| 单词 | cards |
| 例句 | 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 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 “This is really the holy grail of games,” he said, dealing the cards one by one. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "And playing cards with his friends all day, like it was their job or something, saying it kept his mind sharp when really it was about drinking whiskey and having company, right? And winning money?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When we were done, there were one hundred shoe boxes stacked in our living room, full of three hundred cards each. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the adults were gone, they flipped over their library cards.There were images of book covers printed on the back. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z And by the time his parents got back, they were giggling and playing cards again. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 Marco says nothing, but watches her as intently as he had regarded her cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Neither her phone nor her bank cards have been used since Saturday, either. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Bent nearly double, his fingers touch the keys much like he touches his cards, one at a time. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He got out before the draining of bank accounts and the jacking up of credit cards. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The cards were separated into ten multicolored ministacks, one for each room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z 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 In my living room, I have grocery sacks full of letters and birthday cards. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Marco walked home together, and she teased him all the way about his big bunch of red carnations, and he let her read all the cards that came with them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Way before, Ms. Jen and me had written all of these word and math problems down on a deck of index cards. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z For an entire evening she had driven herself to different stationery stores in the town, looking for red envelopes that the cards would fit into. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d never lost his love for sleight of hand, and he graduated from palming coins to cards, cups, wallets, and watches. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “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 My birthday was months ago and people still send me cards. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He put down the brooch, reluctantly, and opened a drawer behind the counter, taking out a metal biscuit tin filled with envelopes and cards and slips of paper. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Get a gallon of whisky, or set in a pool room and play cards or shoot pool.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I write each word on one of the white index cards Mom swiped from work. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z 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 Liddy got a Social Security card with this name, club membership cards, and other “pocket litter”—ordinary things like torn train tickets and scribbled notes that make a wallet look real. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Robin hummed a little as she dealt the cards. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 I dropped the cards into my backpack and was out the door of the Behavioral Center when I realized that I didn't quite know what to do with MARGARET. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He tore the cards in tiny pieces and flushed them down the toilet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I was counting cards in my head, which was probably cheating, but it kept me from worrying too much. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to say what suit I’m picking to be the trump card before the rest of the cards are dealt. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Mrs. V had prepared a new stack of word cards for me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z 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 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 A few days in advance of the meeting, Birge sat down with a stack of index cards to construct his case for giving Lawrence whatever was necessary to keep him at Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 From then on, I sent his children Christmas cards every year. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By graduation, the stack of index cards was about two feet high and had to be carried in a special bag. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 It was obvious that Whit was not interested in his cards. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The blue-and-white tram arrived, and Augustus handed our cards to the driver, who explained that we needed to wave them at this circular sensor. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “So, Pip! Our friend the Spider,” said Mr. Jaggers, “has played his cards. He has won the pool.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z We had been given board games and cards, which we often played on Saturdays and Sundays. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Some of them were large cards displaying all twelve months and on those she noticed circles drawn around dates. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a gazillion words and phrases I could choose, and none of them seem worth one of my two last cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 Julian looked over the table and counted the cards—three—at each place. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He placed the stack before him on the desk and began to turn the cards over, two or three at a time. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Weirdly enough, when we got back home and Mom brought in the mail, there were holiday cards from both Julian’s family and August’s family. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I tried to match them with the faces on the show cards outside the theater. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It would cost a lot of money, he said—about twenty signs had been made, not to mention all the business cards and stationery—and besides, all the new clients were paying their bills. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And that was a relief too, because it was as if he had been hearing, through their apologies and condolences and cards and flowers and food and tears, something else they weren’t saying. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Okay, guys. Time for everybody to put their cards on the table. Literally.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z A few people are sitting together in the living area, and a few others are at a table playing cards. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There were little white boys with complete collections of football cards, and their only want was a popular girlfriend and their only worry was poison oak. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The rewards are high, but when you lose on the red cards, you lose a lot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 They are laughing and shouting and playing cards. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I was glad when Bible school was over and all I had to do was play cards on Howard’s porch or take Wishbone down to the creek. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He has to pick up four cards now. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z There wasn’t anything good on, so I sorted baseball cards for a while. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 She invited my mother over for cards and scrapbooking parties and book club meetings, but Mom was too busy transplanting hearts. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “We aren’t thieves. See, here are our identity cards from the police,” Eye said as Ear tried to make Arm comfortable. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Or take two thoroughly shuffled decks of cards. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, playing for higher stakes than he could afford in some rather steep bridge games with his New York connections, he had held cards and won several hundred dollars. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “We figured somebody would once Mr. Peckleman started passing out his ‘Go to College Free’ cards. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 He didn’t like knowing that something else, someone else, held all the cards. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “An honest man, gentlemen. Simple tastes. Lays his cards on the table. I like that.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Suppose I give you four cards labeled with the letters A and D and the numerals 3 and 6. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I pointed to the cards, one at a time. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It feels strange delivering the cards to these people. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Instead we play Operation, and Chutes and Ladders, and sometimes Monopoly or cards. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Jason slides his hand across his book, jabbing at cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She jerked her head and hissed through her toothless mouth at Garrett, tapping her greasy cards. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she turns to a few rugged-looking men playing cards around the campfire. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z After dinner, while the others played cards with Ida and Victor, Prosper went upstairs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z After our pictures were taken, and fresh, chemical-smelling laminated ID cards were spit out into our hands, we agreed to catch up to each other again at dinner. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was the perfect night, because his father was playing cards at a friend’s house. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 On the floor of the closet, our concentration game was undisturbed—all the center cards facedown. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I pulled out the B drawer and flipped through the cards. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll be coming around with a dropper of water to prepare your cards, so please don’t start until I get to you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 I study the cards I have left in my hand, confused. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Theres more we got to do with these cards. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z On a handful of index cards related to the FBI, she jotted short notes warning that the agency’s claims were exaggerated and that the Coast Guard and the Treasury knew the truth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “If it isn’t chocolates, it’s Christmas cards. If it isn’t Christmas cards, it’s soap. If it isn’t soap, it’s calendars. But you know what?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bring the tray with the cards, Joe. I don’t remember who was here.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the men were lying in their tents reading or playing cards. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z On those occasions, we were ordered to stand at attention at the grille of our cells and hold up our prison cards as he walked by. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “I’m sure you are eagerly awaiting your final report cards.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The woman smiles as she pushes the arc of cards back into a neat pile. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I tore off the front of the cards and saved them so I could recycle them for this year. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Customers in the laundromat talk about "green cards" and "papers" that give them permission to stay in the United States. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There were mirrors that reflected the viewer’s aura, and they came with little cards to tell what the colors meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She had pictures of him from when he was a kid, and his first pair of shoes, and his old report cards, which weren’t as good as mine, but anyway. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s play,” he said, sliding his chair back from the table and reaching for a deck of cards on the shelf behind him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 But the tables were silent and the cards untouched. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The longer or more complex the program, the more cards the programmer fed the computer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mariam would see them when she passed by, always dressed in their fatigues, squatting by the front door of Tariq’s house, playing cards and smoking, their Kalashnikovs leaning against the wall. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Brother Quang’s report cards, each ranking him first in class, beginning in kindergarten. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 I was down in the village havin’ a few drinks an’ got into a game o’ cards with a stranger. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Instead of answering, she got the box where she kept all my report cards and certificates to get the photo. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He looked hopelessly around his room again, and his eye paused on the birthday cards his two best friends had sent him at the end of July. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We play cards one night and I realize I need to get started on Marv. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The old man didn’t just shuffle the deck, he fanned it and flipped it and made the cards jump up into an arching bridge, shooting them in rapid succession from one hand to the other. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z 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 looked at the cards, and then at the flame of the match burning with an unwavering clarity between his fingers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My report cards were a sea of red ink. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We used to go down to the creek or up into someone’s barn and play cards or flip coins and bet on them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He set the deck of cards on the table. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If Jesus is anything like the story cards from Sunday school make him out to be, he ain’t the kind to want a thin, little beagle to be hurt. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Not while the cards are hot. Stay and play a bit. Kaz will stake you.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When she was not shuffling the extra deck of cards, she sat squinting into a tiny pocket mirror, brushing mascara on her curling reddish eyelashes in a birdbrained effort to make them longer permanently. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "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 I open the drawer and lift the cards in my fingers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “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 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 “A good number, especially for playing cards. But we may have to explain to Bo again that he can’t keep making up his own rules.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z George cut the cards again and put out a solitaire lay, slowly and deliberately. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z As I write this, applicants from 2003 are finally getting green cards through the sibling route. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We sat in the fading light, the cards forgotten. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 “It was crazy how much you studied. You always had those cards.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Also, when we played at cards Miss Havisham would look on, with a miserly relish of Estella’s moods, whatever they were. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z There was a picture of a young girl taped to the pole, and sympathy cards and tiny stuffed animals were scattered around it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z To prepare for the improvisation part of this rhyme, use rhythm cards for several weeks prior. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 We went to the other side of the lake and returned, half-blinded by the light on the water, to find Bunny and Charles on the front porch, eating ham sandwiches and playing cards. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I pull forward two blank cards and scrawl: Yeah, right. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She never even knew when report cards came out unless he told her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” he says, “we’ve got one month to get two wild cards up to speed.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 For the first time in her life she used the surname that was on all her identification cards: Satigny. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His dark beard and sharp cheekbones made him look like the cards with Jesus and the martyred saints that Abuelita pinned to the wall around her altar. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A group of folks were gathered in the middle, playing cards and carrying on the way Magdalys and the kids at the orphanage did when none of the matrons were around. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The cards indicated how the person was likely to vote on certain issues, what his basic values were, and what past indications he had given about his feelings toward women attaining the vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z 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 There was note-paper also in the drawer, thick white sheets, for rough writing, and the note-paper of the house, with the crest, and the address, and visiting cards, ivory-white, in little boxes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She began a game of solitaire using her hand and her lips, flipping the cards back and forth with great agility. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Sean was always the biggest perpetrator of said strategy, especially on days when he had a quiz in another class and wanted to slyly check his index cards while she prattled on. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z 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 The dealer laid out another three cards, each one heavily creased. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z No frilly cards or heart-shaped boxes of chocolates required. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z He had the clerk instant-print him two sets of ten business cards. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A summer without a sport was not in the cards for me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z 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 To the north, more bridges are superimposed like a poker player’s cards. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The words fall to the floor, to the cards, and Audrey smiles. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The three cards stand like little sentinels, waiting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Rafik tried to throw his old report cards away, but their mother caught him. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Day after stifling day, the coaches and crews sat in small, almost sullen groups, playing cards, reading pulp magazines, shooting the bull, choosing whom they went to the dining car with and whom they didn’t. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I at least need to know that I haven’t lost my credit cards, I need to know who I called and when. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They were playing against invisible opponents—two sets of cards hovering in the air. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They knew I meant the cards I wrote. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a declaration that we entered with a court order, showed you our identification cards, and that everything proceeded properly, with all due respect and proper manners, and that you have no complaints. Sign it!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 When I have seven words, I bind the cards together with a rubber band she also swiped from work. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Bring us that deck of cards, love, let’s have a round of rummy.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Some linger to grab a blanket or a prayer book or a deck of playing cards. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “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 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 George sighed deeply and started dealing out the cards again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z 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 Afterward, Blanca stocked up on the religious cards, booklets, and leaflets she hands out every Saturday morning. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He doubted that she had ever written him anything at all, except for the generic Love, Kainene, on his birthday cards. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I brush through the leaves and wipe him from my sight, hearing his voice and the constant remarks during cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 It was kind of a weak pun—not nearly as good as many of the cards that came later. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They were playing cards and ignoring the business in the living room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Last time, I think the cards I played made everyone else profoundly sad. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then the cards started coming again, from small towns across Europe, but the handwriting was scratched quickly, and my mom had less to say with every new postcard, with every new town. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 Fat Frankie flips the three cards over and starts shuffling them over one another. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He probably owned the only deck of regular playing cards on Rass. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he sat down and laid out three cards, facedown, on the blanket. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She crosses to the bookshelf and picks up a deck of cards. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The figure I’d seen in the Tokyo Dome is one of the official wild cards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This was all a game to them, like a hand of cards or a soccer match. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The flutter of cards, motion of hands, of eyelids, the drone of the time-voice in the firehouse ceiling “...one thirty-five. Thursday morning, November 4th,... one thirty-six... one thirty-seven a. m...” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I punch in the letter C. Good old Mrs. V and her capital quiz cards! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “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 On a workbench was a smaller press for notifications, proclamations, broadsides, trade cards. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t make flash cards or draw pictures. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 People talk about visiting grandparents in the hospital or sending birthday cards to a niece’s husband; single mothers live with their own mothers or share apartments with a coworker or boyfriend. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 One by one, the sixteen official Warcross teams choose their top picks from the wild cards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The sound of wings, like a giant deck of cards being shuffled, filled the air. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Why don’t we use the game to build a house of cards?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He pushed the packets of cards in front of her. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I turned all of the flash cards over. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Optimistic and uncharacteristically friendly, Bobby autographed cards for most of the hotel waiters. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was married now, to a Punjabi girl, and they lived in London still, and every year they exchanged Christmas cards with Raj and Mina, each couple tucking photos of their families into the envelopes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I wonder if they, too, have received playing cards and firearms in their letter boxes or if they’ve had their own specific tools provided. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I don’t know why, but I feel jealous that his mom made him nicer cards than usual. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The company had been enjoying a game of cards, but had broken off for the moment, evidently in order to drink a toast. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The boy retired and returned after a moment, bringing the tiny silver tray, which was covered with ladies’ visiting cards. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad did know all the rules about visas and work permits and green cards, because when students and researchers come to the university from foreign countries, they need one or another of them. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As much as I’d changed cards, my second choice remained the same. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 “I play cards with the pool man’s sons sometimes,” she told him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “And may I thank the forty-six people who have so far sent me cards! Yes, I have taken the liberty of arranging this little surprise for you all — and it doesn’t end here!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Remember? Did you look at the flash cards I made you?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 “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 It was my deck of cards; but I was somewhat preoccupied listening to Claudia and interrupting her with questions. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 We had two bunks, a toilet, a galley, no radio, plenty of books, a deck of cards, a chess set, and two thousand pounds of hash. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z 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 When Naomi asked him about the names on the cards, he’d waved her words away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The same old boys showed off trading cards and clowned around nearby. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z In the squares of this net my parents have hung their Christmas cards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He gives each pair three cards with different conversations on them. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 Finally, I went to the mirror and gave myself an admiring smile as I spread the letters upon the dresser like a hand of high trump cards. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the long slope of the windshield, I see a heavyset guy pull three cards out of his breast pocket. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 In between lanes, kids now play tag, weaving in and out of the landlocked cars, while their parents play cards on the hoods. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Hazel felt the braids of her hair with her plump, pink fingers while Bill sucked in his cheeks and dealt the cards in a very serious way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Shall we play at cards, or would you prefer to talk?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They still played cards like they always did, but there was less laughter among them. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I suspect Trip has a pair of clever dice or an equally clever skill which probably extends to cards as well. I thank you for your timely warning, but a knack is something else entirely.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They carried chess sets, basketballs, Vietnamese-English dictionaries, insignia of rank, Bronze Stars and Purple Hearts, plastic cards imprinted with the Code of Conduct. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I often manned the church library, checking out books to members, stamping the due dates on the cards inside, and making sure the borrowed books were returned on time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The words on the cards are written in English. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 sit here playing cards, and the image of her is splayed across the table. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The man on my left scooped up the cards and put them on the table between our beds. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Left,” said Cotton, the drummer, who then handed three cards to Kaira. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I was lookin’ through my football cards, putting them in piles by position. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “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 I’ve used up almost all of Curtis’s gift cards by now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Inside were two playing cards, an ace and a joker. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 But this wasn’t like cards at all, where the same number on each side makes people tied. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “The cards do not make for the clearest of timelines, but it is very close. Almost immediate, I would think.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 Waiting for the song to finish, I run my thumb along an edge of my word cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the whole town whipped out their Saint Springfield cards whenever it was most convenient, Ma never did. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Let’s put the two new cards on the table,” said Charles. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Call here if you need help. The phone number is on those business cards at the reception desk.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not at cards again?” she demanded, with a searching look. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z After I finished setting the table, I took one of the spare cards and wrote TAPE. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you like to talk about?” she asked, fumbling over the cards and dropping half as she tried to tie them up. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 It took another seventy cards for the conscious brain to finally figure out what was going on. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z "We need to see your identification cards," says the patrol leader. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z They played cards at his house once a month, though they usually did more bragging than actual playing. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “There are more cards in play than can be read at the moment,” Scythe Curie said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then he took off his glasses and lay down, eyes open, facing his three birthday cards. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Well, at least the little statue can’t cheat at cards like someone else I know.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Face cards in a few categories may land a player in the upper middle class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z On a visit to their new home, the girls got library cards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And a fresh deck of cards popped up through a slot in the desk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z 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 In her mind’s eye, Mother saw two cards on the dining room table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was pointing to the sky with his cards. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “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 Pilar Ternera was the one who contributed most to popularize that mystification when she conceived the trick of reading the past in cards as she had read the future before. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 And a nice man was in one of the rooms and he had some wite cards with ink spilld all over them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 She kept her favorite cards, including a note from historical novelist Herman Wouk. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 ‘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 George carefully built his line of solitaire cards. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z They played cards on the bus; each day meant a continuation of the day before. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When it got to the editorial stage everyone knew the cards were down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She emailed birthday cards, would argue with waiters over wine, and still had a job. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Riccio fiddled with his cards, pretending not to have heard Ida's question. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I started pacing through the house, clutching my note cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Isobel pushes the cards around the table, focusing on one and then another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 Or perhaps she had already asked them of her cards or the spirits. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It could mean movement or travel. The cards do not always mean the same things every time, they change with each person.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Grandma Rose is sitting next to me on the sofa, turning cards over to find pairs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He decided to put all of his cards on the table. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Only the man with the Captain's hat and the sign of the Phoenix on his hat, at last, curious, his playing cards in his thin hand, talked across the long room. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 As I’m digging around inside, I remember Charlie playing with my cards last night. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “She can help you make flash cards to study,” Mom said as the water poured in around the ice. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z As if I weren’t already immortal enough, I am further immortalized on collectible cards. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Do you know what the difference is between the computing cards and time-sharing?” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Mrs. M. has made her plans, I dare say, and will play her cards well, early as it is. The girl evidently doesn’t think of it yet,” said Mrs. Moffat. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z George dealt and Whit picked up his cards and examined them. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I move Nutmeg over so I can slide the cards, word after word, in Jason’s book. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I didn’t know where I was going to go or what I was going to do. I didn’t really do that well in school, and well, college just wasn’t in the cards.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Of course,” he said, “you end up with a lot of cards the same, but you can put your own illustrations on them. You know, personalise them.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 Lanterns fashioned from additional cards hang above, swinging gently as you pass by. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Amazon cards! Pass them up, unless you want me to undo those friendship bracelets and let you drop!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Gramps looked up at Jones, his eyes fierce, for the entire time that Freeman dealt the cards. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We were far away from credit cards in those days, and the equivalent was an account at the corner grocery. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Four and a half seconds later, Hazel had two Amazon cards. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 tan cards say ‘Go Grab an Orange.’ Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “It can’t be that bad,” he said, fishing a deck of cards from his jacket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She plucked the cards out of my hands and handed me two apples instead. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm using old parts of the antenna array to hold the cards up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And five of each so I don't have to share with my sisters who have all gathered on the stoop with Charlise for a game of cards. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He knew all about science, about model rocketry, chemistry sets, baseball cards, about American history. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Attendees sat around tables made into giant rectangles with their name cards and cups of coffee or bottled water in front of them, making speeches. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The guards sit across from the four boys, take out a deck of playing cards. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 We all eat and drink and play some cards until a knock at the door brings the boyfriend in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “We want to check out the cards in the bowl.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z One night of uncertainty, when Pilar Ternera was singing in the courtyard with the soldiers, he asked her to read the future in her cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z For when, gathering her cards together at the end, and reaching for the box, she said casually, “Tell me, is Max de Winter still in the hotel?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His actions were smooth, precise, as if he were dealing cards at the Crow Club or picking an easy lock, but his rage felt hot and mad and unfamiliar. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Miss Cook is at her desk, busy sorting through cards. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I figure it is just one of the cards my dad and I have been dealt. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z When it ends and the rest of the stadium starts filing out, guards come to usher the wild cards and the professional teams out through special exits. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The sunglasses blew smoke all over the old man’s cards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first week or so, she and Margaret would sit on the porch playing cards or bingo, talking about the men, the cousins, and the children. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In class, Mrs. Burroughs quizzed us one student at a time, holding up a series of large manila cards and asking us to read whatever word was printed in black letters on the front. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I had the driver pull over at a store that sold calling cards. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It must have fallen out of my shirt when I picked up the cards. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Instead, his hands have been untied, and he is at the table, playing cards with the Roach, the Ghost—and the Bomb. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 That, in turn, meant that programmers didn’t have to physically hand their stacks of computer cards to the operator anymore. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I stayed busy with my cards ’cause I didn’t know what else to do. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 They never worry about report cards, good or bad. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z On the table there is a deck of cards and a large glass sphere. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The young people played checkers and games of cards in the hallways, slept on the floor, and made defensive weapons with sticks and stones. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was setting up the cards for our card game. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 She put down her cards, stood up, and kissed me on the forehead. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I take my flash cards out and drill myself. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 In front of you are four decks of cards—two of them red and the other two blue. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Kit picked up her wool cards and set to work. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Señor Diaz walked through a set of red curtains into a small back room where a man sat playing a solitary game of cards. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 You and Coby sit on the floor in the back near the biographies, playing cards, whispering. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Chiron laid his cards on the table, a winning hand he hadn’t gotten to use. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She handed him her stack of question cards. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Some of them obviously had good cards but I knew I had every one of them beat. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 added the new cards but it still doesn’t make much sense.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z But there are only softly drifting feathers and fluttering playing cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 We make cards for the rest of the afternoon, only stopping to make hot chocolate. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He learns the endless terms, the vocabulary that classifies the details of ancient buildings, writing them on separate index cards and making illustrations on the back: architrave, entablature, tympanum, voussoir. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z All four of em got a cigarette in one hand, they cards in the other. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We talked, stored the dry herbs, or played cards. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said to the men playing cards, “here comes a very strange beast which in all tongues is called a fool.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later, the referee called the players to the midfield stripe to go over their player cards. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Since our applications for green cards were "pending," the government wouldn't give us the boot, unless our application was denied. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z At this she played cards with a bridge-a-matic, that she might do better in the neighborhood club. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Cistan and Stuck came by to ask for him, to say they couldn’t play cards Friday and to linger with embarrassment in the hall while Violet stared at them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z George shuffled the cards noisily and dealt them. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 We had just finished writing all our research as questions on the trivia cards. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z A dark hand reached for one of the cards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys held their cards and looked at the girls and the room was very still. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I don’t want a stay late just cause Miss Leefolt playing cards. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z To go to his dad may be fighting dirty, but I know what cards to play. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 pick up my pencil and write on the first cards: Drawing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 On the way home from school Carol giggles and shows off her cards from boys. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We had these mimeographed schedule cards so we could keep track of all our activities, and we spent a lot of mornings and afternoons away from the office going to affairs in town. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 sat on the sofa, watching my cousins play with the cards. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His money came too hard to risk it on a hand of cards, even in the unlikely event that it was honestly dealt. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He worked on his Coo speech until it was time to go, first making an outline, then putting his key points on three-by- five cards. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He held out the cards, and I wanted one. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the room stood a big square table littered with playing cards, and around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Below was thirty-seven hundred feet of air, and I was balanced on a house of cards. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor does he bat an eyelash when Scoob requests a gas station stop in Shreveport to deliver hand-drawn cards to a pair of workers that say Thanks for the Anonymous Tip. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z 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 He’d like to have a social life, especially a girlfriend, but that wasn’t in the cards in Caldwell. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked sort of like an upright piano, and used punch cards. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Some cards were arranged in rows on the blanket, and he was drawing other cards from the deck he held in his hands and adding them to the rows. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z 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 Matt read the cards and tore off the wrappers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bridge rooted around in her backpack for her flash cards. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 If the cards went into the barn boxes, mice might chew them up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The team laid down their cards in order. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 “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 But I will, in Philadelphia, play a cautious part—not throw all my cards on the table—oh, no. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A man in a down jacket is using the paper cutter near the door, trimming a stack of pale blue cards. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Ain’t he still homeless? And he told me he was tortured by an east side gang,” Pri says as she collects my small pile of cards into her growing pile. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My Definitely Nots include my schoolbooks, jacket, sweaters and jeans I don’t like, action toys, board games and old sports cards. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “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 As for parents comparing their kids’ report cards? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The barracks had shady porches, where campers lounged in hammocks or played cards and drank sodas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “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 “They have cards, but they forgot to bring them along. You know how kids are!” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I was thinking about maybe making little cards, seeing if I could sell them in the gift shop on Kingly Road. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 I can read the English and Irish papers The Abbot brings home or I can use the library cards of Laman Griffin and my mother till I’m found out. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “And what about all this?” said Akimi, pointing at the list of library cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “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 Some of the cards slipped from between her lips. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z A set of silver scales appears on the table between the cards, balancing precariously, each side piled with diamonds that sparkle in the candlelight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As for report cards, members of the family who brought home good grades were feted and rewarded. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The cards announced a miraculous new cure for feline leukemia, and the callers identified themselves as representatives from Cat Fancy magazine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Fewer cards meant she was winning, and she liked to win. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Notes and cards were pressed into my hands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After the first two cards were dealt around the table, I had an ace showing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z No report cards, no baptism certificates in the chest of drawers. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “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 moved around the room, holding a bowl full of business cards. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “He always brings your report cards to work,” another added with a smile. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They played cards, slept, combed their hair, huddled in groups, and preoccupied themselves in general feminine behavior. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She read from a stack of yellow note cards. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I scooted to the edge and he shuffled the cards against the granite bench. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I nearly weep as I say, “Tell me, Audrey—please tell me it’s you. Say you’ve been sending me these cards.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He pulled some flash cards from his pocket, squared them in his hands, then cleared his throat. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z After dinner they played cards around the dining room table. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "Remember our Lord Lister ID cards? How quickly they were passed to the Gestapo? And this is worse—it's no game." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “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 “Playing cards is the devil’s game,” I said. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z 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 He laid several packs of note cards on the table and sat across the table from Mrs. Olinski. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I sat on my knees on the floor in front of the coffee table as I gathered the Lotería boards and playing cards to put them back in their basket. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But he was heavily associated with illness and death, neither of which was distinguishable from the brown picture of the North Carolina Mutual Life Building on the back of their yellow cards. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to dump the blame on the county and deal the cards. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I grin at the house of cards idea, getting the irony that they don’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z 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 “I put them in the cards for everyone in the club.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She looks back down at the cards on the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Calista helps me. We make flash cards. The problem is Mrs. Rouse picks new words every week.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z In no rush, I stand and walk to the drawer in the bedroom and pull out the four cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z All the right cards were in our hands and so, gracefully, he gave his opinion that we had the answer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He was so busy he forgot to ask whether their report cards had been good or even whether they had been promoted. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She flips them over, one at a time, laying them faceup in an elaborate pattern across the table, some overlapping and others in rows, until there are about a dozen cards laid out. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 “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 district attorney’s office held all the cards. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Four men are sitting on rough burlap feed sacks, playing cards by the light of a kerosene lantern. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 Our right to be in England had to be double and triple confirmed, with sheaves of paperwork and fingerprinted identification cards in addition to the new kind of passports we’d been issued. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Show me how you do that with the cards.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z A family of American citizens or, at the very least, a family with green cards. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But she provides her with grade cards, childhood drawings, school papers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 During lunch hour, if they were not off fighting a blaze, the men attached to the firehouse played cards. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She never dealt the tarot cards, just kept on shuffling, Ivy’s fresh tragedy forgotten for a while. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 “My mother works at home, like my father. She makes greeting cards and buttons like this.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Unclasping the sealed envelope, Charles found two silhouette cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Do you want to play cards?” he asked. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Like cultural idiosyncrasies, individual idiosyncrasies throw wild cards into the course of history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As in: If we get one C on our report cards, I’m afraid Mom will reach her tipping point and that will be the end of basketball. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z For the two calls, he needs two telephone cards: fifty pesos apiece. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was her and his dad and another guy drinking beer and playing cards. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z 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 take the journal and wrap it carefully in the best wrapping paper I can find, in the bedroom with the Christmas decorations and my mother’s collection of cards. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly there were four men sitting around the table, playing cards. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z All Dutch people will be issued new ration registration cards. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Every day he punched cards, punched and punched, trying to avoid instability, divergence, distortion. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Ms. Udell returned her attention to her class and waved a stack of colored index cards. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z So he went to the coast and sent Christmas cards. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But after talking it over, the two decided to leave the Luke cards in the deck. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 Instead of arranging the Christmas cards on the fireplace mantel, Ashima glances at the return addresses and then, without opening the envelopes, she throws them away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Each time, I would be handed the same set of note cards to read, be faced with the same expressions of hope and deep grief from the crowd. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I knew the first song: Mama sang it sometimes when Jaja and I brought our report cards home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Johnny could see that a group of them were playing at cards in the south parlor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 High school Gay-Straight Alliances from all over the country sent cards decorated with rainbows. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Yakov bit his lower lip, staring down at the spread of cards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “She’s an emu-raffe, which is a bit like a donkey and a giraffe put together, only with fewer legs and a peevish temper. She’s a terrible sore loser at cards,” he added in a whisper. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But as the demon girl fetched the box of viewing cards, I was looking at one corner of the room that was filled with a blend of strange colors. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Becky said Madam sat sighing by the window and shuffling a deck of playing cards over and over. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “The woman there wouldn’t even sell them to me, she just told me to take them away, get them out of her shop. Devil cards, she called them. Cartes du Diable.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His cousin pushed him past the greeting cards and wrapping paper. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z 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 give him Amazon gift cards: Please, cousin, read something, try a little bit. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I play cards at least a few nights a week. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Deliver the speech, in a practice run, from the cards. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z 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 Brother Worbs pours hot cider, and Rudi brings out Berliners, the special jelly doughnuts that his mother has saved her ration cards to make. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Usually the teacher played a name game on the first day of class, or she made name cards for our desks. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 Shortly after that, James put his cards down and pushed back from the table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He had discovered that he could make cards float and he could turn marbles into mice and he could rip up a piece of paper and make it whole again. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z 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 “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 It starts to kick in after ten cards, and it’s really smart, because it picks up the problem with the red decks almost immediately. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I look down to make sure my note cards are in order, and then I freeze. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Officer Jameson reaches into his right front breast pocket and pulls out business cards. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They made signs and paper buttons and membership cards. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z They could have bided their time until the borders eventually reopened or gone through legal channels to get us green cards before we left Iran, but that would have likely taken years. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Using a computer to generate a random ordering to the cards is the best though perhaps an impractical way to get random decks. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 “Oh, yeah,” I answer, refusing to tear my eyes from the cards. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Papa smoke their pipes and stay up late playing cards. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Especially when the biggest thought is wanting to play cards. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I knew enough about the Rorschach to know that it wasn’t what you saw in the cards that counted, but how you reacted to them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 Her mother imagined all kinds of wild goings-on with a rock ’n’ roll band, but all they were doing was playing cards. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “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 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 She told me about how he and his fellow soldiers were intimidated, arrested, and beaten for failing to comply with government rules about carrying personal identification cards. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “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 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 We are working together and using up all my ill-gotten recipe cards. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I put down my cards and touch her arm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Is it like the way the fortune-teller reads those cards with pictures on them?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 Their stacks of cards are just about even. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘May I make a copy of your insurance cards?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Soon hundreds of letters, telegrams, and cards poured in. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 “My mom designs greeting cards and my dad works in health insurance. What about yours?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z My other cards have the word printed small at the top, but the tall block letters of RULE, fill the card. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I hand a few cards to Lee Lee. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 It’s someone who knows I play cards all the time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Bailey looks at the arc of cards and frowns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Isobel piles the cards and shuffles them back into the deck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He scowls as he picks up the cards, but secretly he’s trying not to laugh. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Buildings fell like wounded dinosaurs; others collapsed like a house of cards. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 The scene changed as suddenly as a house of cards falling down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I still remembered him as the cheerful little kid who played with Mythomagic cards. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 But throughout the day Hugo stole glances at the old man, who continued to do amazing things with the cards. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z 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 While Hugo worked, the old man played cards. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I left without bringing out the flash cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On entering, they found index cards with each student’s name pinned up on the walls around the classroom, with clips fastened below them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 She asked especially about my grades, and I ran and got my report cards. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When one of Enrique’s meal cards is stolen, El Tirindaro gives him the unexpired card of a migrant who has crossed the river successfully. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I made everyone in the club Christmas cards and attached a Greek drachma from the 1800s to each one, unsure if they’d think it was stupid. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cormaci posted signs by the mailboxes offering to read tarot cards for people at ten bucks a shot. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 So he was setting off in a rented Ryder with a fake ID of his own, no credit cards, and ten bucks to fall back on if anything went wrong. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As it did, the solar cells neatly stacked on the roof flew off and scattered like a dropped deck of cards. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Not out of kindness or even curiosity, but because I'd happened to be dealt to him, like a playing card in a pack of identical cards. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 She issues the newcomers beige cards and punches the cards of those who enter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “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 On my desk were pictures of her and cards from her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z 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 He went to the wall with the list of library cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “How you make the cards fan out like that and float.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z 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 They took places opposite each other at the table under the light, but George did not shuffle the cards. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Isobel stacks the deck once more, keeping that section of cards on the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The only trouble is, I want more cards tonight. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 He tosses the packet onto the coffee table, where it falls next to a few playing cards, a rolled dollar bill, and one jagged slab of a broken mirror. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 When Craig and I got our report cards at school, our parents celebrated by ordering in a pizza from Italian Fiesta, our favorite place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Pupils were going around selling flowers and cards, and I had to go ask a friend what was happening. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Do you prefer reading to cards?” said he; “that is rather singular.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z In a trance, he put his clothes into a little suitcase, packed some of his tools and his deck of cards. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z They made haste tucking into their dinners, playing cards, paging newspapers, and arguing loud about the British soldiers and their navy and taxes and a war. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the envelope were a stack of cards, a bunch of rubber stamps, an ink pad, and a sheet of three-ring-binder paper filled with a fifth grader’s sloppy handwriting. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Why? I brought my cards along. A whole deck.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks up from the cards at Isobel, still not certain what to make of her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I might have been a good girl if it had been in the cards. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They started favoring the blue cards and taking fewer and fewer cards from the red decks. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When they saw Leo, they threw their cards like confetti and broke out in applause. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 There was a stack of cards on a chair by her bed. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I had to memorize these hormones and what they did and I hadn’t been able to make flash cards because I was too busy clipping newspaper articles. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He gathered some of the cards together and shuffled them. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z There were golden cards embossed on the cover, as well as the title Practical Manual of Card Magic and Illusions. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “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 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 Whenever I looked at rebels during raids, I got angrier, because they looked like the rebels who played cards in the ruins of the village where I had lost my family. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z From the bag he’d brought back from the hospital, he saves his father’s wallet, containing forty dollars, three credit cards, a wad of receipts, photographs of Gogol and Sonia when they were babies. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But she went on putting the cards back into the box, yawning a little, while I straightened the tumbled bed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He was looking at the rows of cards on the blanket. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z 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 For a few moments the fortune-teller looks at the cards, and Bailey wonders if she is waiting for them to tell her something. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Every year, fifty amateur players, or wild cards, are nominated by secret committee to be placed into the team selection process. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z John Jaax was a prominent businessman and a banker, and he was a partner in a manufacturing company that made plastic for credit cards. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The day of her departure we handed her farewell cards. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z One might think that judges are the most powerful, or even the police, but in reality the prosecutor holds the cards. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Judith nods, obviously understanding this code, which I assume is related to the fake ration cards they’re creating for Jewish families. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Well, I threw those cards away a long time ago.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 I was thinking about Jess, playing cards for hours with me when I was too sick to leave my bedroom. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z George laid down his cards thoughtfully, turned his piles of three. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed the cards away from the blotter and hid them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 Some boys stole ration cards and tried to go through the food line twice. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We don’t seem to get more than ten cards up before the house falls. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The Selective Service required registered men to carry their draft cards at all times. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, of course, you wouldn’t know — Chocolate Frogs have cards inside them, you know, to collect — famous witches and wizards. I’ve got about five hundred, but I haven’t got Agrippa or Ptolemy.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “We have ration cards now for food. With Js all over them. J for Jew.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Eventually she tossed the cards on the table and said, “Fill them out or don’t. But if you don’t, no one will.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 They played cards in the afternoon, and asked us if we had heard anything more about Hawaii. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that I intend to call the numbers on the cards, but it’s something to collect. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Eleanor tried to get everything into a neat stack, all the report cards and school pictures and letters from pen pals. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z From her bottomless carry-on, Gay pulled out magnetic checkers, a mini Yahtzee set, and Go Fish and Old Maid cards, which we played until we landed in Hartford. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “That’s one of my friends I used to play cards with. He loved root beer.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Kaz had been courted by any number of gangs who liked his way with his fists and the cards. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 “You should be honored, my boy. You will have the opportunity to join a great army! Just like that silly game you play with cards and dolls.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Liam was a great many things, but mysterious and unpredictable weren’t included in that deck of cards. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He held a card in his hands and looked down at the rows of cards on the blanket. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” he said, looking up from his cards. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I pushed the note cards into a stack. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Running backward, making applesauce, doing jumping jacks, gargling, blowing bubbles, slicing garlic, making a house out of playing cards, stringing popcorn, organizing furniture, drawing mazes, and making pinatas.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 “I will write you cards to my family in Amalfi. They will love you like a son.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 He was itching for a hand of cards. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He stared at the cards as if they’d give him a glimpse into his fate. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A pack of cards had appeared from nowhere in his hand. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The cards have been telling her as much for years but she refused to listen, choosing to see only the other possibilities, the alternate paths to be taken. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I hear the times table between my ears: Four times thirteen is fifty-two, like four suits in a deck of cards. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 “So let’s get stinky! But first you are going to pick up every single one of those cards.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z 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 The radio guy was with him, and by the time Scotty and I had finished our nest, Doyle and the radio guy were playing cards. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He squinted at the boy with one eye, then picked up his cards and fanned them out in his hand again. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z But remember that now we have no special cards to play. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Mack laid out his cards with a winning honesty. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he has gone from two phone cards to one, worth only 30 pesos. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Maybe he could have led me to the person sending the cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 For two more weeks, she did nothing but study the clients’ cards which were more detailed than the file box headings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Calista asked when she was showing me some more art tricks on Thursday, after we both got sick of studying spelling flash cards. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Play cards, most likely, or read; some masculine pursuit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Fumbling with the bag, he pulled out three flat jewelry cards—each gray plastic, covered in gray fuzz on one side, with a small charm wired in place. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was sitting up in his bed, looking at the boy and ignoring the deck of cards he held in his hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I was anxious, for I do enjoy a good game of cards, and Jamie promised to provide just that. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Zinchenko placed a stack of red cards on her desk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Charlie's mother followed his voice to the kitchen, where she let him know that she and Charlie were home playing cards. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But it takes us eighty cards to get there. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes I get a big envelope with cards from a whole class at once. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A complex program might include hundreds, if not thousands, of these cards in tall stacks. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z 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 Some of the wild cards then rise to become the regularly chosen players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Commentators mused on the likely implications of the fact that neither Megan’s phone nor her bank cards had been used for more than a week. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Randomness is not easy to obtain when playing cards, either, since shuffling a deck two or three times is not enough to destroy whatever order it might have. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not one to press my company upon those who do not value it. If Dumbledore chooses to ignore the warnings the cards show —” Her bony hand closed suddenly around Harry’s wrist. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Playing cards, playing chess, gambling, and kite flying are forbidden. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Thursday night, me and Calista studied and studied with the flash cards. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z She brought him a car made of wood, some playing cards, a schoolbook with math problems in it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 I dutifully pulled the cards out of my backpack. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then their hands flew, throwing cards on top of cards until Bridge yelled “Out!” and banged her hand down on the smaller of the two spit piles. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “We can see what the cards have to say about the matter.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “My philosophy bingo cards,” she said with a nod. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Well,” I said, gathering up my cards, “I have some research to do.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Enrique and a friend are playing cards down the hallway on the kitchen table. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Hold on. Well, come to think of it, we can finish this hand later. Just leave your cards face down and hustle the equipment. On the double now.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Not because she isn't nice, because she is—she always hand-makes birthday cards, and she even sent me an e-mail when she heard I was applying to Prism to tell me good luck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z George stared at his solitaire lay, and then he flounced the cards together and turned around to Lennie. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out pictures, grade cards, newspaper clippings, childhood drawings, and school papers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In die far corner, however, a group of men were playing cards. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He reached over and got a deck of cards from a box on the end table—Tiffany cards, with sky-blue backs and Francis’s monogram on them in gold—and began to shuffle through them expertly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She was just shuffling the deck of cards, over and over. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Kyle was seriously glad he and his mom had played so many games of Trivial Pursuit—with the original, extremely old cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He lifted his eyes from the cards and gave me a five-second stare down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Maman and Samira were still two years ahead of me in the process and had already traded in their green cards for US passports. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He gave the stack of cardboards a solid-sounding double tap on the desk surface, as one taps a deck of cards, then dropped the stack back into the bottom drawer and closed the drawer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 They were all crouched on the dirt floor around the playing cards and glowing tobacco ends. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z After dinner they watch television, as Moushumi writes out thank-you cards to all their parents’ friends, for the checks they had needed twenty different slips to deposit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Not to bring them cards or flowers or gifts. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z 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 “We should wait and see what happens. Dad says never put all your cards on the table, right?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z There they played cards, particularly a game Michael and Sasha had learned from a couple of seniors when they were freshmen. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem that I’d be using it for anything but writing Christmas cards. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Coach gave us both one of his cards. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He said, “I could probably give them to my customers as promotional cards.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When the guard at the desk did her usual search, she pulled my flash cards out and jerked her head toward The Ancestors and Beacham. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I know we probably watched TV and played Hot Wheels and Lego, probably battled over Pokemon cards, but the purple elephant escapade wasn’t a one-time deal. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z 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 You play cards with a lonely older man and you find new respect for yourself, because you are needed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Some are known as “outbound” operators, selling everything from credit cards to phone minutes. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z George rumpled his cards into a messy pile. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like he had just finished building a house of cards. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 Often we lay aside the cards and look about us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z We were all in the living room, playing cards, when the phone rang that evening. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “The money part and the cards, too. Flow does he switch out the cards?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Picking up the cards scattered across the floor, I place the red queen and the black queen together on top of the stack. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly Margaret asked, “Do you have your pack of cards with you?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Not quite,” Teresita said, waving the cards in front of us before shuffling them expertly in her manly hands. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He pulled out a bunch of yellow cards and I could see “Watson” was written on the top one of diem. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Without him, I have no cards to play. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the new ward there were a lot of guys playing cards, playing dominoes. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Christmas Eve’s on Thursday this year, which is when everyone’s coming over for cards, turkey, and Marv’s big kiss with the Doorman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It meant real letter grades on your report cards. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I return one night from playing cards, and the house smells different. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I walk in numbed silence, even as everyone I pass watches me and as some of the other wild cards occasionally come up to congratulate me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In my drawer, the other cards wait now for the last one. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Why didn't my mom bite the bullet and enter into a fake marriage to get us green cards faster? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z 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 As they walked into the PX, Bull asked his sons, “Do both of you have your I.D. cards?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 When relatives from India continue to address letters and cards to “Mrs. Moushumi Ganguli,” she will shake her head and sigh. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Only in cartoons and fairy tales and greeting cards do endings have glitter. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 When the space program began, women in the United States couldn't get credit cards, rent cars, or obtain loans to buy houses. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I knew that later she’d have the names of every kind of cloud on word cards for me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z All I know for sure is that several months ago, Mr. Kreuk came to me with a stack of cards and asked if I would do some shopping. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Before he goes in, I take my opportunity, walk inside the room, and retrieve all the cards from the drawer next to the bed. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I saw Mr. Savo stare at him for a moment, then go back to his cards. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 “You might say that I’m honest about everything except cards. For some reason I’m helpless about cheating at cards.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Woe to the klutz who dropped a box of cards on the floor. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z With a move that feels like classic Kathak, I squat and swing my hands across the surface to sweep all the cards to the floor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 She removes the cards from their covering and places them atop the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If she couldn’t be Charlotte, she could at least deliver the large cards with the painted spiderweb words on them to Kelly. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z 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 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 A word used for library cards, for magazine subscriptions. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She picked it up and went through the cards, sorting most of them with one hand and holding the rest in her mouth. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She had laughed through her lessons, much preferring her cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 I yawned and folded my legs, Indian style, as we put in the first blinds and Chas shuffled the non-Betch cards. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A few nights later, we’re all on the porch of the shack, playing cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Dionysus rose, and the invisible players’ cards dropped to the table. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z On November 28, 1892, Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast, the mad Irish immigrant and Harrison supporter, selected one of his postal cards. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Bill Clinton traded in a hand of low cards with the help of a college education and a Rhodes scholarship and emerged decades later with four face cards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 I got out my one deck of cards and explained the rules. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “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 That night in bed Mia and I tried to think of ways to make our own plastic cards. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Like Peralta, they sign on to illusory schemes that cost hundreds of dollars but almost never pro-duce the promised green cards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The apartment was very still: clink of glasses, ruffle of cards. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The fifteen days on his meal cards pass quickly. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He was still playing his game of cards. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It saved them the trouble of opening several hundred books a day and pulling several hundred cards from as many envelopes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Ray slid the cards out of their soggy box and attempted to shuffle them, but the cards were so old they kept sticking together. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 I just looked at him and waited while he placed the first set of cards in front of me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z In the evenings, over coffee, she’d help him with his formal medical education, which he’d summarized on thousands of highly imaginative flash cards. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z 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 And in a stroke of genius, Kevin holds up lines of his poems on large white cards as he speaks about the writer’s life. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z 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 I put four cards on the counter by the register and dug a couple of dollar bills out of my pocket. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “What kind of cards? Playing cards? Library cards? Credit cards?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “I’ll teach you to play cards after dinner tomorrow,” she announced. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This was the era when computer programs were created using cardboard punch cards. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He was, however, carrying business cards identifying him as field secretary of CORE. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Two of the men sit perfectly still, staring at me over the top of fanned cards. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 The others were all squatting on the carpet and playing cards with Ida. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She collected prayer cards and missals engraved with gold initials and filled glass jars with holy water, which she later used to baptize Ilda Limon’s chickens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the cards and the dice and the questions just didn’t go your way. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It was no secret that seamen liked to play cards and enjoy a drink or two. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "I would choose the time we were sailing back to England," he said as he began to deal the cards, going round and round. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 was deciding which cards from my hand to trade in. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 brought the stack of cards to my lap, sifting through the images before deciding on a Japanese woodblock print with white foam like snow atop the blue ocean waves. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She sips and looks at notes on white index cards. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z 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 Sasha could still effortlessly layer a lisp over a Russian accent when the cards required it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I tried to read them; I really did, but it wasn’t like flash cards. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 George brought the cards together tightly and studied the backs of them. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Nixon so dreaded social events he sometimes asked aides to write ideas for conversation topics on index cards—when he got stuck, he could sneak a look at the cards. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “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 They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Sit down, Danielle. We can play cards, if you want. Or Monopoly.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z There are a couple of other wild cards dressed up in gray-and-white outfits—Demon Brigade fans, probably hoping their clothes will warm them up to the official team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His scrapbooks, his drawings of explosions, his old report cards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Had he been just a little bit older and had he had to face the drudgery of programming with computer cards, he says, he would have studied science. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Mother and I were supposed to go to the zoo the following Saturday to celebrate finishing all 30,000 cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The most devoted fans even collected trading cards of their favorite crews. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Dr. Zinchenko? Will you kindly help me pass out our first twelve library cards?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Such cultural processes are among history’s wild cards that would tend to make history unpredictable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 Now the hot-dog stands, the ice-cream parlors, the curiosity shops, deerskin-moccasin-and-glove places, were all shuttered and closed, many of them with cards saying “Open Next Summer.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I found their cards when I got home; I was out.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were in fifth grade, Taryn got really into tarot cards. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And some people get nothing but a string of cards that no matter how they’re played will never add up to a winning hand.I guess who I am thinking about mostly is my dad. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 hold the cards secret between my palms, waiting while his mother moves his wheelchair up beside me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The show-owner spent most of his time playing cards with himself in his trailer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I hunt through my stack of cards to find the word I want good luck for the most. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother played cards and Monopoly with him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The cards that she places on the table have no immediate clarity to them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Even now, I like places like that: a large store with lots of aisles displaying bright plastic toys, greeting cards, loads of cosmetics, maybe even a photo booth. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried the gun to protect herself and had to use it once when, having climbed nine flights of stairs, she found some strangers playing cards at her kitchen table. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 Everyone on the bus began filing off with their identity cards in hand, so the empty bus could be checked for weapons or stowaways. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The fortune-teller nods and stacks the three piles of cards back into one deck, leaving Bailey’s chosen cards on top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Please send two PayDays and a deck of cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Guests find their tables using the tiny cards in their hands as oohs and aahs come from the bidding tables along the walls. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Later, when the cards are over, she comes back to my place and we drink in the kitchen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When Day wasn’t working the night shift, he and Henrietta spent evenings at home, playing cards and listening to Bennie Smith play blues guitar on the radio after the kids went to sleep. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Celia regards the three piles of cards thoughtfully while she sips her tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The other children were spread throughout the car, catnapping, daydreaming out the window, or playing cards. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 He sits back, studying his cards and letting smoke waft from the corners of his mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 Dude got three cards, two black and one red, and you got to find the red one. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was that crossing of stature, names, and character that made Úrsula suspect that they had been shuffled like a deck of cards since childhood. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The missives piled up—handmade cards, store-bought cards, folded sheets of notebook paper, e-mails. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Five men burn their draft cards in protest against the war, New York City, 1965. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 I know you can get cards with big numbers on them for people with bad eyesight. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was smothered with business cards and notices. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He is seated at a table with three other men, twaddling a fat cigar between the finger and thumb of one hand and holding five fanned cards in the other. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her blank, white poster board reminds me of Jason’s cards, only huge. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not mad that I don’t want to do the cards?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I swerve around the long wooden tables, where groups of college students are reading textbooks, writing flash cards, typing on their laptops. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 He gave her one of the firm’s cards with his full name, Benjamin Franklin Blake, written in the corner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Tell him about those things Bunny bought with your credit cards while you were sick.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He played cards for thirty-six hours straight before he left New York, winning a couple hundred dollars. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “No two ways about it,” Dessie said, and she popped the rubber band off the deck of cards to settle them down for a nice long game of bid whist. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I sent actual cards—heavy cream stock with Cadence Sinclair Eastman printed across the top. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Uncle Al folds his cards and sets them carefully on the table. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “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 bald-headed man and the gray-haired lady were playing cards at a table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then we would all entertain ourselves by playing cards in the living room. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I went through three to four cards, with my first choice changing every time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Check out the sections for numbers the cards wouldn’t give us.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Right about now he’s turning to yell, “Okay, Marissa! Get out here for a game of cards!” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 Sam puts the cards down on the table. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And finally Goddard laid his cards on the table. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z 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 Knowing Mrs. Cormaci, she probably had a deck of tarot cards right in her pocket. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 After a series of unsatisfactory report cards, my mother had begun to think that what many of my teachers were telling her was correct: I might have a learning disability. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “I received her wedding cards about Dec. 10,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was already a line for new student identification cards for students who had been unable to get them at the end of school last year or had lost them. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 But she never liked the feeling of just a few cards in her hand. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Those are the bad cards to draw from the deck marked “life.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z 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 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 The waitress brings Celia’s mint tea, not even glancing at the cards before departing again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Afterward, I'd go back to the hotel with clean laundry and play cards with the other electrical workers who lived down the hall. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Only thing in it is the stuff about guys burning their draft cards. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Calista was teaching me a new card game called Spit, where you had to slap your cards down really fast. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “They have a good selection of cards in Spanish.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “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 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 “I can bet it’s for you, Mom,” Amaka said, focused on her cards. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 I watched him perform extraordinarily good magic, with cards, to a group of kids. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I made us a late breakfast, and we spent the rest of the day napping, playing cards, or listening to the radio in the living room. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 The NSA also took the index cards linked to them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 He did not want to be someone who made calling cards! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Nivea took charge of Clara’s trousseau, since Clara did not show the slightest interest in the contents of the sandalwood trunks, and continued her experiments with the three-legged table and her divining cards. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I find a few old packs of playing cards and pull out all the aces. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 strip, and flakes of skin the size of playing cards cling to the garments. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I was so surprised, for I shouldn’t have known them but for the cards. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The Negro seemed quite resigned and blew out a new cloud of blue smoke that enveloped him and the old man and the little cards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks at the cards and occasionally up at Isobel, attentive yet guarded. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My friends probably think I go home and quiz her about them with flash cards. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “He laugh and say, ‘Don’t worry, ain’t no gamble the way I play cards.’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “These ain’t Mother’s Day cards I’m sending ’em,” Ben replied toughly while sliding a clip into his automatic. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He made a motion like someone was dealing a deck of cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not her wanting to get rid of the cards—she couldn’t care less about them—but definitely her giving away the flowers, or as she called them, her “lovelies.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There are currently about 245,000 Indians answering phones from all over the world or dialing out to solicit people for credit cards or cell phone bargains or overdue bills. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski read questions from note cards: one card; one question. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z My thoughts whirl as the announcer pulls a second set of cards and reads them out. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On the evening of March 31, 2003, about a hundred and twenty Clarkston residents filed into an auditorium at Georgia Perimeter College and began to write their questions on index cards. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 When we brought out the deck of cards that night, we let Ruthie deal. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z We argue awhile longer, but Audrey breaks it up by dealing out the cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z There were many carriages going into the race track and the men at the gate let us in without cards because we were in uniform. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z When was the last time I played cards? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I imagined the roof lined with solar panels, laid out like a deck of cards. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The cards felt crisp and new and had a bunch of illustrations of lady authors on the back. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Seems weird to think of emotions happening one at a time like playing cards being dealt out. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Calista, and she shrugged, still shuffling her cards. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Bridge looked at the fat deck of cards Sherm held while he took double bites of his sandwich. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 Calista’s shuffling got really loud, and she started cracking the cards on the bench between shuffles. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “And both Rider wild cards are struck out by a rookie mistake!” the analyst shouts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 They pointed and flipped credit cards, speaking a language Liyana couldn’t identify—Danish? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 Other times, we just talk or play cards. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Cook is downstairs at the desk, filing cards into a drawer. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z When one of us taps ‘secret,’ we’ll switch to only using your cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you ever read your cards for someone who could not understand what they were dealing with, even though to you it was clear from only a short conversation and pictures on paper?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 Since I was little, I've kept field notes and made diagnostic flash cards. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The last I heard, she’d branched over into designing her own Christmas cards. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I tumbled everything—cards, cassette, cassette player—back into my backpack and waved good-bye. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I got the cards out of my backpack. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time I told her the same thing: I hadn’t sold the book yet, so at that point I was paying for my research with student loans and credit cards. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Every peso he spends on food cannot go toward the phone cards. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She rolled six socks into balls and found some old birthday cards tucked beneath them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He knew not to use credit cards when doing something illegal like kidnapping a dog. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 As the ladies went out, they left their little decorated cards with their names written on them in the cut-glass dish on the hall table. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Our presents appeared beneath the tree, both Charlie’s and mine, with cards from Santa. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 When the cards stopped coming again, it wasn’t because my dad thought my mom was dead. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Can I look at some of those cards while I talk?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Lee Lee and Sam come over to make holiday cards. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was enough to put a lump in my throat, to suggest why Grover was dutifully minding his cards, chewing his soda can, and keeping his mouth shut. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z 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 A can of camomile flowers for me, a package of fortune-telling cards for her. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Haley slid both cards into the back pocket of her jeans,pulled out her library floor plan, and found the Lemoncello-abilia Room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Branwell looked agitated and started moving his hands in a pantomime of shuffling cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They spent a long time wandering through stores, looking at toys and records and pianos and birthday cards. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “You can get pretty good cards in there really cheap.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “I don’t even think these are connected to the Internet. I don’t think they have Ethernet ports. Oh God, what if they don’t have network cards?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She abandons the cards and turns to something else instead. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 She flips it over on the desk and looks down to see what her cards have to say about the matter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Often in the evening they came up to the tavern to play cards and drink or smoke. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All there was to do on those islands was drill and swim, play cards and eat fish, complain and sleep. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 “I had a laptop and a few wireless Internet cards,” he said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 I could knock on the door and ask them if they want to play cards or something. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I glance at my bookshelf—the yearbooks, my shoebox of notes and cards from David. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Astrid is showing a few people paint chips, which she’s lined up in front of her like tarot cards, versions of an apple green she and Donald are considering for the front hallway. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When she opened the cover, she discovered two cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I took my arm and swept the whole pile of cards to the floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z My dad’s trying to rent a car and Mom’s getting us all SIM cards for our phones. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 can't believe I didn't buy a deck of cards for us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I wanted to talk to you about this idea I had. Something I can do to help the new families—something I’m better at than making cards.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Branwell started making frantic motions with his hands as if he were dealing cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z These cards were intended to label batches of samples. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I started thinking that because all of my other cards were things that Bran and I had between us. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Though what they owed for the forged cards and a week’s room and board had been subtracted, there was still money left over. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He gives kids free meals if they bring in their report cards. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 He pulled a bunch of playing cards from out of Rose’s sleeve. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The two cards, one a familiar playing card and the other a tarot card emblazoned with an angel, are amongst the papers on the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One of the local theaters put show cards in the window of his bakery and gave his father free passes. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Clara wrote small cards to each of her loved ones, of whom there were many, and secretly placed them in a box beneath her bed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There were cards that required you to play an air guitar solo, speak like an English-dubbed anime character, eat leaves like a giraffe, engage in staring contests, and end every sentence with the word dawg. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Lyra got up, taking her spice cake with her, and no one noticed; Lee Scoresby was already dealing the cards, and every suspicious eye was on his hands. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “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 They ran through scrub woodland to the nearest shelter in their pajamas and tin hats, clutching gas masks and ID cards. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Too late, I already picked up my cards,” said Cotton. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He used his hands like a magician, as if he were about to produce a fan of cards. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Luma took the player cards to Tracy—the referee would need them to verify the identities and ages of the players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The deck marked “life” is stacked full of bum cards. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Hugo stuffed his pockets with little magic tricks and cards as he usually did, checked his railroad watch, and knocked on Isabelle’s door. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “Well, now, are you ready for your platinum cards?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes we play cards on the front porch of my house or on the porch at someone else’s place. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Thoughts of doctors’ offices, hospital beds, nurses with kind voices and sad eyes, cheerful cards from classroom friends. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On one of the desks, someone has stacked brochures for subdivisions into a singlestory house of cards. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Only sometimes I’d get too fast and my cards would fall between the slats of the bench onto the ground, and then we had to make the game pause while I picked them up. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z We played with special little kid cards for a while. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The boy was shuffling some kind of trading cards. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Harry stepped over a pack of Self-Shuffling playing cards on the floor and looked out of the tiny window. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z 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 Bull studied the two cards and began to laugh. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 started to gather up my note cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 It was not their lack of cards, but their lack of English that had betrayed them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “This year, the team who gets first pick of the wild cards is...” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I long to pull his cards out and add red to the van, yellow to the happy face, and thick purple jelly between the slices of bread in the sandwich. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Her wallet and credit cards were in a bag they found. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And she looks again into the cards, palm, water, and says uh-huh. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The room beyond the doorway comes into focus, the haze from a trio of half-dressed ladies sitting around a table smoking cigarillos and playing cards. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He taught me how to read the cards and tell stories. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Enrique and his friend slap the cards down harder and harder. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 When I look back, I see Cardan’s hands are deftly splitting the deck of cards, but his glittering black eyes are on me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Wait,” Bridge said, still straightening the cards in her hand. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I knew the lunchroom wasn’t a possibility; Hunter Schultz and some of his friends hung out there in the mornings, playing Magic cards until homeroom. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z One with her playing cards with some other old people. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “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 The Man in the White Shirt found himself in a blizzard of memos and printouts, business cards and stationery, paper towels and copy paper, swirling through the air. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 There’s nothing about any of my report cards since sixth grade that have my parents expecting to find me graduating from an Ivy League school. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She paraded over to us with an exaggerated hip motion in her jean skirt and zebra tights, bent down, and grabbed some of the trivia cards. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z She rarely goes to mass, but she’s got the required crucifix over the kitchen doorway, the rosary in the dresser drawer, and the stack of dead relatives’ funeral cards, held together with a rubber band. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He had finished eating and was holding the deck of cards in his hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “The cards the players who went home early dumped into that goldfish bowl!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She finds it near impossible to lie about the cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There are three cards in my drawer and one in my hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He scooped up the cards, patted them into a deck, and put them on the night table. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And as proof I would falsify the attendance records by filling out membership cards with fictitious names—all unemployed, of course, so as to avoid any question of dues. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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’m sorry,” Isobel says, after staring silently at the cards for a few moments. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 saw Mr. Savo sit up and take the deck of cards from his night table. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Mama examined the report cards for the last time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Beth, who was collecting the scattered Author cards, looked up and said, in her shy yet friendly way, “I’m afraid you are tired. Can I do anything for you?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The men at the table looked up from their cards and laughed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She could look at cards and tell you how you were going to die. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z 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 At home I line Jason’s blank cards on my desk, ready to draw. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When the announcer finishes introducing the wild cards, the spotlights sweep to the area of the stadium where the official teams are sitting. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His deck of cards rested on a dusty trunk in the middle of the room. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z 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 “Do you get it, Miss Truman? Four aces...the best get-well cards you can get—” “Yes, Mr. Pignati—’’ “You know, in poker?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I ask him to place his cards on the table face upwards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 A pack of cards for one of the girls. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Just long enough to hand out report cards and clean out desks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “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 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 They tried to have children, but it wasn’t in the cards for them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He walks past our desks to collect the cards. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “You couldn’t have designed those better yourself,” Mom said as she paid for the cards. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z 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 I spread the cards out on the table. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He played his cards right and got his come up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 Then he made a motion like he was dealing cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Once Joey showed up, Jeffrey pulled out this little memory game that he had made, with pairs of matching cards with different Ramadan pictures on them. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “No, Jaime, the ones who always win are going to win again,” Clara had replied, for she had seen it in the cards and her common sense had confirmed it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 The regime then assigned identifiers on the cover of the cards. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But even with the number, the cell phone, two blank cards, and a pencil in my pocket, I don’t feel prepared. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinwiddie had seen many a young man lose his lands and his fortune gambling at cards, but the governor knew that George was different. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I do the flash cards over and over, and I never get those ones right. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The purple cards all said Lose a Turn. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “I...I acted rather impulsively and played my cards out of order. And now there is the matter of the bonfire as well.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She saw the silent procession of friends file in, leave their calling cards on a tray, and walk out with bowed heads. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Armelio toddles away to the dining room to set up the cards. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Well, you just gotta play your cards right. Get them grades up, and extracurricular activities are your ticket. Where you from, anyway?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They were sitting in the kitchen, playing cards. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Then she rested her fingertips on two other cards sitting close together on the table. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Slowly and sadly he gathered up all his presents and his birthday cards and hid them under the loose floorboard with his homework. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Shuffle the cards and you put them in a disordered state. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “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 Em’s little brother, Evan, sat in his room, his tarot cards spread out in front of him on his old play table. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The smokers went back outside to puff burned-out cigs, some of the other grown-ups played card games and board games, shouting at each other while slamming cards down on the table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Calista said when I told her I wanted to make flash cards early. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I take my flash cards out of my bag. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A pile of wafer-thin bronze business cards lay on the nearest table. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The slightest breath of wind sent the index cards fluttering like huge moths. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 She deals the rest of the cards, and I get three more diamonds. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I glare at the cards that Didu's tray scattered across the coffee table. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We grab our index cards with our speeches, and we’re ready. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Some of them even bought her cards—even people who she’d lied and gossiped about. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She was too tired for music, she couldn’t play cards alone, and—well, billiards seemed to be the only plausible activity. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Fine. Be like that. But you’re going to pick up every single one of those cards!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Above all else, they try to get the case into a Federal court where they know the cards are stacked in their favor. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Around me other people played cards, read magazines, dozed, waiting. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who weren’t sleeping rocked babies in their arms, read paperbacks, played cards, prayed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He take one of her playing cards and try to give her a bite of it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “How many cards would you like?” she asks. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The coffee table we found on the curb outside our building, which slides open to reveal decks of cards and board games. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She flips the black queen right back over and studies the remaining cards, trying to finish me once and for all by picking the queen of clubs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 A million looks flash through my head, like a deck of cards being shuffled. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 For the first time in years, I give out Christmas cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 Everyone who comes to his going-away-to-college party writes “Good Luck, Gogol” on the cards. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He sings this cheerfully, but I think it’s a sad song, because although I’ve seen the pictures of the airplanes on the cigarette cards I don’t know how they fly. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We had trouble even seeing the Pictionary cards in front of us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The machines tapped out at two thousand cards—two thousand lines of instructions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It felt good being there, with my half brother’s son, playing cards, the warmth of the sun patting the back of my neck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mufakose thronged with a fascinating mix of food sellers and gamblers with playing cards and bottle tops. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I saw Mr. Savo sitting up in his bed, playing cards and grinning. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z 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 Sam picks the flash cards up and skims through them. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We played cards and watched movies and talked all night. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z For a while she was in a factory that printed business cards for people. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Ms. Udell then distributed nine pink cards to girls who raised outstretched fingers and mouthed numbers to each other. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z 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 hands me a small stack of cards. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted one of those plastic cards for myself. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Green cards and visas instantly invalidated with a stroke of the presidential pen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Near it were a few scattered trading cards. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “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 He dropped his cards and pushed away on the stool. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s the quiet snap of cards as Luke deals. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Isobel pushes the tangled path of the cards on the table around a bit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If we had asked the Iowa gamblers why they were favoring cards from the blue decks, they wouldn’t have been able to say—at least not until they had drawn eighty cards. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 So I gathered all the cards and notes, and Dad took the flowers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You’ve been studying those SAT cards I gave you. What do we do now?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Robin folded her cards and set them on the floor. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At night the Indians and soldiers played cards. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I grinned, waiting for him to deal my cards. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 She returns both cards to the deck, pushing it back into an orderly stack. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He could cut the deck with one hand and make a second fan of cards appear behind the first. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Ignoring the waitress’s growing anger, Blair continued to press for service, arguing, with a logic that only infuriated the woman, that if Woolworth’s didn’t want to serve the public perhaps they should sell membership cards. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The last trick was just them throwing all the cards in the air. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z We both kneeled down to pick up the cards. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “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 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 Then for the main event carry the cards. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Soon I was doing the mental equivalent of palming cards and juggling knives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bren knew how much Vanessa loved pastelitos, so he kept tipping his cards so she could see. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Inside was a stack of index cards, scrawled with handwriting he’d already come to recognize. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z After dinner, we all had green tea and played cards in groups of four. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z So I push the blank cards aside and draw pictures for the others. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached into my backpack and took out the flash cards out, thinking, Oh, no! Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were in the little back office, playing cards. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “The buffalo are gone,” she’d said, “but thank goodness for their calling cards.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They had learned their own strengths and kept their cool; they had received no red cards during the season. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 I was too, but mostly I was noticing how the cards had no contact information on them. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 Others had stacked their bills, creased them down the middle, and held the wad as though they were about to deal cards. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly after that, James put his cards down and pushed back from the table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Next went her notebook, her ballpoint, her history book, a stack of note cards, until her bookbag lay crumpled on the floor like a shed skin and everything that had been inside it had scattered. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "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 Momma signed the cards, but I knew they were from Wynn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I stole a bunch of blank report cards from the school library rather than have Ma see my horrible grades, which were basically zero since I never showed up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 “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 I found I missed him and the way he talked and played cards. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “That Sunday morning, you fixed us breakfast,” he said, his voice raspy, “and we played cards, remember?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z We know how to do that: to play cards, to swear, and to fight. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The medic said, “He told me to tell you you’re boring. He’s playing cards with some of the guys. You want to go down there?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The colleagues exchanged Christmas cards with one another, asked after spouses and children. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I’m on my stomach on this too-small bed in Ben’s too-small room with its warm, gooey air and index cards everywhere, and I’m literally reading a chemistry textbook. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z People sent sympathy cards, so the mail made me cry. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 My name stands out, colorful and detailed among the black-and-white plainness of his other cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I packed a bag of sour cream and onion chips that I found in our kitchen cabinet, an outdoor blanket for all of us to sit on, and a pack of playing cards. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Calling it a ‘group’ makes us sound like old ladies playing cards,” Rafi says smoothly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 Several gave him calling cards, which he slipped into his pants pocket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 “If they don’t trust you, then why do you take their cards?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 The old man rearranged his cards meticulously and said nothing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Within a few months after the match ended, Vasiljevic’s financial house of cards began to collapse. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z An old witch sat in a niche, quivering her wax hands over some orange-and-blue tarot cards. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Gyptians prided themselves on their ability with cards, and several of the men looked interested and pulled their chairs up. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Men brought out the tables for cards and dominoes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The cards fell in a flurry of snow. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z We chopped ham and onions for the jambaIaya; then we played cards while the rice cooked. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 blinked twice at one of the cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But her smirk slowly changes into a frown as round after round I drop more diamonds and force everyone to play their most valuable cards up front. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z 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 “Excellent,” giggled Mr. Peckleman, crumbling the thirty-two cards in his hand, wadding them up into one extremely flammable paper ball. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Robin flipped cards back and forth in her hand, arranging them just so, and Ivy caught a glimpse of a ring on her finger. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “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 A glass case nearby held a withered hand on a cushion, a bloodstained pack of cards, and a staring glass eye. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I remember when our teacher had us make Mother’s Day cards to take home and how he left to go to the bathroom and never came back. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z 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 But at the beginning, most of those 1001 white cards were blank. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 “We can give you gift cards for a couple thousand dollars, and we’ll pay for a hotel.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Instead, we returned to camp to play cards in our tent. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She could not play billiards or cards by herself, but... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She pushes the cards around on the table a bit more, touching one and then another, though Bailey is no longer paying attention to which card is which. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On Wednesday I went to Julian’s office to ask him to sign my registration cards. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The TV was off and we were all silently absorbed in our cards, so I heard Aunty Ifeoma’s scream clearly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Pri holds her cards up as if she makes money from these games. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 I spread the flash cards out on the table between us. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She smiled at Sherm and began straightening the cards into a thin, tight pack. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “There are blank note cards in this drawer,” announced Andrew. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “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 “Yes, a hundred dollars. Or fifty-five one way. But your mom or dad don’t have to pay in cash. We accept credit cards.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 Migrants who bathe in the river leave their cards on the bank and carry rocks into the water to throw at anyone who tries to take them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She motioned to the stacks of cards and flowers on the table by the window. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z 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 At any gathering of four or more Persians, it was certain at least one would have a deck of cards tucked into their breast pocket. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z On each of these screens, footage plays of the wild cards in action during some of their most popular in-game moves. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And if you made even a single error—even a typographical error—in your program, you had to take the cards back, track down the error, and begin the whole process again. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z There are good times with Uncle Pa when Aunt Aggie goes to the Mechanics’ Institute to play cards, forty-five. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes the collisions would interleave layers of rock like shuffled playing cards. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Otto reviewed both cards and saw the difference, as slight as it was. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "You kiddin'? My wife keeps everything—pictures, bits of hair, baby shoes, first tooth, report cards—everything. Tore her up when Sheila left." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I tossed the Rorschach cards on the table and walked out. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z We traded information on Mommy the way people trade baseball cards at trade shows, offering bits and pieces fraught with gossip, nonsense, wisdom, and sometimes just plain foolishness. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Rose asked, reading from a huge stack of three- by-five cards in her hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z That was in the first days when Mack and the boys sat on the floor, played cards hunkered down, and slept on the hard boards. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t given much thought to where the cards would actually end up. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 I pulled out the cards and Fern and I sat on the rug with our legs folded. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z All the pageant season diets my mom and I have done flip through my head like index cards. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z 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 The Reverend Sisters gave us our cards unsealed. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z George stacked the scattered cards and began to lay out his solitaire hand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Stephen’s packets of airplane trading cards, held together with rotting elastic bands. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The class, which had both blacks and whites in it, exchanged visiting cards. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence charged more than $6,000 to his credit cards to cover the cost of her burial, and when this book went to press, Sonny was saving money to buy her a tombstone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I quite enjoy the feeling of finally being the one who holds the cards. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The cards from girls are all neatly signed, with their full names, so there will be no mistake about who gave what. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 I hope she doesn't gamble, the way I've seen some women do with cards in jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Then I dealt cards to Fern and me, Fern and me, until we had our hands. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Are report cards getting mailed home today, or will you call first, or will I have a chance to tell them? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I start going through my flash cards, mostly so I don’t have to sit here and be awkward with Sam’s grandfather, who is definitely listening to every word Sam is saying to her mom. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 The next time Hugo came to work, he brought his deck of cards. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “Love, Ma,” she writes now at the bottom of the cards to her children. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 These three cards, he explained, represented her past, her present, and her future. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It was a package, about the size of a deck of cards, wrapped in white paper and tied with green ribbon. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z My note cards were upstairs, so I scribbled a few sentences down on a napkin and picked up the phone. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “I sent you and Jackie cards and gifts but she sent ’em right back. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Who knew better than I on what a precarious, tottering house of cards my whole life rested?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When we arrive at Mr. Dimming’s room, a group of kids from my history class are already there, whispering together and going over note cards. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She called her with her mind and consulted her tarot cards, but it was all to no avail. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Watch out for your mouth,” was all that Pilar Ternera brought out after spreading and picking up the cards three times. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 Beside me, my word cards sit upside down on the waiting room couch, a tiny white pile. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she did the same with five other cards before she straightened up and sighed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She held up the cards, one eyebrow raised. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Gogol is an outstanding student, curious and cooperative,” his teachers write year after year on report cards. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d asked Buddy one day, after he showed me a few cards. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Vivian quickly found out that living with me was different from playing cards with me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “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 This arrangement went on for seven years, with Bobby sending greeting cards to the young girl signed “Daddy,” and having mother and child visit him later on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She scanned her brother’s room: books, old art projects, a few binders of ordinary baseball cards, and his action figure of Hermey the elf. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z My friends and I played cards and explored the maze of alleyways in the area. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen you work a deck of cards. You can get a job in almost any den. Go home and be grateful Kaz doesn’t take what you owe him out of your hide, hmmm?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As Chas began dealing the cards out, all these things kind of occurred to me at once: 1. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The caretakers took their cards away, and the Kenyan police put them in jail. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 I go into my bedroom and pull the cards out from the drawer and return to the table. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When she’s settled back with her magazine, I slide the blank cards into my shorts pocket. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben watches George doing a magic trick with cards. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He was sitting up in the bed, playing a game of cards with himself and smiling broadly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I was used to seeing Dionysus by the fireplace, playing cards and eating grapes and griping at satyrs, but Mr. D was still away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 The cards sit alone on the page, new and homemade. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But instead of using the ration cards to sell goods for profit, like I do, they pass the cards to the resistance. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s early still. Do you want to play a hand or two of cards?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 She pulls a stack of blank cards from her purse. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 I stacked the cards and fastened them together with a rubber band and put them in my backpack. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Styx reached into his pocket and extracted two small cards. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The women laid down their cards to hug Lindsey and pat her puffy cheeks. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He had recently made a decision with his medical school that becoming a doctor was not in the cards for him, and he moved to the Bronx, where he worked as a pharmaceutical salesman. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She’s sitting at the kitchen table and holds up a handful of sample strips, splayed out like playing cards. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When the thirty-two “Go to College Free” cards were handed out, Mr. Lemoncello narrowed his eyes and peered at the players. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 It must have been half past five in the morning, well after several delirious games of cards and charades that had been brought on by too much candy and too little sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 Brandy picks up a fan of cards and glances at me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The coffee table was piled with her school stuff: index cards, textbooks, spiral notebooks, and the laptop. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “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 Taking the cards, I’m not sure what to do. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z There were images of men playing cards, people leaving a factory, each one a still from an early movie. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I made these cards extra special, the pictures detailed and beautiful. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she would stretch out the cards on the floor, position me on a big pillow so I could reach them, and I’d push the cards into sentences with my fists. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I stole looks at him as he pondered his cards. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Tiny folded cards flit to the floor like flightless butterflies. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 “Cecilia has called upon evil to plague you,” Teresita proclaimed, putting her hands over three of the cards on the table before us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z 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 “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 “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 The Beauty Minister reaches for the cards displaying our faces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z 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 Then the entire deck hovers in the air for a moment before collapsing onto the table, cards scattering out over the red felt surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We were drawing cards for the Store and objects of the town’s adoration. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If I were Jason, I’d want cards that said: “Get out of my face!” and “Go away!” and “This stinks a big one!” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Out-of-work men play cards on the street, drinking beer from cans tucked in paper bags. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z 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 Between math and biology and English, people traded jokes as gleefully as children with baseball cards, and every day the jokes became more explicit. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He went on to tell us about how he stole cash from birthday cards. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Tía Mari suggests we entertain ourselves playing cards, but when Mami sorts through the deck, she says, What on earth happened to the queen of hearts? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z 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 “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 He’d insisted that all questions be submitted to him in advance, and he sifted through the cards searching for those he chose to answer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Your library cards will grant you access to all the rooms and areas where we will be playing our twelve games,” she explained. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z There are no Hallmark cards for breaking up with friends. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes games are left out on the floor, with slippery cards on smooth linoleum. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Of course, everyone who talks to Jason sees my cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He says, “We don’t use those cards anymore—it’s all on the computer. Come on.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I frantically searched through my cards for a response. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A jumble of index cards was thumbtacked to the wall. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Isobel turns her attention back to Celia, and then she pulls a deck from her bag; not her black-and-white circus cards but her original Marseilles deck, worn and faded. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The fortune-teller does not answer, and instead looks up from her cards and regards him quizzically. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tomás held all the cards in one pudgy hand while he stared at Lupita out of eyes that were no longer merry. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z 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 He drops knowledge just as he's slapping down a set of cards or a domino onto a table, and his homies can’t do anything but bow down to his greatness and keep their mouths shut. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z |
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