“I want all paradoxes on my desk by Friday,” Ms. Steck says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I pull out the chair at my little desk and gesture for my mom to take a seat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gunthrie pointed to the first desk of the first row. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

For two or three years Miss Trixie had been carrying these bags with her, sometimes accumulating three or four by the side of her desk, never disclosing their purpose or destination to anyone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a sheet of paper out of her folder and placed it on her desk where I could see it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The girl came to the desk before she replied. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sat with him behind his desk, looking out the huge windows at the town spread beneath us. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was sleeping, but the bottle of Kosher wine on the desk was half-empty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

An agent sits at a desk at the front of the room, speaking in the most boring monotone I’ve ever heard. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Miss Popularity Savannah Bobbins is at her desk surrounded by most of the homeroom. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her eyes followed his back as he went to his desk and shuffled papers around. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I will read a multiple-choice question. Use the touch-screen computers in your reading desks to select your answer.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then, to Neel’s amazement, he smiled, stood up, and came around his desk. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got up from my desk and hurried to the blackboard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A CO at a desk near the lieutenant’s translated for me as I walked out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on old D.B.'s desk and looked at the stuff on it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were clenching on to the sides of their desks and looking as afeared as a horse that’s seen a three-head snake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Tobias and I walk through it and enter a plain office that contains just a desk, a computer, and two empty chairs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the hall between our rooms, he presses a button, and a door slides open to a small open room, four toilets lined side by side like a row of desks in a classroom. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I kind of felt everyone’s eyes burning into my back for the few seconds I stood in the front of the class, and everybody looked down when I walked back to my desk. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hear Mom on the phone with someone, and I can’t find anyone else when I go downstairs, so I grab my keys off the quiet-room desk and decide to take myself out to breakfast. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When they showed us in, Wallace rose from his chair behind the desk and shook hands. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull, pacing in front of Virgil’s desk, brought a restlessness and a fever to command, a yeoman’s rigidity, and a genius for inspiration, whereas Virgil had the natural instincts of a general. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My “piano savings” manila envelope is on top of my desk. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ms. Fender stood and took a few quick steps over to her desk. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In Granddad’s study I stood on the desk, splashing bookshelves up to the ceiling, holding the gas can far away from me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the stairs by the door the porter sat behind his desk. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Wordlessly, the white man sat behind the desk and picked up the paper and looked at it in a long silence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I stood at the reception desk to have my backpack examined, the woman said, “I think you’re the best kind of friend.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This carving, done with a pencil dug many times into the worn varnish of the desk, has the pathos of all vanished civilizations. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our rugs and tables and bookshelves and Papa’s desk and most of the stuff in the kitchen except for a few pots and pans and dry food are staying behind. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The only way I’d even gotten that many was by asking Mr. Baca for permission to tape the petition to the circulation desk in the library. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Crofts reached over, picked up my arm, put it on the desk, and pushed a pen in my hand. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three-room suite was crammed with desks, chairs, typewriters, file cabinets, and three large safes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The woman at the desk taps the screen in a few places. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He soon returned with pen, inkpot, and parchment, and arranged them on the desk near Robin. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Joseph saw him pick up a book from his desk. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Rose bursts into tears then and puts her head down on her desk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart sat down at his desk with a determined air and cleared a large neat space in his blotter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He stood and turned to see Frankie slipping the key into a cabinet in the desk. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He fanned the ink dry and slid my “receipt” across the desk toward me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Folding the paper in half, he walked quickly to his desk, ripping the sheet into smaller and smaller bits as he went. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“We could break apart one of these tables,” Z said, getting down on his hands and knees and looking underneath one of the black high-top desks. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I brought my sketch pad and backpack upstairs to Mom’s office and plopped everything on the floor beside her desk. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I dragged a chair near his desk and sat, motioning for the commander to be seated. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He found a desk and a phone with a direct line to the American military headquarters in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I brought some comic books to school and read them under my desk. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He goes to his desk, fumbles with a drawer. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pride surged in their chests as they were ushered in and seated before the desks of well-dressed black men and women who asked them questions about their experience and provided leads on jobs. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Agent Magnus comes from around his desk and places a hand on my shoulder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When I open my bedroom door, Russ is standing on my desk chair, with his hand in the air like the Statue of Liberty. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up off the floor, stretched, and moved across to his desk. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I walked to Professor Thomas’s desk with the picture held out in front of me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The counselor had sat behind his desk and smiled and nodded and tried to know what Brian was speaking about, but it wasn’t there—he couldn’t. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The older guard behind the desk then looked at our boarding passes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She pulls out a book from a drawer in her desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is sitting at my desk with her hand on my laptop. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. didn’t move, but stayed by her writing desk, looking for a handkerchief. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

So were the desks and chairs and the blackboard*. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s stopped combing his hair, he slumps in his seat, and he keeps his head down on the desk unless I constantly remind him to sit up and pay attention. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, I’m at my desk booting up the laptop. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The Prince was seated now, behind his desk. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up and came out from behind the desk. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He sat down behind his desk again and resolved to embark upon a mature and systematic evaluation of the entire military situation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Bando is at an antique reading desk, engrossed in a book. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Marshall saw April he slid down off the desk and came running. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steepled his hands on the desk, scanning over us without much interest. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hurried down the hall, away from the one furry being in this entire world who depended on me most, and caught up with Dad standing at the receptionist’s desk. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I saw a beautiful mahogany desk with a typewriter, the chandelier above swinging in the wind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

David takes a seat in the front row and sets a tape recorder on his desk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from the annoying fact that my parents could always sense when I disobeyed them, Mama actually worked in the office of my school, just two narrow desks away from the daily attendance rolls. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Against the far wall, there was a desk with a nameplate on it. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

We filed into the classroom slowly, one at a time, all staring at Darren and his desk. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were piled up on the desk and on the floor. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She grabbed The Illuminated Adventures of the Amazing Incandesto! off her desk. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

August walked over and sat down in her desk chair. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a footfall and stand up from the desk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He glanced quickly about before he saw Kate sitting so quietly behind the desk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a real classroom now, with desks arranged in a row and a chalkboard in one corner and books dusted and organized on the shelves. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Both my old and new laptops are on my desk, which is a mess. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Pearls before swine? Or a whistle on a desk?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I stared at him and felt myself slide slowly back onto my desk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Crummys put a big shoebox on the hotel desk, and Cold Sassy filled it up with names like the Waldorf and the Savoy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The one room had twenty-one desks and nine benches, not nearly enough for the 150 children who were usually there. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

That’s what the judge said after looking at papers on his desk and listening to the lawyers talk. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prapan leaned over his desk and looked out his little square window. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But as the bell rings, and the students rise collectively from their desks, Mr. Lawson holds up a hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the desk, a woman gets to her feet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The kid ran to the checkout desk with his prize. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I arranged the photos on my desk alongside the souvenir shot of the capsule in which we thought Salim had been a passenger and the list of theories. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laid my head on top of my desk and closed my eyes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward he sat at his desk with his fists clenched tight. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Chandresh moves around the desk to face him, stepping over blueprints, stumbling though his voice remains steady. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everything in Dr. Barney’s office was branded—the Post-it notes said Paxil on them; his pens were all for Prozac; the desk calendar had Zoloft on each page. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I read some of your father’s articles. Sneaked them off my father’s desk. The one on that passage in Kiddushin about the business with the king is very good. It’s full of real apikorsische stuff.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The humble space has two beds, a desk, a tiny cookstove, and a large window overlooking the street. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A birch, she says, is a kind of tree then magically she pulls a picture from her desk drawer and the tree is suddenly real to us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was a desk and more photographs of girls on the wall. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He sat down opposite Harry, behind his desk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart began tramping back and forth reflectively in the narrow corridors left between his bushels of plum tomatoes and the desk and wooden chairs in the center of the room. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I look at the screens floating behind the desk. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He glances at Ms. Lionel at the library desk, and she looks up at that moment, her face in its typical pose: angled, with one eyebrow raised in perpetual curiosity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Then get yourself a drink. Colonel Korn keeps some bourbon in his desk. You ought to try dropping around the officers’ club with us some evening just to have yourself a little fun. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There were people trapped in the glass paperweight on the policeman’s desk. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she rises up, placing a stack of three books on her desk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But as I sifted through the papers and envelopes on my desk, the familiar logo of the Consolidated Savings Bank kept turning up. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Julia gets up and starts messing with stuff on my desk. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He laid his head on his desk in relief. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart sank as she saw his eyes stop and fix on something: the bookcase behind the desk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“My mother gave me this hibiscus for Christmas,” he says, putting the potted plant in a sunny spot on his cluttered desk. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He sat back in his chair and put his pen on his desk. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Moody got heavily to his mismatched feet, opened his desk drawer, and took out a glass jar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Gogol opens the binder on his desk, reluctantly copies the information down. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She walks over to her desk and opens a blue folder. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

—Some of us children, due to a chronic shortage of buildings, desks, blackboards and benches, would have to be relocated in shacks down by the river. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand this,” he said finally, dropping the paper on his desk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Root grabbed the microphone from behind the desk, and hauled it out to the extent of its cable. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for her to answer, Mr. Wilkinson opened a drawer in his desk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I run back to my desk while Mrs. Sheldon stands in front of the class plucking at the skin of her neck. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

David nods to one of the people at the desks behind him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Around nine, M. Yoshoto took off his glasses, got up and padded over to my desk with a sheaf of papers in his hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The first time I went to Dr. Vernon, he put some paper and some markers on his desk and asked me to draw a picture for him. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Celia asks, turning her attention to the books on the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He walks past our desks to collect the cards. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Inside the room, a kind-eyed man with a bulbous nose sat at a desk. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He keeps his winnings in screw-top Crown preserving jars, donated by my mother, which he fines up on his desk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later when the nameless man stood beside his desk in the front office of the old red county jail behind the courthouse, Sheriff Quinn stuck the will out in front of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Wyman snaps, grabbing a stack of papers from her desk. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s your father. They called me from the factory, they found him lying dead on his desk.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper sat motionlessly at the desk in the corner, his eyes watching the news with no glimmer of interest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Medina tilts her head to the side as she listens to me, her hands clasped on the desk. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She pressed the flat of her hand on Macon Dead’s desk and, holding the gleam steady in her eyes, pushed herself up from the chair. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers instructed us to board and report to a desk on B deck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now that the flock has cleared, I can see Cal Price, the stage manager, stationed at a desk between the curtains. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He folded it, then took out an envelope from his desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His elbows were on the desk, and his chin was moving very slowly from side to side. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down in three seats that were lined up in front of her desk. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She leans herself against the desk and rubs her chin like she’s trying to find lost words. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Komorov sat on the edge of the desk, swinging his boot. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sitting behind a broad, semicircular desk sat a young guy with a struggling goatee wearing a Regents Security uniform. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The clock chimed ten, and Celaena, seated at the small desk in her bedroom, looked up from her book. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I move over to her computer desk and log on to the Internet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Maxy was back and sitting at her desk filling out some papers. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One picture showed Katherine Johnson sitting at her desk at 1244, pencil in hand, “analyzing lunar trajectories and computing trip time to the Moon and return to Earth by a space vehicle.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He took one of the tiny keys off his waistcoat chain, opened the locked drawer to his desk, and pulled out some sheets of thick, cream-colored writing paper. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I went straight to my seat, swung my school bag onto my desk, and slid the strap off over my head. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Harry yelled in shock and backed away into the desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Like the mass of cables drooping behind a desk, the conceptual connections from one sentence to another have a tendency to get gnarled up in a big, snaggly tangle. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

After I finished writing, I opened my desk drawer where I kept all my babysitting money. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Miss Watson sat on the edge of her desk and smoothed down her skirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I touch none of it, until I come to the map room with a desk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I turn to follow her gaze, and to my horror see Edie leaning over her desk, staring at my notebook. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When a School Board official refused to listen to her and tried to throw her out of his office, Ann grabbed the telephone from his desk and hurled it at his head. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just about calmed down ’cuz I made it to my class before the bell rang and that’s when I see Lymon sitting in back of the class at his desk, smiling. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

We find a spot on the third level, ride an elevator to the lobby, and sign our names on a sheet at the front desk. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Now Mr. Tate could sit there behind his desk and talk about me like I wasn’t nothing and he would have it down in black and white so he could show it to me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He said I took money from his desk, and I said I didn’t.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I have a second chair set up in front of me as an art desk, with stacks of board games on it and a chessboard on top. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She opened her lower desk drawer, put her copy of Shakespeare into it, and closed it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A work area dominates the rest of the space—chairs, a clean desk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I am not permi—” I slam my palm on the desk in front of him, and he jerks out of his daze, staring at me over his spectacles. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Besides, the headmaster of our school needs a fine new chair and desk, doesn’t he?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

But when everybody took abacuses out of their desks, Hanako gaped. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He waved his hand at his windows, his desk, his shelves of books. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a tissue from a box on her desk and blew her nose. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He leans back against the desk, looking defeated. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on a desk, one foot on the chair, the other leg crossed, her sharp little chin propped on her fist, with her elbow on her knee. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Jam reversed the camera back to her face and nodded, setting the tablet down on her desk. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then Mrs. Halliday rose from her desk, took a step toward her boss, and said, “Maybe it’s time for you as well. You know where she lives. Talk to her.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jorge and David throw a miniature football back and forth across the room, and Dario climbs on his desk and starts dancing, flipping his hair, and pouting his lips. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Miss Riley escorted me to the principal’s office, and I spread the drawings and equations out on his desk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As people filed out of the room, Mr. Quisling tapped papers into an even pile on his desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morrison sat at his desk, working on his computer. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In my room, I put away the bag of LEGOs and slid my heavy backpack over to my desk. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He takes off his glasses and rests them on the desk. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Kate stared straight ahead at the green glass shades of her desk lamp. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He opens a file on his desk, shakes his head like he’s still puzzled at the results. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A week after the accident, when the nurse at the hospital desk gave me the plastic bag of his clothes, I found the coin in the back flap pocket of his shorts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “lobby” was unfurnished, except for a cactus plant six feet tall and a makeshift reception desk; it was also uninhabited. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

My class went through the routine of settling down, scraping chairs, dusting desks, copying the new term timetable written on the board. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t stand up for me, Elizabeth,” she says, so loud that the cashier leaves his desk and moves in our direction. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m sitting at my desk, looking through my window, and talking to you.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She grabbed for a tissue, but she spilled a tub of glitter beads across the desk. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

But instead he began to bang his head against his desk. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He smacked his hand down on the desk. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deep-pile carpets, the expensive genuine wood desks, reminded him that garbage collecting and trash disposal had, since the war, become one of Earth’s important industries. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I still may bring to memory the smell of the varnish, my face smothered against the desk, my hands stretched before me in a gesture of offering and obeisance. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The ten readers sat at long sloping desks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the tiny office, they found a fat young woman seated behind a big wooden desk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down at my desk and picked up my pencil. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She dropped all the pieces on my desk, then made me pick them up and take them to the garbage can while the class laughed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

A machine gun leaned against a desk, its owner frozen in flight. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Roger and I glance at each other, and he quickly looks down at his desk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And there were a number of cigarette burns on both desks. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He lingered by my desk till the bell rang. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jo’s desk up here was an old tin kitchen which hung against the wall. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to do my work and he stands in front of my desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’d take the Wave galleys and sit at one of the desks, my back firm, a pencil behind my ear, studying the pages for typos. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kids filtered in for Mr. Quisling’s seventh period as she approached his desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh. And you didn’t try to make me look like an idiot, opening your desk for some dumb surprise that wasn’t even there.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He hung up the phone, picked up my file from his desk, and glanced at it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

A courtly, white-haired man comes forward from behind his desk. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I have had enough, when I feel like I am going to scream if I see any more, the woman reappears on the screen, behind her desk. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

An invisible humming engine shone a small spotlight onto one corner of her desk, to the upper right of the geometry text, and the triangles they were studying all looked like bread. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the chair next to her desk and let her take my temperature and blood pressure. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The judge sat down and opened the top file on his desk. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I got up, agitated, and walked to my desk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I realize I’m standing behind the desk, which makes it appear I’m a friend of Mr. Reilly’s, instead of a rich kid visiting his aunt in the building. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He moved his hands uneasily about over the papers on his desk, oppressed by them, uncertain where he should begin. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Above the desk, there was a birdcage, rocking back and forth. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He crossed to the desk and stood there. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“They liked the one 011 the desk with the glasses 011. They thought it was some kinda teacher or something. I want only that one this time.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow sat down at the desk, noting the civility. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When I saw the picture of the lunatic on Sergeant Bickle’s desk, I tore out of that office faster than lightning. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

A woman at a desk, a man on the floor with scissors, a teenage kid at a Xerox machine. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

At the registration desk I tap a bell and a tall man appears. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the man himself appears, seated at his desk, a flag draped behind him, the fresh white rose gleaming in his lapel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After my mother had said “good night” and left the room, I got up and went to my desk. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am about to float on up to my balcony when I notice Mr. Pomodoro return to his desk and open one of its deep drawers. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Before the end of class, Ms. Steck takes the shoe box off Clay’s desk and tallies the votes. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I'd sit in front of her desk and make troubled-brow faces which I thought illustrated the deep level of neurosis I represented. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Around the room eager, nervous faces peered toward Ms. Bethune’s desk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She opened her books on her desk, pretended to study. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He made a sound like someone had let the air out of him, and when he fell backward, his desk trapping him against the floor, Grace pinned him and punched him again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

High wooden desks that sit two, with slanted tops and holes for inkwells, are arranged in rows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are good days when he sits at the desk and talks about America. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then he was stone-still; the white cat bounded past him and leaped upon the desk; it sat looking at him with large placid eyes and mewed plaintively. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The desk was the nicest thing in it—glossy dark wood, thin straight legs. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

This was a large rectangular room, with walnut paneling, a walnut desk, leather chairs, and walls lined to the ceiling with books. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

While the secretary was gone, Petra looked carefully at the top of her desk. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I go over to my desk and open up a little notebook. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked into my classroom and took my seat at the desk in the front row with the others in my group. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The mayor sat in a bright red chair with his feet on his desk. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I worked on the feathers before my brother came up to bed, which wasn’t easy, because I didn’t have a desk so I had to use the floor. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On my desk was a framed photograph of my husband, Thierry, taken in Marseille two years before he died. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

An empty bag of Goldfish crackers on the desk, next to a nonfunctioning Curious George alarm clock, my laptop, and a plastic robotic arm. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She fished around in some hidden desk drawer and then handed Sierra a laminated card with a pin on the back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Another desk, my desk, empty for one day. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Marguerite, more comfortable behind Mother Ermentrude’s desk than in a messy kitchen, waits to be given a task. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Several weeks passed, with Lamphere returning to Gardner's desk periodically to ask the same question: What could he do to help? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Axel leaves Frank’s desk and the mess he’s made behind. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Cigarette butts spilled out of the ashtray on the desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the class has been dismissed and I’m still in my seat, Ms. Rochambeau finally removes her hand from my desk. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I took a step back from the desk, my books in front of my chest like a shield. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

His report made it to the desk of the head of the FBI's Counterespionage Section—but, lacking specifics that could spark an investigation, the official locked the report in an old safe in his office. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a simple charm,” Marco says from his desk where he sits surrounded by open books. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Helmuth's heart beats wildly as he sits at his desk and slides the book from his shirt into his satchel. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

A few began whispering in worried tones and some looked at Mr. Ryan, who sat thoughtfully at his desk, chin propped in his hands. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prapan leaned over the desk and called into the waiting room. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He put his legal pad up on the desk, and we looked at one another. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When it came to be my turn I stood at attention in front of the desk. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chandresh considers this for a moment, but then he nods and walks over to the desk to read through the contract. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I thought of his spare glasses lying on the desk; the empty bed; the family photographs smiling in the dark. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dimple looked around for a second and then awkwardly perched on the edge of his bed, toward the foot, close to his desk. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She had been showing Parvati her completed horoscope under the desk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Thanks very much. Could you leave it here on the desk for me?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He folds his hands and puts them on his desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He shut down the computer and hid the graph paper map in the bottom drawer of his desk under a stack of video game cheat guides. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then she reached inside and pulled out a small stack of papers, spreading them out on the granite-topped desk. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The baton hitting the desk made a hollow, reverberating noise. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

As it happened, I had them all in my desk upstairs, left over from geometry. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I loved being in my classroom with its plants, the big fish tank, and mahogany desks. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I sit myself on my desk and put my feet up, like Miss Saunders had done. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

After about twenty minutes, I delivered him to the senior partner who’d be his actual supervisor for the summer and went back to my desk. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, the officer pushed some papers across his desk. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

We sat down in straight lines in front of the desk, under portraits of Russia’s leaders. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

One day, a warder had left his key on the desk in the office at the end of our corridor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His bunk was bare vinyl; his desk empty; an outline of dust where his stereo had been. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He'd organized all his books on a shelf and on his desk. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He must've skived off most days 'cause his empty desk became a sort of school joke. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You already know more than you’re supposed to about everything on this desk.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I looked back at Balliol he was still leaning against the desk, his shoulders slumped, spectacles pushed back on his head, pinching his nose between his fingers as though he had a migraine. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I will make a note,” he said, taking a pencil from the desk drawer. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, on her way to pick up a dictionary from the back of the room, she dropped a note on George’s desk. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He rubs again at the bandage above his eye and doesn’t look over at the desk. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The desks and dressers and bookshelves were all attached to the walls in order to prevent creative floor planning. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The phone on Mrs. Cormier’s desk rang one, two, three, four times. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down at my desk and opened my notebook. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As Rhonda passed by him on the way to her desk, she winked and let fall a tiny slip of paper. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He straightened up his desk, shut down his computer, and removed a floppy disk that contained his daily diary, his “Chronology of Events.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, shaking his head, he walked over to ransack the teacher’s desk. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I took out the box of Cuban cigars and placed it in one of the desk drawers. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Coach Reed got up and sat on the edge of his desk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As he left, he cursed and threw items from his desk. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As evidence of the need, there is a packet nestled in a small cubby of Lincoln’s upright desk. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Mother came into the office, where we were perched on the edges of her and Dad’s desks. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rise and wheel the desk chair to the corner, take my glass, let him pour. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi pulled his cell phone off his desk and called Pappa. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

So awed was I that it was a moment before my eyes fell on the figure at the writing desk, bent over some close task. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aviators man realized he’d left his gun on his desk — a rookie mistake. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They came to a small room where a young woman sat at a desk before some papers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then, abruptly, I got up and brought over a quantity of my personal notepaper and wrote a second letter to Sister Irma, using the floor as a desk. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I had changed into my nightgown and settled in at my desk to write my cousin Joana a letter. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Constance stumbled blearily past without looking at them, and then the two boys started up to S.Q.’s desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It contained a desk and two straight chairs. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like a very long time since she’d last sat at this desk. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Levi sits on the edge of the desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nana pulls out an old receipt from her purse and helps herself to a pen from the principal’s desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mom sat down in a chair in front of Mr. Tushman’s desk, and even though there was another chair right next to hers, I decided to stand beside her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Moving as little as possible, I reached out and pulled a book out of my travelsack, then laid it on her desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All the soldiers were watching the desk guard to see what he would do. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The room appeared to be a reception area, with rows of straight-backed chairs facing a massive desk and some filing cabinets, all trapped inside tons of ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart transferred a round glass paperweight competently from the right edge of his desk to the left edge and picked up a sharpened pencil. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Abandoning all pretense, Ron pushed his chair backward, as far away from Moody’s desk as possible. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The bar connecting the desk and the seat had been partially severed at one end, so my weight broke it the rest of the way. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There was a stack of freight invoices that had piled up on my desk, and I had to go through them all. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Soon after receiving Gold’s report, Yatzkov slipped away from his desk, walked up to the KGB office on the top floor, coded the report, and sent it to Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He signs his name with a wobbling flourish, letting the pen drop onto the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He moved behind the desk and quickly closed it with narrowed eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As the photographer set up his equipment again, this time across the room, I put a hand on the president’s back, guiding him around the couches, to the great dark wood desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kids were dropping books onto the floor, scraping desk chairs back, but I couldn’t figure where this feeling was coming from. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The warden opened a desk drawer and took out a file, placed it on his desk. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When they reached the outside door, the guy at the desk stopped them. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jake watched his wife slowly stack her papers at the reservations desk. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But if Mr. Guareschi is looking for his desk, he might have a hard time finding it.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lockton pushed a sheet of paper, a quill, and the inkstand across the desk to the mayor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each member of Homeroom 17 found a candy heart on his or her desk that morning. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I stacked them neatly by the desk, lifted my pack, and sought the kitchen once more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“My desk was broken into and the testimony disappeared,” the justice of the peace in Fairfax said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And secretly, behind his desk, his right hand practiced with the coin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tossed the shirt under the desk and unbuttoned the top of my pants. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stands up, comes around the desk to the chair where I’m sitting. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the fourth grade, my teacher would have us lay our heads on our desks after we came in from recess. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and in doing so touched his own desk. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel tapped the desk with a pair of brass dividers, and crossed to open the southern window. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We just sort of left, the way you abandon your desk at the end of the school year. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was a small room, taken up mostly with a wide plank desk and three stools. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Zoey,” she whispers when she gets to my desk and I don’t have anything to turn in. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Bodega stopped pacing and returned to his dirty desk. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She walks over and nods at an On button hovering near the surface of the desk, but doesn’t try to touch it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He passed through the front gate of Fort Detrick, parked, and went past the security desk and into his microscope area. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The desk was to be the dining table, and once Perry had finished setting it, it looked most inviting, for Mrs. Meier had donated a linen tablecloth, starched napkins, and her best china and silver. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hunt through the papers on her desk. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tear the room apart with my eyes, exhaling only when I spot it on my desk, sitting there like a live grenade. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My hands trembled as I set the pledge card back down on the desk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mom and Jack don’t flinch or open their eyes as I tiptoe across the room and swipe the room key from the desk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She went over to the desk and picked up the phone. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I pulled away from him, accidentally knocking the porcelain bowl from his desk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My favorite picture of me and my best friend, Bev, is still sitting on my desk. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley let go of Harry, who hesitated for a moment, then walked over to the desk and laid upon it the Sorting Hat, the ruby- encrusted sword, and what remained of Riddle’s diary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Barton is sitting next to a man I recognize from the photos on her desk as her husband. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A candelabrum was lit at the writing desk by the window where her stepmother sat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay the coins on his desk, they clattered slightly as I set them down, testament to my shaking hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be out by the front desk if you need anything.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They were in a space about eight feet square, with corridors to the right and left, and in front of her the sort of reception desk you might see in a hospital. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She tossed my pen back on my desk and hopped up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The woman headed straight for the big desk at the front, the heels of her shoes clicking on the tiled floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When I return to the lobby, I find Mom leaning against the front desk, nodding as Marisol speaks. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Skill he had, and he might have stayed there his whole life, bent over a desk, his neck growing forward instead of upright, had not the brothers taken ill one day from bad fish. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She brushed off a desk, flipped the poster over, and started writing. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He walked by the new girl's desk, but she didn't turn away from the window. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He picked at the bedspread before looking over at Cabot, who sat at the desk in the corner, and began to speak. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He then reached inside his desk and produced a telegram. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tossed Rowan a small calculator from the principal’s desk. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was actually two strange wooden things: a folding desk and a small stool. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The casting assistant with blonde ringlet hair and a hoarse voice gets up from the desk and walks over to us. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

My mouth was watering and my stomach grumbled angrily, but I turned toward the phone on the messy desk. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She was Japanese, but there was a white man at a desk behind her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“As you might have noticed,” said Dumbledore, reseating himself behind his desk, “that memory has been tampered with.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We looked down at the tops of our desks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved my desk, my teachers, the smell of freshly sharpened pencils waiting patiently in their box. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I shout to one of the women at the control room desks. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

From behind the desk a grave-faced girl in a business suit gave me my key and told me that the old library had been booked for the exclusive use of our party. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to the Whispering Gallery!” said Mr. Curtain, spinning his wheelchair away from the desk at which he’d been working. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma had provided me with a new notepad, a sharpened pencil, and color crayons, which I put on the desk. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He therefore hurried behind her desk and began pulling open the drawers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She put all of her papers neatly in the pigeonholes of her desk, and when Joe brought the tea tray she had him put it beside her bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Toby sat on the edge of his desk the rest of the class. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The only changes Charlie had ever made were switching the crib for a bed and adding a desk as I grew. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lyddie followed, dragging her feet, for the room they entered was larger than the main floor of Cutler’s Tavern, and it was crowded with tables and scriveners’ desks. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

August tore the page for July from the wall calendar that hung by her desk in the honey house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept ice in a porcelain bowl on his desk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

An idea flashed, and she jumped to her feet, only to sit at the desk and grab a piece of parchment. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I watched from the writing desk with my arms folded across my chest. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes scanned the desk, looking for the answer sheet. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waiting room was always packed with people, and the person at the front desk never knew when we would be helped or where the social workers were. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I peek at her forgotten phone under the desk and exhale all my troubles away. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My father walked across the kitchen to the desk in the hallway. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I barely looked at it when Ms. Finch placed it on my desk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I push back from my desk, ripping out my earbuds as I go. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I slip in and sit at an empty desk in the back row. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It began with Ted Koppel from behind the desk in Washington, his voice booming with authority. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So long as nobody bulldozes it down!” cried Mrs. Gause, whose flickering image was still being projected behind the circulation desk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Standing beside August’s desk, I fidgeted with a stack of papers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids came in and immediately began pulling the jumbled desks into rows. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She nearly crashes into the bust of Abraham Lincoln in her rush to Ellen’s desk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the long pointer from the blackboard and banged it on the desk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Before heading to bed, I sit down at my desk in my room with Riot curled into a pile in my lap. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I think this: Newspaper on the desk is a very good idea for Ms. Blinny. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Then Dumbledore pulled open one of the drawers in Professor McGonagall’s desk and took out a quill and a bottle of ink. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We were up in her room, at her desk, ostensibly to cram for her home school chem test. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Ms. Fender reached across her desk to pat my hand. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was still thinking about Gramps at his desk. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Teddy glared across his immaculate mahogany desk at his director of media relations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam slid her legs off the bed, taking the tablet with her over to her desk. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Or is it just like, wear the uniform and sit at a desk? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He banged a fist on the desk again, only this time it was hard. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

As he looked at us across his desk, Mr. McCabe’s eyes were small and black. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He replaced the map in its folder, closed the drawer, and once again raised his feet to the top of the desk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him then key open the desk drawer, put a fat envelope into the petty-cash tin and close and lock it back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My eyes wander over to a small chest sitting under my desk, flail of the 200,000 Notes I received for capturing Day. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I can see the judges whispering back and forth at their table with their desk lights glowing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of picture frames on his desk. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Coming up from the basement, Kyle saw Andrew Peckleman in the middle of the Rotunda Reading Room, opening a long metal box sitting on top of the center desk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He gestured to the seat in front of his desk, and we both sat down. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Bobby, Bisguier, and about twenty other players and spectators stood around the tournament director’s desk as he applied the tie-breaking system to determine the winner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I brought it out from the storage room and placed it on his desk. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Each day when his students entered his manic kingdom, they heard music emanating from a stereo behind his desk. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been looking down at the Skittles on his desk, sorting the reds from oranges, but here he looks up at Alex with a bitter, cutting smile. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were sitting side by side on a desk in the back of his almost empty classroom. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Papers and diagrams and maps of different places littered a desk against one wall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

So when the class reassembled, Matilda went to her desk and began to study a text-book on geometry which Miss Honey had given her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When everything was back inside my backpack, she handed it over across her desk. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were some things that were the same as at her old school—the desks, for instance. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It falls to the desk like an old-fashioned quill. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I set my slightly battered copy of Rhetoric and Logic on the shelf over the desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the little skull in the crystal globe from Grandpa’s desk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I wrote the information on a piece of paper on the cluttered desk in front of me. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I was at the desk hunting through the cluttered drawer for the letters. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Believe me, there are no apples on my desk, and even if there were, they’d probably have razor blades in them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Inside the Monk Building, conspicuously posted signs led them down a series of corridors, past a room where a handful of parents waited anxiously, and at last into a room crowded with children in desks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He jumps off the desk and strides to the board and begins to talk about the perfect short-response algorithm. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Melanie’s forehead wrinkled with worry as she watched Elizabeth make her way timidly through the noisily assembling fourth graders, to the teacher’s desk. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep it on the desk next to my bed within easy reach. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As far as we know, Dave thinks so. That was him I was talking to. I have his notes; they were in his desk. He says all he knows is here.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’d brought Margo’s copy of Leaves of Grass to school, and I started reading the highlighted parts of “Song of Myself” again, under the desk while Mr. Jiminez scratched away at the blackboard. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Emily raised her voice over the sliding desks and chatter that filled the hallway outside their room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She led me through an unmarked door near the principal's office, into a small, windowless room furnished with two facing desks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A half empty pack of your favorite kind of gum that I found in your desk drawer and your journal, which I found in there, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She ripped the page out of her notebook, balled it up, and put her head down on her desk. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I folded it and put it on my desk to return to him later. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He turned the page, and then put his head down on the cool surface of his desk. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I returned the books I had been using to the front desk, and threw away various scraps of paper. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After school, I take the manila envelope out of my desk drawer, and count my dog-walking money. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Merriam was at her desk, cataloging like crazy because I guess it’s the most important thing in the whole wide world. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He sat down at the desk, pulled out some hotel stationery from the drawer, and wrote a note. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

His book was facedown on the desk and his chair was empty. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

How close did he seem to her now!—leaning over his stacks of paper with six candles burning brightly around the perimeter of his desk, scratching his knowledge into the rough, clean space. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, we were both making figure eights all over the desk. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I had a small cell near our large one that functioned as a study, with a chair, desk, and bookshelves, where I could read and write during the day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, Father sometimes likes to sit at the desk during the afternoon. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Axel paces in front of the reception desk. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I ducked under a worker’s desk to stall the departure. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Below the window are a blue plastic chair and a small desk that drops down from the wall like an airplane tray table. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We sit by Ms. Blinny’s desk and open up our lunches. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

So first he got everyone to make small palm trees out of green and brown construction paper and tape them onto the corners of each desk. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day of photography class, the students had sat upright at their desks, each with a 35mm camera and two notebooks—as specified by the supplies list—in hand. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So is the desk where the reporters sit. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tuffett gripped the edge of his desk and said between clenched teeth, “For that bit of impudence you may remain one hour after school, young lady!” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was sitting as far away from me as the desk allowed, but his chair was angled toward me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Even people who sit at desks get itchy.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She ducked inside, refastened the latch, and picked her way past the empty desks with their neat stacks of orders and tallies. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He glances back at the desk with a frown, and the spilled tea begins seeping back up from the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was like the air in the room disappeared for a moment, and Moss gripped the edge of his desk hard, sucking his breath in as he looked from Hull to Shawna. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The room was so crowded with filing cabinets and plants and her big desk, there was room only for two straight chairs for visitors. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at a desk covered in typed papers that looked important and boring. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Like a love letter tossed under a desk, never discovered by its intended love. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I get the paper from her desk and stand in front of the class, feeling awkward. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I took it out of his hand and walked back to my desk. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the doctor's desk was a vase filled with silk flowers that might have once looked good, but now were dusty and faded on the side that faced the window. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She came around to the front of her desk, crossing her arms. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wilson snaps at us from behind the checkout desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

During the six months that he occupied a desk in our office, I had never heard him shooting off his mouth on subjects about which he knew nothing. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

A contented Mr. Gies sits on the divan or leans against the desk with his newspaper, cup and usually the cat at his side. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In milder cases, he sometimes counseled that a soldier be discharged from his normal duties and given desk work instead. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was sitting behind his desk, which was covered with Presidential Fitness Charts with lots of little spaces that needed filling in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bring washer up to desk height and drop. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Also, a post-balloon arrived for you several hours ago from the Chrysanthemum Teahouse. I tied it to your desk." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Reynie entered to find Mr. Benedict alone in the room, seated on the floor with his back against the desk, surrounded by books, papers, and a variety of colored pens. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She shuts the door, sits at her desk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Danny was sitting on my bed and I was at my desk, wishing I could help him, he looked so thoroughly sad. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I looked, there were desks that were so huge and dark, you could barely see the people sitting behind them, and people moving in and out of offices—mostly cops. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Captain Black seated himself with a loud yawn, lifted his feet to the top of his desk and phoned Colonel Korn. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She sat down at her desk and uncovered the document. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She points to a desk in the 2nd row that has a paper with my name written on it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Other times I would have a feeling that she might want fresh air, so I would open the window over her desk. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Last Christmas, he couldn’t keep himself from asking if I’d liked the desk organizer Momma sent. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Assuming this had something to do with his headless rubber haddock, Harry proceeded gloomily to the teacher’s desk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There are fifteen or sixteen others with me, men and women looking as lost as I am, gathered around a desk with the inevitable German and the inevitable stack of folders and forms. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She set them on the small desk littered with papers. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe if you fill this paper with it a few times, you’ll figure it out,” Oberman said, dropping a piece of lined paper and a pencil on Bill’s desk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I tie their ribbons to the balloon hook on my desk. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She makes an exaggerated sad face and takes a seat on the corner of the desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Returning to his desk, Mr. Curtain produced two white tunics, two pale blue sashes, and two pairs of striped trousers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sylvester kept an extremely large jar of candy corn on her desk at all times and in all seasons because she believed in feeding people. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The evening breeze floated through the open window over my desk, waltzing the curtain from side to side. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The normal classroom items were there: desks, chalkboards, a set of encyclopedias. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t aiming for anything really. Well, I was planning on hitting something, you know? Like the wall or a desk or the chalkboard. Something dead, you know, not something alive.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over his head on the wall above the desk was a widemouthed bass, stuffed. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her room is dark except for her desk light, and I see her furiously typing away on her computer, her long brown hair pulled into a messy bun. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And when there was no planting, weeding, or harvesting to be done on the nearby farms, the number swelled to 260, bodies cramming the benches and overloaded desks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

At the hotel’s front desk a clerk told her she would now be escorted up to “Mr. and Mrs. Cody’s suite.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I guess the mom had been searching for the little boy for a long time because she came running up to the information desk, and when she saw the little boy, she started crying. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Isobel moves a pile of abandoned books to the desk, where her Marseilles deck rests. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I step up to the side of his desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bruce reached over the desk and flipped a few pages, pointing to a diagram. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judge Ford sat in glassy-eyed thought, elbows propped on the desk top, her chin resting on her folded hands. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, she was holding a glue gun in one hand and pushing those letter tiles around on her desk with the other. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The man with the moustache behind the information desk was speechless. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after placing four books on the desk, he turned to a sheepish Kathy and said, “Ag, there’s nothing wrong with these desks,” and walked out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the third row of desks, Lavender said, "It's good. I like it." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was in a chair pulled up in front of his desk. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shove the stunner under the waistband of my jeans and climb onto a desk to get a better angle on the window. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The librarian—a despicable woman named Peggy—was behind the desk reading a copy of Woman’s Day, and didn’t look up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I got up, went to Kevin’s office and took a small scratch pad and a new pen from his desk and the large atlas from his bookcase. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to see nothing on your desk except your debate packet. I’ll be coming around to check.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes while sitting at her desk, she’d just stop doing whatever she was doing and look somewhere far away, like she wasn’t even in the classroom anymore. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

As kids came into homeroom, they joined Jake behind Mr. Keeney’s desk so they could watch the math whiz at work. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

But that was him, that Bleeding Scream sitting at the desk looking over at us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dad knew the hotel manager and all of the men at the desk, and they used to exchange loud and good-natured insults for the benefit of the crowds that followed us in from the street. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was set on one of those specially made desks with the drawers and the slide-out keyboard tray, and a designated compartment for the printer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When he walked into the basement classroom, he saw Mrs. Myers had already had Leslie’s desk taken out of the front of the room. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He finished as the grandfather clock ticked to twenty-six minutes, and he handed the paper across his father’s desk. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

There was one empty desk, all the way in the back. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lockton dumped a folio of papers on his desk and rooted through the mess. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swivel around to see Logan grasp the edge of his desk, a look of panic on his face. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then he turned away, hunched himself over, and dropped his head on his desk. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A hologram of the old lady bunny from Goodnight Moon hopped on top of the librarian’s desk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Then he walked around the desk to Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He just touched my shoulder and then sat at his desk until I finished. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So easy, to feel them go down my throat: but blinking in the glare of my desk lamp, I was struck with a wave of revulsion so strong it was almost nausea. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sighed and opened his desk drawer again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished dialling, he picked up his handkerchief from the desk and put it over the mouthpiece, quite loosely and mounted rather high. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Above the desk, there was a moose head. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He sat down at his desk and pulled out his pentominoes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stumble to the side and catch myself on my desk. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He went over to his desk and returned with three enormous, bulging envelopes, and placed them on my desk. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

All that morning, she sat at her desk unable to concentrate on what Mrs. Rappaport was teaching. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lara assures everyone that she’s seen the rules on her father’s desk and that it’s basically a massive obstacle course with little stations where we have to answer supernatural trivia questions. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

As I’m nodding in contentment, my phone begins vibrating noisily on my desk, making the colored pencils dance. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I brought you a copy,” Barack said one day, sliding his memo across my desk with a smile. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, I walk over to the front desk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I scoured every item on that desk, and not just once. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

On the left was a desk, and at the desk sat a guard: “Barton Snode, Assistant Guard,” said a badge on his chest. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I waited a minute, then I kicked his desk hard enough to send his math book flying off the table and to the ground. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barris crosses to the other side of the desk and takes her hands in his, making sure she looks him in the eye before he speaks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Francie went to her desk, reasoning that a girl had placed one of her bouquets there for a moment. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pudge was hunched over crocheting a tablecloth under her desk. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I don’t respond, he growls and storms back and forth behind his desk. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Ampai slid off the desk and went to the door, checking that it was shut. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Mean what?” asks Andrew, his finger tapping my desk. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She stared blankly at the things that had once been her daily companions—the teacher’s desk, the stacks of paper, The Book of the City of Ember on its special shelf. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Moving stiffly, Fela got up from the desk, gathered up the book she’d been trying to read, and headed into Tomes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The teacup on the desk begins to shake. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Also in this room is a narrow cot covered with a worn feather duvet, and a small desk with a candle on it. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I ran around the desk and caught her as she jerked her hand out of the drawer. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he heard their retreating footsteps, he flew around the remaining desks until, oh, joy, he found one with a composition book that had Janice Avery’s name on it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Werner holds the field light in his mouth and gathers what he can: a small hammer, three jars of screws, eighteen- gauge line cord from a shattered desk lamp. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it would help,” I said, “if you scrunched under your desk and breathed quietly and evenly.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Above the desk, on a calendar, a smiling blond girl, in a baton twirler’s shiny blue suit with white boots to her knees, had her arms flung around the neck of a palomino horse. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The facts, as Hazel had observed them, were that Jack was not on the bus, was not at his desk, and was not at recess. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Robin turned and rummaged around some more in her desk drawers. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She scribbles her name on the clipboard on Ms. Kenney’s desk. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They’re all buzzing—mostly about the Patriots’ game yesterday—and it’s like the jar of jelly is moving because soon the swarm is in the back corner right next to my desk. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I walk over to the big desk at the center of the room. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As if to demonstrate his excitement, Mr. Curtain shot backward in his wheelchair at breakneck speed, screeching to a stop beside his desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I tiptoed up to the reception desk. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fished a little scrap of paper from her jeans pocket and put it on the desk. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I saw him put it on Henry’s desk.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

So I hid his flower in my desk and kept the other three on top. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Sit down,” Garland said as he opened his office door and pushed behind a large uncluttered desk. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Louisiana stopped beating the baton against the desk. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

There is a Merrimack Gazette spread open to cover the top of her desk so she won’t get mess on it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

In two large strides the Trunchbull was behind Eric's desk, and there she stood, a pillar of doom towering over the helpless boy. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I scrunched under the desk, I could feel immediately that the air there was kind of heavy and steamy, and that I was going to start sweating pretty quickly—which I did. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I lean forward and clutch the desk with one hand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is due to a small matter involving a desk and a chalkboard. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We sit all day at desks in school or at work, then sit around all night watching television. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He made his way to his desk, flipping open his laptop lid. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I set her mortuary tablets on the desk. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Disaster struck when I foolishly stubbed the tip of my nib into the top of the desk. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell leaned against her giant desk, reading to her fourth-grade class from a tattered copy of Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis welcomed her into his office and sat down behind a big desk. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The office was occupied by one man with a fringe of hair around his shiny head who was dozing with his feet up on a wooden desk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me? I didn’t hear you,” the desk agent says. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I sit in my seat, next to the desk Finch once sat in, and wait. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At three o’clock in the afternoon Lee was sitting at his desk, turning over the pages of a seed catalogue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The empty desk near the center of the room. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He left the pages on the desk under a glass paperweight; then opened the door in answer to a faint scratch. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He banged his desk, and said, “This requires action!” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mine started to seep through its container as early as the next morning, when M. Yoshoto dropped by at my desk with the envelopes of two new students. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

As he worked, he remembered the men he had trained: Keeler—Johnny—Owens—Lem...When he thought of Lem he stopped working and pounded his fist on the desk in helpless rage. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he had an overwhelming feeling of a kind of passion: for knowledge, for learning of all sorts—and for the children who sat that day at the small desks, as Gabe did. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Halfway to the desk, the girl stopped writing and stood up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had brightly colored crayons at their desks. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At his desk at home, he stacked the thousands of letters he’d received since his arrest. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He rose from his desk and crossed over to the corner- cupboard on the opposite side of the study. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went back up to the librarian at the lending desk. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Poppet removes her coat, leaving it draped over the back of the desk chair, and takes a closer look at the blueprints and sketches hanging from shelves and tacked to mirrors and paintings and windows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Coworkers got used to finding Mary standing quietly at their desks, enlisting them in her latest attempt to apply the engineer’s values of discipline, order, and progress to the social sphere. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Daniels smiles at me as soon as I turn the corner into the room and I half jump, half run over to his desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the lady at the front desk makes it clear that trainees don’t have access to classified files under any circumstance. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I stumbled quickly to my desk, slammed my laptop closed, and sat down so hard my desk chair rolled into my bed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

His father was waiting, seated behind the broad walnut desk. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had just sat down at the desk right behind me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Each of us could walk in, sit on his desk, and tell him how we thought something could be improved,” remembered Joe Hirschfelder, a chemist. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officer Mac was sitting at a desk filling out a form. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, work that! Right here at my desk, where I can keep an eye on you!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes, I see the stack of books on Caleb’s desk, and his shaking hands sliding along his legs after the aptitude test. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Eyebrows arched, the Brother looked through the pile of drawings on the desk. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the shelf of the rolltop desk, like a mantel under the grandparents’ photos, there were bowls of plastic tangerines and oranges, crepe-paper flowers, plastic vases, porcelain vases filled with sand and incense sticks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Watson stood up and opened a drawer in her desk. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We sign in for my appointment at the security desk. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the desk organizer for a moment, then lifted it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Prosper perched on Victor’s armchair and rifled through the drawers in his desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My wallet was on the desk in front of me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if he had meant that for us or the cop behind the desk. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the teacher’s desk, alone except for a small ring of twittering yellow birds circling her head, which she had clearly just conjured out of midair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Each bed had a small wardrobe and desk in addition to a trunk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I say nothing, just flip on my desk light so she doesn’t find me sitting in the dark, where I’ve been since he left. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Just a bed, a desk, and an empty trash can. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I throw it at the desk, barely registering as the point sinks into the wood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“This contest will include an immediate elimination factor,” announced Dr. Zinchenko from her swivel stool behind the central librarian’s desk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Nazi, go find some more Jews to gas,” Cliff shot back, but even as he said it he stood up and moved back toward his desk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Jamison’s pen scratched across a piece of paper, occasionally dipping back into the inkwell at the top of the desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain motioned for Reynie to sit across the desk from him, then set his large black book upon the desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tom Price tells me in math class senior year, leaning across my desk to look at them, first one and then the other. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Preston occupies the chair behind the desk while Miss Anderson sits in the chair in front of the desk. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

With roses in hand, taken from Dada’s garden, he’d stood in front of Ms. Bethune’s desk, his head bowed in shame. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Edwards leaned forward at his desk, breathing heavily. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I typed in the letter B, pushed the print button, and Catherine took my paper to the teacher’s desk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They'd probably hide under their desks and cuddle with their slide rules for comfort. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See? There’s the desk. There’s the bookshelves along the walls.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Luzan asked me, sitting placidly as always behind his metal office desk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed to the desk and took from a drawer a small package wrapped in black velvet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When the guard at the desk did her usual search, she pulled my flash cards out and jerked her head toward The Ancestors and Beacham. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so mad I want to throw my desk at her. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The station was empty except for a friendly policeman at the desk, who smiled and scratched his head throughout Father’s explanation. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

All the kids peer at their desks or out the window. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “Very well, Pi. Sit down. Next time you will ask permission before leaving your desk.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello sprinted to the center of the Rotunda Reading Room, leapt up, and somersaulted over the librarian’s desk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

My memo was on the lieutenant’s desk, and he was poring over it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she started rummaging in a desk drawer. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They upset a little china cupid who had hitherto stood alone on the desk except for the candlesticks. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He parked his car briskly at the door of the school, stalked boldly into the room, found a yardstick leaning against Miss Gunderson’s desk, and climbed hand-over-hand to the top. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The photographs that had covered the walls were now crammed into boxes on the desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mother had been devising a series of job aptitude tests, and the desk by her bed was piled with pamphlets and magazines on psychology. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry moved forward into the middle of the classroom, into the space that Moody had cleared of desks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I answered her phone one day when she was away from the desk, and Holmes said, “Is L.B. there?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angie is at the front desk, which is what I was hoping, wearing a navy blue pantsuit that makes her look ten years older. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

While the rest of the class turned back to their work, I climbed onto my desk and lifted away the ceiling tile next to the light. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She laughed and told her girlfriend at the next desk that my name was Junior. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She puts the scissors away in her desk drawer and opens a file on her computer’s desktop marked “Sunshine Buddies.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

At length, I just closed her envelope with care and placed it to one side of my desk, with the exciting plan to work on it that night, in my own time. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to leave my helpful hint in Betsy’s desk that morning too: Wear the low kind of socks, not the high ones. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the whole story I’m nothing but selfish, because I want her to go to her desk and find my gift to her. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I went running up to the front of the library, and there was Miss Franny Block, sitting on the floor behind her desk. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs again, Mr. Pomodoro unpacks a few things from one of the many boxes stacked by his desk. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Jake tapped one of the book heaps cluttering the work desk. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The shelf just over the desk emptied of its row of reference books and tables, as he referred to one after the other. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you think you’ll be able to return it to his desk?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bunched up the washing-line photos and put them on the desk. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He introduced himself as Mr. Mann, which caused a few giggles, then plopped himself at the desk and put in earbuds. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve been lost in thought, thinking about what these sessions with Kamal are actually supposed to achieve: am I really planning to rifle through his desk drawers if he happens to leave the room? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d go to my room, get out my pen and paper, sit at my little desk, and go after her arguments one by one. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His face flushed deep red and he put the pet carrier down on his desk as he raised his voice. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After the best lunch and recess I’ve had in a long time, Mr. Daniels waves me up to his desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I doffed my hat, stood a respectful distance from the desk, looked as unbookish as possible, and waited for the white patrons to be taken care of. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad whistled assembly when he wanted to find out who had been using his razors or who had spilled ink on his desk. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Collins smiles and picks up a thin piece of fabric from her desk and holds it up. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I took the letter away from her, beating her knuckles on the desk until she let go. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Set the candle down upon the desk,” he said. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A man was sitting with his feet up on a desk. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

When Mr. Stoker gets to my desk, he leans over and says, “Nice job. A 92. Again.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I crumple the note and drop it on Robby’s desk, a smile on my face. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kowalski and my father were sitting at two of the high school desks—which made the whole thing seem a little weirder than it needed to be. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wondered what Jesse had thought about after he’d stepped off the edge of his desk and dangled on the end of the rope. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The room held nothing but the desk, an office chair, and three bookcases. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ignatius quickly cleared the desk by brushing the magazine articles and Big Chief tablets smartly to the floor with one sweep of his paws. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sara, there’s a paper on my desk. Why don’t you read it out for everyone while I flip over these tikkis before they burn?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Keys are on the desk,” she said absently. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A large photograph of an elderly man in yachting costume attracted me, hung on the wall over his desk. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Harry asked, as Dumbledore joined him at the front of the desk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone stopped where they were at and commenced heading back to their desks, all ’cept for Johnny Wells, who screamed like a haint had got ahold of him and jumped right out the window! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stoker places a test on Levi’s desk and then on mine. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I curled in the cavernous leather chair and faced Doctor Gordon across an acre of highly polished desk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He went and sat down at his desk, put his feet up on it, next to a long, long tube. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She pushes a button on her desk phone. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Then, at eight, we’re promptly at our desks, and while our father works at the other end of the house, our mother teaches us. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Lena left the room as Grandpa took a seat behind his desk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I put the jackal mask and toga on Ms. Tannenbaum’s desk and search for paper and pen, but I don’t see any. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Since flowers were not allowed in the auditorium, they were delivered to the classrooms where the teachers placed them on the recipient’s desk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a quick drive to get there, and we sign in at a desk inside the admissions building. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I felt that at any moment I might start, my head on a pile of books at my desk, and find myself in a darkening room, alone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stood there for a moment longer, then went back to his desk and sat down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, I find Mrs. Newman eating at her desk. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Lavender put her pencils back into the rather damp pencil-box and returned it to its correct place on her own desk. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The redbeard slammed his fists on the desk and pushed himself up. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But for the most part, they ignore me, as long as I stay away from their desks. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The boy at the desk was dressed in a creamy velvet suit, a white rose in his buttonhole. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In January, when he stopped working at his carrel in the library, he set up his desk there deliberately, partly because the room soothed him, and partly because it was a place Shoba avoided. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We moved a big desk and behind that was a loom. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a few seconds to figure out the focus, but then I could see a man sitting at his desk, writing something. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Neither one of them thought about using the desk, and even if they had wanted to, Maya’s laundry was spread all over it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dad pushed him out of the way and rushed into the bedroom, where his first son was sleeping in a by now battered bassinet, on a desk once again covered with galley proofs. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel turned back around and focused on a small spot at the front of her desk and did not lift her eyes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I scan the room, trying to find a place to sit, and notice the tall file cabinets in the corner, the phone on the desk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t see any white folks, just all kinds of colored people, some rushing past bringing books in, some bringing books out, some working at the front desk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Since there were so many kids and not much room, four students shared a desk meant for one. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But it wasn't my unfortunate nasal structure that nearly turned me into a hermit the day I decided to build a home under my desk. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I sit at a table close to his desk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around, then scooted over to his desk, plopped down into his plush desk chair, and spun until I got sick of it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I bang my knees on the underside of the desk. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Lumpy was squeezed under Conner’s desk but came out to greet me when I stepped into the room with all my stuff and shut the door behind me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

With a stony face, Prosper emptied his bag onto the desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the knock came on her door she put the envelopes in a pigeonhole of her desk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got up from my desk and fell into bed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For the remainder of Prep I sat at my desk and did nothing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Calliope, in the second row, is motionless, her desk stalled somehow, so that she’s the only one who takes in the true extent of the metamorphoses around her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As King stood at the registration desk while reporters, cameramen and police looked on, a gaunt white man approached and said, “I’d like to see you a minute.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good. Sustenance,” he said, pushing aside a stack of newspapers to clear off the desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit at my desk and wait for the first bell. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Papa sat at his desk, calmly talking with a few soldiers. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I roll my pencil around on the desk. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Keeping her eyes on the floor, Lina went back to her desk and sat down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hornet bent over the desk with her friendliest smile. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then—I watched through the window—she went back to her desk, sat, put on her glasses, and looked at something a long way out from the library. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It attracted whatever refuse there was in the office, and whenever pens, eyeglasses, purses, or cigarette lighters were missing they could usually be found somewhere in her desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pictures on his desk of his family—all from years ago, when he was little. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I waddle back to my desk, tears welling up, wishing I really could be brave without a costume, wishing I really could chomp Edna to bits. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I look at Rosemary, who is standing behind the desk and speaking into the phone. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Is anything wrong?" he said, getting up hurriedly and coming around the desk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tossed the paper clip onto his desk blotter; now he stroked his beard some more. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain’s desk, a dull-polished, Spartan metal affair, was carefully organized with file boxes and short stacks of paper. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lets go of Ainsley’s desk and starts pacing back and forth at the front of the room. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I think we need something more than just a written report,” Jonah says, tapping his pencil on the plastic desk to some inner beat. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was for this reason that Lucas and I opted to help move desks out of the classrooms for summer cleaning. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I scanned my desk for the paper where I’d written his name. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He picked up a pencil from the desk, twirled it in his fingers, and gazed through the window. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

That Saturday, I sat at my desk with a stack of homework. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He grabs a water bottle off his desk and leaves us alone. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

After the door had closed Kate opened the right-hand drawer of her desk and took out a revolver with a short barrel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My favorite sketchbook is on the shelf above my desk now: a leather-bound planner that holds the almost-finished biography of the Prophet Muhammad. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

After he left, she showed me to my desk, which was at the end of the row of desks closest to the windows. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to my room and sat at my desk and opened my lexicon, but I didn’t look at it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As for Matilda, she continued to sit motionless at her desk. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He slammed his fist down on the computer desk so hard, it hurt. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I return to my desk and tear a sheet out of my journal. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lupin threw his last few books into his case, closed the desk drawers, and turned to look at Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I sat at my desk, looking for something to distract me, when I came across Abuelo’s box. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He'd brought them in from the balcony, where the nights were now growing ever colder, and he had even made them a house under his desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As a surprise, they’ve bought new furniture for me, including a tea table, a desk, armchairs and a divan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My Polish papers would not do, said the little German man from behind the desk, one finger pushing up his wire-rimmed glasses, because I had never provided proof of my birth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She asked us to sit down and pressed a button on her desk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I waved at the librarian, Ms. Spooner, who sat behind the front desk of an otherwise pretty dead building. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The forms sat on my desk for a week before Robin walked with me to the post office and watched me hand them to the postal worker. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Are you speaking to someone hiding in your desk?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Keep my hands on top of my desk. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner was he all set as the Mayor—post master— landlord—storekeeper, than he bought a desk like Mr. Hill or Mr. Galloway over in Maitland with one of those swing-around chairs to it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I shuffled up to the desk with concrete feet, to yet another pair of wire-rimmed glasses. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She sat at her desk and rubbed her face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She laid a long pin next to it on the desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Tacked to the wall over his desk is a tiny calendar showing the entire year, which is coming once again to a close. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once Snape had turned his back on them to write up the ingredients of today’s potion on the blackboard, Hermione hastily rifled through the magazine under the desk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When I returned to the office, the coil, which I had placed on the desk, was gone. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried back over to the desk, pulled open a different drawer and riffled through all the resident files looking for mine. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Diana grabbed the closest desk as everything in the room started to shake. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He followed her across the hall into the library which was in darkness, and waited by the door while she searched for the switch of a desk lamp. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His hand appeared on the desk in front of me—where I'd been staring. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jack leaned against the receptionist’s desk, waiting for them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He picks up a framed picture from his desk and looks at it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I ignored him, put the bottle away in the desk. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We all moved our desks out of the way and made a circle with our chairs. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

While outlining his schemes for future financial betterment, he signed the check and pushed it across his desk. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I just thought something fell out the window, a radio or a desk or something, not a boy or anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Or the portable typewriter now sitting on her desk, latched shut but all ready to go. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She looked down at the desk, her cheeks turning pink. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you search that room over there? I’ll go poke through his desk.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He sorted through an assortment of papers scattered across the desk. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Marcus slapped the back of my head as he passed, and threw a nickel on my desk. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His bed was made, and there was a new basketball poster above his desk, plus even more novels on his bookshelf. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s more of a closet with 3 huge filing cabinets, a desk, and an ancient computer. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

One boy, whose name I forget, had his head down on his desk. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be at his desk when McNaughton showed up in the morning; some days he didn’t quite make it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Once I came to and was surprised to see Jim in the bedroom with me, sitting at my desk watching me with something like concern on his face. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the front of my T-shirt way out and piled everything from inside my desk on it and carried it away. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went in feetfirst and was standing on Becca’s computer desk, half in the house and half out of it, when I asked her, “Can’t I just be lookout?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Our desks and chairs were stacked in the back of an open truck, our textbooks smoldering in a heap. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am—and my room is right up the hall from the desk. The night clerk’s a friend of mine. He don’t never sleep when he’s on duty. Nice fella.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slughorn heaved himself out of his armchair and carried his empty glass over to his desk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I leaned over the desk, my trembling finger finding Coalwood and then moving down the valley toward the river at Big Branch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Lacy’s telephone sat right there on her desk. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The desk above her moved just a fraction of an inch, sending a bunch of other things flying, and Frankie pulled her free. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

While I turn off the light and close the door, Mina unloads it, black and heavy-looking, setting it on the desk so the lens faces an empty wall. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Elsie and I take the two chairs in front of his desk. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At the end of class Fadi passed by Ms. Bethune’s desk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Cas pulled harder on the desk, lost her grip, and fell backwards. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was late the next afternoon, a Sunday, and I’d been at my desk nearly all day reading the Parmenides. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She started gathering the papers on her desk. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And still I sit at this desk laying my words like jigsaw pieces, a fellow with ladies in housecoats and old men in slippers who watch TV. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was only a bed and a desk in the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Old filing cabinets divided the room into several small cubicles, in each of which was a desk painted with a peculiar orange varnish. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to slap the desk, slap, maybe, even Miss Garcia’s face. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

After a time, Dr. Trefusis shrugged, went to the desk, and drew forth the text, and, he having set it before me, we began to read of the plebian revolution in Rome. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What is your name?” he asked, looking at the list of names on his desk. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Three dead men in uniforms sat slumped over their desks; each had a loaded rifle next to him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Gaylyn sat behind her desk, a simple thing with a laptop on it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pull myself closer to the screen on my desk. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Leroy perched himself on the edge of a desk at the front of the room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She stood outside nerving herself for the ordeal, knowing her desk would be the only one without flowers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my arms across my desk and lay my head down. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just, here, just put X’s where they’re sitting,” and he ripped a sheet of paper out of his notebook and drew a square for each desk. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Our teacher perches on the edge of her desk in her bright batik pants, careful not to upset the stack of fantasy novels on the corner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The coolest part about the hotel was that we could just dial the front desk on the phone, order any food we wanted, and in a few minutes they’d bring it up to us. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes darted off screen, then back to the camera as he drummed his fingers on the desk, his face expressionless. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Unhooking the Mameluke sword, Bull threw it on the desk in front of Captain Bledsoe who was the junior officer on duty with Bull. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

St. George made him take it all out and put it on the desk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile she remained slumped sideways in her desk, her legs with the blue knee socks shoved out, revealing the worn heels of her shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Robinson, at center, is being wrestled away from the registration desk by bystanders, while the woman at left tries to avoid the altercation and King ducks. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down behind her desk and motioned for me to sit. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

We sat down on a cramped Victorian sofa, as far from the desk as possible. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She walked over to her desk and picked up a yellow piece of paper. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the way back to his desk, he slapped hands with one of the black shirts. he said, laughing. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He pushed the barn door open and walked over to a box on the desk in there marked outbox. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She bent forward and neatened a stack of papers on the desk. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The four men were seated in folding chairs near the Greyhound ticket desk. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

From behind the desk, he gazes at me coolly from that position of authority. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he found me alone; when he did not he would sit stiffly in my desk chair and pretend, Henrylike, to examine my Greek books until even dimwit Tracy got the hint and left. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the girl was gone Kate rested her arms and hands on the desk so that each crooked finger was supported. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chess blinked, trying to make out the familiar furniture of the Boring Room: the desk, the chair, the bookshelves. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If that happened, the captain and the sergeant would have little choice but to take him off desk duty and put him back on patrol again—with a glowing commendation for his file. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her red index finger taps the desk; her forehead shines with sweat. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

There her eye was caught by a sparkle on the floor by the desk, and she found the glass paperweight, and after that the remaining sheet of the note on the desk. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Quisling looked down to read aloud from his textbook, Emily eased the note from under the desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After the game, Bridge bought two Kit Kats, one of which she dropped on her father’s desk at the Bean Bar on her way home. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Corso sat at the desk, his legs open wide, straddling the entire thing, as if his crotch was the mouth of a giant whale, and had his arms crossed across his chest. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Say someone or other finished a manuscript every minute; in five minutes that would be five manuscripts stacked on the Fiction Editor's desk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Not at all,” he replied ambiguously, reaching for a pair of crutches which leaned against the desk. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tapped at the package sitting on his desk. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

One of them locked herself in the pantry-storeroom, where she had cleared off a shelf for a desk among the food. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give him back, give him back, give him back to me!” while kicking the metal desk. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

You would have looked at the wall over his desk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Finding no words to ask him more about it, I slipped the link over my knuckles and struck it sharply against the desk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day before her episode on me and Fig, I sat at my desk, the family laptop opened to her YouTube channel home page. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She finishes Scott-Moncrieff’s English translation within days, reading it at her desk in the department, and in her carrel in the library. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The kid next to me—his name is Levi, according to the paper on his desk—turns his head real quick like I’ve scared him. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he passed Linda’s desk, he dropped the pencil and squatted down to get it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet after only two years behind a desk, the call of the wild beckoned him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Word about their location is already flying around Washington, and bundles of congratulatory messages and flowers soon flood the desk and bedroom. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe a family photo sat on his desk. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When he reached Miami for his connecting flight to Port-au-Prince, however, the sign above the check-in desk read canceled. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When he called recess, he followed us out the door with his desk chair, set it by the door, then ate his lunch. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a ‘person-counter’ by the ticket desk registering the daily numbers. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his right hand went behind the desk and pulled another coin from his pocket, and the coin rolled back and forth over the knuckles. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A massive desk—covered with documents, an inkpot and pen neatly placed in one corner—takes up most of the room. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He picked up a brown clipboard from a desk and popped the fastener up and down while he tried to decide what to do with us. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped off one of my earrings and laid it on her desk. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He reached across the desk and we shook hands. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The wall behind the principal’s desk was covered with photographs of a tall slender man with fluid, long muscles and sandy hair frozen into graceful poses while participating in a variety of sports. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Headmaster was sitting behind the desk holding my Stripe in his fingers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat sideways, one arm resting on the desk behind him. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need one sign for the admission desk and one for the refreshment stand.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Z worked on sliding Kaitlin through the space under one of the wedged desks into the hall. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I followed the guard into the back, all eyes on me, where I found a man with red kinky hair and a wide nose sitting at a low desk. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I go to his desk and wipe my hands against the rough cloth of my dress, trying to leave no trace of sweat, trying to memorize the pattern of papers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The front desk was tall enough so you could lean on it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Lupita and Salvador followed him in to a small room behind the kitchen where he sat down at a desk and looked at them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Quickly, quickly: you go to your room and grab a five- dollar bill, the only cash you have at the moment, from your desk drawer. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When a worker at last called her name, Ann walked over to a large desk where a white woman hunched over a stack of papers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I reached the edge of the desk and stood for a moment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on the edge of the polished desk liking the way it felt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bogert was waiting for her and looked expectant as she dropped the recording spool with a clang upon the plastic of the desk. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

So close, I could feel suicide girl hiding under my bed, and Stan crouching in the corner beside my desk, blood puddling at his feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But Lara just nods and takes a seat in front of the desk. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I folded it and placed it underneath my desk. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Leroy jumped off the desk and started pacing along the front of the room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ms. Tannenbaum closes our classroom door and motions us to gather near her desk. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I pushed the desk out of my way and ran out of the classroom. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My rump bangs into people’s desks and knocks their books to the floor. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“No, you don’t. Go to the shelf beside the desk and bring me the Bible.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But when I step up to the reservation desk, ready to haggle over this booking mistake, it is confirmed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before we went to bed that night, Celina Aunty called me into the schoolroom and motioned me toward one of the empty desks. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His Greek books were spread out on the desk; a cigarette burned in a full ashtray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Behind the security desk sat a tough- looking guard with sunglasses and an earpiece. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped up, ran to her desk, and brought the brown envelopes to the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even look at me before she marched back up to the front of the room and dropped that paper on her desk like it was a hot potato. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At our new place, I have Dad’s old bedroom furniture from when he was a kid—a bed, a desk, and a bookshelf, all made out of the same dark wood. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His exact words: “It’s on my desk, Cynthia. You can’t miss it.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I have to turn sideways as I pass a big chest of drawers and a desk. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the crowd, she could see her mother at the front of the line pleading with the desk sergeant, who looked overwhelmed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Matilda, sitting motionless at her desk in the second row, was watching things very closely. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She reached into the muddle of papers on her desk and found a scrap on which someone had written with a green pen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cross the room and turn to look at my desk. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then she borrowed a nicely sharpened pencil from the blue mason jar on the librarian’s desk. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The abbot leaned over his heavy desk, blinking past all the candles. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He took home substantial prizes: a new encyclopedia to replace the outdated one, a new writing desk, a cash prize, a savings bond. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bed was gone, the dresser gone, the desk and books and game consoles. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There must have been a small refrigerator behind his desk, because the man in the cowboy hat produced two more cans of soda. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The Gold-Bug perched on the edge of James’s desk with an origami frog peeking from the pages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The entirety of its furniture was a small bed, a wardrobe, and a rolltop desk. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now picture me knocking over my desk chair and tripping over the pile of clothes on the floor. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We are standing in front of her desk. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shuffles several papers into a neat pile on the desk. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was out of luck on the boys’ side, so he turned toward the desk all the way in the back of the class, behind Yvonne. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Having not yet entered this particular room, she first noticed the huge desk cluttered with books and papers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as she left I pulled an old photograph of me out of my jeans and set it on my desk. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack leaned against the receptionist’s desk, waiting for them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He stands on top of the teacher’s desk and bellows, “Who is Enrique?” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I stood up and slammed the chair against the desk. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So get your pencils sharpened and your desk in order. School begins at nine o’clock.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he stepped back to lean against his desk, the two women again followed him and stood closely on either side, watching him with alert expressions, as if worried what he might do. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Look in the drawer there," he said, pointing at the desk. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The desks and chairs were made of iron and painted orange. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annoyed, Harry uncorked the poison he had taken from Slughorn’s desk, which was a garish shade of pink, tipped it into his cauldron, and lit a fire underneath it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The small golden clock standing upon Slughorn’s desk chimed eleven o’clock behind him and he looked around. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In the previous decade he had been let go from jobs at Harvard and the National Forest Service and eventually, for want of a better place to stick him, given a desk at the U.S. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She coughs on the cover before dropping the book onto my desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her desk was positioned just so she could almost see out the door. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We were eating a lunch of ordered-in sandwiches at his desk, grilled Reubens, com chips, pickles, hot coffee, fried honey cakes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly make my way to his desk. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I kicked the metal front of Ali’s olive-green desk so hard that I left a dent in it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She must have seen the expression on my face, because she waved me to come to the other side of her desk. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I pulled out the headphones, and put them away in the desk drawer. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Heggarty is sitting at a desk near a glowing fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled a pencil from the desk drawer. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The papers on my desk flew across the room. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting at my desk beneath the taped-up posters of my rock gods, holding that list in my hand, I started to see things a lot clearer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Gold-Bug perched on the edge of James’s desk with an origami frog peeking from the pages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Heggarty takes Dad’s name and turns the pages of a big book on his desk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Upon this net lay a jumble of artifacts—desks, chairs, metal bunk-bed frames, clothing, tables, books, shoes, even a sink basin. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Chantal and I sit at a desk while the woman pulls out a folder from a file. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Yet where twin cots should have been, there was now just a long oak desk and tufted leather chairs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I go to the director, who is sitting behind his desk wearing the inevitable wire-rimmed glasses. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After a couple of seconds, Oliver drapes himself over his desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They were in a drawer of the desk in the living room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later the short quiz is over, and the teacher grades them at her desk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Soon after the accident, Stephanie, the older of the girls, had begun to play World ofWarcraft, using her father’s account and his computer and desk, peering into his hefty NEC monitor. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then, as I entered Dr. Nkrumah’s long office, he came out from behind his desk at the far end. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought her eyes close to the surface of her desk and examined the patterned grain of the wood. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went out and Kat got off the desk. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The security guard’s desk was a raised podium, so we had to look up at him. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Slughorn pulled himself out of his armchair and carried his empty glass over to his desk as the boys filed out. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I drummed with my fingers on the desk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He closed my folder and put it on the desk. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She set the instructions back on the desk and turned her face to the radiators, which by now were putting out so much heat that they were probably giving her a tan. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She took a thin manuscript from her desk drawer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dashing tears from her eyes, she pulled the carved cylindrical lid over the desk, hiding her writing instruments. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He reached under the librarian’s desk and pulled outa purple flower-petal swim cap, which he tugged down snugly over his curly white hair. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The detention aide got up from her desk and sternly warned us, “Mr. McClaren and Miss Gaither,” to be on our best behavior while she left the room for a few minutes. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

From behind his desk, he frowns at me, and I suddenly wonder if he’s going to blame me like I blame myself. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her keys and phone were sitting on her desk. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Finally,” Dylan says, turning away from my desk, where he was playing The Sims. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I slide them on, and the relief makes me exhale as I sit at my desk. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then he let her rummage through his desk drawers, rearranging them however she liked. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he didn’t have a choice, there was a pile of contracts on his desk that had to be ready for Monday. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The ground-level lobby was an open space with gray walls, stone floors, and a uniformed security guard standing behind a desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A boring place for a mouse, Ralph decided, until he discovered something interesting on a bottom shelf behind a big desk. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Long after he’d folded the money and the letter into an envelope, Milkman sat on at his father’s desk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Natalie was moving briskly toward her mother’s desk, a piece of furniture so vast and shiny that it seemed like it might have its own gravitational pull. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Ram’s really smart, but you must know that, huh?” he says, right before he turns the corner to head back to the front desk. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I touched the small lamp on the desk. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Someone came out of the door behind the desk: a short, thin man with closely cropped hair. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before chemistry class started, Miss Riley called me to her desk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was rocking on the leather swivel chair behind his desk, read­ing a newspaper. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She went to her desk and slipped out a sheet of paper. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a bottle of whisky out of his desk, offered me a drink. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are two women at a desk, one fat, one thin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She looked into Mr. Williams’s room to see Jack’s desk was still empty. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He shook his head, then walked over to his desk. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

A number of us complained about the desks, and Kathy was the most vociferous. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One person had complained that an architectural print above the desk had a visible speck of dust under the glass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, she took the messages and stowed them in her desk drawer. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"And don't forget, madam, that we are dealing here with a little viper who put a stink-bomb under my desk..." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry Rowen sat at his desk, fielding call after call about Rand’s possible connection to the leak. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He lowered himself into a chair beside Truman’s desk and got right to the point. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you dug your fingernail into the desk hard enough, you could leave a mark in the waxy varnish. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She took the three hoarded office telephone books out of some recess in her desk and, studying the pages with a magnifying glass, gave them a number. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sets the reproduction back on the desk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then she found a roll of sticky tape, and she tore off several strips of tape and hung them in a row on the edge of the desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piano Fingers takes out another sheet from under his desk and shows Apa the list. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I enter a small room with a heavy desk, a yellow light shining sickishly on the dark green walls. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone else has gone from the classroom, but I’m pretending to look for pencils in my desk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Bud pointed at the papers on his desk. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night before, he hadn’t come home until 8:30, and went right down to his computer in the basement, at the desk strewn with computer discs, and started working again. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes on the arm of the desk, tracing circles into it with his thumb and pointer finger. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The captain closes his office door, sets the bag atop his desk, and pulls his blinds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He moves back to his desk in the corner, and I step closer to my borrowed easel. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She reached under her desk and pulled out a thick, thick book called The Pictorial History of the War Between the States. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I went to the room where he slept, but he was not there; then I went through the dark hall to my old office and threw myself into my desk chair, exhausted. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would come lumbering into the classroom and sit down at his desk and glare at the class. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her name's Paula. Her husband is at this moment sitting all by himself in his box under my desk and is worried sick.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The visitors sat on a couch and chairs, and the general settled behind his desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top of the glass was his desk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was his desk, and above it a painting of his favorite ship, the Unicorn. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gaston was in the station alone, eating boiled peanuts at his desk, when Brother Gerald and I came through the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bradbrook came over to my desk and peered at the book. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Terryl sat at her desk in the small offices of the community services victim’s advocate program located in the Orange County courthouse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ignoring him, Frankie reached over and picked up another piece of paper from the desk. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then, at snack time, I started ice-skating with my fingers on the top of the desk we shared. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I slid them under doors, put them on desks, even left one on the hood of a car. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn't see the front desk from where I was and I didn't dare look around the comer to see exactly what was happening. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He walked to a storage closet near his desk, its walls lined with shelves and file cabinets. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She was working at her bench, with dozens of photographs strewn around her, and a book full of notes and equations on her desk. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then he opened his eyes and stared down at the closed Talmud on the desk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She kept her grip, barely, as it jolted to a stop, but other desks around it were moving, and the cabinet above started to tilt. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A man teacher, who looks mean as can be, sits at a desk in front while we sit in desks in a classroom not saying a word. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A gigantic metal Bayside Press emblem hung behind the stark wall of a receptionist’s desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I turned the knob and went into this large square room with bookshelves and easy chairs and the gigantic desk topped in red leather straddling the far corner. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lina got up from the cramped desk and went to the window. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A sheaf of foolscap from her father’s office was before her, the desk light threw down its comforting yellow patch, the fountain pen was in her hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I had to work in Sonny’s Shop. You know my old man makes me dress up like this when I’m behind the desk.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back corner he’d crammed a small desk, facing the wall. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She makes sure the blackout curtains are fully closed before turning on the lamp at Mr. de Vries's desk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The two bows and a sheath of arrows Gale rescued on the night of the firebombing lie on the desk. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Miller was at her desk finishing her notes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My heart jumped up into my throat, my fingers curling against the desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He scrambles from beneath the desk and stands to pull them up, but his head throbs so intensely, he stumbles. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I take slow sips and look around Uncle Carlos’s desk to avoid the curious eyes of the officers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A fist-sized chunk of rock sat on my desk without any explanation. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It is pleasant to picture the scene: two hard-drinking alpha males in serious trilbies smacking a big desk and barking at each other over the niceties of punctuation. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

General Good Times, the stuffed lemur, sat in the leather desk chair. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

At first, Joseph thought the panelled office was empty, but then he saw someone standing by the gothic windows, on the other side of a massive desk. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The students’ desks were arranged in five tables of four. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker, who had somehow gotten up onto her desk, looked at me, then at the cream puff, and then back at me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The teacher sat meekly behind his desk, a spectator stripped of the desire or power to make them behave. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it isn’t even his: maybe he found it at the gym and meant to hand it in at the desk and he forgot? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the lizard that darted in and out of the rock den inside the cage next to his desk. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He sat down at the desk, wrote something out on a piece of paper, and sealed it up. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up and came around the desk to sit next to me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson leaned forward across his desk to take it, acting surprised. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie looked at the money in her lock box and the page of calculations on her desk. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Adam moved the slats of the blind so that the late afternoon sun would not shine in his eyes, and he gazed down at the harsh parallel lines the sun threw on his desk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reach over and pick it up, but as I hand it back to him, I see scribbles on a sheet of notebook paper on his desk, skulls and bones and guns all over it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The man stands just inches away from Max, separated only by a thin piece of plywood beneath the desk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Summer pulled the rolling chair up to the giant bulletin board in back of Ximena’s desk, which was completely covered with tiny photos and pictures and quotes and sayings. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

My eyes move up to the walls behind the desk, scanning diplomas and certificates. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The man at the desk told her she could sign up again and get back in the waiting line, but she decided against it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not only did I work all day at a desk in Louis’s cluttered office, but I moved into one of the museum staff flats. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

One day, as we were leaving for home, he had called out to the chart sergeant at his desk, “Salaam aleikum”—the phrase with which Black Muslims were always greeting each other solemnly. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quickness of the responses kept Brother Leon busy at his desk, head bent, pencil furiously scribbling. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc went to the labeling desk and wrote a note to Red Williams at the gas station, authorizing the issue of ten gallons of gasoline to Mack. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using the pointer like a gentleman’s walking cane, Mr. Larson picked his way through the clutter back to his desk. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Guo Ming, director of the China National Space Administration, examined the daunting pile of paperwork at his desk. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex followed her through another door and into a bare square room with a chair and a desk and, on the desk, the first Stormbreaker he had ever seen. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Miles gave Cliff the finger and laid his head down on the desk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mr Joseph Hooper moved his hand towards the small, left-side drawer in the desk, underneath the drawer where sealing wax had always been kept. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I watch with dread as Bradley drags his chair over to my desk. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He came up with some scattered coins and went to work on the desk, where he found a few more. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deciding to keep niceties to a minimum, I walked to his desk and handed him the book. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry to hear that,” Mr. Gonzalez said and put the coat into an old metal locker in which Ignatius saw a bag like the two beside the old woman’s desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat across from us, tapped his desk with his fingers, and used the word “adoption” for the first time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped over to the desk and closed his briefcase. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wrote it down in a sealed personal letter he left on your desk.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He used his hands constantly as he talked, and when he did not talk his fingers drummed on his desk or on the open Talmud in front of him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Back at my desk, I line the pills up one by one by one, like a little blue army. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I put an arm around Charlie and moved her behind me as Tucker, Miles, and I moved to search through the papers on the desk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Lying on the floor, I looked up to see Esther sitting behind her desk, smiling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But today he kept looking up from Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole to stare at the empty desks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain had perfect control of his chair, however, and as he raced down the rows he expertly dodged the children’s feet and the sharp corners of their desks, smiling as he went. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped next to Park's desk and leaned in casually with his hand on the back of Park's chair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“You take most kids,” he said, “if they know the answer, why, they hold up their hands, and if they don’t know they just crawl under the desk. Know what we’re going to do?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hit the intercom button on her desk phone and said, “Sam, can you come up here a minute?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine pointed to a desk and said, “Sit,” so I squeezed into it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I was leaving the classroom when he called me up to his desk. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Stella thought she saw a hint of a smile cross the teacher’s lips as they scooted past her to their desks. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Leader stretched, and sipped from the glass of water on his desk. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Meggie thought of the house they had left in such a hurry, and her room there, and school, where her desk would have been empty today. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A school picture of Joon when he was seven hangs above his desk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Prapan put his hands on his desk and stretched this spine left, then right. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In the copy of Les Miserables that he kept in the upper right drawer of his desk, he had underlined many passages. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We went into the restaurant, passed Madame Lavigne at the desk and into a little room. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I climbed out of the rig, collected my things, and returned the rented gear at the front desk. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He moved a chair underneath the poster of the Accademia Museum behind Barbarossa's desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I packed up my desk and said good-bye to friends, a chapter of my life closed that day. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit, sit,” Leon said, and took his place behind the desk. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Betsy was already sitting at her desk early, so I couldn’t. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Baffled by the word "court," the lawyer set the envelope on the desk and found his way out of Sunset Towers. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby comes over and kneels and rests her chin on my desk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty strange to be sitting across from someone over a pile of shattered desk pieces. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Alice called down to the front desk and asked them to ignore our maid service for now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We waited for Mr. Lias at the drug store because Cold Sassy’s post office was in there, a big pigeonhole desk over where the telephone central switchboard used to be. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Bangs came twice a day, Hannah sat up at night, Meg kept a telegram in her desk all ready to send off at any minute, and Jo never stirred from Beth’s side. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petty Officer Powell kept an immaculate desk—a calendar blotter, twin upright pen stands, a nearly full ashtray, a telephone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We watched her sit down in class and pull from her canvas bag a blue and yellow ruffled curtain that she draped over three sides of her desk. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell had called four rows of students, and the room was filled with the sounds of zippers and backpacks being dropped onto wooden desks. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She slipped out of the desk and left the room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve dropped some paper clips on the floor and I’m crouching under a desk to pick them up slowly. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he says, his gaze on the desk, on my hand resting there. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She slaps a thick folder down on the desk and turns halfway to face Alex and June, out of breath. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This is what I was thinking when Mr. Inkberrow whacked my desk with his meter rule. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But she walks in anyway, and pushes my backpack off my desk chair. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

On the corner of his desk were two stacks of papers that he still had to transcribe into his border control notebook before he could leave for the evening. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There was a large wooden desk on the far side of the room, strewn with papers and more pictures in frames. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Guess what was off his wall and leaning up against his desk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The man laughed, and as he stepped around the desk I saw he wore a long knife in addition to his sword. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His classroom fell silent when he opened the door, and no one, including the teacher, said a word as he made his way back to his desk. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

On one of the desks, someone has stacked brochures for subdivisions into a singlestory house of cards. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Boys pushed their neighbors out of whatever desks they chose while Mr. Mwila looked on at the whole spectacle, nodding to himself. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I had a lunch sent up,” he says when I sit down in front of his desk. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My books were on my desk and I reached for them and knocked them to the floor. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another graduate student was sitting across the room at his desk. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aileen sat at an antique desk looking over the hills of Santa Barbara and out to the Pacific Ocean. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I take my new pot out of its bag and set it on my desk. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Moody swept the dead spider off the desk onto the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She walks over and lays it on the desk. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I want to point out, for the record, that it was members of the school board who were up on Mrs. Baker’s desk first. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Sister,” David said, and went and sat back down at his desk. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I pull my face away from Jamie and it literally hurts so much I have to grip the desk to keep from falling over. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then he glanced back at his own small, rickety desk and stiff, uncomfortable chair. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She put her head down on her desk and wished she were invisible. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Night after night, she sat at her desk, hoping to polish off some quick, noncommittal little speech. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I push all the books and papers and to-do lists off my desk, everything clattering loudly to the ground. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Each tiresome new thriller includes a scene in which the hero, trapped by some version of the enemy, runs for his desk in a desperate race against time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Inside had been a lot of people, some of them at their desks, some walking about and chatting. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home I line Jason’s blank cards on my desk, ready to draw. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until a young woman at the front desk said, “Can I help you?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a piece of paper from his desk and handed it to Deborah. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Among the little spherical formations of lint under the desk a piece of cardboard had been wedged under one corner to make the desk level. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The receptionist is half-seated on the edge of the principal's desk, one hand cupping a cheek, elbow propped up by the other hand. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He took a thin fold of bills from the top drawer of his desk, licked his finger, and peeled several off. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She quietly spreads the cards out in a long line across the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had moved his desk and was sitting outside the circle, far away from Amari. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She put an elbow on her desk and cradled her head in her palm. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Additional copies have been filed elsewhere for posterity and safekeeping, as the desk copies often meet such gruesome fates while Chandresh agonizes over every word. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I look both ways, dash into the room, and head straight for the teacher’s desk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The wings that could spirit us away were hidden in the master’s desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Macon unlocked his door, walked over to his desk, and settled himself behind it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

On each desk are scissors and orange, yellow, red paper. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I took my denim bag from where I had hidden it under his bed, and sat down at his desk to write the letter, using one of his large sheets of paper with my pen. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I point at all the art books and magazines stacked on my desk. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He stands, just like a cop on TV, and walks around his desk until he’s looming over me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She all but threw her hand-me-down messenger bag toward the desk, its contents spilling everywhere. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Conner stood abruptly and crossed over to his desk, a more comfortable distance away. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

What was a bit more shocking was the ghost of a man seated behind the desk, deeply engrossed in some business only he could know. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t pay much attention to what he says, but when he walks back to his seat, I see he’s got a baseball glove under his desk. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie watches the TV screens in a bar area behind the reception desk. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And I wondered why Papa could not open Jajas door when he tried earlier; the desk was not that heavy. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tacked to his desk was another sign that said SR. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there in front, her eyes saying, “OK, friends, here I am,” in answer to their openmouthed stares while Mrs. Myers fluttered about trying to figure where to put the extra desk. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He opened a door off the hallway and led us through a wrecked office where people lay sleeping on the floor and under desks. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He noticed with interest that the old woman was beginning to nod at her desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched out its legs rigidly, then did a back flip, breaking the thread and landing on the desk, where it began to cartwheel in circles. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She stacked these things on the chairs and desk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked to the desk and said, “Hi, we're wondering about the Archduke.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Kendra claimed the other one while Grandpa settled in behind his desk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But empty desks reminded me again that my friends were dead. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I certainly did,” said Snape, his face contorted with fury as he strode back to his desk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sandra is sitting next to me, peeling an old student council vote sticker off her desk with precision, lifting this end, then that corner, making her way around the edges carefully. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It was fashioned from beautifully carved wood, lying on its side near the edge of Father Olufemi’s desk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The dog immediately pushes his way back under the desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I approached the desk, making more noise than necessary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The commander sat on the edge of a desk in front of her. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Otto Hahn, the man who had discovered fission, was found sitting at a desk in his office, a packed suitcase beside him. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson nods, propping up a hip on the corner of the desk. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But Rose pulls her desk close to my chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I looked at the seating chart on the blackboard and went straight to my desk. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returns Helmuth's paper to the stack and sets the stack on his desk. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just long enough to hand out report cards and clean out desks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

On his desk, he kept a Bible, some folded paper crafts, and a television he had purchased with money he’d earned at Free Venture. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I will not let you do this to me,” Chandresh says, picking up the brandy bottle from the desk and brandishing it in front of him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I folded my hands together on top of my desk and nodded toward my bedroom door, hoping Miss Smarty-Pants could take a hint. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As the desks started to fill up, I did notice that no one sat down next to me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He set his copy of The Landry News in the center of his desk blotter. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He looks over one of the forms I filled out earlier for the paralegal and gets a yellow legal pad out of his desk drawer. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now he walked forward and sat down behind the desk. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Put the phone on my desk, and complete your assignment. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On TV, there was a video loop of a school officer pulling a girl from her desk, slamming, dragging her across the floor. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The teacher smiles and goes to sit behind her desk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hoovers fattened dossier on Oppenheimer eventually landed on Eisenhower’s desk, with Strauss near at hand to interpret. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was all Emma could do not to run over and throw her arms around the desk, because it was finally something familiar, something she recognized. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he rapped his gavel on his desk and left the courtroom. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

As a way to welcome me to the classroom, she asked the students to make new name tags for our desks. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She grabs a remote from the nightstand and points it at the speakers attached to her computer on the desk. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Chubs asked, tapping his fingers against the desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Two days later, when Don Walter sees the article in the paper, he clips it out and posts it above his desk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sean spun in my desk chair while I slumped on the edge of my bed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Three rows with seven desks each is twenty-one. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He had to steady himself by holding on to Ms. Morales’s desk. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t at the lending desk so I left my suitcase with the white lady there. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He dumps the counters out on the top of his desk and begins to turn them over. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And late Friday afternoon, one copy of The Landry News ended up on the desk of Dr. Philip K. Barnes, Principal. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches under the desk and takes out a book. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Inside, after adjusting to the diminished light, they stare at a desk with an inkwell at its top, a soot-stained fireplace, a washtub, a short, narrow bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A beleaguered sprite was sheltering behind her ticket desk, besieged by angry gremlins. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He turned to the papers on his desk and began working. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped the note on her desk and raised her hands, waited for the class to quiet down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And then she took me over to the security desk, where I waited until she went back up the elevator and, after about five minutes, came back down again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

After a while I got up and went to my desk, but I couldn’t work, either. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sort of paused, then reached into his backpack and pulled a book up onto his desk. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Every morning when Ellsberg walked into his little office in the Pentagon, there were tall stacks of documents waiting on his desk. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We passed the reception desk and no one even looked at us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He tidies up a pile of papers on his desk, takes a seat, and starts class. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

His whole long belly overhung Cammy’s desk; he had his arms spread and bent, his fingers on her blotter. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Totally got me,” I say, grabbing a towel off my desk chair. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Every teacher has family pictures on his or her desk. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

An enormous man with a huge head and neck, and massive shoulders, sat behind the desk. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I had come across them and the notes while looking for some writing paper in her desk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Isobel folded the letters and put them in the desk drawer. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He himself sat down behind his desk and fixed me with a penetrating but not unkindly eye. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Messengers in question leaped from their desks, hastily gathering their things. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I got a magnifying glass out of my desk drawer. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He goes to his desk and takes a gulp from he travel coffee mug sitting there. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She stood up and walked around the desk to the other set of doors. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A handful of students gather around her desk, searching for more information. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Will we be tested on this?” asked a boy slumped in his desk in the far row next to the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I walked slowly to her desk, expecting to be lectured; but my heart quickened when I saw her go to the corner and select a long, green, limber switch and come toward me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Scalapino took the jar and placed it on top of a desk in the middle of the classroom so everyone could see it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy, who’ll drink up the attention any girl gives him, gave a halfsmile and glanced down at the paper on his desk. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

James pushed back a curtain concealing a closet filled with a desk and computers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She read what Mr. Guareschi had written and slowly placed the letter in the top drawer of her desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She kicked the bed, kicked the chair, kicked the desk, and elbowed past the disapproving secretary. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the glasses off and set them on the desk. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pong leaned over the desk and tried to make some sense of what he was looking at. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I sit, stand, sit, stand, sit and wipe down my desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

All afternoon at her desk, Liyana felt lifted up by the glint of her secret. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He leans over his desk, tears a piece of paper in half, and writes it down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sandy turned to a fresh page, propped his feet on the judge's desk, and began to read the data supplied by the private investigator on Otis Amber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to be useful, too, but I could feel my attention drifting upstairs, to Clancy’s desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I hurried every day after school to my desk to pore over my rocket book. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no sign, no movement, the face did not change, but the secret hand behind the desk missed in its precision. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet and circled the desk, walking away from me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl sat at a small desk at the junction, handing out flyers. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, I’m perched on a drum stool in Evas bedroom while Abby tucks into the desk chair, arms wrapped around her knees. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I felt guilty because my future desk would ruin her sewing area. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I whisper to myself, throwing my pencil down on the desk. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As I was leaving, the guard at the front desk asked me if I had made any progress. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This morning he had placed a flower in a vase on his desk, a single scarlet hibiscus, and the vase sat beside the black velvet-lined pearl tray in front of him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab the spiral notebook off of my desk. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He picks up a folder, taps it against the desk, sticks it on top of a short stack of files. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

We called them out from our desks in the order in which we happened to be sitting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’s asleep at her desk, and Darrell and a bunch of other kids shout and laugh over by the window, playing videos on their phones and filming themselves, too. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The office was just an office—certificates framed on the walls, books on a bookshelf, computer humming on the desk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The next day in science, Mr. Levy gives us some free time at the end of class, and after rubbing my hands together really hard, I make my way up to his desk. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Pull two desks together and please tap on the religion folder on your screen.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She dashed into the county courthouse building and found Leon Longbridge working at his desk. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Keeney was already at his desk, reading another paperback science fiction book. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He went to his desk, pretending not to be interested in the newchild. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

"This is what we've lost," said the woman as she pushed the photograph across the desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he rushed out of the door, Candice quickly ran to Ms. McMillian’s desk to look for something to break the glass. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After several hours the commandant’s assistant calls him in and sets down his ballpoint and looks across his desk as though Werner is one among a vast series of trivial problems he must put right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Gripping the edge of Colonel Cathcart’s desk with both hands, he lifted his flaccid haunches far back on the corner to sit with both short legs dangling freely. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had a favorite stick that hung on the wall behind his desk. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could you push me behind the desk again? I am still having trouble steering.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The governor sits down on the edge of his desk and gives me a befriending smile. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning back to my desk I sat facing the map now as Brother Tarp appeared. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

While his mother was out delivering pies, Wash copied the address from her desk drawer and headed out along the highway toward Tyler. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she does, and we all leap from our desks, and I see Kalinda moving with Anise and Marie Antoinette toward the door. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was sitting behind the desk with the Stormbreaker file open in his hands. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The men spread the jam on the bread and drank their wine, discussing politics and war and armies over the stacks of money on my master’s desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk up to the main desk: REGISTRATION. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Bones sniffed the wind wildly and plunked into a frozen desk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I haven’t cleaned the desks enough at school and have finally caught some disease. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She put on some others, strapped on her shoes and sat at her desk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Teacher stood up, giving up on the slanted desk. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I look up from my picture of a hideous Muhammad in an apron and catch an intense stare from Lauren, who’s at the desk nearest to the door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

There was, on the cluttered desk between us, a badge that added weight to his argument. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Naturally, I had been going to that school for three years without ever being offered candy from that lady’s desk — but whatever. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went meekly to the desk, my face white for once instead of red, and handed her the signed slip. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jahrling had placed his desk under the window to get some extra light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At our front desk, they had to give a girl's name, and quite a few gave mine. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Chandresh takes it from the drawer, startled by the weight of it, and drops it with a thump onto the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Finally at one a voice answered with a gruff “Yes?” and she pushed the door open to see one of the tenders, a man she didn’t recognize, busy at a desk. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s the only person left, except for Mrs. Kluck—who sits at her desk pretending not to watch Mama’s every move. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Hiding in the smoke helps about as much as scrunching under a desk during an atomic bomb attack. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When I opened his door, Takumi was sitting at his desk, boxy headphones surrounding his entire head, bouncing his head to the beat. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

My cycle, though imaginary, was rigorously charted on my desk calendar. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Briony moved slowly into their view, stopped by the desk and saw them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Abe Rosenthal, the New York Times managing editor, sat at his desk in the newsroom with his head in his hands. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Waldseemüller, perhaps, sitting at his desk, for he was the first to grasp fully what Columbus and Vespucci had done. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He disappeared behind the desk, again followed closely by Rhonda, who stood watchfully as he shuffled among some papers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the desk I found the list of theories and the souvenir photo that Kat had bought at the wheel. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes me to her office and seats me at the round table in front of her desk. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Before I approach the Records and Registration desk, I practice my script in my head. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He leaped up, bumped the desk with his thighs, and sent it sliding off toward the corner. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Opening his desk, he looked at a pile of articles he had once written with an eye on the magazine market. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As quickly as she could, Cas lowered herself down from the cabinet, limped around a broken desk, and got close enough to see out the window. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I laid two talents on the desk and slid them toward her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stood by the desk and absently replaced the top of her fountain pen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A subject would show up in a small room with a short wooden desk adorned simply with a Brenell Mark 5 two-channel tape recorder and a pair of headphones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She still wore long skirts on non-game days and made a home of her school desks. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Then I hand him the oversized plastic calculator Claire keeps on the desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wait in the lobby as Mom fills out paperwork at the receptionist’s desk. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I have many plans for my filing department and have taken— from among the many empty ones—a desk near a window. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewin sat at his desk on the third floor, crouched over his typewriter like a vulture dining on carrion. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She pulled them out of her book bag and laid them on the desk in the order in which they had arrived. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

His temporary desk at JPL was nothing more than a folding table set up in the back of a break room. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your headmaster said you set fire to your desk yesterday.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Theresa pictured her brother, feet up on the desk like Pete the super, thumbing through these. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked up to a woman sitting behind a desk. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

So Turner sat at a small desk by the window—a window closed tightly and imperiously against sea breezes exiled by fate—and began the first hundred lines of the Aeneid. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She blinked and looked toward the front window of her house where her mother’s form was already seated at the desk on the other side. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see her put the scrap of paper, the one that had been stuck on our fridge since the day Stan died, the one with my uncle’s phone number on it, onto my desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was looking around at all the things on his desk. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Seating himself at his desk, he pointedly fished about in a drawer until Miss Marsten, perceiving the hint, departed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

One day I decided to move this lamp from the side of my mother's bed to my desk at the other end of the room. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And suddenly Embryo is hunched over his desk staring at me with what could only be called alarm. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I just stood by my desk, willing the mask to disappear. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A dark, grizzled man with a face that looked as though a war might have been fought over its craggy terrain stood at his desk a moment later. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thin, sour-looking woman with tired blond hair was sitting at the desk in the front room, eating a sandwich. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The desk tipped to the side like a boat about to capsize, and a pile of books and papers tumbled to the floor. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

One inmate was thronged by three little kids the moment he left our desk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes the blanket off my bed, folds it carefully, and puts it on my desk chair. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always liked to impress Mr. Levy with the cleanliness of his desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gazed at the surface of the desk. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“You and your expert may have a five-minute video chat on my computer terminal, which is located behind the main desk.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

At his desk, Ellsberg read cables from General Westmoreland warning that communist forces were close to cutting the country in two along the central highlands. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He kicks the chair in front of the desk out for him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Barber walked by my desk holding his coffee, he opened my book and flipped through the pages, which were perfect. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Skeezie: Do we have to put our heads down on our desks? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I get to go all the way to the office and talk on the phone at the front desk. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He falls into his chair, which tips back, but he grabs his desk, rights himself, and cheers for his own victory. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He laid the broken wand upon the headmaster’s desk, touched it with the very tip of the Elder Wand, and said, “Reparo.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Master Watson slapped his hand down on his desk. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned over, opened an empty desk drawer, and used it as a makeshift ashtray. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Postcards of authors are taped to the wall over her desk, Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A woman with graying hair pulled into a severe bun sat behind a wooden desk that took up nearly the whole room. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Seth picked his way around the splintered desk to the empty window. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Except for their brief meeting with the children, Number Two had not left her computer, nor Mr. Benedict his desk, for hours. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She meditates a lot so during her class break it ain’t unusual to see her sitting on the desk with her legs folded and her arms crossed. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The guy at the desk nods at me but doesn’t say anything. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I was in his office, sitting on a chair across from his desk and looking at this picture of a pumpkin on the wall behind him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

On his first day, Helmuth carries his satchel into the classroom and sets it on a desk near the window. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He steps forward and fumbles with a black box on the desk, taking out a syringe with a needle already attached to it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged my desk chair to the window. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Obinze, his expression carefully frozen in neutrality, handed the license over to the registrar behind the desk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He put his head down on his desk, his face turned toward the window. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

To the left of the desk, along the bookcase wall, was a window that looked out onto the alleyway and back yard beyond. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He sat down at the desk and drew out a small memo pad. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he walks to his desk and grabs a pile of papers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lean out of my desk to get a better look. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the shadows behind the desk, a piece of paper had fallen between the wood and the stone wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t chained to the desk or anything. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning I paused before the Catholic fellow’s desk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left a note at the desk, and Celia gave it to me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits at a metal desk with her hands folded, in a location I don’t recognize. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The lady with the feather pen, the lady at the desk!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I grab my old laptop when my phone buzzes on my desk. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And Mrs. Sylvester was surely at her desk, typing, the giant jar of candy corn in front of her trembling slightly from the hum and clatter of the electric typewriter. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Drew and I sat in front of his desk as he paced back and forth behind it. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Quisling looked down to read aloud from his textbook, Emily eased the note from under the desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barone pushed his glasses up again and leaned over the stack of papers on his desk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the head of the room, a desk with a black chair took up much of the floor. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There’s a long desk up front, and shelves of books. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

From the center of the room, I turn a 360 to see what’s considered necessary in a temporary home—television, a small fridge, an enormous closet, a desk and chair. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Celia wanders past the desk and stops in front of the fireplace, watching the miniature pages turning through time on the clock upon the mantel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As usual, the teacher was snoozing in his chair with his feet up on the desk. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Excellent, Mia,” she says, placing my paper lightly on my desk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Confused, I peek into the room to see that there is a candlelit dinner for two on top of Agent Fiona’s desk. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The receptionist ushers Ma and me into the principal's office, and I stop short at the sight of the man behind the desk. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Max folds his arms and leans forward across his desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I soundlessly tap out Day’s name on my desk. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Two glass-topped desks stood in the middle of the room, facing each other. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

James pushed back a curtain concealing a closet filled with a desk and computers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She looks like one of those adjustable desk lamps. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finn, Tyrell, and Lucy all bent their heads over their desks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

This time when I entered the Archives, there was a young gentleman sitting behind the desk, tapping a pen on a piece of paper that bore the marks of much rewriting and crossing out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bryant groped about on his desk, at last located the material he wanted. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I took a few sheets of paper from my desk and sat down to design the most fitting, most luxurious mausoleum in the world. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man sat at a desk in front of the room. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It was on the commander’s desk. I need you to put it back once I’ve read it.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg entered his tiny workspace—“a cubbyhole,” he called it—barely big enough for a desk and chair, a bookcase, and two safes for classified files. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then she walked over to the middle of the room where Frankie had shoved back a few desks to clear a space on the floor for dumping anything useful they found. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The lamps in Dumbledore’s office were lit, the portraits of previous headmasters were snoring gently in their frames, and the Pensieve was ready upon the desk once more. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She reached into her bag, yanked out a stack of paper, and plopped it down on her desk. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Resting on an upturned crate or school desk would be the shank of a horse or a side of dog or cat, a box of salt, a licorice stick, an onion, a potato or two. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There was the desk, the sofa, the cabinet! The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here he is!” a nurse says when we check in at the desk on Mom’s ward. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She ran into the janitor’s office and grabbed Florence Nightingale off the desk and ran back out. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

So I root around in my desk until I find a clipboard and put the list on it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continued working until she got too unwieldy to dust under the desks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This desk is probably like fifty years old. It could be anywhere. You know how to pry it open?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

With exaggerated slowness, Van Eck slid his hand into the desk drawer and pulled out a lump of gold. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was probably sitting at his desk, writing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She offers me her hand and helps me out from under the desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pictured the new pages of math in his satchel, which meant hours at his desk late into the night. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now it is five in the morning and I am still at the writing desk, thinking over my strange two days. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, she reached out and poured herself a glass of water from a jug that was always on her desk. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me your story,” he repeated, crushing a flake of ash on the neatly arranged desk with his index finger, flicking it into the trash can. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined him at his desk in his boys’ quarters, near his small humming refrigerator, writing in that calm manner of his. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The copy desk is supposed to catch those kinds of errors before they make the paper. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cigarette holder bounced off the desk to the wall, ricocheted across the window sill to the floor and came to a stop almost where he was standing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We made Lynn’s altar on her desk, facing the big magnolia, which kept its leaves all winter. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She stood at the desk a long time before the librarian deigned to attend to her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Mr. Mwila outlined our aim for this period, he sat at his desk and opened his little red book. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at my study desk when Papa came home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She told us to scrunch under our desks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There’s a class Christmas party, which consists of cookies brought from home and eaten silently at our desks, and different-colored jelly beans provided by Miss Lumley, five for each child. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The great surprise was on the wall next to the computer desk: bookcases as tall as me and twice as long, filled with vinyl records. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It always sat right in the middle of the desk, and now it’s not there. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When he got to the downstairs lobby, he saw two guards at the security desk in front of the glass doors to the parking lot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mason is looking at his phone, with his feet up on the desk. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He sat behind a big desk, papers neatly piled on one side. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She pauses as she puts on her coat, looking at the books scattered across the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Fifty years from now, she’d be telling her grandchildren how she had come to the office, sat at her reader’s desk and in the routine of work had read that war had been declared. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of his pleas could move the desk sergeant. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

That cop’s stick stopped in the air, and him and his partner glanced at me and Ma and the cop behind the desk, who looked like this was just any other night. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It bounced off his desk and fell to the floor. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He dropped the file on the desk and grabbed the portrait. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It's folded up on the seat of my desk chair, right where Mom put it early this morning. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at my desk and ran my hand over its wooden top. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My stuffed animals are in a tidy row on the top shelf above my desk like welcoming hosts. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Meryl Lee and Mai Thi spent most of the time under their desks softly singing the music from Camelot—which Mrs. Baker didn’t seem to mind, even though there was supposed to be absolute quiet. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He set the water on his desk and then went to sit on his bed so he was facing me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That’s when I noticed her eyes darting down to my desk, where my copy of Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedge Woman, with Calista’s fake cover, was sticking out. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, in my room, I pulled all of his letters out of my desk drawer, looking for clues that might help make sense of everything. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I'm sorry to bother you, sir,” I said, approaching his desk. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The school was ultramodern for the day, with tables and chairs that could be arranged any way the teacher wanted instead of the rigid desks nailed to the floor we had been used to having. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Harry sat down in a chair in front of Dumbledore’s desk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Waiting for the Bishop, the old, old man sat down at his reading desk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman behind the desk probably has to listen to people yell all day. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't have all my fees today,” I explained, placing Z$52 on his desk. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He keeps up his presentation over the joyful squeals as people get handfuls of candy fish delivered to their desks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I drop the envelope with my forty dollars in it on the desk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I sat at my desk, which now felt small and slightly unfamiliar. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slump in my seat and start picking at a tiny blob of ink stuck on my desk. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Instead I sat at the desk and stared out the window, at the city hall of Cambridge and a row of small shops. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I examined the pictures on his desk again. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He even has a computer on a desk in the corner. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Inside, a young woman sitting at a desk looked up from her papers and smiled at her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Felicia asks at the front desk, stretching her neck to see. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She just sat there behind her desk, her white face cold and—remembering. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of her at the desk and she tells me I can borrow any book I want with a library card. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A desk lamp, brass probably, an inkwell, and various papers were placed around him. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Within a few weeks, she was back at her desk, working to save her husband’s legacy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As soon as I think they're gone, I wave to the surprised man at the desk and slip out. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I opened it immediately, careful not to rip the excellent artwork, as my desk mates leaned in for a closer look. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Even Amari, his drawing pad halfway out of his backpack, the colored markers gathered in their rubber band on his desk. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grayson halted for a moment and drank a sip of water from a mug on her desk. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He pulls open a drawer of the desk and after searching for a moment he takes out a business card that contains only a single name. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They sat and made notes on werewolves from the textbook, while Snape prowled up and down the rows of desks, examining the work they had been doing with Professor Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I stuck my tongue out so Seth Justman could see the key from his desk in the next row. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the front of the room, facing the students, will be the desk of Mr. Porter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But behind the desk, with her hands crossed neatly in front of her, was a woman with silver-black hair, eyes like slush, and skin the color and smoothness of a sun-bleached shell. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He placed the Pensieve on the desk in front of Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She drums her polished nails on the desk as I sign my name. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Several kids screamed; desks shifted and scraped against the floor as they jumped up and ran from the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He moved back to the desk, intending to try the drawers, but with the heavy expectation of failure; and as he did so, he heard the faint crunch of tires on gravel. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went into Miss Thorn’s room and, out of habit, sat at their old desks. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I follow Dad’s voice, and he’s sitting at my desk with a mug of coffee and his laptop. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

"On the desk next to the smoking table." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There were spidery shapes made out of old desks stacked top to top. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Will we be tested on this?” asked a boy slumped in his desk in the far row next to the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He slammed down a rubber gavel on his desk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Is this the object you mean?” he said, and took a velvet cloth from a drawer in the desk. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, they wanted the chair to be comfortable for people who were stuck at their desks for long periods of time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He walked over to his desk and pulled a roll of duct tape from a drawer. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Hazel whirled around in her seat to find Tyler’s face had turned red and he was staring intently at the desk in front of him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

All this time, Master Williams was busy writing in different folders on her desk. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then, punctuating his sentence with a gathering up of the papers on his desk, he asked exactly what my problem was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Like unscrewing your chair from your desk, or tearing a hole in the bottom of your backpack.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Ms. Taggart leaned forward and placed her hands on the edge of his desk. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now, having run out of things to say, she was standing at her desk with her frayed shawl clasped around her shoulders. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I did, jumping from desk to desk, since I wasn’t going to take any chances—Over My Foot! The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I was wrong,” said Meryl Lee, and dropped the desk top. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Luckily, his desk was next to the table where the lizard’s cage sat. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was playing one of those impossible carnival games as I attempted to slip one of the keys, held between my toes, into the hole in the desk. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

While I was on a roll, maybe I should have asked her to stock up on some new desk candy, too, but there are times when you just don’t push your luck. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opposite them, near the center of the room, was a writing desk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mwila sat at his desk with a small paperback book in his hands. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Citra rummaged through her desk drawer until she found her camera. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, he crosses to his desk and signals to me to sit in the chair. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I take these down and dig through my desk until I come up with a stack of brightly colored Post- its. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I'm in my room, and I have a window right next to my desk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She picked up a notebook and pencil from a desk near the door and followed Justin out of my sight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Pearl fought the urge to cross the room and yank the guitar from Moody’s hands and smash it against the desk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hunched over his small wooden desk, he knew what he should have said instead. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground-level lobby was an open space with gray walls, stone floors, and a uniformed security guard standing behind a desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We squeezed hands in the space between our desks. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I drop the sketch on Mr. Freeman’s desk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. The Grace with braces, maybe. Or Sean, or someone else. Someone left it on my desk. And there’s more. I have a new spot.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He thinks back to Psychology 110, wishing his memory would yield some image of her, taking notes on the other side of the law school auditorium, her head bent over her desk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the corner, on my desk, is the half-finished piece I started about York and Lewis and Clark. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s your office,” she said, and pointed a shiny red hand toward an old school desk and matching chair. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Principal Maldonado sat at a large desk in the center of the room and invited Mom and George to sit across from her in two brown cushioned chairs. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Connell calls me to her desk to give me a black leather belt and pouch. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They were all over the place—on my desk, in a pile beside my bed with a glass of old water on top, and under the windowsill. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Once the toad and I are seated, the general turns back to his desk. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat back down and put my feet up on his desk. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A few minutes after nine o’clock, the light on the camera facing Nixon’s desk glowed red. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Principal Long leaned forward from her big desk. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Turner drummed his fingers on the polished surface of his desk and studied my calculations, slowly turning the pages. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I purse my lips, taking in the desk and accompanying drawers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I make my way over to Miss Cook’s desk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I wiped sweat from my face with both sleeves and used Margo’s desk to pull myself up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I pushed open the glass door and walked right past the reception desk without saying hello. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She swung the cylinder sideways and looked at the cartridges, snapped it shut and put it on her desk, and laid a sheet of paper over it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid the office would be closed on the weekend, but there was a lady behind the desk. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But while that man’s clothes had been normal, the man at the desk seemed to be dressed in some kind of old-fashioned brown suit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The book was lying open on the reading desk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My body doesn’t stop rising until I’m standing right in front of Quinton’s floating desk. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In his excitement Methuselah opened a desk and practically disappeared under an avalanche of paperwork. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Oliver swept the gifts into his desk drawer, then grabbed his earphones and put them in, hoping that his mom would be too tired to climb the stairs in search for him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She found the Owner slumped at the small desk in the back office, his head in his hands. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as I walk into room twelve, and before it gets too crowded, I stand in front of Mr. Fabian’s desk. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I lay my hands on his desk, press my fingers against the wood. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I look down at the desk and see Albert’s sign. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lydia is sitting in front of his desk on a crate. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Satisfied, he takes a sealed envelope from the black gym bag on the floor and lays it across the veneered pressboard desk, making sure it’s straight. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He slapped his hand on his desk with each word: “What, is, the, body, made of? Go ahead, Ms. Castro.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When the teacher turned away, Hanako closed her book in defiance, slipped off the straw sandals that Baachan had made her, and looked under her desk and wiggled her toes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the desk was clear of people, I still waited. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’d wonder: if she accidentally left it behind on the desk, would he sneak a peek? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sohrab and I sat on the black leather sofa across the reception desk, next to a tall American flag. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat with his back to me, hunched over a bunch of files on his desk. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She sat on her side of the desk and folded her hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lupin was bending over something on his desk and looked up only when Harry knocked on the door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Julie tosses a blue patient folder onto the desk behind the nurses’ station, shaking her head and murmuring to herself, “The roof, Will? Really?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Lupin’s briefcase slipped from the desk; he had to stoop quickly to catch it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We'd slide notes under each other's doors or leave them in our desks, full of the colorful promise of mischief in the night. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Eventually the silver-haired lady came out from behind her desk and said to Tommy, who was the nearest to her: “That’s a particularly lovely work. That one’s a favourite of mine.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jupiter picks up the unicorn Beanie Baby from her desk and lobs it at him. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was circular, with a round desk at the center that was surrounded by four rings of reading desks. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Francie had to go back to her room to get her report card; also her pencil box and autograph book from her desk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which put me back at my desk, alone with my documents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Shutting the door, Dr. Barnes motioned to the chair in front of his desk. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse at the desk wanted to know what was wrong. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then she took my old essay out of the manila folder—which was still on top of her desk—and put in the new essay. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m goin’ to the front desk to get a cup of coffee. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

While he reads an inspirational quote, I slip an individually wrapped Clorox wipe from my backpack and clean my desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His legs kicked a desk drawer free and sheets of paper spilled to the floor. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I throw a towel down on the puddle and as I do, glance at the clock on my desk, which has the date as well as the time. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

With a sigh Victor dropped into his desk chair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our teachers would wait patiently until she was through and then direct one of us boys to pick up her things and place them back on her desk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Byron got one more dirty look in at me, then looked down at his desk. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Past the equipment, there was a dusty old paisley chair with a sagging seat, a desk, and a bookshelf above the bed containing the collected works of Soren Kierkegaard. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He points at a stack on the desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Piles of books and papers were stacked up wherever they would fit: on the desk, on the bookcases, in shoe boxes above the bookcases, on top of the TV, pouring out of the open closet. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He put it down, took a pencil from a china cup on the desk, and put it in the sharpener. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had a buzzcut like his dad, and was using a paper clip to scratch into his desk. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Soon after, I found a pamphlet for the university counseling service on my desk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"We meet tomorrow in the library," Mr. Stessman said, back at his desk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Castro had left it out on her desk, opened to her favorite painting, Girl Before a Mirror. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Seated at my desk, my beret as tight as an acorn's cap, I projected myself into the world represented in the art books I'd borrowed from the public library. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The three of us sit around a small table and discuss possible projects while Mrs. Johnson flips through a pile of scripts on her desk. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And for the rest of that day, when I wasn’t moving a desk, my body felt like it should be leaning, grabbing, lifting, and starting over anyway. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Asclepius took the big comfy doctor’s chair and laid his staff and serpent across his desk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I deliver my letter to the couriers’ desk and pay the fee. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We stare at each other across the desk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The wide receptionist desk is made out of a honey-colored wood. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nehemia, seated at a small desk, stared at her with wide eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I placed my bag on the desk, opened the flap, and pulled out the framed picture with my foot. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Travis brung that pointing stick down on top of his desk so hard it was a miracle the desk didn’t split clean in two! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Alums slammed the yardstick on his desk and the class got real, real quiet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine. See Mrs. Tobin at the main desk. I must go to my office to monitor Kyle’s Extreme Challenge.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

So, yeah, Annie and I pretty much shut it all out, scooted our desks close together, held hands on my lap—score one for atavism!—and whispered and mouthed our own unobserved conversation. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A few people were already inside, seated at desks, and they glanced at me as I walked in. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Everything was battleship gray: the floor, walls, filing cabinets, a desk, and two chairs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A woman sat behind a desk, which had a computer and several piles of paper. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Behind the desk, I noticed, was a pegboard with room keys. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

So Nok's father was "promoted" to a desk job at the courthouse. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And since Windy’s not good at whispering, Maddie looks up from her cell phone, which she’s playing with under her desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Vanderbeekers watched as she slid the papers from her desk into a manila envelope. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“So, are you excited about tomorrow’s graduation ceremony?” he asked, crossing his hands in front of him on the desk. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Two pencils on every desk is forty-two pencils in our classroom. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I have no time to erase the stricken look on my face, but, lucky for me, she associates it with the conditioner and curling iron that I left on the desk. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She clasped her hands on the desk in front of her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

McNaughton tapped his fingers on his desk, staring at his new employee for an uncomfortably long moment. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” he said, and he scooted his chair around his desk and next to me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was very late, and the house quiet, when Tyler stood from his desk and pushed play, saying this was the last time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We’d seen her at the receptionist’s desk earlier when we first came in. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker put the memo on the desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Miss Stuart sits at her desk, supervising, while several girls open the box and deliver the valentines. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph looked up from his desk, along with everyone else. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There were lonely big slides and microscopically out of line desks and lunch tables that survived gravity shifts. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At the community center, Mr. Ram and I check in at the front desk with the guy who runs program registration. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I knocked the snow from my shoes then planted myself in front of the desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I went up to the guard at the front desk and said, “Six hundredth floor.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down at my desk, as humiliated as President Johnson would have been if he had lost to Bobby Kennedy. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

After he set up both of them, the thin fellow laid the book on the desk, opened it to a blank page, and perched on the rickety stool. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bottom half flew off the desk and out the door into the hall. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“No. I’m neither of those things. I’m not going to tell you details, but I sit at a desk most of the day. I look at a monitor.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She played with a pen on her desk. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The captain sits at his desk with a half-melted candle, studying one of my drawings for symbols and signs. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I’m ready to start telling myself a story about the pretzel-eating queen when Ms. Rochambeau takes a seat in the front row of student desks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Deciding to get it over with, she went in and walked straight to the teacher’s desk, not daring to look at her own. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very well, you may use the pencil sharpener on my desk.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Except for Boobie, the students had their notebooks open, while the rip of an envelope and the shuffling of paper floated from his desk. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the cup and threw the contents of it back, finishing it off and putting it down on the desk with a bang. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled out another piece of paper and put it down on his desk. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She spread her papers and books out on her desk and took notes and typed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There was a futuristic information desk and in front of it, at the very center of everything, was a makeshift stage. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He sets her in his wheeled desk chair and pants as he whirls her in circles until she cannot laugh anymore for the pain of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He tossed her the dictionary from her desk and tore down the hall. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He brought the bottle into the office, put it on the desk, and went back to make up two cups of coffee. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tried to stop them,” the desk clerk piped up. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The keys are on my desk,” she says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The office was closed this time of night, but she tipped the desk clerk to open it for her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

On my desk were pictures of her and cards from her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I gesture toward the desk, where an electric kettle rests next to packages of Top Ramen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Behind the desk, a whiteboard was propped on a wall, venues and dates of intended marriages written on it in blue; a name at the bottom caught his eye. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lincoln’s eyes roam over the elegant wood desk, which Davis had so thoughtfully tidied before running off two days earlier. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I got back to my room I found Camilla sitting at my desk, reading a book. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The man observing him from behind a broad desk had the prosperous look of a mercher. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The young nurse came around the desk and laid her hand against Stick’s cheek. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I turned to come back she was out of sight behind the desk. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Step up close to the desk,” she said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might learn something just by glancing at the papers on her desk. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He sat back in a reclining desk chair with a lit cigarette between his fingers, scratching his face and coughing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She has a television and a phone, and her homework is neatly laid out on her desk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Isobel seems satisfied with the response, lifting a pile of fallen books from the floor and stacking them on the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z