I didn’t have to in school because she missed class for robotics, and on the bus ride here, I looked out the window the whole time. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I also forgot what I learned in science class: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, class,” Mrs. Brown says, pulling herself up as if someone has hurt her feelings, but she can’t say who. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When I visited Ledgers and Lists, I discovered he only taught one class: Un- likely Maths. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some who take his classes are honors students; others won’t make it to college, either because they are not academic enough, they don’t have the money, or they will get pregnant and have babies. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And she didn’t particularly want to face anyone in the class—never again, really. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I hear someone snicker in the back of class, and I turn real quick to see who it is, but I don’t catch them. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I held the crude doll up for the class to inspect. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Me, the girl who just shut down the class clown. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

You are one ugly girl, I told myself, but at that very moment, Nora, the oldest and best dancer in the class, crossed the room toward me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another pocket he carried a sketch of the island bridge, which Reynie had spent most of two class periods working on from memory. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had a lovely name, she said, and she had me teach the whole class how to pronounce it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The rest of the class went to sit in the audience with Mr. Jackson. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the last minute he registers for a drawing class in the evenings. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And also with you,” I replied before turning and walking back to the pew at the front of the sanctuary, where my confirmation class was seated. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The class looked dispiritedly at the enormous boxes Hagrid had brought out, all lined with pillows and fluffy blankets. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We were told to set up enough folding chairs and tables to accommodate the 111 people who remained of our class in four or five long rows. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One girl from last years chemistry class smiled and nodded. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Do? You will do as we all do each day—our best with what God has given us. Now, if you are quite through with your sniveling, go to class.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"He's in my literature class. I really like him," she says, voice gentler now. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When rumors of Hannah’s unexplained absence began spreading through school, Mr. Porter asked our class why he kept hearing her name mentioned in the halls. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me? What exactly are you passing on?” she asks, and the rest of the class laughs. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If I'd had my way, we would have all stayed home and conducted the class through smoke signals. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After school, Mr. Daniels apologizes for not being able to help me today because he has class at the college. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It became easy to underestimate, even to ignore altogether, the importance of class. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around and realized Celia wasn’t there, and most of the class was watching us and waiting for my answer. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I was sixteen when I started in his class, a week short of eighteen when I graduated from high school. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Once I got used to the routine in school and I picked up some English words, I felt more comfortable in class. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I feel like I finally have a purpose in this class and in life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She follows me from my last class to my locker and out the door. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After class everybody told me he deserved it, but I still caught a detention for it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you feel it after class at any point?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

After the two hours had passed, Pauline clicked the slide projector off and the class sat blinking in the sudden brightness. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Slavery had been outlawed in Britain in 1807, but it still caused contention among some of the British upper class. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started school at the Jewish Lyceum, and several boys in my class were in love with me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The rest of their sixth-period social studies class must have had the same idea, because nearly every table of the library was full. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It had been a premeditated incident; someone had heard them talk, in class, about their plans to come after me, and tipped off Navid. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the 1920s in the United States, high school girls were given special classes in sewing, cooking, and hygiene, while boys learned woodworking and how to use tools. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Anne decided that she could never get Dad’s permission to dress like the other girls in her class, and that it was up to her to take matters into her own hands. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I was in English class and writing about whatever the hell I wanted to, instead of the assignment, I was still doing something I could turn in. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There didn’t seem to be much class warfare here. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

As mentioned above, they are built on a basis of carbon atoms, which are also the indispensable building blocks of the living world, and thus classed as “organic.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

His father had been a military man, his mother a homemaker, solidly middle class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I get a big envelope with cards from a whole class at once. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to take gymnastic classes until they got to be too expensive, and I think he secretly wanted to be a personal trainer. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had been feeling so sick that day that I wasn’t even thinking about Annie until I saw her in our American Literature class. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once, in tenth grade, Joaquin had had to write an essay in his English class about where he would go if he could travel back in time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I check by his locker and his last class of the day, but nothing. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

People were starting to file into class, so the Colonel leaned in toward me and whispered, “If any of ’em are in this class, let me know, okay? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It takes some adjusting from a bow to a gun, but by the end of the day, I’ve got the best score in my class. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But in art class, all you had to do was try. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

His name was Billy, a boy in our class who lived up Snakeroot Hollow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did we have advanced academic classes, we were also taught time-management skills, essay writing, and public speaking. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

While Mr. D was returning the test papers, he gave the class a few minutes of free time to sharpen pencils or stretch or talk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mami goes to a nearby Catholic school and asks the principal if we can sit in on any class till we go back home. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“While I honor the leveling spirit in America that sees no distinction between classes,” he admitted, “one draws the line at your gravy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At one point, Davon pointed to his school and told us about the metal detectors and how they locked all the students inside during classes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

By repetition in class, Shin mastered the alphabet and basic grammar. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In the old days, when we were more consumed by social class, we were also more honest about it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

His class had already said the Pledge of Allegiance and listened to the morning announcements. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They got out of classes for half the day on Wednesday to count, and now it’s Friday morning and I bet they couldn’t sleep last night. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Our class is really intrigued by Emerson because Ms. Gruwell is encouraging us to be independent thinkers and to question authority. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Coming from a station in life which they no doubt would have branded “lower class,” I could not understand why they were so all-absorbed with sexual passion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It started one day during the hour of free time, when the children in their class were playing on the front steps of the school. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a small class, and afterward several of them soon begin going out for drinks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the start of their first class he took the roll call, and when he reached Harry’s name he gave an excited squeak and toppled out of sight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Lauren was in that class and sat in the row next to me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I repeat, “Ramu and I are ready to switch into the smart class.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

All the torments of the one class and the joys of the other are described at length. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The class registered its approval with body language that was the equivalent of silent applause. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could take dance classes and go to the community pool, sure, but she never stuck around long enough to make real friends, much less relive memories with them years later. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Diego escorted me to my new class without asking, and I didn’t tell him how grateful I was. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The word burzhuika comes from the same word as bourgeoisie—the middle class who liked luxury. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Whereas my goal was to keep it a secret, hers was to inform the entire class. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Virgil remembered the last time he’d jumped rope in gym class. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Without a basic education in their own language, they were playing catch-up in schools where classes were taught in a new language, one many of the boys could barely understand. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I'd been just another Yale medical student and had never really thought of fighting until I got shut out of an endotracheal intubation seminar and signed up for a boxing class instead. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

While Mrs. Shannon shows the rest of the class how to make paper snowflakes, Catherine and I sit together in front of the one clunky classroom computer and do Web searches on communication devices. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Out of class, Elxa Dal was charming, soft-spoken, and even a little ridiculous when the mood was on him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Something like, ‘The classes here are just as boring as in the school I’m going to now.’” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

James knew from keyboarding class that the sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” used every letter in the alphabet, so they made that their cipher key. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I look around this class and nobody I see fits into the box I used to put them in. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started to cry and run out of the room and ever- body looked at me and I saw alot of them wasnt the same pepul who use to be in my class. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt ready for the sixth grade and couldn’t wait to be in Miss Honeywell’s class. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Among Chicago’s leading citizens there was always a deep fear of being second class. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Now, that’s class,” he said aloud when he saw the one in the bathroom, easily reachable from the toilet. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The whole class had looked around and now watched as Snape righted himself, scowling. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

You were convinced that you knew it all, and that you could have taught the class, run the building, and gotten it all done better than we could. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As one of Philadelphia’s wealthiest citizens, he could have fled the city, as others from his economic class had done. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Can we do this in class today?” someone else asks. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But for the rest of the class, Mr. Lawson does not mention Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tall girl, whose name was Dinitia Hewitt, watched me with her smile while we all waited on the asphalt playground for classes to start. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And yesterday, after class, he’d shoved the short story anthology deep into his locker, refusing to bring it home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At some point I turned to one of them and said, “Hey, how come I don’t see you guys in any of my classes?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In physics class that day, I tried not to stare at Miss Riley, but I couldn’t help it, and she caught me at it more than once. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had openly defied one of the masters in front of his own class and avoided expulsion. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Did I hear Frieda, my friend, my friend since we were little, trying to make me feel bad in front of the class? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Not only did she have her in class last year, but Fiona’s been getting my assignments from her. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But in fact, they were not of the ruling class. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But that morning, apparently, Birdie was early to class or late leaving wherever she had been before, because Joaquin rounded the gym just as she did. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“We found the building faster than we thought. There’s still twenty minutes before her class ends.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in Ms. Washington’s waiting for class to start, and when Zoey walks in, I brace myself for her evil death stare. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Still, every class period there would be a scramble to see which small group of friends would take possession of the dome. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

On the way to the next class they looked out the windows. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

After taking roll, Mr. Lema gave the class the assignment for the first hour. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I have never slept during a class, though, and I was honestly afraid that if I did, two horrible things would happen. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Kids from Mr. Jackson’s class would be playing the parts of Wilbur and Fern. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Starting to organize, Master W. D. Fard set up a class for training ministers to carry the teachings to America’s black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My next class, American history, was held in an auditorium named for the prophet Joseph Smith. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They were very small classes, and besides, no classroom could have approached it in terms of comfort, or privacy. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rajiv, another film major in my class, asks in a British accent so lovely and warm it could star in its own rom-com. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“If any of you have noticed since September,” Blessington pointed out, “this is English class, not Spanish. Julia-day-Burgos”—he pronounced her name with a thick accent—“wrote only in Spanish.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

So she flies out of class, and sits at the other end of the lunch table. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stood up in front of the class and told them how the Quapaw smoked the peace pipe with the Europeans. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now class was close to starting and people came wandering in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Scalapino started speaking to the class and I did not understand a word she was saying. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first, many of us in the class were not too interested in the legends that occurred in medieval times. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In mid-November, Pearl and Moody, along with the rest of their modern European history class, had gone to the art museum to look at paintings. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once, two girls from my class walked by not far from me, and I called but, “School sure is boring, isn’t it?” but they ignored me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mama jumps back in: “And Jupiter is class president and the head of a number of civic groups, right, honey?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

So what did I want from the class? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mom says, “After you told us about your desire to take a creative writing class, we thought it was perfect. We hope you like it!” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But outside her class, many things still frightened and confused me. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Before class, I’d have to recopy it into Arabic numbers, but one day I didn’t have time, so I turned in the assignment in its binary version. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The goals: go to class, get your grades up, graduate, stay out of jail, survive. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A general groaning from everyone in the class. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hear giggling while I’m at my locker before my Modern Social Thought class. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, I found her between classes at the end of the day. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once I smoothed it out, I could see it was a flyer for an Irish dance class at a neighborhood rec center. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“How was music class today with Ms. Parker?” he asks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

During morning classes, excited students all over the city began to leave their schools. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher lost control of her class and the girls and boys ran to the windows. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the way to my next class I hear the sound of Piper’s laugh. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The classes that I want you to pick up will be with me. You will probably be taking three or four classes with me per term for the rest of your time here.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

How could he be president of the United States if he was only second in his class? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Bobby had been using different forms of fallacious logic to accuse and attack whole classes of people, such as the Jews. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They just sat there at the front of the class and took notes and got As on all the math tests. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Part of the problem is that I have no one to talk to except for the members of my current French class, who mean well but exhaust me with their enthusiasm. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It has everyone in class so excited about the thought of emulating Anne and Zlata. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Why would he be so obsessed as to find out exactly where I sat in my classes? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He lowers his voice, and I hear: "I have a paper due in English class on Wednesday. Moby-Dick. Hope you have time to read it." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

So I shot my hand up as soon as class started the next day. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He thinks it’s horrible that my parents didn’t videotape Mr. Neck’s class or stick up for me the way his folks did. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He read the poem to the class, adding his own comments, and to several other classes as well. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Now, she slipped her hand from his as they walked back to class. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I agreed but, because none of my speech classes ever made a difference, I still prefer to use the word chump. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We knew where the tests were: stacked up and ready to go in the supply room at the front of Mr. Thorp’s class. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Diversity of all sorts— racial, ethnic, and gender—has complicated the class picture. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

As I walk back to class, I can’t stop thinking about how seeing her crying in the bathroom is kind of like seeing a fish flopping on dry land. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Sir, I’m at the top of the class,” I managed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in third grade, I’d wandered over to the cello in music class—it looked almost human to me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, however, Clayton neither sang nor played along when the class sang “You Are My Sunshine.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Since my education classes at National University have become so popular, I was able to create a special college forum in the fall. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s time you learned to stay with your own class instead of nosing around senoritas,” she said between clenched teeth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to focus on classes after that. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"I'm not going to say anything tonight that I could say on the bus or during English class," he said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He saw an article that talked about special classes in the new school that had just been built in New London with tax money from the oil companies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tells the class, Frank McCourt is going to show you how well he learned to write in this class last year. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As the only Latino in their class, Alex wasn’t much higher in the social hierarchy than Dill, but winning a fight usually moved you up a rung. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not Roy’s bicycle. This one was stolen from Trace Middle School earlier this afternoon, shortly after classes let out.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

From this profoundly instructive trauma, I learned to assume the permanent possibility that, however solid the middle-class reinforcements, race could trump class in my life experience. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Boys and girls, next year your class will be looping,” Mrs. Williams said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She’d picked the gym bathroom because it was far from the classrooms and there were no P.E. classes after lunch, but it turned out to be a bad choice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One even wrote Gary Edwards up once and sent him to the principal’s office with a referral, but it had no impact and Gary marched right back into class as if nothing had happened. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling the eyes of the class on her, Molly shrank a little in her chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was a professional, she could teach a class. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Lupin said calmly, as though they were in class, and Hermione had simply spotted a problem in an experiment with grindylows. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On warmer, happier days, after school ended in the afternoon, Shin’s class would sometimes march into the hills and mountains behind the school to collect food and herbs for their guards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

On our right is the outdoor theater—a Greek-style semicircle of stepped cement seats going down to a stage—an area that the upper classes tend to dominate during lunchtime. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, Shirley went with the class to the school cafeteria, but before she could pick up a tray, several boys and girls waved for her to follow them. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

My original plan had been a simple one—I’d hide behind this statue until afternoon classes had started, then make my way to the sky garden to meet up with Tao. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

War was a sure safeguard of sanity, and so far as the ruling classes were concerned it was probably the most important of all safeguards. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But I wish she’d stop acting like I’m the only one in class who would understand a Black perspective. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Anyone who came of age in the Soviet Union during the 1930s was not going to let class awareness affect her commitment to the urgent demands of war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

By the time Jackson’s class started, his eyelids felt heavy as anvils. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I’m in Ms. Saintima’s language arts class, trying to focus. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Now you can understand why I am so excited to stay in Ms. Gruwell’s class for another year. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

While there was still a class divide in the black community, the cooperation among all levels reached an all-time high, but much of the interaction fermented behind the scenes where whites couldn’t see it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like a teacher who takes over a rowdy class, he sought to discipline the student he regarded as the principal troublemaker. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning back to the class at large, he reached into the jar for the next spider and placed it upon the desktop, where it remained motionless, apparently too scared to move. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s so old he teaches a class on Shakespeare because he knew him per-sonally.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In class, she was disappointed when Mrs. Rappaport did not call for volunteers, but asked each student to recite in turn by seats. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’s a Combatant, built tall and lean like a scarecrow, probably best in our class after me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Most of them were freshmen and had been in Leon’s class only a month or so but the teacher’s pattern had already emerged. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Banner called the class to order then, and I turned with relief to listen. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She announced that once our lesson was finished and the class took “the test,” all the students who passed the exam would be eligible to attend a field trip to the Medieval Times restaurant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next day—spodess souls—we walked as a class up the aisle of the church, the girls in white dresses and veils like small brides, the boys in white pants and white shirts. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last twenty years, we've created a new class of "untouchables" in American society, made up of our most vulnerable mothers and their children. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I wonder how I ended up in this class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Here was the source of the mistaken strategy—the reason why activists could so easily ignore class and could consider race alone a sufficient measure of social oppression. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our little brothers are in the same kindergarten class. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Aimee never came to see me that day, or for the next two classes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She went to her seventh- grade classes, to the store, sometimes for walks alone in the park. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well it’s way out of my way. I have to go to class, man, I’ll see you around.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon was buoyant today and his mood had spread throughout the class. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids had history—they’d been in the same class the year before, or soccer league, or Sunday school, or Girl Scouts, or had grown up on the same street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My classes are all on the second floor. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spring of their senior year, Jamie Reynolds had pulled her aside after history class one day. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One person in every class with the highest grade point average receives a certificate. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She’s inside having coffee with Mom, who, embarrassingly, is in her Pilates clothes for her class later today. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But last Thursday in dance class, which is, like, my least favorite class, Mrs. Atanabi, the teacher, tried to make Ximena Chin be my dance partner. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When we get out of class, I keep the conversation about grades as we walk over to Dream & Bean. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

This was the perfect time for some meaningful interaction with the class. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Lucas—the old Lucas—might have pointed out that cutting Mrs. Verne’s class was a new trick, but I still get it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His fingers were ice-cold, like he’d been holding them in a snowdrift before class. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As racism rhetorically replaced poverty as the key social oppression, Americans learned to look beyond class in considering social oppression. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You get killer grades, you graduate top of your class, you have your pick of teaching positions.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the teens of Shaker Heights—whose main exposure to Shakers was singing “Simple Gifts” in music class—could feel that drive for perfection still in the air. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In class, too, I just started basically blanking out every period, every day. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s in Hampshire. My class is doing a sort of residential field trip. Kind of environmental study research skills.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then in math class, when I finish rummaging in my backpack for my homework, I look down at my desk to see a folded piece of paper. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

One time, I took on the whole class and won. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a dearth of pens that day in class. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t even been to one day of classes and you’re already doing something idiotic that could get you into trouble.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Black students made up less than 9 percent of my freshman class. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was a long way from panic, but I knew what frostbite was—Coach Gainer had covered it in his health class—and I knew the danger of being wet in such cold temperatures. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the last day of classes before summer break, and while he was excited to do nothing for the next several weeks except train, Jam was—as always—on some hunt for information. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s great you are in flute class with Deb,” Mom says, suddenly talkative. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Determined to prove she was her brother’s equal, in addition to Greek, Elizabeth began to study Latin and mathematics with a class of older boys at the Johnstown Academy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Browne asked me about it in English class, but it wasn’t like, what the heck is that thing on your head?! Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

As she made that comment a history class that met a few yards down the hall did not have a teacher. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As societies grew increasingly complex, the old classes became more heterogeneous. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In my Astronomy class we visited each of Jupiter’s moons. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’ll lie and insist that there’s been a computer error and that I am supposed to be in the Distinguished Scholars class, even though I suck in English and have a learning disability. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He brought a few extra copies of the paper for the class, and passed them around for anyone who hadn’t seen it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked her stack of papers to the front of the class and handed them to Mr. Quisling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My teacher Ms. Schwartz told us something bad happened to her, but wouldn’t tell us what, so I looked it up after class. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They made it clear that their race, economic state, and the classes they were taking made them popular and better then anyone else. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There also grew up a whole class of speechwriters, or logographoi. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sandy peers at the class over his round, tinted spectacles. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Turning toward the class again, buddies with them—him and the class against the cheat. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the spring classes began, I resumed my commitment with formal education. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not you. Shay can write it for me. She took a class, back when she was trying to get to the Smoke.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At the end of class, I offered him his pencil back. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You see, all your friends in class have become members,” said the teacher. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

For her class picture, she wore her hair in a flip like Gidget and a nurse’s cap that looked like white dove wings. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Well, it looks like they’re the losers because they don’t know how great this class really is many guest speakers and travel to museums and social functions. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stumbled backward, not caring if he missed English class, or the rest of school, or even the rest of his life. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Better looking, even, as they studied for AP tests and talked about GPAs and class rank. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I knew this because one of my class­mates had died of it the year before and the teacher had told us they had waited too long to take him to a surgeon. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Too many in a freshman class would probably lower the college’s average SAT score, thereby damaging its ranking by U.S. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Since all the private schools had been closed and the public schools were being reevaluated, who knew when classes would start again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Every autumn, the teacher asks us to write about summer vacation and read it to the class. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Always take any chance you get to perform in front of an audience,” Ms. Holly told our class. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I mean, they encourage you to yell out in class. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Before leaving New York, I enrolled in a monthlong French class taught by a beautiful young Parisian woman who had us memorize a series of dialogues from an audiocassette that accompanied our textbook. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s a paper I wrote for my English class on Trampita. My teacher liked it,” I said proudly. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even in bio class, where they went into the details, it didn’t sound that bad. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I refused completely that they should put him in a special class. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Since there were no classes, other students were staying home too. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May his luck keep him in classes and us in drinks.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It happened on the second day of school, when Sumbul and I arrived late for class. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it was ever in a book or a class. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver Wood kept hurrying up to him between classes and giving him tips. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When we weren’t writing letters or attending classes, each of us went pretty much his own way. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The first day of class was easy enough, but he was still distracted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But before I could actually say it, the bell rang and it was off to history class, where I had to sit with it all. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“We actually read something about this in one of my classes the other day. It’s normal. Children are curious about things like that at an early age, but they don’t really understand it.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was quarterback on the Muscatine high school football team, a starting guard in basketball, the president of his class and its valedictorian. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Eleanor was reading the map for him, but she'd never read a map outside of class before—and between the two of them, they kept making wrong turns. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Especially on Wednesday afternoons when, at 1:45 sharp, half of my class went to Hebrew School at Temple Beth-El, and, at 1:55, the other half went to Catechism at Saint Adelbert’s. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to be as clear as I could, and acted as if I myself were teaching the class rather than merely acting as a springboard for Rav Gershenson’s comments. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Come what may for Terryl, the smallest girl in her class. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Point to four quarter notes or four icons while the class pats a steady beat. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It included English, where the class spent the first ten minutes going over the homework assignment for Monday and the next forty-five minutes doing the homework assignment for Monday. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Has your class been doing a Running Unit?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In this Girls are class on dance teams—those travling ones. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

While my cousin and her friends shower in the open, I wait on a bench, pretending to study my class schedule. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two days later the photographer came to take class pictures. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids in the class are, though. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized that everyone would’ve known—or even noticed—that I’d walked out of class and hadn’t been back most of the week. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hermione had stopped drawing attention to herself in class, keeping her head down and working in silence. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“No, but I have a special class second period where I get help with my work.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You are,” she sputtered, “a bad boy. A very bad boy. You cannot join the rest of the class until your mother comes in.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The whole class gets laughing so hard I forget that Addie is in serious trouble. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The only people I’d have to worry about in that class are the really cool and popular people who think that they’re better than everyone else is. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had to wait for two kids in front of me to get hollered at, one because he did something in class, the other because he didn’t. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like yesterday, he says my name at the beginning of class, but this time adds, “I’ll see you tonight.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and I could hear the kids changing classes in the hall. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I guess about half the kids in our class are Black. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“This is not a pure karate class, Ms. Brennan—we incorporate several martial arts. But we do use a little Japanese, so if you don't understand something, always feel free to ask.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been up since seven for a run before class. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I think about running out so she can’t pull the evil eye on me again, but Hairwoman, my English teacher, is patrolling the hall and I forgot to go to her class. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Mrs. Lyons and Annabelle and the whole class, really, pretended it hadn’t happened, though you could feel the energy of pretending in the air. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, you did, but still. Edmund’s missed class before,” said Julian, looking distressed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pauline was full of questions, as she had been that second day of class: Why did you set the camera so low in this one? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My new dance class at the Rock School was so much more fun than the class I had been taking. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me and Kate are going to have to run back to make it before classes start. We need to meet up again to figure out how were going to deal with this.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Meng is a responsible, reliable type who was the valedictorian of his class. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk through the halls and stand at my locker and sit in class and wait for my teachers and classmates to give me a knowing look or say, “Someone’s not a virgin anymore.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t—” I wasn’t sure I had the control to put this question—“mind if I wound up head of the class, would you?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst had been when Mr. Jeffries, my art teacher, had asked the class if someone would pair up with me to help me get my paints ready. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while someone will even walk with me to the next class. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I dropped out of all those math classes. I’m studying English now, like Daddy did.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My younger sister was in the class below me; we were normal ages and normally separated. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But unlike mine, the purpose of his class was to make the participants confess their mistakes or crimes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only I’d told Ocean to go away after he followed me out of Mr. Jordan’s class. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I remember he hurt his ankle in gym class last month. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The last time I saw James was during the summer when our whole class had to meet up at the school to have our senior pictures taken. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gunthrie tossed the class list back onto his desk and stood at the front of the room, hands clasped behind his back, square jaw high. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Lexie had taken an art history class at the museum the previous summer. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the afternoon class came whooping into room 145 on Wednesday, the kids were surprised to see a TV and a VCR on a cart next to Mr. Larson’s desk. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Like straight-up covered in layers upon layers of fat and the whole class is looking at me like a tub of lard, naked. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As each class drew to an end, she braced herself in case she ran into Trip in the hall, rehearsed what she’d say. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d cut my last two classes to clock an extra hour on my shift card after my boss texted that a lot of people had called in sick. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It was like when I did the class presentation, f d been sure I was going to faint then too. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe you’ll be in class together next year—in high school. Speaking of, any thoughts about where you want to go yet?” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe she knew that I wouldn't have been able to focus in class, probably resulting in me getting in trouble for finally letting one of them fake hair flippers have it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

They were at the top of the steps now, watching the rest of the class pass them, heading for the Great Hall and lunch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

After all the classes arrive, the principal gets on the stage. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There are no deviations from the class schedule. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ralph Joseph, my math teacher, explained to my class how presidential succession took place and told us Lyndon Johnson had become our new president. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Emily would have felt relief about that except that he carried James’s note with him as he strode back to the front of the class. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Smiling slightly at the look of delighted incredulity on Neville’s face, Professor McGonagall tapped a blank schedule with the tip of her wand and handed it, now carrying details of his new classes, to Neville. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I gather my books and head to English class. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I spent the spring of 1993 working furiously to set up an office and hire a small staff so that we could have a class of Allies in place by the fall. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You understand that this is an honors English class.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In an instant, the class began to move about, but not out of the room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I nodded, wishing that Frankie and I had gotten them something better than the apron and handkerchiefs I’d sewn in home economics class and the Popsicle ornaments and drawings Frankie had made. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

We get to my science class and stop at the door. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I blend in with the throng and make my way to gym class. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

That was in the middle of math class, while I was staring out the window as the class checked the homework I hadn’t done. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Missed you in class today,” I noted as I sat down on my bed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I looked at the class through the story of the turtles. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been easier if the teachers assigned the teams, like Mrs. Shields did in social studies class for our Egypt project. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We cheer until it’s time to go to class. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I volunteered to read a poem in front of the class. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rumor was that she’d have to be held back a year if she didn’t get her grades up, but so far she was managing to stay in our class. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I’ve ever said anything much in class before. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

This table shows how many points students’ test scores rose from the time they started classes in September to the time they stopped in June. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But thirty in my history class definitely seemed doable. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was being called on regularly now in the Talmud class, and there were no silences when I read and explained a passage. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In English class, everyone badgered Mr. Birk-way to finish reading the journal entry that he had begun yesterday, the one about Mrs. Corpse and the body, but Mr. Birkway did not read any more journals. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I would walk into my classes and there they were, right there in my classroom. I was walkin’ down the hall, there they were. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a 20-year-old, white child of the working class, Those horizons were far closer than I like to admit. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he even took a group of them to attend Trade Union classes that were held in Alleppey. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point in class, she’s so bored that she takes it out of her mouth and starts playing with it between her fingers. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Now that class is over, I dash over to Sara’s desk. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I go there too. We have the same Spanish class,” I tell her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Just wish Monday was in class with me.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Oohs and aahs follow me as I go to the front of the class in my costume. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“We have a bunch of the same classes.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The rest of the class raised their hands. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And we know how to get ourselves down to picture day just fine—or at least the rest of my class does. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The gym teacher let Naheed’s class have a study hall, but no one was allowed to even whisper. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Once the wellspring of hope, Levittown is now ground zero in America’s new narratives: income inequality, the fraying of the working class, suburban poverty. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And the next day he'd tell her to try a new joke in Mrs. Stevens's class. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When we start to encounter other kids—kids without classes this period, kids also cutting—she grows a little more cautious. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The company hired young blacks with college degrees—nearly always the children of an already elite class. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If the entire class that had started the ninth grade here had finished, it would have been a very long ceremony. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I’m partnered up with Simone, athlete extraordinaire, for our weights unit, so there’s no opportunity to talk to Tats in class. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When the priest had built his first school, it had only a thatched roof, and classes that couldn’t fit inside were held under a mango tree. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Most of the class seemed confused, but then Matt Kapok, a kid in the front row, offered fifty cents. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I head to the front office to pick up my class schedule, which is what the “Welcome to Chumley” email they sent to Dad told me to do. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Now, class, everyone listen up. You two back there,” Sister Loretta said, talking to Ben and Mary Anne. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I tell this story to Mrs. Miller’s class, I don’t do the talking parts. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“But we’re only a few minutes late,” I said, recalling the discussion we had in Mrs. Taylor’s class about the film in which a boy argues with his father. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I sailed into class feeling sunny and hopeful, but now here I am. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

All week, in class and rehearsal, I see him trying to catch my eye. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, In class today we discussed how double standards exist for men and women. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a murmur from the class at this. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was only in second grade, but already the kids in my class didn’t like fairy tales much anymore. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s not attending the class, from what I understand, which can make it very difficult to learn the language.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I sit in History class, doodling on the side of the page. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think most of the kids in class either groan or sigh or roll their eyes, me included. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Primary school students attended class six days a week. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Bella has Gym next hour, and I don’t think she feels well enough. Actually, I was thinking I should take her home now. Do you think you could excuse her from class?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But whatever happens, I will never forget Donoghue or our eighth- grade class. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured out pretty quickly that a lot of the kids at my new school had learning challenges or behavior issues, which is why the classes were kept small. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Fights still break out at lunch, during passing periods, and in other classes for stupid reasons like somebody walked through a group of people who were different than them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Three-quarters think the chances of moving up to a higher class are the same as or greater than thirty years ago. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Protozoa,” he would announce to his class, “I want to introduce you to some other voices in the outside world before life sinks her claws into you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loitering on Earth potentially meant finding oneself abruptly classed as biologically unacceptable, a menace to the pristine heredity of the race. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I scrolled down and found a list of classes that Professor Thomas would teach when the fall semester started in a few weeks. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Koenig, his gym teacher, made him leave class early and take a shower. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders has got her arms raised, telling people to get to class. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I made friends in my class, drawn to the kids who, like me, seemed eager to be there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He stands up like he’s been waiting his whole life for the opportunity to address the combined social studies and science classes. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Despite her air of frivolity, she was near the top of her class—officially, Shaker did not rank its students, to reduce competitive feelings, but she knew she was somewhere in the top twenty. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

More recently, Benny was the boy who helped her find her locker and walked her to classes on the first day of middle school. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We were in Room 5 on the ground floor at the back of the house, waiting for a class to start. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like liking comes with giggling and walking people to class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And he was creating this professional class of his. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Frankie, how about doing something for Junior Scandals?” he said enthusiastically as we walked into class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Thursday morning, we are on our way to Oscar’s house for class, Sam and Mundín and I. His chauffeur has the day off, so Mr. Washburn is driving. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When I get to English class, Mr. Wise gives us a villainous smile that can only mean he’s finished grading our short essay quizzes on Thoreau. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“All classes are to meet in the auditorium in ten minutes for an important assembly.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rubin said she had to go back to class but that she would call Mom and Dad later to check in. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

In flute class on Friday, I watch Deb and try to follow her fingers and look at the notes at the same time. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She had completely forgotten now about the rest of the class. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

In English class, Ben had to give his mythology report. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But class is still a powerful force in American life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was like that until I transferred to Ms. Gru- well’s class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My present French class involves no dialogue memorization, but still I find myself wearing the Walkman, mainly as a form of protection. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“One day she told the class, ‘Nancy Clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day after the accident, our class had a substitute. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

A couple of teachers have talked about class projects and group projects that are due. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were lucky we were cutting class down by Propp’s pond. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the rest of the class went by according to plan—her plan. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re so much more than a “class,” they act like a family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My sister forbade me to have a first-period class, because she refused to drive me to campus at the crack of dawn, and I dutifully obliged. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Pauline Hawthorne had taught the advanced photography class at the school for many years, right up until the year she had died. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wants us to write in our class journals every day, but promises not to read them. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Could Mama actually be winning the class over? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Some of my former teachers have had four or five favorite students in the class and overlooked the rest entirely. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Especially my mother, who, after Aurelia got out of drug rehab, begged her to come to a dance class with her so she could stay busy and keep her mind off getting lost again. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

For the next ten minutes, Mr. Larson walked the class through all the steps in the process—things that would happen before the hearing, at the hearing, and after the hearing. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“No, man. It’s not for class. I’m reading it for me, actually.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems Principal Wertz called my mother when I failed to come back for the rest of third period, or show up for my fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-period classes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The dried corsages were thrown out long ago, the diplomas and class pins and photos must be down in my mother’s cellar, in the steamer trunk along with the tarnishing silver. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After homeroom we have a Thanksgiving assembly, and then the rest of our classes will be shortened. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When we break for class, I casually walk to the bathroom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

During the school year I was excused from class for an hour or two to serve at a funeral mass. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

KdF was a national German organization that was supposed to make leisure activities available to the masses, regardless of social class. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I spent most of the summers at my grandparents’ house while my mother took classes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thus equipped, she’d begun her classes: Figure Drawing I, Light and Color I, Survey of Art I, Introduction to Critical Studies, and—with the most excitement—Introduction to Photography, taught by the renowned Pauline Hawthorne. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In a country where the overwhelming majority of people identify themselves in polls as “middle class,” there seemed to be no consensus as to what class meant, let alone whether it mattered. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ll check out the exhibits as soon as I’m done with my classes.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In spite of my little display of weirdness that Tuesday in class, I showed up at practice on Wednesday afternoon as if nothing had happened. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Your report,” Mr. Petrelli continued to the class, “can be on...” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I felt nervous, even just sitting in the same class with him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was president of the junior class now, would undoubtedly be elected president of the senior class, and none of that mattered anymore. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her seat remained empty for the entire class. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

After class he puts his hand on my arm and leans forward like he is—oh no! A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She was already becoming class conscious, aware of appearances and decorum. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I didn't even realize when I first walked in that class had already started. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Fina isn’t at school yet when my bus arrives, so I go straight to homeroom and don’t see her until English class. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But as he entered his next class, he rode the wave of courage he had before it dissipated. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The moment the class stepped onto the school yard, Kelly dashed out of the girls’ line and over to George. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Meryl Lee said that she was up to half a box of Kleenex per class, which has got to be some kind of world record. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m sure. Your flyer stood out from the class. And of all the portfolios I asked students to submit on the first day of class, yours was the most impressive!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad to have you in my class.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“And all the former, the poor as well as the rich, belong to the upper class, and are respected and treated as equals.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

El turns to me and whispers, “I’m sorry, Will. We’ll get here early next class. I promise.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She tried to find her bearings in this new class she was in. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then I hear something that sounds like the megaphone that the coach uses when we’re in gym class. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Even if the papers were read out loud in class, the discussions were usually brief, as the combination of good manners and complete lack of interest kept most workshop participants from expressing their honest opinions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Now Scout’s outside of his French class, talking to Piper. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, the playground formed into girls’ and boys’ lines for each class. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Cabin eleven was too nervous to have sword class with me after what I’d done to the Ares folks in the woods, so my lessons with Luke became one-on-one. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was at this moment—standing in front of the whole class for a presentation on Iran—that I knew for certain, he didn’t speak English. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

One Monday, all school classes were suspended indefinitely. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought it might be the way you proved your knowledge of the material and moved to a more advanced class,” I said innocently. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought about leaving it for her in class, but I had the sense that it might end up getting me in trouble. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure it’d been a guy, and I found myself looking at Rahkim and Malcolm and realized I was looking at the only two other black guys in class. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The hall was also where they had gym classes, and underneath the food smell there was an aromatic reminder of several generations of sweaty children. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t even think everyone in this class is supposed to be in here, because there’s a white boy in the corner looking down at his schedule, hoping that he’s in the wrong room. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, after he has taught his last class, he visits the library, to read international newspapers on long wooden poles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three grades times two classes times twenty kids is one hundred and twenty. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I may look middle class,” said McClellan, who is forty- five, with a square, honest face and a barrel chest. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Right while I was sitting there daydreaming in Latin class. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the corridor we quickly discussed what classes we had next. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The class laughed except for Gilbert, P. K., and Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After much choking, during which his various chins turned purple, he managed to get it out: “If you have your lower animals to contend with,” he said,“we have our lower classes!” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Char and them are in a different math class than me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The guy sitting behind me groans and mutters about how much he hates writing and thought this was history class, but Mr. Griffiths ignores him and keeps speaking. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a single person I expected to see less at a quilting class than Nan. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone kept glancing around at what the rest of the class was doing; this was both an advantage and a disadvantage of Potions, that it was hard to keep your work private. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the entire class seemed to rise up against the Headmistress. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

In 1845, as part of his monastic education, Mendel attended classes in theology, history, and natural sciences at Brno’s Theological College. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I would always run to see her after class to tell her about my day. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then she announces to the class, “There will be no fighting in or outside of my classroom. I have a zero-tolerance policy for violence. Is that understood?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When a smattering of education was considered a good thing for workers, some mills offered classes at night at no charge. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shin spent all five years of primary school in class with this same teacher, who was in his early thirties, wore a uniform, and carried a pistol in a holster on his hip. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The class started the way all new classes start, with the stating of names. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

While the rest of the class shares their acrostics, I write a new one in the margin of my notebook, shielding it with my arm so no one can see. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She looked at the large image of her graduating class in their seats, wearing their hats and shiny gowns. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In January, all of Coach Reed’s classes were starting a new unit in PE: Physical Fitness and Endurance. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She looks older somehow than she did in June, when we were in the same class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Grandpa Dan wasn’t in the camps, thank God. He was born in America, just like you. That’s because my family came over to this country in the early 1900s, second class. Not steerage.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t she grand? Well, class, this is your chance. Immerse yourself in this experience. Have a listen to her story.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Although he was small—in school photographs he is always in the front row, the shortest kid in the class—Chris was strong for his size and well coordinated. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still had about half an hour until class started. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Columbia. Let me think a moment. Isn’t that the school that’s on strike to protest the war, so there aren’t any classes?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you girls need to be in class?” she asks, looking at all of us suspiciously. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Tellwright took one bite, made a slight grimace, put her fork down, and said, chirpily, “Well, dear, perhaps a cooking class would be in order.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We spent the rest of class trying to think of the worst possible combinations. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When we talk about the advantages of class, Lareau argues, this is in large part what we mean. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“He isn’t in any hospital. The word is he’s still at school, and he’s going to his afternoon classes. Limping a little, but not really hurt.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I knew that Dad’s political study class, like mine, studied Chairman Mao’s works and Party Central Committee documents. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a prep period after lunch, so I know he won’t have students in his class. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Beyond being occasionally paired up for class projects, Henry and I had very little interaction. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Every teacher at school used overhead projectors to put their notes up on the wall during class. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

More than 70 percent of all criminal cases in the Chicago area involve a class D felony drug possession charge, the lowest-level felony charge. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Since my birthday’s in August, I’m also younger than most kids in my class. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Ultimate Saturday is when Gracie and her dad do something special, just the two of them, like gourmet cooking classes or trapeze school. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He spends the rest of the class going over the answers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There are kids at school who took that Red Cross class and actually want to babysit. I can get you names. Hire them. I won’t be able to watch them once soccer season starts, anyway.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We talked about college at the dinner table, my parents paid for me to take SAT prep classes, they took me to visit colleges and they even helped me fill out my applications. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I swear, if you didn’t need that scholarship, I’d take you out of that program. I’m not sending you there to be in no cooking class. What that got to do with getting into college?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Matters were not helped by Charles stumbling in—obviously drunk—about twenty minutes into the class. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

George didn’t pay attention when the class stopped to regroup. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I've got a theory,” the Colonel said as I walked in the door after a miserable day of classes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It belonged to Joseph, who sat behind her in class. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He has kept some of the notes from classes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I never would have guessed that Lin-lin—so quiet in class that I hardly knew she was there—would be so sharp. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was doing my best to catch up in my other classes, but some days the workload felt insurmountable. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He was arranging his blackboard against a tree stump on the first day of classes when a woman, some relative of Special Julius’s, brought her daughter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And for thousands of students, that initial disadvantage is the difference between going to college—and having a real shot at the middle class — and not. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I couldn't get a thought together in class, where I was supposed to think and speak—how could I ever say anything coherent at a college party? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the melodramatic self-centeredness to be a goth, or show up to class enough to play the geek. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was only one kid out of our 700-student graduating class who was going to Harvard, and that was not me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

My father continued to take English classes, so determined was he to master the language. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

That made sense: Chess was taller than practically every other boy his age; Finn was one of the shortest kids in his class. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

So when they decided to start mainstreaming us into the regular classes, the electric chair was really helpful. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But he smiles at us as we file into class. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I did well in my classes, especially in math and science, which confounded some of the other kids, since my English was still raw. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Monday brings some good news—my first A on a test in Ms. Rucker’s class. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He sends pictures of math proofs from his AP math class, his AP English required reading list, pictures of beakers and petri dishes from his biology and chemistry classes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It all grew out of the fact that an assignment the class was reading just barely mentioned something called an oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“During our class party, I hid a Halloween cookie somewhere in my desk.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The music teacher, Mrs. Lovelace, had been the first to volunteer to open her class to us. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

During library period, which came next, a lot of people got stuff to read about oracles, and that afternoon there was another discussion in class. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our sole aim is to get the four high schools reopened and our students back in their classes.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exam is only on the stuff we studied in class. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Either of you girls like dancing? We have a cool class going on right now.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Imam Malik looks helpless as our class bombards him with questions. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The floor of his locker was littered with empty snack bags that Jasmine had slid through the door vent between classes over the last two days. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I think Marylou’s got a class I can get into tomorrow night.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My buddies had sent me homework from the classes I’d missed, so I started to tackle that pile of mindlessness. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I described how in Brooklyn we didn’t have to wear uniforms to school, but on Fridays there was a class called assembly in a big auditorium, and all the kids had to wear white shirts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The only person in the class who got every single question correct is . . . Melody Brooks.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily he should have been a magnet for me, the center of all the excitement and influences in the class. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She makes me drag a twenty-pound bag of potatoes to cooking class. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The successful members of the senior class were merely going through the motions. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neely asked to see me after class today. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Madison wanted to take slavery off the national agenda because he believed that decisive action would result in the destruction of either the Virginia planter class or the nation itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For what seemed like forever, every murmur in class and in the hallways was about me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He commented on the fact that we were surrounded by people of all classes, of all ages, of all nationalities. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

We live in Texas, right on the Gulf, and it’s hot, but Biddy wearing that coat summer and winter, in class and out. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Certainly, when classes were going on, you weren’t supposed to walk past. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mad Max they were calling me, or Max Factor, or this one butthead in L.D. class called me Maxi Pad, until I persuaded him otherwise. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She asked me who I wanted to ask from my class, and I said everyone in my homeroom plus Summer. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

How far behind in my classes would I be? Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe that poacher had even already been in one of her classes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mothers know everything and she’s always looking into our mouths to see if there’s any class of disease. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I begin my school day in a French class; in the afternoon, it’s Chinese; and in the evening, I am busy with my Khmer class. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been taught how—Dad and I took a class at the community center. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes. You know. If you find yourself feeling angry in class. You could just leave the classroom. A time-out.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Let’s call it a day,” Mr. Hayes says at the front of class. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I was anxious not to be late for class on my first day. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her class ended at eight, but I wanted to see the room where—not so long ago—I had struggled over simple reading and writing and learned to count change of a dollar. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As Soheil talks, I feel bile rising in my throat, but I also begin to remember more of the White Rose story from history class. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I know from art class that a spectrum is all the colors of the rainbow. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re going to stay here, you have to get something in your system. If you don’t, it’s back to class.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

No Upper Middler, which was the name for our class in the Devon School, had ever tried. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was in the third grade, Doc Lassiter came up to the school with an eye chart, and all of the children in my class were put in a line to read it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was the only one in class who didn’t laugh at that. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Brother Quang’s report cards, each ranking him first in class, beginning in kindergarten. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The only thing that was completely high class was the trees. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she was in the fourth grade, her class had gone on a trip to visit historical places in Manhattan. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, the Blue Ridge Mountains were sensationally beautiful and conveniently sited for the benefit of a new class of motoring tourist. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a roar of laughter from the back of the class. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we had a memorization test, the teacher let each of us come to his desk and say the lesson to him privately, while the rest of the class practiced copying or tracing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We joke around about that whole “only two black kids in the class are supposed to date” thing. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There were a few trying experiences such as being blocked from passage to class by a few rough, tough-looking sideburners, boys who I’m sure if separated would not attack a mouse. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than half the class wanted to read today, but most of them were girls. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I also think that all the kids in that SP class took away something very special, the notion that each of us had intellectual gifts to spend as we chose. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I am very calm, as if I’m in science class conducting an experiment. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Merchandisers, for example, might look at two golfers, one lower middle class, the other wealthy, and know that they read the same golf magazine, see the same advertisements, and possibly buy the same quality driver. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But all I can think about is Hudson and Ben passing love notes in class. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In my other classes I make sure to answer all the questions. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I am reminded of a story Ms. Gruwell read in her sophomore class, and I recently saw on video. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

So after our classes, Takumi drove us to Coosa “We Cater to Your Spiritual Needs” Liquors. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Today’s a minimum day, so each class is shorter, which means I get to meet up with my friends at break earlier than usual. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In my penmanship class at school, we had recently graduated from pencil to ink. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In those days the upper classes hired champions to fight it out—which came to the same thing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I catch Anthony watching me, but he looks away, saying he should get to the library before class. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I had lunch before class in the high school quad and noticed that, like everywhere else, it was really separated by race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just shoved it into her hand after class and run. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what Jack answered because 1 walked out of the class without anyone knowing I had been there. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“My whole family is full of artists. They kept signing me up for art classes but...I wasn’t very good at it.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then Stewart put down the Dobro and said he had to go to class, but as soon as he got back he’d take them to Bridgeport. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that poacher had even already been in one of her classes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mercifully, a beep rang out from above, allowing me to scamper off to biology class. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’s a year above me, so we don’t have classes together and never have the same lunch period. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Eventually, they categorized proportions into 10 different classes, with names like the harmonic mean. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When my teacher says, So write down what all of this means to you, our heads bend over our notebooks, the whole class silent. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

This meant that with Lupin’s anti-dementor classes, which in themselves were more draining than six Quidditch practices, Harry had just one night a week to do all his homework. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She has a little red speck on her cheek, probably paint from art class. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Blanca, I hate that supermarket job and I’ve no classes tonight so don’t ask me right now what I want. Right now just let me watch Jeopardy, okay?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When I first began taking ballet classes, we used to dance with colorful scarves. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Weren’t you in my gym class last year? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m going to work hard at not being noticed in that class. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The class recited the standard response in unison. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel frowned along with the rest of the class. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Go through the Professional Assessment Rubric, and honestly appraise yourself in terms of how you behave currently as a student in your classes. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

After hearing of Philip Johnson’s demonstration, General Vogel authorized the recruitment of that first class of twenty-nine Navajo Marines. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t stop talking or bouncing around in class. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One day, last year—at a different high school—I was sitting in math class and this guy I barely knew wouldn’t stop staring at me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall’s classes were always hard work, but today was especially difficult. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

During the whole class, he never relaxed his stiff position on the edge of his chair, sitting as far from me as possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So when are you moving on to the Socrates part of the class?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what I like about military barbers? You guys are such high class people. I mean it. Sincerely, I do. The absolute cream of military personnel. Handsome, aristocratic, urbane, without being affected.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had entered kindergarten two years earlier, I was the only Oriental in the class. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t you like to sign up for an art class?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

For those few months I was in school, back in freshman fall, Angela and I were in the same comp sci class. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Gym class. We’re running partners until the end of the month,” I say, realizing that I’m already kind of sad that the month will end. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I went to more classes and fewer protests, until I steered clear of demonstrations completely. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Isabella runs off to class, but Julia waits like she wants to see what me and Tyler are going to do. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Rather than the blank canvas I feared during my conversation with Josh, I saw myself volunteering with the MSA, shining in my classes, and having time for myself. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Eras and his circle were respected members of the British upper classes, and Charles found it easy—and stimulating—to be with them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had just the thing to keep me busy until the class came together for arts and crafts. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he had realized this, he might not have classed it light-heartedly as a “Not-hawk”—that is, anything from a wren to a pheasant—and continued on his way up the slope. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was the only person in class who'd read her poem like it wasn't an assignment. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“If you are both ready to move on, the entire class is waiting for you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you. You’re new, aren’t you? We heard we were getting a new girl in our class. I’m Vanessa. This is Bridget.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She has gone from welfare statistic in the early 1990s to credit card-carrying member of the middle class, a woman for whom there are now few statistics, so rare has her experience been. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

First, blacks tend to be first-generation middle class, as in Whitiker’s case, which means they have fewer resources to draw upon as they navigate the middle-class world. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe you just happened to end up with a group of girls because of the class you had right before lunch. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

So when the course ended, I didn't sign up for more classes. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His silence is an awkward one, like those times in history class when we reviewed monumental events from the BDC days. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He rifled through Shin’s pockets and those of the forty other six-year-olds in his class. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The middle class rather is tempted by the pastoral impulse to deny its difference from the lower class—even to attempt cheap imitations of lower-class life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They send one another secret signals as they pass between classes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay, class, let’s wrap it up,” Mr. Willis said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I miss a few days of class to paint scrims?!” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My class starts in fourteen minutes. It’s an hour long, and afterward we'll go out to eat.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I went off to ballet class wearing the pink cap-sleeved leotard with the low neckline. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I won’t. The whole junior class is planning it. And it’s not like anyone is going to get hurt or anything. Because, well, remember Speaker Day?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The class goes one after the other: Always dreaming of my next meal, we all laugh. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

These were the sorts of questions we would either discuss in class or write a short answer to. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

David didn’t say anything about it being a high school class, and I loved him for it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phil was reading the obituaries, and every few minutes he discovered a person who had the same last name as a kid in the class. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I was in seventh grade, art class had gotten far more sophisticated, and I looked forward to learning new creative skills. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The warm air from above smelled like mildew and rotten wood and something else ... a smell I remembered from biology class. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few other people I couldn’t stand, like Hosie Roach, the mill boy in my class at school. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Moushumi goes to her mailbox to look for her class roster. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The poems we read in class were her expressions of love to Robert Browning, her husband. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Go to your class and ask for your homework assignment,” Mrs. Flynn said. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“No, there aren’t any forms for you to sign. All I need is my computerized class schedule from Lake Windsor Middle. No forms. No mothers.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While sitting in class one day I was startled to hear whistles blowing and bells ringing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The class respected what Brad had tried to do, and Ralph was struck by a sudden thought: Brad was exactly the sort of boy who could understand a mouse who rode a motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

And so the spring passed—me making a fool of myself in class, the herders butting heads with the homesteaders, Ma tinkering up a storm. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had classes on Monday: Greek and French. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dasch was familiar with most of the men in the class from reading their files and questioning them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Following their morning class, there was an hour for lunch, and from one o'clock to two o'clock the men read American magazines and newspapers so they were familiar with current events. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

One day, she flatly told me that it didn’t matter to her if I showed up because the class ran smoother when I wasn’t there. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In Mr. Quisling’s class the next day, Emily eyed James slumped in his desk next to her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The more he browsed the University of Chicago catalogue online, the more classes he saw that he’d like to take, and the more boring his routinized office job seemed by comparison. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there’s one thing our immigrant class would like to contribute to this country, it’s fancier dresses and more dancing at your receptions. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But she wouldn’t leave, so they pulled Miss Saunders out of class and got somebody else to cover her for a while. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When class is over, he gets up so fast, he knocks his desk to its side, and instead of picking it up, he storms out of the room. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

After the commotion I had already made in the class, I decided to be as meek as I possibly could the rest of the morning. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He's not at all interested in uplifting things—freedom and necessity, woman's rights and all that. You know, the sickness of our class—Brother, darling." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a hugger, and whenever you did something good in her class, it ended up with her pulling you close and telling you just how good you were. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, In Ms. Gruwell’s class today, we played the “Peanut Game.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cannon’s class was only halfway down this same corridor. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

To Blevins, like many other students of limited means, every week of going to classes seemed like another week of losing money—money that might have been made at a job. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t realize this was someone’s spot. I was catching up on some homework before class. Needed a quiet place to work.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was always on high alert as I moved from class to class, praying I didn’t cross paths with him. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even though the rest of our class thinks he’s completely full of it, I think it might be true. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Today, because this is America and you are not destined to remain in the class into which you were born, I live in a house with four bathrooms, and there is always enough hot water. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t surprised—he knew the classes were connected to the hidden messages—but he did wonder exactly how it all fit together. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There is a class that controls a country that is stupid and does not realize anything and never can. That is why we have this war.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The principal tracked me down in history class and ordered me out into the hall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s a big, wide-shouldered linebacker, and it looks a little funny, but that’s an advantage of being the sole black guy in class. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"Except you don't smell as good as a flower. In fact, you stink," Shyam, the new class bully, told her, and his friend Srikant snickered. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I have to run. You know how the class can get when I’m not there on time.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Maxy was trying to clean up the mess and calm the class down when Mrs. Jarzab returned with blood on her jacket and pointed at me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The group walked to their morning classes, splintering as they broke off to find their homerooms. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We stopped outside the door to my first class. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though we have two classes together, we never talk about important stuff. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sitting through class was rough, but the worst was when Maxie Brown passed me in the hall. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Like they were completely alone instead of in the middle of the sidewalk while students streamed around them, hurrying to class. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I just go to classes in order to keep my cover as a second-year architecture student. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had class; Yossarian was not sure what class was, but he knew that they had it and he did not, and that they knew it, too. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She jabbed a finger toward a cute, dark-skinned boy from her history class. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I asked one girl to please take out her book, she snapped, “I’m not reading anything in this class, and don’t ask me again!” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Zach adds, “Or are you one of those homos in all honors classes?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When it was time for recess Hazel got up slowly and carefully put on her outdoor things and filed out in an orderly fashion with the rest of her class. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He crawled through the window at the back of the class, the one I’d casually unlocked before final bell. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he can tell us what languages they’re written in, and whether you can use them in later classes.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

An older girl was with them, someone from Naomi’s class named Tommie. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m in English class, taking a spelling test. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“The bell rang. I have to go to class.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After observing what materials were available, I gave the class the first demonstration my master gave me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the class had the good manners that come with not caring; they would leave the imposters alone. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made certain I was the first person out of class and the last person in. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

While most of the classes we took were taught by soldiers and sometimes ex-soldiers who were tech reps, in this case a civilian walked into the room. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The whole class, like a swarm of bees, rushed over to the counter. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the college class, the low score was 2 and the high score was 95. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy is in that class and I don’t want to be in a class with my brother who is a year younger. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I did not want to get in front of the class and risk being laughed at because of my Mexican pronunciation. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The nun would persist, ‘Richard, stand up. Don’t look at the floor. Speak up. Speak to the entire class, not just to me!’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I supervised twenty-one Okinawans in a machine shop and rose in rank from private first class to corporal. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“But seriously, it makes no sense. I don’t understand why Logan would do that! Like, just because of a class discussion, he had to make it personal? Like totally mean. I didn’t deserve that!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The entire class is forced to sit together at a giant table like we’re a big happy family. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the one class they had together all day. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Once when his class had visited the fire department, his picture had been in the paper at home. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melissa was happy with the success of her story until several members of the class asked why the girl’s mother had not used Static-off in her wash. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

However, I do not wish to witness the awful spectacle of the Negroes moving upward into the middle class. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

From Jay in the Southeast: I stood up in a social studies class—the teacher wanted a discussion—and said I could never kill anyone or condone anyone who did kill anyone. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before every science class, Mrs. Turton always spent a few minutes telling us something about the world that she thought we might find interesting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, The bell rang and everybody walked into class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some girl in my class said her housekeeper. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was grateful she was willing to cut class so that Evan wouldn't learn that he'd turned me into a blubbering wreck. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I knew it on Monday, the first day of seventh grade, when she called the class roll—which told you not only who was in the class but also where everyone lived. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Actually Daniel is the First Attaché, but the French are all so much of a higher class, regardless of their position. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when Ms. Laverne asks us to write in class, it’s hard for me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Excelsior!” cries Mr. Van Deusen at the start of English class. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling held the page forward for the class to see. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After verbally humiliating me, the teacher called me up to the front of the class, grabbed a thick cane out of the cupboard, told me to straddle the table and whipped me a dozen lashes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that we were in dramatic-health-concem territory, but you can’t exactly raise your hand in class and announce that you have to go take off what I had to go take off. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the class of thirty-eight, I was the only one to remain undefeated. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, the quad becomes a fairway with the booths made by all the classes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If it hadn’t been against the rules, Cara Landry would have skipped down the hall, all the way back to her science class. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I take a shallow breath and look at the painting, instead of at the class, while I talk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Until the day we celebrated her 60th birthday in class. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But surely there must be some smart kids in the B class.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I guess you could say, dancing with Aurelia is like gym class. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was given a registration number, a pass to the library, a schedule of her classes, and a list of the textbooks she needed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Mr. Milo returned the math exams to the class and asked us to rearrange our seats according to our scores. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He talked about Mindy for a while, how she was taking evening classes down at the community college. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They have no freedom of speech, and must obey the other classes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hung out with Jack in homeroom, English, history, computer, music, and science, which were all the classes we had together. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Each step is equal-sized. Sure, for the people higher up this ladder, their kids are more apt to get more education, better health insurance. But that doesn’t mean there are classes.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Gary went back into class, and as it turned out he really didn’t need the answer sheet anyway, looking at it once or twice. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is still the same person who was willing to kill and maim and destroy to climb to the top of his initiate class. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After gym class, she found more pervy stuff written on her chemistry book—pop that cherry, written in globby purple ink. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I skipped my first class ever and went to see Sam and Patrick outside. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was where Sunday school classes were normally held. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the day came that my class graduated and, for the most part, moved on to college, I would be turned out into the world. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was furious about the announcement of the cancellation of many of his senior class activities. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have only ever traveled business class to Europe but have jobs that can’t even afford them a regular flight ticket. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I found an empty seat near the back and pulled out my class schedule. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Miss Emily had been there instead and she’d told them Miss Lucy couldn’t come just at that moment, so she would take the class. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll hide in the library with me at lunch, and then there are just two more classes to get through. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When we arrive at Mr. Dimming’s room, a group of kids from my history class are already there, whispering together and going over note cards. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Each class had a designated “chief of class,” a student who was in charge of keeping the class in order if the teacher left the room—basically, a spy. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Right! Those who don’t have good class backgrounds shouldn’t be elected,” somebody else agreed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’ll be placed in a creative writing class, my top choice for an elective course. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was often remarked throughout the South that the “better class of people” were far more relaxed, even friendly, in their relations with blacks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The distribution of class schedules was more complicated than usual this year, for Professor McGonagall needed first to confirm that everybody had achieved the necessary O.W.L. grades to continue with their chosen N.E.W.T.s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He could always extort a day or two in class from them with the free weekly pizza. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Innocent is a neutral word. It shows a lack of class awareness. What should we change it to?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tamar Lewin, who had insinuated herself in the world of teenage girls for a memorable chapter in the race series, knew from the beginning that she wanted to write about class divisions within families. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It is Veritaserum — a Truth Potion so powerful that three drops would have you spilling your innermost secrets for this entire class to hear,” said Snape viciously. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Libby says, “at least I'll be there. And luckily, you already sort of act like a corpse in class.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I did, however, stumble onto a life drawing class being taught in one of the studio buildings off the main campus—a building with one whole side of it tucked into thick old-growth trees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

This past year, only eleven out of the forty kids in the eighth-grade class at Donoghue had high enough scores to graduate. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heart attack is a window on the effects of class on health. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even the most secluded hermit in the woods was not one and alone; he also belonged to a class of people. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worried about actually reading in class and keeping his eyes open. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Normally, Ms. Treadwell would have told the class to quiet down, but not today. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

In America blacks attended the same schools with me, sat in the same classes and heard the same teachers, some of whom were blacks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end, all I could think was what these people must feel like when they go to their class reunions. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

After several successful 5-minute sessions, he can come in for the activity preceding the final activity, and so on, until he’s in music class for the full period. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Thirteen students in my class made fallout- shelter models for their science project, which shows it was not just me worried about it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it shocked my teacher, who had already busted me twice that year for chewing gum in class and once for passing a note to Lauren. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

One of the things we did was to practice our weapons drills whenever we had a break in his class. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening after my last class, I went to the school library and looked for Rav Gershenson’s name in the Hebrew and English catalogues. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Some members of the wavering class could move up in the system by joining the Korean People’s Army, serving with distinction and, with luck and connections, securing a lower rung in the ruling party. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I hear Miss Saunders tell Char and the twins they better hurry up to class or they will have to get a late note to get in. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, I don’t want to keep you from class.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But outside the door to our Spanish class, leaning against the wall — looking more like a Greek god than anyone had a right to — Edward was waiting for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She would always get to class early and pull a desk and chair over to the back corner by some low bookcases. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

But all through class, I can’t stop picturing Morgan holed up in her house, surrounded by pictures of bulldogs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Most unfortunately, Professor Trelawney heard him, and it was this, perhaps, that made her give them so much homework at the end of the class. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Because I’m not going to make it to my Vocab class tomorrow. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

At home, after the very strange baton-twirling class, Raymie sat in her room with the door closed and worked on the Little Miss Central Florida Tire application. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“No, I quit that. I’ve just been going to gym classes. The ones they have for guys who aren’t going out for anything.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he unearths the emergency credit card from his wallet and buys two plane tickets, first class, nonstop. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I sat in the front of his class entranced as he spoke about the Constitutional Congress and the Federalist Papers, and their relevance to our existence today. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The class time was supposed to be spent doing a little crossword puzzle on the play, but Don didn’t do much of it and it didn’t seem to matter. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Mrs. Mahone collects our phones at the start of every class, it’s the old-fashioned kind, written on notebook paper. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Create an orchestra with half of the class playing and the other half responding. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Imam Malik continues to explain that they want to expand services beyond the welcoming of families, to include English classes, job training, tutoring, and more. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

No surprise that he once, drunk as anything, rode a horse across the grass while we were having classes, trampling blankets and books and sending everyone scrambling to get out of his way. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stare at his drawing to avoid his eyes and ask, “Joon, where do you go when you skip class?” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

So he reported to class in ruined shoes, so what? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucker sat next to the class treasurer, glasses flashing in the light, wringing his speech mercilessly between his hands. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The boys blinked, startled, for in a single moment an entire lesson—an entire class period of listening to Jillson drone on and on about bad government—had blossomed in their heads. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I go back up to my class now?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of class, before I can get out of my seat, Bernard puts his heavy paw on my shoulder. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I knew you looked familiar. We were in third grade together. Ms. Bridges’s class. I sat behind you.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Vincent takes classes in German, Dutch, math, history, geography, botany, zoology, gym—and drawing. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to go to class. Eat a good lunch. Go home and get a full night’s rest. And then you’re going to come in here tomorrow night and take care of business.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was the first kid in the class to be onto a new fad or get a new gadget. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Nobody really liked Care of Magical Creatures, which, after the action-packed first class, had become extremely dull. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We were in a lot of the same classes at school, before I transferred to Hudson. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In class she felt pleased that she’d made so much progress today. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I sensed her weakness and spent most of class coming up with creative ways to burnish my status as class clown. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Robert Lindsay raised the volume, and the class raised their own volume. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was teaching the class percentages, but he kept getting the problems wrong. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother handed her parenting class completion certificate to Mr. Ferris. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Inside were notes I had written to girls in class, along with accompanying sketches. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I could see the mailbox from class when the mailman drove up at 11:47. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Last year when I was in the hospital she bought like a two-foot card and everyone in her class signed it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Early on, Jim imagined himself becoming a doctor to treat such suffering, and his excelling in science classes quickened his interest. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

You could also get a beating if you didn't know an answer in class, or if you talked out of turn. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In Spanish class today, they were supposed to write a letter in Spanish to a friend. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After class, I go over to Colin, who is at the sink washing charcoal off his hands. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The only reason I was barely able to keep up in my classes and fence was because I had eliminated all of the extras from my life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The last class of my old professor’s life took place once a week, in his home, by a window in his study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink flowers. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a class system in the Bureau engendered by the cutter, printer, paster, paper baler, and delivery boy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they gave awards to people in the regular classes, the gym wouldn’t hold everyone. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“After the pre-prank, the Eagle will think the junior class has done its prank and won’t be waiting for it when it actually comes.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

With hands over hearts, the class performed the ritual that ushered in another day at school. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Finish this, and we’ll come up with a plan after class.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The growing economic power of the South has helped lift evangelical Christians into the middle and upper middle classes, just as earlier generations of Roman Catholics moved up in the mid-twentieth century. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I had been there since Mrs. Jarzab pulled me out of class. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, we return to Ms. Fleming’s class. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mind was busy with other things, like whether I’d still be the only kid wearing a hijab in high school and what classes I’d be able to take. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I was going to stand Maxie up and miss my first political education class, to boot. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hudson telling me I didn’t have to study as hard for exams definitely didn’t help, but I’ve always had trouble focusing in class. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I went to class just before school was let out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wrote Constantine a letter once a week, telling her about my room, the classes, the sorority. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Being together in those classes, the nine of us were developing a true friendship—becoming closer knit than we might have been under other circumstances. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Classmates got so annoyed they actually signed a petition asking him to allow others to speak in class. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I felt my own breath shorten, the whole class watching me, thanking God they weren't me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was out of luck on the boys’ side, so he turned toward the desk all the way in the back of the class, behind Yvonne. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And this is the girl who once told our entire math class she was related to Beyoncé and showed up the next day with Photoshopped pictures to prove it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In Morocco, I lived with a Moroccan host family in the capital city of Rabat and took classes at the Center for Cross Cultural Learning situated in the old city or medina. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Today I’m the first to arrive, so I wait for class to start, my back against the warm building, the sun smothering me through a hole in the trees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If he took night classes, he said, when would he ever see his little boy? Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

At the end of a term in her class our books were as clean and the pages as stiff as they had been when they were issued to us. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a mind movie shows me at the front of the class and Mr. Daniels congratulating me, and I have to admit that I really would like it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

So, in shop class Nothing started to do a very funny impersonation of our teacher, Mr. Callahan. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though this was really an emergency proposal dictated by the military crisis, and was ultimately rejected by the planter class in South Carolina and Georgia, its very suggestion seemed prophetic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

While things were going well, he said, “Now class, suppose Zambia was the main subject of a report....” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Another year, there was only one kid in the whole class who didn’t taste the chemical stuff, and he got killed by a drunk driver the summer after his sophomore year. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

People were passing us on their way to class, probably staring, but I was barely aware of them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The books piled up on the wooden desk are ones I recognize—the same books Taryn and I study for our classes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jay’s at class and Trey’s at work, so I lock up the house. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He makes me feel like I’m not the only person in Mr. Yukht’s class who gets mixed up when our class talks about Jewish holidays. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

My uncles had told me stories about how famous my dad had been on campus for having simultaneously raised hell and aced all his classes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kappel, baseball coach, says, “Get to class, Finch. You too.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to your inclusion classes?” she asks. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The class was for beginners, and Holly introduced the supplies and went over what she’d teach. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But you put all the utensils for an entire class in one pack, and four big cans of chili, and you’re carrying quite a bit, and that’s going to slow you down. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I made it through homeroom without speaking to anybody and was just settling in for a nice period of off-topic journal writing in Miss Palma’s class when the intercom blared, calling me to the office. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As an example, he gave us a fifteen-minute math exam and had us correct it in class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He had his politics to protect him, and his scientifically based theories of class, and his own rather forced self-certainty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had no one to talk to in Chicago—no one, that is, but her sixth-grade class. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if he’d gone to school that day, because I never saw him, and I suddenly worried that maybe he’d transferred classes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In this world John, who was, his father said, ugly, who was always the smallest boy in his class, and who had no friends, became immediately beautiful, tall, and popular. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Though the small apartment was a third-floor walkup, its proximity to the nursing school enabled Regina to look after her children while attending classes. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They shared a rented room and took English classes at night at the Jewish Community Center. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The receptionist asked me in Spanish, “Are you here for the English class?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It turned out that he was my cousin's cousin, and my parents hadn't bothered to tell me he'd enrolled in my kindergarten class. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There’s four other PE classes going at the same time as mine, and I’ve never noticed Tyler. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She also just arrived in New York, but they put her in the smart class because she speaks French and English. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

No other teacher had ever been so nice, even though I was often at the top of the class. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And how chagrined to discover, squinting at his schedule in the breezeway, that for his next class he had that same room again. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few months earlier, on the first day of sixth grade, Carol Horning came into class wearing a slight but unmistakably self-satisfied smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The lunchroom was already noisy, and getting louder as the rest of the third- through fifth-grade classes filed through the lunch lines and filled the long tables. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

All my friends are across the hall in the Distinguished Scholars class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the 1968 election, race eclipsed class as the organizing principle of American politics, and by 1972, attitudes on racial issues rather than socioeconomic status were the primary determinant of voters’ political self-identification. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Dimming got to American presidents in class, 1 rocked! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The class oohs in appreciation, but Sara stands rigid next to me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then, for the first time ever in any class I’d ever been in with him, Tooms spoke up without being called on. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I want to tell the class my story. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Remember when Margaret Evans and I tied for senior class president and we drew straws to decide the winner? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

These remarks were lost to the class because the girls, bored with the scuffle discussion, were waving their clippings from the Cucaracha Voice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Larkin straightened up tall and proper, narrowed her eyes, and said, “Arthur Devlin, you and my husband may have been in the same grade, but you were never in the same class.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Deep down, I do think I’m smarter than those twelve NO votes in humanities class last week. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe if she would have said no and stuck to it, she’d be getting ready to graduate with her class right now. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My class had sprouted lima beans in paper cups the year before. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I want to take college classes online. I mean...well, I’ve been taking them for 2 semesters already, but under Nana’s name. For fun.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I hate poetry, a poem I read for English class pops into my head. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He looks guilty when they ask him how I'm doing in my class work. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Luckily, there are a handful of Muslim girls in my class who do the same, so I don’t stick out quite so much. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want anyone from the class to see her spying. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Molly is saying that during her hip-hop dance class, she wraps her legs and stomach in plastic wrap. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have a lot to say in classes. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After class, Abby hooks an arm around my shoulders and says, “I didn’t realize you and Bram were such good friends.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I had no idea they had treated him that way because I was left in class to watch the carnage with the rest of the students in my grade. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In class, Lin carefully went over the guidelines and began studying war memorials for inspiration. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was about to meet the man they all idolized, the hero they learned about in history classes, whose proverbs they had memorized since nursery school. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When the nobles appropriated the commons, they created a peasant class that had little choice but to work for the landowners. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She was with him when she was supposed to be in class. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was a fair artist and had felt modestly satisfied with the result until Kate glanced at it after class. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll smile the first day if I want to—or if I don’t like my class, they might not see me smile the whole year.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings to indicate that it’s time for Mr. Dimming’s class, my palms feel sweaty. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When we got to Big Creek, I thanked Jake and made a run for chemistry class. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was heavier than Tally was used to, the tastes too rich, like whenever her food history class tried to cook their own meals. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I always feel embarrassed when it’s my turn to read aloud to the class, and that’s the biggest reason I don’t like Sunday school. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He followed me between classes and sat at our now-crowded lunch table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I never saw Chip in swishy shorts outside of gym class, which I assumed was for the same reason I avoided them. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Shop classes. Try to get good grades. Graduate. Learn, I guess.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It was as difficult at first for the black upper class to swallow this message as it was for the white leaders of Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor had only known one Asian person in her life—Paul, who was in her math class at her old school. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After class he followed me all the way to the lockers and then to the gym, quiet, until we saw Celia being led from the main office by her father and the school security guard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t ask us if we knew the meaning of revolution, so I couldn’t raise my hand and define it for the class. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Papa asked, when we got to the front of my class. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, I thought she meant she was having a heart attack, that she was feeling all the symptoms we learned about in health class: a tight chest, pain in your arm or jaw, indigestion. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Sure. He was in my art history class. He’s hilarious. I hate that geeky friend of his, though, the other one with the glasses, what’s his name?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I am not a student here, but even those who aren’t students can sign up for this class, under certain circumstances. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was one class for nonnative speakers, and all the rest of the periods were for fluent speakers. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I began taking classes on how to be an American. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the idea that we as a class would have the opportunity to go out to dinner together and enjoy ourselves was not bad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It didn't even cross my mind, even though I used to smoke all the boys in gym class at school, including Lu, who would get all in his feelings and be almost about to cry. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He’s pulled me out of English class on the first day of school, which seems unnecessary and makes me feel anxious because I had to leave Boy21 behind, and Coach won’t like that. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just walked from class to class alone; I sat at lunch alone; during PE I stood in the corner of the gym and played catch with myself. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

In Long Fiction, somebody plays my song before class starts. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

At a cocktail party one of his colleagues had finally explained to him the reason for the laughter and whispering that were disrupting his previously respectful classes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When class ended, I played a game with myself. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made it my mission to avoid Selena as much as possible in the cafeteria, but it was like the fates conspired to bring us together in the worst possible place: Spanish class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, class,” the woman said, taking off her gloves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

After creative writing it was off to Boobie’s favorite class of the day, biology I, where just about everyone else was a sophomore. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m something of an overachiever in that class. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The vicar raised his hand like a shy kid in class. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Supernatural Immersion class usually ends with us asking questions. So here I am. I’ll answer anything you guys ask.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I decide to corner Tats in the locker room after gym, second-to-last period, the only class we share. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re in my chair. And class is about to start, so I need to set up my stand and everything, okay?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him about the Save the Manatee Club, and the sea cow named Tubby that our class adopted last year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“His trial will be an education for the working class, and for you, too, if you’ll come.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our class has done a ropes course and zip line. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And so Sticky focused on Corliss Danton, who was back in class this morning, looking no worse for wear. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra had a vague memory of Gordo going on in music class about how, in certain parts of Africa, they used to throw big parties and parade through the streets when someone died. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In spring 1938, Austria is reunited with Germany, and near the end of the school year, a Nazi official, an SS officer, accompanies Herr Vinke to class. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I understood his anger about the English class. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gym is still locked at three, when classes are over. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The class was seated on little rubber mats around a glass case within which was a mummy case within which was the mummy they were talking about. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go, but I can’t spend one more minute in class without earmuffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Tyler’s French aside,” Mr. Reed says, raising his eyebrows at the class as if to say he doesn’t approve but will deal with it later, “is that what they’re doing? Asking for handouts?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Probably an earnest Cadet trying to make class on time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her teacher had taught the class that one because they would all be boarding a military ship soon. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jenna got to school super early, since her mom dropped her off before work, and liked going straight to class to study before school started. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Are the classes like a three-channel television set? What will I do when they’re on the other channels? Will they think I’m a dunce for speaking only English?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around; the whole class was staring at him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My class is doing a play about the food pyramid. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people in the class are too chicken to eat it now, pushing it away. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

In sixth grade, we’d had most of our core classes together. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I turned and said “Thank you” and continued on my journey to class. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would just let me go to classes, but not expect much else. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The reading and writing classes, however, were a great success. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Do they sit next to each other in French class? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to analyze which advanced-placement classes the seniors took, their standardized test scores, ex- tracurriculars, and GPAs to figure out what he needs to do to get into Harvard. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I didn't get a gadget that makes Garfield-like speech bubbles over my head, but I did get an electric wheelchair, and our school began something called 'inclusion classes' I thought that was funny. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Those classes are my ticket to Jenny Lindt, let’s not forget.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It took a few minutes for the class to settle down again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But until the school was ready, classes and all activities were being held at the community college. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Because what could stop me from taking this class? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And although the hair of the first class of colored nurses was declared unseemly for the official Bellevue nurse’s cap, there are thirty-five of them now—all dedicated and superb in their profession. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I headed to Mrs. Verne’s class looking at the next few pages of Jane Eyre. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron were deeply amused when Professor Trelawney told them that they had received top marks for their homework in their next Divination class. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I get to class early, when Mr. Neck is still in the lounge. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just told everyone I wanted to meet up after class today to see if we could talk things out. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ostrowski was always asking us—the whole class, I mean—what our dreams were and what we wanted to be. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

April was worried because she knew from experience—lots of it—that it isn’t easy to face a new class in a new school. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had two PE classes—Conditioning in the morning and Team Athletics at the end of the day—but at least Annie and I had one class together, American Literature, just before lunch break. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This class was an elective, so there was flexibility in the roster—we weren’t all in the same grade; Leilani and Shauna, for example, were juniors. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad had never been able to buy the class pictures for us, though a couple of times, Mom secretly snipped a snapshot out of the packet before returning it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to go to class,” Windy says, coming up behind me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now the official class leaders and politicians could be seen taking charge, assuming as a matter of course their control of these walks and fields which had belonged only to us. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A quilting frame. I used to have classes here. You ever work on quilts?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Three times weekly she took an aerobics class, checking her watch throughout to be sure her heart rate had exceeded one hundred and twenty beats per minute. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I oftentimes was intimidated in his class,” Darryl says, which I never knew or would have imagined. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In my next class, Biology, we traveled through a human heart and watched it pumping from the inside, just like in that old movie Fantastic Voyage. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I used to stay after class and wipe the blackboard for him with a wet rag. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Family structure, too, differs increasingly along class lines. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t till class ended that I realized Mike wasn’t sitting in his usual seat next to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Yesterday’s rain had cleared; the sky was a clear, pale gray, and the grass was springy and damp underfoot as they set off for their first ever Care of Magical Creatures class. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

With many bitter sidelong looks and some sullen muttering, the class opened their books. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There were only two parenting “philosophies,” and they divided almost perfectly along class lines. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The class made a bunch of noise at this big number—“Ooh,” and “Wow! ” and stuff like that—and Nick lost his concentration. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody sent a frantic message to room H-5, wondering why Melody wasn’t in class today. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of class trying to clean it up. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along with our other material possessions, our Mazda tells everybody we are from the middle class. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need to get out of this place before it strangles me,” says one of Volpe’s students, a girl ranked fifth academically in the senior class. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jimmy, in fact, had graduated at the top of his class—an honor he owed entirely to his own will power. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enriched math class is all guys except for Soon-Lee and me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

These people, whose origins lay in the salaried middle class and the upper grades of the working class, had been shaped and brought together by the barren world of monopoly industry and centralized government. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The rest of the time I was busy balancing the workload from several honors classes, drama rehearsals, and varsity basketball practice. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Today, after school, Satchmo Jenkins left his last class of the day, math, and headed to his locker in a haze. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

In her special-education reading class, she got 100s all fall and was moved to a regular class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

This was only to keep Laila a step or two ahead of her class, not because he disapproved of the work assigned by the school—the propaganda teaching notwithstanding. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Students with new notebooks and sharpened pencils in hand ambled about the courtyard, kicking up dust, chatting in groups, waiting for the class captains’ whistles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Through all the morning classes with Herr Liszt, the rain continued. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

I go up the steps, dreading this class. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about that class made me wish I could just stop and read Alice Walker instead of memorizing formulas and definitions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And then, something unexpected happened in history class, and my classmates had an opportunity to understand something about me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Back at Chad, Richard earned his high school diploma and then began taking vocational classes, earning certificates in programs like Irrigation Design and Forklift Driving. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t go out for inclusion classes all day—I wanted to study until the last minute—but as soon as the last bell rings, I grab Catherine’s arm. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t very well succeed in their classes if they couldn’t stay awake in them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first bell rang, letting everyone know that classes would start in two minutes. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

In civics class a great deal was said about oppressive Soviet policies; but at no time did I hear classical Marxism explained. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In effect, the society was divided into hereditary chief and commoner classes, with Hawaiian chiefs themselves subdivided into eight hierarchically ranked lineages, each concentrating its marriages within its own lineage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom had insisted that the new school put Eleanor in honors classes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

So he came to one of my classes and watched me teach. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“C’mon, now, get a move on!” he called as the class approached. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I remembered all the stories we’d heard in classes about abolitionists and how they’d risk their lives for people who were just like these folks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

For a year and a half, I went to classes in the morning and worked in the afternoons and evenings until midnight. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Now twenty-eight, he may never reach the middle class, he said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was on my way to the Medica for observation but decided I’d rather be late for my class than miss the opportunity to speak with him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to be extraordinarily gifted, and she took all her classes in private with Sister Ailan. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Several college students on the other side of the room were talking about a Latin class. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Can’t they see that we are so much more than a class? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Used only for college classes and offices, King Hall was practically empty after school. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I ditched my classes and would call him from the public phones on campus. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mom usually drops off Charlie at school because he doesn’t have class until ten. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A family squarely in the middle class may own a flat- screen television, drive a BMW, and indulge a taste for expensive chocolate. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The only thing he ever required of us was class participation. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It's Thursday, and I'm in history class, and apparently Ms. Dillinger just asked me a question, because everyone is looking at me like I owe them something. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After school one day I saw George from our class hanging out on the street selling drugs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl she recognized from her class, one who always ignored her and whose name she couldn’t remember, was chosen—and then her best friend was too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The recent commencement ceremony for the senior class of 1918 was a momentous occasion and certainly brought back fond memories of my own graduation last year. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The class settled into the rhythm of the morning, and scratches of pencils in notebooks replaced the metallic scrapes of chairs and coat zippers. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“No. A guy on the ski team. Guys in my class. Hackett had shown them the pictures on his phone.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to get to class,” he said. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

What I do mind is passing Michael’s class in the hall on the way back and seeing Josh give him a high five. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard saying good-bye to him after class was over, but he said that it wasn’t good-bye. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lynn walked me to my class line, where I stood on the number—Classroom #100—by myself All around me girls were playing and talking. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My shoulders slumped as I stood outside the science building and stared at the students walking around, going to and from class. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The next day I saw them together at school between classes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I hold on to the white envelope all through class and still have it in my hands when I get on the bus. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the story I’m reading, Isaiah Dunn just got pulled out of class by secret agents, who tell him he needs to go undercover at a championship basketball game to expose a corrupt principal. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

At two o'clock sharp the class assembled, including Miss Honey who noted that the jug of water and the glass were in the proper place. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since we had received our admission letters, we had worried about being in the same class as those three. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through smaller class sizes and more intense attention given to lagging students, it managed to claw its way into the middle. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Twenty fifth graders in the other class plus twenty-one in Mr. Fabian's equals forty-one. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He taught ideas of nuance and complexity in his classes and yet he was asking her for a single reason, the cause. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sals class must have been dismissed a few minutes before mine—he was walking a little ahead of me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

If you finish before the end of class, read pages eight through one ninety-four in your textbook…and don’t fall asleep. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. P sometimes teaches class in his pajamas. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell’s class walked through the halls of the school and down to the yard. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Today be Labor Day, though, a holiday for the rest a the world, so no class today. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My class has already heard about that, so maybe when I dress up as Malala, I can talk about everything else she’s been doing. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The class laughs when she calls on me twice to answer a question and I still have to say “Excuse me, ma’am?” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Someone left an alien mask on my chair in Ms. Faraci’s class that I discovered when I slipped in right before the final bell. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I know a few people from classes, but most of them play in the band. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

You leave one class, grab books from your locker, and head to the next class. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He says he hates the Life Drawing class, he will not go on with it forever, cooped up in this provincial deadwater teaching the rudiments to morons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a “privileged class” of wealthy white students, he charged. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, he's teaching a class. About light and energy and a bunch of other things I can't understand yet.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

None of the classes aside from their own would know that it wasn’t an assignment. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It is a class project, and the camera is shaky. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

They climbed the last few steps and emerged onto a tiny landing, where most of the class was already assembled. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And if they did, how far behind would I fall in my classes? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Did this have something to do with my class status? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he makes more than he ever dreamed of in Mexico, his life is anything but middle class and setbacks are routine. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The one that reminds me of Mrs. Hameed scolding our class. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In religion class especially, they would grow impatient with the relendessly questioning student. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Ambady compared those snap judgments of teacher effectiveness with evaluations of those same professors made by their students after a full semester of classes, and she found that they were also essentially the same. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I want to go to class,” Axel says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Care to show us what you’ve been working on It must be good, because your pencil’s been perpendicular for a good part of my class. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I guess the evil school shooters didn’t listen in English class because they did not Get the meaning of that book at all. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids from his class were scattered all over the place, sitting with one or both of their parents. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I’m white, live in the same neighborhood, and had all of the same classes, I wanted out. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At Fort Hare we had occasional contacts with white students from Rhodes University in Grahams- town, but at Wits, I was attending classes with white students. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just think of our eighth-grade class—all the people that were smart back then are out here dealing now. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Charlese Jones. I don’t know what you think is going on here, but Maleeka is doing a job for the principal. And you, young lady, had better high-tail it to class.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

There’s Jenny Leech’s wall of text about how Jesse touched her life in ways he didn’t even know, despite the extent of their relationship being the one class they shared in tenth grade. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lorena meets me at my locker and gives me a hug before class. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As she drove, Mom was asking me about classes and finals and prom. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She does not know how or where to join in when her children are talking about Woody Allen movies or real estate tax laws or somebody’s yoga class. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since math is my favorite subject, sometimes I talk in class, but only if the answer’s a number. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to imagine myself as something else, for Ms. Broome’s class. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I used to pose for classes when I was in France.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I moved to the B classes with the black kids. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Plus, she spent Thursday afternoons in the resource room, which was way easier than regular class. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“See, your class is right there. Why don’t you wait in line, and save her a spot? I’m sure you got a lot of catching up to do with your other friends too. Okay?” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We took a lot of the same electives, we were nice to each other in class, and sometimes we talked about hanging out, but we never did. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, official policy after the fire actually encouraged the physical separation of the classes. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, without explanation, he had disappeared and Mr. Brunner had taken the class. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

On Friday morning I went to my French class. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In a class of geniuses, I had copied from the guy who got it wrong on purpose. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

"She hates very small children. She therefore loathes the bottom class and everyone in it. She thinks five-year-olds are grubs that haven't yet hatched out." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“An oral examination for the tutorials,” Camilla said, “as well as a term paper for the Civilization class.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a Friday afternoon, no class, and I hadn’t been out of my room all day, nor had I slept much the night before. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was so smart; she was going to be in the Advanced Calculus class with me, and Chas could barely count. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“See me after class,” he adds as he gives me a long stare. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

While I obsessed about who else he might be hanging out with, Audrey chatted about classes and schedules. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping I could talk to you after class today, but you left before I had the chance,” she says. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I held tears in for the rest of lunch, and when I got back to class, I raised my hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Three more quick breaths, and then a slow one, and I turn to see two pole-dance girls waiting for their class to start in the studio next door. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Can I trust you with him while I get to class?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

My first jujitsu class was three and a half months ago. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

As each person climbed back down the silver ladder, the rest of the class hissed, “What did she ask? Was it okay?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

One day in class Mr. da Silva asked the Object to read aloud. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I never quite knew about my heritage, or the positions that my parents had in the government, until we started talking about my culture in Ms. Gruwell’s class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Three days later, we came to that passage in our Talmud class, and for the second time that year Rav Gershenson called out my name and asked me to read and explain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She even bullied Mr. Petrelli into buckling down and making us present our “Mississippi River and You” projects out loud to the class. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m exaggerating it, but my memory is that for a whole class to fit into that room, students literally had to pile on top of each other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Divide the class into four equal parts, one group chanting and clapping the “melody” rhythm and the other three chanting and clapping the ostinati. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Would you care to tell the class why you did not rise and say the Pledge of Allegiance with us this morning?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She could not take on more hours than she was already working or she would have no time for her classes, and as it was she was barely making ends meet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ms. Wilson sat me next to him in class. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dell went to night classes and after three more years got a certification for adolescent counseling, and that put him on the path to work in education. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In my yearbook class, I volunteered to do the Freedom Writer page and I did. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Scoob says, sliding right back into class as if he hasn’t missed a beat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Ms. Tannenbaum turns back to the class and starts the lesson. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The forgiveness, rather, of those many persons whose absence from higher education permitted me to be classed a minority student. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The average score in that class was 20.96, meaning that the average person in the class knew 21 people with the same last names as the people on my list. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Creek was to be restructured, he said, beginning with the junior class. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In class, every day, I’m going to be bothered by it. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Except Joseph didn’t have to wait until January to make up all his classes. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take you to school and ask for a volunteer in your class to arrive early and leave early with you every day. You’ll have plenty of time to go up and down the stairs.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

We talk about our classes—the ones that we actually like, and the ones we’re just suffering through. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Whereas before, I was one of the tallest girls in my class, now I was among the smallest. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Beebi and DeNice had already heard about what happened from somebody in another class—which meant that the whole school knew. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes into French class, Madame O’Malley was conjugating the verb to believe in the subjunctive. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ms. McCrea spent the whole class period trying to get us to open up about whether we felt the school was a safe and welcoming community. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as I walked into Ms. G’s second period class, I picked up The Color Purple, a novel written by Alice Walker. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t know him at all, he had been graduated before I had entered, but apparently most of the present members of the senior class remembered him well. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was smarter than some of the kids in the class—but not the smartest. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

In exchange for teaching five classes, he earns sixteen thousand dollars a year. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now Mr. Stoker does look surprised, like most of the class. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

One difficulty in talking about class is that the word means different things to different people. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But that was not for being number one in the class. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Imprisonment, they say, now creates far more crime than it prevents, by ripping apart fragile social networks, destroying families, and creating a permanent class of unemployables. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The nurse is glad I'm doing much better now—how much longer will he be missing classes? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged and gave a small wave as he left for his next class. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My father, in his classes and when he studied with me at home, always used the latter method. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Had to leave, had to get out of there before I cried in front of the class, cussed out Mr. Jordan, and got myself expelled. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A chubby white guy in a gray suit comes in a few minutes after the class is supposed to have started. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Harry had such a bad case of Twitchy Ears, he had to hold his hands clamped over them as he walked away from the class. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I learned that word in history class last year and try to use it whenever it’s appropriate, because Mr. Ingman always tells us that language is power. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They aren’t sure how to react—happy because I’m behaving, or angrier still that they have to be happy about such a minor thing as a kid who goes to class every day. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were in the same shop class, and once the teacher made them partners to assemble a motor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then I got nervous and we started talking about the book we’re reading in language arts class. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I thought it must be some kind of culminating prank, the senior class leaving Devon with a flourish. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elementary and middle schools could put the January through April-born students in one class, the May through August in another class, and those born in September through December in the third class. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The two smartest kids in my kindergarten class were Teddy, a Korean American boy, and Chiaka, an African American girl, who both would remain at the top of the class for years to come. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Every spring, a few weeks before graduation, the senior class heads to the American Adventure amusement park. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He also promised more jobs, which appealed to the unemployed working class—and would resonate strongly with Dasch. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She was so distracted in gym class, she actually forgot not to try. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I just thought — well, he’s helped me out a lot in Potions classes, the Prince has.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Matt understood something of the process from his science classes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A handful of us are moved into an additional class that gives me hope I may be a contender for the actual war. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I haven’t told Mom and Dad that I want to quit flute, and now Sue and Mom are talking about music class. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I decided to go directly to my teacher, who was preparing for class when I knocked on the door. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Toby sat on the edge of his desk the rest of the class. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s in my history class,” Faith said, “but he hardly ever shows up. When he does, he looks so bad. Yesterday he fell asleep on his desk. Mr. Howard totally freaked on him.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In his words, “One of the great tragedies of man’s long trek along the highway of history has been the limiting of neighborly concern to tribe, race, class or nation.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Junior stopped by at lunch and he and Richard went over to my house when I went back to class. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gives me special compositions to write and makes me read them to the class because of all I learned from him last year. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Songs with humor also start the class on the right foot. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There were ghosts with hair rollers in and others making what looked like glowing coffee, and one very animated ghost exercise class. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Racial bias. But class bias, too. Public schools don’t offer fencing. Private schools do.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t really have to go to class for the next week; that’s school policy. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t need a laptop, a smaller class, a teacher with a PhD, or a bigger apartment. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The overall impact of such instruction, Hollander said, is to “bleed our English classes dry.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mason called the class to order then, asking us to turn in our papers. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Because I don’t want them to send me back to the dumb class after missing so much school!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The one-size-fits-all costume didn’t fit me, the shortest shepherd in the class, so I had to keep pushing up the sleeves. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I started college at nearby UC Berkeley, where my life was a mixture of antiwar rallies and marches and beginning French and rhetoric classes. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They’d just studied that unit in English class, so Aru could snap her fingers in rhythm and start shouting about neon fruit supermarkets, but she didn’t think that would be helpful here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Lackeys of the bourgeoisie! Flunkies of the ruling class!’ 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In truth Roy had only one short chapter to read for Mr. Ryan’s history class, but he wanted an excuse to stay home. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked the class what they wanted to study, but when they suggested ideas, she didn’t seem to be listening. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The class hesitates, and then Anise agrees loudly. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I figure it’s one of the gym teachers, or another girl from class. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Instead of going to class, I decide to go to the nurse’s office and lie down until it is time to go home. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I run back to my desk while Mrs. Sheldon stands in front of the class plucking at the skin of her neck. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Good Lord himself might have squirmed in his seat if Mrs. Vaughan had caught Him out in her class without having done His algebra homework. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He winked at me as the whole class turned into a party, and whispered, “Sugar.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Sandy, a girl in my acting class, claims it was easier to get gigs back then. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The first few classes drag by, but I’m excited for lunch, so Ethan and I can catch up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He got B-pluses and A-minuses in French, and, even though he was a jock, he “didn’t mind being called on in class.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It's not the classes—I like that Carver teachers want students to discuss and argue in class. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s another boy in your class I think is cuter.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I boycott music class for the rest of the year?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Why else did the class, which had welcomed her so warmly at first, ignore her so now? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then, he introduced the class president, who gave a speech. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had never been in a first class compartment before. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I wear a uniform with my name stitched on the pocket, as in high school gym class. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment she considered going to the school, pulling the two of them out of class, demanding how they could have been so stupid. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With great relief, Helmuth finishes his final thesis, turns it in, and on the last day of school, Herr Meins stands in front of the class, grasping the graded papers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

They have taken retraining classes for jobs that pay half their old wages. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She smiled, then turned back to the class and went on with the lesson. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When the second bell rings, I run to Miss Saunders’s class like somebody set my shoes on fire. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I decided I’d say something to him when we were together in social studies class right after lunch. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Today's discussion was dominated by an Italian nanny, two chatty Poles, and a pouty, plump Moroccan woman who had grown up speaking French and had enrolled in the class hoping to improve her spelling. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I'm in my room trying to read The Merchant of Venice for English class, which is proving to be pretty hard, when something hits my bedroom window. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a simple class, teaching programming that Jesse had mastered years earlier. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My social studies and English classes suffered, and so did my math. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There they all were now, the cream of the school, the lights and leaders of the senior class, with their high I.Q.’s and expensive shoes, as Brinker had said, pasting each other with snowballs. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grinned, then nodded when he told me to go to my class. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The idea of fixed class positions, on the other hand, rubs many the wrong way. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In an interview conducted at this time with an NCC student, Austin described what he called the “dual personality” of the black ruling class. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Morris seems captivated, and the class actually pays attention. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“And I tell myself that every Tuesday afternoon, after class is over, I get to stop there and have some ice cream.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

In all my classes, everyone is talking about Thanksgiving break. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“There’s a kid named Reid in my English class,” I said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of class Fadi passed by Ms. Bethune’s desk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When I’ve finally gotten my hands to stop shaking and I come back to class, Ms. Rochambeau asks where it is. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She was certain that her allowance was the smallest in her class. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

David’s tape recorder is allowed in class to document “potential future violations.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Kind of. But I wasn’t in any of your classes, so I didn’t care. Savanna was in all your classes.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He was in Ben’s history class where he distinguished himself daily with a titanic ignorance of American history. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For 4 weeks, she’s been giving me the class readings to look over ahead of time—3 short stories and our 1st assigned novel, The Call of the Wild. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He IMs when he can—in between classes or, sometimes, right in the middle of one. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Addie: Big deal, she was elected class president for the past three years. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

When not in class I have to stay within sight of Mother, like a baby. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I always wonder how the math class next door gets any work done whenever Julie starts belting. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Our teacher, Ms. Rank, was standing at the front of the class, slowly conjugating Latin verbs. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

With computers in my class, the sky’s the limit. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Students were passing us by, oblivious, rushing to lunch or another class. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then she turned once more to gaze at the rest of. the class. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

For some reason Uhmma had enough money that year to get a small individual photo, unlike the other years when all we brought home was the complimentary class picture. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Did not jump up in class and shout, “I have a pigeon!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted space to figure out what to do about Mr. Jordan’s class. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The graduation exercises had been held, and the senior class of Stuyvesant High School had moved on with their lives. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And there was an even more serious problem, one filled with a bitter irony that exposed the class divide in black America. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He sounds fine. Do you have classes, or is it all farmwork?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. O’Neill is the master in the fourth class at school. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But I started skipping classes after Dad died, and I dropped out entirely several years ago. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Last in his class at West Point, he makes up for a lack of wisdom with a lusty exuberance. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a copy of the pass you gave me to class,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Throughout the class period, things began to change drastically. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My favorite subject in school is French class. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The rest of them are fully Indian, but Uma is the only other Bengali in the class. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Friedman had a surprise for us in history class. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“All right, all right, after class,” he said, and turned his attention to the front of the classroom, where Mrs. Torrance now stood. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If they failed to meet expectations, everyone in his class was penalized. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He followed me after class, hovering silently on my right side. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She assigned her class fun science, art, and history projects, and she wasn’t a yeller like the other sixth-grade teachers. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

This was a Friday, which meant no classes, and that Julian was not in Hampden but at home. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I never did make it back up to Mrs. Maxy’s class for math drills like I wanted to, and when school was out I walked home. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home at one or two his mother would be putting away die lunch dishes and getting ready for her exercise class. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered those springs when she would wear thin cotton dresses to class and make me moan and ache in Spanish Harlem. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Apparently, class has started without our knowing, because Mr. Applebaum, who is ostensibly teaching us precalculus but is mostly teaching me that pain and suffering must be endured stoically, says, "You feel what, Tiny?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The school’s opinion of the experiment with the special classes for bright kids was clearly negative, she explained. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In an ideal world, communism is supposed to create a society without class. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter how good my grades had been in all my classes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re just chucking around a couple jokes before class,” said Bunny genially, leaning back in his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I heard Amelia’s in flute class now! How great.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Emboldened by Harry’s success, the rest of the class climbed cautiously into the paddock. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m teaching a unit on journalism,” said Mr. Larson, “and some of the kids in the class have started a newspaper—sort of as a project. It’s good writing, don’t you think?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

To Bates, that “no credit” was the equivalent of a zero, because Gary never had made up the homework by the time he was transferred out of the class. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, I caused a bit of a shock because I didn’t cover my face the way the other girls did and because I talked freely in class and asked questions. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah?” said Jared S. when I told Mrs. Miller’s class for my reading assignment. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

You wouldn’t think hed be cool, but he told stories and jokes and let us play games in class. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’ve taken every class there is on the subject. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I could see she despised me, marking with all the snobbery of her class that I was no great lady, that I was humble, shy and diffident. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she said, “You have to speak to someone before you return to class.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Ms. Eisen informs us that we’re going to continue our weights unit until Tuesday, after which point whoever shows up for the last classes will play softball in the field. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He took a wood shop class to build needed furniture for their one-room apartment. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The English night class was held several times a week in coordination with one of Maxwell Street’s many Jewish aid organizations. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Emily would have felt relief about that except that he carried James’s note with him as he strode back to the front of the class. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Guidance made me take this class. Singing just ain’t my thing.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That night Griggs, a boy who had gone through many classes with me, came to the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve cut some parts of it out,” he tells the class. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

All four—Carlos, Eddie, Mike, and Snap—walk my sister to class. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I floated out of the room, thinking about how lucky I was to be in her class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t come back to school, not at first, and not for classes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have to go get ready for my next class. See you after lunch, Marlee!” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember this one time after lunch, when Stan and I went to class and Mr. Thorp, our math teacher with the huge head, sprang this surprise quiz on us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Threepenny Opera was a kind of Trainspotting for the late 1920s, presenting the middle classes with a grimy, warts-and-all vision of the alienated, nihilistic underclass. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When we went to the district commandant to enlist, we were a class of twenty young men, many of whom proudly shaved for the first time before going to the barracks. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped going to school, filed for incompletes in all her classes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just out of high school, they'd both signed up for an introductory class to get a commercial driver's license. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We have to keep working in class, although we don’t know if we are going to be together next year or not. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Albert, Keisha, and I get off the bus for our class trip to the Noah Webster House. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She would always pick on me to read in front of the class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Imani hugs me and rubs my back whenever I see her after class. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be the class goody but I couldn’t help myself. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And we had a substitute who knew as much about running a gym class as a gerbil would. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday, February 17, I was called in to see Mr. Robert Penney, one of the counselors for the senior class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The pair of them looked out over the lawn; the class was widely scattered now, and all in great difficulty. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I have no idea what we cook in class. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we stay in our seats, and Mr. Stoker starts his class. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Leroy patted his hands in the air to calm the class. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“This guy here is a class act, a gentleman. There’s no need for any handcuffs.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I got back to the dentist with my second drop, one of the kindergartners was already waiting to go back to class. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I open up the piano cabinet and start to play a compilation of pop songs from the 1960s that Ms. Holly gave me to practice on Friday during music class. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, class photos showed rows and rows of student faces. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to think of anything having to do with Greek or Greek class, either one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We’re not rich but we are comfortable and we are middle class and our son is better off than we are.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the class had the same questions: Closets? Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever wanted to hang out with him or get partnered up with him on a class project. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was the one class they had together all day. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You may work that out. .. with her after class.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was ten o'clock in the morning, and the first day of class. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

After the first two weeks in her class, I, along with all the other excited students, read the San Francisco papers, Time magazine, Life and everything else available to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t ready to get behind a class war, and told her so. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine. I think I might just drop the class. There’s still time.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

First class, on the Madras Mail to Madras. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d managed to survive the first three classes of the day without major incident, but I was still struggling to navigate the school itself. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In American Lit class once, we discussed America as a metaphor tying it into how the country is represented in books, movies, songs. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“See you later, alligators,” I said to the class. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny’s gloom and frustration grew worse day by day, despite the fact that the students in his Talmud class looked upon him with open-mouthed awe. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I decided to duck out of gym class, vowing I would never walk that way again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could a caste system exist, in view of the black middle class? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They’re her dance shoes for when she takes the free dance class at the Tango Palace downtown. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Some guy started swinging a stick that came from one of the art classes at school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s a face he recognizes from campus, someone he’s crossed paths with in the corridors of buildings as he walks to and from class. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered seeing “Yearbook” on her class schedule the day I showed her around the school, and I wondered if she’d been as interested in finding out about me as I was about her. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

As Sarah returned to her seat, the rest of the class applauded politely. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t known she could take care of herself that way, hadn’t known that the strength she’d been building in the classes and in the weight room at the high school would pay off. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When the Transfiguration class had finished, they joined the crowd thundering toward the Great Hall for lunch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“They were in D’Ulney’s class. Jay said something to Psycho about his girl, and in like two seconds he had his hands around Jay’s throat.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

In sixth grade, she said so in class. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“A new experiment,” he said to the class, clapping his hands together before he turned back to us. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Now I’ve checked the records and I’ve found to my shock and disappointment that only one boy in this class has the grades to be eligible for homeroom office.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When class was over, I waited until everyone had left the room before I approached her, folding the paper in half to hide the red marks. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There was deep disagreement between those who thought class was the governing force in American life and those who deemed it pretty much irrelevant. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I like to remember things like the time she took me to my first dance class when I was in third grade. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Within days, she’d called several local community centers and found one that offered adult education classes, and signed up to take math and reading placement tests. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then Salim joined my class and sat next to me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between passing notes with Twig and thinking about Mom, I hadn’t exactly paid attention in any of my classes. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“He and Professor Trelawney are dividing classes between them this year,” said Professor McGonagall, a hint of disapproval in her voice; it was common knowledge that she despised the subject of Divination. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I bet I can talk my mom into going today, after class,” she says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The classes were really hard for me, too. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The teacher talked to the class, and...Maybe I’d better speak to your father?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

One of the current events we studied in social studies class was the unusual number of small planes that had gone down in sudden squalls in the Atlantic that year. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There’s giggling from the rest of the class. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

It was clear that I was going to have to bail on my Tina-free classes: Spanish, math, and gym and art, which alternated days. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that point, I’m not sure there really even was a middle class anymore—just all of us hoeing for root vegetables next to our cracked aboveground pools. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My language arts class had library orientation, and in the last few minutes we got to check out books from Mr. Baca, our school librarian. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

And that should be the one who read about it in class. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was a subject we never discussed in class. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She and Morrow shared a few classes at school, and he was smitten with her almost immediately. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

While this convoluted structure of race and class profited the black elite, it would be wrong to label Spaulding, Merrick, and the rest as corrupt. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight. This kid that’s got you all worried—he’s in a class with you, and there’s something about his behavior that you find threatening.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the dorm was younger than Tally now, and she’d already taught all of her best tricks to the next class. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

No one in the class cared one little bit about the report. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished high school at the top of his class at age fifteen and went on to Indiana University in the early days of the Great Depression. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I could ever admit to taking cupping classes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“A couple of the kids from the class came down and spoke up for you.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When my son was young, he got detention once for throwing paper airplanes at the ceiling during class. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I found myself doing calculations I’d failed at in geometry class as I determined the angle to cut the round pill. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know any of the other boys in our freshman class, and Gideon was the only guy I'd come across who not only was cute and charming but also appreciated my dry humor. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I hoist my backpack over my shoulder and shut the door behind me on my way to class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Others suggested that a longer Academy would not be necessary if short classes weren’t booked into long class periods, leaving us to practice pool shots in the lounge for a couple of hours each day. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, class, please settle down and join me at the table,” Mama calls politely, her hijab slightly askew, sweat shining on her forehead. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The girl who campaigned for girls’ education had lost the top spot in her class. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mia came with us, but she didn’t sign up for class. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

By contrast, everything about Marcus screamed superstar in the making, from his red Jordans, gray jeans, and leather jacket to his all-AP class schedule to his talent on the court. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

At a visit with Winnie a few months before, she had managed to tell me through our coded conversation that there was a rising class of discontented youth who were militant and Africanist in orientation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire school was there, including those who took classes in the tin shacks by the river. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polls consistently show that programs based on class backgrounds have wider support than those based on race. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Novel reading is a middle-class pastime, which is another reason that novels have so often focused on the middle and upper classes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Like consumption patterns, class alignments in politics have become jumbled. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t do anything on the next two lab experiments in Mr. Ferris’s class. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

DuPont had pulled off the feat that every marketer dreams of: it brought class to the masses. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The pretty guide thought he was part of the class; the teacher thought that he was planted in the audience to pep up the discussion; the class knew that he was an imposter. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know what class it was. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She had to clear permission from Miss McDaniels, of course, since she’d be “outside of regulation attire,” not to mention the fact that we’ll all be missing math class today while the mold hardens. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He edges through the compartments, his duffel bag heavy with books for his Renaissance architecture class, for which he has to write a paper over the next five days. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said Caroline’s class was one of Satan’s deceptions, like the public school, because it claimed to be one thing when really it was another. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The whole class practiced, again and again, while the guide whipped them up into a whistling frenzy. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Revolution is not a dinner party. Revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence in which one class overthrows another.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t know which routes Pearl might take from class to class—would she take the main stairwell, with its crush of students, or the back one that led down to the English wing? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Hydrogen,” said Lil, who turned out to be in every one of my classes, except for PE, of course. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’d cut and folded squares of fabric for the quilting class and tried to push away the thought of leaving, the box of letters under my bed, and Momma in general. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t your mom make those peanut butter cookies that you used to always bring in for class parties?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Listen to this. ‘I continue to do well in my studies and am first in my class in calculus and Greek. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Basically, all the kids from all the fifth-grade classes poured into the cafeteria at the same time, talking loudly and bumping into one another while they ran to different tables. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

God, he was a jerk—she was glad she didn't have him for a real class. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I approached him in the hallway between classes and did my best to act like I didn’t know he was a scumbag. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Bailey stood alone at the front of the class, as if he was facing a firing squad. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, as I headed for gym class, I had two more reasons to hope integration could work. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, oh man, I wish I didn’t have to speak in front of the class. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They put her in two schools at once in Oklahoma, just so they’d have classes hard enough. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Since ancient times, folk music has been the music of ordinary people, not the ruling class or professional musicians. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He put our class microphone in the middle of that big wooden table. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

When the last class was dismissed, the four of them went out onto the plaza and sat on a stone bench. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

One time in gym class we had to do this thing for warm-up where Mr. Perham made us form two lines, facing each other. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There were AP classes and academies—public health, visual arts, environmental science. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I love the fact that she’s in all my inclusion classes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But she has a class to teach in half an hour. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My Carver classmates complain about challenging classes and competitive sports, but they don't know the meaning of the word "stress." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, we go to a colonial schoolroom and join the rest of our class. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But he is more like a pirate walked straight from a story a teacher once read to my class. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Where am I supposed to get cream puffs for the whole class?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey paused and leaned back in her chair behind the plain table that stood in the middle of the floor in front of the class. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’s been in my classes since I moved here but never says anything more than hi to me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I had a history of being difficult in Ms. Solomon’s class. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Katrina was a full year before I was born, but we learn about that hurricane in class and have a moment of silence every year on the anniversary. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Our group project is done and we have to present it to the class. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell ignored the blank stares she received from the class. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Hollander, a reading enrichment teacher, shaped her lessons around robust literature—her classes met in small groups and talked informally about what they had read. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” said Julian, “I don’t mind if Edmund misses a class now and then. But three in a row. And you know what a hard time he has catching up.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As a seamstress at a downtown department store, she repaired, altered, and steam-pressed clothing—work known and respected by both the black professional class and ordinary workers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I looked at Travis only because I didn’t want to fail this class. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That how I learn in America to shake hand. I take class. You supposed to look in eye, then shake firm.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He sat in front of Ben in Mr. Loring’s English class. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years before, he had told his first class, “Call me Archie.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

"Anything. Tell me about one of your classes." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There was something about his voice that made the boys in our class straighten up and sit taller. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about all those people looking at me while I’m up in front of the class has my hands doing their shaking thing. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I would enroll in junior college classes in the fall, I told Baba the day after graduation. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So my mom was at a spin class with her ‘girls,’ he said, holding up quotation fingers. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I read every book I could get my hands on and welcomed the challenge of better classes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He really has got to stop taking classes so painfully relevant to his life. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the only class we have in common this semester. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Janny Scott, a reporter with an unusual gift for rendering complicated subjects accessible, dug into new thinking about the impact of class on health, immigration, residential segregation, and child rearing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

At sixteen and a half my mom found out I was cutting classes with my twenty-one-year-old boyfriend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was then one of the three highest in the class. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the class would be right in the middle of saluting the flag, when in would burst Dad, with a grin stretching from ear to ear. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem is that buried among the things that we hate is a class of products that are in that category only because they are weird. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was just the two of us that year; we were the only ones of our friends together in the same class. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s Thursday, so she’s got classes tonight as she goes after that social work degree—she wants to make sure other people get the help she didn’t back when she was on drugs. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I had two more classes to get through after lunch but I wasn’t sure my head could take it; I’d already surpassed my threshold for stupidity for the day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was nice to discover I was actually one of the better players in our class. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The bell for lunch rings, and Missus Wilhelmina slowly finishes her sentence, to remind us that we aren’t allowed to leave until she dismisses us from class herself. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, let the class sing with no support from you. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In religious instruction classes, Sor Juana had told how God clothed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after they had sinned. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Our close friend Elizabeth Alexander, the poet who’d written a poem for Barack's first inauguration, spoke to the class, which meant that Barack and I got to sit back and just feel. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There are ten minutes left to class, but I can totally stay in a bathroom stall for ten minutes. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll ask Mr. Fabian to let you come early to class tomorrow. And no more switching instruments after this, okay, Amelia?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The following week, after class, I showed the book to my teacher and pointed to the chapter on the Hazaras. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Be prepared to explain your cipher for the class if it goes unbroken, in order to prove it’s validly constructed.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Wait, I don’t understand one thing—why would you ditch class with a guy who thinks you don’t exist?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you still upset about what happened in Mr. Dimming’s class?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I would remember to dissemble for short periods, then I would forget and act straight and human again, not with the desire to harm anybody, but merely forgetting the artificial status of race and class. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

While incarcerated, he went through drug and alcohol rehabilitation, got his GED, and taught GED classes to other inmates for twenty-five dollars a month. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Your school marks this term have been very disappointing, and your behavior in class continues to be disruptive and disrespectful. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The next day I was ten minutes early to Hemme’s class, sitting in the front row. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew I wanted to run out of the class right then and there. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Baker asked her to remove them for class, she said that her doctor had asked her to keep them on. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach life. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Martinelli and other former factory workers say that, over time, they have come to fear that the fall out of the middle class could be permanent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the class seemed perfectly willing to skip arithmetic for one morning. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

But that may only be a way of saying that the day I raised my hand in class and spoke loudly to an entire roomfid of faces, my childhood started to end. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re still in our old barracks. And we’ll keep the same class schedule as before, except instead of Rhetoric and History, we have extra watches on the wall.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was anxious to get started because I could see that Central had tape recorders and special headphones, things I hadn’t had in my French classes before. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was going to think about Eleanor sitting in class, thinking about him, carefully writing his name someplace she thought only she would see. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure Miss Durrell wants you transferred into this class?” he said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t answer Lucy’s question, but instead said, “Now, class three. You have two minutes to find your seat for the school year. Once I call 'time,’ your seat will be your permanent seat.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The kids in my class were shaken by the movie too. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s the promise of the warm schoolhouse, Miss Larsen’s friendly smile, and the distraction of other lives, other worlds on the pages of the books we read in class, that get me out the door. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Wait,” said Miss Grybas, as if she were directing her class. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The only good place was English, where Mr. Gunthrie seemed to have reined in the class so well they ignored me completely. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In the courtyard, between classes, in the lunchroom, I called out to others just to see if they would respond. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And she claims to know what an entire 7th-grade class is thinking. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma pointed at a building next to the school, the Institute of African Studies, where her office was and where she taught most of her classes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As if released from class, the choir boys stood up, chattered, piled their black cloaks on the grass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And then she erupted into laughter just like she did in class. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and Doc closes the door and turns around to face the class, but before he can say “Good morning,” Jared’s hand is in the air. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Want to make it official? I mean, call a meeting of the class?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could bring a kindergarten class here for a picnic. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

So when the class reassembled, Matilda went to her desk and began to study a text-book on geometry which Miss Honey had given her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s only the hottest guy in our class. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Joan was still in school, staying late for the Biology Club; Regina was in a nursing class, to be followed by library work and then a night shift after that. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I ran down the empty school hallway, another warning flashed in front of me: you’re late for your biology class! Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When we turned to sit down, she was over by the windows, in front of the heavy velvet curtains, holding us in a glare, like we were in a class and she was a teacher. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I think Ms. Porter secretly told me that I’m going to be in her creative writing class next year. Just like I wanted. She wrote it in my yearbook.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was in Mr. Garfield’s math class, doing nothing as usual. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He tidies up a pile of papers on his desk, takes a seat, and starts class. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Before the agent could extinguish his cigarette and find his gun, Taylor caught his jaw in a roundhouse kick, the same one she’d perfected in countless aerobic kickboxing classes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Next test, I’m going to get the best grade in the class. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I let her know which teachers she should stay away from at all costs and which ones to get to know even if she doesn’t have their classes. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The following week I went to dance class thinking that we would progress to real dancing. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I made it in ceramics class two months ago, it looked vibrant and smooth. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I'm glad she has a ten o'clock class. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look like I’m about to do a defensive drill during basketball gym class. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

If you go to the doctor’s house and the maid sees you’re from the lower classes she tells you go to the Dispensary where you belong. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I looked around the room and saw the boy from Hemme’s class hunched over a book, taking notes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every June during the time of our school exhibition, the graduating class gave orations and dialogues on Friday night. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Promptly after greeting them in Paris, however, Swann deserted them in favor of a master class with the cellist Pablo Casals. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In an emergency, the poor would panic, become confused and go wild; the “better class” would remain calm and law-abiding, and find an orderly way to deal with the problem. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Abject foolishness. Not in my class. Have a seat.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We spent a third of the class time learning “aeiou’s,” a third learning how to count to twenty in Tsonga and a third how to sit and stand upon command. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anne Frank, as punishment for talking in class, write an essay entitled ‘“Quack, Quack, Quack,” Said Mistress Chatterback.’” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There were a group of us students who would try to take any class that he taught. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The room is filled with many of the same people who were in my class last year, with the notable exception of Soojin. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Parker couldn’t leave well enough alone and kept telling the class what a bully I was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

So in Mrs. Sheldon’s class, if you do not have anything to show when it is your turn to share, you can talk about important news. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The east side increasingly became the repository for the town’s white-collar class. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hudson, Harriett, and I had the same teacher as everyone else, and yet we’re the only ones from our class wasting away in summer school. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

All that night helicopters flew over the working- class neighborhoods, humming like flies from another world. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re not getting your class, why are you learning calculus on your own?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We would smile and say hi and continue on our way to our separate classes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

There were no classes, no rich or poor and no exploitation of man by man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Ms. Saintima settles our class down, I keep thinking of the dream from the night before. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Second, Jefferson suggested that Adams’s description of aristocratic power was appropriate for Europe, where feudal privileges, family titles, and more limited economic opportunities created conditions that sustained class distinctions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Derric wasn’t a violent kid in school, but he wasn’t above sassing off in class, or getting others into trouble because of his verbal antics. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that managers and especially “assistant managers” in low-wage settings like this are exactly the class enemy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were always nice to the chief of class. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Lunch period was long past; it was almost eleven thirty and now Aimee was hungry, but she had to find her next class. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to walk me to class every day.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The deadline to register for the dance class had passed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I thought about my driver’s education class this past semester. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He used to arrive late to their accounting class with singular excuses—a cow’s lack of appetite, the difficult birth of two foals. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You bet. How about Saturday? Oh, you've got classes all morning, I keep forgetting...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At least this time it seemed everybody was expecting us to arrive at Central High School and go inside for classes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are in jeopardy of not being able to be a class next year. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Armpit’s economics teacher once told the class about a donkey standing exactly halfway between two identical haystacks. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The entire class had finished their packet, and I was only on page three. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t raise my hand anymore in Mrs. Verne’s class, and after the first time I didn’t bother answering even when she called on me, she stopped calling on me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Right before science class began, I went up to Theresa and handed her six pages of research. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t just think we were part of the middle class, the great engine of America powering us forward; we were part of it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Someone in Ms. G’s class reminded us that “187” is the police code for murder. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She used her wand to set off a loud bang, which restored silence, and ordered everyone back into their classes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“And I’m telling you right now, I won’t tolerate any lighting in my class for any reason. Do you understand that?” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s an “aversion,” which is a word I just learned in Mr. Browne’s class. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The classes were the same: language and communications; commerce and industry; science and technology; civil procedures and government. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Also, attending class became the requirement for the weekend trips to the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

After all the years my friends who had made me feel stupid, all are now interested in my class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was not reluctant to explain to Yolanda that this is the hour during which a Dominican male of a certain class stops in on his mistress on his way home to his wife. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I still remember that time she was partnered with Auggie in dance class and looked like she was about to throw up. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Maddy isn’t that bad. We’ve been friends a long time, but she’s only in one of my classes this year, so I hardly ever see her. I hope she comes back to cooking class.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Early in January, when we had all just returned from the Christmas holidays, a recruiter from the United States ski troops showed a film to the senior class in the Renaissance Room. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always felt he was smarter than the other kids in class and that the work just didn’t hold his interest. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She wished she’d paid more attention in health class, when that nurse had come in with a rubber dummy and showed how to do that artificial perspiration stuff. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t allowed into the class until her mother brought in her birth certificate to prove who she was. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He gave me an unearned high five when the coach finally blew the whistle ending class. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And though I’ve disagreed with the idea every day this week in humanities class, sometimes I think I know what he meant. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Each morning before classes began, we all lined up in the courtyard by grade, then recited the national anthem and the Lord’s Prayer. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The girl from Mr. Jackson’s class was playing Fern, and she carried a blanket in her arms, meant to represent the runt pig, Wilbur. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Very well. But my time is limited. I can’t be late to class.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

But Mya has been crushing on Mason since Mrs. Wilson’s English class sophomore year, so this trip is her chance to finally make a move. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The school bell called us back to class and the girl turned and ran. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The class went as quiet as if Sycorax and Caliban—the rats, not the monsters—had appeared before us, clacking their appalling yellow teeth. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They spoke for the necessity of creating a nonwhite leadership class. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students who were late or who misbehaved in class were responsible for the upkeep of the toilets at school. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Those in the wealthy classes might hire a tutor if their male guardians allowed it, but Maria was not wealthy. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she had run all the way over from class. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He ordered the girl to the front of the class and told her to kneel. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Granger and every kid in the class got the message loud and clear. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just get to class before the bell rings,” said Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now, I had already been into art, way before Mrs. Caperdeen’s class. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My class was more than a block away from the front door, near the Fourteenth Street entry to the school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day’s first class would be starting in five minutes, but I didn’t want to move. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Trunchbull was standing in front of the class, legs apart, hands on hips, scowling at Miss Honey who stood silent to one side. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It might be safer to go back to class.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her class is called Sixth Form instead of senior year. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The meeting began like the town meetings we used to have in social studies class—treasurer’s report, old business, new business; “1 move”; “I second the motion.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, I remember from civics class that storm winds will break glass. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

For the past few weeks in Molly’s American History class they’ve been studying the Wabanaki Indians, a confederacy of five Algonquian-speaking tribes, including the Penobscot, that live near the North Atlantic coast. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She stayed in the stall a long time, until she heard Dr. Schwab on the P.A. system informing everyone that all doors were now unlocked and all students should be in class or risk detention. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Father sounded like the know-it-all kid in class you just want to strangulate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Henry said, “P.J., come over here. This is Mr. Glaubman. Tell him how it's changed our class to have Mr. Dawson with us.' “ Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called a friend from class and asked if she’d drive me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The new headmaster, Mr. O’Halloran, says he’s sorry, I’ve missed over two months of school and I have to be put back in fifth class. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

That class had finished several minutes early—Miss Emily had rushed off with a preoccupied frown—and the word had started to go round as soon as the students had come out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, Mr. Flanagan, but I don’t see your name here. Are you certain you have the right class? Seventh-grade advanced English?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know about that?” a kid in the front of the class said with alarm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nobody knew how old she was—we thought she was about sixteen—much too old to be in our class. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone stared—especially at Dari, because he was usually so serious in class—and I felt half embarrassed and half proud, because I had the weirdest friends in the seventh grade. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I came down and did the same, hitching to Big Creek, just making it in time for the first class. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I only quit walking home with him in the third grade because that’s when everyone in my class started to ride bikes to school. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard I try, I can never keep up in math class, and trying to learn Spanish will be even worse. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“But aren’t the classes the same? English is English. Math is math.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was hard for J.T. because he’s shy and the only two people he knew were Digger and me and we weren’t in any of his classes. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She peered over her reading glasses at the whole class. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was with no small amount of satisfaction that I watched him give a quick glance to the still applauding class, swallow, and shake my hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Most classes are out at three, but it’s not gonna be effective if we wait until after that.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Whenever I got real quiet in class, Ms. Laverne knew why. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

No weird noises or kicks or grunts for the rest of the class, no answers to questions I know. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I thought of the girl who bristled at the smell of weed in music appreciation class and realized that I didn't want to be her anymore. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It would be a great resource for teachers to offer students, especially those who could benefit from some extra information outside of class. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He sang “The Colors of the Sun” along with his class, and he solved a math problem. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

"Every class and every individual must help us create the new Reich," Hitler implores. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

And I’d see her again in my last class of the day. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They begin seeing each other Mondays and Wednesdays, after she teaches her class. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was just the two of us that year; we were the only ones of our friends together in the same class. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Yes, I, Vanessa Martin, the student who used to hide in the back of class in order to avoid talking, said all of that! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then she told him in her special and gentle voice that she understood he was going through a rough time, but he’d have to stay awake in class. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It was the end of January and we had just returned from Fresno where I had started the sixth grade in Mr. Lema’s class in November. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

With due respect for the fine work of other papers, I’m confident the reporting represented in these pages takes the discussion of class in our country to a new level. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I played volleyball in class one,” I said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She reminded them of all the pranks Tommy had played on them, of all the sterling qualities of the smartest student in their class, of why a girl, not a boy, should represent them. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I always wear them to his class so he can see them. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Smart enough to be top of the class. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even handle standing up for two minutes to talk in class. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And then there was a school where my mom taught music classes for free until they let Natalie in. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She offered to enroll him herself and buy his school supplies and a uniform, and she went along with Amanda on the first day of class. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jellies exhibit, below the touch tank, where the rest of my seventh-grade class flicked water at one another, was nearly empty. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It was the worst of all in class, though,” she said with decision. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

One day I was in art class, and we were working with oil paints. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t care and I’m put into that class with Malachy and I know all his friends are there sneering at me because I was put back. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But when you are six, you can invite children from your class.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then he adds softly, "But in class, your idealism shows as well. Be careful of idealism, my boy, for idealism is the most dangerous doctrine of all." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder how much they know about us, about the lives we live outside of class, about who we are on our own.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Can we still take class tours as we did yesterday?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t tell them about June or how in art class yesterday she kept flicking paint at my nose. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

World- class city is a phrase they use in magazines these days, a great deal too much. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to turn, to scan the faces of the kids in the class, to find that one kid who’d be gloating in satisfaction. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, what was that thing Mr. Fantana was talking about in class today? The thing he pulled up the picture of? I mean, it kinda looked like a booger." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

On that last Friday, Mr. Ferris set Clarence rocking on the lab table as soon as class started. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of my class stopped and took notice of Mrs. Williams. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you get the highest score in the class?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

"She has got another thing coming," DeNice said after class, in the locker room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She was the youngest, not yet six in a class of seven-year-olds, but she flawlessly read cat, pan, bed in an accent that was like Olanna’s. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead I put all my money toward dance classes and acting classes that I took in the mornings at a little studio in Elmhurst. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He also said that I should use the vocabulary words that I learn in class like “corpulent” and “jaundice.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But everyone in the class seemed to know right away who it was. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

As one of the only kids in hijab and one of the only Black kids in honors classes, I would always be different. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A cheer from the class, as if the happy holidays were already here. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He loved to toss surprise exams at a class—and he also could suddenly be the nice guy, not giving a test for weeks or giving a test and then throwing away the results. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody but Ty Carson, who bolted out of class, probably because Mr. Davanzo couldn't stand people asking to go to the bathroom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Malia was happy at her University of Chicago Laboratory School, making friends and loading up her own little calendar with birthday parties and swim classes on weekends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After my Pilates class last night I asked Tara if she wanted to go to the cinema with me one night next week, then if she’d cover for me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mentioned this to my mom, and she asked why Bill didn’t recommend that I just take a sophomore or junior english class. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

By this time, the whole class is watching him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

In class today she made us do a speech about our future goals. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden Ms. Rubin started pointing to kids around the class. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then Miss K said some members of the class had stories and poems about mice they wanted to share with their guests. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The children’s Sunday school classes met each Sunday in the lower auditorium. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On my first day in this new school, the fifth-grade teacher, Miss Buschkowsky, asks the twelve of us in her class to introduce ourselves and list one or two of our hobbies. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was sad that I had to leave them now, even though the class was very boring. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z