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She paid with the card and got cash from a machine. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He removed the dirty card from the ragged envelope. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth gives up on the radio, snaps it off, and turns his attention to the card game that Rudi and Arthur are playing. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the blue card showed up, I pointed to it and made a noise. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Actually, you can win only by taking cards from the blue decks, which offer a nice steady diet of $50 payouts and modest penalties. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Buildings fell like wounded dinosaurs; others collapsed like a house of cards. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your room’s up here. Second floor. I took the larger bedroom, since you’re a wild card and I’m not. Hope you don’t mind.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was so elated that his celebratory dance drew a yellow card. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He gives kids free meals if they bring in their report cards. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Father emptied a card file for Margot and me and filled it with index cards that are blank on one side. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

To tell the truth, he was so young, it was kind of dull to play cards with him. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I intend to call the numbers on the cards, but it’s something to collect. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

What needed to be done was done, so I turn and say, “Well, I’ll see you, Audrey Maybe at the next card game. Maybe before.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Jessie folded the index card and put it in her lock box. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Even so—he wasn’t chosen as a wild card for nothing. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This sounds like a religious card, but she doesn’t care. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I frantically searched through my cards for a response. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A card called Luke...Sasha...Person was added to the index card deck. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The next day, while I was alone at home, I dialed the number on the card Coach Val had given me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Francie pushed the wrinkled dog-eared card covered with stamped dates across the desk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my arm and swept the whole pile of cards to the floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Inside was a file card, written in green Biro. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was grouchy after so many hours indoors with nothing but coins and cards to keep him company. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Just like before, I crawl through Voxy’s sleep cell, poking the rolled baseball card into the hole so the door slides shut behind me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She added her library card to the contents of the envelope, made an entry for it on the envelope and put that in the box. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He pays the bills on this baby”—Forrest tapped the card—“till I’m twenty-five. So I can work on my novel.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I added the new cards but it still doesn’t make much sense.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She clicked her tongue and checked their boarding cards, then she led him back up to the front of the plane, and pointed him to the empty seat in first class. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Here we go,” he smiled broadly, and added the card to one of the rows. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Just like Mr. Ray said, sometimes you win, and then you turn a card and lose. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes games are left out on the floor, with slippery cards on smooth linoleum. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She pictured her mother’s friends, flicking their cards back and forth to one another across a polished dining table. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There were two comfortable chairs and a table for books and magazines and we played cards on the dining-table when it was cleared away. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I copied the whole thing, every number and letter from his credit card. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Branwell started making frantic motions with his hands as if he were dealing cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rewards are high, but when you lose on the red cards, you lose a lot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

With my savings I get a telephone card, to phone home. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“His key card doesn’t work anymore. They must have deactivated it.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“I found their cards when I got home; I was out.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the wall with the list of library cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you can show Grover how to play that card game you enjoy. I’m sure Grover would be happy to entertain you for a while ... as a favor to me?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Fornatee shouted at the referee in protest and drew a yellow card, to cheers from the Phoenix sideline. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He was smart in math but came home with a C on his report card in math that year, so my mother went to school and asked the teacher about it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I gave her forty dollars inside a card. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boys worked as neighborhood postmen, delivering draft notices and monthly ration cards. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And he held out with trembling fingers the little white card that he’d found in the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Normally she buys boxes of cards, marked fifty percent off at department stores in January, always forgetting, by the following winter, exactly where in the house she’s put them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not for the money or the card or the gift, but the connection. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

And as I looked at that nurse outside the emergency room, I was petrified that the moment I handed her my credit card, the cycle would just continue and I’d get sucked right back in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Bring us that deck of cards, love, let’s have a round of rummy.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He gathered some of the cards together and shuffled them. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to change my credit cards, email address, get a new passport, things like that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was, however, carrying business cards identifying him as field secretary of CORE. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was too focused on the fact that the library cards were, once again, numbered. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once they’d finished their chores and eaten lunch in their own homes, they’d slip away to talk or play cards together behind the leafy banana trees. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He put the National Insurance card on the table and was already writing his bank account number on a piece of paper. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Isobel pushes the tangled path of the cards on the table around a bit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So he went to the coast and sent Christmas cards. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman hangs on to everything a normal person would throw out: Happy Meal toys, lost playing cards, grocery-store receipts, keys, dolls, a saltshaker, trains . . . how does he know this stuff could be art? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pull forward one of my two blank cards and write in big block letters an unbendable, sharp-cornered David-word: RULE. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we're already outside the apartment door, and I go, "Maybe she really needs that ID card," so it's my fault what happens next. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be in our meeting room, putting together a list of new Dewey decimal numbers from the Bibliomania cards so we’re ready to hit the ground running when the doors reopen at ten tomorrow morning.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“We travel all the way around the world with it and yet never leave our parlor. We have more cards. Would you like to see them?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In February, a card on my birthday—conspicuously lacking in news of Charles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Knowing Mrs. Cormaci, she probably had a deck of tarot cards right in her pocket. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made a motion like someone was dealing a deck of cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

George brought the cards together tightly and studied the backs of them. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rochester reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a business card. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Hit me,” one of them said, and the dealer, who wore a Seed and Feed cap, slapped a card down in front of him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her business card said Executive Secretary, but she was part mother, part assistant, part gopher, part confidant. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I can't just use the letters A through Z. Twenty-six letters plus my question card would be twenty-seven cards around the lander. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached up and straightened the report card in its frame so it was exactly even to the ground. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s fine, Sean. You are, of course, free to leave. If any of the rest of you do not wish to stay and play, kindly deposit your library cards in the discard pile.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Aside from Ian’s birthday card, there was no way to win the game, and no real goal. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He should have been on the lookout for that; but the lucky thing was that he knew that Britten had done all his tricks at once, had shot his bolt, had played all his cards. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I put down my cards and touch her arm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A bowl with two bunches of bananas sat in the middle of the card table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, after delivering Ma’s coffee table, I go to Ritchie’s place and we play cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Above his head hung the cage of King George, the scraggly green parrot won in a card game. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no picture, the card looks rushed and cheap. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve got the gun under the mattress and the card in my drawer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dell finishes my pie while the waitress runs his credit card. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then the boys were issued debit cards—thick black cards with their names printed in silver letters. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already taken a picture of four suspicious-looking squirrels lined up on the red brick wall outside my neighbor’s house this morning, but other than that, the memory card was empty. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After a meal, they’d play cards, smoke cigarettes, maybe a cigar, and drink a snifter of brandy. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She brought him a car made of wood, some playing cards, a schoolbook with math problems in it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Every person seemed to be carrying an index card. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The drawer is empty but for that card. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I say, and hold up the next card. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“But the election is only two weeks away. By the time we get all the cards organized...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They make their choices the way my dad moves cards around in his gin rummy hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still remembered him as the cheerful little kid who played with Mythomagic cards. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

"We need to see your identification cards," says the patrol leader. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But there’s no need. These cards are part of a speech program we use, and it comes with a whole book of words. I can copy whatever he needs from there.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tuck my homemade gift card under a pillow. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He tells his freshman counselor about his name change; he tells the person in charge of processing his student ID and his library card. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a miracle,” I said, remembering how Mamá had made Torito an outfit just like the one the Holy Child Jesus wore in a picture prayer card Papá carried in his wallet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The words were like a Hallmark card, but the tone was new to him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then she spreads them across the table in one fluid motion, forming an arc of identical black-and-white-patterned card backs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He played me a card and picked one up from the pile. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My birthday was months ago and people still send me cards. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an envelope with my social security card and my birth certificate. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing, Anita? Come along now and help me get the card table out.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It’s got to be the Pacific because the front of the card says “San Francisco.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

In anger, he snaps his card out of his wallet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I kept turning the cards around, checking the backs to see if there was anything there I was supposed to catch. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Papa showed the officers his “green card” that Ito had helped him get, and they did not ask about Trampita or me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pockets an application for a student American Express card, grateful that his first credit card will not say Gogol in raised letters at the bottom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He and Papa smoke their pipes and stay up late playing cards. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When Naomi asked him about the names on the cards, he’d waved her words away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the tumult that gathered in the courtyard to drink coffee, tell jokes, and play cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He liked to shoot pool in his spare time, he played cards and dressed like a man from a much flashier part of the country. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

How his mother had been able to write to the company and request a fresh set of cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Armelio toddles away to the dining room to set up the cards. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He scribbled something on his clipboard, pulled out another stack of cards, then said, loudly, “I’m going to ask you some questions now, Melody. These might be hard, but do your best, okay?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I reach under my chair to pick up something for our meeting—I had it down there as a trump card. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Curly tucked the card into the breast pocket of his foreman shirt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour is barely enough time to walk there, sign up for a card and pick out books, and then walk back. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sam picks the flash cards up and skims through them. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I thought, What if I made a series of flash cards and spread them out on the table and watched which ones make Branwell’s eyes flutter? Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you didn’t actually see the card go in. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He snipped away at the black paper, then separated the two thicknesses and pasted the profiles on a card and handed them to me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

One I had had trouble with before, and I advised the officer at the gate to get his I.D. card on the way out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reporter slides down from her stool, and in the same move slides a business card across the counter. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, strain as they might, not one card player heard a door open or close upstairs, nothing, no sounds at all. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have to. You’re here voluntarily. If you don’t want to—” “That’s all right. Go ahead. Deal out the cards. But don’t tell me what you find out.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Across from that, there was a funny man in a booth doing magic tricks with cards for the kids. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It had been used for holding screws, but he tipped those out and wiped the inside with a rag before inverting the glass over it with the card still in place over the mouth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Julian smiled, laid the remaining deck of cards in the middle of the table, and said, "Would you mind turning over your cards?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I pulled my flash cards out of my pocket and laid them out on the table. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What, you want me to give you a philosophy bingo card for your trip? Like: When you smell honey in the woods, run because the bear can’t be far behind.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

No one could prove he was lying since he’d been born on the home-house floor and didn’t have a birth certificate or social security card. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Draco paused to examine a long coil of hangman’s rope and to read, smirking, the card propped on a magnificent necklace of opals, Caution: Do Not Touch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Could I give my card to someone who really needed it?” she asks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the close of the opera, Scythe Faraday gave them a card and very clear instructions. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“You forgot something,” I say, but I take the card and slip it into my wallet. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was like he had just finished building a house of cards. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pried the pink envelope open carefully, not wanting to tear a thing, and pulled out the card. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Miss Cook is downstairs at the desk, filing cards into a drawer. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I read the card included in the box. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“My brother’s name was Michael. The football cards were his. He was older than me. He had Down syndrome and leukemia, and was real sick, so my parents had me in order to save him.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The Beauty Minister reaches for the cards displaying our faces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The wind blew harder; a gust caught the pamphlets and swirled them off the card table. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thank you for applying for your new Argentis FreedomCard, the credit card that allows you the flexibility and spending power to pursue your dreams and plan for the future. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the workers did their jobs quickly and then gathered in little groups to play cards or have salamander races or just talk and sleep. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And when that last card went around, I hit another ace in sight. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched out a racing-gloved hand and offered me one of her contact cards. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On a workbench was a smaller press for notifications, proclamations, broadsides, trade cards. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reined in our nature walks and settled down to business with a library card. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Blanca stocked up on the religious cards, booklets, and leaflets she hands out every Saturday morning. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I take my flash cards out and drill myself. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been assigned to Mercury Home Number Seventeen, Block Two,” the woman says, and hands us three key cards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“If you remember anything about Saturday night, anything that might be helpful to us, would you please call me?” he said, handing me a business card. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt located Maria’s card and placed it next to his. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you drew a blank card from the deck, that meant you could fill it in, assigning it a point value and an effect, the more random the better. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My friends probably think I go home and quiz her about them with flash cards. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She unzipped her purse and slipped the card into an inside pocket. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had passed around a stack of promotional cards Miss Peregrine had used to advertise their act. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He sketched the letters of the name in large floral script, as if seeking to dispatch the cumbersome duty of addressing the card as quickly as possible, before advancing to the message itself. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She soaks her feet in balms of herb water, plays cards past midnight, eats oranges under a full moon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows that he would almost always come on the every-others, like the index card promised. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A complex program might include hundreds, if not thousands, of these cards in tall stacks. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He passed a business card through the crack in the doorway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looked for the owner’s name on the card. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I threw those cards away a long time ago.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Haley slid her card key down the reader slot in the 400s door. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She gets off at four, so I have time to write out the day’s words on stolen index cards before Mom gets home. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He tucked the silhouette card into his pocket and hurried back to the lobby to memorize more book covers. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

While I kicked off my sneakers in our foyer, I flipped through the envelopes, checking to see if my great-aunt’s birthday card arrived. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Through my contact lenses, the entire main intersection of Shibuya is alight with hovering screens, rotating through each wild card’s photo and showing clips from past drafts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d asked Buddy one day, after he showed me a few cards. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I corner Mateo as he picks up one of the “Farewell!” cards offered here. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He knots it three times, binding the book closed with the loose page against the cover, the cards securely pressed inside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You got the choice of buying or borrowing, but either way you don’t need a card. If you borrow, we trust you to bring them back. If you buy, we only take cash.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, last time I went with Mama, he showed me a signed Satchel Paige baseball card—super old-school, and so original, he had it in a thick plastic sleeve. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

But it’s sure not the brass-bell or the sickly white on those cards in her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tiny folded cards flit to the floor like flightless butterflies. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Breathing heavily and with fire still raging inside of me, I stare at her name on the card for a long minute before I start texting. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I handed him my identity card and the boarding pass. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Some of my Arcanum bunkmates taught me a card game called dogs- breath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I like to do present first,” he said, flipping over the middle card. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She smiled slightly, tucked the card back into her pocket, turned to the security guard, and said, “Clarence? Will you do the honors?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He used the card to fan his face. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hands me a plastic card attached to a lanyard ring. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

So the next card I wrote was DAY CARE, which is what Bran and I called school. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Taryn were here and she knew about Ivy’s stormy pictures, she would definitely call this a sign and whip out her tarot cards. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He raised a hand to greet the men who were playing cards in the shade of a mango tree. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Which is great, if all you need is cigarettes. But we need booze. And they card for booze. And my ID blows. But I’ll flirt my way through.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They stood on each side of the card table, looking down at him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when my mother’s had a had day, she’ll pull out the little cards and read them. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

We wrote on Jimmy’s card: Dear Jimmy, We did not take your Fred Flintstone bank. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dad talks with the librarian and says it’s okay for me to use his card too so I can check out a lot of books. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess he got the hint, but instead of letting me off the hook, he started turning the cards over himself. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she provides her with grade cards, childhood drawings, school papers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He is the kid who wins perfect attendance records, who helps the staff chase down bugs in the computer files of report cards. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She waved the Mexican girl’s enrollment slip like a winning bingo card and trotted to the front of the room. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She even showed me her report card—she had come second. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If they don’t trust you, then why do you take their cards?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After another uncomfortable moment Dad finally handed over the card. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

This morning I began sorting out an index card file from the office, because it’d fallen over and gotten all mixed up. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Arguments about going hungry, dying, bombs, fire extinguishers, sleeping bags, identity cards, poison gas, etc., etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The rest of the guys were inside waiting to make their calls or playing cards or watching rap videos on BET. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She took a cream-colored card out of her handbag and handed it to Jule. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She always waited by the front door on the last day of school, to sing praise songs in Igbo and hug Jaja and me and caress our report cards in her hands. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t the kind of smile that would make it onto a card that says “Happy” in the caption. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It is the size of a large postcard, attached to the black ribbon the way one might attach a gift card to a present. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had those diet frozen pizzas, but they taste like card board, and they don’t look anything like the ones they sell in pizza places. The melting cheese, the pepperoni.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Black Suit takes our cards from my dad and places each one over a reader—the kind the TSA uses to scan your passport when you come back from a trip abroad. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Ron was more interested in eating the frogs than looking at the Famous Witches and Wizards cards, but Harry couldn’t keep his eyes off them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She looks at the cards and occasionally up at Isobel, attentive yet guarded. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted one of those plastic cards for myself. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked back down at the index card, like she was thinking about something. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He’s a professional gambler; he has all the cards and the odds stacked on his side, and he has always dealt to our people from the bottom of the deck. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deck grew over time, with people pilfering index cards from classrooms whenever they wanted to expand it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Our mother slapped the credit card slip on the table in front of him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In a rare moment when Johnny and Bobby leave the phone open, I walk up to it with the phone card that Mom brought me twenty minutes after she left with Dad and Sarah. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We had forgotten that the mountain still holds the master card, that it will grant success only in its own good time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In my living room, I have grocery sacks full of letters and birthday cards. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nita stops by the door to the laboratories and scans her card. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We just stayed in the front and sat at an old card table they had set up in the middle of the living room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Max slides the money into the slot, and the machine clinks and hums before it spits out a yellow card. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Grudgingly, we sent him cards on special days, copied out our best compositions, stayed in touch, knowing it was all show. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I'm using old parts of the antenna array to hold the cards up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt ran back to his table with Maria trying to push past him and grab her place card. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hands each of us a business card. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

If cards from each of these decks are turned over one at a time in tandem, what is the probability that at least one exact match will occur? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No papers, no grades, no test scores, not so much as an index card. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sheldon gives me a special card with lots of the scratch-and-sniff stickers she hands out only for perfect papers in spelling. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I pay for the bra with Mom’s card, and we head back to the car. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

"Write it here," she said, giving me a card. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s the sound of key cards in slots, the kashunk of doors opening and shutting. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When Kyle and his teammates had played the escape game, one of their biggest clues came from writing down the first letters of all the books printed on the backs of their library cards. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Leave him alone, Hermione, he’s earned a bit of a break,” said Ron, and he placed the last two cards on top of the castle and the whole lot blew up, singeing his eyebrows. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When it came my turn to read the words off the teacher’s manila cards, I stood up and gave it everything I had, rattling off “red,” “green,” and “blue” without effort. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Her favorite was the one about the best get-well cards to get. Did you ever hear that one—what’d you say your name was?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Three thirty-nine, that was the number of the homeroom on my card; I was assigned to the third floor. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled Gran’s card from my shorts pocket and keyed in the number. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

George stacked the scattered cards and began to lay out his solitaire hand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

This wasn't a lie exactly, but the real reason I wasn't a citizen was that you had to have a green card for five years before you could become one. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Shuffle the cards and you put them in a disordered state. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Twelve o’clock came and went at once, and I sat up in bed and laid my cards out for the first of many games of solitaire. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the back of my mind is a dim memory of standing in some line holding a perforated card. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was the perfect night, because his father was playing cards at a friend’s house. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He also printed a photograph of Japanese-Americans in Fresno, California, standing in line to get citizen registration cards. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Green cards and visas instantly invalidated with a stroke of the presidential pen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I pick up my pencil and write on the first cards: Drawing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slid out drawers from the cabinet and pulled cards from the drawers, one after another. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I searched for the boy who’d given me the calling card behind the auditorium before winter break, but couldn’t find him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“There are blank note cards in this drawer,” announced Andrew. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

One of the firemen sitting at the card table had just finished dealing a hand when that thunderous noise John Barry later described as a “roaring surf” filled the room. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Calista helps me. We make flash cards. The problem is Mrs. Rouse picks new words every week.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches into her bag and pulls out a card and hands it over. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the cards on the two dispensers, that day’s sample flavors were a cold watermelon mint and a warm chocolate chai. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

On Valentine’s Day in elementary school, everyone was supposed to pass out cards to every other student in their class, to make sure nobody was left out. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Two reasons. One, if you’re on my side, your flagrant plagiarism remains our dirty little secret. Two, I know what to do with that silhouette card you just found in the Hoosier Hospitality book.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We cram it all into a magnetized tin the size of an index card. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was a table of place cards at the entrance, and I found my name. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She asks him to draw a single card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“And her report card comes out in a little over a month.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Mom said you won the plane in a card game. Is that true?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She remains distracted as she walks, considering the cards, but she slowly realizes that she is rather warm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They both laughed, and Zeitoun put the card on his dashboard and pulled out. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I taught him how to take the T—how to feed his card through the slot and push through the rotating gate. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every day he punched cards, punched and punched, trying to avoid instability, divergence, distortion. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds the card open and shows the interior pages. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I signed my card, underlining the words “conditioned on crop” in the lower left-hand corner. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as I see Jason’s mother’s van drive into the parking lot, I unload my backpack: word cards, sketchbook, colored pencils, CD player, and headphones. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Goodness gracious,” Mrs. Washburn says, putting the card back in its envelope. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Branwell looked agitated and started moving his hands in a pantomime of shuffling cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a rack of greetings cards showing men dressed like Prince Philip fishing in rivers saying “On Father’s Day” or foxgloves in a cottage garden saying “For My Dearest Grandmother.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The enrollment card with the name Naomi C. Smith—not her name at all—was still inside the pocket of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama examined the report cards for the last time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell counted six blue index cards, shuffled them, and passed them out, along with six fresh copies of the practice part. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

We were sitting outside the window one day, playing something—cards or jacks or marbles—and Jay said, “I wish Daddy was here.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He swiped his library card, yanked on the handle, and dashed into the room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Hall slides my card out of the envelope, she doesn’t read it out loud like all the others. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

His mother played cards and Monopoly with him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We would get our social security numbers and green cards three months after our arrival in the States. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nana’s forgetfulness was cute at first—she’d call us by the wrong names, mix up our birthdays, send us Christmas cards in the middle of summer—but it isn’t cute anymore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A word used for library cards, for magazine subscriptions. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The salary was generous enough to support a wife, and I was honored to be hired by a world-famous university, and so I obtained a sixth-preference green card, and prepared to travel farther still. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t a joke. And we can’t really understand this card until we look at the past and the future. You have to look at them together. Okay, now let’s do the past.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The women laid down their cards to hug Lindsey and pat her puffy cheeks. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“But we could use one of these pictures for our Christmas card this year. We didn’t get one of all five of us at the Sun Temple. Mr. Kapasi could take it.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My parents barbecued, smoked cigarettes, and played cards with my aunt, but my father also took long breaks to join us kids in the pool. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t, Rashid slid the card back next to the photograph he planned on keeping for himself no matter what happened. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She has made her own Christmas cards this year, an idea she picked up from a book in the crafts section of the library. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the thing Lorraine and I liked best about the Pigman was that he didn’t go around saying we were cards or jazzy or cool or hip. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jerome Paisley knocked on the door to her suite, waited a moment, the slipped a key card into the lock. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He smiles at me, then laughs himself, then picks his cards up and claps my back. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I added her card to my inventory, and it appeared on my item list, right below the Copper Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Even modest programs could require a tray of hundreds of the cards, which needed to be fed into the computer in the correct order. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

John Roberts took charge of the presents, calling out the names written on the cards. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After swiping Gran’s library card, the screen displayed one job ready. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, for real, I don’t have any magic truth to guide you. It’s your trip, not mine. But now that you bring it up, I do have a card for you.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then he put the pad back in his pocket, and tucked Stuart’s card away in his wallet. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

After looking at her report card, Lettie Taylor slouched in her seat and whispered to Ruthanne, “Charlotte better air out her black dress for a funeral, because my mama's gonna kill me.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I put the card back into the envelope and slipped it under the ribbon. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He took out a card, lined it with five lines, and wrote in little marks. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sent actual cards—heavy cream stock with Cadence Sinclair Eastman printed across the top. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

That was a good change, buying the membership card, but it took a whole year for Axel to use it. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The driver of the cab is a Bangladeshi; the name on the registration card pasted to the plexiglass behind the front seat says Mustafa Sayeed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It isn't until Dell's credit card is out that he has the courage to ask: "How are we going to get all this stuff back to my place?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He visits the fortune-teller, who does not recognize him but lays his future out in polite rows of cards, though she admits that bits of it are overlapping and confusing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I looked at the only card I had left. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected it to be a card, and I felt like a jerk for not getting Diego one. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We’ll figure out the right thing to do with it. I wonder how Gary knew to send that card and flowers.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He used his hands like a magician, as if he were about to produce a fan of cards. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Francie had to go back to her room to get her report card; also her pencil box and autograph book from her desk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down at the end of the porch, two men sat across from each other at a card table. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was working up the courage to ask for her contact card when she stuck out her hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I reached down and quickly opened the card. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Matthew nearly collided with a college-aged guy, who did a double take of Matthew’s shirt—the one with five diamond playing cards on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Back in the house, I rush to the bathroom and pull out my cell phone, wallet, then the detective’s card. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Optimistic and uncharacteristically friendly, Bobby autographed cards for most of the hotel waiters. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The card we found for Mrs. V could not have been more perfect. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

George sighed deeply and started dealing out the cards again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But when I checked my index cards, I saw that I hadn’t brought the cards on which I’d written my memory. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Heather asks Vivi as Oak kicks off on the scooter, flying through the greeting card aisle. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She brings a “get well” card signed by the kids in my old class. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

While they ate, everyone except Shirley played marbles or cards and traded bottle caps and pictures of men swinging a stick or wearing one huge glove. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The good part for him is to read everything and argue about what he’s read with my mother and grandmother and the friends they play cards with. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, sorry,” she said as she fumbled to get her debit card from her wallet. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Eight card tables, each with two chairs, were arranged in the center of the game room. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She plucked a purple card out of the pile. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

You would never mistake one of her cards for a Hallmark, hut I have never seen cards more heartfelt. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I had also taught Reginald how he could work a little while for a railroad, then use his identification card to travel for nothing—and Reginald loved to travel. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As you crossed the lobby together on the way to world history, Vinny stopped at the carnation table, picked up one of the blank cards—a red one—and began writing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When caretakers doled out the food, they trimmed a boy’s ration card and pressed his finger in invisible ink. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls another card from the line and lays it atop the first. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was lookin’ through my football cards, putting them in piles by position. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He had the clerk instant-print him two sets of ten business cards. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“We might as well learn not to expect nothing from Southern Justice. They’re going to stack the cards against us every time,” Sterling said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he made no response to her; instead, he placed his card down and said, “Check up!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You can also call me anytime, day or night. My cell phone number is on the card.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

One Saturday night after dinner, Park's mom was sorting her Avon shipment on the dining room table while Park and Eleanor played cards. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She even carried a copy of this verse in her purse, on a little laminated card. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Or take two thoroughly shuffled decks of cards. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cut the corners off one of the 5-inch sides of the card and fold that end a quarter of the way down, making the face of the squirrel. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Dionysus picked up a playing card, twisted it, and it became a plastic rectangle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I typed in each number of the credit card, my dad’s full name, the expiration date. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On any given late afternoon or evening, up to a dozen serious men might be seated around this table intently playing cards—poker, blackjack, monte, hearts, even bridge occasionally, you name it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um. The best part of my week was that my cousin gave me an iTunes gift card. The worst is that I hate creamed corn.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was deciding which cards from my hand to trade in. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Papá showed them his green card, which Ito, the Japanese sharecropper for whom we picked strawberries, had helped him get years before. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The words on the cards are written in English. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And then a clear image of a card springs suddenly into her mind, Le Bateleur. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The grass is covered with sweat, and I stand alone with the wild card between my fingers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone is dealt four cards, one from each suit: education, income, occupation, and wealth, the four commonly used criteria for gauging class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Every night when Bruce got off at his stop, he’d take his stack of cards home with him. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drew the last card, played him a pair of queens and a ten. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Will this do?” she said, showing him the card she used to operate the barrier in the car park. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One person gets a card that says he or she is going to be the “Contestant.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She abandons the cards and turns to something else instead. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There’s the quiet snap of cards as Luke deals. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Across the river in Manhattan, on Wall Street and Park Avenue, Delancey Street and Broadway, people danced under showers of computer cards and ticker tape. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned all of the flash cards over. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

George shuffled the cards noisily and dealt them. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if I weren’t already immortal enough, I am further immortalized on collectible cards. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Quinn slipped a photograph from its envelope, turned it like a playing card, and skidded it across the desk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cards of address alone remained to nail on: they lay, four little squares, in the drawer. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

High school Gay-Straight Alliances from all over the country sent cards decorated with rainbows. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I fixed my goggles on my face at the lab table as he weighed the card in his hand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“My next card is going to say you big jerk.’ Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cards and letters are collected, placed in bags, and brought by messenger to the Bowens’ private residence, a town house that is already overflowing with appropriately somber floral arrangements. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I wake up near morning, I’m still in the Sledge Game, and I’m chasing the woman who brought the card and arguing with the kid. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

His scrapbooks, his drawings of explosions, his old report cards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want any players getting carded or losing their cool. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Brandy picks up a fan of cards and glances at me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We get down there and Calvin brings an index card. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

My name stands out, colorful and detailed among the black-and-white plainness of his other cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to dump the blame on the county and deal the cards. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A “good” card is one with actual stolen numbers printed on it instead of fake ones. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was no secret that seamen liked to play cards and enjoy a drink or two. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My dad thankfully had the common sense to send me to the bank after I turned eighteen so I could get a debit card. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped by the adoption center a few times, and sent Mr. Zimmerman a card when I heard his wife died. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He turns and exits down the hall, leaving Marco standing in the doorway, reading and rereading the name and address on the faded card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ms. Holback had arranged a little farewell party and gave me a card saying, It has been a joy to have you in my class. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Still, she throws the card away in the garbage can in her room. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

With the card, I can apply for financial aid. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote down the words that were in the upper left corner of his card: Chase and Freedom. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I go downstairs and scrabble around in the kitchen drawer for the card that Detective Riley left. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But resistance workers caught in the act of stealing ration cards, working to overthrow the German regime? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I haven't been paying attention to the cards, so my first flip reveals the queen of hearts again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Oh yeah, incidentally, speaking of Stargirl: “Did you happen to get a card?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But I was put through the physical anyway, and they sent me a card with some kind of a classification. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After our friend from New York hired a secretary and had his cards printed, Black approached the mark with a proposition. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She deals the rest of the cards, and I get three more diamonds. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, while the men played cards, she would sometimes fall into long elastic silences, her eyes fixed on the dark, her arms folded, her foot tapping out a coded message against the floor. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t fly without a map,” Maddie corrected prudently, playing her cards close to her chest. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She plunked her library card into the fishbowl and followed the blinking arrows out the door. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I stuff my phone and my wallet with the card in it back into my coat pocket and open the door. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I saved up my pocket money and bought her flowers and a teddy bear and a card. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m funny, buddy! I’m always funny! You just don’t leave your room. You want to play cards?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a thin plastic case from the middle of the stack, the way Uncle had taught me to choose a card when presented with a fanned-out deck. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Styx reached into his pocket and extracted two small cards. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the downstairs Art Room the librarian helped them find the books which Claudia selected from the card catalogue. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d taped a prepaid calling card to the inside and written Space Boy, use this to phone home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’d just gotten my clean shirt on, my book bag still needed to be packed with my lunch and Catherine’s card, and I had to go to the bathroom. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Four of the men went to prison for six months for knowingly destroying or mutilating their cards. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Another informant, a lawyer for the East German Ministry of Posts and Communications, secretly copied information about Soviet cables to paper cards, which he then taped to his backside, underneath his pants. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He always kept things low key before a race, and the boys spent the morning dozing, playing cards, and shooting the bull. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Irritation flared in him, then turned to rage, and then he was screaming at a card on the floor that he couldn’t grab ahold of, and the terror spread. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the last day of school she handed out report cards to the other kids, but when it came to me she took me to the principal’s office. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snaps her fingers if you don’t have your card ready when you’re up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"No, I was just thinking about the other night. The card game." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She didn't need a green card to fit in. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She put her typewriters under another window, with shelves for her manuscripts and works in progress, and she immediately started thumbtacking index cards with story ideas to the walls. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Sharpie I'm using will last much longer than the cards, so ink isn't a problem. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard that those come with a special stamp on identification cards that allows Jews to be out past curfew, to not be deported. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Who is this Rain? According to her Social Security card, the patient’s name is Rachel Esther Rosenblatt.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter if he’s just reading chemistry trivia off index cards or eating a hot dog or embarrassed because his parents are talking about his childhood or even now, looking tired and wearing glasses. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least throw your business card in there, Chef!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Remember? Did you look at the flash cards I made you?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Next to the clock there sits a solitary playing card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He receives a Hallmark card signed by both of his parents, a check for one hundred dollars, a navy blue cotton sweater from Filene’s. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there are always a handful of wild cards thrown into the draft, amateur players nominated because they are so good at the game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I am familiar with the cards, but they do not speak to me, not in ways enough to properly read.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nick almost smiled, but he saw all the kids staring at him, so he gripped his note cards even tighter, and jumped back in. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing at the stove, waiting for Michael-Mary’s milk to skim, she opened the envelope and withdrew a greeting card. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing at me every few seconds like she was reading a bad report card. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She had sent me lots of love and had my Get Well card on the table beside her bed. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I grab the small, wrapped box for Mom, plus the handmade card to go along with it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The card said something pretty simple: “To be spent on printing Punk Rocky in color next time.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I get my cards ready—I’ve written everything out in fat block letters so Richard can read them from a distance. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I told her that Nora, it turned out, liked cards, and was almost as good at hearts as I was. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d say out of all of us, I’m the most likely to think up something this ridiculous—” “It isn’t ridiculous,” I say I’m almost defending the card, as if it’s part of me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Without hesitating, she plunges the blade into the back of her hand, piercing through skin and flesh and cards and into the felt underneath. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Notes and cards were pressed into my hands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In frustration, Mandela pushed off, drawing a yellow card. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But after talking it over, the two decided to leave the Luke cards in the deck. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"I knew that goat would be a little gold mine. You're a little cooler though. Of course, I'm not going. He shakes his head. "Never gamble at cards. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

You walk toward the gates, reading the card in your hand again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dad has his collection of books and articles spread out on a card table within easy reach. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had finished eating and was holding the deck of cards in his hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The kids play card games on the floor and eat potato chips until they get bored. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

So we had the birthday dinner on a folding card table, which I set beside his bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bailey resists the urge to ask her when, and instead waits to see if she has anything else to add about the cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Not only was this the first time a girl had ever given me her card, it was also, by far, the coolest contact card I had ever seen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When Barb doesn’t say anything, she pulls a business card out of her wallet. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I could knock on the door and ask them if they want to play cards or something. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t that hard. Now,” she told him, “you need to go. Just go. Go as far and as fast as you can. Don’t use your credit cards and you should be fine.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He didn’t wanna be the black guy accused of “playing the race card” at a state tournament. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Bridge rooted around in her backpack for her flash cards. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I burned the photos out like a deck of cards, so she could see all the pictures of herself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He tucked the card into a row on the blanket. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘I have the card right here. Just a second.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The NSA also took the index cards linked to them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There were laws restricting her ability to apply for a credit card in her own name, because she was a woman. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Somebody called and asked about ordering an ID card, the cottage industry that at fifty bucks a pop will help underwrite their contemplated move to Chicago. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives each pair three cards with different conversations on them. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I stole looks at him as he pondered his cards. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She hands you a get-well card signed by everybody. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Her momma is a teacher at some private school, and her daddy is an electrician. Senior, I got his card. He can fix that light on the back porch for us.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It must have fallen out of my shirt when I picked up the cards. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The box was corded, the card nailed on. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Leaving him at home one afternoon, she taped his cardiologist’s business card to the couch where he was sitting. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that playing the friend card would sell her on the idea, and it did. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I stare at the rows of plain, black- and-white cards and wish that all his cards were colorful. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Wasserman was all set to give me my shots when the nurse came in with my card. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he’d apparently seen the same qualities in me, because he’d given me his contact card and invited me to hang out m the Basement whenever I liked. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Next, he held up glossy eight-by-ten cards with different colors painted on each one. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Third day in a row. You want a membership card?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It landed on Truth, so I pulled a card from the Truth deck. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Her library card, which, of course, doubles as a key card for Meeting Room B. Find a way to borrow it.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell returned her attention to her class and waved a stack of colored index cards. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

In front of you are four decks of cards—two of them red and the other two blue. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, you just have that little old granny look about you, to lull people into your trap of playing good cards!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

At his suggestion, his parents had recently purchased an electronic touchscreen register that had all the prices programmed in, along with a credit card machine, allowing customers to sign their name with their finger. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I'll get a library card tomorrow and carry back my first installment of books. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Members devoted themselves to innocuous good works—sending get-well cards, planting flowers on the project grounds. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no card, not even a scribbled note. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Isobel pushes the cards around the table, focusing on one and then another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately she had mislaid or lost Mademoiselle Reisz’s card, and looking up her address in the city directory, she found that the woman lived on Bienville Street, some distance away. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all turned sixteen today, and for any normal girl that would mean raspberry and lemon macarons and tiny pastel blimps and pink champagne and card games. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The cards fell in a flurry of snow. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the plain black ink on the white index card. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Too late, I already picked up my cards,” said Cotton. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She developed the capacity to guess an astonishing percentage of the cards in a deck, and invented games of fantasy to play with her brothers and sisters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of cards? Playing cards? Library cards? Credit cards?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He mixed the photos like a little kid mixes playing cards, smearing them together with the flats of his hands. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Now trash it\\” I tossed the card in the trash like she said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It must be the reading of the card.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

An hour before OT on Thursday, I lay my sketchbook open on my desk and flip the pages, hunting for the right words and phrases to put on Jason’s cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was his father in so many ways: the way he fanned out his cards with both hands, the way he squinted while reading them, the way he rarely looked a person in the eye. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tips the contents of my handbag onto the table: phone, purse, keys, lipstick, Tampax, credit card receipts. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rides bus 34, where everybody plays Game Boy or trades cards until they get home. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Because you’re not going to think about me when you see a boring old gift card on your desk. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I sat on the sofa, watching my cousins play with the cards. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

By the time his card arrived, telling her of his arrival, she was on her way to Liverpool for a course in severe trauma nursing at the Alder Hey Hospital. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But instead of saying what’s on the card, I talk to her in my own words. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My dad and my mom got on a conference call with the credit card company first, and then with the airline. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But Ashoke politely declined, for he knew no card games, and besides which, he preferred to read. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Intercity travel in North Korea had once been impossible without a travel permit, which would be stamped or folded into a “citizen’s certificate,” a passport-size document modeled after the old Soviet identification card. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The address on the ID card is this place on the other side of the millpond. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stands up and shoves the credit card into his back pocket. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I reached into my coat pocket and ran my fingers over the pink index card, the one with my dad’s credit card information. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He scans his card at a heavy door on our left, and we walk down another hallway, this one narrow and lit with pale, fluorescent light. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Now, now, a boy who cheats at cards should be able to answer that.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

You tuck the card carefully in your pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jesper prowled the deck, climbed the rigging, tried to get the crew to play cards with him, cleaned his guns. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

A nurse came into the room and he handed her the card. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Use a pen to write the instructions on the card. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“You guys! Right after you left! The Mr. Lemoncello dummy spit out a bonus card!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

These three cards, he explained, represented her past, her present, and her future. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll teach you to play cards after dinner tomorrow,” she announced. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Susie’s only one year old, and Dad wanted to be able to talk to his buddies freely and play cards, so he put Bobby Gene and me in charge of her. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Throughout the night, guests keep coming up to me and congratulating me and handing me their business cards. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Yesterday you walked into school and there Vinny was, bent over the table, filling out a card with her hair falling all over the table. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I thought of asking the man to my left what day it was, but he seemed absorbed in his card game. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She lured me away from the street corner—lunch at Horn & Hardart, walks in Rittenhouse Square, card games in her ground-floor apartment. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

This was the era when computer programs were created using cardboard punch cards. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Yes. They even played cards together and drank whisky. Sometimes they agree not to fight so that everybody will rest.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment and dug into the side pocket of his backpack for his lunch card. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He showed them his shiny new library card. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We filled out a bunch of forms and then had brand-new bank accounts, complete with debit cards that would arrive in seven to ten days. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Had he come here to leave this calling card—more to threaten than to harm—after setting fire to Karl’s barn? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

At first Jason’s book seems like a big blue photograph album, but inside it’s full of word cards, not photographs. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Celia pounds the card table, the head of her hammer finally gives way and flies backward, tearing a hole the size of a fist in the movie screen. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside there’s a bag of Boomchickapop kettle corn, a bottle of pineapple-coconut water, a can of Axe body spray in Peace scent, and a card Britain and Golly helped me with. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It would hopefully mean we'd get green cards in the next couple of years, my parents would remarry each other, and my dad would become a permanent resident as well. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Myron often regaled me with stories of the lame stuff they used to do together in that room—play board games like Risk and Stratego, trade baseball cards, set up their own Nerf basketball leagues. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When I’m done with each book, I give it back to Tía Mari with the queen of hearts card back in it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Calista even made flash cards sometimes, with pictures on them, so I would remember the words and the way to spell them. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, don’t you think the dead person deserves a card more than anyone?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘He shows his travel card, or puts it through the barrier, and then he’s back. Back here! We’re just round the comer from the tube.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but I feel jealous that his mom made him nicer cards than usual. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could apologize to Matthew and Mark, too, for not appreciating the checkers and card games they played with him when he knew they’d rather be outside. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I would too if the cards were reversed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I am. I really thought Mrs. Hall would like that card.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

This was used as a kitchen and relaxation room, where the Company could read or gossip or play Mah- Jongg, the game with tiles that is something like the demons’ card game of gin rummy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But how will I know whether I’ve gotten a medical card?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I reached into my backpack and took out the flash cards out, thinking, Oh, no! Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were bowls of Cream of Wheat and graham crackers on a card table. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

My younger brother, Ram, whom I always beat at card games, said, “When you play cards with your husband, you’ll have to lose every time.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He walked through England and Scotland tabulating “beauty”—secretly ranking the women he met as “attractive,” “indifferent,” or “repellent” using pinpricks on a card hidden in his pocket. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Naturally, he doesn't get carded, and while he is on the hairy side of puberty, there's no way he's eighteen. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Around that time a merry, foul-mouthed, provocative woman came to the house to help with the chores, and she knew how to read the future in cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He decided to put all of his cards on the table. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Each library cart was labeled with two laminated cards: one with the name of a team, the other designating a range of Dewey decimal numbers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

But Jason’s already seen the word, so there’s nothing to do but slide the card into a pocket beneath my name. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shuffles and deals ten for me, ten for herself, places a card faceup. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was not the regular pastor; I recognized him as Wing, a boy who used to steal baseball cards with my brother Luke. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that makes your card even more important. You can’t just throw it away.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

That lady read it, grunted, made out the transfer, handed her her report card and told her to go; that the school was too crowded anyhow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started on the card and let Arletta’s voice and the act of making something soothe my feelings. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It was then I noticed that Millie’s pencil box and paper flowers and Andrea’s fortune-telling cards were still under the tree and I began to feel sorry for myself all over again. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the hat and the card there is a folded white lace handkerchief, its edges embroidered with looping black vines. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“There are more cards in play than can be read at the moment,” Scythe Curie said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She picked up a card, read it to herself, then groaned. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But Lefty showed her the Greek at the top of the card and the English below. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I say, holding up an index card with the word aberration written on it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Throwing down an absurd card only works when you’re ironic, not medicated. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Things like the index card full of promises and Aunt Nancy’s chatter. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. D, the camp director, and Chiron were playing a quiet game of cards in the parlor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sonia has made him a card with Magic Markers, on paper she’s ripped out of one of his own sketchbooks, which says “Happy Birthday Goggles,” the name she insists on calling him instead of Dada. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the bed, he plucked the bird card out of her hand, turning it around in his fingers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A dyslexic, hyperactive boy with a D+ report card, kicked out of school for the sixth time in six years. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped her card into the discard bowl. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Faye slowly gathered up the cards, and tapped them square, and dropped them in the table drawer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The librarian stamped her card and shoved it back to her without, as was usual, looking up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she did the same with five other cards before she straightened up and sighed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

So I push the blank cards aside and draw pictures for the others. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was playing the Soviet officers like a careful hand of cards, not quite sure what might be dealt next. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And if the card is empty, she groans and then looks around and shouts, “I need an AP!” which is an assistant principal, to come and take the kid out of line. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They hosted card parties and invited her along, introducing her to the black community in Hampton and Newport News. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Still Holding my name card, I step up before the microphone. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

They appeared to receive an order via their radio earpieces, then used a key card to open the door of a tiny one-room apartment. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jessie went to the kitchen desk and got an index card. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Grover’s crisp card lay in his hand that morning; the raised letters shone. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the two calls, he needs two telephone cards: fifty pesos apiece. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

As Chas began dealing the cards out, all these things kind of occurred to me at once: 1. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After dinner, we all had green tea and played cards in groups of four. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A light went on, telling her that he had gone on to the next level, and she swiped her security card across a sensor, which opened the door into the locker room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had all the rules printed out on a little white note card. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that is magic, it is minor magic, on the order of card tricks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I grinned, waiting for him to deal my cards. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They discovered that boxes of greeting cards made pretty good places to rest if you arranged them like mattresses. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

After all, what is this Quarter Quell but...what was it President Snow read from the card? “...a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol...” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The statement that use of this card is subject to the card member agreement, the twenty-four-hour customer service number. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Although his given name was printed on the sign in his kitchen window, and on the business cards he circulated, he was called by the townspeople Soaphead Church. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia cuts the deck in three without waiting for Isobel to instruct her, holding the edges of the cards carefully as she places each pile in a row across the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Wait,” Bridge said, still straightening the cards in her hand. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

One with her playing cards with some other old people. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Andrew flipped through the pages until he found the spot where Sierra had tucked in her library card. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Camilla—who was rarely content to sit still but was always itching to do something, anything, play cards, go for a picnic or a drive—was bored and restless, and made no secret of it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“She rather cleverly taped some British pounds into the inner lining of a card. Quite impressive. She sent one for Olanna too.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He scrawled his name and stuffed the gift card inside. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Etienne helped Hugo navigate the card catalog so he could find the book he needed and then brought him to the correct shelf. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Or with his father, who wanted to field foul balls or show Clayton his baseball card collection. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She says hello to Mrs. Carnes and asks, “How does this work? Do I need my library card?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hope he has a “So what?’’ or a “Whatever!” card. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what my brother’s face will look like on a football card, or what it will look like if it is never on a football card. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He dug back into the pocket, pulled out the ID card, and held it up. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was itching for a hand of cards. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If she’d gotten the identification card today, it was the last photograph ever taken of her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

At least he assumed this was that girl—she was the one Clyde had seen leaving the card in the first place. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was a card between the stems and I knew I had to read it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I tell her about Curtis and the gift cards and listening to Alabama Shakes and the Pixies and Patti Smith all the time. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“He did say he lost his ATM card. Maybe he’s having trouble getting the cash together.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“The money part and the cards, too. Flow does he switch out the cards?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She calmly placed her cards on an old carpenter's bench, saying anything that came into her head, while the boy waited beside her, more bored than intrigued. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Inside was a card that read: You are invited to dinner 18 Folgate Street Tonight at 7:30 p.m. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I went through the cards in a panic, so fast that I was choking on my words. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I purchased my flight, it would be on my dad’s credit card balance. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She already knew that last part—it had been wrapped with a bow and a card—but I still wanted her to hear it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“But—” “For heaven’s sake, all I’m doing is getting my voter’s card,” said Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if they were going to kill him, and his hand trembled, just a little, and one of the quarters dropped from his fingertip onto the stained green baize of the card table. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Among the items she had taken from the drawer in the laboratory was an expired library card of Oliver Payne’s. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my last day in Harare, I bought a special thank-you card for Caitlin that summed up everything I felt about her: I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I can go to the library any time with Mam’s card or Laman Griffin’s. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought I should tell you about it before I get two F’s on my report card.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

All the emotion in the cards when she would try to read about him, it was all for Celia. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Teresita turned the three cards on the table upside down and leaned over to get a better look at them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

That winter, we fidgeted a lot because we were too old to do the stuff we used to do, like play card games in the tree house, and too young to do anything interesting. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It came the same day the swim team sent a big bouquet of sunflowers, a box of cookies, and a card that everyone signed. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

At least not with typhus, though I can’t help but wonder if typhus might have gotten me that medical card. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I just keep relying on the trusty old period card. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow we will begin our lessons, children,” she said, putting away the card. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

"If I could repeat one day of my life," he said, pushing the cards across the table to Noah. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Holding it in her right hand, she places her left palm down on the billiard table, over the scattered cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It can’t be that bad,” he said, fishing a deck of cards from his jacket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Charles quickly opened the book to chapter 11 and slipped in his library card to bookmark the location. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Playing cards in Park's kitchen, even if his mom was in there, was better than just sitting in the living room, thinking about all the things they'd be doing if they were alone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After the second article, Uriah and Marlene taught me a card game, and we played for two hours in the dining hall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Over it a baseball card of the first female pitcher in the majors hangs in a plastic mount. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was one at school with a big cake and some mighty nice birthday cards. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He did a woodcut of this,” Rick said, reading the card tacked below the painting. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We sat in the fading light, the cards forgotten. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Why? I brought my cards along. A whole deck.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he put the little card into an envelope so he had to touch it as little as possible, and put the envelope into the inside pocket of his old gardening jacket, beside his heart. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I extracted a credit card, hiding the name on it from her. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” he said, “but it’s not in the cards. No money, no time. I don’t have the grades either.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a key card and tuck it into my back pocket. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My first instinct had been to put the card back and tell her to draw another one. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Safer takes an American Express card out of his back pocket. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was a blur of hands as the four men made moves on a chess set hardly larger than an index card. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One was from Martin’s, the department store at the Pagoda Mall, where, at best, I’d be stuck behind a cash register all day, swiping cards and saying “Debit or credit?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A sea of eager smiling faces bobbed around them, calling out names and waving cards with passenger’s names on them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I took the pack of flash cards from my pocket and put it on the table. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got another wild card plus a skip. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He just flipped from card to card, reading the get-well messages out loud to me like bedtime stories. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She’s gone and I need to get back to the card. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I put that card as far from my name as possible. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actual quote was: "It seems hard to sneak a look at God’s cards. But that He plays dice and uses ‘telepathic’ methods...is something that I cannot believe for a single moment." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They lent him their secret books and helped him decipher the mysteries of horoscopes and divining cards. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the card back, crossed out Mr. Candyman, and wrote in Old Book Dude. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I kept spinning the rack faster and faster until it was a postcard tornado and the cards were sailing out of their holders and skidding across the floor. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take the guy’s card. Just don’t bore me to death with more jelly bean trivia.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She looked into space a lot, didn’t say much, and kissed my father when midnight came, as if she were punching a time card. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

James and Richard have gotten hold of a deck of cards and are playing and laughing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“He told me he could give me a ‘Go to College Free’ card,” said Sierra. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She shakes the velvet box and pulls an index card out. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay, I’ll paint something,” I say deliberately, deciding to play my last card. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached into a pocket of his waistcoat and took out a card, and handed it to Father with a flourish. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

This year’s card is a drawing she has done herself, of an elephant decked with red and green jewels, glued onto silver paper. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Amongst the letters and cards there is a plain grey envelope. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But Darius touches my arm, and he already has a card in his hand to pay for the food. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The waitress brings Celia’s mint tea, not even glancing at the cards before departing again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Henry and Abram’s bed is crammed into our small tent as well, but the two of them are still out playing cards with the sailors. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I turn the pages of Jason’s communication book, reading through his cards so I don’t repeat the words or phrases he already has. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They disliked Bilbo and detested Frodo, but so magnificent was the invitation card, written in golden ink, that they had felt it was impossible to refuse. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Yet more sketches on a card table that passed for a desk. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I bought a travel card and went down to the platform. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the cards went into the barn boxes, mice might chew them up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I buried that card deep beneath a pile of already-spoiled death casseroles in the metal trash can in the alley. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Akira was deeply involved, concentrating for several minutes sometimes before deciding what card to ask her for. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Every week, Nok's mother's society friends gathered around her family's dining table for cards, dealing out gossip as they dealt out their hands. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Taking a white card from his wallet he waved it before the man's eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t know it was a sad card like that. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We went out for ice cream and she made me a special congratulations card that I still have today, tucked in a box of cherished things under my bed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Your father’s a card,” the boys say uneasily, later. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like what happened in Weed-“ He stopped, stopped in the middle of turning over a card. He looked alarmed and peered over at Slim. “You wouldn’t tell nobody?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

August’s holiday card was of a cute old dog wearing reindeer antlers, a red nose, and red booties. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Let’s put the two new cards on the table,” said Charles. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I figure it is just one of the cards my dad and I have been dealt. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at my picture and runs the card under the scanner. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jerome Paisley slipped the key card into the slot and was pleased to see the green light come on. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Using his other hand, he slid his access card through the lock on our door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The same old boys showed off trading cards and clowned around nearby. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She read the card and then looked through some files in a drawer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the kitchen, my mother and Kermit were looking at the fire alarm card. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reporters were almost always in tow, and Howard usually created some amusement for them to write up or photograph, including talking Smith into dipping Seabiscuit’s hoof in ink and stamping their Christmas cards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Father climbed up beside me, he held out the card. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel rests his membership card on the front desk as soon as he steps inside the building. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That baseball book was the first cover on the second shelf in the display case and had given Charles a card with the classic pose of an umpire calling an out. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I reached over and slid Ms. Lansing’s business card from one corner of the side table to the other. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At home, I set the hamster cage on a newspaper-covered card table in my room. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Bailey nods and she shuffles the cards again, over and under, and then divides them into three piles and places them in front of him, above the card with the knight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Jews’ identity cards and passports were marked with a “J” for Jude, the German word for Jew. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Now then, kids, here’s the deal: Solve one simple picture puzzle and you four win the five library cards in the bowl.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

As soon as I was old enough, my parents gave me my first library card. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to have five cards, but there are only three in my hand. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The only difference is that I don’t give out cards with little Santas or Christmas trees on them. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to e-mail last week’s sweep direct to your visor. Luckily there’s a video card in all the new helmets.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We did have one glass of beer each at a fairly respectable-looking bar, convincing, or seeming to convince the bartender that we were old enough by a show of forged draft cards. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He applied for that card to start building credit, as Money magazine had advised. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I pull forward two blank cards and scrawl: Yeah, right. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the person who spoke to him was a stranger, Singer presented his card so that his silence would be understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I walk on but pull the card up and hold it in front of my eyes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She picked up a card from the discard pile. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As we walk, I collect business cards for escort services from sleazy guys handing them out to anyone who will take them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The envelope was small—the size of a credit card. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was all a game to them, like a hand of cards or a soccer match. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the first green card from the deck. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I told him, “I’m Oskar,” and I gave him my card. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The usher sent the card in to Brown along with the cards of everyone else in the reception room. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Most were talking quietly, or playing card games. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She'd have to put it all on the card and find a way to explain it to Mamma and Papa later. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“There is a card too,” I pointed out. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have many friends to begin with—I had the kids who I sat with during lunch, the bare minimum—but once I started carrying flash cards around they sort of avoided me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the A’s in my report card. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Uncle George is dealing out cards, fast, as though he learned this technique in a casino. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fat Frankie flips the three cards over and starts shuffling them over one another. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used about three-quarters of my pay as a tea boy to buy you the friendship card!! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Bailey looks at the arc of cards and frowns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He pulled out his thin wallet and started to show the guy a card. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I grab the paper-wrapped book with an illustration of a criminal running away, holding an oversized playing card, a heart: “Heart Stealer.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He did not call me the next day, or the day after, to talk about my report card, to decide how I would be punished. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m grounded from roaming the property, I spend a lot of time playing card games with Sam on our patio. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The justices don't miss a detail from the boys' lives: their Party record books, their school records, their Hitler Youth records, even Rudi's Lord Lister Detective card becomes evidence against them. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Theres more we got to do with these cards. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then toward the end of the summer, the second card arrived, and all it said was ‘Leaving Fairbanks tomorrow, see you in a couple of weeks.’ Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vivian quickly found out that living with me was different from playing cards with me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Older boys at the post office say you have to play your cards right to get the grief tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I wake up again, I’m on the floor with the two cards next to my left hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Plus, if our application for a green card got denied, I wanted to revel in the perks of being an American teenager before the INS killed my vibe. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the collisions would interleave layers of rock like shuffled playing cards. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Call here if you need help. The phone number is on those business cards at the reception desk.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mack laid out his cards with a winning honesty. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred opened his wallet and pulled out the amateur card with a postage- stamp photograph. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though we’re blocking the sidewalk and people have to step on the grass to go around us, I take a blank card from my pocket and write ‘more than words’ across the top. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the card, I told Sam that the present I gave her was given to me by my Aunt Helen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The guard looks at my card and directs me to the entrance to the women's camp. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Julian’s holiday card was a picture of Julian wearing a tie, looking like he was about to go to the opera or something. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He stacked up the gift cards and put them away in his pocket to pore over later. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He went out into the corridor and handed the card to everyone he met. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The card is thick creamy linen paper with raised gold lettering, with so many swirls and flourishes it’s hard to read. inia. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Allen gives the man a credit card. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes a quick peek at my card and nearly drops the entire stack in surprise. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was Fern’s card, but we all signed our names. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then we change our possy and lie down again to play cards. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are working together and using up all my ill-gotten recipe cards. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She did not even card or spin the wool from their own sheep. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Take your time. This will be your card, the one that will represent you.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wonder how he’ll get in without his card, but then, Uncle Basil finds ways around any situation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I finished a card for my mom, but I haven’t written anything yet. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The least you could do,” Mother said, “is fill out these thank-you cards. It was your mother, after all.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, on a break from work, she pulled Joseph Ryan’s business card—the one he’d given her that first day—from her pocket and headed to the subway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jay struts up and down before he pecks at a card, while a woman waits to hear Rani tell her fortune. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I put my card in your purse if there should ever be any need.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped his library card into Sierra’s book and palmed hers. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Bent nearly double, his fingers touch the keys much like he touches his cards, one at a time. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was his move, he pulled the visor way down and often rested his chin on his chest, almost as if he were a poker player secreting his cards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Zinchenko placed a stack of red cards on her desk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Jason can’t speak, but he turns the pages and touches the cards to tell his mother if he wants a drink, or has to use the bathroom, or is mad about something. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shelves running around the circular walls were crammed with dusty-looking feathers, stubs of candles, many packs of tattered playing cards, countless silvery crystal balls, and a huge array of teacups. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Shortly after that, James put his cards down and pushed back from the table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The kid holds a playing card, but for now I don’t see what suit it is. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The card is now the two of hearts. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I said I would make her a Get Well card, because that is what you do for people when they are in hospital. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I'll make cards for 0 through 9, and A through F. That makes 16 cards to place around the camera, plus the question card. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they hoped to finish well, the Fugees needed to win and to avoid getting any red cards, which brought point deductions. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“The guy who sends the Christmas cards every year with five bucks for me and Charlie?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Last night, with a credit card, because I want to see the world.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Out, and before you go hand me the library cards of your poor mother and Mr. Griffin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

But her own name was on the card! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben took the card and, holding it close to the candle, read aloud: “‘Here’s twelve roses for the prettiest girl at the hop. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For our annual Christmas card, we used one of the rejects from last year’s photo shoot. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Michael still wore a gray beanie, which was good because there was still a card that said Steal Michael’s beanie. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

President Armelio holds up a deck of playing cards like he just fished it out of the sea. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I bet you they put a picture of their dog on the card every year,” I said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Busy little wild card,” he says in French, his words translating in my view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Please send two PayDays and a deck of cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open the small plastic bin I have that’s hall of Christmas cards from last year. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He drops the cards into a hat and asks you to pick one, but only to look at one side; let’s assume it’s red. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drops the right card in the center, grabs the left card with the same hand. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also to a few sensational murders, some ball scores, and his report card. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because they saw me put my card there.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She leaves the card sitting out on a table in her parlor for some time, glancing at it whenever she happens to be in the room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jaggers had duly sent me his address; it was, Little Britain, and he had written after it on his card, “just out of Smithfield, and close by the coach-office.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then they would sit all afternoon in her parlor, playing cards and telling indecent jokes, and making the air foul with whisky and smoke. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I stole my mom’s credit card,” Twig explained. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The coffee table was piled with her school stuff: index cards, textbooks, spiral notebooks, and the laptop. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Claudia said, “Inconspicuous is exactly the opposite of that. Even a guard at the Metropolitan who sees thousands of people every day would remember a boy who played him a game of cards.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He freed the bear from the card and set it on the table next to the bird. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A bowl of pomegranates with ruby-red skin and some waxed-paper-wrapped peanut candies sat in one of Mama’s sweetgrass baskets on Doc’s worktable next to a deck of playing cards. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a simple white card inside a white envelope, and all it said was “Come to dinner this evening. George Papadimitriou.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You want to know how to get to your abuelita’s house,” Teresita said, picking up an old deck of cards with unusual images on them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The pile of papers on a nearby desk shifts and shuffles until a single business card finds its way to the surface and sails across the room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were viewing cards of the Great Sphinx of Egypt, the Fabulous White City of Chicago, the Fascinating Lives of the Esquimaux. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The card is still there, a white patch of hope with my name on it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

For sleight of hand, she realized, so that he can keep contact with coins or cards or finesse the workings of a lock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jule needed clothes; she had the Visa gift cards, and she knew what looked good on her, but she hesitated. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He tore the cards in tiny pieces and flushed them down the toilet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure she put the card in the box?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She put both hands over the card and held it to her chest. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled out my wallet and started searching for my thin card to open the lock again. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The card you draw will tell you what night your hounds are to hunt.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at Miranda’s credit card before sliding it across the counter. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mainly, I think the best times I have are playing cards or when I’ve dropped someone off and I’m heading back to town, maybe from the city or even further north. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Your report card is probably already m your mailbox. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

McWatt crinkled his fine, freckled nose apologetically and vowed not to snap the cards any more, but always forgot. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Your own, one day, my dear, and you will use it well. Let me see you play cards with this boy.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers the single wrapped gift that he had received, a toy that he’d picked out himself, his mother asking him to stand by the greeting cards while she paid for it. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Here,” he said, and offered me a card. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Days later the woman suddenly called him to her house, where she was alone with her mother, and she had him come into the bedroom with the pretext of showing him a deck of cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was caring and devoted, attentive to detail, always a card on my birthday, always my favorite food and toys when I came for a visit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Still,” said Curtis, “I can’t wait to get my new library card!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

‘Anything else for you today?” the saleswoman asked, accepting Miranda’s credit card. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She brought my report card a few days later. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to show my library card at the store to cash it in.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

All four of em got a cigarette in one hand, they cards in the other. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She motioned to the stacks of cards and flowers on the table by the window. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“How many cards would you like?” she asks. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom retrieves a credit card from her wallet to pay for this one. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She peered down at him through bifocal glasses and handed him a hard plastic debit card. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I had booked a flight on my dad’s credit card. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

One of them was holding a shiny paper card shaped like an apple that said she needed a follow-up visit. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

So I gathered all the cards and notes, and Dad took the flowers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Only I forgot to tuck his business card under the jar like I was supposed to. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls his credit card out of his back pocket. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And I bet she had a sister who played cards with her on rainy days and whispered secrets under the covers at night. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She only sends Christmas cards, which generally get here just in the nick of time for Easter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My friend Rabiya wants me to make Eid cards and sell them to raise money, but you guys know my art skills suck.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I pull a card from under my leg. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only was Einarsson a member of the Icelandic committee that had helped secure Bobby’s release from imprisonment, he’d also been a leading banker before introducing the Visa credit card to Iceland. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Flanked on either side by not just one, but two wild cards in the Phoenix Riders’ first match of the season. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s the constant of Armelio himself, always ready to play cards. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I add the card and jelly beans to the presents piled on the table and sit next to an older woman, sliding the guitar under my chair. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me his card, which was actually the card of a dentist, but he had written his address on the other side. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, flustered, but before I can figure out how to respond, Mama puts the birthday card down again, rising to her feet and brushing the dust off her skirt. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hold the card and drop the catalog book to the counter. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She made sure he would recognize her, so he wouldn’t ask for her identity card on the way back in. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You see how the stories in each card go together; it’s not really that hard. But with those you have all different possibilities and things, different paths to take. Poppet sees things that actually happen.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That credit card preapproval, with her name correctly spelled and elegantly italicized, had roused her spirits, made her a little less invisible, a little more present. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Savo frowned at a card he had just pulled from the deck. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After some rummaging, Mrs. Wright found the lawyer’s card and Mrs. Richardson copied down the address. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to make my dad smile when he looks at my report card, instead of clenching his jaw tight. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to write a card to put on it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You needed a good roll of the dice, a lucky draw of the cards, and some smarts, but if things went your way and you gave it your all, anyone could win. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

And even though Axel is getting used to the mystery of Frank being gone, his heart quivers now the same as it had the day he found the index card listing all those promises. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

His calling card is the book More Guns, Less Crime, in which he argues that violent crime has decreased in areas where law-abiding citizens are allowed to carry concealed weapons. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

One way to fashion an outline is to jot your ideas on a page or on index cards more or less at random and then look for ones that seem to belong together. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

When Emily took the card back, she read what Matthew wrote: My sister is bummed about what happened to you, so she’s making me sign this. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If you make the mistake of saying this, you will be accused of a curiosity called “playing the race card.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The checkout card taped in the front of the book. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

On one of the desks, someone has stacked brochures for subdivisions into a singlestory house of cards. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we attached playing cards to the forks with clothespins, and they flapped against the spokes when the wheels turned. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“These cards are more ancient than your Lotería. More powerful. They will help you reach your destination, the home of your ancestors.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The publishers agreed to spring for the postage costs, so your total expense is the note or card or whatever. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what I would even put on a traditional business card: Olympic Fencer? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She decorated the living room walls with her oil paintings, and soon every square inch was covered, except for the space above her typewriter reserved for index cards. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A million looks flash through my head, like a deck of cards being shuffled. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Sam puts the cards down on the table. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He treats it with the same care she showed with his journal, holding the cards delicately by their edges. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Harry Minowitz made out like he was reading on his card, but she could see nothing was written on it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

What if he thinks I already opened his card and I hate his guts, which was why I didn’t say anything? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need any stupid proof. You bullied me into stealing Sierra’s card!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

There are two cards it could be; he’s betting on one, and you’re betting on the other. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The machines tapped out at two thousand cards—two thousand lines of instructions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We know more than just that the card is not black-black; we also know a red side is showing. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the way Zane rambled when their parents asked him about his most recent report card. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I received her wedding cards about Dec. 10,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, Spinks walked to the blackboard, his eyes studying a 3 X 5 card filled with statistics. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean it,” the old man said sadly, noticing how fiercely the sergeant was handling the little cards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even as he fanned out his cards, or rolled a coin across the backs of his fingers, he found himself thinking about Isabelle. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Forty minutes later she was inside the physics building once more, arguing with the porter, but this time she had a trump card. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just looking at the card sure didn't make him speak. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returned with a card and informed them that that would be impossible. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The time comes half an hour later when he suggests we play cards at his place in a few days’ time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It looked so easy, but the moment Kit took the wool cards into her hands she appreciated Mercy's skill. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his bag and slid both the ID card and the photo into a side pocket. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Unclasping the sealed envelope, Charles found two silhouette cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He showed me many of the cards: “Some people have big dreams, some people have small dreams,” he penned to a girl named Vanessa. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like all those subway tokens that became obsolete when New York started using magnetic cards instead. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The card, like all the others, was four inches wide by five inches long, blank on one face, with postal insignia and a printed one-cent stamp on the other. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then I thought, how could this Doctor Gordon help me anyway, with a beautiful wife and beautiful children and a beautiful dog haloing him like the angels on a Christmas card? The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But I can’t say anything because the card could be a joke, or from some other silent watcher who blends in with the blur of lockers and doors. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I take my flash cards out of my bag. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He glances at her table where a few cards remain laid faceup, one in particular catching his attention. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Since there was no time to find a post office before the bus departed, I packed her card with my things to travel back to Sakubva. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It’d probably be like her face on Christmas morning, or on Mother’s Day when Finn made her two cards. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He even got a Christmas card every year from a peanut vendor who worked the parking lot across from Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That day’s riddle, even though it was a card Kyle had never seen before, had been extra easy. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Sí, go somewhere where nobody will know your cards are forged. I’ll give you your wages as soon as you get out of my maid’s uniform. That must remain here.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

At certain intersections were deposited mortars and cannon, a few idle powder-monkeys lying atop them to guard them, awaiting commands or playing cards in the shadow of these engines of destruction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The embarrassment felt like a weight, like something I’d never shake off, even though I knew my parents wouldn’t care whether I’d read every card correctly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And then he hesitates before adding something that wasn’t written on the card. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

All Dutch people will be issued new ration registration cards. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He plucked the card from my hand and huffed off. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

‘We don’t have them on us, but -’ ‘No insurance cards?' The statue shook her head. An exasperated sigh echoed through the chamber. ‘I suppose you haven’t prepared for your visit, either. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She fished around in some hidden desk drawer and then handed Sierra a laminated card with a pin on the back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Rani holds out her hand, and Jay hops onto it from her shoulder and then onto the ground near the cards she has laid out. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In Holland, and probably everywhere else in Europe, the Germans have issued us monthly ration cards with coupons for food, clothing, kerosene, rubber. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Calista said when I told her I wanted to make flash cards early. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before she left, she copied Aunty Ifeoma’s address down, so she could send an invitation card. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I spread the cards out on the table. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not tell him about the other discussions they were having, nor about the black-edged card. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Flowers, candles, stuffed animals, and cards were in the pile, but more than any other item, there were books. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He gave me a card with his private phone number on it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And it was the habit of these men to wager rather heavily upon the cards they held. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the help of his teacher, Stephen’s whole class had secretly worked much of the previous school day making the index cards. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Several gave him calling cards, which he slipped into his pants pocket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There, front and center of the screen, was the logo from the card. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The yellow light of the room stands next to me as I happily look down at the stories of those cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When one is dealt a bridge hand of thirteen cards, the probability of being dealt that particular hand is less than one in 600 billion. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her other hand she removes the dagger, the bloodied playing card fluttering down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At length, not coming out of her distraught state by degrees, but in an instant, Miss Havisham said, “Let me see you two play cards; why have you not begun?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Moss’s hands slammed into the floor, and his Clipper card jarred out of his hand and flew across the concrete. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I went over to the mantelpiece and picked up Detective Inspector Pearce’s card. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting under a bare light bulb at a wobbly card table. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Just once you could be nice to Tom. I’ve moved his card right back.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A security card would be melted or ruined by chemicals during the decontamination process. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The colleagues exchanged Christmas cards with one another, asked after spouses and children. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

With the shiny metallic parts in hand, they began to build the model, adding part to part, as if building a house of cards. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The worst report card I’d ever gotten from Mountford Prep had three U’s for Unsatisfactory, and I threw that one down the garbage chute. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mr. Clifton’s grandmother ever saw that F report card. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

We had trouble even seeing the Pictionary cards in front of us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I put my name in to volunteer at the adoption center again, but Dad stressed that a summer job at my age was about making money, and volunteering wasn’t in the cards. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They are laughing and shouting and playing cards. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was astonished at how many cards there were. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He took Montag quickly into the bedroom and lifted a picture frame aside, revealing a television screen the size of a postal card. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

In play, we use a plethora of toys, from plastic cards to 100,000-seater stadiums. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been in a space like this since I stopped making dens with blankets and card tables at about the age of nine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

For Catherine, I picked out a card that showed a desk full of computers and MP3 players and video games, and a young woman connected to all of them with earphones. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Alex stared at the three cards that would carry his sisters and himself to a place of safety. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Riding away, I said, “Why don’t you leave a card or something with your name on it?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Then it was pop bottle tops, then cigarette cards, then sightings of license plates from different provinces and states. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scrambled dab of powder on my nose, the hasty comb through my hair, and then the inevitable knock on the door and the entrance of the cards on a silver tray. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even have a real ID card. Just one from school.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We went into a village about six months ago; I guess we surprised some VC. They left their meal, their cards, and this bottle behind. You want a drink?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The card has three names on it: The names are familiar, although I’m not too sure why. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After we had gathered and thrown away all the cards, we went inside to order. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled as she took the card, but her face changed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I pulled the card from the display case out of my pocket and showed her. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The police officer looks at the ID card and then at Chantal and back at the card. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The boxes weren’t labeled, but eventually he found their report cards and Bri’s baptism certificate. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

On the table beside the display case was a printed card. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You drive that vehicle back, son. But don’t let me find you behind the wheel till you’re sixteen and got a card in your wallet.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He holds his own hand an inch above my palm, until a black rectangle resembling a credit card appears against my skin. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Some readers do not like other people touching their cards,” Marco explains, recalling details from his divination lessons as he gently lifts the deck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Darrell Ebbing, in the textbook General Chemistry, very usefully suggests thinking of a deck of cards. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

White and Agent Smith played their last card: they told Burkhart that they had another witness who would testify to his involvement in the scheme to kill Bill and Rita Smith. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

‘Everybody get a prom card and start signing up.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But then, Shirley stuffed her hands in her pocket—and fingered the report card. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was so surprised, for I shouldn’t have known them but for the cards. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were paper sacks of groceries and clothing, all marked with a red Christmas card. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I think your momma will come around. But you’re going to have to put all your cards on the table,” he said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry I never thanked you for all the cool cards you sent me,” I say. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some of them acted like I had asked to borrow their credit card. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My mother stared at the card, a huge smile coming across her face, then handed it to the lawyer, who scanned it, then nodded and murmured, “This is good. This is good.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mercy laid down her carding and stared at her cousin. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Peckleman, please approach the bench, which, in this instance, is actually a desk. Let me see the library card you used to gain access to Community Meeting Room B.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Inside were two playing cards, an ace and a joker. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Since I was little, I've kept field notes and made diagnostic flash cards. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“She said”—he wipes his eyes—“that the card belongs to the owner of this dog.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then she ordered Oliver to read the card. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“What did he want in exchange for the card?” asked Kyle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I took the pack of cards from my backpack and, with a heavy black marker, I crossed it out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The capture of the dormice would prove an even more devious avenue to the conquest of Redwall, provided he played his cards right. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The next morning on my way to school, I pushed our card under Jimmy’s locked door. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“See? This is my card. You leave them when you hide or find a book, so people know you were there.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She would read questions from her Bible Detective cards and whenever you answered one right, you got a Bible buck. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He purchased his own membership to the raptor sanctuary that night, after a little convincing so Byrd would give him a credit card number. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I didn't have a green card or a boyfriend yet. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Play cards, most likely, or read; some masculine pursuit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once a program was ready, you walked over to whatever mainframe computer you had access to and gave the stack of cards to an operator. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He took her a dance card as a present and gave Nana permission to open the decanter of brandy and pour some in the lemonade. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rolled her eyes but didn’t answer my question as she took out her key card. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The last card I made, the one with a drawing of a girl’s hand raised in a “hi” wave. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The envelope holds no letter or note, simply a card that is black on one side and white on the other. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Triple bingo,” said Miguel, scrolling through the card catalog entry for the book. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She picks up the card with the knight from where it sits and places it on top of the crumbling castle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there were four men sitting around the table, playing cards. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In my drawer, the other cards wait now for the last one. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He knew not to use credit cards when doing something illegal like kidnapping a dog. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Which of the cards would you have to turn over to prove this rule to be true? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad went to the American Embassy to take care of the paperwork for our green cards. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Isobel only barely manages to contain her involuntary intake of breath as she lays Le Bateleur over the already placed cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She tore the envelope open and pulled out a card that was the same eggshell color as the envelope, then read to herself before reading it aloud. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

So to deal with all those variables, I’d written out everything I was going to say on note cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Hugo worked, the old man played cards. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

We walked through the hall and down the stairs without a word, but once downstairs he stepped close behind me and, catching my arm, pulled me into an empty card room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, we returned to camp to play cards in our tent. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He considered sending her a card or perhaps a basket of fruit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He put a key card into a slot in the elevator panel and we started to descend. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She rolled six socks into balls and found some old birthday cards tucked beneath them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of days earlier, Michael and Sasha had digitally scanned the full stack of index cards for posterity. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I got my Valentine’s card and the flowers and the teddy bear and got them ready and took them to school. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Again and again, no matter how I lay them out —” And she pulled a card dramatically from underneath her shawls. “— the lightning-struck tower,” she whispered. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

One such technique is his use of fragments of melody, or rhythm, or harmony, as calling cards of a character, a place, an idea, an object or a memory. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Drops the center card in the left slot and so on in a kind of rhythmic pattern that gets faster and faster until he finally stops. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a green card. I’m supposed to renew it or something.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

As the others applaud another wild card, I bring up a small, secret panel of my screenshot. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I asked Myrna if I could put a card up on the board. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Long after the suffragists’ goals had been met, many of them credited the index cards with having helped them immeasurably in convincing certain congressmen to support their cause. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

There’s an aura to this card, and it’s been given to me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Purdy hands my mother a card with an address scribbled on it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out my debit card and wave it at him. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She puts it around that I don’t know what church I go to, and that we eat off a card table. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches into my bag, digs around, and finds the card that almost led to tragedy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Which means I’m going to make you a card, like I do every year. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The mantelpiece held, in brave confusion, photographs, greeting cards, flowered mottoes, two silver candlesticks that held no candles, and a green metal serpent, poised to strike. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ren is a wild card, but also a seasoned player who has unlocked and played all of these high-level worlds. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I found him in bed, playing alone, the cards spread across a blanket on his lap as he formulated moves and countermoves with imaginary opponents and an imaginary teammate. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Me and Dad spent most of our time with her, opening the get-well-soon cards and propping them up on the side table by her bed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Oliver pushed through Mr. Rochester’s business card last. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m a friend of his son’s. I have his business card.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Hugo’s father had taught him how to play solitaire, and he used to entertain Hugo with a few card tricks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she laid them out on the carpet like tarot cards, like Wonka Bars, and wondered whether it was too late. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Captain Beatty, his poker cards in one pink hand, walked with exaggerated slowness to the phone and ripped out the address when the report was finished. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about the funniest card she’d ever seen in her life. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

So I thought, How nice, friends have sent me cards for Eid. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In Papi’s desk drawer he found a directory of all the apartments, a deck of cards, and two envelopes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“If you or your daughter will just read that over, it’ll explain all the steps you need to take to renew Young Ju’s green card.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He took from his pockets the cards he carried about with him, his watch, and his fountain pen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A few have stacks of tarot cards, and others have bowls with small bones inside. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The longer she stands there, the more unsure she becomes that she has ever even heard the smudged name on the card pronounced. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He picks up the far right card with his right hand, the center card with his left. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully slip the last vial of toxin inside, next to the rolled-up baseball card I found on the wall in the seed vault. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally Uncle Basil pulls out his Costco card and hands it to me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She made sure she knew all the bank numbers, customer service numbers, passwords, credit card numbers, and codes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The old man cleared his throat and played with his cards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found the card that had Margaret’s name on it, crossed it out, and wrote BATHROOM. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turn the card left and right, my tiny portrait winks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He will use the 50-peso card to call his old boss at the tire store. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Stoneman held out the telephone alarm card with the complaint signed in telephone duplicate on the back “Have reason to suspect attic; 11 No. Elm, City.—E. B.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five hundred dollars, his driver’s license, phone numbers on slips of paper, social security card, airline ticket stub, cleaners receipts. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s hard to keep complaining after the “When I Was a Boy, Life Was So Hard” card is played on you. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get a card from Sammy—but then, none of the girls got valentines from boys, that I know of. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

As she turned to leave, she lobbed the crumpled ball of her ruined card at a trash can, but it came up a few feet short. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They still played cards like they always did, but there was less laughter among them. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He gave a card to Oliver Payne, and seeing Dr. Malone with her arms still folded, laid one on the bench for her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered how his mother had written to Mr. Lemoncello’s Imagination Factory when he and his brothers needed a fresh set of clue cards for the Indoor-Outdoor Scavenger Hunt. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Programming with cards,” one computer scientist from that era remembers, “did not teach you programming. It taught you patience and proofreading.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The fifteen days on his meal cards pass quickly. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

There are many resistance groups, such as Free Netherlands, that forge identity cards, provide financial support to those in hiding, organize hiding places and find work for young Christians who go underground. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He said, “I could probably give them to my customers as promotional cards.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After Mama and Papa had each filled a cart with food, they stood in a line and gave a woman their small plastic card. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like me to lay out the cards for you? The uninvolved can sometimes do that.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The answer key is on the back of the card. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He grins, tucks his card into his wallet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I needed a credit card to buy it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was also a nice drawing card for his practice since just about everyone knew he had been the star running back on a Permian team that went to the finals in 1970. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sasha had come to the hospital on Andrew’s fifteenth birthday and they had brought a present, a gift card for an art supply store. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t run in front of—” He tapped the card, all confidence again. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Tell him about those things Bunny bought with your credit cards while you were sick.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The effect of the card is that you have to sing the song or lose a turn,” Sasha explains. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Celia changes the subject then, though the cards remain on the table and Isobel does not move to put them away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sasha could still effortlessly layer a lisp over a Russian accent when the cards required it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Calista’s shuffling got really loud, and she started cracking the cards on the bench between shuffles. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Not at cards again?” she demanded, with a searching look. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I'm here for work,” he said, reaching into his shirt pocket and taking out a business card, which he handed to Mr. Rowan. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

No frilly cards or heart-shaped boxes of chocolates required. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She raced over to the cages and swiped a card. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

All she had to do was swipe her plastic card, and the dress would be mine. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before Mother’s Day, Gay asked me if I wanted to send my mother a card. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A Belle-book sits on the table, embossed with my portrait and name, and an instruction card from Du Barry demanding that I record everything. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was her and his dad and another guy drinking beer and playing cards. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A few more recipe cards and prescription forms tossed in amongst the teeming contents of our two libraries will surely go unnoticed. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Just long enough to hand out report cards and clean out desks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mother gave me the money to have my blue serge suit tailored, and I learned to fill out work cards, operate the money changer and punch transfers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they held on to those little yellow cards as though they meant something—laid them gently in the shoe box along with the rent receipts, marriage licenses, and expired factory identification badges. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she would safety-pin the card to the front of your shirt, and you’d have to wear it for the rest of the school day. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the men sit perfectly still, staring at me over the top of fanned cards. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Safer forces the credit card down in one quick motion and turns the doorknob at the same time. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Kyle finally found his family, showed the cashier his library card, and paid for everything with a single swipe of his gift card. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I might not be the world’s best artist, but I can draw better than the stick figures and line drawings on Jason’s other cards, all perfect circles and ruler- straight lines. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A family of American citizens or, at the very least, a family with green cards. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The blankets must be covering what she's really transporting: documents, ration cards, maybe even a pile of money to pay off an inside man. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sen came to them in tidy ballpoint script, posted on an index card outside the supermarket: ‘‘Professor’s wife, responsible and kind, I will care for your child in my home.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a stack of promotional cards from the mall that still smelled like expensive per-fumes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He reached in, and took out a card, only slightly larger than a business card. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It comes naturally and it passes the time and it feels a little more accomplished than playing cards. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She never even knew when report cards came out unless he told her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my life, I’ve lived with sheep, drunk their milk, eaten their meat, washed their fleece, carded their wool. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Matthew nearly collided with a college-aged guy, who did a double take of Matthew’s shirt—the one with five diamond playing cards on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I need card stock and a paper cutter.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be the girl with a special card signed Your Secret Admirer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

No report cards, no baptism certificates in the chest of drawers. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“We can see what the cards have to say about the matter.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I grin at the house of cards idea, getting the irony that they don’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“There’s not much. You received your new credit cards. Transglobal Airlines sent you a certificate making you an honorary pilot for flying one hundred hours with them.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But like the good friend the guard said I was, I started laying the cards out—alphabet side up. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I own a well-used library card and not much else, though it is true I live in a grand house full of expensive, useless objects. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Naomi is the person who makes the five-foot card for you and has everyone sign it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A dark hand reached for one of the cards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His desk was the folding square card table in the corner. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told her about making out the cards and how I had put her name on one and how Branwell had chosen her. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I punch in the letter C. Good old Mrs. V and her capital quiz cards! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The voice led her to a door with the number 323 on it, and underneath the number was a white card. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The district attorney’s office held all the cards. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the gym at the end of the day on Thursday, Art and Jetta sat playing cards on one end of the bleachers. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Bailey stares at the card, wondering where the knight is going and what the card is supposed to mean. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His fingers ran through the cards like the fingers of someone much younger than 103. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I tuck the card inside my notebook for safekeeping. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“But it’s like in Mr. Lemoncello’s Family Frenzy, where one player pulls the Orthodontist card and everybody has to move back seven spaces to buy their kids braces.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We’d taken over half a table at the library, my nine-page paper laid out in a square of columns and rows and all my note cards fanned out in a messy pile beside it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I swiped the ATM card, I tamped down the knowledge that my funds would run out. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Aunt Cilla sent Christmas cards year after year, with pictures of Baby Jesus on them and long notes inside, on paper so thin it could have been tissue paper. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a postcard rack near the cash register, he picked out two cards of a polar bear, on which he sent his final messages to Wayne Westerberg and Jan Burres from the university post office. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about him going into my mom’s room when she was little and hitting my mom and holding up her report card and saying that her bad grades would never happen again. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

His parents are distressed by how little money he makes, and occasionally his father sends him checks in the mail to help him with his rent, his credit card bills. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know Tremaine better than any of us. So keep your personal grievances out of it and help our wild card out, yeah?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I think I have you in my scythe card collection,” Ben went on. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Gogol is an outstanding student, curious and cooperative,” his teachers write year after year on report cards. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sat at the kitchen table and stared at the clock, until I went and got a deck of cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chiron laid his cards on the table, a winning hand he hadn’t gotten to use. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I have to hide the fuzzies and the card or else I will be in big trouble for lying. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He pushed the packets of cards in front of her. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then there were the men gifts—belts and credit card wallets from the sons-in-law. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Since he had the credit card his mother gave him “for groceries only,” he zipped through the aisles of the cramped market and grabbed everything he knew he needed to create Spanish tapas! The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you saved all of this. I throw cards away the minute I get them. Well, not like I get that many, but yeah. I don’t keep anything.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They were only interested in his debit card. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We want to check out the cards in the bowl.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She bent to read the card, and whipped around. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the least, my dear,” interrupted Jo, “so let us look amiable, and drop a card here, as the Kings are evidently out, for which I’m deeply grateful.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

His rosary beads hung from a corner of the shelf, and in between a pile of sweaters and a stack of spineless books was a framed plastic ID card. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I want some more cards from the Nabisco Shredded Wheat boxes, the gray cards with pictures on them that you color, cut out, and fold to make the houses in a town. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Once we find him, we won't bother you for anything else. We appreciate all your cooperation so far. And you have my card. Please call me the second you see or hear from him." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He opened it and pulled out a business card and gave it to her. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody's lying here. I don't know how that hotel got my name and credit card.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

X Dorian Greene turned one of his severe calling cards over and printed on the reverse side: “Stunning apartment for rent. Apply at 1A.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The holograms shift to show what the card says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His employees loved working for him, and one even asked if my dad would be willing to sponsor him to get a green card. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Add to that the odd dole check, playing a card game or two, and that’s it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

All they care about is how much money you got in your pocket or what the limit is on your credit card. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If someone calls Sasha by the wrong name, the card instructed, the offender must discard a card from his/her hand. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A card on the side had a gender symbol indicating Female, and the number 45. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

By the way, Bill gives me A’s on my report cards and letters to my parents. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was not their lack of cards, but their lack of English that had betrayed them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

As I remember it, my arithmetic was as good as anyone’s in the class, if not better, but the teacher had hated me and reminded me of that when she filled out my report card. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I play cards with the pool man’s sons sometimes,” she told him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The man next to the dealer, with hair combed straight back, put down his cards and said, “Did you hear that? We got ourselves a model citizen.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra clumsily collected her story and shook it into order as if she were settling a pack of cards ready for dealing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Down in the stands, Dean Thomas was yelling, “Send him off, ref! Red card!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They sat around a rickety card table and ate, with many helpings of ketchup and mustard. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pushes one card, turns another around, and furrows her brow a bit, though Bailey still thinks she looks like she is trying to hide a smile. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It meant real letter grades on your report cards. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked the place cards on the tables and saw that he was, as usual, seated next to El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was my staple thank-you, get well soon, any holiday, and most often goodbye card and could be modified to almost any animal. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

"I got to go make out his card." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling it free, he read the newest souvenir—a business card they’d be adding to their bedroom shelves. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You think there’s going to be another secret, coded clue on the back of the cards?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The men heard it grinding while they slept, while they ate or played cards, while they stoked the engines or read the charts. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

That’s okay, and she makes the sign of the cross over the water three times and then begins to cut the cards. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hand the card back and Theresa reads it to me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another little girl, much younger than the first, sat in front of a deck of cards at a picnic table covered with a polka-dot cloth, a friendly looking couple beside her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The card allows noncitizens the opportunity to work in the United States, and it also enables them to acquire a Social Security number. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Would it be weird to pay half in cash and half on a card in a place like this? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you prefer reading to cards?” said he; “that is rather singular.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She angled the credit card carbon so he could see. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I walk on cat feet through the tiny kitchen and living area, grabbing a key card off the table. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Farmer remembered all of his patients—he kept track of their faces and quirks and the dates he had seen them, using mnemonic devices, just like his flash cards in medical school. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I look through the glass door, and I can see my file folder there on the corner of the card table, my time line, and the lists of stuff in my room. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last trick was just them throwing all the cards in the air. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He stared at the back of the card. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“In France, we do not like these identity cards. Your face must be—neutral, oui? Neutral. Like the Swiss!” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“My face will never be painted with sandalwood paste. Who will rub me with turmeric? My name will never be printed with scarlet ink on a card.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

You can use the copier over there, just swipe your ID like a credit card.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It had been only a year since I'd discovered we were undocumented, so I didn't quite grasp the gravity of the day our Social Security cards finally arrived in the mail. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Becky said Madam sat sighing by the window and shuffling a deck of playing cards over and over. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as it happened, my dad paid for our Ming Palace dinners every Saturday night with a bright blue credit card. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Caroline stacked the cards and dropped them in one of the three large open boxes that were kept lined up behind her bed. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s wonderful,” Bailey says, looking up from the card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He takes a deck of playing cards off of a shelf, unsure if she will be willing to humor him but too curious not to try. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In order to confirm her prediction she brought her cards to the house a few days later and locked herself up with José Arcadio in a granary off the kitchen. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He held out the cards, and I wanted one. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But she understands something, because she says: "So we need an adult, a credit card, and a car?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Woe to the klutz who dropped a box of cards on the floor. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

At the very least the card was good for conversation. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hand him the blank absentee card, and he scribbles his signature on it, and I slip it into my backpack before I go to bed. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then she heard about a woman who made predictions from cards and went to see her in secret. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

My mother was very proud and put my report card on the refrigerator. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They never worry about report cards, good or bad. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A card with Booth’s name on it would open almost any door in Washington. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Patterson did not notice him until he had been in the trailer for several minutes; he would be staring at the cards, sunk in a stupor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Often we lay aside the cards and look about us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is just too much, all you gotta do is sign that stupid card and that old fool Mitchell'll give you what you want! Too, too much!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I searched through all the papers and books he had brought, looking for a card or paper heart, but I didn’t find one. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following week, I brought the index card with me again. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Beside me, my word cards sit upside down on the waiting room couch, a tiny white pile. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Simple. Each of you loses his or her library card and adds it to the discard bowl for our next lucky contestants to try and win.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Ida sat down at her bureau and wrote on a card. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In any case, this family needs to spend more quality time together. You know—play cards, maybe. Or Monopoly.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But the fortune-teller nods, and Bailey puts a finger on the card and pulls it away from its compatriots so it sits separately on the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He wrote to her every Diwali and sent her a greeting card every New Year. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down and laid out three cards, facedown, on the blanket. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Immediately I knew it was a birthday card from my parents. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“And then apply it to the card,” he finished, holding up the dripping red card for us to see. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Eating lunch in the cafeteria, Kyle stared at his wilted fish sticks, wishing he could pull a magic Take Another Turn card out of thin air. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

When they got back to Megan's house, Jessie tucked the receipt in her lock box, right next to her comment card. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The next day, questions about the moped skimmed through my brain like a deck of shuffling cards. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She handed him her stack of question cards. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The first week you work for me you will pay one third of what you earn to the man who makes your forged card. You will pay another third to my brother, Hector.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

—But back to the subject at hand—this absolutely reprehensible report card! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jennifer and Emma are at the kitchen table, a stack of flash cards between them so the quizzing of division facts can continue. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I had the driver pull over at a store that sold calling cards. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They took books, manuals, and index cards, many of them dealing with old ciphers from World War I and the 1920s. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But now we had to at least prove that we had a right to work in the country, and that was exactly what the employment authorization card stipulated. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It is more hidden than the rest, almost completely covered by the card above it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell them that, in Kabul, we snapped a tree branch and used it as a credit card. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Later on he went to Pilar Ternera with the hope that the cards would see more than the diggers, but she began by explaining that any attempt would be useless unless Úrsula cut the cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She started several new credit card accounts and arranged for the bills to be paid automatically every month. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A card she calls me, which sounds ridiculous coming out of the mouth of an old-maid English teacher who’s practically fifty years old. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

DRACO: Don’t play the senility card with us, old man. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The trick to negotiation was to hold all the cards going in, and even if you didn’t, to try to look as though you did. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Dina wouldn’t give her a credit card number to buy it online. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Watching the soles of their sneakers running away, I push my hands into my pockets, touching my pencil, the business card, and the flat-topped buttons of Jason’s mother’s cell phone. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Joy Luck uncles are already seated at the card table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner they played cards around the dining room table. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I might have been a good girl if it had been in the cards. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As she turned to leave, she lobbed the crumpled ball of her ruined card at a trash can, but it came up a few feet short. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Clem can see I feel stupid thinking they take back the card. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Billy kept a card file of each place where they appeared, and during the 1920s they accumulated nearly two hundred cards. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

What if one of these scummy guys on the street decides he’s tired of handing out dirty business cards, and decides that a little arson is in order. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“You’re not the only one with tools, wild card,” she calls up at me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Boys and girls exchanging cards and gifts, laughing and giggling and stealing kisses. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Lanterns fashioned from additional cards hang above, swinging gently as you pass by. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I showed off my twin doll and received a giant card signed by all the cottage residents. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t take the cards out of my backpack at all, and that surprised them, too. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the squares of this net my parents have hung their Christmas cards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each time I punched my card I shouted, "COUNT!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He blinked twice at one of the cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, you are a wild card now? I mean, congratulations, that is really great—but I don’t remember seeing you in the top rankings this year.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All Poles carried identity cards, and the Nazis stamped the cards of Jewish Poles with a big / for Jude, which means “Jew.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

At window four, Apa doesn’t speak, just hands over my green card to the young black man in the same dark blue wool sweater. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She held up the cards, one eyebrow raised. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Humming to himself, Matt removed Tom’s card and put it at the baby table. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up and hear the dial tone, dial the 800 number for the phone card...and then stop. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I got out my one deck of cards and explained the rules. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Does an au pair need a green card?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at the beginning, most of those 1001 white cards were blank. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Theo fumbled between the pages of a chemistry book for the index card. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had gestured to the Rolodex on her desk during one of their earliest sessions, then turned the dial to flip through the contact cards. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As he slipped the card into his backpack, he saw the tight expression on his father’s face. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“What’d you do in school today, Beans? How’re the fellas? Did you see that it rained right after lunchtime? Want to play cards?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Popcorn played this card to the fullest, carrying his knife in his back pocket like a second bulge. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Inside, a cold, mushy card from my parents and a couple White Stripes tickets. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Bull studied the two cards and began to laugh. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s called the principle of favorability. When you play cards the first time, you are almost sure to win. Beginner’s luck.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks the fortune-teller looks a bit sad as she begins to gather up the cards on the table, putting them back into a neat pile. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She stacked up the playing cards and slipped them back into the box. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was throwing pieces of paper into the fire— Mythomagic trading cards, part of the game he’d been obsessed with last winter. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Give me your debit card, your wallet, your phone. All of it.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hands me a small stack of cards. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The math book lay apparently undisturbed, the edge of the card peeping out at either end. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Celia ran around it three times for every wish, until the tree repeated itself like a flashing deck of cards. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey is dumbstruck, staring at the shiny silver card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I sigh, and then reach for my back pocket, handing the guy my debit card. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“My friends and I want to play Bibliomania but we were wondering: Is there a new set of cards?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter if trust-fund money is running out; if credit card bills go unpaid on the kitchen counter. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to match them with the faces on the show cards outside the theater. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You’re the shame of our family name,” she shouted at him one Sunday after mass when she saw him in his new house playing cards with his officers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When Dad left the table, I began writing down what I saw on the card. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He took the wire off the card and set the fish beside the other charms, lining them up carefully with his finger. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Charlie squeals when she sees her full name in fancy letters on a card by her plate. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She took the card, stamped it, pushed it down a slot in the desk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held it and counted the seconds before the server came to take the card. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Fifty dollars should be safe through at least Harrisburg, and once there, I’ll take my mom’s ATM card out and get some more cash. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was going to say more, but the doorbell rang, the card game was about to begin, so I got up and went down to open the gate. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“At that time, no bank would give us any money, but today they give you credit cards in the mail,” he said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a card game going on up at the front of the car, with beer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of December 18, 1959, young Mrs. Johnson was expecting guests; three women of the neighborhood were coming by for coffee and cake and perhaps a game of cards. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stacked my deck of cards, put a rubber band around them, dropped them in my backpack, and said, “Way to go, man,” and wished I hadn’t. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But remember that now we have no special cards to play. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She kept her favorite cards, including a note from historical novelist Herman Wouk. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Okay, guys. Time for everybody to put their cards on the table. Literally.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She pushed a key and a registration card toward my father. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A simple example: the conditional probability of having chosen a king card when it’s known that the card is a face card—a king, queen, or jack— is Vs. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He laugh and say, ‘Don’t worry, ain’t no gamble the way I play cards.’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He ran my card, nodded, handed me a key. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Please use the attached contact card to reach me at your earliest convenience, regardless of the day or hour. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Last time, I think the cards I played made everyone else profoundly sad. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

To the Indian community, the registration card was a humiliating symbol of discrimination. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

This discussion about taking ration cards to the theater has inadvertently led back to my reason for being here tonight. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The men played cards on a towel, undershirt, or blanket, and Nurse Duckett mixed the extra deck of cards, sitting with her back resting against a sand dune. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A group of guys started an "astral projection" circle, where they would sit around a card table and concentrate on breaking down all their molecules into subatomic material and drifting through the fences. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

As the bus careened down the road, Nguyen realized even though she had a little money with her, she didn’t have her identity card. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I’d cut my last two classes to clock an extra hour on my shift card after my boss texted that a lot of people had called in sick. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Every person took a prom card and they lined up in bunches against the walls of the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Matt read the cards and tore off the wrappers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder which card will end up in my letter box next. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We place the rug on the floor, set up the card table, position the bookshelf, and find the best spot for the beanbag chairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Afterward they open up the champagne and sit together on the bed, going through a large shopping bag full of cards with personal checks inside them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I explain to him, “the cards with all the writers and authors and that.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I said as I handed him my card. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Class,” she says, looking at me, “be sure to sign your name at the top of the card.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He shoves the credit card between the door and the frame, just above the knob. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After all, it was 1968, and guys were burning draft cards, and Canada was just a boat ride away. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he unearths the emergency credit card from his wallet and buys two plane tickets, first class, nonstop. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Eventually von Linden took possession of my recipe cards, my chains were removed, and I was thrown back into my cell. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

At the end we voted on which hut had given the best performance, and the kids gave due consideration to the juggling acts, the joke-tellers, the card tricks, and me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“This card gets you a free lunch, so present it to the cashier in the cafeteria after you get your food.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the other chair and pulled up to the card table. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

So we went into Gold’s Stationery and bought Jimmy a greeting card. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Jamie ended up with two aces and twelve cards more than I; the game cost me thirty-four cents. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was shuffling some kind of trading cards. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They drove to the hotel in their car and paid for the room with their credit card. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At step twelve I planted my right hand down on one of the playing cards strewn across the stage by the previous act. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But in the hood that manhood thing was like that card game they play on the corners downtown. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I left without bringing out the flash cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were in the little back office, playing cards. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Parents get together to compare their kids’ report cards, and gang violence is something they read about in a newspaper. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Savo looked down at the deck of cards, then put it back on top of the night table. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Most likely Holmes forged the envelopes or else duped Emeline into preparing them by persuading her they would be used for a legitimate purpose, perhaps for Christmas cards. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I am sitting at the kitchen table, which is really a folding card table someone gave us a year ago. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I thought I really had it,” I say, staring at this machine ejecting an amazing yellow card, like a credit card, all for me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the table there is a deck of cards and a large glass sphere. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I made Mr. Taft’s card into a squirrel, and when I finished, I wrote “I’m nuts about you” on the heart, though that wasn’t all that true either. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Hazel dashed over to Arion’s cage and swiped an Amazon card across the lock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If we didn’t bring home all A’s on our report cards it was understood we’d receive some sort of punishment. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The figure I’d seen in the Tokyo Dome is one of the official wild cards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rook is a card game that, as far as I can tell, is encoded into all True Persians at the cellular level. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Part of me wonders if she’s lost her mind, but then when she pulls into the parking space, she hands me the EBT card. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V had prepared a new stack of word cards for me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She flicks the business card onto the counter before tossing a hundred on top of it like this is some fancy restaurant and I’m a table that needs to be fawned over. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I stop the blood with the hem of my T-shirt and sort more carefully through the cards. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug out the index card on which the question was typed in advance and Clay’s response was beneath in longhand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nods and I scribble the letters, leaning forward, rushing across the top of the card. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A card is a very nice souvenir,” she said just like a mom because the saleslady was watching us as if we were house burglars. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, one by one, Hugo pulled out dozens of objects: screws and nails and bits of metal, gears and crumpled playing cards, tiny pieces of clockworks, cogs, and wheels. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I shook my head no, and they each read their cards while I went to fill up my coffee cup with red wine. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t exactly a hot shower, but Hazel ducked behind a wall of greeting card boxes to clean up and change. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Malik swiped a card near the glass door. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In my pocket, I have the new card. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We gave it to Mr. Grant, who reviewed it, looked at my birth certificate, studied my report card, then wrote on the top of the form “7–18.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her only regret was that the card was to be anonymous. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

A long list of data appears—birth date, home address, phone number, credit card information, calendar. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

An elderly fellow in a trilby, overalls and armband, with drooping jowls like a bulldog’s, detached himself and demanded to see her identity card. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The same betting pattern went on, with each new card, right around to the last card. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After turning over about eighty cards, most of us have figured out the game and can explain exactly why the first two decks are such a bad idea. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“They call it the heart of Chinatown. A lot of elderly people hang out here during the day. My uncle comes here to play cards.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For reasons beyond our control, we never ended up getting a green card through my grandmother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Every year, each boy received a ration card. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin folded her cards and set them on the floor. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He pulls open a drawer of the desk and after searching for a moment he takes out a business card that contains only a single name. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I reach for the card stuffed inside the bouquet first. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When it got to the editorial stage everyone knew the cards were down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A Ziploc bag with a fat bunch of money in it and a credit card. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“There’s a card in the box that you can open later.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Sierra was using her shiny white library card to mark her place in the book’s pages. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The others were all squatting on the carpet and playing cards with Ida. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he will go ahead and phone his old boss and hope that his aunt or uncle will call back, so he won’t need a second card. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I win”—he raked the cards off to the side, close to him—“and sometimes I lose.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wished he had drawn a “Find the Missing Books” card instead. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath, then stood, brushing the shredded cards and aluminum bits off his T-shirt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His book has clear vinyl pages, like an album for trading cards, only with smaller pockets to fit the word cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question I really wanted to ask him was inching its way up my throat when he pulled a deck of cards out of his briefcase. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rodriguez got up from the card table and put his arm around the slim girl. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide them into my purse, which is only big enough for my lip gloss, mints, house key, and these cards. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She told me and Dad to take the last bunch, as well as all the cards. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A robin landed on the holly bush, as if posing for a Christmas card. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Greetings, heroes!” called Mrs. Yunghans, the middle school librarian, who absolutely loved having the most famous library card holders in America checking out books in her library. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to remember this; hold on,” I said, taking an index card from Aaron’s coffee table. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We filled out cards with all kinds of information about our first and second choice of careers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

One side of a card might read, “Show me, sir, the lesions of Horner’s syndrome & oculomotor nerve paralysis. And what the divvil’s an Argyll Robertson pupil?” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Some of the cards slipped from between her lips. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Johnny could see that a group of them were playing at cards in the south parlor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gave my mom a little white card with phone numbers on it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The fortune-teller picks up the deck and shuffles, shifting the cards from one hand to the other. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I knew Blanca was kind, but getting someone a green card is tough. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I went to the mailbox, pulled out a homemade card, opened it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The cards said that these were my copies of all my favorite books, and I wanted Sam and Patrick to have them because they were my two favorite people in the whole world. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Girl, you put the wild in wild card.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the old guys — the guys that had been through it before — saw him, they put their cards down, and their magazines, and gathered around him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom waves the key card in front of the round electronic lock pad, and we enter. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give you ten bucks for the dog and the card.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Is it like the way the fortune-teller reads those cards with pictures on them?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She issues the newcomers beige cards and punches the cards of those who enter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

A few nights back, I found this appointment card for a marriage counseling session lying on the front hall table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His cousin pushed him past the greeting cards and wrapping paper. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They have their trays lowered and are drinking tea and playing Snap, fumbling the slippery cards, laughing like cars on gravel when they cheat or make mistakes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He take one of her playing cards and try to give her a bite of it Sofia come over and lift him off. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would I do for that medical card? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I held the deck out with that one card facing him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave us his card, with his address in London and his club and his business address, and as we got on the bus he handed us each an envelope. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, we are even on that matter, now that you have allowed me to look through your cards,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I glare at the cards that Didu's tray scattered across the coffee table. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cards sit alone on the page, new and homemade. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn't brought business cards, so I wrote my number down for each person and encouraged them to call my office. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After some practice with this, it will be easy to plan an integrated multicultural lesson using something like kamishibai, or Japanese story cards. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The scene changed as suddenly as a house of cards falling down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Mrs. Morehouse tries to slide my card into one of the little clear pockets in Jason’s book, it’s the tiniest bit too big. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nepal’s Supreme Court orders the government to issue citizenship ID cards that allow people to describe themselves as “third-gender” or “other.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My sister was only filled in on the story after the fact, and by the summer of 1998, she and my mom finally got their green cards. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He sees the pile of birthday cards scattered on the carpet, and remembers a hot August day fourteen years ago in Cambridge when he held his son for the first time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not buying that, and let’s be clear about something: you only get one ‘Uncle Carlos, get me out of school’ card per school year, and you’re using it right now.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Francie pushed the book forward opened at the back with the little card pushed out of the envelope. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, it started Tuesday night after my friends and family left my room, and I decided to finally read Chief Killabrew’s card. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And I put the card into my pocket. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once he came down to the library while Francis and I were playing cards, but he refused our invitation to join in and poked listlessly through the shelves, finally meandering upstairs without choosing a book. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pop slams each card like he’s trying to karate chop a board in half, while Erin places hers lightly on the table. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though my legs are tired, I run faster up my driveway, trying to put every feeling into words for Jason’s cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Miss Truman, did you ever hear that one, the one about what the best get-well cards you can get are?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Charles went back to the computerized card catalog. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Near it were a few scattered trading cards. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“There wasn’t a card or anything with it.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Engel thinks I am translating von Linden’s horrid notes, but I am sneaking in a few recipe cards of my own because I have got ahead of her. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Besides the cards, there was a ton of flowers and balloons that came in everyday, from neighbors and friends. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She looked up Pauline Hawthorne in the card catalog and found a few books on art history. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a card in the index card game titled Shyam. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I hand her my ATM card when she gives me the total, and then I work up the courage to ask. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Faded holy cards for Saint Cecilia, patron of music; Saint Francis of Assisi, patron of the animals; and Saint Benedict the Moor, patron of dark peoples; Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

How would he have known where to send a birthday card? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The missives piled up—handmade cards, store-bought cards, folded sheets of notebook paper, e-mails. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He waves her report card in the air, like he wants us all to see. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, while the others played cards with Ida and Victor, Prosper went upstairs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were playing Go Fish: it was the only card game that Bunny knew. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Nineteen sixty-eight is key. And we don’t need Charles’s library card to finish this phrase.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s a lie,” I say, and put a green card down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He moved around the room, holding a bowl full of business cards. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Once the demonstrations are finally over, the lights come up and cards are passed around the theater. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Miranda, and Colin I put the card in my knapsack so that I could slip it under Jimmy’s door the next morning on my way to school. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

A golden laurel wreath was tilted sideways on his curly black hair, which must’ve meant he’d won the last hand of cards. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My mind filled up like a pretty girl’s dance card. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

You can buy miniature Christmas cards that say “Flowers from the Holy Land” and include a flattened burst of wildflowers. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her thumb my ID card over. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and your parents already have my card, just in case you ‘lose’ yours.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

For a moment, it feels like everything stops to watch as I reach in and pull out an old playing card. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Only thing that distracts me a little bit are the Uno cards Jay pulls out after dinner. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“My mother works at home, like my father. She makes greeting cards and buttons like this.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Papa looked at my report card for a while longer; then he said, “Come down for dinner.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rushmore, the Badlands—the only card that is still hard for me to read is the one from Coeur d’Alene, the one that I received two days after she died. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

That was 1953, then I heard no more for seven years, when I received another classification card in the mail. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong watched the people on the decks of their tidy homes as they pulled up nets of glittery carp or sat in semicircles, playing card games. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I yank off the card, get the number, and pull my phone out of my back pocket. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The grandmothers are leaning forward, still sitting on the sofa, trying to pick up cards, but it's tough for either of them to reach the floor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like I keep waiting for the paper to talk about how amazing it’d feel if your family didn’t need to fill out that government form for an EBT card. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

After the Associated Press picked up our January 15 story about George Dawson, who learned to read at 98, hundreds of inspired readers wrote him cards and letters. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A made-up card with a “Turning Twelve” by Nzila poem printed on it that Big Ma would roll her eyes at. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now he has gone from two phone cards to one, worth only 30 pesos. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I hunt through my stack of cards to find the word I want good luck for the most. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was delivered as a gift a few weeks earlier, though it had no card or note. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even Charlie Valentine, who would come over looking for one of his wandering chickens, or for a game of cards. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Maybe these cards aren’t such a great idea. Can you imagine if everyone had the power to mess with everyone else’s lives? Chaos.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘Let’s be Salim, Ted. Let’s both imagine we’re on Euston Station. Let’s retrace his steps. In our heads. Remember. He doesn’t know London well. He has a travel card. Right?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit down, Danielle. We can play cards, if you want. Or Monopoly.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I punch my time card in the computer like they showed and went to fetch my apron. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They stood on one side of the card table, flanked by two other seniors. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This Extreme Challenge is based on the classic Game of Authors card game,” said Mr. Lemoncello. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Officer Jameson reaches into his right front breast pocket and pulls out business cards. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay, guys—there are eight more book rooms to explore and who knows how many more wild cards. Whose turn is it?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

My dad swipes at a few doors with a card. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I can bet it’s for you, Mom,” Amaka said, focused on her cards. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m tempted to read what’s on the card, but I manage to watch the rest of the movie just holding it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The first act was two kids doing card tricks. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

A can of camomile flowers for me, a package of fortune-telling cards for her. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any “dog” card was basically the same as a Lose a Turn. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Of course, everyone who talks to Jason sees my cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After school ends, Mrs. Battle and the girls’ team come with balloons and cards, but they aren’t allowed in either, which really makes me worry about Erin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were meaningful in the way that a schoolchild’s homemade Christmas card is meaningful. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as she’d gone, he took Sir Charles’s card and picked up the phone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very next day, Mrs. Soren collected all the buttons, gathered up all the membership cards, and even replaced Jessie's Writers' Workshop folder. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Our presents appeared beneath the tree, both Charlie’s and mine, with cards from Santa. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She’d wrapped it up in a piece of cloth and written on a card made from Adah’s notebook paper: For my beautiful firstborn child, all grown up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But see what the card is. I’m missing Agrippa.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She quickly opened the cover and found the hidden four-by-four card. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The sound team records me reading from my cards in a chirpy voice so they can insert it later, then I’m tossed out of the room so they can film my/Cinna’s designs in peace. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Except for a hem of light under the kitchen door, where a card game was in progress, there was no sign of any other tenant. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Christmas, I put notes in lots of cards inviting people to come with me on the trail, if only part of the way. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The card disappeared and a new button appeared on the console, a red one that said 600. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of agreeing with me, the ref gave me a yellow card, warning me for false-starting. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When she finds what she is seeking, she hands it to you, and you take the business card from her black-gloved hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They turned up in eyeglass cases, birthday cards, once—I swear—inside an egg Tessie had just cracked. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The one in the neckerchief also offered a card. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The caretakers took their cards away, and the Kenyan police put them in jail. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer is two: the A card and the three card. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The index card was always back in my pocket by the time Dad returned to the table. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I glance down at the baseball card and pull it out of the plastic sleeve labeled with its owner’s name on a sticker. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone else in the room, the three gunmen, all seven card players, stared at Bud, waiting for him to stop so the holdup could proceed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls my gift closer and digs inside the bag for the card. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mind only snaps back to attention when I hear the end of one of Judith’s sentences: "...and then bring the cards to the Schouwburg." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As a payer, all you have to do is to provide your name, your e-mail address, your credit card information, and your billing address for your credit card. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He dint show me he just kept saying think imagen theres something on the card. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z