| 单词 | creek |
| 例句 | He sped up and jumped across the creek. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The kids on the sidelines made way as McNab stomped off the field, past the dugout and into the woods between the field and the creek. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He expected both of them to go tumbling into the creek, which was all right as long as they didn’t scrape any oyster bars. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She ignored the sound of her pursuers, shooting down the creek bed and across a spur of ore, then onto the river that led to the railroad. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Grandpa had grabbed Miss Love hard when I swerved into the creek; he still had aholt of her when I looked back to see if they were all right. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Would Baba and his companions come down to the creek? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes glistened as the tears rolled down her face in clearly defined salt creeks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing about drifting the creek at night is how it makes you feel invisible. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z So he drove them to the creek and put them in the sack. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The elegant company was welcome, but Roy kept his eyes fastened on the creek. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I searched for the moon and found it all in one piece, still spilling light over the creek. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think he and Little Arliss must be playing down about the creek somewhere.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I gathered gear, left the trap triggered and hanging from a branch, and made my way back up the creek. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s one of them soft and misty mornings on the creek. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z No wonder they forget pebbly creeks and when they do not forget the sky completely think of it as a tiny piece of information about the time of day or night. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They galloped across a wooden bridge, a dark creek, then up a narrow farm road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They crossed the small torrent of the creek below their tree and followed the path down the hillside. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When I was little, Judy and I would spend every afternoon like this in the rock crusher, picking flowers and wading in the creek. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In one way, fishing these creeks required finesse; in another way there was nothing even remotely connected to the fine art of trout fishing about this angling process. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a little creek that fed into the mouth of the Connecticut River. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Cooled by the creek and the shade of the bridge, I felt unhot for the first time in weeks. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Tiller wondered what it would be like not to have trees and creeks and barns, and what it would be like never to have been rocked. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Woodwell sips his lemonade and stares out at the creek. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Percy had tried rolling in mud, splashing through creeks, even keeping air-freshener sticks in his pockets so he’d have that new car smell; but apparently demigod stink was hard to mask. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In the small creek that wormed its way down through our fields, I caught crawfish with my bare hands. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I run down the path and find my cousins and friends in the creek wading ankle-deep. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Up the creek, a couple private docks extended out into the water, then there was a long strip of riprap near a construction site. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Not too far downstream, a small creek emptied in from the left. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z As the bike reached the creek bank, he released the handlebars and pushed off the seat with all his might, going airborne as his bike tipped and splashed into the water. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Again they crossed a river and Ben wondered how many rivers and saltwater creeks one would cross traveling along Highway 17 through the lowcountry. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Peach fell headlong into Snapfinger Creek which was no longer a creek—it had become a lake. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t expect to see small pugmarks along the banks of the rivulets and creeks, because two high tides and two low tides swept in and out every day. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Instead, they walked through a forest that seemed endless, and their progress was slow, as they had to step through kudzu and over trees and hop the occasional dribbling creek. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The blockhouse was thirty yards away from the pad, on the creek bank, its dimensions determined by the lumber at hand. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z On one side was the creek, on the other a ditch so deep that if you got in it you’d never get out without a mule team. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He sits down beside me, clears his throat, and spits into the creek. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I then went out behind our cabin, and sat on a rock by the edge of the creek. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Once I get the first three traps into the skiff, I fire up the outboard motor and take us down the creek and into the harbor and up to the wharf at Murphy’s Bait & Fuel. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Afternoons we swam in the creek or sometimes in the surf, then wound down before a dinner of steak with steamed carrots and peas one night and chicken with steamed carrots and peas the next. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z But the line of people just divided around him like water around a boulder in the creek, and went on ahead to make their votes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The stallion twitched and snorted and took one high step into the creek. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It rained so much that night that the creek flooded into the dirt streets, making the cabins look like they floated on a lake. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z So I stuck the feather into the soft dirt beside the creek, closed my eyes, and made my wish. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z So, from the dump, from the creek, from the tracks, from Red Hill — in ran the Pickwell kids for dinner, all ten of them. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d found it on the way to the wide, muddy, sluggish creek where Daddy liked to fish on hot days. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Below him there was a planted field, rows of low green bush, rolling toward a creek, broken by one low rail fence and a few thick clumps of trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My foot slips from the rock into the creek. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Once we made it over the creek and ran through the pines, Vonetta was galloping to the house looking for Miss Trotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “You were at the mill, and they were walking up the creek, of all things.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I filled it with water and began picking up the dying fish from the mud puddles, putting them in the can, and dumping them in the creek. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We filled our lunch baskets with wild plums from a tree at the creek bank, then rejoined the others and visited some more. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Like the creek water stopped flowing and the birds stopped chirping. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They found it in a creek somewhere, and here they are! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dawn spilled, mist-filtered, into each window, into each leaf, into the river, into each creek, and into the eyes of Ben and Mary Anne. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A canal to bring a branch of the creek closer to the Smoke; new patterns for the sheep wool their sweaters were made from; a new latrine. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Within a few minutes they had reached the creek. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He can see them down at the picnic table by the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Our favorite swimming holes in the creek, which should have been swirling with fast brown water this time of year, were nothing but dry cradles of white stones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She kneeled to drink from the creek when she stumbled on it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She was applying a rag wet with creek water to my forehead. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Roy waited and waited, until the sun dropped low and the creek was draped in shadows. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Their house, the cottage next to the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Suddenly she longed for a sight of the Eastern Shore with its coves and creeks, thought of the years that had elapsed since she first ran away from there. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d catch frogs, rabbits, muskrats—basically whatever creatures happened along our stretch of the creek. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys somehow found the energy to pedal their bikes into the Gnarled Forest and onto a path leading straight to the creek. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Four miles up the road they found the creek. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, fishing those creeks was like fishing a tunnel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere, far off in another field, a man shouted to his horses, and the shout died away in a cry that ran frightened over the brown water of the creek and into the darkening woods. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z In no time at all he forgets little pebbly creeks and apple trees so old they lay their branches along the ground and you have to reach down or stoop to pick the fruit. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Red Pettus, his face and body swollen, came dripping out of the creek, nauseated and feverish after the attack. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This creek was upstream from the first and separated from it by a high waterfall. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Chunky clods dislodged from the creek’s bank and toppled into the water, swept into the loop. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The game rages on, until Daniel stops near the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Down the creek and past our little house, where my dad is passed out on the TV couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z So I finally said yes, and the three of us trudged down the path to the creek, with ferns tickling our legs and Wishbone sniffing at every little thing along the way. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The soil was dry now, completely out of reach of the water, except perhaps for when a tidal bore—a dangerous surge of water—rose suddenly after a storm and flooded the creek. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Roy emptied the baby fish into his hand and waded deeper into the creek. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The road to Montgomery led the marchers through cotton fields and scraggly pine thickets, across twisting rivers and creeks and into dark, gloomy swamps where dead trees draped with gray Spanish moss hugged the roadside. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Five German soldiers and a police dog on a leash were looking down into the bed of the creek. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed the fence back behind that garage building, through lots and lots of trees and around blackberry bushes, and hopped over some rocks to get across the little creek. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Dallas kicked at a rock near his feet, and then he turned and ran toward the creek. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z They thought they owned this stretch of the creek. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He runs to the creek, soaking his handkerchief and squeezing it out on top of my knee, rinsing away rivulets of dirt. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It happened to be standing out in front of the house, right where the ground broke away in a sharp slant toward the spring and creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to be on the same planet with her, much less the same side of the creek. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With the tree cover stripped from the uplands, rainfall would have sluiced faster and heavier into the creeks, increasing the chance of floods and mudslides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Uncle Darnell would soon go over the creek to see about the Trotters. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I lean into the creek and splash myself with the cold. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Leaves floated on the creek like tiny boats. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A blackbird feather nestled in the leaves and pine needles beside the creek. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He imagined it flying on until it spied a narrow green valley, a scooped-out basin with a creek looping and winding its way through the center. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He glided down the creek with a couple of small carp following, but they were like minnows compared to him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the casualties was a stone-crab boat called the Molly Bell, which was tom from her anchorage and swept up a swollen tidal creek, where she wallowed and sank from sight. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As he reached the clearing near the creek, he stopped short. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It rained so hard that the little creeks filled with water, and the river would be full of fallen trees. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those two guys in the creek. They won’t miss them for a while. Besides, you said you wanted to put a burr in some britches. Well, here’s your chance.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Last spring, one of Otto and Sheed’s classmates, Wallace, age eleven, fell in the creek, and was swept south by the current. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When I returned home from school that afternoon, I went to see if he was waiting for me by the creek. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I never thought I would have a yard with a creek and big trees and blackberry bushes. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z We stood by the creek, Johannes telling me about his dad’s work as a sergeant in the army, the many places he’d lived, how they were moving again, to Colorado. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Beans wanted to head for the creek to hunt salamanders. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I took it down to the creek and scrubbed it with sand until it was bright and new-looking. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z From the fields across the creek came the monotonous shout to the field horses; up at the house Jenny’s voice came clearly, pleasant as the sound of a little bell ringing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z We passed this creek town only to enter that creek town. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Around the grove, every satyr took up the song—an eerie melody, like a creek flowing over stones. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Stacked higher than where that nest used to rest in that tree that used to stand by the creek that flows by Axel’s house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There was the excitement of fishing in muddy country creeks with my grandpa on cloudy days. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z From various and uncountable tributaries, in creeks and brooks of color and motion, the parts of this river had joined, become one mother current, and flowed on. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Jinx stood in the doorway of Shady’s place, holding up a catfish still dripping from the creek. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We would trap muskrats out in the little creek in back of our house. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure that there was no way he could miss it, I retreated to a hiding place near the creek. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She tracked them through miles of rain forest, over fallen logs and into creeks, past gnarled thickets of thorns and stagnant pools buzzing with mosquitoes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The growth turned thick, and sticker bushes snagged my legs, but I found it—a little river, not much bigger than the creek where Rosaleen and I had bathed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day JimmyTrotter told Miss Trotter he was hopping over the creek to watch more of Apollo 11. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A creek wandered through the seven rooms of the masked ball. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z From where we stood, you could see down the grassy slope behind our house, on past Dad’s shop and the dock, to the creek. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I school my face to blankness, but, inside, my emotions are raging like a creek after a spring storm. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Annabeth stationed me next to a litde creek that gurgled over some rocks, then she and the rest of the team scattered into the trees. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z As night fell, the boar came to a stop at a creek bed and snorted. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I sat on the edge of the creek and held myself a pity party. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Then he dashed up the path on the far side of the creek, barking all the way, and went to jumping around at the edge of the trestle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It’s like being asleep but watching yourself inside the dream, drifting on the creek. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As the towns erupted into being, quickened by the relentless American thirst, the black farm was there as a natural feature of the landscape, a mountain or a creek. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But then, he was used to it, seeing how Miss Trotter and Ma Charles kept up their sniping from the Trotter side of the creek to the Charles side. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The rebel canoes spilled from the creeks and darted across the inlet, muskets firing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When he opened the door that morning Mackenzie had seen a flight of mallards going down in the direction of the small lake fed by the creek running through the farm. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He even stopped downstream at their next water crossing to rinse off in the creek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We ate them down to their skins, then scooped water into our hands and drank, not caring about algae or tadpoles or whether the cows used the creek for their toilet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When he’d first crossed the river, sixty-seven, days earlier in the freezing temperatures of April, it had been an icy but gentle knee- deep creek, and he’d simply strolled across it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When Jem appeared puffing, sweaty, and filthy from his enforced sprint, he ran straight past them and dived into the creek with his clothes on. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He barked at me till he got distracted by a big terrapin crawling on the creek bank. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Teresita’s husband had drawn many hills and even a creek along the crooked path, but no other signs of human life were depicted on the map. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z My house was narrowly fitted between two mountains and a creek, but there was a small clearing behind Mom’s rose garden. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think Gideon knew those two boys? Did he have many friends when he was here? Did he ever go fishing with anyone or swimming in the creek?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We jump the creek and then we’re tearing through the trees together in the opposite direction of home. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The rain continued sporadically, so that by Wednesday the creek had swollen to the trunk of the crab apple and they were running through ankle-deep water to make their flight into Terabithia. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z For all the wear, the complaints from deep in the wood at every step, the cabins had the always-quality of the hills to the west, of the creek that bisected the property. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Milk the cow, cross the creek to Aunt Naomi, and she tells me her side. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When I came to the creek, I shoved the bike down the bank and watched it splash into the water. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I guess he knew we’d have such things close to hand—every dock on the creek has drums and rope and an old plank or two. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then they motored onward, up a rocky creek bed and through dense alder thickets. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When we walked over to the creek, Roof would follow us across the fields. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If Cap was just talking about wet weather, we were all up the creek without a paddle. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Stand right here, right in the middle of the driveway until they look up from the creek, across the front yard, over Byrd’s raised garden beds, over the fence and see him standing here. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter took a chance and ran through the pines and over the creek to check on Butter and to get whatever afternoon milk Sophie was willing to give. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He had the Geiger counter with him, the one with the earphone; he was staring at the creek, looking upstream. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Tommy lived in what everyone called the home-house—a four- room log cabin that once served as slave quarters, with plank floors, gas lanterns, and water Henrietta hauled up a long hill from the creek. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z For Jesse the fear of the crossing rose with the height of the creek. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Here there are so many coves and creeks, rivers and small streams, that the land areas are little more than heads or necks of land, almost surrounded by water. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to the creek where Cico lay in wait for the golden carp. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day while we were hiking across the field, through the pines, and over the creek to see JimmyTrotter, Miss Trotter, and the cows, I told Vonetta, “Don’t tell her everything Ma Charles said.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z None could live in the tiny creek that remained, threading its way through a bare, hot land where no shade remained. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They camped in a bench of land on the far side of a frozen roadside creek. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The creek was filled with those that had already fallen. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z We hopped the fence that surrounded the barracks, skipped over a little creek, and broke into the open dirt field where old, abandoned tanks collected dust. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When they arrived at the creek bank, Atticus turned around with a hearty “Everybody out!” and the smile froze on his face: “Where’s Jem?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “It’s not that pretty smell, like by the holler creek, where those itty blue flowers grow along the bank.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I gathered up my bag and ran along the creek toward the bridge, hardly aware I was crying. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Weather’s been good,” the captain says, looking out on the creek. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z So much water runs down her face and off her clothes that she is standing in a little creek of her own making. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He tossed a pebble into the creek, too, and Wishbone leaped in after it, sending up a spray of cold water. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The Tillermans lay sprawled around with the creek at their feet and the slight hillside behind them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s where they fished his body out of the creek,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew better than to go marching over the creek walkway to be with her beloved Trotters. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The Wheelers’ home was on a hill on what must have been an acre of old farmland in the suburb of Weston, with a small creek running across the bottom. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Hardly more than a creek,” Gold said to himself as he waited in the bright sun. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They drove across a small bridge spanning a creek and climbed a shallow slope. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There wasn’t time just to sit and discover Him, like I could do when I sat on the creek bank and watched the golden carp swim in the sun-filtered waters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the creek, the underbrush exploded. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z In any case, he and the rest of the Indian party appeared without warning at the crest of a hill on the south bank of the creek that ran through the foreigners’ camp. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He tucked it tightly under his arm and swung across the creek as gently as he could. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The porch overlooking the creek had fallen off. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The road went over the little creek, and the Tillermans turned off the road, following the creek’s dry banks until they judged they were far enough from road and farmhouse. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed him out the back gate and then watched as he poured everything into the creek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Marching them through the woods, across the creek to dig up trouble.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Flux intended for the Time Suck to jump the creek and land on Sheed’s side. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Worse, only three days ago two Dancing Trout swinglers from Kansas City had been startled by a bunch of arrogant midnight anglers who had spot-lighted them nakedly intertwined in a leafy grove near the creek. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cool waters of the creek came out of a dark, shadowy grotto of overhanging thicket, then flowed about thirty feet before they entered the large pond. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Or had it been airborne, drifting down as fallout on the surface of the creek? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As I approached the line of little frame houses on both sides of the creek, I came upon a knot of men gathered on and around Pooky’s porch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Once he crossed the creek, Ben was in officers’ country, his native land. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But now I raced through the tall trees in that creek bottom, covering ground like a scared wolf. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z From the tavern below a man improvised a ballad about “poor Mack Parker ... overcome with passion ... his body in the creek.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In short order, I’d come upon the three urchins, more intent on skipping stones across the creek than filling their buckets. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I followed the sound and found Rosaleen in the middle of the creek, not a stitch of clothes on her body. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The nearest water was the creek, half a mile away . . . but I had to do something. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I walk next to Allys as we make our way to a creek bed for our outdoor science and ethics session. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Even if he dumped the bike, he’d either tumble into the creek or be caught by Flux. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z We jumped a creek and heard some twigs snapping nearby. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He could not really see the creek, but he followed where his grandpa was pointing. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z In the distance was a ravine and, at the bottom, a meandering creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I turned and saw them, a tidal wave of horseflesh, nearing the other side of the creek. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z High above the creek a spring seeps from the cliff face, irrigating a growth of moss and maidenhair fern that hangs from the rock in lush green mats. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The pond separates our yard from Mr. Bender’s, and the small creek that feeds it separates our neighbors’ yards to the south, like a natural curving fence. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “You can see almost all the way up the creek now,” Byrd says, facing toward the window. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I got to my feet and willed the entire creek to rise. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “You ever seen anything so amazing? All these trees? All these hills? Is that a creek over there?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The quilts Jethro had taken from Nancy’s house had made the long night more comfortable; he had washed himself in the creek and looked refreshed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hooey! Lobster boy! That where you take a bath, that dirty old creek?!” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t room for more than two of them, because of the roots and bushes and the creek bank. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees are spindly but numerous, and only a few yards in, the pond stops and spills into the creek. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z His front tire tilted high; he imagined wings sprouting from the handlebars and jet fire shooting from his seat as his back tire touched down on the opposite side of the creek. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Lying low made sense because we were up the creek with models based on sugar-phosphate cores. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I would have to drink sparingly; the water would have to last until I came to another stream or creek outside the valley. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Near our cottage, where the small creek winds under the old wooden bridge, is the most beautiful bed of roses. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Shortly after sunrise we come down the steep road into Livingstonville, a small town of no more than forty houses and stores cozied at the confluence of the Cats- kill and Lake creeks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Had the chemical reached this remote creek by hidden underground streams? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Rose’s clothes got splattered with Anna’s blood, the story went, so she took them off and discarded them in the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They landed the boat at the mouth of a creek in Maryland early in the morning, Friday, April 21. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go down to the creek,” Howard said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z After school, and time with Ray, and George’s poems, Axel makes his way to his favorite perch: the bay window that looks out over the twist of the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There’s almost always good fishing when the mist comes on the creek. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Figuring that the cottonwoods along the creek would be as good a place as any to hide out for a while, he grabbed his pack and leaped. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He paced and pranced, there on the other side of the creek. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He pushed me into the creek and I landed with a splash. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Go on, daughter. A nice big piece. We’re doing mighty fine on this side of the creek. Make sure you tell your old granny how well you’re fed.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Quite suddenly, it seemed to him, he was at the creek again, but upstream where the crossing—about twelve feet here and so shallow he could see the stony bottom—was laid across with boards. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s the river. The creek flows up here and curves into the river. The Hidden Lakes complete the other border. See?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Palmer further imagined that Beans lived by himself in a lean-to, or even better, a cave, a hole, down by the creek. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z In winter, when the flooding came, residents there would have to drive through the creek, which became impassable during heavy rainfall. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Cypress trees towered to the left of the car, an ink-black creek paralleled the highway, full of rotten winter vegetation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But I would not let those horses cross the creek. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The Oracle sat down on a rock and became as still as she’d been in the attic, as if she might sit by this creek for a hundred years. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Finally she stopped at a creek for a drink and looked at the sky, thinking it must be around three in the afternoon. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In their back pockets, they had the arteries of the state, the rivers and streams, the creeks, and the ponds and the reservoirs that created its valleys of life. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They left the pike and took a narrow road through the country and came at last upon a bridge and a dry creek and they crawled down the bank and huddled underneath. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Weird how this memory flashed through my mind as I raced the boat down the creek and into the river, my eyes sweeping back and forth across the water, looking for Ben and his mom. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Ethan is already below sitting on a rock by the creek. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A wave erupted from the creek, blasting into Thalia’s face and dousing her from head to toe. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Instead, he gives one last long look out his window, his window framed, and framing sky, creek, tree. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The creek itself was viscous as phlegm, but its indentation marked the beginning of the brass curtain that separated the officers and their families from the enlisted men and their families. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The creek they waded at noon was a landmark. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After a few days, we broke up our camp and started to cross the creek. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got to the creek, Wishbone nearly pulled me in when he jumped into the clear, gurgling water. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Sitting against the trunk of a giant cottonwood tree, they listened to the creek gurgling and watched the horses munch on grass. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I knew we were getting closer as every other town name had creek in it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z This creek was so big it was almost a river. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He swung across the creek almost too disgusted with himself to be afraid. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t a dense forest in that direction, spots of trees that dot along the creek, ferns and brush. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When they came to the northernmost corner of the lake they found a narrow creek that barred their way. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “You don’t feel this cold? Get back over the creek before you get caught in it.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They live at the very bottom of town, not far from a dirty, frothy creek that stems from the river. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Our men started shooting back at the Murle, and they ran away, but we ran too, crossing the shallow creek and racing up the other side. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She departed after the men left the woods and before they came up the creek. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the creek, some younger children gathered—dirty, snot-nosed urchins all. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A blue- plumed ally from Apollo raced past me like a deer, leaped through the creek, and disappeared into enemy territory. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I been up and down the creek in it a million times, and all over the harbor, too. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Jinx leaned back in the water, letting the creek flow through his hair and between his fingers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In a shallow creek in the lee of the southern Armed Cliff the anchor was thrown over, and there they rode the night. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The Colonel and I doubled back, wading through the creek to save time, slipped in through the back window of Room 43, and slept like babies. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z While we were washing and swimming in the stream any old place, there were rules, it turns out: wash clothes downstream, where the forest creek runs into the crocodile river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So stop thinking about home and the harbor and the creek you know like the back of your hand. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And on top of hills, or in their shadows, or even by little creeks, not a tree and not a single green blade of grass. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He dried him with the blanket, kneeling there in the glow of the light with the shadow of the bridge’s understructure broken across the palisade of treetrunks beyond the creek. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z From the neighboring field across the creek he could hear the shouted commands to the plow horses as Matt Creighton and his two older sons got on with the spring plowing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z This time we walked farther down to the shallower end of the creek and wriggled out of our sneakers to wade across. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z As they boarded higher up into the mountain the creek widened, cutting an archway of trees into the dense forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z George carries Ray, one step at a time, down to the creek, because naturally Ray needs to be there too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A tiny striped chipmunk darted out of a rotten log beside the creek and Wishbone bolted after it, yanking the leash right out of my hand. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Just a sloping field down to the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The walls of the gorge form a bowl, and water falls over the edge onto the rocky bottom of a creek below. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As dirty as he was, he almost hated to scrub away the smells of musky tiger cub, souring goat’s milk, thick creek mud, and salty Sunderbans water. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z But the almost underground river wasn’t a brook or creek. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The next morning I took the fishing rod Miguelito had given me, placed it gently in the creek, and watched it float away. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He sprints down the slope toward the creek, and we all follow, stopping where the stream cuts across. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z When she received Tiller’s postcard about the first purple crocuses springing up beside the creek and new leaves dangling like emeralds, she packed her bags and moved back to Ruby Holler. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The really significant findings were made when the investigators turned for comparison to a creek in a remote area about 30 miles from the nearest spraying for budworm control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The bird swooped toward him and then rose up over the building, high, high into the air, over the alley and the train tracks and the dried-up creek. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z From then on, regardless of temperature or time of year, Harry dutifully bathed in the creek and came into the house carrying his boots, with his overalls draped over his arm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With the pan in her hands, Vonetta curtsied and we started back through the woods and over the creek. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The two horses, side by side, were now well out into the middle of the creek and the opposite shore could be clearly seen. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z They fell in a slow shower to the creek below. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He looked toward the house and then he ran to the bottom of the yard through the dead weeds to a still black creek. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She glared at the horse, grazing peacefully across the creek. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, after they had buried their garbage in the soft soil and washed briefly in the creek, they set off. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We soon saw an old wagon road that led up to a lonesome chimney and on to a shady creek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Its bridges connect to Manhattan and it’s split up by canals and creeks—filthy green streaks of water that remind you that it used to be a swamp. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I leaped over the creek into enemy territory. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Honest, it was this exact place, this leafy tree with the branches hanging down, and the creek nearby. What an odd thing, that it’s a real place.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to the thick bushes and the swamps and muddy banks that bordered the creeks, only small bodies could wiggle into the dry nooks and crannies of the island. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “It makes me no never mind if she stays on her side of the creek.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I sped up and came back down the creek, closer to the opposite bank. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “And besides, it’s an urban creek,” I explain. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In the distance, Dallas and Florida were digging along the creek bank. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z When I got out of the creek we were stuck in, I found enough fallen tree bark and rocks to begin making sufficient braces all around the rear wheels. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The creek ran at the city’s outside edge, so it was likely right outside of the photo’s border. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The mullet quit jumping but assembled in a V-shaped squadron that pushed a nervous ripple down the middle of the creek toward the Molly Bell. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I run down the street, vault over the bridge railing, and climb down the abutment to the creek. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was startled to see that one of the houses across the creek was in the process of being painted a bright yellow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Even more remarkable, she lay atop a bloom of mushrooms that had grown to enormous size at the edge of a creek bed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Then, just as the bear went lunging up the creek bank toward Little Arliss and her cub, a flash of yellow came streaking out of the brush. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z All the way to the creek bed, they forced the enemy , back, sweating under their winter jackets. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z And the names of junctions, counties, crossings, bridges, stations, tunnels, mountains, rivers, creeks, landings, parks, and lookout points. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think too much of it back then, but now I could see how the wooden crossing over the creek might have led to my great-great-grandfather’s undoing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Neel had climbed all the tall palm trees, waded in the creeks, and foraged for wild guavas in every corner of the mangrove forest. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z We skirted Blue Lake and worked our way through the tall, golden grass to the creek. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The rush of wind made Roy’s eyes water as the flat- bottomed boat whisked across the sawgrass flats and weaved through the narrow winding creeks. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My family used to picnic here, and the cousins and I would catch minnows at the creek. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Otto remembered what Grandma said when he asked if people who never got pulled from the creek looped until they died. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There was a creek down below: Plum Run. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I go back to the creek and I splash so much cold water on myself it makes my chest hurt. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She stood on the edge of the path over the creek, pointing at my shoes. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “Send him back over the creek with some meat on his bones.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Not like observing birds soaring, or the creek rushing, or clouds chasing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They had gone only a few yards into the woods beyond the creek bed when Leslie stopped. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The creek was rising fast, and any traces of their trek would be underwater soon. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “The fishermen follow the trail around the brush,” he whispered, “they hit the creek again just below the pond that’s hidden in here.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard yelling from our side of the creek. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z This would explain why the Dictograph set up by the private detectives working for Mollie Burkhart’s family had never picked up any incriminating statements, and why Rose’s clothes had never been found in the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Take those filthy things off, go down to the creek, and wash yourself off,” she commanded. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I was running my team up a small frozen creek when I came around a corner and saw a raven caught in a number-four steel trap. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The motor hummed as we moved out, the only boat on the creek. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It was a short ride from the soccer field to the hidden creek. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s follow the creek a ways,” he said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It was getting late; Neel wasn’t sure exactly how long they’d been in the tunnel, but the tide was probably already swelling the creek. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The left would take him past Byrd’s garden shed, and the picnic table, and the tall, tall pines, and the hammock near the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was late into the long twilight before the road crossed the creek. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In Anna’s case, the doctors had not reported any indications of this, and from all the descriptions of the crime scene there had been no trail of blood from the car down to the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I’d crossed the wooden walkway over the creek with Pa when we last came down for the Trotter funerals. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z On hot days it was like walking in a creek. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought it would be funny if they trudged into the campsite and found him napping by the creek. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right! Sing, boy. Sing so she knows we have life on this side of the creek. Sing!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Some of them were in the wide arroyo that the creek cut through Gallup, but the others were in the salt-cedar and willow thickets that grew along the stream banks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He heard the birds’ video-arcade trills and zaps and whoops follow him along the side of the creek. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Just this morning, this forest had been crisscrossed by creeks filled with clear rushing water. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z The creek was incredibly beautiful and wild; a hidden sanctuary, only twenty minutes away from his own backyard. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an alien geography that thrust outreaching along the water’s edge; a land of a thousand creeks, brown and turgid, but rich in the smell of the sea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bend of the creek I shut off the outboard and get out the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to the moon, I could see clear down to the creek bottom, all the way to a carpet of pebbles. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d be up the creek without a paddle if that happened.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he was back in the bed of the frozen creek again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day after school, Jesse went down and got the lumber he needed, carrying it a couple of boards at a time to the creek bank. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The flood nearly swept my feet out from under me, but I kept flailing, frantically reaching down to feel the bottom of the creek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt excited, but a little panicked, too, as I sped down the creek, squinting into the icy spray and scanning the thick tangle of brown brush and newly budding trees along the narrow shoreline. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Heard that old wreck of yours finally went under. Good riddance! Ugly thing stunk up the whole creek. That wasn’t a boat—it was an outhouse!” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I have a quick memory of the old bridge, of the creek beneath it: under our feet the dead people must be dissolving, turning to water, cold and clear, flowing downhill. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Wallace who came out of the creek, drenched in too-short jeans, a too-tight shirt, with shaggy unkempt hair and fingernails that were about two feet long, was twenty-three years old. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Little tables all round the room with candles on them that I made, lot of litde tables outside too, by the creek. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess Burn Sanderson had gotten an idea of how much we thought of Old Yeller, or maybe Mama had told some things about the dog while I was gone to the creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z As he was swept away, a pale gray, raisin-wrinkled hand emerged from the creek, and palmed Flux’s face, as if to pull him under. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I caught lizards on the rail fences, rats in the com crib, and frogs in the little creek that ran through the fields. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of a slope, a creek curved across a low meadow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z He crumpled his Coke can and threw into the creek, which really shocked me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You got all the right words to go after her, but you can’t go smelling like catfish and creek water, can you?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Every now and then a burst of static would come over my walkie-talkie: “I’ve hit a mother lode down here by the creek” or “Where the hell are you guys?” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We followed the footpath along the creek until we came to a thicket of brush and trees. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I tossed a pebble into the creek and watched the water ripple and the minnows scatter. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Billy was waiting with Sherman on the bridge that crossed over the creek to Sherman’s house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Of stones in the creek bed, all of them different shades of gray. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There wouldn’t have been time for him to go to the creek, shoot Anna, and return to town before the show started. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then it came to me: Last night, before we went inside from having been over the creek, Vonetta had leaned the bike against the henhouse. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Ma Charles perked up like I knew she would, which told me I had to try harder to get Miss Trotter to cross over the creek or go around on the road. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Now the she bear was charging across the shallows in the creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes darted from tree to rock to creek to fern while I scrambled to figure out what to say next. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Perilee and I walked down by the creek, shedding shoes and stockings to cool our feet. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The gentle sounds of water cascading from the fountain reminded me of the creek that ran behind our cabin in the cotton labor camp in Corcoran. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z From behind leafless shrubs and out of narrow old creek beds, the waiting warriors emerged. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z What about those three women collecting water at the creek? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At dawn they began traveling again and did not stop until they came to a small creek, where they drank and watered the horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Dallas, don’t you go falling for sweet talk and trees and creeks. We’ve got to be ready to flee for the hills and catch that train, you hear?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Under cover of that heavy fire, long blue lines of Union infantry wade the creek and slowly march up the hill. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Anyhow, I’ll load on, fire up the outboard, go down creek to the harbor, fetch a bucket of bait from Dev Murphy, then off again to wherever I’m setting traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Unless Mrs. DiAngelo had intentionally paddled up one of the creeks, there was no way they would have drifted here. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z If he was the only one who could fix this, and he was stuck in a creek loop... The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But on the edge of a roaring creek, swollen with rain, she slipped. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Across the prairies, through the woods, over the brown water of the creek, there was a sound of crying. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shouldn’t have to drive six miles out of the way when we got fresh milk over the creek,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He described how he’d shot her in the head, then carried her body in his arms down to the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They sprint next to a fence, then along a narrow path on a cliff above the creek. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They were the weak wicks from fishermen’s cottages, who had risen early to catch a ride in the complicated creeks of the salt marsh. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Little tables all round the room with candles on them that I made, lot of little tables outside too, by the creek. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Furious, he carried my bike to the creek and threw it in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He’d have to get her back to the home side of the creek. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I lit a cigarette and spit into the creek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z When I got to Red Witch Bridge, I slid down the embankment of the creek and climbed under the bridge, where no one could see me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Quentin, so hot he was feeling dizzy, stretched out in the creek, and we left him and went back to work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He followed her mentally as she left the reserve, swam across the wide waterway, reached the island’s shore, climbed up the bank, crossed the path, disappeared through the trees, and padded beside a twisting creek. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He’d been trying to get me to go back down to the creek behind his house for days, but I was nervous. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The campground was nestled between the beach, a creek, and the highway. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I jog up the dusty road that follows the creek. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Something broke the surface of the creek, something on a chain Grandma had hooked. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Way back when the creek had water in it, I came floating down it in a wicker basket waterproofed with pitch. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z No, too far, creek too low....Whistle screeching in my ears....Train heat almost at my heels....Whoo-whoo-whoo! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Past the field there’s a small creek, and I elect to start there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Thought you were catching on, cuz. It would take more than Apollo Eleven to get Miss Trotter to cross the creek.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Many years before a colony of beavers had dammed a small creek which had tumbled into the river about two miles upstream. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The point is, they lived off what they got front the marsh and the creek. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The March wind came up outside the tree and they heard it tossing the ferns together and the suspiration of the wind joined with the sliding of the water in the little creek just below. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Wash nodded at the fallen tree somebody had laid over the creek. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “NOTES: “Today I rafted out into the deep pools of the creek to fish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The memories of driving past trees, ponds, lakes, creeks, and rivers flooded back to me from the last time we had driven down three years ago. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z We ran for a few more minutes, until we found the bank of the creek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z We walked for about ten minutes, then we had the good luck to come across a little creek with a wooden bridge running across it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I waved back, then Dad headed to starboard, while I veered opposite, toward the left bank of the creek. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z After half a minute, the creek bed dropped six inches and he fell again, only now he went completely under and got a glimpse of small silvery translucent fish as his head went down. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was crossing the creek. I stepped on the first stone. And then...” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A place where thoughts flow like the creek outside Axel’s window. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There is no creek in Burnt Mill Creek. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I’m up to my waist in the creek, slabs of broken ice upended around me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There was an old crab apple tree there, just at the bank of the creek bed, from which someone long forgotten had hung a rope. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “I knew your mother, did you know that? I knew her real good. I took her from behind by that creek over there.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Miss Trotter told JimmyTrotter, “Go over the creek and stay if you like,” although it was clear to me she didn’t want him to go. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The clues snap in place then: sky, trees, creek, and warning. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The car moved deeper into the Georgia countryside, prayer breaking out of the windows in wavering harmonics spilling into the ditches and moccasin strung creeks of the pine counties outside of Atlanta. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And nestled between the woods and the creek were the same cabins—a crazy assortment of twelve buildings, each representing a different Olympian god. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The morning passes and at the bottom of yet another hill there’s yet another creek. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when it is nice outside, she sits at the picnic table near the creek and reads. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In among them is the creek, running with clear water unsafe to drink. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the knotted roots of the trees on the creek bank, trying hard not to look like I’d just been called adorable. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Billy had run after the rocket and came racing across the creek holding it high over his head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z By the next morning, she was racing to the creek, her cheeks pink, her little arms flapping beside her like wings. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z There were all the coves and creeks where one could fish and set traps. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been,-more than a month since they had been there together, and as they neared the creek bed, they slowed down. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z They were messing around in a cutout in the lockers past the C-wing water fountain, by the windows that overlooked the creek. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z So he eased himself into the cool creek, letting the dust and grime from there to here wash away. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “There’s a running creek up there on the left. Do we want to stop?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Both of us nearly toppled off into the creek below. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Manchee barks at it a few more times but I’m already crossing the creek and on we go, on we go, on we go. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The next week, another postcard: “The maples have turned to gold, and willow leaves float along the creek.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z In those days, far south in Calormen on a little creek of the sea, there lived a poor fisherman called Arsheesh, and with him there lived a boy who called him Father. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Well,” said his grandpa, “let me show you what he looked like. Let’s go to the creek.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The day the Mary Rose went under he’s planting a bed of flowers by his back porch, the one that faces the creek, and don’t see me till I holler. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We played B-ball, caught frogs and fished by the creek, climbed trees and stuff. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I knew they were hungry that evening because the creek was swirling, and minnows and everything else were jumping out of the water. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go down to the creek and catch minnows. It’s cool and shady there.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Instead we worked our way around the teeming lake and towards the creek. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We followed them through the woods, around the pond, along the creek, to every place we used to go. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Restless with hunger, he wandered up the banks of the creek, investigating every rock and hollow, pushing his hopeful nose through tunnels of withered sedge and into the yielding earth of molehills. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I fish the wide end of the creek and tend that garden.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I wish I had warned you when you...went swimming in that creek.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Before he got to the creek bed, it had licked his face raw and sent a stream down his jacket front, but he couldn’t be mad. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I step out onto the creek, reach for the hat, pick it up, go through. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Across the creek from Julia’s house, where the old washed-out road lay in crumbled chunks, stood a concrete abutment that once served as an overpass to the floodwaters of winter and spring. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The radiator must of hit a rock in the creek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I stared out into the dark woods below us and sent my laser thoughts zipping through the trees and over the creek and down into the streets of town to wherever Wishbone was. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I’m thinking so hard, I don’t hear Captain Keelson rowing down the creek. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She fanned out a picnic blanket for lunch while I found the shallow creek and learned how chilly and perfect the water felt on my feet. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The creek was bordered with marshes, but if you went a few yards back the land got higher, dryer. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z When it happened, I was down the creek a ways, splitting rails to fix up the yard fence where the bulls had torn it down. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She recognized every creek and cove and inlet, every neck of land, every hiding place, every curve in the roads, every potential source of danger, every potential source of safety. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And because beavers have built a network of elaborate dams across this creek, the route leads directly through a three-acre expanse of standing water. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She took the line and hook down to the creek and tried to catch breakfast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cumberland Plateau is a wild and mountainous region of flat-topped ridges, mountain walls five hundred to a thousand feet high, and narrow valleys, some wide enough only for a one-lane road and a creek. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She’d thought crossing the creek would save her, but this path led to a hill at the creek’s edge—a natural ramp. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Probably sleeping on creek banks all over South Carolina. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I step on the first stone that rises above the trickling creek, but then something catches my eye. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The lawmen went down to the creek, scouring the murder scene. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Eventually, they left the creek, following a vein of iron over a ridge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The water of the creek is cold and peaceful, it comes straight from the cemetery, from the graves and their bones. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Not far above the creek bottom the ramp ends, and a crude staircase appears, chiseled into the soft sandstone by Mormon cattlemen nearly a century ago. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Chase helped Karl settle the horses, then took off with Elmer junior and some of the boys from the Lutheran church to bob for critters at the creek. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “The way you handled it at the creek tonight?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z After the fins dried, I decided we would test our creations behind my house, over by the creek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Dead bass and sun- fish were also found, occurring abundantly in Wheeler Reservoir, into which the creek flows. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A blur of hurrying bodies streamed past me, leaving me feeling like a stone in a creek, and then I heard someone calling my name. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The first German residents of this town with no creek and no mill actually settled here during World War I, when Hate the Hun campaigns were heating up in other, more populated regions of America. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I kept going, but toward the head of the creek, a marsh taken over by a patch of tall phragmites warned of shallow water, and I turned the boat around, not wanting to run aground. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The creeks emptied into the Tug, which overflowed its banks and flooded the houses and stores along McDowell Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z PS Dad says some things called crawdads that look like lobsters live in the creek. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She would fly above my head as I slid and plunged and rolled to the creek. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded, and without speaking, they went back to the creek bank where they shared together a solemn meal of crackers and dried fruit. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She turns her rollator so that she can sit facing the scene by the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The town was ringed by the river, the creek, the lakes, and numerous other springs. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding it over the creek, the boy let go. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally I get sick of looking and decide I’ll row up the creek to Mr. Woodwell’s place and see if he has any ideas on the subject. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Once, after Sunday school, and in my usual rush to get outside and play, I wore my church shoes in the creek to hunt crawl-dads with Roy Lee. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Midmorning we find another small creek heading down to the river. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I stepped back into the creek, the whole camp gathering around me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The group convened by the edge of a creek and shared some whiskey. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Everybody converged on the creek as Luke ran across into friendly territory. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I read that there had been really tall sycamore trees down here along the creek, and they all ended up in Ventura County, or floating in the Pacific Ocean like broken matchsticks,” I said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z To me she said, “And you keep bringing them over the creek.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Later he took his horse to drink from a small creek nearby. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The ramp he’d used to jump the creek—just some dirt and roots over rushing water—was crumbling. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Werner glances at the trees, the creek, back to his sister. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The creeks are frozen; the deer show their ribs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I know she’s not going to bite my head off or make fun of me if I say I don’t want to go across again till the creek’s down. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The sand slid whining under; the blue hills drifted by, drifted by, leaving their home behind, the raining pillars, the caged flowers, the singing books, the whispering floor creeks. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he glides away, dipping his long oars into the water so smooth and soft, it makes me wish I could be rowing, too, out on the creek in the dark, rowing away from everything. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We missed hiking through the pines and wading in the shallow end of the creek. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Not only had they broken her fall, but they had prevented her from rolling directly into the creek and possibly drowning. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The grass lay crisply cut and smelled like a creek bank. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “You’re acting like he won. We got news for you, Witching Hour. He’s done. We tossed him in the creek. Now tell us how to unfreeze time.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “When my sister and I were kids, we used to have this old tire swing, and we’d swing out over this creek every day in the summer.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I wondered if I should waste my time going up any of these little creeks and inlets now that they had found Mrs. DiAngelo downriver. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “When the creek goes down, we’ll help you look for your stuff,” he said, running his hand through his wet hair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Crazy Horse was born somewhere along that creek,” the old man said. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z There’s a little bridge that crosses the creek that runs thru town. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A fallen cedar log hung with ivy bridged the dell; she slipped under it and turned up a side path that followed a shallow creek where three years before they’d sailed driftwood boats together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When Mom and I rejoin the party, Auntie Gemma points to the creek and says to me, “The kids went that way.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She never did realize that whenever she sent me anywhere with Leah, such as to the creek that day to carry water, it would mean coming back alone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a few more yards to the creek and I had the game. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He took his glasses off and wiped drops of creek water off of them with the edge of his shirt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z When they got to the bank of the creek, they stopped. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He flicked his cigarette butt into the creek, stood up, and left. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z My blue hat is out on the ice of the creek. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I stumbled to the creek and submerged my hand, but nothing seemed to happen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At the creek, I jump rocks until I find a good cave where I can watch the sun swimming inside the rushing water for the next hundred years. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “They who? I thought . . . My father said he buried him. Down by a creek or a river someplace where they used to fish.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And there she stayed, for the creek was so slender and the currents so tricky and the oyster beds so perilous that no salvage captains would risk their own vessels to retrieve the Moily Bell. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They would take her down to the creek and give her baths. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I’m out on the creek I stop worrying about Mr. Woodwell and start thinking about the giant fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He followed the creek for a time, listening to the icy trickle of Water over rock, then cut across the fields to the kingsroad. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The creek flowed around the town, crossed beneath the bridge to El Puerto, then turned towards the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if they were still down in the bay or whether they had gone back to the creek in Kerrith harbour. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In one of those trees, in a new nest they’ve built, just along the twist of the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z One of the adults went off to filter water and fell in the creek. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z But what we used to lake out of that creek in those days would put them all to shame. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It would take one of Byrd’s miracles for Braviary to fly past the window just now, as the three of them look at the sky and the trees and the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We were in trees and tall grass As we sloped to the creek bottoms, the ground grew soggy underfoot. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He rode forward to the rise ahead, across the small creek. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like the deep, quiet woods made them timid, and they walked softly along the bank beside the creek. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There’s a pile of rotten boards down by the creek. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “She is like a little fish, a minnow, that swims in a clear creek,” he said, “—defenseless, yet you cannot catch her.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to Otto that the creek might be time frozen. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He promptly rolled over and drifted back to sleep, returning to the clear creek he’d left when Florida had woken him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Papa used to hike along the creeks that channeled down from the base of the Sierras. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z We made our way up the creek until we were just below the Blue Lake. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma nudged the boat into die bank just where the creek began to bend. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Justice is, indeed, a product of the Appalachian coalmining country where lush mountains flank rust-colored creeks, the hollows rising so steeply that there is barely room for a house on either side of the creeks. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Bender and I walk down the incline and cross the creek where a downed log provides a bridge. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Others were soaking wet and half-drowned from swimming across ponds and creeks. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z From here I can see the creek, the gorge, and a pine plantation. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily Sue lived in a house built on the side of a nearly vertical mountain across the creek and not more than a hundred yards from Big Creek High School. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The creek it crossed was only a reedy trickle, narrow enough to step across, so I decided to go that way. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z That’s what the men were going to do when they headed up the creek, kill the coyote. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Sand and gravel washed up from the creek. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Which is how we found ourselves with our shoes and socks off, holding our skirts up as we waded in the creek. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The mushrooms on her map were next to a creek. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Dad’s sister, Bennie, married a Coalwood miner and they lived down across the creek, near the big machine shops. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It gives a clear view of the creek and those tall trees outside that dot its banks. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I’m lying on my back beside the creek, looking up at the sky. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As my father’s boat disappeared around the bend up ahead, I reluctantly turned my boat up the creek, slowed down some, and kept searching. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He hardly slept the rest of the night, listening to the horrid rain and knowing that no matter how high the creek came, Leslie would still want to cross it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z My fists grip the rails as I inch my way over the trickling creek to the opposite bank. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the middle of the creek, I brought the oars inside the boat and let the boat drift. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z That it was probably true that Slim Jim Trotter spent more nights over the creek with Miss Trotter and her mother than here with Great-great-grandmother Livonia and Ma Charles when she was a little girl. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Better move, he thought, and struck out for the hills, which, deceptive as the sound of the creek, were much farther away than they seemed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the creek, the duck-billed beast grazed, calm now that it wasn’t at Flux’s mercy. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Off to one side of the ridge he could see a small, meandering creek and two small ponds that fed it. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Rosaleen broke open the cantaloupes, pounding them against a creek stone. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We had lunch along the creek—stewed mussels and wild potatoes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The scouts were waiting between the banks of a frozen creek. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t like that now, because so much has been flattened, and even from the creek, he can see everything all at once. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Now riding on her knees, gripping the board with both hands, Tally twisted into the next turn, dropping to skim just above the cracked dirt of the dry creek bed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Down the creek I go, with the dark all around and the trees watching and the water shining black. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “It will bring you into Machodoc Creek. Mrs. Quesenberry lives near the mouth of this creek. If you tell her you come from me, I think she will take care of you.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I was glad when Bible school was over and all I had to do was play cards on Howard’s porch or take Wishbone down to the creek. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Again they timed their arrival at the creek for when the tide would be low. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I remembered that first night after we ran away, down by the creek, when I’d told Rosaleen what T. Ray had said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiller stepped away and slipped out onto the porch and stared out through the trees to the creek, and then he looked up the hill toward the barn. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z That’s why, when midnight comes, I sneak out of the house, get in my skiff, untie the lines, and drift down the creek, quiet as the night. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I follow the creek bed until the embankment grows into rock walls, and then I wade right into the middle, feeling the water push past my ankles. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We crossed a creek that fed into the Tug River and started up a barely paved one-lane road called Little Hobart Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Immediately past the river the trail curves to the southwest, up the bed of a fast-flowing creek. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I crossed the road and headed back, keeping to the trees that bordered the creek. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z There were streams and creeks everywhere, instead of the irrigation ditches you saw out west, and the air felt different. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The next day we went back over to Miss Trotter’s, happy to have the walk and to wade down at the shallow end of the creek. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They drew water from a feeder creek and warmed themselves at a slash pile kept burning by his children—girls in rubber boots, including Hatsue—who dragged branches and brought armfuls of brush to it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z So, at the southern border, where he should’ve kept going until he dropped over the waterfall, he was transported back to the northern border and swept down the creek all over again. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The Hunters cheered as both sides converged on the creek. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Across the creek the brown fields stretched, bounded by staggering lines of gray rail-fences. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gone, nothing! That child rode that bicycle across the creek to fool with her cousin and Miss Trotter.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that far, but I wasn’t going to get there sitting here in the creek. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I jumped off the rock to the edge of the creek and motioned for Howard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z To the right of the car, the last fingers of a tidal creek groped among the extreme frontier of marsh grass that edged up against the backs of gas stations and hamburger stands. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Once he’s settled, I row out into the creek and let the current take us. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The stump, the grass, the creek, he’s seen them all before, all from right here, only now they are different. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She probably would’ve said worse, but I smacked her between the eyes with my sword-butt and sent her stumbling backward out of the creek. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to dance to this music in my head, but when I took a step, I tumbled into the creek with a wild splash. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Our cabin was one of several farm-worker shacks lined up in a row behind which ran a small creek. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z After a while we could stand up again and follow the creek to a place where an old beaver dam made a large pond. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the perfect book, since Okonkwo couldn’t do right, and neither could any of the adults on this side of the creek or the other. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Earlier, he’d collected flat stones from the creek and piled them carefully near a birch grove. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Now he was coming to the end of the inlet, a high blank wrinkled mass of rock against which, narrowed to the width of a little creek, the last sea-waves lapped feebly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Without bothering to put on clothes, we opened up Cudn Rachel’s picnic and ate, sitting on the mossy creek bank with our feet cooling in the water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Even so, the toll on flies was terrific, frustration the inevitable state of affairs from the moment he entered the creek until the end. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Just think—if I hadn’t gone up that other creek first. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He moved forward to the rise ahead, across a small creek. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The “eternal” problem happened along the stretch of creek between the Logan County borders. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Two moonstones looked up at him in the light of his small hand-held fire; two pale moonstones buried in a creek of clear water over which the life of the world ran, not touching them. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z And she rode the bike while Fern and I skipped over the creek. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Manchee and I hop over all manner of streams and creeks that feed the river and I stop now and then to refill the water bottles and on we go. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “All the colored folk on both sides of the creek knew. No one bothered to tell me.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z From the four walls of his bedroom to the rushing creek and deer-spotted trails tucked behind his house, he wanders and wonders. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Bando lines up the state map with north and, placing his compass approximately on the swamp creek, turns the housing to 70 degrees, or east by northeast. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Because they dragged her down to the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Valleys, lakes, gaps, creeks, and other important, possibly vital, topographical features are routinely left unnamed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The young men with brass probably never saw such a girl, or such a creek, but they made her up that day. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “That day at the creek. I wished that you would be my friend and stay here in Colby.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I splash down the creek, climb to the bridge, and put on my moccasins. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This pond was freshwater, but most of the creeks and rivers in the Sunderbans were salty and muddy. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I thought about her the next morning when I woke beside the creek in a bed of kudzu vines. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Quite a few of the trees along the creek are dying, too. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z So many of us were sick and exhausted that the elders decided our group should rest a few days by the creek. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The closer he came to the dry creek bed and the crab apple tree rope the more he could feel the beating of his heart. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Outside the window, the creek moves quickly, like his own mind. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z To that end, biologists dumped several drums of a poison called rotenone into fifteen miles of creek. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I done a fair bit of rowing, up the creek and back, and around the harbor, but nothing like twenty miles in one shot. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z On it were hand-stitched all the streets and houses and gardens and yard animals and businesses and municipal buildings and creeks. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If we can get across the creek we could go up on the bluffs there and watch the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Jonathan lengthened his stride, turned a sharp angle, then beat his way to the creek. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z We went back to the creek behind Howard’s house three times, calling and whistling. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I tuned in to the creek’s gurgle, imagining a pristine river on a deserted island, its shore lined with orchids and gardenias, with birds warbling sweet melodies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z After breakfast we’d take a short walk through the forest down to the creek and back again, followed by team-building games. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I set him down at last and go over to the creek for a drink of water. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I happen to know who has some: Mama Nguza. She makes her kids haul water up from the creek to pour on her garden. Haven’t you seen it? It’s sensational.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The creek had fallen well below the bank and seemed less terrifying than before. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Florida waded out into the water, stepping from stone to stone across the creek. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Mom sat back, although I saw her wince when I described tossing the drill into the creek. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The way it has tipped away from the creek, over the top of the picnic table, which it hasn’t touched, and landed with only its top inside the house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z After pouring the grits into a napkin out of the picnic basket so I could use the bucket, I filled the radiator from the creek and cranked up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "Yeah, I know. The thing is, though, I'll be up the creek if I don't get it in. Be a buddy. Be a buddyroo. Okay?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Heading for a grove of trees that looked half alive, I found a creek. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We must look strange: Ollie and Willem in dark suits and me in the only black dress that I own, cycling in a single line along the road next to a creek. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There wouldn’t have been the extra person to check the little creeks and coves the way I did. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I have seen the pond swell and the creek surge. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Weary socked Billy a good one on the side of his jaw, knocked Billy away from the bank and onto the snow-covered ice of the creek. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The summers were warm, and there were creeks and inlets and streams in the nearby woods where they could catch fish, surreptitiously, of course, because they weren’t supposed to. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z So Howard jumped to the edge of the creek and we hooked pinkies. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Always wants to know everything that’s happening on the creek and round the harbor. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Across the creek, the road heads up the far hill of the valley. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The wind had blown the ash from the ice and the ice was black and the creek looked like a path of basalt winding through the woods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The children were coming home from the creek. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The trail climbs a hill beyond the uppermost pond, then rejoins the twisting, rocky creek bed before ascending again into a jungle of scrubby vegetation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I would cut a pole at the creek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I stayed there by the creek wallowing in my pity, thinking about how this day had turned out so bad. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes, I would go outside, but I didn’t have a bike and the closest park to our apartment was past a creek where a couple of kids had died once. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Two of them worked in the big machine shop across from the creek down by the Big Store. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He just said I fell in a creek when I was helping Ned get to his house. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Been some time since I’ve been out on the creek,” he says. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They came to the frozen creek and crossed the ice carefully. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Darnell will go across the creek to see about the Trotters.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can find a creek to fill our pop bottles,” I suggested. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As they approached the creek Dicey had seen on the map—only the map called it a river—the land developed a few gentle rises. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s easy. Stand by the creek, keep the reds away. Leave the rest to me. Athena always has a plan.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Down the creek to the river, where the current is fast and the water is deep. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “That’s very good. You really are up the creek, Popinjay. Is Popinjay really your name? Just what the hell kind of a name is Popinjay, anyway? I don’t like it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Together, the sisters had sailed out over the creek on a tire swing tied to a fat tree limb by a knotted fist of rope. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z With Roy anchoring his feet, the boy scooted himself forward over the rim of the pilothouse until his wiry upper torso was suspended out over the creek. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The old tires and pieces of rusted junk in the creek are covered over; all around me are blue arches, blue caves, pure and silent. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Ma pulled Belle up short before we reached the creek. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The banks of the creek were high enough to allow the scouts to stand without being seen. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can search the banks by the big creek.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z We sat down on the rocks in the shade along the dry creek and ate a lunch she’d prepared for us: peanut butter sandwiches and sliced apples. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When we came to a bridge with water running beneath, we decided we would pick our way down to the creek bed and rest for the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He wants to come from his walk with Ray, go into his house and grab a seat in the window that looks out over the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They crossed a small bamboo bridge spanning one of the many creeks that curved in through the muddy banks of the island. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z It gushed into the creeks, which swelled up and turned a foaming light brown, like a chocolate milk shake. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was too hot and the creek too low. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When Dismay spotted me watching him, he plopped himself down in the creek, just like that. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We arrive at the creek and the scattering of boulders that will be our classroom. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Plenty of times, she and Annie had fallen right into the cold creek. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I looked at the creek and its swift water. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I’ve forgotten about fainting and about the stacks of plates, and about falling into the creek and also about seeing the Virgin Mary. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The sun, as it rose, tinged the quick-silver of the creeks and the gleaming slime itself with flame. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I washed my bleeding shoulder in the creek, tucked the torn threads of my sweater back into the hole they had come out of, and set out for my tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We reached a clearing at the creek bed and studied the rocky, parched ground, and I imagined a time when this had been a lively stream that one could wade in for a swim. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A small, minnowless creek formed the one demarcation line of significance in the entire housing project. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked the creek woods all the way to the zoo, meandering wordlessly throughout the snowy enchantment. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After we cast off the lines, Dad let me go up front to the doghouse to drive the workboat out of its slip into the creek. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She wanted to get to a creek she had seen on the map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were setting traps, down by the creek,” I answered. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We were making for Salt Creek, and pretty soon the trees along the creek began to show on the horizon. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z So I start her and head up the creek for Mr. Woodwell’s place. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He reached a large stream, of the kind the locals called a creek and pronounced crick, and decided to follow it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I stripped off my Keds, grabbed my bag, and waded into the creek. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A mile down Main was a large hollow in the mountains, formed where two creeks intersected. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They’ve cleared a path all the way up to the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I don t believe there was a catfish in that creek that could resist. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Snorting water, he cursed the creek, which was too shallow to swim and too rocky to walk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Crack of dawn the next morning we made our way down to the creek, where a thick mist rose above the still, dark waters. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The creek flowed past the roadside, coming from outside, crossing, perhaps, paths that I would follow. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “But we’re running low on water. Do you know how far the nearest creek is?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z We were here already and I didn’t want to stay on our side of the creek. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z If I don’t move soon I will be frozen in the creek. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When at last we came to a creek with plenty of water, I was very, very, very sick. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got too hot, we went to the muddy little creek that ran behind the slack dump and sat down on the rocks and let the cool water run over our feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The rain slowed to a drizzle, but the level of the creek didn’t change at all. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ben knew about rivers and creeks and swampy places. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I came out of the creek and immediately felt bone tired. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She said to me, “But I won’t go marching across that creek to her mother’s house.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It was a sight cooler by the creek than up there on the tracks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It kept them at bay—until the sack slipped out of my hand and went sailing into the creek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The two of us darted out of the cave and slid down the snowy bank into the creek. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He stood very quiet in the center of the narrow creek, letting the water splash at his hips, holding the fishing line out from his hands. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone, though, retrieved one of Anna’s earrings from her body and brought it to Mollie’s mother, who was too ill to venture to the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Florida stepped across the stones in the creek and said, “Dallas, money is trouble. I don’t want to know where their money is. I never, never, ever want to know where it is.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I was sure Mr. DiAngelo didn’t know about how the wind picked up once you left our creek and hit the open water. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z This time, they steered the correct course and, after several hours, spotted their destination—the mouth of a creek on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With the swelling of the creek, I can’t pass between our yards, so I follow the streets around to his house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Whenever we came across the creek, Vonetta wheeled JimmyTrotter’s bicycle out of the barn and rode it in circles around the barn and house while Fern chased after her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Glancing briefly into the brown water, she plunged the rod into the creek. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We walk over the new cement footbridge, with the willow trees arching overhead, the sound of running water from the creek beneath. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Frequently, the people on the west bank would have to leave their cars along the shoulder of the highway and try to wade across the raging creek just to get to their homes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Then literally an hour later in those same woods, Scoob fell into a creek, and she had to save him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I was about to join the celebration when Annabeth’s voice, right next to me in the creek, said, “Not bad, hero.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “See if I care if she gets it or not,” Ma Charles said, which was as good as permission to cross the creek and hike over to Miss Trotter’s. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The dueling between the two sisters went on and on, from one side of the creek and, thanks to Vonetta, back over to the other side of the creek. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z In the pickup, on the way home from school, Dad had told me to check the smaller creeks off the river. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Around midnight the first night of travel, they left the brook that led down to the bald-headed hill, and followed a dry creek bed through the white flowers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They’re cold and hard like flat black skipping rocks you find at the bottom of the creek. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The dog team was barreling up the creek and was drawn in by his commotion, and I barely got the sled stopped and tied off to a tree before they got to him. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “They found the Burke girl this morning down in the creek.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She stepped across the creek, picking her steps carefully over the mossy rocks, and grabbed a waterlogged stick from the creek bank. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z They don’t walk through the field or wander in the bare patch left by the storm and on out to the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The only sounds were the gurgle of the creek and the wind, now a soft murmur. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z We used to go down to the creek or up into someone’s barn and play cards or flip coins and bet on them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The trail kinda followed along a rushing creek. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They head into the clear-cut path all the way down to the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “The children still at the creek?” she asked. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, Bryan helped Anna sit up on a rock by the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “The golden carp will be swimming down the creek today,” Cico whispered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear the rush of the creek at the bottom of the incline and the rustle of something else nearby. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I dared not go far over the hilltops, lest I lose my backtrack; it was wild country, steep, full of creeks and ravines, rising fast to the cloud-haunted mountains eastward. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z To the north, where the pond overflows, the creek continues, disappearing into a forest of eucalyptus. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I flicked the flashlight off and stood there, staring out over the creek. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z To miss the Ford I had to cut the steering wheel sharp left and plunge the car into a creek—really just a little shallow branch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The two crouched low to the creek bed, still dripping and bare. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z |
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