| 单词 | adventure |
| 例句 | The moment felt like Saturday, like summer heat, like adventure. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Surely, if the answer to the question was that I had died in some glorious adventure, I would have, at least, not failed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I knew I was lucky to have older cousins to take me on adventures that included meeting my literary heroes and drinking tasty vodka concoctions. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Adventure Consultants specialises in organising and guiding mountain climbing adventures. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Marshall seemed content to sit and listen, so the game went on with daring adventures, narrow escapes, tragic illnesses and even a romance or two. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Long story short, as a New Yorker might say, we had to take the subway everywhere, which was always an adventure. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I want you, Jamie, for the greatest adventure in our lives.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A fresh adventure ahead, not an exile at all, he was suddenly certain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And after years of track suits and crystal-covered leos on competition days, just getting dressed every day for school seemed like an adventure I couldn’t wait to start. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I hope that the next time I see you, you will be a new man with a vast array of new adventures and experiences behind you. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Off on another grand adventure, are you, Crow? Saving the bird keeper wasn’t enough for you?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “At least we had an adventure. And now we’re going to have another one.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Everything was known about all his adventures, before anything had been spoken. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As much as we needed to go off and have our California adventure, it was nice to be back. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He could make them have adventures and talk to them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z From the movie Gunga Din, which I’ve seen sixteen times and I still think is the greatest adventure movie ever ever ever made. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z For her, the years from 1938 to 1941 were a time of “exciting, round-the-clock adventures, as we counter-spied into the minds and activities of the agents attempting to spy into those of the United States.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It promised power, freedom, speed, adventure...all for the low, low price of $499.95. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She told Damasen about her life and her adventures with Percy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I nosed out, in my childish games, every last shark-toothed chamber and hall, every black tentacle of my mother’s cave, and so came at last, adventure by adventure, to the pool of firesnakes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z These women of courage take on new challenges and adventures. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I could tell by the high color in Mom’s cheeks that she was excited about the prospect of an adventure. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This meal was my way of thanking all the people who had helped me with my hunting and gathering adventure. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As she talked of the church, I thought of your grandfather, the one you know, and how his first intellectual adventures were found in the recitation of Bible passages. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Well, in this adventure book I read once, the hero was in a very similar predicament. So he removed the curled handset wires from several telephones, bundled them together, and made a safety rope.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He thought about his actions and his adventures, and about the journey ahead of him, and it seemed to Tristran that the whole business was suddenly very small and very straightforward. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Possibly the rescue of Charles Nalle had whetted her appetite for adventure. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of adventures would you have if you were in the world for a century? The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z After our baths, we sat, all five of us, on an enormous carpet around Abuelita’s bed telling her the tales of our adventures along the bank of the Rio Grande. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Those were hardships to be endured, the stuff of all adventures. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was reading one of Leslie’s books, and the adventures of an assistant pig keeper were far more important to him than Brenda’s sauce. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z But at the very moment she was thinking these thoughts, adventure, as she afterwards told my Mother, was stalking her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z There were many motivations for these journeys: ambition, greed, national pride, religious fanaticism, prison pardons, scientific curiosity, the thirst for adventure and the unavailability of suitable employment in Estremadura. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I just envied those dumb Bobbseys for having a superior adventure to ours, in that cool, snowy place, where no one had to endure an enforced fiesta. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, although he had passed several adventures in between, he was still thinking of the lady’s advice and feeling wretched. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’d be surprised how much you forget when you grow up. Stuff that used to be an adventure becomes scary. You worry about getting hurt and not being able to go to work.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Really, I’d been dreaming of such adventures since I was small. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The tree was thought to be a magic one, which was the reason why such a lot of traffic went on round it “Lady,” said he, “do you know of any adventures in this forest?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex had almost managed to persuade himself that this whole business was just some sort of crazy adventure...a game. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “My mom isn’t too thrilled about our grand adventure. But we’ll still see each other at school.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He paid his fare, pushed his slim body against the turnstile bar, and embarked on his adventure. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Were going to find an adventure today, I just know it.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z For Connor it seems like a fun adventure, probably because he’s never had to shop there. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Honestly,” Gus said, “she never really got what it’s all about. The adventure. She seemed pretty depressed, actually.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Although he didn’t know it then, George’s adventures as a surveyor would prepare him for the rugged times to come in war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The young men among them were gesturing more excitedly than usual and I thought they must have seen an adventure film. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “You’re growing up way too fast. Going on adventures without me!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A girl I knew had just won a prize for a short story about her adventures among the pygmies in Africa. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This was one cultural adventure I wasn’t getting out of. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Maybe SeaWorld was only the first stop on some kind of whirlwind adventure. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “You do know adventure means something unusual and exciting, right?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Bernard's quick immersion in the McMillian case intensified his cultural adventure more than he could have ever imagined. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They talked pie, and new adventures, and the Ellisons all the way home with the love of cousins. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Wen,” said Kay, “I am not afraid. If the adventure was for me, it is bound to be a good one.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s bad enough that Aaron had to leave, that he is off at college having all kinds of adventures without us. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Besides these, there were many people from adventures which we have left out—mainly knights who had yielded to Sir Lancelot when he was disguised as Sir Kay. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But most of these children would never even imagine the adventure that words could mean. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He knew just which books each of us liked best and that I would choose fairy tales, Ji-yong would get adventure stories, and Ji-yun would want animal stories. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think somebody’s been reading too many adventure stories,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z To say the trip was an adventure would be a bit like saying you enjoy your newspapers! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But it did exemplify how Terryl, in her eagerness to be supportive and fun, to encourage a spirit of adventure, could push things to the edge. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He had fifteen miles to travel; master of his team, navigator of his route, he felt proud and exhilarated by his freedom and sense of adventure. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "So leave with me. It would be an adventure. We'd be together." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I could master most action titles in a few hours, and there wasn’t an adventure or role-playing game I couldn’t solve. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z What had always looked so smooth and sleek on the horizon was a rough adventure when experienced from the prow of the Dauntless. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks ago the Plutos claimed we were dying so we could score free passes for our adventure to Coney Island, thinking the dude would give us a break and let us through. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But I’d also played hundreds of other classic text adventure games that year, including all of Zork’s sequels, and so most of the details of the game had now faded in my memory. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Searching for the perfect place had always felt like an adventure, kind of like a fairy-tale quest. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It turned out that adventure was a tiring thing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z All nine of us had been friends prior to our adventure together, and had known one another since elementary school. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “A real adventure! If only it wasn't so cold.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I look upon our life in hiding as an interesting adventure, full of danger and romance, and every privation as an amusing addition to my diary. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Nobody supports me at the expense of his own adventure. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They ran like wild colts as before, and went to see Robin when they had a mind to, and had innumerable adventures too lengthy to be recorded. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Back then, the way cars was and the way dirt roads was, you didn’t need to go far for some adventure. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This time we'll go together and have our one big adventure. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s nice to think about you off having adventures with Harry and Ron and Hermione instead of learning how to be a good Catholic and missing your baby. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z After my recent adventures ir Trebon I couldn’t help but agree. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There could be no objection, however, to sending the stranger on an adventure, him and his winged horse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There are many stories about Thor and his adventures. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Now, more than a century later, another library ensures that those adventures can be remembered as she lived them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Naturally he had come to seek the services of Tom Swift and his friends, and Tom leaped at the prospect of adventure. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Uncle Willie was nodding at the fire, and Bailey had escaped back to the calm adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For some it actually sounded like a fine adventure. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “So. You game for adventure?” asked the Duke of Westminster, won over by the novel idea. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z In the evenings and on weekends, he and Johnny White and Chuck Day prowled B Street together, seeking adventure instead of advantage over one another. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "We had our one great adventure, didn't we?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I fell in love with his books, filled as they were with not only great adventures but scientists and engineers who considered the acquisition of knowledge to be the greatest pursuit of mankind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A lady cat strolled lonesomely along the gutter looking for adventure. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A bit of an adventure, they said, an expedition, silliness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It seemed like a million ice ages had gone by since he’d left us for whatever adventure was next. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Remus might well have heard of him, for some of El-ahrairah’s adventures are those of Brer Rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “If sightseeing and exploring new places is our family norm, then maybe adventure isn’t the right word choice.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She tells me to speak to her about my adventures leading up to finding my mother instead. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They rode through soft green rounded hills, a sunny mom, a splendid air, moving toward adventure as rode the plumed knights of old. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Eomma gave them all dried squid to eat, and they told their parents of their adventures until they were finally too tired and fell asleep in a large happy heap of bodies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I wanted so badly to reciprocate, but what could I tell him that would ever compare to such adventures? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Then Jamie began to feel that the Metropolitan offered several advantages and would provide adventure enough. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Choose a book to send on an adventure. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The adventure of the night does not seem to have harmed her; on the contrary, it has benefited her, for she looks better this morning than she has done for weeks. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They were a retired couple whose adventures outdoors generally consisted of a daily slipper-clad shuffle to pick up the mail and newspaper. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He had so many adventures and took part in so many great enterprises that there grew up a saying in Athens, “Nothing without Theseus.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys were loud enough they could hear every word, breathless and excited for a day of adventures. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Indeed, by the next morning Harry and Ron thought that meeting the three-headed dog had been an excellent adventure, and they were quite keen to have another one. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “If you think bumping my backside on this hard seat all day long is an adventure, you better rethink, girl.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The neighbor’s floodlight clicks off, and for a moment it’s just me, Libby, Feather, and a sky of rural darkness, the crisp autumn air that leads to adventure. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Maybe from now on you could try to find adventures in books,” Dolores suggested while they walked. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I am at a loss what to think or say’’ He got over it fairly quickly, though, preoccupied with his adventures and his collections. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Since staying at home meant hunger and chores, I began attaching myself to gangs of five-, six- and seven-year-old neighbourhood boys who daily roamed the filthy streets of Alexandra in search of food and adventure. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I fought the temptation to reach for the adventures of Mr. Crusoe on the shelf. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “If sightseeing and exploring new places is our family norm, then maybe adventure isn’t the right word choice.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It’s days and months and years, and the adventure is gone now, and it feels like forever. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They built their homes on sand and called the slip and slide adventure. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s the one that stays home in the Shire while Frodo and company go on their adventure. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I'd give anything to travel round like you do. I bet you have all kinds of adventures.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Baba’s eyes were alight, filled with that same boyish sense of adventure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I told him about my trips, my adventures around the island at night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z While Mom and Dad visited the stores, Jim and I were deposited at the Pocahontas Theater to watch cowboy movies and adventure serials with hundreds of other miners’ kids. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “And the boys will love Orocovis. It will be, as you say, an adventure.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Harry, and his heart beat a little faster.“Then you will have seen that there have been not so much leaks as floods concerning your adventure in the Hall of Prophecy?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But Mom had placed one hand on my shaking knee and said, “This is our adventure, Natalie.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If this does not count as adventure, he is not sure what does. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It used to seem like an adventure just to sit outside after dark in their backyard in America. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Otus thought it would be an excellent adventure to carry Hera off, and Ephialtes was in love with Artemis, or thought he was. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But those adventures were a thing of the past; times had changed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And got their strength back and had lots of adventures and more than their share of laughs. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Their next adventure was with the Harpies, frightful flying creatures with hooked beaks and claws who always left behind them a loathsome stench, sickening to all living creatures. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It made her feel like being here in this bombed-out, impoverished nation was the best experience she would ever have in her life and like her hungry stomach was just an adventure. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Obviously it didn’t, but I don’t think there’s high adventure left any more. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They knew exactly what adventure looked like because of the storybooks Will read. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Talking with my friends about our English class and the adventures we had the year before, I began to feel better. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And that adventure was, in a way, connected with the ones I have just been telling you. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He’d also occasionally used Latin words and phrases in his early adventure games. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was extremely unusual for an Englishman to have such an adventure, to explore faraway lands, and now in his book Charles took his readers with him on the adventure. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But I always managed to forget my guilty feelings every time we sat down to plan our next month’s adventure. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Ogden and Kira “retired” to their home in Oregon and started a nonprofit educational software company, Halcydonia Interactive, which created free interactive adventure games for kids. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The light of adventure was kindling again in Ron’s eyes, but Hermione answered before Harry could. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Get back to our friendship and summer adventures like nothing had changed. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, as Silver guided them southward along higher ground to the west of the farm, almost all, now that they were actually committed to the adventure, felt dread and apprehension. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z What Will did know was that it had been an amazing day—giants! monsters!—and that all he needed to make his adventure complete was an enormous helping of cake. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Everything in his trip to the kingdom of the goblins seemed more like a charming adventure now that he was about to leave. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Maybe he’d found Tate, and the two of them were off on an adventure together right now. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, the yelling and screaming of my little brothers and sister, for whom the move was a great adventure, broke the silence of dawn. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He walks toward Axel with his head low, eyes lower, like he’s asking permission to go on this adventure, like this might be one of those trips George reads poems about. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It recounts splendid imaginary amorous adventures of a perfect English gentleman in an intensely romantic land, the scenery of which is very well described. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Our little adventure there was all over the Daily Prophet, you must’ve seen it.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was crammed with daily mysteries and adventures. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At any moment, she might see her baba emerge with tales of adventure and a pocket full of sesame candy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “On the way out to the hot springs, I started telling them about my friend Alex, and the adventure he’d set out to have in Alaska.’ Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Katy, Farmer’s oldest sister, suspected that more family adventures lay ahead, whether everyone liked it or not. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He whistled as he walked, and entered the Lapham kitchen ready to tell of his adventure with Mr. Hancock. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, the bright lights of New York City are right around the corner. Plenty of new adventures to be had.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z His dreams ended as he faced that ashen, foamy, dirty sea, which had not merited the risks and sacrifices of the adventure. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At first Mom tried to make living at 93 Little Hobart Street seem like an adventure. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The first text adventure game I’d ever played was called Colossal Cave, and initially the text-only interface had seemed incredibly simple and crude to me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For it was an adventure, the way the Captain told it. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting round the fire they told him in turn all that they could remember of their journeys and adventures. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The idea of the great adventure was delightful to Jason. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though our adventures almost always ended up with me getting bruises, bumps, scars, and even stitches, I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Ophie was half tempted to tell the girl that her mother thought she was on a grand adventure and was having too much fun to send word. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It would have been a good adventure waiting down to Fairfield on my own. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And if it can’t end, then it should at least continue into perpetuity like the adventures of Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem’s platoon. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Abbey’s little adventure was the last straw,” he said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The feeling of going on an adventure with my sister, just the two of us, the world expanding like an open book. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Or maybe I’m in the new world, free and full of adventure. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Roosevelt didn’t expect it to be a very dangerous adventure. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z In my wanderings this year I have taken more chances and had more wild adventures than ever before. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ray moves for the steps, ready to circle back around the nest, ready to join Axel on any adventure he would like. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z At night I lie in bed thinking about Tom Brown and his adventures at Rugby School and all the characters in P. G.Wodehouse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The haircuts drove home to everyone that they were in the military, not on a Komsomol-club-sponsored winter camping adventure. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “You’re young. You’ve got so much time ahead of you for more adventures. But I’m old. I’m tired. I want to settle down.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I think we need an adventure. The three of us together.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The “me” who read the books, who followed the adventures, seemed more the real me than the “me” who played ball in the streets. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z We headed out into the summer night, ready for adventure. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had also entertained them with stories of his hunting adventures in the Dakota Territory and read adventure and nature books to them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She talked all the way up Highway 57, giving us advice about how to handle questions we might encounter about our adventures in Mexico. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Not even strawberry ice cream could lure her away from the radio when Red Barber was broadcasting the latest adventure of de Bums. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She had often wished for adventure, for old spells and wicked kings. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They cannot have the spare energy for military adventures. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z His adventure with the snakes when he was a baby is told by Pindar in the fifth century and by Theocritus in the third. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When Hamlet arrived one summer, dark-skinned from some adventure upon the seas, Gertrude embraced him and petted him as if he were still a boy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The regent believed Justice and I brought out the worst in each other, or at least Justice’s penchant for adventures and high-jinks influenced my more conservative disposition. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be an adventure like the one we were having at Big Branch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You,” said Powell, slowly, “make me sick. You’ve been reading adventure novels.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z What tales of daring and adventure must earlier have been recounted as sailors and navigators, practical men of the world, gambled their lives on the mathematics of a scientist from Alexandria? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot clenched his fist until the knuckles stood out, and said, “I want to go on a quest. I want to find an adventure.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Malia, meanwhile, was in South America on a gap-year adventure, feeling the freedom of being as far away from the political intensity as she could. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We have had such an adventure, such an agonising experience. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He knew he’d never have that kind of adventure, but it sure sounded like he might get to romp through a grassy meadow! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I had no idea, and that was all the more exciting—like the beginning of an adventure. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There were powerful elements of scientific adventure and the zest for discovery of new lands, new plants and animals, new people; the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No hope, no adventure, no old kings or Personal Legends, no treasure, and no Pyramids. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo also remembered that sometimes at night, Father would read to him from amazing adventure stories byjules Verne and a collection of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales, which were Hugo’s favorites. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “What a depressing and inauspicious end to our adventures,” said Horace. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There was a certain obvious and gratifying tang of adventure in this, but also something much more low-key and elemental—a kind of respectful mutual acknowledgment that comes with sustained eye contact. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The most risky and unpleasant adventure outside my home when I was very young was to go grocery shopping where a white man, Mr. Waylans, owned the store. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Never take advice! Can’t keep still all day, and not being a pussycat, I don’t like to doze by the fire. I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And what good was an adventure if it did not feel a little dangerous? The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And the other thing is romance and adventure. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z But whatever their experience, whether North Sea trawler-hand or Cambridge University scientist, they knew they were in for the adventure of a lifetime. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Thank you for your impeccable wingman service to this old lady on her final adventure. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z After a short time Blackberry announced, “We’ve asked Hazel to tell you about our adventures: how we made our journey here and had the good luck to join you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Those of you—the six of you—who have read Neither Here nor There will recall Katz as my traveling companion around Europe in that tale of youthful adventure. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The most difficult stage of the adventure now begins. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered what other adventures awaited him in the days and years ahead. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z A lovely adventurous boy, thirty-eight years old and never to grow older, fond of adventure and romance and all the bright sparkles of youth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By either luck or a miracle, it seemed the old book had survived its most recent adventure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I am afraid, Mr. Darcy,” observed Miss Bingley, in a half whisper, “that this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Then his sense of adventure and mischief prompted him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In its smooth bowl he had etched with a penknife, For my little Minou, at the end of a great adventure, then the date he was murdered, December 21, 1963. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He confided that he was biding his time until spring, when he intended to go to Alaska and embark on an “ultimate adventure.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s like my brave little girl. You are brave and ready for adventure, right?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t you pack up a few belongings, tell your father you were going to leave, and take off for the adventure of your life? On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When the press got wind of Louie’s adventure, reporters took creative liberties. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Life is going to seem very straightforward after all this adventure,” she mused. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I had a feeling it might be our last adventure together. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I had just over two weeks for a mini-On the Road adventure. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “But one of us seems to be keeping mightily quiet about his part in this dangerous adventure,” Dumbledore added. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Second grade was most notable in my mind for the adventures of Laura, but we also had World War II. The kids all brought newspapers to school and, once a month, cans of food. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z So it’s the Big Apple for us, a big exciting adventure in our fascinating voyage through life. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z After the adventure with the compass it seemed to grow worse, and towards the evening he grew naughtier and naughtier. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The tales were not all about fairies — some were hunting stories, some were adventures — but many of them were. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When my mom didn’t have to work, we would log in at the same time and play games or go on interactive storybook adventures together. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “But there is only one perfectly safe place for your kind and you will not reach it until all your adventures are over and none of them matter any longer.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Also, if Papa found out, he might change his mind and keep me home where I couldn’t have any adventures. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The same question he asked before every adventure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “It’s about a community of book lovers, too. And sharing books and adventures with friends.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Anyhow, Aunt Theodosia was going on about her African adventures, leading up to the time King Leopold of Belgium presented her with a medal. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I must’ve left my headshot and resume at her place, last night, when this entire adventure scheme was hatched. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The following night I rounded up two boys whom I knew to be ready for adventure. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “That child must be ill,” said Mrs. Banks, when she was told by Ellen—who suddenly returned and discovered him—of the latest adventure. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z They were relaxed from the water and giggly with their shared adventure. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The goose was proud of her share in the adventure. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Remembering this incident years later, Billy was struck by what a Tralfamadorian adventure with death that had been, to be dead and to eat at the same time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They met with no more adventures that night, moving quietly along the edges of the fields under the dim light of a quarter-moon. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “But look where we are. I mean—and this is just a wild thought—what if you weren’t so concerned with picking adventures that would get you more Keys to the City?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “But you can hurry him along. You can help him dwell on the good things: his adventures, the women, the fighting, his travels, his music. . . .” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And in a rush, the two of them told each other about their night adventures. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Nah, you go. There’s no adventure out there left for me anymore. I’m done.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Maybe there was a way, something from a previous adventure. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He leaned into the adventure and all that. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Normally she wants a full account of his adventures, but today they sit silently, watching the passers-by. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But in the last adventure the two undertook he could not save his friend. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a little thrill of adventure as we chugged into the bay, as if I were sighting land where maps had noted only a sweep of undistinguished blue. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Until that moment, some part of me had wanted the Feds to come, had craved the adventure. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I need to make up for the time I took driving us out here so I can meet my deadline. No rest for the weary. But don’t worry, we’ll have a family adventure this afternoon.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I devoured them, savoring the adventures they brought to me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I headed off on my adventure, an adventure that I’m sure I’ll cherish for a lifetime. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Because that would be the happy ending, the right ending for a jolly girls’ adventure story. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I tell her about my little adventure and assure her that it was safe and that I was never in danger of tumbling to my death. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Yet Guenever could not search for the GraiL She could not vanish into the English forest for a year’s adventure with the spear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the reading room was quietly lost in the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “You can, Tally. You must Think of it as an adventure.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Late that night they settled in at the Alpha Delta Phi Club for one last night’s sleep before their even grander adventure commenced the following morning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My ribs were so tender that breathing became a new adventure in spiked pain. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Didn’t he think he was smart, though, going out on a secret adventure before anybody was up? Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Leah’s friend Pascal was the only one who still came around occasionally, wanting Leah to come out and scout the bush for adventures with him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You do know adventure means something unusual and exciting, right?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I knew Halliday had frequently used similar riddles in many of his early adventure games, and each of those riddles had made sense in the context of its game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They alone had a sense of adventure and were flagrant in their enjoyment of the automobile’s plushness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked back on the drunken episode as an infantile adventure and it seemed so funny to her that she told Aureliano Segundo about it and he thought it was more amusing than she did. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It sounded like the beginning of a pirate adventure he and Blink would have loved. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I couldn’t wait to tell Maya all about Marcus and the Harvard adventure, but that could wait until lunch, when we had more time. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He leaned into the adventure and all that. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She gave a lot of thought to this adventure. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then let’s look on the bright side: we’re having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z That was one of the most exciting adventures in my life. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Nobody anticipated that the journey would be the first in a series of extended transcontinental adventures. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad pulled a pint of whiskey out of a paper bag while Mom described their various adventures on the trip. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z However, they were all heroes of renown, some of them the greatest in Greece, and they were quite equal to their adventures. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He pivots and grins at me like we’re on an epic adventure. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “I expect he will be the adventure,” whispered Wart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In spring, ripened fruit littered the ground to make walking a hazardous, slippery adventure. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Is death one of those adventures from which I can’t emerge as myself? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “How do you like your adventure now, you arrogant little twit?” a lechuza with Inés’s voice asked Juanita as she caressed her face with the bristly feathers of her left wing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The adventure awaiting us was unclear, but we knew it would be one. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He later wrote his own book about his adventures with John Wilkes Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then they would find out all about my little adventures and then where will I be?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Amari made the introductions, telling him briefly of their adventures on the journey and their desire to stay there as a place of refuge. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined himself recounting his adventures to her, back at Wall, in front of a blazing parlor fire; but somehow all of his tales seemed a little flat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They talked over each other, sharing all the adventures I missed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Over tea, Scarlett told her mother the story of her wrong bus adventure, and how she had found herself at the graveyard, and how she met Mr. Frost by the little church... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z His only other friend, Festus the dragon, had been reduced to a figurehead when his control disk had gotten destroyed on their last adventure. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Fighting had not before occurred to any of them as one of the adventures in which their flight would land them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And then a few hours later he’d return home to Roz, shaking his tail feathers and honking about his latest airborne adventures. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z What stories they have to tell about their adventures with the chimpanzees. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z There is thus comparatively little risk, but also little adventure, in their handiwork, which as a consequence tends to become routine. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we were warm and dry, back we raced to the river for another adventure. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Then you have to try it. Book Scavenger is all about people who love books and puzzles and games. Plus having adventures and exploring new places.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z After my grandparents gave their daughter away to her husband’s family, they had dispensed all the adventure and all the property. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And Sam thinks maybe all the sad parts of the adventure will come untrue, now that this one has. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But we were too excited about our glorious adventure to pay much attention to rules. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her brothers had every adventure that Zane Grey ever wrote. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I was kind of relieved my chickens were not in the part for awards, even if they were pretty tired out from their adventures. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z After going over the adventure of the night he suddenly said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They were too busy with their own extraordinary adventure. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Go on, admit it, you also like a bit of adventure,” Scipio continued more calmly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel nodded, though her mom knew nothing of adventures. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They were filled with wonder and adventure, but something deeper ran through them, as well—a sense of abiding gratitude. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z My dad was won over by my mom's zest for adventure and her independent spirit. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There were adventure stories and mysteries and love stories and fantasies. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She’d grown used to Ketterdam, to the adventures that came with her involvement with the Dregs, to her easy life at the White Rose. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Every year on Dudley’s birthday, his parents took him and a friend out for the day, to adventure parks, hamburger restaurants, or the movies. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I have a bookcase filled with all kinds of stories: mysteries, fantasy adventures, sci-fi. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Amar agrees to help us get into the city without requiring much persuasion, eager for an adventure, as I knew he would be. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I thought of the people I’d read about—John F. Kennedy, James Joyce, Humphrey Bogart—who went to boarding school, and their adventures—Kennedy, for example, loved pranks. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Outside was a wild adventure, stuff full of wonder and excitement when they were bright colors in a drawing, but not the kind Ivy had ever wanted to experience in real life. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I need to make up for the time I took driving us out here so I can meet my deadline. No rest for the weary. But don’t worry, we’ll have a family adventure this afternoon.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Getting electrocuted would end this adventure real quick. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z About fighting demons and monsters, saving princesses, and going on adventures with his best bud, Enkidu. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Let us turn our thoughts to wild adventure on the high seas,” she suggested, after an unusually glum breakfast in the nursery. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He was beginning to think he had been kind of lame yesterday, following her and then ruining her adventure. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “What part of wilderness adventure don’t you understand?” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I’ll be a good guest and pay for your hospitality with tales of adventure. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “This year, the Theme is Experience! We will each pick one club, and the rest of us will join. We’ll be in three activities together, and more importantly, experience them together! We’ll have new adventures!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Finally, after a whole series of adventures and much aerial acrobacy three handsome young Alphas succeeded in rescuing her. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like a dockworker, or a boy setting sail on his first adventure. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Every creature planned to get up early to see Wilbur off on his great adventure. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z And all of this, all of this adventure and novelty, it would be nothing without somebody to share it with. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z At first young Aureliano understood only the risk, the immense possibility of danger that his brother’s adventures implied, and he could not understand the fascination of the object. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Story after story is told of his adventures. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z By ten we all piled into the car and started off for our big adventure. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And so she entered into the adventure with a clear conscience. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And the escape across the field became this whole long adventure through a cornfield maze and into the deep dark woods. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “The spirit of adventure, the lure of the unknown, the thrill of a gallant quest. How very grand indeed.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z If this adventure proves fatal and you don't ever hear from me again I want you to know you’re a great man. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “How? Is it one of our adventures? Do we run into something we can’t handle?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Summer was supposed to be about freedom and youth and no school and possibilities and adventure and exploration. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He wanted to live an adventure, but he stayed behind and sacrificed his dreams for the better good of the community. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps they’d grown so used to hearing the tall tales of their own adventures that they truly believed they would survive when all others had failed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z My mother too views this as an adventure: she says she hasn’t looked into that trunk for years, she has no idea what’s in there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I am certainly old enough to hold up my head and have my own personal adventures in life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Toward adventure! And don’t drop anchor till we get there!” she called. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She needed to be about her adventure, anyway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It sounded like a wild adventure, sitting in that treehouse while the sky fell down around them. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “But Bill’s not that down-to-earth. He’s a Curse-Breaker, isn’t he, he likes a bit of adventure, a bit of glamour.... I expect that’s why he’s gone for Phlegm.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Viju told me about your adventures last night! And how you and your baba stood up to Gupta! I wish I could have been there!” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z "I say, you have been having some adventures!" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Now then,” said Kay, “this is my adventure, and we must get home quick.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Our trip to the dump was always an adventure. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Then Kay said: “Well, I am game. It is my adventure after aU.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Could we venture out on a summer evening, our way illuminated by the two hurtling moons of Barsoom, for a journey of high scientific adventure? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, the idea of a real adventure lifted his spirits. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The twentieth century’s musical adventure was just getting into its stride. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z After me and Mr. Ray’s dungeon adventure, things kind of smoothed out for a while. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z An inglorious way to begin an adventure, perhaps, but then we can't control when or how adventure may find us. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I feel very glad that I did not leave this adventure last night. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I was a little too drifty in school so she thought it was a good idea that I read more books, and she knew I liked history and adventure stories. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I feel like we just had a real adventure,” she says. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The adventure had taken him far from the culvert. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They stood next to him protectively, like they’d already shared many adventures. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Before long the ground ahead of the column was blanketed in white, concealing stones and twisted roots and deadfalls, turning every step into an adventure. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "It would seem you've had quite an adventure. These men you heard, you say they spoke of juggling and mummery?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She remembered being small, sitting atop her father’s shoulders one morning as he’d explained that they were going on an adventure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When all the afternoon’s adventures had been told, the family felt inclined to go visiting in a body, for each found something very attractive in the big house on the other side of the hedge. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z To keep you up-to-date on the latest adventures in the Secret Annex, I should tell you this as well. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Brian read thick adventure books, ones written by guys like Zane Grey. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Their lives seemed full of adventure and mystery. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He’d been having all the adventures, he was going to come home with terrific stories about being in the army and fighting and all that, and I wanted to have something to tell, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They started a blog called 50 Homes in 50 States and chronicled their moving adventures. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And then I thought, Well, before the adventure comes the unpacking. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes Ray forgets to stay with his humans and goes off on unexpected adventures, leading to much worry. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As time went by, I added new adventures to my routine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was full of odds and ends he thought would come in handy for an adventure—rubber bands, a compass, granola bars, coins, a squirt gun, a magnifying glass, plastic handcuffs, string, a whistle. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Marina had seriously injured her legs during her wilderness adventure after the Rodina crashed, and it took her several months to recover. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I told him about our adventures, and Bessie—he wanted to hear every detail about the cute baby cow serpent—and I assured him that Annabeth was safe. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Being friends with you,” she says, “has turned out to be a pretty cool adventure.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Many an adventure, you can be sure,” he said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He threw his directional instruments and his maps into a knapsack, and he undertook the reckless adventure. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z So, loath to disband after such high adventures, we reached the northern boundary of the world, chasing Mongols en route. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After Bobby’s three-week adventure, returning to Brooklyn and to school was anticlimactic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z By now she knew the wheelbarrow meant an adventure—an adventure involving food—and she settled quickly. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It should be hot, stupid, ridiculous, obscene, another wild sexual adventure to add to the list. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z To me, it was a magical kingdom; everything was delightful; the chores that were tedious in Qunu became an adventure in Mqhekezweni. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was hungry thanks to my adventure the night before, and all I wanted was rice for some reason, but Mama was already dishing up our breakfast of steaming grits. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Call me gutless, but what I was looking for this time around was a comfortable correspondence between income and rent, a few mild adventures, a soft landing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As a child, he had been something of a loner, reading adventure stories during his school days and dreaming of fame and fortune. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam was standing by the pony, sucking his teeth, and staring moodily into the gloom where the river roared stonily below; his desire for adventure was at its lowest ebb. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We will not drag you up a mountain—you will have to work hard—but we guarantee to maximise the safety and success of your adventure. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The thrill of an unexpected late-night visit was just the thing to knock all those melancholy musings out of her head; it held the promise of adventure. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Then the journey to the United States would become an adventure. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He knew that his mom wanted him to have an adventure. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Their time together in Spain was one of the great adventures of their life. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When the Great Six inspected my library record and found it top-heavy with adventure and science fiction, they prescribed appropriate doses of Steinbeck, Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Be my second eye,” the captain says, “and you shall have riches and grand adventures beyond imagining.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z To her, the stupendous stench suggested far-sailing ships and adventure and she was pleased with the smell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that the Cranes had spent years bouncing from state to state, their family adventures were starting to feel...Emily wasn’t sure what the word was to describe it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As much as I enjoyed these little adventures, I well knew that the authorities had a motive other than keeping me diverted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, his adventures with the fire were far from over. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z They had no adventures, talked but little to each other, and everything was unabashedly beautiful and peaceful. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their next adventure was with the Cyclops Polyphemus, a full account of which is given in Part One, Chapter 4. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Really? I thought you were longing for a little adventure.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z That was where I belonged, not on some ridiculous adventure with a crazy rich woman and her high-kicking daughter. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z While the old man in the underground prison had eaten well in North Korea, Park’s gustatory adventures were global. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Then suddenly one day, for he had been too busy for weeks to give a thought to his adventures, he remembered the gift of Galadriel. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But take the title words—“true love and high adventure”—I believed in that once. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It seems the boy is always running afoul of a pack of shamblers in the midst of his Missouri adventures, and the boy’s derring-do reminds me of my own exploits. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I have four sons. Would you consider one of them instead? Ben is twelve and thirsty for adventure. He could squire for you if it please my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No amount of money could have purchased the adventures he had in the next few months, exploring the secrets of the outer limits of the house. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, in the wake of Brown’s little adventure, all hell was breaking loose. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I walked away from my little adventure without any permanent damage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Finally we were on our way to an adventure. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As much as we needed to go off and have our California adventure, it was nice to be back. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It had already passed over into adventure for the boy. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a pang of loneliness as I scanned a row of books, searching for an exciting adventure story to take me away. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The adventures of Rainbow and her young mistress, Edith-Anne Pevington, had filled many a happy hour curled up on the window seat of Miss Mortimer’s office. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I may be only a girl of twelve, but I am a brave French explorer who has come to help you with your adventures.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The odd thing was that Mr. Chris said her adventure had probably saved the lives of every single calf! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z At festivals, storytellers would recite the epic adventures of the most popular bogatyri, the tsar’s most trusted and magical knights. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Mom made living in West Virginia sound like another great adventure, and pretty soon all us kids had signed on for the trip. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "Beowulf," she said, "you are worthy of your great adventure." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “This adventure in fine dining looks like it’s been drug through hell backwards.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, we set out on the foreign adventure. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She flittered around him like a pesky gnat, glad to have someone eager to listen to everything she had to say as she recounted our adventures on the banks of the Rio Grande. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He had risked everything on this political adventure. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I got a radio DJ gig and hosted a kids’ adventure reality show on television. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Taken prisoner during the first federalist adventure, he managed to escape to Curaçao disguised in the garment he detested most in this world: a cassock. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A very few days had passed after this adventure, when Harriet came one morning to Emma with a small parcel in her hand, and after sitting down and hesitating, thus began: Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Then he began to speak of his many adventures, his riotous life, the marvels he had seen, the scrapes he had escaped, his fortunes good and bad. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “As far as we can tell, it hasn’t been damaged by its adventures, but you’ll be able to tell us for sure.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Before falling asleep she asked—even implored—me not to say a word to any one, even her mother, about her sleep-walking adventure. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When I tried to tell him of my adventures and misadventures, he responded with a casual indifference which stilled the tale on my lips. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Um, I came out here to have an adventure and find myself.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was also quite fearless and he loved adventure. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The perfect combination of gentleman and ruthless killer, just like the main character in some frontier adventure. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The Arizona Republican said that Spencer, with his “diseased mind and a misguided love of adventure,” appealed to the “portion of the population of the country that fed on false idolatry.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He whimpers, begging Axel to leave the chopped tree for a better adventure. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z For them, life was only as good as their next adventure, and they chased after the wildest ones like whalers hunting giants across the mighty seas. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Why else do you think I wanted to join the King’s Guard? I needed a living, yes, but I could have done something less...life-threatening. Some of us need adventures.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It irritated me that the Captain had never thought to tell, or chosen to tell Call and me about this adventure. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m usually up for an adventure, and I’m bored, too, but the idea of being all wet and cold is not at all enticing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She had been too wrapped up in homework, reading “The Black Cat” in hopes of figuring out what she was supposed to do next in Mr. Griswold’s game, and her family’s adventures. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Jinny thought perhaps that was enough adventure for a few sleeps. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Now that the Cranes had spent years bouncing from state to state, their family adventures were starting to feel...Emily wasn’t sure what the word was to describe it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “As I told you,” TimeStar continued, “in the future we all know about your adventures. You inspire us.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Now I sit on the train, my arms wrapped around myself, hands jammed against my sides to stop them from trembling, like an excited child caught up in an adventure. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the time PJ. entered high school, the Warden’s appetite for more adventure took him to another auction. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I wish I could say that love, ambition, jealousy, the quest for adventure, or any of the more romantic feelings were back of these two murders. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I say vague things about how we humans painted landscapes sometimes, too, and that I’m painting the world I want to live in: a world of adventure but also of ancient beauty. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Once more, amid the breeze, the shouting, the slanting sunlight on the high mountain, was shed that glamour, that strange invisible light of friendship, adventure, and content. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Before her decision to run away, deciding what to do with the ten cents left over from her allowance had been the biggest adventure she had had each week. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t an adventure story anywhere that was safe from me. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Classical music was in trouble, and by the whirlwind conclusion of The Beatles’ adventure, it looked as if the words of one of their early Chuck Berry covers, ‘Roll over Beethoven’, were actually coming true. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Even though Styx told wild stories about things he’d seen and done, all the places he’d been, and to Dad, such adventures belonged in books, only to be whispered in the dark. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z His dream is to ride westward in search of new adventure. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My friend keeps talking about all the awesome adventures we could have as superheroes. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Crammed in the car, the group sometimes tired of chess talk and reminisced about other adventures, real or imagined. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then, a new thought strikes me: What if they are not just bored young men who want an adventure? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But it was a genuine adventure and I returned home hard and fit and ready for anything. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Zork was one of the earliest and most famous text adventure games. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z So Luke read cautiously, always ready to shove his population book under his pillow and replace it with one of his adventure books. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Each tree and stone brought with it a story, and little Sierra could dance for hours, imagining the adventures those silent field dwellers may have seen. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She keeps repeating that this is a much-needed adventure with her boys. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z And in high school, well, the stories about Nick’s other adventures could go on and on and on. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I am as devoted to adventure now as then, and that’s never going to stop. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There would be no more adventures for us. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I fear I shed none, anticipation of coming adventures blotting out remembrance of those past; I fairly trembled with eagerness to reach the shore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As much as I loved our adventure, I was always on the lookout in between just looking. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Reed felt the old excitement stirring in his belly—the jittery, gut-jumping anticipation of a good adventure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She startled when spoken to, went to sleep early and slept long, dreamed hard but couldn’t remember the night’s adventures. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I hate that Julia and Isabella made me feel like we were having a fun secret adventure, when really they just wanted to yell at me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Year after year he voyaged, hurried from one perilous adventure to another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They made going to bed seem like an adventure. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Since he was twelve, Jack Mandelbaum assumed his life 1 II would always be a carefree adventure. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He had a strange feeling as the slow gurgling stream slipped by: his old life lay behind in the mists, dark adventure lay in front. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They suggested one adventure after another, one wardrobe after another, one improvement after another, one man after another. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Like you’re going on this adventure right with the main character. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He was athletic and fit from his adventures on the voyage. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, everyone in class was determined to know everything about King Arthur and his adventures. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But it did mean that the arguments became a part of the adventure, became discussions not threats. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s just...it’s been a really eventful couple of months. Your mom, finding Grace and Joaquin. Maybe you want to wait until things settle down a bit before you go on another adventure.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The mouse charmed the tiny princess with stories of his adventures. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Following my fourth birthday, I began to venture beyond just the grocery store, and go on more adventures into the outside world. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I knelt down in the water of Mortoise, Jenny, where he had knocked me—and I thanked God for the adventure.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The cab dropped us at Rockfish Gap, southern gateway to Shenandoah National Park, our last long stretch of hiking before we ended part one of our big adventure. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “How come kids today gotta know everything? Nothing can be a mystery or an adventure anymore. Takes the excitement out of life.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You sure are getting wet. You started this adventure just running away. Comfortably. Then the day before yesterday you decided you had to be a hero, too.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope felt the healthy glow she had acquired during their snowy adventure drain from her cheeks. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z A barking runner, who is more than happy to go on an early adventure in the woods with Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z With Henry suddenly tired of daddying, the twins melted back into the woods with Wash every chance they got, taking Edgar along for their adventures. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Her earlier misgivings were forgotten; now she tasted the allure of adventure. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z "That must be cool, a new city every couple months. Your life's one big adventure. I wish I could go away, even for just a little while." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z One night at dinner, when my dad came back from a corporate adventure with his management team, he showed us memories from it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z You could say my biggest adventure in seventh grade was having a boyfriend for one day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Malachy is back with Michael, with stories of his adventures ringing doorbells. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She lingered in her bunk throughout the month-long journey to San Francisco, with no appetite for food, much less adventure. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Because there were thousands of adventures still to be had, and only a limited number of days left to have them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He felt the words on the page lulling him to go deeper into the adventure. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z It involved everyone and made them part of the unfolding adventure. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Except for his precarious adventure with Petra Cotes, he had never known a woman. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “What an adventure to tell my father!” cried Robin. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She could think of no better antidote for the dark mood of the children; besides, turning her mind to the adventures of that lovable pony was likely to settle her nerves as well. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z And now, almost using my mom’s ATM card only twenty minutes into the adventure, I wonder how I could have managed the nerve to think I might pull this off. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z If Tally activated the tracker, it wouldn’t just mean the end of Shay’s big adventure. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She talked about meeting Percy and the adventures they’d had together. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It would be fun, she said, a real adventure, but there wouldn’t be any light, so we would have to use all our resources to entertain one another. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, his father said, settling down after such an adventure would be too difficult. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t wait for you to get home and tell me all about your adventures. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We'd occasionally pass the time examining charts on tongue position or reading childish 5-laden texts recounting the adventures of seals or settlers named Sassy or Samuel. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Then they crowded down into the Honeycomb to hear Hazel and Bigwig tell the story of their adventures to those who had waited so eagerly and so long to hear it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re just little girls, dreaming up an adventure. I can’t drag them down to Mexico. I can’t sacrifice them to follow my path,” I whispered fiercely, still holding the ear pendant in front of me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘You have had some very strange adventures, I hear,’ said Glóin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z How could she bring him into the secrets and adventures that were supposed to be ours? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Hammered into the bronze were pictures in Ancient Greek style, scenes from our adventures this summer. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z These domestic crusades terrorized poor people and, at the same time, got them involved in what was painted as a holy adventure: turning all Europe into a Christian land. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The yaller mule was gone from the town except for the porch talk, and for the children visiting his bleaching bones now and then in the spirit of adventure. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I’m addicted to action/adventure/call-it-what-you-will, in any way, shape, etc. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Well, Will had added the cake part himself, but it really did belong in any good adventure. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z After having adventures in the Wild West, he got back into the family business. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was in Alexandria, during the six hundred years beginning around 300 B.C., that human beings, in an important sense, began the intellectual adventure that has led us to the shores of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go see them in Seattle. That’d be a nice adventure for a young girl.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z More often he and his dog were off with his friends, dreaming up adventures. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re going to have a nice scar, young man, to remind you of this particular adventure.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Ben told me we’d have lots of opportunities like that, that our lives would be full of adventure. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, as they sat around the fire, the boy related to the driver his adventures as a shepherd. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked ’round my room to see if there was anything else that we might use on this adventure. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She must have told him of her sleep-walking adventure on the cliff, and that I knew all about it; and now he wants me to tell him what she knows, so that he may understand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z We’d be able to explain to them everything we know—from the adventures of Alice in Wonderland to the paradoxes of quantum physics—and they could teach us how their people view the world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What were a few hours of his life next to all the adventures the Lady must have been through in her three hundred-some years? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Choose a book to send on an adventure. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He loves the feeling of losing himself in the action, the same way he feels when he reads his brother's Karl May adventure novels, which are also set in America. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “Just peachy. I don’t know why they couldn't have put some crocodiles in here and made a real adventure of it.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell him I said this, but he’s a little jealous of you. He goes off for the summer, and I have this great adventure without him.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s not an adventure anymore. If it ever was.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Before this whole deportation adventure began, the only person I told was Bev, even though she’s not usually that great with secrets. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Professor Trelawney seemed to consider the matter for a moment, but Harry could tell that she liked the idea of retelling her little adventure. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She was ready to lean into their next adventure. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We are glowing and full of a lust for adventure. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not some carnival exhibit, and you won’t use me as part of some unfulfilled desire for adventure and excitement! Which is undoubtedly why you chose me to be your Champion.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z That was what the knights in the storybooks always found on their adventures. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Even though all of them had definite opinions about my adventures at Central High, I had vowed not to talk about it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z During his visits, reporters kept tabs on him, printing stories about his cowboy adventures in the newspaper, which kept him in the public eye. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Okay,” he said, unsure what this new adventure was but eager, with that childlike delight of his, to participate. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z You may think of love and adventure, or maybe you remember some young man here in San Antonio and think that you might like to return to him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z All around, on haphazardly aligned shelves the boys had fastened to the walls themselves, amidst the model cars and their made-up superhero drawings, were souvenirs from all the adventures they’d experienced throughout the season. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I was only seventeen and hadn’t started to shave. We were troublemakers, tough kids, and we wanted experience and adventure.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Most of them were text adventure games: Raaka-tu, Bedlam, Pyramid, and Madness and the Minotaur. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Well,” she said, releasing the wheel, “that was an adventure.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She would tell Mom about her adventure when Mom was ready. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z There is a connexion with Bilbo’s old adventures, and the Riders are looking, or perhaps one ought to say searching, for him or for me. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z For her it began as an adventure and turned out to have more twists and turns than she expected or knew how to handle. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Margo Roth Spiegelman, whose stories of epic adventures would blow through school like a summer storm: an old guy living in a broken-down house in Hot Coffee, Mississippi, taught Margo how to play the guitar. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Funny, if she traveled back in time a few years, it would have been Matthew dragging her along for an adventure. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It did not matter tonight...nothing mattered except the end, the end of their pointless adventure, the end of Dumbledore’s life. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I recollected small incidents and adventures in Orlando when she was a baby, and how she had rarely cried even when she was small. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Legendary Alston Boys’ maneuvers always came from learning something new while on an adventure, something that Otto catalogued for later. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “This another one of your adventures?” he asked through a barely parted frown. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Do you still live a life of adventure?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z More code-breaking adventures lay ahead of her—and from now on, she would do her best to set the terms. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The hobbits began to tell him the story of their adventures ever since they left Hobbiton. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But today they suggested to him, not adventure and a fresh beginning, but exile. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It wasn’t quite an adventure, but it sure was something. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Their social adventures had been mixed, but familiar. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day was a new adventure, and I couldn't wait to discover what I would find around the next corner. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The three knights had got into it, and sat down to see what would happen, because knights were never supposed to refuse an adventure. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It would have been enough to see this one adventure. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I’m done with adventures. From now on, I’m staying as far away from Mexico as possible,” Delia declared. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Roza smiled and hugged her grandmother, believing that university was enough of an adventure. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z This was a day for adventure, not drudgery. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way to Corbin Lancelot had a strange adventure, which he remembered for many years with awful grief. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a sense of adventure in the constant moving, the transient life they led. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z My dad’s right—he didn’t volunteer for adventure — me, this, it’s all my fault—and if it wasn’t for you everything could have gone Dark. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z We assured Kev that outhouses and kerosene would be just fine, sounded like fun, in fact—a little adventure, yessir—and then he led us downstairs for the final leg of our tour. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was a real book, thick with more than one hundred pages of adventure. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been too wrapped up in homework, reading “The Black Cat” in hopes of figuring out what she was supposed to do next in Mr. Griswold’s game, and her family’s adventures. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Before the great adventure is all over, Father expects his children to eat rhinoceros, I suppose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But before that happened, I got my African adventure all right. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day I think what a fascinating and amusing adventure this is! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z After we left Mr. Willie Williams’ Do Drop Inn, the last stop before whitefolksville, we had to cross the pond and adventure the railroad tracks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy remembered arguing with her, telling her that being trapped in a dark dungeon would be an adventure. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For a moment, Mary Lou was reminded of her adventures with Tane, and it made her sad, but she vowed to forget about it — and him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z While the stories of adventure weren’t her favorite, and the detective stories were mostly confusing, the romance stories were exactly the kind of thing Ophie could delight in. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Then you have to try it. Book Scavenger is all about people who love books and puzzles and games. Plus having adventures and exploring new places.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She loved listening to her brother’s tales—everything was an adventure to him. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It had brought with it the sweat and the dreams of men who had once left to search for the unknown, and for gold and adventure—and for the Pyramids. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Life in America was fun, with new adventures every day. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z After just a couple weeks in Rochester, I began another weird new adventure: middle school in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I thanked him reverently—but he continued, “We are already proud that, at all adventure, you chose to enlist at our sides.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Doreen and Ricky were in the bedroom, getting the boys ready for the day’s adventure, and Luke was in the shower. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then we saw a Western, and after that a spy adventure—‘Five Fingers.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot had several other adventures during his first quest—it lasted a year but perhaps only two are worth repeating in detail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The brochure he sent to prospective clients declared, So, you have a thirst for adventure! Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But this Underland river looked like something out of an action adventure movie. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we pretend to take the ultimate high-seas adventure on a cruise ship that has a carousel and an ice rink. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z To some there Bilbo’s tale was wholly new, and they listened with amazement while the old hobbit, actually not at all displeased, recounted his adventure with Gollum, at full length. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘And yet you counselled me not to adventure on the road that I had chosen, because it is perilous?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Her well-known father, the writer Roald Dahl, had sent her to Haiti for a taste of adventure and perhaps to find a useful life serving others. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But I don’t go looking for adventure or excitement, and I jolly well don’t go around picking fights with people. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Anyone who didn’t like to travel wasn’t invited on our adventure, Dad said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He told them about their adventures to Mexico, Japan, and Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Did you honestly think I wouldn’t realize why you came here tonight? As someone who gave me The Crown of a Hero to read, which suggests a rather fanciful mind that yearns for adventure?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was like a food adventure, but then over the course of weeks, eating them every day, day after day, I couldn’t take it anymore. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I met a cool aunt and her nice roommate, and I might not have seen Wicked, or my own reflection without new zits, but it was still an adventure. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I used to think it was romantic, but now I know coming to America was Mom’s one and only adventure. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Shasta told Corin most of his adventures and explained that he had learned all his riding from a horse and didn't really know how to use the reins. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I flipped through it, hoping to find something useful, but it was filled with sticky-sweet adventure stories meant to amuse children. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Look, think of it as your big city adventure,” Dad said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes I ask myself if my adventures, such as they are, equal experience. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I said to myself, “He’s just a drunk,” and continued my adventures. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "I want you to fill it up with our adventures." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z She told me, “Go ’head, get your swirl on, baby,” then proceeded to tell me about all of her swirling adventures, which I didn’t need to know. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z My childhood wouldn’t have been full of adventure if it hadn’t been for my brother. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We had seen trouble beyond compare, but in that moment as we marched along with rain streaming off the ends of our hair, it felt like we were out on a grand adventure together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I want them to be impressed by my adventures, but I get a different kind of reaction. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z No more worries, no more sadness, no more adventures, no more sun. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He knew The Four Corners of the World wasn’t just a book; it was the bedtime book that sent him off on adventures that folded into a world of dreaming. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Aglovale heaved a sigh, and said: “So far as I am concerned, then have not been any Grail adventures. But it has cost me a sister. Perhaps a brother as well.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as their delightful baby daughter was born, they knew it was going to be the adventure of a lifetime. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Doomed or not, the adventure is about to begin. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She had never dreamed of what it would feel like to love someone so much; of all the things that had astonished her in her adventures, that was what astonished her the most. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He thought he had come to the end of his adventure, and a terrible end, but the thought hardened him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I can’t decide which offer is the better one, because I don’t know which is the more frightening unknown: the captain’s adventures, or life ashore. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Great Scott!” thought Digory, “I believe the whole adventure’s taken no time at all.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I hadn't been around to witness the defeats, only his victories, while I ran behind on my little legs, trying to catch up, asking him to wait up as he sprinted off on his adventures. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Great adventures would call to such a one as he and no peril would ever hold him back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The more complicated adventures undertaken by composers with notation, orchestras, opera singers, conductors, musicological analysis and the rest are still vital parts of music’s main body, but they are not in truth its central purpose. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z So there you have it: Hamilton safely buried and assuming legendary proportions as a martyr; Burr slipping out of town, eventually headed toward bizarre adventures in the American West, but already consigned to political oblivion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He was just a boy, and I didn’t want to miss the bus to our adventure. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stay here while the rest of you go adventuring? Not a chance!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then too he had been offered a job at Allen’s Food Market and so the urge for adventure did not pull him away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night we’d stay up late, listening to his Caribbean adventures. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “It’s about a community of book lovers, too. And sharing books and adventures with friends.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But solo adventures can only last for so long. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It would always take until the cookies cooled down for her to finish her gingerbread adventure. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Well,” said Robin, “it has been a good adventure and I am sorry you are going. I hope I shall see you again.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, just on a little adventure,” she says. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z But halfway down the steps, she realized just how long it had been since she’d adventured by herself. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I thought of it more as a simple adventure story—a journey into the wonders of our unconscious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The fences still buzz with news and gossip, and the mountains and hollows echo with the joyful clamor of childhood adventures. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z No one remarked on their absence and Hazel went underground at once, telling Pipkin to say nothing about their adventure for the time being. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “My two men,” she would say, beaming, “off on a big adventure!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I mean, all of her adventures had a certain ... I don’t know.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z War is hell, but that’s not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She was long gone with Artemis and the rest of the Hunters, off on their next adventure. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t think it will be much of an adventure. But I will bring presents. Okay?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Since then I’ve begun to feel that the moonlight walks, balcony talks, and daily adventures were something more to him than fun. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he said, “Right, young man, I think you’ve done enough adventuring for one day.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And then Penelope had Ophie’s hand in hers and was pulling her through the kitchen to the hallway, and onward to new adventures. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z If this adventure proves fatal and you don't ever hear from me again, I want you to know you're a great man. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She glanced at Theodora and Luke and found both their faces fallen instinctively into a completely rapt classroom look; high earnestness, she thought; we have moved into another stage of our adventure. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z And then, just as they came towards the shop entrance, the adventure happened. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z "Have you rescued her? Protected her from evil?" the little one asks, like this is all some fairy-tale adventure. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “The truck is running and ready for our road trip adventure!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Funny, if she traveled back in time a few years, it would have been Matthew dragging her along for an adventure. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “The true believer has faith that everything will be fine and they’ll be saved and go to heaven, which kind of makes adventure less of an adventure. But I’ll risk it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I’d broken one of our unspoken rules: We were always supposed to pretend our life was one long and incredibly fun adventure. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Those adventures, however, are another story, and this story, I’m afraid, must now draw to a close. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Will and Sally searched for adventure together nearly every day. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z By then the adventures of the Argonauts were almost over. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But the prisoner had convinced himself that the young men, possibly motivated by a desire for adventure, meant to help him escape. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Needless to say, I wasn’t invited on that adventure. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And, after today, I can only guess it is the beginning of adventures, not the end. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Cherrie and the others especially enjoyed Roosevelt’s ability to tell a good story, keeping everyone entertained with tales of his adventures in the Wild West, in Africa, and as president. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Clutching his hairpin sword, Sir Will let go of the giant’s hand and stepped across the lawn to continue his adventure. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “No, she still has a way to go and a few more adventures before she’s done.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “The parrot would have put an end to our adventures forever and ever!” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I didn’t volunteer for adventure, I was forced into it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z There was no question of it all being an adventure. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They lived comfortably and it was a good life they had...happy and full of small adventures. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Branch, also eager to set off on an adventure, sniffed and wandered here and there. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the newsreel that told of amazing inventions and adventures in far-off lands; there were the cartoons and the slapstick comedies, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z We meet Gulliver as a dreamy young man in search of adventure, trying to get anywhere that would involve sea travel, and see him evolve masterfully. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He’d been searching for Sally, but he just might have found an adventure. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And that was about it for the start of our great adventure. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z To Atalanta, however, it was only the beginning of her adventures. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "No more crazy adventures or dangerous quests, young man. You have to be careful," she keeps saying. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he put the maps in the books he wrote to extol his adventures. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I stare at the ground too, because I'm basically telling Max that her adventure is at its end. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For such readers a few notes on the more important points are here collected from Hobbit-lore, and the first adventure is briefly recalled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z What grand adventure would come to her now? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I take the public bus to school every day, but this time feels completely different—like an adventure. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Her escape had been a preposterous idea, but even a sliver of it amounted to the best adventure of her life. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He recalled Bilbo’s account of his journey and the threatening towers on the hills north of the Road, in the country near the Troll’s wood where his first serious adventure had happened. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As much as I loved our adventure, I was always on the lookout in between just looking. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The adventure of the summer seemed suddenly ludicrous. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Their adventures began chiefly because it was one of the wettest and coldest summers there had been for years. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Every afternoon in the summer we’d crawl into my tree house to read arm-loads of books filled with great quests and dangerous adventures. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z When the silver subway train roared into the station, the car before him opened and he stepped inside, found a seat, and looked dreamily ahead while the car took him on his adventure. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He had the most adventures, and was known for his incredible skill with the bow and arrow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “And having adventures together. But I know something that’s more exciting than clubs and activities.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “You don’t really want to waste time sleeping on our last day of summer—our last chance to have one more adventure before you-know-what starts.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z After my adventures with Rocky I was done with the fast life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Of these adventures, Muse, daughter of Zeus, tell us in our time, lift the great song again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Bad memories of their ninth adventure that summer, when they took down the Dastardly Dummy of Denos. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “But this is different—it’ll be an early birthday adventure. I mean—” She stopped short. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I’d take the number 2 subway train from Aunt Mary’s factory and jump off at 125th Street and the adventure would begin. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly the conversation drifted off from my adventures as a farmhand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Aru’s mother had collected some art depicting Rama’s adventures, and now Aru recalled an image of a sage sitting on an anthill. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Those adventures made a long evening, and I do not hold with tiresome repetition of a story.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We had nearly completed the first part of our adventure, so there was a certain home-stretch perkiness in our steps. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Benedict firmly insisted, however, that modesty had nothing to do with his opinion that the children had been the real heroes in this adventure. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The adventures he had always dreamed of, also the serenity and the security, were already a part of the past, impossible fantasies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A mulberry wood is the kind of place the animals have names and jobs and go on storybook adventures. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She probably thinks we’re having some secret adventure straight out of a Doctor Who episode. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In newly industrialized England, riding the trains was an adventure and an unpredictable thing, so he reported on his trip. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z From the set of his shoulders we can see he is pleased to be with his brother, happy to go along with him on his adventure. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure the idea of adventure is even Christian,” Dill said as he thumbed through the book. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And for just a second I allow myself to remember that this was an exciting adventure, no matter what, even if I didn’t get E.T. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I liked Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem, even though he didn’t have much in the way of a technical personality, but mostly I liked that his adventures kept happening. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z In his bedroom, I showed Trevor everything I’d packed in my backpack for our adventure, and we went over our plan—quietly, so his mom wouldn’t hear us. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Why didn’t the French make their measurements in France and save themselves all the bother and discomfort of their Andean adventure? A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They had got into it, because knights must always accept an adventure, and it had sailed away at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To remember, rather, the time and the place of your business, your adventure. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It will be a bit of an adventure for them, they will enjoy a sense of freedom.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I let Big Ma go on and prayed my sisters wouldn’t start talking about the People’s Center, the Black Panthers, our adventures in San Francisco, and most of all, Cecile. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z None of the three of us was of an age for such adventures, but we had a couple of drinks and set off. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But once again, Hooper had forgotten everything except the novelty of it, the adventure. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They started a blog called 50 Homes in 50 States and chronicled their moving adventures. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z At ten or ten thirty, the kids went to their homes, all excited about the things we’d done and the stories we’d heard, looking forward to the next day’s adventures. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z At the feast of Pentecost it was customary for the knights who had been on Table quests to gather again at Carlion so as to relate their adventures. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Every trip was an adventure into a strange, fearful city; and yet I felt safe by my fathers side. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what the outcome of my sister’s romantic adventures would be. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She had glossy black hair with pink cheeks, shining eyes always eager for adventure, and a fast smile that flashed from her face. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z ‘They may suffer me to pass,’ said Aragorn; ‘but at the least I will adventure it. No other road will serve.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Old Nan used to tell stories of boys who stowed away on trading galleys and sailed off into all kinds of adventures. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In an odd way, though, there were times when I missed the adventure, even the danger, of the real war out in the boonies. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His first assignment in the New York City field office gave him the adventure he was looking for. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I want to go adventuring, I really and truly do,” Horace insisted. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “It’s been nice adventuring with you guys,” Grover said, his voice trembling. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Harvard volunteers were finding that their Boston experience was not turning into the exciting adventure many of them had envisioned. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Shae,” Kaede said, and she felt the words come tumbling out of her: “When I chose to come on this journey, I thought—I thought it was going to be an adventure.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The things I told her on our bicycle adventure were better. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The rest of the Trojans’ adventures were all on the battlefield. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was a man who could not turn down an adventure. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think Mom’s going to have some big adventure,” Emma announced. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He too had heard them planning new adventures together, and he knew that come spring when his yearning to move west filled him that there would be no one to go with him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I admired her spirit; but more, I wanted to help her see the value of her adventure. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A few months later we were told we were about to head off on a big adventure—school camp. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “The first adventure which I suffered—indeed it wasna far from being the single one—fell at the Castle of Maidens. It were best not tell of yon, before the Queen.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabe had been young then, only eight, a rambunctious resident of the Children’s House, happiest with solitary adventures and disinterested in schoolwork. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “This is like a story, remember. We ’11 have lots of adventures and then go home.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In this way, she's exactly the opposite of Prim for whom adventures are an ordeal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Weighing the half-pounds of flour, excluding the scoop, and depositing them dust-free into the thin paper sacks held a simple kind of adventure for me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet they had met; after all her adventures, it was he whom she had married. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Even if we didn’t have a camera to take pictures of us on our adventure, we would know we’d been there. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Southside moved to our neighborhood, I’d pass whole afternoons at his house, pulling albums from the shelf at random and putting them on his stereo, each one its own immersing adventure. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Long, long story. I bet my adventures were more dangerous than yours, Jackson.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The adventure all began with a glass of milk being overturned by an elbow and Jack and Sarah being turned out from the house for the morning in punishment. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z And so it was a new adventure, relaxing her hair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There are presumably adventures that she— that is that I—can’t undergo and still continue to be herself. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z We were going on an adventure—outside, where people were gathered—and we weren’t going to ask anyone’s permission. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “After that,” Dolores continued as they snaked their way out the door and through the crowds to the bus stop, “I have an adventure of my own to finish.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I’d love to step into a hole and vanish with a handsome revolutionary and live a life of exotic adventure.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z To him, it was just an expedition, an adventure, it was not serious. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I fantasized about leaving the fencing team and embarking on some other adventure. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And anyway, this was supposed to be an adventure. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then he had been sure of his work, only with these personal longings for adventure. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She was ready to lean into their next adventure. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half-an-hour elapsed and still I was alone. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He was liable to drag in bits of what he called poetry; and sometimes, after a glass or two, would allude to the absurd adventures of his mysterious journey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was like an exciting novel full of possible adventures. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m telling the truth. I’m leaving the rez, man, and I want you to come with me. Come on. It will be an adventure.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s an adventure?” she said, trying to rally herself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z If I’d tried in childhood to imagine my present life in the jungle, I’d have been struck numb with the adventure of it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z What if Charles wanted to go on another adventure and collect more specimens? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted them to learn, to have adventures, to make mistakes and bounce back. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There were adventures to come, but they could wait until she’d had a hot bath—maybe a few of them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He pulled distastefully at his grey shirt and wondered whether he might undertake the adventure of washing it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He hadn’t found Sally, and he hadn’t found the end of his adventure, either. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, Zarra, many times. Dumas’s life was the real adventure story.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The Year of the Boar would bring travel, adventure and double happiness. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I’d found it on one of my thrift store adventures with Dad. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She put up with me going off on adventures, but now I was asking her blessing to do something that would probably get me killed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I started to think about what an adventure it would be to work for him, helping him to build rockets and launching them into space. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You need to have an adventure. Do something different. And maybe then you will meet a boy who listens. Who sees.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The last adventure was also concerned with treachery and a lady. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She was fairly certain he would never use it, but having it in the garage, she knew, would mean something to him—a connection to the past, the possibility of adventure. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z A photo in a magazine might remind her of Carolines high school graduation, the way she’d mugged for the camera like she just knew this was the beginning of a fabulous adventure. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Stories will be told about me, Strange. You should appreciate that. There ought to be adventure in them, don’t you think? It’s a dull legend that takes place in a laboratory.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z |
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