Having set the advertisement, the boy took a covered basket from under the counter, put it on a table, and drew up two stools. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the kitchen counter this morning is indeed an apple pie with a golden roof over it and a plate of turnovers. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then she smacked it down on the counter and said, “That SmartMart outside of town is going to be open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. A Supercenter is what they’re calling it.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Kote remained facing the back wall, hands flat on the counter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I’m going to tell the fourteen-year-old behind the counter she might want to throw out her banana chocolate swirl,” Celia said, gesturing at the kid in glitter lip gloss texting behind the counter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Victoria Forester walked into Monday and Brown's with a list, written in her mother's precise handwriting, and she rang the small bell on the counter for service. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cook wipes down the counters for the night, ignoring me, as usual. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It had started out being sixty seconds alone with the candy counter; now it was one large pizza per week for a whole year. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bowls and measuring cups and ingredients covered the counters; flour and sugar dusted their clothes. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The British Army and Navy sang a rousing song called “Heart of Oak”; the rebels had writ one to counter it called “The Liberty Song.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Bo watches me from behind the counter with wide eyes and a twitching jaw. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Emily shifted words around the magnetic poetry tray on his counter. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Byrd swipes a banana from the counter, grabs a handful of other things. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she invited ladies from church over who played along, ordering coffee and leaving money on the kitchen counter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The little blue windup mouse Hugo had taken fell from his hand, skidded across the counter, and landed on the floor with a crack. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“What?” he said, and he started coming around the counter with an aluminum baseball bat in his right hand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Students walked across the Queen Street Bridge to downtown Hampton and converged on the lunch counters at Woolworth’s and Wornom’s, the local drug store. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The guy behind the counter rang him up. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Whenever I found myself up against my mother’s faith-based obstinacy, I would try, as respectfully as possible, to counter with an opposing point of view. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She goes behind the counter, puts on her hat, and gets back to work. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There are two open counters—one where you pay, one where you wait for your order. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fields did concede that spinning wheels were not often used outdoors, at the foot of a slave’s cabin, but countered that while authenticity was their watchword, the dimensions of the room forced certain concessions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Frank hops up onto the kitchen counter, crosses his arms and snickers. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Grunting loudly, he squeezed out of the booth and slapped the shorthand pad on the counter. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, what was it like, then, Luke?” she asked, countering my red-hot rant with a cool white calm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Put it on Mama Ya-Ya’s account,” I say, pointing at the bread, milk, and water on the counter. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The only person in the store was a woman in a stained apron behind a glass-framed counter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teeth were extracted and she bought me an ice cream cone from the side window of a drug counter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Towers of sloppily rinsed microwave trays are on most of the counters. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She wondered briefly how hungry he must have been to come in here at all, when she looked at the gray counter and the smeared glass bowl over a plate of doughnuts. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Calista asked Hugo while I studied the donut case on the counter to decide which one I wanted most. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the counter and watched one customer after another. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The creaky door slams as we walk in, and the regulars at the counter all turn to look at us. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on a three-legged stool behind the counter of the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She plodded out from behind the meat counter and walked heavily down to the cash register at the front of the store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

You'd stick your hand over the shot and bang it on the counter, and once it started fizzing, you tossed it back. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When I opened my eyes, two red pills were on the counter in front of me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He recognizes that he can’t counter my fighting skills and has instead used surprise and his colossal bulk to best me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ishmael, waiting, listened to the conversation of two fishermen hunkered down at the counter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I slip back into the hall just as Max emerges from beneath the counter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then I shoved the sandwiches in my coat pocket, grabbed the Gatorade, and scooped up the flashlight at the end of the counter. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He stacked them on the counter above the small galley refrigerator. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The line at the counter went all the way to the door, and every single table was full—mostly with Beecher Prep kids. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then I countered boldly, “Why? What do you know?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He drops a cardboard box down on the counter. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We both enjoy the moment, and he reaches under his counter and gives me a sheet of paper. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and straightened his back up against the counter and waited for the music to begin. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Waited for him to do the dishes, wipe the counters. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She shoved her physics book onto the counter and opened it up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

However, “Sir Savien” was a ballad, and the vocal part was a counter melody that ran against the timing of the lute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Muff nodded at the heavy baking trays on the counter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we slow down in the more congested part of the city, I see scores of little shops, dark inside, lined with counters and shelves. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been pacing the senate floor for five minutes, going on and on, trying to counter what Percy had told them about Juno’s plan and the Prophecy of Seven. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“In a minute,” Char snaps, waving for me to come to the other end of the counter. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Tucker took the plate, filled a glass with water, and plunked everything on the counter beside me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

So I slammed my briefcase down on the kitchen counter and said the first thing I could think of: “Who’s up for a nice tall glass of lemonade?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He sat in at lunch counters in the South. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the counter space is limited, Jack motions for me to go ahead of him. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As they crossed the station floor, Tucker pointed out the local sights of interest, such as the Nedick’s lunch counter—Tucker spent a lot of time around there—and the Loft’s candy store. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held a blue ribbon in one hand and a Geiger counter in the other. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I stuffed the book into my bag and turned from the counter and walked down the aisle, feeling a physical tingling along my spine, knowing that the white man knew I was really hungry. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hung on to the counter with one hand. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Savannah was the fastest counter, and this boy Jacob was the slowest. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Turns out one Howie Holman from Detroit, Michigan, had been gunned down behind the counter of his own store, leaving a wife and three kids behind to clean up the mess. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And then he said, “If you could move away from the counter.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He filled it up to the brim, bounced it on the counter a few times, and dropped in a few more gumdrops. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my other hand, I trace a slow line along the cool metal lip of the counter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and left a big tip on the counter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We settle in at the kitchen counter, working side by side. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Later, as I sat at the lunch counter in the five-and- dime to have a root beer, I could hardly eat for keeping watch all around me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved ahead, holding her tray out to the serving person behind the counter, and put the boat crew out of her mind. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Things were stiff between us, and the apron still sat all wrapped up on the kitchen counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She leaned her hips against the counter, crossed her arms and stared at us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m checking the park with a Geiger counter! Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man behind the counter glared at me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The girl behind the counter had a teardrop tattoo under her left eye. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I drained the glass and turned to leave, when there across at the lunch counter I saw Brother Maceo. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, smearing a little extra butter on my crust and giving it to Boomer, who has been sniffing around the turkey waiting to be stuffed on the counter. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

With the box, the rifle, and the counter he was quite heavily loaded. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bull had chosen a stool in the middle of the counter on the day he first became part of the crowd. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she went behind the candy counter and hummed, “Glory, glory, hallelujah, when I lay my burden down.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, sliding my book farther down the circulation counter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When I'm walking up to that lunch counter and taking my seat, I pray to God, don't let anybody spit on me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

At the ticket counter, an immigration officer had routinely checked his passport, entering the number: Z7792702. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Flores had selected two cans of kidney beans and put them on the counter. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hanson added the sugar sack to the pile on the counter, then clicked his tongue in satisfaction. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jessica had drifted to the jewelry counter and we were alone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Viola sat at her table, taking a short rest while SanJuanna pumped water in preparation to start on the mountain of dishes on the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Holly took the scraps and put them in a five-gallon bucket behind the counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She put a fifty-cent piece down on the counter and announced that she wanted to take all the picks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sneaks a hand across the counter to my arm and pinches. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One of the seafood workers—a huge man, dressed in an orange apron—throws an entire salmon across the counter, where it lands in another man’s arms with a wet smack. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The container of half-n-half slips from my grip and clatters to the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Instead you got your sweets twisted up in a small piece of newspaper which she tore off a pile of old Daily Mirrors lying on the counter. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge moved the box to the edge of the counter. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Agha Rezaei stepped out from behind the counter and squeezed himself into one of the aisles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I took both our plates into the kitchen, where the platters of kabob and rice took up every square inch of available counter space. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I stepped up to the counter and whispered, “Please, ma’am, do you have a copy of Mr. Darwin’s book?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mom cried, putting the cake on the counter and hurrying over to them. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The woman at the Walton County jail had a different approach; she grabbed Luma’s hand, inked her fingertips, and then slammed her hand down on the counter. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he goes to the house and tells Redemption’s parents, Pet countered. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She slap a tape on the counter right in front of me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Lawrence countered that Chicago’s experience with large-scale nuclear research was meager compared with that of the Rad Lab, which had support facilities to spare. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She stared at the bag of jewelry until it was tucked underneath the counter. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He stood looking into the sink with his handkerchief in his hand and leaned hard against the counter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When first I saw the five-and-dime’s lunch counter as a little girl, I was in awe. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Charles came from behind the counter, propped himself up against the ice chest. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Mom shook her head as she rummaged through a pile of papers on the back counter. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Lexie would be perched at the counter, twirling a lock of hair around her finger, wondering where she was. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The only covered portion was the ticket counter, a little hut in the middle of an open-air platform. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were Vietnamese people working behind the counter. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts the empty Coke can on the counter and burps real loud. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I had a martini alone, paid for it, picked up the box of chocolate at the outside counter and walked on home toward the hospital. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Beverly took her hand off Louisiana’s mouth, and the three of them walked into the Golden Glen, where Martha was standing, like before, behind the counter at the end of the hallway, smiling. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They ran behind the counter and through a second doorway, which led to a rickety wooden staircase that they climbed as fast as they could. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I took the ring, and as I searched the rest of the counter, I found the guy's packed lunch. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He put the lemons into a bag and, with a curious diffidence, she came closer to the counter to give him the money. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dad purposely moved the pizza delivery application to the kitchen counter again and suggested I fill it out. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then something on the counter caught his eye: an open box of birthday candles. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He took down a small box and opened it carefully on the counter. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was the smoothest man I ever saw,” said C. E. Davis, whom Holmes had hired to manage the drugstore’s jewelry counter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I watched Betty Jean use a spatula to put the cookies onto a piece of wax paper on the counter to cool. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

From my backseat car window, I would point my nose toward Kiddieland and breathe in the smells of roasting hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, and candied apples cooling on refreshment stand counters. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Various bottles line the counter, beside stacks of towels and bowls of mint candy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the curving back stairs to the downstairs kitchen, where casseroles lined the counters. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But then the receptionist had said from behind her counter: 'The lady's in the tea lounge, sir.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, I would studiously avoid sitting near the middle class in lunch counters and on public transportation, maintaining the intrinsic honesty and grandeur of my being. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman took her gently by the arm and walked her to the counter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, Lucas walked back over to the counter where I stood, and said that this meant nothing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“The more you walk, the more pain you’ll be in,” Luna countered. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was hoping to leave the money on the counter and split, forget the change, but it appeared Fatty was an early riser. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know the man behind the counter, because the hardware store had been bought and the new owner hired people outside of Norvelt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet, except for the little radio on the counter, playing the gospel station. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I asked, trying to coax him into a conversation as I placed the yearbook down on the kitchen counter. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Blacks were still not allowed to sit at the counters. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing out here in the middle of the night?” he countered. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the counter, sitting beside the Walkman and a chocolate malted shake in honor of Mom, are the next three tapes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I leaned against the counter and checked my phone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then she took my hand and we moved toward the meat counter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He stoops behind the counter now and opens a refrigerator that’s hidden behind it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The old man slammed a fist down on the counter, shaking all the toys. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I pull out my ID and slide it across the glass counter to Jared, as the name tag pinned to his sky-blue scrubs reads. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It teaches you how to ruin other people’s lives without caring,” she countered. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Drunks and devils are also men,” Samuel countered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hang out all night and when Alejandro comes out from his office, Ellen slides off the counter and pretends to be a customer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When Sapo walked in the guy sitting behind the counter quickly rose to attention, like he was in the army or something. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the kitchen, Dad was telling Mom something while they ate at the breakfast counter. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Officer Khan puts the papers down on the counter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You could go downtown and see colored people working in the dime store behind die counters, even handling money with cash-register keys around their necks. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The information lady taps her pen against the counter. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Daisy Mae made an appearance and climbed up on the counter to watch me work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He put his cup back on the counter. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When he sees us he slides a small box out from under the counter. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

You realize you left it on the kitchen counter, next to the toaster. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I dragged over a stool from the counter so the five of us could sit around the table. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with my ignorance of fencing, I could see that Mr. Armin was holding back, giving Nick time to ward and counter. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I notice an old oil lamp sitting on the kitchen counter, and I try to play with it to get it to turn on, but no use. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

After lunch, each of them was allowed to select one item from those displayed under the glass counter. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Emily picked up the scissors and leaned across the counter to clip the twine. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dad places both hands on the ticket counter and leans in toward the agent. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He turned then to Jethro, who stood beside the counter, his body hunched together as if in an effort to make himself as inconspicuous as possible. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He countered the strike and disarmed me using one of the first moves he’d ever taught me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the counter, overly aware that Neil was behind me now. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Magically the meds appear on the bathroom counter with a glass of cranberry juice. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Failure warnings were already flashing on my display, and my hit-point counter was starting to plummet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Todd was lifted from his chair and brought to the Amtrak ticket counter against the wall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A final twist, a glance at the revolution counter, and he was done. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She decided to counter with a question of her own. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They both looked thoughtfully at the money on the counter. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I laid the coin and another one on the counter. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook a cigarette from a pack of Lucky Strikes that Henry had left on the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before Arabic numerals came around, money counters had to make do with an abacus or a counting board. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The last photo taken of the Das family sits on the kitchen counter. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The woman stepped back with her parcels, a hand to her fur collar, and Zbyszek took her place at the counter. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I walk to the front of the store, and have to pass Elizabeth and Lou Anne at the lunch counter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He saluted me and came around the counter. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He nodded at a small, unlabeled medicine bottle on the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She looked at Miranda’s credit card before sliding it across the counter. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We put the tea in like this,” he said, scooping loose tea from the huge frosted glass jar on the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He pushed the package to my side of the counter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking over behind the counter, he reached out and got a sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was what he said when she asked what he was doing at the makeup counters: “I’m in business.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw stared at him, incensed by the unfairness of the remark, unable to say anything at all to counter it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I was a minority student, wasn’t I? the lady behind the counter asked me rhetorically. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The druggist leaned way over the counter and frowned. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I threw up into the sink, onto the counter, and then slid down to the floor, let the blue and white tiles cool my cheeks. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She waves her arms across the expanse of the counter. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The truck driver started throwing bread to him which he piled up on the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked back into the lab and, trying hard to avoid looking at the body on the table, opened the cabinet doors under the counter instead. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The heat had risen on her father’s face as well, but Pastor Patton firmly guided him to a counter on the far wall before he could respond. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The phone rings, and as Claire walks behind the counter to answer it, suddenly—like it was all planned—the woman drops the clipboard and runs out the front door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Minutes later we all stand at the front counter of the secondhand store. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I put the phone receiver down very gently on the kitchen counter, and then I run up to Safer’s apartment. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the counter I lay down the Superlotto sheet and look over the six glowing blue dots. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Without looking up from the guide, Ms. Solomon said, “Lucy, can you grab the box of Cheerios on the counter and give some to Rosie.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I put her up on the counter and crush up a little pink pill, mix it with some applesauce and feed her the spoonful. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On one such morning, as I sat at the counter watching Grandma pour a bowl of cornflakes, she said, “How would you like to go to school?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They stood quietly for a moment, both leaning on the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sensitive counter clicks when exposed to gamma rays or to such high-energy charged particles as protons and helium nuclei. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t look like Jesse’s idea of rich, but even he could tell that the jeans they wore had not come off the counter at Newberry’s. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She shaped the dough into a ball and set it in the middle of the counter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There was only one server, but there were two women working behind the counter where people fill orders for takeout. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up four plastic takeout containers from the counter and start ladling. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Eventually she closed and stacked the books, then lugged them to the checkout counter. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Biff leaned his weight on the counter and began to peruse the evening newspaper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I take out my earnings for the day and put them on the kitchen counter. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The pungent scent of hot oil hit him as he stopped near the counter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

As I leaned back against the counter and tucked one leg up beneath me, I saw my mother’s coat lying on the floor. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Tucker leaned against the counter and clipped his mechanical pencil to the frames of his glasses. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Just stay outta my way, please,” she said, spraying the counter with orange liquid. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The girl addressed an elderly lady who had her back turned to the counter and was dusting some radios. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She drops her keys down on the counter, and there are at least twenty-six key chains on her key ring with all of two keys. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As wide-eyed sturgeon stared from glass cases, I led us into the shop, around the counter where Dylan spent his days mumbling curses and scaling fish, through a rust-pocked door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes to the row of empty stools on this side of the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

At the counter, I order the largest meal I can buy with my fourteen bucks. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

An older man stood behind a wooden counter. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra was touching the tile on the counter, running her fingers over the cobalt glaze with obvious delight. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She wets a dishcloth and wipes down an already clean spot on the counter. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bernabe drifted away from the counter over to the door, where he stood, hands behind his back, staring at the highway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

While she paid the bill with her credit card, Meggie and Mo examined all the delicacies behind the glass counter. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The kitchen is tucked away behind a row of counters to the right, and an L-shaped leather couch sits in front of a wide television on the left. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I pushed open the door to the shop, a much smaller bell tinkled, and a woman looked up from her perch behind a counter. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The glasses waited in the drying rack on the counter. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Inside Calaca, I walked up to the counter and looked at the selection of pan dulce while I waited for someone to come over. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Not all,” Grandma counters with just a hint of the French accent that remains from her childhood in the orphanage. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

That first day together, Annemarie and I got lucky and found two stools next to each other at the counter under the flag of Italy. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Did I mention I was standing at the counter, visible to anyone the moment they opened the door? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But when McNeil returned to Greensboro after spending Christmas with relatives in Wilmington, North Carolina, the waiter at the lunch counter in the bus station had refused to serve him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped the phone and ran around the counter to give them a hug. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He shrugged, then leaned back against the other side of the counter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Hugo straightened a box of gum packs on the counter. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The woman behind the counter calls out Arthur’s name. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Nine dollars and twenty cents,” said the girl behind the counter. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A woman flitted from the stove to several bowls on the counter, stirring and kneading and folding as she went. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Even though I know exactly what I’m getting, I take my time walking up and down the case, running my hands along the wooden counter. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at the kitchen counter while Dad chopped vegetables and Mom browned some beef in a skillet. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hugo didn’t say anything else, just went back to straightening things behind the counter. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Imani and Heather chatter about soap and lotion and head to the counter to pay for their stuff. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He felt like getting up early and watching his dad try to make breakfast, crack the eggs and drip them all over the counter. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It clatters to the floor, and the squirrel lands on my head before hopping back onto the counter. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The top-hatted man dropped a coin on the counter and smiled down at her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Two cakes, one vanilla and one chocolate, waited inside on the kitchen counter. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t identify the purpose of the checkbook on the counter or of the pen in her hand. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The clerk looked baffled by the sheer amount of junk food on his counter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My cocoa mug sat steaming on the counter, next to Stick’s empty one. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Beto and Cari squatted at the counter, eyeing the big glass jars of candy and figuring on what they could get for the dime Naomi had given them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

How to sit at counters and be cursed at without cursing back, have food and drinks poured over them without standing up and hurting someone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter are cigarettes and shelves of beer and wine. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The day after the Durham protests began, 150 well-disciplined students in Charlotte closed down eight lunch counters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the man sees our stuff, he motions us over to a counter. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

One low counter—Jonathan thought it a bed—was against the wall. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

We collected our things and went to the back of the line of people waiting at the counter to pay. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When I walk back into the kitchen, Mom is facing the doorway, her back to the counter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The three of them are on me at once, moving too fast for me to counter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“My nutrients are on the counter. I know how much to take.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I wash my trembling hands and sprinkle flour on the wooden board at our counter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He came from behind the counter, saying to me, “Let’s go grind that com.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Put your letters on the counter. We’ll ask Daddy to mail them tomorrow.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The restaurant accommodations, great scallops of counters with simulated leather stools, are as spotless as and not unlike the lavatories. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police countered by dispersing mourners with tear gas, police dogs, rubber bullets and truncheons. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch him through the window as he opens the pastry boxes on the counter. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When I finished, I folded the top of the bag and lugged it to its spot behind the counter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

"This wasn’t some taunts at a lunch counter! This wasn’t ketchup on their heads! Look at my face! I’m not supposed to fight back to that?" The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You could hear the sound of the neutron counter, clickety-clack, clickety-clack,” said Herb Anderson. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the caretaker had looked more closely, in fact, he would have seen that the kitchen counters were somewhat shinier than they should have been in an empty house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And I determined that the crab and I had come to a great understanding when it finally heaved itself up and walked clear across the counter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex dug into his pocket, pulled out his lunch money, and left three dollars on the counter. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Before he did, he checked the radioactivity inside the car, using a Geiger counter from the laboratory. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But,” Dad countered, “that was because you got caught in a contraflow when the new lane was being built. You'll zip along the M4 today. Clean as a whistle. Guarantee it.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When they reached the lobby, they saw a man at the front counter. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Hey, you over there. Come on from behind that counter and take this bucket. Don't you see ain't nothing in that cash register, that if it was I'd have it myself?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took his friend over to the counter, showed him the brooch, under the little light. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She leaned down on the counter as if she needed the rest. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put it back on the counter and shook my head. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She untied her apron, folded it, and set it on the counter. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I countered I stepped forward and tried a thrust of my own. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They had a hot dog apiece, standing up at a counter, and a glass of orange drink. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I saw Conner standing right across from me on the other side of the counter, and I nearly toppled backward. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget Papá,” I said, nodding to the shop owner and his wife staring at us from the counter. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There were accusations and counter accusations, but no one would admit to writing the mysterious and puzzling words that straggled across the back of Ken’s question. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you sit up at the counter cause you’re at the Wool- worfs and you’re colored. And you got to stay there no matter what I do or you go to jail.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I spot a package of napkins on the counter, but Sara’s in my way. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I picked out a candy bar from the rack on the counter, but I can’t tell you which one because I don’t remember. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Here it is,” Cecilia singsonged as she pushed a tray of day-old sweet bread across the counter. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I don't know Haymitch, but I've seen him often enough in the Hob, tossing handfuls of money on the counter of the woman who sells white liquor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I push the cart beside the desk and join them at the counter. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Fluorescent lights hung over counters that ran the length of the room. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She puts the phone down on the counter. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The young scholar has stepped up to the counter and is gazing at the shelves behind Dede. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily is silent for a moment and then bends over the counter. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A couple minutes later, he carefully set the decibel counter on the bottom bleacher, patted down his pockets, then followed Ms. Banks onto the dance floor, smiling broadly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jimmy said at lunch that same day, happily slapping the counter with both hands. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We leaned against the counter, facing the dance floor. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mom knocks an egg against the kitchen counter. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I just stand here, staring through the storefront glass at a long stretch of marble counter. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

At the corner I turned into a drugstore and took a seat at the counter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Markie reached up and started pulling them down one by one, laying the boxes on the counter in front of us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter of the café he installed a machine that made hot chocolate. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He usually left a few bucks for Mom on the counter. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The warm air made him dizzy; he caught hold of a counter in front of him and steadied himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here in America, in this day, the simple act of whites receiving a Negro had to be a night thing and its aura of uneasiness had to be countered by gallows humor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hugged a grocery bag to her chest and whispered, “But did that man jump across that counter at me?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Above, facing the counter, a blonde, sun-burned college girl smiled down, inviting all and sundry to drink a coke. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bang him on the counter,” said the witch, pulling a pair of heavy black spectacles out of her pocket. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I spoke timidly, as if I was standing at her counter for the first time. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then his smile dropped from his face and he limped around the counter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Instead she tossed Captain Underpants on a pile of mail on the counter and walked off down the hall. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I looked more closely and, at the counter, saw a white and a colored man sitting next to each other. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m embarrassed, and beyond that overwhelmed to discover a covert stream of generosity running counter to the dominant corporate miserliness. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the stationery counter we carefully chose new pencil boxes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly folded the paper and smacked it down on the counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

With a G.I. business loan, he had die bar remodeled into a diner counter and had a small kitchen installed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We spent that week eating fried fish for breakfast and cake for dinner, leaving underwear on the counter, and blasting Ghostface Killah. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I tuck the bag beneath my arm and let them all tumble onto the kitchen counter. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jackson sits on his stool listening to the Cardinals and Red Sox game on the radio behind the counter, an unlit cigar hanging out the corner of his mouth. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I looked up to the counter where red and green peppers were strung like Christmas tree lights and saw the frowning face of the stranger. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed my dime across the counter at him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She took a fresh juice box off the counter and popped the straw into the hole. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, Gore will counter by noting that two-thirds of the electorate prefer him to Jackson. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alexander Bickel countered that the paper was protected by the First Amendment, and that this was the first time in American history the government had tried to silence a newspaper. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When my mom returns from picking up the food, we settle in on stools at the counter. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Papa set down a kerosene lamp he was inspecting on the counter and run to the door. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee Chong stood in back of the cigar counter and his nice brown eyes were turned inward on a calm and eternal Chinese sorrow. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gale props one of his boots on the counter and examines the splatter of black on the toe. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As Winston turned away from the counter with his tray, he saw that the little man was making straight for the girl’s table. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then he swung it abruptly, upside down, so it went into shock and dangled limply a moment before he plopped it onto his bloody counter, grabbed the big knife, and slashed off its head. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first I think maybe she is passing through to get to the other side of this crowded store, but she sets her items down on the cash register counter. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Behind us, to the left of the entrance from the glass hallway, was a counter. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The man who left it on the counter while he was looking at the reproductions of antique jewelry bought it. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tears fell down onto the counter and he said, “It just isn’t fair.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He lays the wrinkled baby-blue scrap of paper on the counter and asks our question. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I pull Anthony’s ID from my wallet, swallow hard, and slide it across the counter. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"But caring doesn't feel like that to me," he counters. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At the ticket counter, he surrendered his wallet and was frisked for any other possessions. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Jake stood up and went to the mirror behind the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She put her arms and elbows on the takeout counter and leaned forward, turning her face up to him. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Audrey nabbed a bag of spicy dill pickle potato chips and opened it, pushing the bag between us on the counter. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I pushed the door open and there Mr. Charles was, standing behind the counter as usual, staring at his television. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I stayed behind the counter in case it broke out again. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took up a plate, dried it, and placed it on the counter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it was hot, and I was starving as I scooped it up, sitting cross-legged on her counter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He props his hands down on the counter behind him, grabs hold. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

No cookbooks left open on the counter, no classical music on the kitchen sound system. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And when I said that, well, Hugo practically jumped out from behind the counter and leapt to the ice cream fridge. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I surveyed the meat, vegetables, and dough Mama had set out on the counter. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Emily picked up the scissors and leaned across the counter to clip the twine. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Not at the candy counter of Duggie’s where he first saw her and wondered if that, the peppermint she bought, was what insulted her skin, light and creamy everywhere but her cheeks. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, she returned to the circular counter, where there was now only one powder blue suitcase. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The cashier gave an empathetic half-smile and reached under the counter. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the metal canister of rice Mama kept on the counter, the shaking grains sounding like a rattlesnake’s warning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With an almost casual motion, Kvothe grabbed a dark bottle from the counter and flung it across the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We followed him down the stairs and leaned on the kitchen counter. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The long counter is stacked with plates of juicy hamburgers, old-fashioned milk shakes, and seven-layer cakes under glass domes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

There are cartons of ladybugs for sale on the counter and I decide to buy one. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We wait in line for a long time at the Delta Air Lines counter before finally reaching the man at the desk. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As I settle into my seat, Phil walks to the coffee counter. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure you and Cade will manage to turn the next five days into a vacation filled with debauchery and vice,” my dad countered. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He removed a slim volume from under the counter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We skulked about in the banana-smelling darkness, examining the wall over the plank counter where Mother tacks up pictures she tears out of magazines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he saw his money on the counter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The only snacks are the potato rolls my mom bakes and leaves on the counter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I pull a few bills from my wallet, dig some coins out of my pocket, and place my money on the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He watched her as she stood behind the counter and he was troubled and sad. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My uncle and his old stereo and his army of battered CDs lined up on the kitchen counter, two stacks of cooking pots as bookends. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His eyes were just above the level of the counter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He just reached under the desk and came up with a registration form, which he slid across the counter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“The ones behind the counter? They get minimum wage.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The guy at the fish counter is tossing words back and forth with a woman, about what’s fresh and what’s a good deal today. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The wall behind the counter is half sunset orange, half midnight blue, and there are framed photos of people doing different activities, like rock climbing and surfing. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My mom and I had picked out a few pieces of furniture for it at the crafts display counter at Ben Franklin. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was already back behind the counter by the time I settled myself into the window display. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Biff waited stolidly, his elbow resting on the counter and his thumb mashing the tip of his long nose. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Liam hopped on the counter and started playing with a Zippo lighter, flipping it open and spinning it in his hand so it closed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s high time somebody did something, said the woman behind the counter, at the store where I usually bought my cigarettes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t even any NPCs behind the front counter or the snack bar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The only way to check the amount of film left in the camera was by reading the counter inside the lens. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later the beaded curtain behind the counter tinkled into life and Ernesto Barbarossa appeared in person. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they entered, Benny was alone at the counter. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, you did draw it,” Francis says, shifting her tools to the other counter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If I’d been hungry, I could have ordered a real slice of pizza at the counter. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His thigh and calf were sanded raw as a T-bone at the meat counter. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We have banana milkshakes at the kitchen counter. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The Southern struggle had grown from a modest group of black students demonstrating peacefully at one lunch counter to the largest mass movement for racial reform and civil rights in the twentieth century. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I put the tube kit and crumpled five-dollar bill on the counter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I sat on a stool, my head pressed against the cold counter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The vet took a hand-held electronic scanner off the counter and waved it back and forth over the dog’s back. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the counter, I spotted a file with my name on the tab. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She swabbed at the counter with her thumb, smudging the granite. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

How about the counter—was that dusted for fingerprints? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I suddenly became very conscious of the fact that we were the only people in the shop, except for the old guy behind the counter at the front engrossed in his paperwork. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before we left home, I took the liberty of having a makeover at every counter in every mall in town. I racked up quite a few free gifts with purchase.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You spoil her too much,” Sarah said as I stepped up to the counter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Catarino, who did not believe in magical tricks of strength, bet him twelve pesos that he could not move the counter. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A woman with a blue sweater draped over her shoulders stood behind a counter at the end of the hallway. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It landed with a thud on top of the circular wooden counter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Just put a straw in a bottle and leave it on the counter. That will make a nice dinner.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the counter he presented my photo, the necessary forms, and the fee. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Clara then slapped a pen down on the counter and glared at me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She smiles, tired lines fanning out from her eyes in a way that seems like we are sitting at her kitchen counter and not three years and three thousand miles from who we were. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A tired white woman stared at him from behind the counter. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Seventy-five cents!” the guy behind the counter said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A few listened, but across the pit, the empousai were countering her orders. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Naomi had swept up the sugar and cleaned the counters by the time Henry came out of the twins’ room a few minutes later. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So Annemarie and Colin got to put on aprons, stand behind the counter, and help customers while I counted the bread order in the back and went to the A&P for napkins. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I grabbed it and raced back to the counter. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She sits at the counter and buries her face in her hands. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The clerk scooted around the counter to talk us up about the bike. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When we get up to the counter to get shoes, Ronan hangs back. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

On the corner of the dark yellow counter, which came up to my chin, was a pile of discolored motel brochures held in place by three small rocks. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The door was locked, but he looked through the window and spotted Joey behind the counter. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Becker was leaning on the counter with his fingers interlocked. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey led us to the biggest dressing room after getting a nod from the saleslady at the counter. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I just noticed you still have your bag with you. Do you mind if I take it and hold it behind the counter?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She leaned over the counter and said, “What was that?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He picked up a cheese knife from the counter and carefully ran his thumb along the edge and laid the knife down. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dump everything on the counter and the guy starts ringing it up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He’s muttering something I can’t hear and conducting a symphony with his hands as he walks away from me toward a counter that has a hot plate with a kettle on it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the counter where the elderly lady librarian was handing some books to a fat man in a white linen suit. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I decided to explain my situation to the man behind the counter. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the girls working the chip counters and tables wore glittering green sheaths of silk and had their hair tinted a dark, unnatural red to mimic the look of girls from the Wandering Isle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With a smile, she cut a slice of babka from the loaf cooling on the counter, wrapped it up, and slipped it in with all the rest. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Holly is in a distinctly un-team-leader-like position, standing slumped over a counter with her head on her arms. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the counter was the late edition of the Home Town Chronicle. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Through the glass, I saw a large and appetizing piece of meat and asked the man behind the counter to carve off a piece. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed up on the counter, as I often did to grab the dish, but when I hopped off, I didn't realize the door to the lower cabinet was ajar. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hanging over the front of the counter, a wire rack holds all the best candies. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I look at the bright orange sticky notes on the counter under my spoon. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I’d packed the new bottles of Rescue Remedy, but the base formula still sat on the counter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Just then a mouse scurried along the floor by the counter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Francie brought a ticket and a dime back and pushed them across the counter, he gave her the wrapped shirt and two lichee nuts in exchange. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We do not use those counters. If you have nothing to pay, I have no place aboard for you.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She came at him from his left, and he countered so quickly, she had no idea where his hand had come from. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After finishing the dishes, they leaned against the counter, drying their hands on either end of a towel. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I put the money up on the counter. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He found candles in a kitchen drawer and lit two of them and then melted wax onto the counter and stood them in the wax. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A dust-coated counter splits the room, backed by dozens of glass display cases and another, narrower door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself off his stool and came around the counter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She slides an empty mug across the counter and points to the pour-it-yourself bar. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Emery follows Francis to the counter and pays the bill, and when we step back out into the real world, I feel my eyes struggling to adjust. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She pointed to a tray on the counter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As was our habit upon entering the Store, he walked behind the candy counter and leaned on the cash register. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked up to her wife and planted a kiss on her cheek while Njemile dropped a big bag of greens on the counter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Better pay,” I lie as I lean forward, practically laying my upper body on the counter. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A human head beneath a cakebell at the end of the counter. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Louis was supposed to be on duty behind the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before dementia clouded her mind, Dottie used to sit at the counter and watch for Bobby to come around that corner on his way home from work. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She turns to see what I’m talking about, then leaves the counter to join me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A pretty, bohemian-looking strawberry blonde in her twenties sat behind a glass counter display full of handmade jewelry, staring intently at her laptop screen. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

This was the first case I had seen of the social purpose running counter to the sexual drive. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grinning, Amarante produced the food stamp book and, while Nick looked on incredulously, painstakingly tore out four one-dollar stamps which he laid carefully on the counter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cool and dusky, and we stood in front of a long wooden counter with two women behind it serving drinks. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Kendra drank her milk in several deep swallows and set her empty glass on the counter. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what a Geiger counter is?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The display case beneath the counter was filled with pan dulce, sweet Mexican breads, that I remembered eating when I visited my abuelos. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A man checks a sheet, pulls the specified packs from shelving, and swings them up onto the counter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The next day was Saturday, and Calder arrived at Powell’s early Mr. Watch was seated behind the front counter, frowning over what looked like a letter. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Another white man walked up to the counter and I sighed with relief. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, she didn’t cook it, she’s not my girlfriend, and”—I grabbed the garlic powder from the counter and sprinkled it on his potatoes—“it don’t taste better than my food.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then she hands Maribel a bottle of Windex and a roll of paper towels and orders her to clean every last inch of the counter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned her eyes down the counter and saw Colonel Meecham stirring the grits that Hobie had insisted on heaping on his plate. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Hugo saw Isabelle over the old man’s shoulder as she rose up from behind the counter. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The little girl at the meat counter is gone, and I can’t quite see the polite face of the little doll on the plane. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then we got plates and utensils and trays to push along the stainless steel counter as we decided what we wanted. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He pulled open the door and followed her to the counter. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I notice that the box has moved from the kitchen table to the counter. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I check my coin purse to make sure before going up to the counter. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The cook leaned through his window and rested bare elbows on the serving counter. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I swipe a Priority Mail envelope from a nearby rack and drift toward his counter. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The man behind the counter flips and assembles burgers at lightning speed, catering to the few but anxious stragglers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Eberhardt folded the paper and tossed it on the kitchen counter. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Braced against the counter, Cecilia eyed the knife and then us, taking in our determined faces. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A group of tourists with cameras around their necks huddled by the counter, some sampling stuffed clams, others pointing to a large chart illustrating fifty different varieties of North Atlantic fish. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dimple hurried Mamma to the counter to pay before she could begin looking around the store for kaajal. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His gaze falls to the yellow headphones around my neck, then follows the long cord to the tape deck on the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Nita busies herself at the counter, making sure the containers there are lined up, though they haven’t moved since we first came in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He went into the back room and returned a moment later, carrying a small box, which he set down on the counter. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They moved on to a counter displaying women’s hosiery. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quiet,” says one of the Guardians behind the counter, and we hush like schoolgirls. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rise to my knees, then stand, steadying myself against the kitchen counter. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I take another run, and when I get back to the store and stack my empty hot bags under the stainless-steel counter, there is relative calm. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Ah, the flower of southern womanhood,” the crippled man at the kitchen end of the counter sighed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I tell the woman at the counter that I will pay zero dollars instead of the suggested donation, she eyeballs me as if I were some sort of criminal. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mola stood next to one of the tall counters that lined the edges of the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Behind the bar, a white man, bald and shiny, leans against the polished wood counter, eagle eye on the coarse fellow and the girl. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Arranged in a horseshoe along the edge are stainless steel sinks and counters, a scalding tank, and a feather-plucking machine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Although every night I leave a bowl heaped with rice on the counter for her, every morning I find it sitting untouched. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He walks over to the counter with his footsteps earthquaking everything around us. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I edged up to the counter and placed my envelope on it so that I wouldn’t have to put it in Mr. Grassel’s hand. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I strode up to a window behind a black counter where a woman in uniform sat, turning the pages of a magazine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Dry bits clinked into Fig’s bowl on the counter. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Scanners at checkout counters read the bar codes and add up 'jour bill. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Joseph looked down at the floor as he walked across the kitchen and laid his backpack on the counter. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Instead he shrugged and countered with a question of his own. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As two officers flanked him, a third officer on the other side of the counter began to question him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He swallowed manfully, and as the man behind the counter gave him an alarmed look — not here, please, not here — Ralph made his way into the street, his stomach contracting, relaxing, contracting. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted me and sat me upon the counter, put his hat upon my head and ordered a drink for me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman backed up against the counter, waiting to see if anybody else was going to jump him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Three coffees, two with milk, please,” said Francis to the fat woman behind the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The one customer is the old guy who's always in here, in counter seat number four. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Others, including myself, countered that if blacks were offered a multiracial form of struggle, they would remain enamored of white culture and prey to a continuing sense of inferiority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bo keeps to himself in the kitchen, but we play a game of Catch Me If You Can with our eyes over the heat lamp counters. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The man at the counter sat back, satisfied. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman behind the counter didn’t seem to be paying me any attention and instead was flipping through the newspaper. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He moves down the counter to check it out. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

A cloud of white dust puffed into the air as he slapped a ball of dough onto the counter and began kneading it into shape. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

And at the checkout lane, the armies rolled smoothly down the long black road that disappeared under the counter. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tiny head shop directly across the street—bongs, tapestries, canisters of Rush, and all sorts of herbs and incense behind the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jay sat in a chair on the other side of the table and chewed on a ragged wedge of sugar cane from the counter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mean Lady Ming laid a dollar bill and a few coins on the counter. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the lid back down and lean against the counter. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I dropped my decommissioned backpack on the kitchen table and filled the kettle from the pitcher of filtered water I kept on the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Auntie Maysa puts the glass down on the counter and marches over. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I ran down the steps to find him on one knee, holding on to the kitchen counter, trying to pull himself up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Immie always left him cash for the previous week’s work on the kitchen counter. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Joe picked up his sketch pad and headed back behind the counter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He laid the brace down on the counter, picked up a small paper sack, and filled it about half-full of horseshoe nails. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held them up to my ears and checked myself in the mirror on the counter, all the while feeling the clerk still keeping an eye on me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I grab a paper towel and a slice of pizza from the box on the counter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“All right. I have a good old-fashioned phone book under the counter.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It used to be sedate wood-rimmed glass counters, with gloves in standard models, appropriate wristwatches, accent scarves in floral prints. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two hushed voices came from behind the counter. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m just leaving,” she said, and lifted her bag from the counter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I held up my hand to stop her from countering. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Using the flashlight on the phone to cut through the darkness, Rashid found his bag under the counter, along with everything that had fallen out of it when it had dropped off the sink. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"And you've given me so many reasons to be cheery," I counter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Charles sighed, then went back behind the counter. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We argued last night after he suggested I’d left Coin no choice but to counter my demand for the victors’ safety with one of her own. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We stand on the side of the room, near the spread of liquor bottles on the kitchen counter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I inched my way over to the counter. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to insist,” she countered, folding her arms. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was in no rush, so I just holed up in my hoodie and fingered the merchandise, worrying the dude behind the counter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dad walks away from the ticket counter, his face scrunched into tight wrinkles, then, without warning, he smashes his fist into the wall right next to where I’m sitting. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When I walk into the library, I’m expecting an old lady behind the counter, but it’s a young guy, about my age, with long, curly hair. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The science enthusiasts quickly gathered round, trying to get a peek at the heavy-looking metal box he was holding—his notorious decibel counter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The counter on my display had only fifteen seconds remaining when I deactivated the Beta Capsule. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It cracked against the counter edge, tumbled to the floor, and shattered. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

On one previous occasion, Sproul had countered an offer from a rival university—Northwestern, in 1930—by maneuvering around faculty objections to promote Lawrence to a full professor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The guy behind the counter glanced up from stacking lightbulbs. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The body of the victim was lying halfway . . . his legs were half sticking out from behind the counter. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ll rot like everything else,” she countered with a groan, and dropped her hands down to her side. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She laughs and walks up to the counter to pay. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mac stood at the kitchen counter waiting for the coffee to brew. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

We communicate with notes on the kitchen counter. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I snapped my dime on the counter top, and he picked it up and dropped it into his change tray. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She handed the list to me at the Alitalia counter at Kennedy, before her flight to Rome and then on to Naples and, finally, Sicily and Corsica. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where you from?” the man next to me at the counter asked. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spices were in miniature bins behind the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then his gaze passed on to the mute who sat by himself at one of the middle tables, or to others of the customers before the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We watch through the wide window as Kasim serves coffee behind the counter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Naomi laid her dish towel on the counter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for a bottle on the counter behind Eleanor and rubbed a drop of vanilla behind each of the girl's ears. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Next to the fireplace there was a small stove with four burners close together, a narrow counter with shelves underneath, and a deep sink. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“And I don’t have your sense of smell,” Percy countered. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Emily’s voice comes from over my shoulder, and I smell jasmine and roses—-Joy, I recognize from the perfume counter at Nielsen’s. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Volunteers were bustling with last-minute preparations, checking to be sure that each station had the same ingredients in the same amounts, wiping down the counters, preheating the ovens. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I knew God’s scale to be vast and perfectly accurate: I pictured it as a much larger version of the one at the butcher’s counter in the Bethlehem Piggly Wiggly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some one at the counter, that I had never seen before, tried to pay for the wine, but I finally paid for it myself. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Owner removed his hand from his pocket, just as he’d done so many times before, and stretched it across the counter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I reach across the counter to grab my toast. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I also grabbed a couple of apples from the counter and two bottles of water. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I looked over the back of the booth to the other booths, to the counter, trying to catch someone’s eye. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Walking around the checkout lanes, Cabot grabbed a pack of gum, tossed it down onto the nearest cashier’s conveyer belt, and tapped his fingers on the counter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I get to the shack and bang open the door, expecting to see Sandy in the kitchen, fixing himself something he caught—but the stove is off, and the pan is empty on the counter. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Not these. They were sitting on the counter.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Inside, Tuerto is up on the counter, meowing for his food. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He sets the wrench on the counter and mumbles, “Follow me.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Beneath the counter is my duffel bag, and rolled up inside of it is the red gown my mom bought me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The counters are avocado green, and most of the stools are torn. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Through the nights she stood like a field general over the kitchen counter, hands perched on those jutting hipbones, smoking with agitation, assessing points of entry and encampment and escape. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, our people who were serving food behind the counter began to applaud. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The counter workers in restaurants weren’t friendly local folk happy to chat, but hostile teenagers who wished they had better jobs or weary older people waiting for their shifts to end. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time me and Rondell got back up to the counter Mong had old dude gagged and tied up in telephone cord. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled a small shoe box from behind the counter and placed it in front of me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

While he spoke, he flashed another glare toward Edward, who was standing against the cluttered counter, motionless as a sculpture, staring off into space. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I slid over to the counter and started to get behind it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were only about a dozen people sitting quietly at Woolworth's L-shaped lunch counter when the four black students sat down and Blair ordered a cup of coffee. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A board with fifty numbered hooks and a prize hanging from each hook, hung behind the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before they left, Will dropped some coins in the till behind the counter. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee Chong stood in his usual place back of the cigar counter and in front of the liquor shelves. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter, Lindsey Lee Wells was sitting on what appeared to be a boy, who had an arm draped across her lap. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A chopping board lay on the counter next to him, littered with onion skins, chili ends, and squeezed limes. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then she came out from behind the counter and walked right toward him with a furious look on her face, bouncing on her toes a little with each step. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then I took five bucks out my pocket, laid it on the counter, and walked out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I was sitting behind the counter of the store one afternoon and a car full of men wearing white sheets drove past. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never let that bother you before,” she counters. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But the usual crowd was pressed nose to nose at the counter, and she hurried on. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Outside the shooting started again and I squinched under the counter the best I could. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the counter reached up to his shoulders... The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The copy place is busy: there are college kids sitting at computer terminals, two men with a stroller at the counter, and people waiting for the copiers. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She would have the small television on the kitchen counter on and be watching die news and talking about how awful it was in South Africa or how cute the baby in the commercial looked. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the money back and opened the bottle on the opener fixed to the counter before leaving the café and wandering down the street going away from the boulevard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi pointed to the pan cooling on the counter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Junior was looking at all these warming trays on the counter and said, “There’s going to be a lot of food. Come on back and have dinner with us.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a sign behind the department store counter: “For digestion’s sake, smoke daily!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had just cleared off the plate i rom the man who had been at the counter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman rushed to the counter to assist me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Two salesclerks were standing at one end of the counter talking. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The counters are like candies, made of peppermint, cool like that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have to stop at the makeup counter and get powder mixed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He lifted a stack of them from under the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You want to wake the baby?” he countered. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was some merchandise on the floor of the drugstore in between the counters. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped up to the counter and filled a tray with food. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Beyond the empty tables, on the other side of a counter, they saw Helpers scurrying about in the kitchen, half-hidden behind clouds of steam and grill smoke. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

My dad called my mom from the diner, where, on the television above the counter, he had just seen the second plane hit the second tower. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Knight and Lawrence spent months trying to counter these serial objections. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As he sat at the counter of the diner waiting for Petey, nervously drumming his fingers, the black mare huge and agitated at her tether outside, Finn wondered what the hell he’d been thinking. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Through the glass I could see a fifty-year- old woman with long, gray hair worn straight down her back, clad in a dress right out of the sixties, smiling welcomingly from behind the counter. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jam put her empty glass down on the counter and exhaled. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Quite obviously, Terryl was trying to counter criticism that texting and driving was merely a theoretical problem, and that it was fair to compare it to such problems as drinking and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I had gotten only as far as the ticket counter. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They would ask the people to go to work when we called a general strike, and make misleading statements to counter any pronouncement we would make. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cashier girl places our bags of food on the counter, and I reach into my pocket for my money. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Reynie and Sticky went up to the counter to order their lunches. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He accidentally knocked a tray of chemicals off the counter and made an Orange mushroom cloud in the trash can. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I expect the squirrel to start nibbling at the half-eaten sandwich, but instead she hops back onto the counter and sets the sandwich on top of the box. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Back to our house, Quincy put place mats on the counter. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tom passes his hand over his mouth and leans back against the kitchen counter, folding his arms across his chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly set it back on the shelf and approached the counter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A waitress named Susie put three plastic cups of soda on the counter and then pulled three straws out of her apron pouch without looking down. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Cheap walls, dirty paint, plastic furniture, plastic flowers on the counter. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Wooden counters, wooden cupboards, wooden chairs, wooden floor; only the refrigerator, sink and stove were porcelain. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d know that the man behind the cash box would turn him down, but on a good day, a man eating at the counter might buy him a sandwich and a cup of coffee. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I only found those Heavenly Hamburger places, where they serve giant hamburgers and soup-of-the-day and four kinds of fancy cake at a very clean counter facing a long glarey mirror. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Board of Education ruling, Senator Harry Byrd’s antipathy toward the law had swelled into a countering movement—Massive Resistance—and he marshaled every resource at his political organization’s disposal to build a firebreak against integration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I was just a little thing, but somehow I managed to get myself up onto that counter, where Miss Doris found me trying to pry open the cookie jar. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There’s just enough counter for the china tea set. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I heave my backpack onto the counter, unload it, and scarf down some food. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Henry stands and fumbles with his wallet and throws some money on the counter. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Those who’ve reached the counter hand their tokens across it, to the two men in Guardian uniforms who stand on the other side. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over the counter, which was lined with dozens of little statues—waving Chinese cats, meditating Buddhas, Saint Francis bobble heads, and novelty dippy drinking birds with top hats. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I take the card to the guy behind the counter,” Lacey says. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Brannon fetched the paper from the counter and leaned against the partition of the booth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

To counter the sordid image created by Burns and the old school of venal detectives, Hoover adopted the approach of Progressive thinkers who advocated for ruthlessly efficient systems of management. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The woman trudged back down the aisle to the meat counter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had lemons in a bowl on the counter, because they fit her idea of how the flat should look, but inside the cupboards and the fridge, there was nothing Imogen would have stocked. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Hollister stepped away from the counter and fiddled with books on a nearby shelf, straightening some, pulling a title off one shelf and moving it to the row below. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the center of the counter there's a clipboard. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But others countered that if comets were the smoke of sin, the skies would be continually ablaze with them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the counter is a huge cookie jar in the shape of a brown owl. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sen took a ticket from the machine at the counter and waited in line. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

All kinds of snacks and drinks were set out on the counter, including caviar, champagne, and the fixings to make ice cream sundaes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She sloped her nose nearer to the counter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In the distance I hear Mrs. Walton’s signature click-clack strut as she makes her way toward the counter. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had sliced the lemon by now and pushed it across the counter to her in a red-and-white paper cup. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I set the envelope on the counter, knowing I’ve made a terrible mistake. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We finished our Cokes, and I handed back the pencil to the guy behind the counter, and Meryl Lee took my placemat as a souvenir, and we walked to the car, hand in hand. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sam’s knuckles turn white as he grips the counter. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Without turning around, she motioned to a shelf above the counter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maribel removes her apron, folds it into a compact square on the counter, and leaves without saying a word. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I countered that nothing in fact had changed; while all the students had been there, a majority of them had not voted, and it would be morally incorrect to say that we enjoyed their confidence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I wet a dishtowel and used that to clean the counters, the table, and even the chair seats. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the woman behind the counter obviously doesn't think so. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Mike gave Jimmy my sandwiches, and Jimmy, like always, licked his finger and pulled a paper bag from underneath the counter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It is about more than herbal practices,” she countered. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, staring at the donut sitting there on the counter. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Its long narrow counter filled one side and long narrow benches ran along the other two sides. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cabinets opened fine with a little extra tug, and they could lift Grandma’s biggest, heaviest pot from beneath the counter when they worked together. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We settle down at the kitchen counter to eat and make lists of how to break into the lab. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

There used to be a first-aid kit under the counter. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She took a step back and leaned against the counter like if it wasn’t there she’d have fallen down. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s at the counter of the Hereford House steakhouse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Christmas spirit—generosity, forgiveness, goodwill toward men—ran pretty much counter to what we were supposed to be doing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam hopped on the counter and started playing with a Zippo lighter, flipping it open and spinning it in his hand so it closed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She walks kinda fast but passes the food and goes to the counter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I lean on the speckled counter, put my face close to the reflection. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I already baked two pans a cornbread, left it to stale on the counter today to give it some crunch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"You over eighteen?" the man behind the counter asked me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hold the glossy counters with their smooth edges, finger the letters. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled down Dad’s bottle and set it on the counter, then popped the lid off my own and shook out my pills. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I place the envelope of cash on the kitchen counter when she leaves the room. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tateh was standing right next to me, so I grabbed a rag and started wiping the counter, edging close to them, eavesdropping. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t take my eyes off Gimpy as he clomped around behind the counter, perspiration streaming down from under his paper cap. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a new girl behind the counter. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The bathroom is festooned with stockings and underpants; hair rollers perch on the kitchen counter like bristly caterpillars, dishes cake in the sink. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we moved on, I could smell the aroma of hot food coming from the lunch counter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As they entered the main door on Fifth Avenue, the guard clicked off two numbers on his people counter. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in the doorway; he leans against the counter opposite me, his arms folded across his chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Jessie. Did you hear about the eighth grade dance?” he asked casually, leaning his elbows on the counter. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A waiter walked over with a rag to wipe off the counter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I set my chemicals on the counter, the upstairs door opened. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing is, most of them also ended up on the floor, on the counter, in the sink, everywhere but back in the pan. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Nick swung out from behind the counter, ambling across the store to his ammo shelves. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man behind the counter was making a barbecue sandwich for a woman customer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes doing wrong feels right, and vice versa,” Styx countered. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ma is lighting an incense stick at the small altar of statues tucked in an alcove behind the kitchen counter. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She countered by forcing him to roll over and pin her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Six days later Janet stood at the counter of the Penny Pantry. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the counter so he’d look at me, not sure if I could say his name out loud. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The man behind the counter doesn’t say hello. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Celestine places the bag of fruit on the counter in front of the guard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, she reached for her smoldering cigarette resting in a Mason jar lid on the counter behind her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A big stack of books was on the counter, and the men were looking at them. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aloe sat down as well, leaving his plate empty on the counter. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

On one end of the room is a wooden counter with glowing bottles behind it, and a sea of glasses on top of it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Milkman’s feet hurt him so, he could have cried, but he made it to the diner/bus station and looked for the man behind the counter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a tissue off the counter for me and demonstrated how to peel off the top layer of eye makeup without losing the whole look. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Penelope pulled Ophie into the crowded sweet shop and into line at the counter, nattering on about the movie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was sorting through a pile of books on Hollister’s counter. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He walked quickly into the kitchen, laid the arigbe down on the counter, and measured out some rice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a while Jennifer draped herself on the counter in the hat department, moaning. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Officer Mora planted his hands on the counter behind the window. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We go up to the reception counter and I try to ban thoughts of my future from my mind. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Her white gloves were laid out side by side on the zinc counter top. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya said good night to Dyedka before grabbing half of the remaining bread from the counter and a lantern from the floor. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s just like Tyche to get people’s hopes up. No, no. I must counter her.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“We had not developed tactics to counter the attack of fighter planes.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He stepped cautiously behind the counter and peeked into the back. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The people working behind the repair counter called out to Somkit as he approached. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Hollister pulled out a notepad from the shelf under his counter and flipped through the pages until he found the one he was looking for. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was a shock to me after the ogre of the lunch counter. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom countered that since she was twice as large as me and therefore required more physical fabric to preserve her modesty, she deserved at least two-thirds of the suitcase. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Cabot could see the white stick sitting on the edge of the counter, a bold blue check in its center. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

One of the store employees came out from behind the seafood counter and, ignoring us, opened a hatch on top of the lobster tank. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Lemon wedges are piled in a small bowl on the counter. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter if trust-fund money is running out; if credit card bills go unpaid on the kitchen counter. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Stifling our laughter, we’d hand the crushed coppers across the counter at the company store for candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked over to the counter, the colored fellow got up to pay his bill. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trevor and I hurried up to the counter and asked for four rides—two to get us to Harvard Square and two to get us back. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Still sitting on the counter, not taking his eyes off the big fellow, Grandpa said, “Keep on crankin’ thet phone, Luther.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then he finished his drink in one slow swallow and went back to the newspaper spread out on the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before I grabbed my backpack from behind the counter, I went ahead and left the mason jar of air freshener. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Dicey picked out three chicken TV dinners and went to the fruit counter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He appeared around the end of the counter, jogging happily toward them, the contents of the leather bag still jingling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A rice cooker sits mindfully unplugged on the counter. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched Gert skip behind the counter to stuff the money someplace. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Suppose Ann sat in at a lunch counter and, however unlikely, was served. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

All at once I caught a glimpse of nonwhite faces—my people serving food behind the counter. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back at the counter the old man asked, “How much?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hit the number Five key and a printer on my side of the counter spit out my list. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Camilla took an apple from a bowl on the counter and sat in the windowsill, eating it morosely and looking down at the street below. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harris overfilled his cup, spilling coffee on the counter, which he did not clean up. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Doc bent down behind the counter and when he stood up he had something in his hand which he did not show. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tossed it back onto the counter like it smelled bad. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We pretended the girl flipping pizzas behind the counter was going to grow up to be the first woman on Mars. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She backed away to lean against the kitchen counter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Let me guess, sunflower seeds," Mr. Charles practically shouts from behind the counter of what he calls his "country store," even though we live in a city. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what sponge to use for the counters. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Ring me up!” the customer cried cheerfully, placing two worn leather bags and a winter jacket on the counter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A lithe shadow darted across the kitchen counter, twisting through the dirty pans and empty milk cartons: Jesus, I thought, is that a rat? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had not recognized it in Pilate, whose equilibrium overshadowed all her eccentricities and who was, in any case, the only person she knew of strong enough to counter Macon. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We follow him and he tells us to sit at the counter while he prepares a snack. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When we got to the store, I let go of Laleh’s hand to get the door, and she ran straight for the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Splotchy brown-and-gray paintings covered the walls, and a chalkboard behind the counter listed a whole slew of colorfully named overpriced beverages. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Considering that you will barely be able to see over your shop counter at the moment. But don't worry, the nuns in the orphanage are always immaculately groomed!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So who was it?” he asked, setting two plates on the counter next to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I put all the snacks onto the counter, my phone buzzes. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He reached behind him into an ice chest, pulled out a bottle of Frosty Root Beer, opened it, and set it on the counter. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

By following this principle, the movement would achieve its short-term goal of integrating lunch counters, theaters, buses, and motels. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing neither left nor right, he strode indomitably up to the steam counter and, in a dear, full-bodied voice that was gruff with age and resonant with ancient eminence and authority, said: “Gimme eat.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I take a small sip and watch the box on the counter. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was the best idea they had to work with, so they went back to the bar where the manager shuffled papers behind the counter. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A line of police officers sat at the counter, eating fried egg sandwiches and exchanging notes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Three cooks in white clothing worked at the big stoves, putting beans, rice, and enchiladas onto plates that dark-haired waitresses in bright-red dresses picked up at a counter. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I’d counter by saying we were only a couple of kids, that we couldn’t possibly make a difference. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids were still coming in as the teachers started calling the first few tables to get their trays and stand on line at the counter. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

To do this, they used an abacus or a counting board, a device similar to an abacus, where stones or other counters get moved around on a table. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The men at the concession stands scurry behind their counters, making final adjustments to their wares and straightening their jackets and caps. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, they were all gathered around the counter, where the candles were lined up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then he slipped the cricket back inside the matchbox and took him over to one of the lunch counters. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a thin young woman behind the counter at the Motel America. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Tom, the stooped and toothless landlord, was polishing glasses behind the bar counter; a couple of warlocks having a muttered conversation in the far corner glanced at Hermione and drew back into the shadows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jimmy pulled the biggest knife I ever seen—I mean, like a machete—from behind the register and started banging the blade on the counter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But before I can even form the words, Jane puts five twenties on the counter. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I intervened in this piece of charming youthful désespoir; countering that some philosophers say governments were instituted to protect the natural rights of the citizen; to which Octavian said that nature recognizes no rights. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It has booths along one wall and a laminate counter with red-topped stools along the other. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I knew by the time he got around the counter I could get away. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them got up and came over to the counter where Dewey was seated. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped packages and handed them across the counter and rung the money in the till. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Martin Luther King, Jr., had been confined to a Birmingham, Alabama, jail cell since Good Friday, April 12, arrested in a fierce effort to integrate that city’s lunch counters and other facilities. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A shorter woman threw a dish towel on the counter and walked over to him, smiling. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nick pried open the flap on a carton of .45s and stood a cartridge up on end on the counter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With lots of food on the tables and at the counter, there was plenty of choices to pick from without using a menu. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black top hat, white gloves, and a bouquet of colorful plastic flowers sat on the counter at his elbow. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Set the groceries on the counter and sit at the table. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his elbows on the counter and held his head in his hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mom was behind the counter, and Jess and the twins were at a booth, munching on French fries and trying to focus on their homework. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

He led us back to the counter, talking to Sohrab in Farsi. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We can talk here,” I said, suddenly embarrassed about how messy the counter looked and how the dishes were piled up in the sink. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on top of the counter were machines that went whizz, whizz, and I couldn't help looking at them and wondering what they did. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was an old couple chewing without talking at a corner booth, and a man with a long beard and ponytail sitting by himself at the counter. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You believe he is not?” he counters after a significant pause. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She fishes under her counter and pulls out an official looking form. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There’s a flyer on the counter that says once upon a time the steak was part of a steer that spent its days “living in beautiful places.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The guy with the short-long haircut leaned over the counter and said, “Hey, I talked to my boss. You know, about the job thing.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I walked to the cigarette counter, where the same girl I had talked with every day waited on me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s holding a jewelry box, but instead of taking a knee, he plants his elbows on the counter and beams up at Lip Ring. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Redemption leaned on the front counter and grinned back at Ube. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He opened the door and walked to the counter. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But after he pours, he hesitates, gripping the counter and closing his eyes, wincing a bit. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Biff started to speak, hesitated, and then reached his hand inside the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Line is out the door, but we line up too, making our way to the counter and leaving footprints in the sawdust on the floor. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll just leave this and then rent more later,” I mumbled, my head down, putting the ten on the counter and walking as quickly as I could, without technically running, to the door. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I looked around the counter and observed a middle-aged Black male of approximately 200 pounds. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storekeeper came out from behind the counter and spoke to him and to Ma, and then Laura and Mary had to show their manners. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “Ew! Your head is touching the counter. Mason. Ew! Sit up!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We stepped down twice into another room dominated by glass-front refrigerator cases that served as the counter for the store. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I should have known, too. Don’t you see? I had two Geiger counters. But I didn’t even look. It was my own fault.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I got some fine piecework to barter, if you’re amenable,” I hear a man say to Mr. Nielsen, standing behind the counter. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They had left dinner defrosting on the counter for her, and seeing the Tupperware sweating on the countertop made something tug at Graces heart in the most painful of ways. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On the floor along the sides of the plank counters there were kegs of nails, and kegs of round, gray shot, and there were big wooden pails full of candy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the nearest thing off the counter. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Coming right up,” said the barista witch before walking back to the counter to make their lunch. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

As we strode away from the counter with tickets in hand, Horace’s chest puffed out like a peacock’s. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Owner reached the circular wooden counter at the center of the main storeroom and lifted the hinged section to float inside, settling himself behind the register. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bennie went to the counter and came back stirring milk into a paper cup. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It is one of the only items on the counter along the left wall, just a few feet away from me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The TV is off, and there’s a large glass pitcher on the counter with three cups in front of it. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A large red-faced man sits behind the counter. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lexie perched at the counter, inelegant in sweatpants and a tee, hair clipped in an untidy bun, picking sesame seeds off a bagel. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The lady packed the batteries in a paper bag and pushed a handful of candy across the counter. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

What if America did want to send Jews to fight against a Jewish state? the theorists countered. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I noticed that there was tons of other food lined up on the counters, including a couple of already cooked turkeys, a few hams, and a whole bunch of pies and cakes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu walked in and smiled at the Asian woman behind the counter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Not long after that, I was in the store behind the counter and two young black women came in. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put down the brooch, reluctantly, and opened a drawer behind the counter, taking out a metal biscuit tin filled with envelopes and cards and slips of paper. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Because as soon as they went on sale in the headquarters, people from town began stealing them off the counter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I point to the empty bowl on the counter, next to the huddle of pill bottles and the Bluberridazzlepops box. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

"Excuse me," she said, and started coming from behind the counter. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Behold your empire. Wiping crumbs from a counter and listening to the same tired jokes from your nonpaying customers.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I glared at the spilled coffee on the counter. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

We sat around a U- shaped counter drinking coffee. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man was not at his post behind the counter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

This day she was sitting behind the counter reading a Bible in a tube of sunlight. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheryl pops a peppermint disk from a tray on the counter into her mouth. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

On the shore was a canoe rental operation that was closed for the season, but I left a stack of golden drachmas on the counter and a note saying IOU two canoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to write with at the counter. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She leaned against the kitchen counter and crossed her arms over her chest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There were several empty jars and a carafe of drinking water on the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The man behind the counter set his eyes on us really hard. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His store is a straight-up scream fest, not to mention the extra sound effects from the loud TV he keeps behind the counter—cowboy movies on repeat. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I’m at the counter with all the books. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

With the grace of a ninja, she slides through the opening and crouches under the counter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I guess if I’d been daring I could have countered Faith's story with one about my family’s religious rituals. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He pulled me up to the counter, squarely in front of the registration officers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He crouched behind the counter, squinting into the darkness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I got my bottle of pop, then leaned on the counter and drank it slowly, watching through the glass doors what was going on outside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You look tired,” Cecilia said, pulling the trays of pastry off the table and placing them back on the counter behind her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He leaned across the counter, pecked her on the mouth, and strode out. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

We found some old plastic grocery bags behind the snack counter and double-wrapped Medusa’s head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Your plate’s on the counter, but wash your hands before you eat,” Grandma said, low, as if Dad was still a little boy. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Lily walks out of the pantry and leans against the counter, her own busyness suddenly gone out of her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I lay them out one by one along the edge of the counter, rim to rim so they are like a giant pearl necklace. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The policewoman was back from her supper and on duty at the counter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Grandpa came back and set Little Ann up on the counter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed onto the counter and felt his way through the dust on top of the cabinets. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A few moments later Kenzi and Simeon were at the counter. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He reached under the glass counter, pulled out a cinnamon cookie, and handed it to Stella, still warm. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I work at the deli counter. Have to give people their succulent, chemical-ridden salami and whatnot.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” he says, and stands in front of the counter next to me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When asked why he used this salutation, he said, “In life we are all masters,” countering a past champion’s chestnut, “In life we are all duffers.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls my file off the counter and starts flipping through its contents. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He picks up the newspaper lying on the counter, sips his coffee, and reads. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man at the counter put a pellet down on the counter. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman came from behind the counter then. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My back is to the kitchen counter, he is standing in front of me, against me, his hips pressing against mine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must be ladylike. They need to know that you can be trusted behind the counter,” she lectures at dinner. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My dad raised his eyebrow at me as he slid another to-go cup across the counter. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But the drunkard had pulled him into a white man’s restaurant and the white men at the counter had begun hollering out with their insolence. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Was he now going to spend the rest of his life behind the counter of this toy booth like the old man? The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I could hear Mrs. G call my name, but I pretended not to hear and just kept walking to the other side of the cafeteria, behind the lunch counter. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The counter was filled with people drinking coffee and reading papers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speed’s sons let out a chorus of amens as Mike told a story, saying, “This man came in the store once yellin, ‘I’m gonna come cross that counter and get you.’ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Donna flushes the toilet and I quickly turn off the screen and put the phone back on the counter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A bald-headed man it* Dragonwings o n perched on a stool behind a counter, his feet inside the rungs. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and begin cleaning the counter with a wet rag. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He leaned the rabbit’s forehead up against the counter so that he would not fall. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I took his toothbrush from the sink counter and sucked on the bristles, trying to find the taste of him, but there was only the flavor of watery mint toothpaste. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And then he rolled himself back around the counter. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The people shopping, the people working behind the counter, the models in the advertisements—all white. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hagar breathed deeply the sweet air that hung over the glass counters. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man at the counter turned toward me and smiled, as though he wanted to talk. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our hostess disappeared behind the snack counter and started cooking. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The woman behind the counter smiled at me with all four of her teeth when I asked her for a carton of Marlboro Lights. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You only wounded me,” the colonel countered angrily. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came from behind his counter, upended a box, and sat down. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was already pushing away from the counter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m here because thirteen-year-old boys shouldn’t be wiping down counters without being asked to first.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I nod and slide her plate off the counter, so she can bring it with her to the couch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the old cooking notebook my mom made for me sandwiched between the can of sugar and the can of flour on the counter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her parents had come in late and left a note on the counter saying they were sleeping in. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen of a Victorian house near the center of town, Major Nancy Jaax, a veterinarian in the United States Army, stood at a counter making dinner for her children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the counter, a plump blonde lady smiles at me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At the Greek restaurant, she and Lauren sat side by side at the counter facing the windows, eating pita and tzatziki and kabobs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The pots are ready, and the ingredients are out on the table and counters ready to be prepared. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The next evening, I sat in the kitchen, admiring the jars of peach preserves, which were neatly lined up on the counter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Grandma winked, setting some apples on the counter and washing her hands in the sink. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, Ugwu kept Olanna’s plate aside on the Formica counter and emptied the rest, watching rice, stew, greens, and bones slide into the dustbin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A new Acme had opened, and the bakery section always had a tray of free samples sitting on the counter. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sanjeev went to the kitchen, which was empty, and ate a piece of chicken out of the tray on the counter with his fingers because he thought no one was looking. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I leave the salt and pepper there on the counter, and head back through the kitchen to grab the trash. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the double doors behind the counter were banged open as a bread truck backed up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Love’s fingers went to drumming on the counter. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I knew what always happened at the meat counter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Neil and Susan carried the bags to a local copy shop and handed the papers to a man behind the counter. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mia sprayed the counter and swept the sponge across it, corralling crumbs into the sink. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I laid my hands on the glass and we faced off across the counter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Granny’s eyes lit up, and she slapped her hand down on the counter. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got to sweep out the front of the bakery behind the counter. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their ears, necks, fingers, and hands are heavy with yellow twenty-four-carat gold jewels as they beckon you over to their counters. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he remembered correctly, under the circular counter there was a stash of seriously old blue suitcases. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Moss moved away and wandered into the kitchen, placing his hands on the counter to steady himself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I expect to see Daniel’s dad behind the counter, but Charlie’s there instead. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen she found Jamie on his knees, trying to reach a box of cereal on the counter. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He keeps sun block on the kitchen counter and slathers it on each morning before he leaves the house. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

They all sat at the table without saying anything while Ekemeni chopped up some greens over on the counter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Gimpy was behind the counter wrapping a birthday cake for one of our regular customers—a cake that sells for $3.95. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the joke never went any further, because Annie didn’t have an ID and the strangely principled clerk wouldn’t even pull it out from behind the counter for her to inspect. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My mom comes around the counter and watches me carefully. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She paused in knocking her egg against the counter to break it and waved at him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The view from here is the shoe repair counter, which is not very world-class but is reassuring to me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And that is when I realize that Tiny Cooper cannot pick his nose, countering the second part of my dad's theorem. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

A boy, larger than himself and probably a few years older, was standing at a counter talking with a stout marketwoman in a frayed red skirt. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storekeeper helped Stuart up onto the counter and found some letter paper for him—small paper, marked with the initial “L.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But it wasn’t just breaking the rules,” I countered, I guess because I was still trying to hold on to God. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The merchant spent the entire day mumbling behind the counter, telling the boy to be careful with the pieces and not to break anything. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ernest, who was “feeling no pain” from his sociable afternoon, as Wilkes recounted later, countered that the statement was a favor for Strauss and needed to be ready that night. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She's at the counter, going through drawers and looking for spoons or whatever. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stood behind the counter, and her small malignant pig-eyes watched us suspiciously as we came forward. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I washed and dried my dishes and our mugs, then wiped down the counter. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

And when the lady behind the counter asked me if I needed any help, I opened up my bag, and I returned the book Mary Elizabeth bought me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I put a pen and slip of paper on the counter. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Luna walked across the circumference of the room, running her hands along the wide table and the smooth counters. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As I walk between the tables, I notice a toga at the counter, sitting on a stool. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the empty flour sack from the counter and stuffed it in her pocket behind a horseshoe. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then, with another of her quick flashes, she glanced at the empty plates at the end of the counter and almost smiled. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then followed the same two games, with the smooth beige counters. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were barely in the restaurant, which wasn’t a restaurant, just a counter with a kitchen on the far side and two small tables with benches on our side. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we rummaged through counter drawers until we found some kitchen twine and a pair of scissors. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Can I help you?” a guy behind the counter asks. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dorian countered, trying to keep his voice quiet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Calista walked over and leaned her elbows on the counter by the table. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

To fill a typical order, one person grilled the hamburger; another “dressed” and wrapped it; another prepared the milk shake; another made the fries; and another worked the counter. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

“What?” he said, turning from the counter where Mama had him cutting out biscuits with a cookie cutter and putting them on an oven tray. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There are three people in the tattoo place: the other tattoo artist, who is drawing a lion on another man’s arm, and Tori, who is sorting through a stack of paper on the counter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She stepped into a room with a view of the clerk’s counter, where she saw Tracy signing papers and sliding them back to the clerk, then handing over cash for bail—$759.50 in exact change. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He walks around the counter and over to the grill. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They were too busy figuring out how to counter Gustavus Swift and his fellow meatpacking company owners, who were relentlessly creating divisions in order to prevent the workers from showing a united front. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The gunman’s gun is pointed at the nose of some poor girl behind the counter. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The person emerged and placed a green mug on the counter in front of me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Dad and Noah are both doubled over behind the counter in hysterics. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Why do I need ... ,” I began as I turned around to see Ada Taylor standing before me, a green wooden counter and a thick awkwardness between us. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Bridge went up to the counter, and Adrienne came out from behind it to stand in front of her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Major de Coverley turned from the counter with his tray full and came to a stop. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He hops over the counter and heads out the front door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He folded the pink piece of paper in half and tucked it somewhere behind the counter. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Thirty dollars,” the man behind the counter said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

A gum-chewing waitress was leaning against the counter, watching the TV. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wait a few minutes, wipe a counter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a glass counter at the side with lots of different piercings for sale, and some rubber models of blank mannequin faces with silver studs in the ears, nostrils, eyebrows, and lips. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining through our big sidewalk windows, and there was a line at the counter. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she’d just seen the box of doughnuts on the counter near the sink. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She lays a photograph on the counter and spins it in my direction. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was happy enough, and I’d turned my back, the cat-food section I think it was; Luke was over at the side of the store, out of sight, at the meat counter. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me,” the girl behind the counter called. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had turned from the counter and was staring out at the dark, empty street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then I struggled to raise my package to the counter. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the library, Ube was going through a stack of books at his counter. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Dawit knew the routine well, and so he went back to watching the soccer match on the tiny television that he kept behind the counter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When she hung up the phone, she braced herself on the counter. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Lucky silver dollar,” the old man countered, as if luck had meant anything in his life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the counter, grabbing a kitchen mitt and putting it on so I can reach out and take his hand in mine. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The boy with the red hair put two candy bars on the counter. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I lifted it out and balanced it on the corners of a broken glass counter. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Hanna, stop that,” the eldest daughter, Sarah, called from behind the counter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jenna finally selects a Peppermint Patty, and we head back to the counter to pay for the candy. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The potter is sitting at the counter now, making notes on a piece of paper, and when I take the vase up to her I'm seized with the wish to stay. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Placing the box on the counter, he handed the man a ball-point pen, Snuffy made a shaky X, and Nick wrote in his name. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A splash of milk missed his cereal and landed with a splat on the counter. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Plus, every time Sierra went in, the hip, young white kid behind the counter gave her either the don’t-cause-no-trouble look or the I-want-to-adopt-you look. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Inside the house, my mom stands at the kitchen counter. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

No one is behind the counter when Mabel and I walk in, but the store is warm and bright, full of earth tones and tinted glazes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I found the Nguyens behind the counter, all the way against the wall, faces ashen, Mr. Nguyen’s arms wrapped around his wife. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She goes behind the nurses’ station and sets her chart down on the counter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Time after time, it dipped in and out of the candy counter: peppermint sticks, jawbreakers, horehound, and gumdrops. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sit down on one of the stools at the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

We were at the counter paying for the purses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had the counters polished like mirrors, and the new wall tiles gleamed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He shoved the mittens into a small paper sack and placed it on the counter. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Behind the low counter, half a dozen women hovered over waist-high stoves made of concrete block. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

To one side stood a kind of counter, upon which sat rows of wooden tankards. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We sit at the counter, and I listen to his play-by-play of school today. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Once the holiday passed and the altar was put away, Ethan lived in a small glass mixing bowl that we kept by the sink on our kitchen counter. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When we got there, Grandma went to the counter to place her order while I went to see what samples they were giving out that day. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I left the cigarettes on the counter, since I hadn’t paid for them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I saw the newspaper spread open on the kitchen counter, Harold’s glasses on top, his favorite coffee mug with the chipped handle off to the side. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks just like ours, with a big white fridge and white counters. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pressed my back against the counter and slid down to sit on the floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Biff folded the newspapers and put them back under the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Travis leaned on the glass counter that housed Mr. Burson’s tiny museum of early editions of Faulkner, O’Connor, Welty, and McCarthy. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Then you come and stay, too,” Cole countered. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In a small fraction of the time it took her to form her plea, Our Father irritably countered that the Lord operates in mysterious ways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because on a counter by the bed, she has set up a miniature version of what must sit on her mantle at home, wherever that is. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Brannon pushed aside his newspaper and leaned his elbows on the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I keep my new diagnosis to myself as I join him at the counter. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

What can I get you folks?” says the girl, still behind the counter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A jelly-bellied officer with thick spectacles was purchasing a tall stack of books from the man behind the counter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rest the salad bowl on the counter and turn to leave before I’m asked to set the table. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother spent a long time at the meat counter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They talked about medicine and Gardenia’s plants, which covered the windows and counters. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I knew from watching Mrs. Moss punish Heather that I had to hunker down without letting my head touch the top of the counter ledge or my butt or heels rest on the floor. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Three more men were inside, in addition to the man behind the counter, who he assumed was Mr. Solomon himself. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed his chair back just as Grandma finally sat down, and went over to the counter where there were three coffee cans. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A woman with long brown hair sits on a stool behind the counter. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She is in the laundromat speaking to a customer from behind the counter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I went to the parcel counter where we had checked our things and got my basket and bedroll. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What would you like?” asked the tired-looking woman behind the counter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We tried to counter it by being warm and kind to one another, far more than strangers usually are. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull a bigger bowl out of the dishwasher and put it on the counter. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I swung at him, and he ducked out of the way, but he smacked his head against the counter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The walls are black and purple, and there is artwork from floor to ceiling on the entire wall behind the counter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My father slid another two dollars across the counter. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The room was cut in half by a long counter, cluttered with wire baskets full of papers and brightly colored flyers taped to its front. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were pots and pans in the kitchen and he wiped one out and stood it on the counter and then he tried to open one of the jars but he could not. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He countered by taking the position that he was officially disabled and therefore entitled to be paid for a full year after he began his medical leave. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He had tried to rob a store, and the guy behind the counter pulled out a gun and started shooting. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The witch behind the counter was already advising a wizard on the care of double-ended newts, so Harry, Ron, and Hermione waited, examining the cages. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I walked back into the kitchen and rested my plate on the counter. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I took two quarters out of my pocket and laid them on the deli counter. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Moody set the can down on the counter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He frowned at me, then leaned over the counter to cast a doubtful glance at my shoes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He had placed a jukebox in one corner of the front room and a tall formica counter along the side wall. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mitchell reached under the counter and opened up a little brown box. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over the counter, palms flat against the wood, glowering at the young deputy who had allowed me to use the station’s phone to call work. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I take the package into the kitchen and set it on the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They either back away from the counter and talk to me from like ten feet away or they suddenly get busy doing something else and ignore me completely. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s a single room, with a fold-out bed, made up, and a kitchenette counter at the far end, and another door that must lead to the bathroom. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the display screen mounted on the counter directly in front of me; then his eyes glazed over as he refocused his attention on the world inside his visor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Probably too angry with me for countering him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Lily put away the milk and juice, loaded the dishwasher, and wiped the counters and table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I knew the answer, though, when she pulled out a bowl, set it on the counter, and lined up her ingredients next to it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the counter some more. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Peering in through the glass door, I saw that Mamá was standing at the counter, slicing pie with a heavy knife. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She made me sit on the counter as she removed pieces of glass from my skin. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Love is the important thing,” she countered strongly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I felt pretty good seeing that check on the kitchen counter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He rested the box with the sick tortoise on the counter next to the register. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We are not politicians,” countered white tennis officials. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked around behind the counter and set the coffee down, then started counting money from her apron pocket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Angie with the big brown bangs and long nails was behind the counter, sorting packs of cigarettes. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The jeweler slides the watch toward me by pushing the soft cloth across the counter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls behind the counter were covered with wooden animal masks and bright tin suns, moons, and skeletons. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Naturally, he countered with Capo Ferro which surprised the man in black, but he defended well, quickly shifting out of Agrippa and taking the attack himself, using the principles of Thibault. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Several NPC employees stood behind the counter, tossing dough and slicing pies. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Some pass,” I countered, heading off the court. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Timidly, she pushed the peeled onion that she had brought from home across the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down at the counter, and the waitress asks me what I’ll have in a thick European accent. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sean was standing at the counter by the coffeepot, willing it to brew faster. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Doc walked angrily to the counter of the stand. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cashier said something and flexed his outstretched hand, so Arturo gave him the basket, but the cashier only dropped the basket behind the counter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

To me, sitting at the counter, getting ready to leave. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Albert stands at the snack counter in his swim trunks, with his little towel draped over his wide back, and contemplates his selection of ice cream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Scrapes it with a kitchen knife from a block on the counter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Instead, he let us each pick a soda from the refrigerator and make a sandwich from the stuff in the setup tray on the counter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

When I stand up, I see that she has hopped from the counter to the top of the fridge. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

We're almost done putting stuff away and wiping the counter when Grim shouts from the other room. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew what they must be; I had read about them but never seen one: radiation counters, Geiger counters they call them. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Pearl returned, she found her mother in the kitchen setting a plain manila envelope on the kitchen counter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lifted the grilled cheese onto a plate and put the plate in front of me on the counter. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The week they’d arrived, Mia had gotten a job at Lucky Palace, a local Chinese restaurant; several afternoons and evenings a week, she took and packaged up takeout orders at the counter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some fifty NCC students, joined by four white students from Duke, walked into the Woolworth’s store on Main Street and filled up the seats at the lunch counter. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'm a little embarrassed to be back, but I can tell she's pleased when I set the bell on the counter. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I take one of the world maps we sell in the store, rolled tightly and stored in a vertical container, and spread it on the counter. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Since I can neither join in the rebels’ outrage nor counter it, I decide the best thing to do is clear out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The behavior of the mother and the daughter ran counter to all I had ever seen or known. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The counters were polished to a high sheen, and inside the display cases, shiny bright mirrors reflected gold and silver and sparkly gems. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nita, who is clearing the counter, presses her lips together like she is holding words inside her mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Those laws said whites and blacks should be separated in all public places: drinking fountains, parks, trains, buses, downtown food counters, and public schools. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But what she wanted to do, in essence, was create a learning epidemic to counter the prevailing epidemics of poverty and illiteracy. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Feels more like a really early morning,” I counter. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He went behind the counter and took a little bell, no bigger than a honeybee, out of a drawer. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you are the one who is disrespecting me,” Kaede countered, hot with anger. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On top of the counter was a wooden block that held all of the large, sharp knives in the kitchen. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mother sips orange juice at the counter, looking over a list of tasks for the day. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

As word spread that a young, handsome, and apparently unmarried doctor now stood behind the counter, an increasing number of single women in their twenties began to patronize the store. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The old man laid the food stamps on the counter again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rotated platters from the counter to the table and back. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fat Cheeks, who was lounging nearby, rose to his feet and roared a counter threat: I am the chief here! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downtown, they letting Negroes set at the Wool- worth counter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The man at the counter doesn’t speak or look us in the eye. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The counters were loaded with cut vegetables, and Diego’s sister stood by the sink, shucking corn. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mom exhaled and then twisted around to grab a paper towel from the kitchen counter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I saw a fat drop land on the counter. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Uncle Willie was making his way down the long shadowed aisle between the shelves and the counter—hand over hand, like a man climbing out of a dream. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others countered that if they hadn’t found her in the first place, she would have died anyway. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We did the balcony scene together as nearly as we could—until the guy behind the counter began to look like he wanted us gone. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When I let go of Dad, I brought the watermelon over to the counter and unwrapped the plastic, dripping pink juice into the sink. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Finally the man behind the ticket counter called out, “Bus number 94 arriving from Raleigh!” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Please,” I whisper, stepping closer to the tall counter. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Can I help you ?” The guy behind the counter at the copy shop is cute, with spiky hair. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The man at the counter calls my number and gives me my food. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

From my usual table, while I wait for my laptop to start up, I watch him take her to the restroom area, the fire exits, and the snack counter. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Bill Koontz was sitting at the counter tapping up tostada crumbs with his middle finger and licking them off when Joe and his people walked in. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was only one person working behind the counter, a young boy who did not recognize Mrs. Sen as he handed her a bag reserved under her name. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The woman standing on the other side of the counter smiles at Mom, who’s wiping down the area around the pitchers of ice water at the table in the corner. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Then, when none of them would hire her, she’d tried cosmetics counters, other retail jobs, nanny jobs, waiting tables, any opening listed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Gazzaley walks to the kitchen counter to show the text to a handful of people who have come early to eat prosciutto and soy chicken from Whole Foods. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Another black man countered that he was tired of giving in. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was still standing in line at the deli counter and didn’t seem to have any plans to collect me soon. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Even before the Durham sit-in, hundreds of A&T students had joined the four original protesters crowding into several segregated lunch counters in downtown Greensboro. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their wives gossiped at the general store as their babies slept in a row on the counter, heads resting on long bolts of fabric. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Papa countered, gesturing out the window where wagons waited to be loaded before his warehouses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he tried his Frosty Loops cereal, it was tough for a second or two, but eventually peeled away from the counter. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, I point to the can on the counter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The younger man came out with a dirty cardboard box and set it on the counter. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

My avatar’s level and hit-point counters both had infinity symbols in front of them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He always hid a bottle of liquor in the kitchen cabinet and he’d take big swigs from it and lean on the counter, breathing heavily. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He places several wrapped snack cakes on the counter. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The boy places a long cardboard box on the counter before us and starts piling our stuff inside it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You just finished serving me at a counter only two feet away from here.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In a little over two hours, the protesters had shut down three lunch counters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Biff rested his elbows on the counter and looked at Blount with curiosity. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I set the mug behind the counter, take a deep breath, and turn my face toward the café doors. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She fought for words to counter the drift the interview had taken, but what could she say? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

A voice from the end of the counter called out. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

She opens the cap of one of the little bottles on the bathroom counter and sniffs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She’s always doing this, crabbily countering his enthusiasm, but it’s become something of a routine. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Simone is leaning on the counter watching an improbably tall guy pouring himself a drink. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you ask the white folks that?” she countered. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Ruelle does something she has never done: she reaches across the counter and cups Marie-Laure’s face in her floury palms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

TOC was restocking some beef jerky sticks while Lindsey sat on the stool behind the counter reading a celebrity magazine, her bare feet up on the counter beside the cash register. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

There’s a door behind Tall Guy, near the counter. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She signed a quick thank-you to Ube as she passed his counter, and he watched as she burst out of the front doors and back into the world. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"You may have killed the whole crew," Teddy countered. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stacked on the counter were hundreds—I mean hundreds—of Tupperware boxes with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches inside. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the circular counter in the center of the room, Marigold spied a pair of old powder blue suitcases. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He leaned against the counter, eating his bagel and sipping his coffee, the cat frantically rubbing his hair with her little head. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She saw the tea and wine on the bathroom counter. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The woman standing at the counter was an older version of Tamika, dark-skinned with big hair, only no weird flower. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As she did so, the man in the derby hat was already pushing his money onto the counter. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a back room behind the police station’s long counter two policemen tried to question her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

After buying a few items at the five-and-dime store—a comb, toothpaste, notepaper—the four young black men would head for the lunch counter at the rear of the store, sit down, and order coffee. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The counter is dotted with little plastic tubes and glass bottles of my makeup. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s in the garment center,” the clerk at the counter said. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Before going to the checkout line, Dicey drifted by the meat counter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hippie started to say something but Henry, cutting him short, pointed to something behind the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he’s done, there are exactly eighteen books on the other side of the counter. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Just placed it on the counter and limped back to her little chair by the door where she always sat in her apron, sorting and stacking vegetables. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's our river tool" the young man counters. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Luke looked at the stack of thick books on the Talbots' kitchen counter. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hollister pulled out a notepad from the shelf under his counter and flipped through the pages until he found the one he was looking for. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We went back into the laboratory, and he put the weed in the middle of the counter, then sank into his armchair, the springs echoing in a way that normally would have made me giggle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Directly in front of us, behind a long counter, a row of white people, mostly women, stood staring at us as though we were the world’s eighth wonder. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was deep i n conversation with the farm women, but when I started to put my nickel on the counter, her palm was outstretched to take it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen years of taking the bus to the same place with leatherette booths and a coffee-stained linoleum counter and wood-paneled walls. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She was to have been the answer to his unstated, unacknowledged question—where was the life to counter the encroaching nonlife? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the bottle and set it on the counter. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He kept the other counter out, too, the one with the earphone. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had the counter, plus a bunch of tables of two and one table of four. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By the time I settled on a plain glazed, Calista was behind the counter, showing him pictures of her “work in progress” on her phone. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mong signaled for me to get the stuff we needed and followed the guy to the counter. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The counter, faces, the booths and tables, the radio in the corner, whirring fans on the ceiling—all seemed to become very faint and still. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Emily shifted words around the magnetic poetry tray on his counter. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He stands at the counter and wolfs down the rest of the pizza. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Restrooms are around back,” the woman behind the counter says. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Flashing toys blink from the glass counter under his arms. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mom unzips her cosmetics bag in the bathroom, lining her preferred shampoos and conditioners along the edge of the bathtub, her skin creams and cleansing tonics across the counter. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The guys working behind the pizza counter stopped what they were doing to stare at us. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The other guy, Rory, I think, studies the menu on the counter. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Tateh threw a counter and some shelves in there, an old cash register, tacked up a sign outside that said “Shilsky’s Grocery Store” or something to that effect, and we were in business. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a thin phone book from underneath the counter there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was slow and flaccid, with the kind of world-weary negativism you might find in employees behind the counter of a fast-food restaurant at a highway rest stop. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Newark International Airport, my sister and I find the check-in counter for the plane to Paris. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He walked over to the counter and started digging through a pile of things, and finally, he came up with a broom. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mason jars filled with roots and herbs on the counter. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

When Dad and I reached the counter, Ariana pulled us behind it and gave me a hug. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As I walked in, I saw my grandfather behind the counter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped off the counter and jammed a battered straw hat onto her head as if she’d suddenly remembered this garden of hers. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Callie leans across the counter and says, “I am so sorry, but those uniforms are the worst.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter is a young black woman in her twenties writing in a notebook that she puts away once she sees us. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“We don’t allow nobody behind the counter,” Flood said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I washed up the breakfast dishes, left his two hundred dollars on the kitchen counter, got into the car, and drove south toward home. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s lunchtime, so Amelia’s mom guides us toward the row of restaurants and food counters along the opposite side of the street. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother pointed at an empty Cheese-o-mania bag on the counter. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

But his fingers are stiff and so he rolls up the plan, leaves a note for Moushumi on the kitchen counter, and goes in to the office. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the floor for a long time, watching people check in at the counter and head off toward their gates. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don’t care. The lunch counter at Woolworth’s is good enough. I think they have specials on Saturdays.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Someone once described the man behind the counter as having the face of a walnut. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He pulled the silver dollar from his pocket and shoved it across the counter. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“All righty then,” Todd says, sweeping the jewelry from the counter and clearly as uncomfortable with G’ma’s declaration as Scoob is. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The store guy looked at us a little funny when I laid the money out on the counter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I get home from school, I find Mama in the kitchen, her citizenship study guide open on the counter as she stirs a curry on the stove. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He pressed it against his nose and leaned against the kitchen counter, his head tilted back, his eyes teary. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Hornet called, looking closely at the painting above the counter. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A huge double door opened behind the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the counter, right by the microwave, lay a sheet of torn-out notebook paper. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I was set on my feet behind the counter, and turned to see Gus—big, potbellied Gus, the cigarette still clamped between his lips. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I lean an elbow on the counter and put my chin in my hand. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I like to visit the bodega next to the train and say hola to the lady at the counter. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The man who had served her pizza was slumped over the counter, dead. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a stack of green papers on the counter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“People were banging against the steel door,” Julie said, crouching behind the counter. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

In her puffy blue robe, eyes red rimmed, Linda leaned against a kitchen counter waiting for coffee water to boil. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went around behind the counter and I saw Mr. Nesbitt on the floor—there was blood everywhere—and the cash register was open. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The eyes are the windows to the soul,” I counter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I placed my dough on the counter and punched and pounded and punched until I couldn’t hear my thoughts. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I nodded, and she counted the bills out onto the counter. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Former all-white public schools had opened their doors to black students, as had department stores, restaurants, lunch counters, swimming pools, libraries, and other private and tax-supported facilities. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I reached my hand out and steadied myself on the counter. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Cady stood on her toes at the counter and pried the suitcase open carefully, wondering what about a piece of old luggage could possibly have made the Owner so furious. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bobby closed his eyes to counter any further Talian shenanigans—he didn’t have to see his position, since it was imprinted in his mind—and tried to block out any other distractions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I asked the guy behind the counter for his pencil—he hesitated a second, since I guess he wasn’t so sure about us. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

To my left, under the windows, was a dark wooden counter the length of the room. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I spied a few jars of blackberries and carrots on the counter. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Would you like some cookies before your operation?” she cheerfully asked, and nodded toward where she had a package of them spread out across the kitchen counter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Daddy clips some roses at the kitchen counter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Even when I ain’t holding a pencil, my fingers is jiggling it, in my pocket, on the kitchen counter, thumping like drumsticks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They joined Mel Willis’s honey clusters and piles of sandwiches and vats of chili and dozens of bean and tuna and macaroni casseroles on the counter. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The deli counter hadn’t changed at all, and the lobster tank was right in the same place. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There was a Subway franchise, various ticket counters, an information kiosk. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Crouching low, like a bobcat ready to spring, he grabbed Grandpa’s right knee, turned quick, and jerked him off the counter just as his partner raised a chair high and crashed it over Grandpa’s head. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As usual, she was broke, dumping single dollar bills, change, pennies on the counter to pay for the one-way ticket to Ohio. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small gray cat sat on the kitchen counter grooming himself. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to kill you and go on a murderous rampage if you don’t—” “Alma Ember,” he interrupted with confidence, leaning against the counter and close to my face. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“And you have spots on your face you have neglected to paint over,” I countered, which made her fume silently. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I saw them on the landings, or sometimes, when I went down to the kitchen, behind the counters. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The counters to the right of the sink were stacked high as the Gate of All Nations with pots and pans, plates and glasses, and teacups. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She worked quickly, putting plates and silverware out on the counter. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m scrubbing down the counter as two guys and a girl walk in. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Big Tony plucked the room key off the counter and strutted back to the parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Beside the cubbies was a very long, very narrow drawer, as tall as the counter it was set into and only wide enough to accommodate a coin-sized handle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His parents and brothers were sitting in the high-back chairs at the counter. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His good-looking plump wife sat filing her fingernails at the other end of the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And even though I’m not eating or drinking anymore, the man behind the counter hasn’t asked me to leave. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

"Yes, yes, it's him," Coach said, his car keys clinking as he set them on the counter. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

On the counter near the muffins is a small plastic figurine, a boy with a pointy hat, purple pants, and a big swoop of yellow hair. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The cook was behind the counter, scraping his griddle with the edge of a spatula. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

On a shelf behind the counter is a basket of yellow stars and spools of thread. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It chimed like it always did, and the guy behind the counter looked up like he always did, then stepped out from behind the counter, like he always did. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tie him to it with some twine that's loose on the counter. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Big Sal takes orders at the counter and yells them to the folks in the back. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He left me standing at the counter and went to pose with a giant fish in his hand. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sets the ingredients out on the counter: lemons, raw honey, and dried lavender. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She looked at Edward’s face, and then she let go of his ear and he fell forward so that his head rested against the counter again. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

But my grandfather sits at the head of the counter, like he’s the king. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

"There's been a mistake," I told the maid, leaning over the counter and speaking in a low, confidential tone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The only thing out on the counter was a single coffee mug. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Albie, no,” she said, setting the mug on the counter. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

In one of them, a man stood behind a rickety counter. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He’ll be behind the counter, bored and dreamy and adorably disheveled. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I countered that if he did that, I’d run away—I still have enough connections overseas—or I would sue for emancipation. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He knew all the tricks, could counter all the holds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Amaka spread newspaper sheets on the floor to slice the tuber; it was easier than picking it up and placing it on the counter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in line at the circulation counter waiting my turn. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Laleh rocked back and forth on her heels and glanced at the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The poolroom was empty, save for a fat, black man who held a halfsmoked, unlit cigar in his mouth and leaned on the front counter. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Red was sitting on a counter drinking a beer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo eeled forward on his chest, over the counter, reached between the rungs of the ladder, just six inches under Mr. Rhydd's Hush Puppies, took a box of Lambert & Butler cigarettes, and eeled back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The bartender meets my eye, wipes the counter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white man that was folding up sheets of cloth for women’s dresses behind a counter looked up at me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

If the song was being done properly, with both a man and a woman alternating the verses, the song was further complicated by the female’s counter harmony in the refrains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I got to cook me something and get my head a little straighten I got potatoes, carrots, garlic, and olive oil, put a knife on the counter, and set myself on the stool. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When Mom came back, she put the coffee in the cupboard but left her mug on the counter and said she needed to lie down for a bit. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled out a loaf pan and a cookie sheet and set all the ingredients on the counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Still, to be sitting at the same counter with a white man and just doing everyday talk was different for me too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time, I, too, was standing by the counter. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, a covered plate rested on the counter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I eventually mastered the counter swing and made it through to level eight. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They sway as he lifts it over to the front counter and places it in front of me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned back against the counter and crossed her arms. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment when life as he had known it changed forever, Alex Morales was behind the counter at Joey’s Pizza, slicing a spinach pesto pie into eight roughly equal pieces. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He wiped the marble counter with his dirtcolored rag that he held in his hairy watch hand. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dress, pull on my sneakers, take me a slice of bread from the loaf on the counter and a peach off the tree in the yard. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ikner's description of the scene contradicted the assertion that Myers had made at trial about seeing Morrison near the front counter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Beside the washing machine in the basement was a wide counter and a deep steel sink. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A sideboard is the same as what folks nowadays call a counter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From behind the counter, Hobie called out, “Any of you gentlemen want any coffee, raise your paws.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tateh kept a loaded pistol underneath the counter next to the cashier. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex’s mom kept a tiny TV on the kitchen counter next to the stove. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Angela, Cherry and I met at Cherry’s Starbucks a little before three p.m., when Cherry relieved the person behind the counter. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Begin with a bitter bath,” he says, lining up the ingredients on the counter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brooke was sitting on the kitchen counter with a bowl of grapes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was standing at the meat counter, waiting for some rib lamb chops to be cut. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I take it to the counter, dig in the little purse Mom got me last Christmas, and pull out my wallet. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The baker behind the counter has just finished decorating a cake. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She shoves her bag back underneath the counter and then starts hopping from foot to foot. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mama is wiping the counters down with a rag, even though they are already gleaming. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I became expert colored counters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an oldfashioned drugstore there with a black marble counter and chrome stools with tattered plastic seats patched with electrical tape. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Nick walked into the Penny Pantry store and asked the lady behind the counter for a frindle. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shoved my board in the battered umbrella stand inside and checked out the dude behind the counter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She leans over the counter toward me and lowers her voice. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We used to eat hot dogs from the counter at W. T. Grant, then play on the escalators at Pomeroy’s until we got kicked out. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He took the sword from Bast and stood upright on the counter behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Care to place a wager?” she countered, the gleam of challenge in her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Travis looked thoughtful, and I could tell that whole new worlds were opening up to him as we slowly inched toward the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I set it on the counter and unload the plates one at a time, arms shaking. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

At the counter the girl filled the two wine-skins for me. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I thought your name was George,” I say loud enough for B.J. to hear as she strides off back to the counter. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heels of my hands land on the counter’s metal rim as I bend down to look at the spread. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It then goes on to address and counter every negative statement and implication made by Carey. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Despite a clear and pressing need, subsidized housing wasn’t considered, primarily because it ran counter to the economic interests of slumlords who held powerful positions in and out of government. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the counter, eating a sandwich wrapped in greasy white paper. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She's trying to stay under the counter and maintain her cover, but her hand is making the chair swivel and roll around, and the ID badge goes farther out of reach. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I looked back, I realized that Jeffrey must have slipped off the stool and banged his face on the counter. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One with a bunch of newspapers and matches and lighters behind the counter. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sutton’s is a cafeteria down the street from the department store, with trays that you slide down a steel counter to select just what you want for your entrée and side dish. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He puts the pack back in his pocket and snaps his fingers at the girl behind the counter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then he tapped on the counter, like he was debating something. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I have this vision of me working behind the counter and you taking care of the baby in the back. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She does not know how to move the finger of her right hand from the display counter or how to get the coins out of her left hand. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

From beneath the counter she produced a square cut from a newspaper sheet and laid it on the counter and wrapped a loaf into it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man laid the crushed pieces on the counter and said, “Fix it.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I stepped up, grabbed some scissors off the counter and cut the cord on dude’s hands. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A man behind the counter with his hair cut short in front and long in the back shook hands with him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Two of the men at the counter turn slowly to look at us, eyes wide. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There’s a counter that has stools at it, so we don’t need a table. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the candy counter, my father holds a toffee crunch above her flicking, disgusting tongue. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote the number down and put it and the cash on the kitchen counter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I got the wedgies first and started munching on them while the lady behind the counter poured my soda. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could get me a phone,” Oliver suggested, grabbing a handful of chocolate chips from the bag on the counter. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I spin around to face him, clutching at the counter of the kitchenette. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As he placed the watch back on the counter, his fingers trembled. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I finished cleaning up the table, then trudged back to the counter. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I was reading in The New York Times about this study— Skeezie: Our ice cream’s probably sitting over there on the counter, melting. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps typing away for a few seconds before banging the phone down on the counter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

His mom stood at the sink washing dishes, half-watching the morning show on a tiny TV propped on the counter. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Grandpa was standing behind the counter, his one hand resting on the cast-iron string holder. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The espresso counter is either fake or real dark-green marble; it has a cute canopy over it, someone’s idea of Italy, and little swivel stools. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy handed Julie a flashlight and told her to sit on the floor behind the counter and assemble boxes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Harry reached the door at the top of the stairs, slipped through it, and found himself behind the counter of Honeydukes — he ducked, crept sideways, and then straightened up. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The only way to get to them is to climb up on the kitchen counter, kneel there, and reach up for them from that position. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s healthier to drink all your fluids ten minutes before you eat,” he counters. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As the booths caught fire, Milton raced behind the counter to grab the fire extinguisher. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She climbed down from the counter and sat at the table. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Brandon ordered a hamburger and began to slide some money across the counter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This is no common delight, but a true and lasting love ,” countered a voice from a book of courtly ideals. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She set the tin on the counter and led me to the table, where she had arranged the tea tray with sweets. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Once, I went to a department store and used every single tester perfume on the counter, but it was still there. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Hugo picked up the broken pieces and placed them on the counter. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

All the railroad men, from Lumbly to Royal, countered with a variation of “Who do you think made it? Who makes everything?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The owner cleaned some already clean glasses, clinking them together noisily, and clattered crockery on the counter to convey his displeasure to Margaret Kochamma. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I might be able to go as low as three and five,” the man behind the counter said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Back of the counter they drew the wine from casks. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her eye fell on the bowl on the counter. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Standing at the checkout counter with an armload of sock monkeys, I told the cashier, "These are for a piece I'm working on. It's a performance commissioned by the art museum. I'm an artist." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I toyed with a pencil lying on the counter, spinning it idly this way and that. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And, as I feared, the credit counter at the bottom of the screen had a numeral one in front of it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jessie smiled at him, and Laney ducked under the counter and wrapped her arms around his waist. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mustafa pours an assortment of sodas and water into plastic cups and sets them out on the counter. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I received the information from a polite clerk and turned away from the counter. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. I understand right good,” I countered. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am looking at Lily’s eyes on me, but I am seeing us at her kitchen counter just a few days before. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They sat where they found space, on kitchen counters, in the foyer, even under the stairwell. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turn on my heel and storm out of Starbucks, leaving Anna standing in front of the counter with her mouth hanging open. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Mom, they gave me this letter for you,” I said, placing the sheet of paper on the kitchen counter. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There are no counters in the kitchen, only the bare sink; there’s no stove. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s enough to make yourself a nice dress. I checked with the lady at the fabric counter. And Mrs. Wright said you could use her machine,” Henry said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman at the counter offers her landline. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Watch out, Frog!” he cries, bits of cereal splashing on the counter. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there is a laugh from the men at the counter, the same uncomfortable bitter laugh I first heard on the truck. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re about to go into the family room and offer tastes to everyone, when I notice a ziplock bag of ice cream melting on the counter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I almost left the money on the counter and disappeared, but Mrs. Lynch appeared with a thin textbook and placed it on the surface in front of me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her hands shake, and she grips the counter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Fredo knitted his fingers together, rested his hands on the counter like some kind of judge. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She points to several cans on the counter. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I find a clear bottle of rubbing alcohol and a small box of Band-Aids, drop a few bucks on the counter, and ask for a key to the restroom. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Lay them on the counter with a dollar. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With each word, I stacked another gold coin on the counter. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter sat a lady with a long braid of white hair trailing over one shoulder. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I pick up the strainer I've knocked off the counter in my haste and hold it in my hands. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Babou rinsed out the pot once and banged it on the counter in front of me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The man behind the counter set his eyes on us really hard. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Gina sits on the counter with a plate of pancakes in her lap. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She zipped up her jacket, stood up straight, and went out to the ticket counter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But with Hudson, we only ate at places where we didn’t have to sit across from each other, like counters at pizzerias and in our bedrooms while watching movies. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I put down Smash Hits and walked up to the counter. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I said, and tapped my fingers on the counter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter picked up the bowl of peeled potatoes and placed it on the kitchen counter. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But when Tiny Cooper lies to you about his heartbreak, the Geiger counter has tripped the hammer. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Better choices in the cafeteria,” she said, putting the clipboard on the counter next to me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

There were three desks behind the counter, one of which was manned by a large, red-haired woman wearing glasses. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Each window is distinguished from the others by a sign that hangs below its counter with the word “Window” and a number between one and five. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She thought suddenly of those moments at the restaurant, after the dinner rush had ended and things were quiet, when Bebe sometimes rested her elbows on the counter and drifted away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One works as a counter girl at Nielsen’s General Store, one at a bakery, another at the Hemingford Ledger as a receptionist. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A small man wearing a bow tie stood on the other side of a wooden counter, nearly lost behind a barricade of scuppernong jelly and Sweet Fire pickles. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned against the two big boxes on the counter, sticking my finger in the diamond-shaped spaces between the rows and rows of empty jars inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, there it was at the back of the warehouse, a fast- food counter with a grill, a soda fountain, a pretzel heater, and a nacho cheese dispenser. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

To counter such negative impressions, prominent business people launched an all-out public relations campaign. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the counter with a look that seemed to say, There, that ought to excite you, boy. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stooping man had appeared behind the counter, smoothing his greasy hair back from his face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They ate their food at the counter, telling everyone, “It’s on us,” between bites of fries and burgers. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment she reappeared to hurl my change and the ticket on the counter with such force most of it fell on the floor at my feet. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laid the nickel on the counter; he saw the blurred loaf being handed to him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She leans her elbow on the counter and lifts her other arm to put her hand on my face. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Was it because he knew about the time she and Bubber swiped a pack of chewing gum off his counter? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But I let her talk, let her voice counter the unspoken, insistent ones that emanate from my broken mind. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

On the counter lay a large manila envelope, thick with papers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So Mom picked me up—which was exactly what I wanted—and now this afternoon, Kaila is teaching me to work the counter. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I went up to the counter and started saying my name, but the cheerleader at the computer cut me off. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Eliot Spitzer, attorney general of New York, was holding a power breakfast back near the polished granite counter. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled his spectacles from his pocket and lifted his satchel onto the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“The men down at Cape Canaveral say they learn more from a failure than a success,” I countered. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She works at the ticketing counter for a big airline at Philadelphia International Airport. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I had to steady myself on the kitchen counter as he took off his full-face helmet, adjusted his bangs to the left, over his eyes, and walked to the door and knocked. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Three little girls dressed in identical black dresses and white scarves clung to the slight, bespectacled man behind the counter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She brought several sheets to the counter to show me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When we get inside, Emery hovers over the pastry counter while I order the same drink I always do, because a vanilla chai latte makes the world feel better. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I remembered staring at the bloody stump, and then at the severed finger, which Luke brought in and placed on the counter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped, reached in his pocket, and flipped a half dollar over the counter. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his hands out in front of him and ran right into a counter. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I should head back behind the counter in a sec, but anything else?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

For the Woolworth’s lunch counter, like similar restaurants throughout the South, was reserved for whites only. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s at the counter kneading dough, her face spotted in flour. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She sails back and forth behind the bakery counter, explaining the ingredients in her cakes and pies to her clients. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left the scones on the counter and hurried for the door. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The men in the blue jackets have asked her to come out from behind the counter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Biff brought out the suitcase from behind the counter and explained to the mute about it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The long counter was manned by goblins sitting on high stools, serving the first customers of the day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He hurried in and set the flour sack on the floor, and slid the books onto a clear spot on the counter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He swept the floor and organized the small boxes behind the counter. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Durham, shut down by students protesting Jim Crow segregation on February 8, 1960. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy took a rag and started wiping down the counter, and then he raised one arm and waved us in without looking up. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I rubbed the edges of a little vase that sat on the counter. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Beneath a display counter, I found the box of maps and brochures I’d rifled through on prom night. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each of them took a greasy metal tray from a pile at the edge of the counter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mom stood at the counter and started straightening her pile of papers and files. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was one cardboard notice pinned over the counter that had been done in coloured felt-tips, and at the top of it was the word “look” with a staring eye drawn inside each “o.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mason walked over to the counter then, and when he saw Beto, his face seemed to change, to go stiff somehow, and he smiled. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I drummed my fingers on the counter, impatient for a cigarette, wondering if anyone had ever told him something could be done about those pimples on his neck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slavery was not an abstraction, an economic force, a counter in the game of world politics—it was the suffering of men and women. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

So I walked up to the counter, feeling very impressed with myself, and I put down my money and said, “I’ll have a large number one.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Their counter clicked; there were emissions just above the background level of radioactivity, but that was enough. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I have to go back downstairs. Frank isn't here yet to take over the counter.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As I went through a metal turnstile, the ‘person- counter’ clicked to a new daily number: 20,054. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask as Beth lays them flat on the counter. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He smoked all the time, a cigarette between his lips as he added up the figures, and sometimes left burning on the counter while he went to look for stock. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It’s weird—there’s no one behind the counter, no one ordering food, no one at all anywhere. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The house is still full of mourners and misery and food, so much food spoiling on all the counters and tables. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Like I’m walking into those fast food joints and stealing food right off the counter. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I put my dollar on the counter and shrugged at him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

On graduation day Dee-Dee and I opened up the store, set out the meats, stacked the fresh vegetables, and I worked behind the counter until it was time to go. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the movie was over, he leaned against the concession counter, talking Hannah’s ear off as everyone else left. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Except for that glass and the napkin dispensers, the entire length of the counter is empty. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A cake covered in thick chocolate frosting sat on the counter. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Then he walks to the counter, looks the man in the eyes, and smiles real charming-like. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She crept in the front door and peered over the counter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I watch him walk out of the room and see Officer Khan standing in the hallway beside a tall counter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She smacked her gum and walked over to the counter. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Greek behind the counter said the price was sixty cents, so that when he had paid he was left with only a nickel. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He waddled from behind the counter, waving for them to follow. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They repeated the stories about good times in Oakland and San Diego; they repeated them like long medicine chants, the beer bottles pounding on the counter tops like drums. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I set my empty glass on the counter and raced outside. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“That sounds like what Peeta said. And you all called him a traitor,” I counter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Frank shoved my change at me then leaned over the counter, engulfing the lower deck with his rolls. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She was about to try again when he ran around the counter and took her by the hand to the door. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

There’s coffee waiting for me on the counter—extra sweet and light. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Jinx placed the money on the bar and took a seat behind the counter next to Shady, his one sure ally in the room. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I read the newspaper on the counter while I drink my coffee, which is so awful I can barely stomach it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He tilted the counter’s mirror toward her as she tried it on. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked through the evening crowds, he was often distracted by activity, and countered my many holiday questions with enigmatical answers, as was often his wont. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But we don’t live in the tribes,” I countered. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrinkle my nose at all the pennies and try to look elsewhere as the woman behind the counter watches Uhmma count. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I look around and catch sight of the papers from the cooking club last night, lying on the kitchen counter with a bunch of unopened mail. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Dinner was cleared off the table and all the counters had been wiped down. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, there are empty brown paper bags on the counter top, which means there are groceries. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Hannah stopped wiping the counter and looked me straight in the eye. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I should apologize to the boys,” he said, pushing himself away from the counter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The night before my first day of senior year at East Shoal High School, I sat behind the counter at Finnegan’s diner, my eyes scanning the dark windows for signs of suspicious movement. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He made me walk in front of him until we got to the counter. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The man behind the counter looks at me, shakes his head, and says, “Boys.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She’s peering between an old television on her counter and us, as if trying to place us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He reached under the counter and pulled out a small folded brown map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost miraculously—for Johnny had not seen where it came from—bread and cheese were on the counter. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was leaning against the counter with her back to him, the desk phone tucked under her chin. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Of course not. She’s just a baby . . .” Trotter was still shaking her head at Rhine as he brought her back around the counter, W.E. clutching at her shabby coat. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“But not too strong,” Rishi said thoughtfully, looking back down at the envelope on the counter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the past Mrs. Cripe had a fry cook and another lady working the counter. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gasped and ran around the counter next to Lumpy. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The desk behind the counter was covered with yellow and pink slips of paper, invoices and bills with a half cup of cold coffee sitting on top of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She points to an empty stool at the end of the counter. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I cleaned the counters and even took a mop to the floor. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian countered by threatening to execute her children if she did not eat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

There were even a couple of “Aw, shucks” and finger snapping as our dinner was placed on the cashier s counter. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we leave, I head to the prize counter and try to imagine what Charlie would want. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She flicks the business card onto the counter before tossing a hundred on top of it like this is some fancy restaurant and I’m a table that needs to be fawned over. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Impressed by her intensity, the counter man shoved six loaves and the least battered of the rejected pies at her and took her two dimes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a green Parry’s wrapper on the counter. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yellow Dr. Scholl’s shoebox is on the counter behind her, still full of envelopes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Such sweeping generalizations were routinely accepted, mainly because those attacked were not unified enough politically to counter the charges. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stone thought it was important to have “local color,” so I convinced him to build Mrs. Soldano a lunch counter where she could serve authentic Cuban cuisine to the tourists. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The librarian pointed to a stack of mimeographed sheets at the end of the counter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She tried four or five times before she was forced to accept that she just wasn’t big enough, and she put them down on the counter next to the door. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have poppers, but the guy behind the counter said that he had something that was just as good. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the other, there’s clinking and shouting as white-jacketed white men set up glass after glass of lemonade, forming pyramids of full glasses on the counters of their red and white striped concession stands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We came from behind the counter and stood outside the store to look at them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily searched for a juice glass among the various moving boxes and bags that still cluttered the counter and floor, lost in thought about The Gold-Bug. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was easier to do this at lunchtime, when children spent more time coming and going between the tables and the counter, where bland-looking adults served equally bland food. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She set the damp stick on the counter and bent over it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No one will know that the counter on which he slices the evening’s baguette only recently supported a fainting woman—and decide to reward her with a medal for bravery. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re interested, there’s a book about one of the murders,” she said and reached below the counter. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“That didn’t bother you when I was in Eight. Or Two, for that matter,” I counter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I picked up two more glasses, but they felt so heavy in my hands all of a sudden, and I set them down on the counter. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She pronounces each syllable carefully, then points to the milk on our counter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The teenager behind the counter stuffs the cones extra full. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I sit at the espresso counter and have a cappuccino, to deal with the inertia that’s come over me at the sight of so much sugar-coated self-indulgence. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And a lady who looked like she liked the same things Aurelia liked sat behind the counter in the front of the place. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She rummaged under the counter and brought out a package of chocolate-covered cakes that looked exactly like Ding Dongs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He dumps the counters out on the top of his desk and begins to turn them over. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked politely as a tall, burly man approached the counter and peered behind me at the wall of cigarettes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

That suddenly hit me at the meat counter, and it seemed a matter of life and death to drive home at seventy miles an hour to get a letter off to you. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You did well. And it’s not a matter of—” She stopped talking and set the mug down on the counter. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I set Sohrab’s cleats on the counter and grabbed the Rezaeis’ tea out of the drawer to the right of the stove. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Riccio whispered to Prosper as they leaned against the counter, waiting for Barbarossa. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

All she has to do is cross the tiled floor and turn left and there Papa will be behind the counter, standing at his key cutter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Benny lifted Laney down from the counter and she ducked back under and took Jessie’s hand. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I knew Nan opened hers because I’d seen the check on the kitchen counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s not a Commie town,” my mother countered, sounding frustrated. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Girls in sweet shops giggling behind the counter, and girls who gave one programmes in a cinema. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The old man behind the counter scrambled us some eggs. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was sitting on a stool at the kitchen counter. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I headed to the kitchen, where Mom leaned against the counter, writing out a grocery list. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He put down the sandwich and tiptoed out from behind the counter, holding the gun. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The woman behind the counter has her hair wrapped in a red-flowered scarf. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There were no two-dollar bills at the A&P, and when I got back to Jimmy’s with the lightbulbs, the kids were gone and Julia herself was standing in front of the sandwich counter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Inside, she found a counter with a chinless, tired girl behind it, and a man sitting at the end eating. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stacked all the pots and pans on the counters. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I can almost fall asleep while sitting on the bar stool at her kitchen counter and listening to her, and I wonder if I could do that here today. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rests a hand on top of the counter and sits on the stool next to me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She was cooking coconut rice, her apartment thick with spices, a bottle of cheap merlot on her counter, and Nina Simone playing loudly on her CD. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, a grubby makeup bag sat on the counter. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I almost drop all the candy on the ground when the guy at the register bangs on the counter to get our attention. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I picked up a pen from the counter and scribbled on the little pink square. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

And before Kenzi could answer, Simeon got frustrated and slammed his hand on the counter. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

With Pantalaimon a sparrow, she went up to the counter and reached up to gain the owner’s attention. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I looked off into the distance, where some of my people were serving food from behind the counter. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The counter is crowded with tired and hungry men, and they all look at me as I look at the store owner. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy at the counter spoke to him in Spanish and Joaquin had to say, “No espanol,” which he had gotten used to saying whenever someone greeted him that way. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His mom led Laura Friendly to the counter and offered her a slice of apple or pumpkin pie and a glass of wine. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Broke with money but rich with words,” he counters immediately. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Grace paid, stepped aside, and waited for the lady behind the deli counter to slice, butter, and wrap her roll. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I began to cut classes, to walk in Golden Gate Park or wander along the shiny counter of the Emporium Department Store. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day I overhear a man at the counter talking to Mrs. Nielsen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then she plucked something black off the kitchen counter. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sign that said soldano’s announced the little lunch counter set under the porch in front of Pork Chop’s house. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fumbled under the counter and brought out a piece of paper. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mike went back into Brill, Brill went back into three others, and then they were all lurching and howling backward into the lunch counter. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Every night after dinner I washed the dishes and cleaned the counters with a new sponge my father had bought me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to mope around the kitchen without being put to work. See those kidneys on the counter? Cook them up for the cats.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shady countered with a bootlegger’s dose of suspicion. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Charles seemed to have relaxed and was now standing behind the counter, staring at his old TV again. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I’d cut it out of a magazine and nailed it over the plank counter where I kneaded the bread. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was in our hands. All I had to do was put the Geiger counter in and put it on target and I’d have had it.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When my mother finished her shopping, she quietly plucked a small bag of plums from the rack and put it on the counter with the rest of the items. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold on to the counter edge, wait for my heart to stop hammering. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The other two came up to the counter, shaking their legs and pulling at their crotches, the way men getting out of cars do. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the board above the counter and say, “Can I get a ticket to Casablanca, please?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She sat on the kitchen counter next to the bread box and let her feet dangle. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Our own soldiers are being brought in to counter this. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the change jar from the counter and dumped it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He set the map down on the counter and walked out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I saw on the counter a lemon cake my mother had made for the Memorial Day picnic. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then one of the owners, in the back at the meat counter, called a greeting. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leah who, even in her malarial stupor, rushed forward to crouch with the battery in the canoe and counter its odd tilt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I’d learned way back as a shoe shine and behind the counter at Townsend’s—with white people, good tips come if you entertain them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still washed our clothes at the Laundromat, but I carried them home sopping wet and laid them all over the kitchen counters and the floor to let them dry. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The woman sitting on the counter didn’t remark on the change of hair color. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My mother left me at the lobster tank in the middle of the main aisle while she went to get Dad’s pork chops from the deli counter. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Madison countered that centrality could be measured demographically as well as geographically, so they should await the results of the census of 1790 before deciding. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I set the Cluck Bucket box on the counter, the grease seeping through, making the bottom of the box soggy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She hops from the counter to the table and grabs what’s left of my peanut butter sandwich. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He hammered his index finger into the counter, like he was pounding a miniature gavel. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her eye immediately caught Gilly’s, still seated in the room on the other side of the counter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She looked up at the videos on the shelves behind the counter. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the store, I picked up some chips and sodas for the road, walked up to the counter, and laid everything down in front of the cashier. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to leave the counter, yet he was a white man and I had learned not to walk abruptly away from a white man when he was talking to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas picked up his plate and took it to the counter. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell what he did inside—examine what was there, I suppose, and check it with his counter. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The butcher knife clattered to the floor, and big drops of blood fell on the counter. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no you don’t,” Marv counters, and I can tell by the look on his face that he isn’t as afraid as he should be. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Yet those charged with mounting the American offense in space saw strength in countering the Russian value of secrecy with its opposites— transparency, democracy, equality—and not a simulacrum. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I counter with “pronk,” which I tell him is a verb. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am up and at the kitchen counter before daylight. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The Angel of the candy counter had found me out at last, and was exacting excruciating penance for all the stolen Milky Ways, Mounds, Mr. Goodbars and Her- sheys with Almonds. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

By comparing their numbers each year, the counters could tell whether or not their efforts to ban pesticides and pass laws protecting the birds were working. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Under a poster next to the counter, the handwritten marks are still there. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Horace laid his hands palm up on the cigar counter. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most days I work at the store, I sweep, dust, and wipe off the mirrors and counters. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I slid my wrinkled dollars up on the counter almost as if it were a secret note I was passing in class. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He burst out laughing and slammed his cleaver on a salmon, its head shooting across the blood-slicked counter to land perfectly in a little guillotine bucket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen at all what Meryl Lee was doing on Valentine’s Day, while we were sipping Cokes at the lunch counter at Woolworth’s. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The big metal pots sat on the counter covered with muslin cloth to keep the bugs off while it cooled. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Hiss,” said Caliban again, and jumped down from the counter over the cupboard after her. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Annie sits behind the counter staring at the computer, probably at cute videos of hedgehogs snoring. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

There was a tall counter with a cash register on it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the counter, he had left behind the bottle of wine. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My father’s prized possession—a Philco radio—sits on the kitchen counter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The more it glittered, under the tiny light on his counter, the more he wanted it to be his, and only his. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

First they wanted to eat at the lunch counters, he thought. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter Cherry was cleaning the espresso machine, her back to Puglisi. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He nods at me, comes around the counter to kneel by the wheelchair, and reaches his right hand out to do a special handshake that he’s been trying to teach Mr. Ram. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I asked the counter man if ducks eat dry corns. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Except for a man at the counter, who nodded as I entered, I was the only customer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hundred pennies will pull a pocket low and clank loudly on the store counter. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z