Flora Baumbach clapped a hand to her mouth on hearing "dastardly." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning at five thirty, six days a week, Mrs. Nielsen makes breakfast for her husband, usually fried eggs and toast, and he leaves for the store to open for the farmers at six. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The place had a rank, close smell of sweat and ale that made me feel slightly ill, used as I was to open air. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We were very hungry and the meal was good and we drank a bottle of Capri and a bottle of St. Estephe. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I stared at him as I lay abed and I knew that he considered me a clever and sworn enemy of the party. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every point they passed was a landmark; every block contained memories. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood looking down at him thoughtfully for a while, and then an idea stemming from experience with older brothers suddenly struck her. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jenna had watched movies with us, the three of us would sit on the floor with our backs against the couch, Audrey in the middle holding a bowl of popcorn on her lap. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

After some spirited bargaining, I gave her the loden-stone and a single talent in order to wipe out my extremely short term loan of twenty talents. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There is a scrap metal recycling plant, a sprawling Goodyear tire factory, and a plastics factory. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Simpson said that a plane had spotted two guys with what looked like surveying instruments. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had struggled to the bottom of the bank, they found a stream running down from the hills behind in a deeply dug bed with steep slippery sides overhung with brambles. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The other two ran quickly to the left and down into a little hollow not far from the road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Another recollection broke through his thoughts, like a fish breaking the surface of water. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He’s a first responder with an artistic eye. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There were five houses alight, the flames grasping for a sixth. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Jinny added the leaves to the steaming water and poked them under with a quick finger. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Manuel, I get an image of him in a closet and of big boots kicking him. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was no moonlight between the trees, but the unicorn glimmered and shone with pale light, like the moon, while the girl herself glittered and glowed as if she trailed a dust of lights. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Ch’i-lin, for instance, out of ancient China, has the body of a deer covered with gleaming scales, a marvelous bushy tail, cloven hooves, and small horns. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figgins wanted to display a fossil bison in his museum, especially if he could get one of the big varieties that went extinct during the Pleistocene. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Around the far side of the prison, rows of windows were stacked three stories high in straight floors, forty-five cells to each side of a tier. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It was as magnificent and beautiful a sight as I have ever seen,” Worsley said later. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Thomas should get outside more, she thought, and then laughed to herself; she sounded like a scolding mother. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On November 4, they were unusually tired, having stayed up late the night before writing a paper for Russian Lit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Once obstacles were overcome, it returned to its course, sighting on a star that indicated the location of the oasis. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was litde, at my dad’s house, we had a Doberman. . . .” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, her empty jug was bouncing against her arm when she heard a faint noise running through the trees. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

As we saw when we first encountered the octave, if your column of air is exactly half the length of where you started, you will get a note that is the same pitch, only higher. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“As a heart attack. I tried to get in touch with Jared, but Mr. Christensen answered his phone and told me not to call anymore. Said they’d take out a restraining order if I did.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Was there still a Sweden to run to? Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing three of the terms in the equation above, he was then in a position to calculate the final term, the circumference of the earth. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

She was speaking to a customer, her head slightly bent toward the short woman, a polite smile on her face. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He sees the Quit Man slowly plant a huge movie-star kiss on her lips and then put her down, laughing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He forced them along for a few minutes until they were well out of sight and, hopefully, out of smell of the tunnel entrance. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Prior to rendering a verdict, jurors expressed concerns about Mrs. Colbey being subject to the death penalty, so the State agreed not to pursue an execution if she was found guilty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But later, brooding over the black-and-white striped clothing of the black men, I remembered that in Elaine I had had a book that carried the gaudy pictures and names of jungle beasts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Colonel Nesbit said I was just a child. “Go buy a popgun, boy,” he said. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Granger looked puzzled for half a sec-ond, and then she said, “Oh! That letter.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know we told you Grandpop died after a fall, but the truth is he fell because he had a stroke. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

In front of one of them a Guardian is mowing the lawn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she already knew the answer—an ibbur was the soul of a Jewish person, after all—but she asked anyway. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Everything tastes like pennies. Aside from that, I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, kid,” Gus answered. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

As Tam Lin said, if you didn’t know Tom well, you’d think he was an angel bringing you the keys to the pearly gates. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel said, “But this—this is an elfin army cutting up goblins.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I snuck a look at Deoch as he bantered with someone at the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Each group was forced into a rhythm, keeping a pace that was difficult for the slowest and weakest of them as they marched. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

First I have to be more intellectually developed, like my genius of a sister. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He told her he hadn’t realized how lonely it is inside a biohazard suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran for cover, dazed, and spent the night in a bamboo pig shed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to one side, there is a doll. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t play when it comes to violence because her parents got real extra when they tag-team-robbed a convenience store, assaulting the owner and his twenty-year-old son. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Why do you think, Mom? I figured the last thing you’d want to do was watch me be your weirdo daughter. Especially in front of a crowd.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh! my dear; but so much as Patty has to do!—And it is a kindness to employ our men.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

When I described their lack of success in getting Branwell to speak, there was a long silence on his end of the line. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just wanted to...give you these,” he said, giving them a little shake. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I have seen men stand up to attacks and torture without breaking, showing a strength and resiliency that defies the imagination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to take a century, but gradually the top came into view. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

So I told him that he was probably looking at a comet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Fang finally turned around to ask a few questions, he looked calm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Lights from the street cast a yellowish glow over the room. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair fell away from her beautiful, hooded face and, for a moment, our eyes met. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why they chose the noon flight. That will get you into Washington around two. The competition starts at seven. That’s cutting it a little close.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She gave a sudden gasp and asked anxiously, “That’s not one of our planes, is it?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Nephew Shawn does a knee bend and cricks his neck from side to side, like he’s done this a billion times. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lane himself lit a cigarette as the train pulled in. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He heard a voice and saw himself look up into the sky. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Instincts are a beautiful thing,” Ms. Dale says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

So they took the body of Gwenforte, and they buried her out in a beautiful grove in the forest, a short walk from the village. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My boss, a white woman, directed me in unpacking barrels of dishes, setting up new tables, painting, and so on. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The path went on again from the door, and turning to the right again across the level space plunged down a thick wooded slope. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Henrietta’s father, Johnny Pleasant, was a squat man who hobbled around on a cane he often hit people with. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I see him nodding a big slow nod. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I attended one meeting and drew an incredibly awesome spaceship cruising through the stars. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Most of the wall space was taken up by towering bookshelves that reached high above my head and held more books than I’d ever seen outside a library. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I haven't been careful enough about my own tracks, counting on a light tread and the pine needles to conceal my prints. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The mutants clearly lacked some factor—a chemical—that determines the front versus the back of the fly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“If only I could get a permit,” my mother lamented. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other than one ration stamp each for cheese, meat and bread, all she received from us was a jar of jam. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had provided a large tub of fresh flobberworms for the class, and told them that to pass the test, their flobberworm had to still be alive at the end of one hour. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Those were my thoughts when I heard the sound of a violin. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they built the expressways and had urban renewal, they destroyed a lot of that housing and built these high-rise buildings. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what sins have you committed in a day, my child? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds some hapless avatar or ship would inadvertently fly or careen into the shield and get vaporized, like a fly hitting a bug zapper. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’d had it since first grade, when I was a baby and glad of it. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too early for anything, except to catch a one-way bus out of town. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a particularly dazzling one of bright purple silk sheets. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I have heard it said that poison is a woman's weapon." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Even with a synagogue full of Jack Roses,” I said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And now there came a sort of sucking noise, and very quickly all the blue frothy mixture in the huge basin was sucked back into the stomach of the machine. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Daffodils, calla lilies, and tulips appeared like guests for a short time and left. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

This 1940 photograph shows a woman using a portable typewriter of the time. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

When the road reached the top of a ridge, they paused once more. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was her father who had advised Lourdes to open a second pastry shop. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel drew another figure with her stick—an ashy Antaeus dangling from his chains. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I never looked back, but that doesn’t make me any different from a million inmates who have left a prison behind them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just hard. My grandma died when I was a kid, and my mom told me, ‘She lives on inside of everyone who loved her.’ Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This is an important first step that may require practice before you become good at it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

So I take it as a day of rest. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I drive through a menacing area filled with deserted warehouses—Dickey, be gone!—until the tent comes looming up out of the dusk. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see anything, but I heard a sound, a mechanical one, surprisingly far away—the house seemed to go much further back into the dark than I’d guessed. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We said a couple more good-byes and hustled outside, ready to run in case the mosquitoes were still there. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he came nearer, his face took on a look of concern. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could watch,” he added, as an afterthought. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

To be a Nobel Prize winner, apparently, you have to be smart enough to get into a college at least as good as Notre Dame or the University of Illinois. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the soreness confused me, forced me to recall that for me, the woman’s attack had come only hours ago. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My working theory then held all black people as kings in exile, a nation of original men severed from our original names and our majestic Nubian culture. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: Every week, there’s a big card game at Lloyd’s house, and most of the time he wins. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words hit me like a hard slap. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I really don’t want to be a cockblock, but I’m pretty sentimental. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The boat had been scooped up and dropped into a boundless ocean. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her legs are shaved, making me think I should have known earlier that it was a girl. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It’s like the song of a bird I recall from long ago, a tiny yellow bird with a voice like dancing water. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the base of a blossoming bush. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night, put a comforter over her, and move her leg onto his bed. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Well then, before tomorrow I have to finish reading the first volume of a biography of Galileo Galilei, since it has to be returned to the library. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"I don't write poetry anymore," Yolanda says in a wounded voice. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

"But you have to teach me how to hit a home run in softball. Deal? Ooh, I sound so American, don't I?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You aint big enough to tote a flea. You go on and be quiet, like Mr Jason said.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman lifted Luke and a man took me by the hand, but I pulled it away. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A dull red glow lit the sky to the northeast, the color of a blood bruise. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She—it?—took a running jump and leaped up into the air. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Whooping cough could be “just a little bit bothersome,” he admitted. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One wet afternoon the following November, a Greyhound bus deposited Perry in Worcester, a Massachusetts factory town of steep, up-and-down streets that even in the best of weathers seem cheerless and hostile. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining and the sky was a hearty blue, but everything at ground level was brown—brown trees, brown earth, frozen brown leaves—and the cold was unyielding. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

My first found mushroom had become a victim of this very dilemma. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She lowered her voice to a hoarse whisper. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They spilled out of the train with everyone else, and Moss saw a couple of his friends exit a car a few doors down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Knacks don’t go away so easily as that. When I was growing up in Staup, I knew a young man with a knack. Uncommonly good with plants.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The gods presented her with a box into which each had put something harmful, and forbade her ever to open it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed her again, on her right cheek only, delicately as a feather’s touch, and the librarian pushed a cart past their aisle, not even glancing in their direction. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We were, in fact, eating spinach from the garden for dinner, and in a few more days would have peas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure we were ever actually a couple. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was an offer that was very hard to refuse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should’ve known then that I was in for a lot of trouble. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hugo took a deep breath, went back, and cleared away the charred debris. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

And then a third boat came surging out of the darkness and onto the sand. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He takes an exit off the highway, and I tense up because he's going a little too fast when he makes a sharp turn onto another road. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Did he always want to be a soldier? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“A while. Tonight wasn’t a good night to be home. Pa’s on a tear again.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was working on a sermon and kind of muttering to himself. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You can sit up front, Lena. It has a seatbelt,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the average hermit crab isn’t particularly athletic, having to haul a clunky seashell around on its back, so the sports competition part of Abbey’s project sort of fizzled. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

For two weeks afterward she’d even decided she wanted to be a magician when she grew up. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had to convince himself that liberating a silk sleigh and flying forthwith to the citadel was not a viable option. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of witches,” another boy said, and proceeded to tell a gruesome story about someone who wrapped herself in other people’s skins. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My father sweeps ahead of me on the porch steps, grabs Ryan by the hand, and pulls him into the house with a curt “Link,” in our visitor’s direction. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was much more than she'd asked for: hot bread, butter and honey and blackberry preserves, a rasher of bacon and a soft- boiled egg, a wedge of cheese, a pot of mint tea. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Alex parked the quad next to the tower and went in through an arched doorway. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I wish I had my own room,” thought Francie with a flare of jealousy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the next birth, she used the bulk of her fee to hire a second midwife, to supervise her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I heard a movement next to me and turned my head. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Our comparison begins with food production, a major determinant of local population size and societal complexity—hence an ultimate factor behind the conquest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Donna sits down next to Dray on a long narrow couch. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I walk through the kitchen and grab the keys, then circle back to the front door, where Connor has extracted himself from Mrs. Baransky to give Mom a goodbye hug and kiss. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There he stopped the car, ate a sandwich, drank some beer, turned out the lights and curled up in the seat to sleep. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one end of town, I spotted what I had come to find—a steep, broad eminence, perhaps 1,500 feet high and several miles long, which was almost entirely naked of vegetation. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Back near the door, a shadowed figure tucks quickly into the dark corner of the vestibule. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Hare replied with a lie, but continued to sing about the doings of the clever hare, who was no longer thirsty and had clean fur. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Shortly after that, Adams descended to a flat bench just above the steep ice incline that had given me so much trouble, and fell into a small crevasse. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the air there is always the heavy, cloying odor of the alcohol distillery on the river, an odor that becomes suffocating on hot summer afternoons when the breeze blows in from the river. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned around Liam with an apologetic smile, and I paused at the door, momentarily stunned by how white and straight his teeth were. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He ran a finger down her arm and reveled in the way goose bumps sprouted on her skin. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The albino held a tray which carried many things, bandages and food, healing powders and brandy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ash took a deep breath and began to walk across the ballroom, pushing through the revelers as best she could. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blink is clearly a different kind of book. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Despite my anger, I could not suppress a laugh as I scrutinized the men around me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a hitch near one of the pens, a Cossack performer tended to his horse. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We can claim that he was just a nincompoop or a madman. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Mama, I remembers,” Tidbit said, a whispering dread in his voice. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I complain, they claim it’s just a funny joke. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Each time, in his kindness, The Giver ended the afternoon with a color-filled memory of pleasure: a brisk sail on a blue-green lake; a meadow dotted with yellow wildflowers; an orange sunset behind mountains. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a shame for me to celebrate alone.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Yesterday a sophomore rode down the stairs in the janitor’s garbage can. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There was a three-foot gap in the trees directly opposite and, in case there was any possible doubt, a white blaze painted on a stout oak. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Yet there was power in his stare, an iron ferocity that told Asha this man would never, ever turn back from his course. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘Put the stirrups down a couple of notches. Now, hand me my gloves. I’ll be back in ten minutes.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The disc moves on to a school outing on a schooner. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She's home. night bus My father arrives on a night bus, his hat in his hands. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“What a godly man. I pray for his protection and health every day.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Stared at the black tar, his chest like someone blowing up a balloon inside him, then letting the air out, then blowing it back up, then letting the air out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

For a moment or two Simon was happy to be accepted and then he ceased to think about himself. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I can’t lie—I felt a little deflated when she said that, like cake cooked at the wrong temperature. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I used a gun like this to defend my father and brother from simulation-bound Dauntless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t even dared to smile. I’m afraid if I let myself go an inch I’ll do something disgraceful again. But Mercy smiles all day long, and still keeps order.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I take off walking and he follows a pace or two behind. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Literally gasp, like I was on one of those cheesy shows you used to watch, where there was always a BIG REVEAL! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It seemed a kindly gesture and Briony was touched by her sister’s capacity for forgiveness, if this was what it was. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the end, the kid’s mother gave Hali a Dixie cup of water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was a veil, a background, and its sudden disappearance, as after a clap of thunder, was a shocking thing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stands with a piece of chalk in one hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A man and a woman rushed at him with knives, swinging at him before he could bring his weapon up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When a Greek Orthodox church in Flint burned down, Milton drove up and salvaged one of the surviving stained glass windows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A few things have fallen into place—things that I hope are more divine intervention than some ancient family curse leading me into a trap that’s gonna end my batball career. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The trees along the sidewalk near the school—so recently a burning orange and red and yellow—are losing their last leaves. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The old thick walls sucked in coat after coat of whitewash made with lime in salt water, which, as it dried, seemed to have a luminosity of its own. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie had never known his parents, who died when he was an infant, and it pleased him to read a notice that seemed to take this possibility into account. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The general agreed, and a short while later, a tailor appeared to take my measurements. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point she looks up at me like I’ve turned into a star-nosed mole and then goes back to it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I take a ladle full, then spit it out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I found a way around that by invoking his wife. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long period of comfortable silence I stopped to look at a plant. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You could tell he was a little oiled up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She was never alone, ever, especially not with a man, and especially not lying down. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, for example, I would be reassuring the Pharaoh that the flood was a gift from the gods, that once it receded, the rich black earth of the delta would bring forth abundant grain. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along with the book, I got him a pair of real flip-flops, Doctor Who pajama pants, and a one-pound bag of cereal marshmallows. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A harpoon boat has a long catwalk that hangs over the water, so a fisherman can get closer to the big fish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Dean O’Neill looked every bit the classic academic in khakis and a blue shirt. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Macon Dead got to the front door of his office he saw a stout woman and two young boys standing a few feet away. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kept moving and passed a skeleton crumpled in the tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Comer on a pitch, smothered by defensive end Joseph Tips. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Principal Rivera announced that the school would consider having an “open mic” at next year’s Fall Fiesta but that, unfortunately, she had to disconnect the microphones. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

His mom had a stack of phone messages they’d “look at later—when things settle down.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The sky and sea boiled together in a roaring mass. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Between my lids I saw a circle of hands and faces, dazzling with light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But something Sop had told him made his tongue lie cold and heavy like a dead lizard between his jaws. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She recognized him, although more than a month had passed since she had last seen him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Miyax dressed, cut off a piece of meat, and held it out to him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time there was a shambler that musta been a fine lady, since she was decked out in gold and jewels. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She turned her head almost upside down to focus on a twisting leaf, a flying beetle, and a bird. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. But can I stay a little while longer?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I was going to do a magic act with Tim,” I tell Dad. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Tahlequah was a small country town with a population of about eight hundred. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anderson was not a person who enjoyed controversy or welcomed confrontations. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

She then stands in her bare feet on the ceramic tile floor and breathes a sigh of relief as the coolness of the tile flows through the soles of her feet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a warm blanket being tucked in around his neck, and he opened his eyes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Carlos always said she looked like a cartoon character. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He looked taken aback when he heard me speak, and a good portion of the grim suspicion faded from his expression. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you want an honest answer, Willodeen? Or do you want me to lie?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The origin of species is an object of experimental investigation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He left behind a Hole in the Universe through which darkness poured like liquid tar. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can never tell whether a Spanish waiter will thank you. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

My sleeplessness made me feel that my days were a hot, wild dream and my studies suffered at school. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a minute or so I felt myself being lifted up; and swinging back and forth in the net, I was carried with my three companions to the white truck I had seen earlier. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“She took the hand. Now that woman is going to pull Beverly into the grave. She is going to kill her and use her to fashion a new soul.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got to run the siren for a few seconds or we’re not allowed to pass the school buses. Nothing to worry about.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, that’s what happens when you tell your child you don’t want to be a mom anymore and drop her off at her grandparents’ house.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mom must have heard from Dad, because I heard her cell beep with an incoming text message. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reread her message several times, grinning like a dopey schoolboy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In November of that year the President made a speech at Gettysburg; papers all over the country printed it, but they were not agreed upon its quality. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my mother was loath to pass up even the flimsiest excuse for a celebration—she once invited friends over for our cockatiel’s birthday—in part because she loved to show off our house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I hit a twirl that gets a “perfect.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As Ronan laughs, his pole is yanked hard—a great white shark comes out of the water like a rocket off a launchpad. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha understood that the spoilt and grieving boy could not suddenly be content in a strange and poor place. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the door swung open, a scissor of daylight fell on to the concrete floor, showing clumps of trodden-down straw, and mud. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Desdemona had just turned forty-three and, in the manner of women of her generation, she was practically an old woman. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She walked past the dirty curtain at the door and pushed Odenigbo’s cup off the table; a pale liquid spread on the cement floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She would wrap her arms around me and sing me to sleep, her voice carrying me to a place where I could forget my misery. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess, in a way, it’s good that he never saw it shut down. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After a decadent lunch of goose sandwiches and chocolate pudding, Emma began to agitate for the older kids to go swimming. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If there were any valuables on the bodies, Momma and a couple of the men would sell them in town, bringing back something fine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He lunged at it and sent it sailing across the street with a three-point kick; it landed on the opposite curb and shattered yellow under the streetlight. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The word too painful a memory for my mother of not-so-long-ago southern subservient days . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She stopped checking her mail and rarely left the house except to work her shifts driving a school bus for disabled children. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Lee looked at him and abruptly smiled, almost a grin, a sudden light blazing in black round eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lazarus woodpecker weighs approximately twenty-six ounces, is twenty-four inches tall, and has a wing span of just around thirty-two inches. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have a thing to do with it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

By the end of the first article, the machine had created dozens of slender metal blocks, some scarcely wider than the edge of a silver dollar, arranged into squares. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Two boys rolled out of a pile of brushwood and dead leaves, two dim shadows talking sleepily to each other. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He hands me a sketchbook and a big box of pastel crayons. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sends the solar system, in the form of a plastic mobile, and stars you can stick on the ceiling that light up at night. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Never,” I admitted as Frankie folded the coverlet into a makeshift mattress. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The fact that Ms. G was willing to get arrested to help us complete a writing assignment was a sign of loyalty, and we respect her more for it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The librarian gave us a gardening tutorial the other day. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t answer, he settled into a doughnut shape, tail wrapped around himself, and closed his eyes. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Harry’s scar burned in the silence, but he made a supreme effort to keep himself present, not to slip into Voldemort’s mind. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The bucket contained about a gallon of seawater, and Fred set the moon snail at the bottom while he grabbed his tools. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The difference in the boys’ descent was clearly shown in the way each acted in face of a great danger which came to them before they were a year old. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his third dream there was a big book, a collection of poems. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her grandfather John—the son of William Ford and his African concubine—became a preacher. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Peck is good with stomping someone out if the occasion calls for it, but Damien and Kendrick don’t keep him around because he’s an extra body. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Could it have been a pianist—with sensitive, long fingers that drew magic sounds from the shining ivory keys?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of them were looking up toward the north where the transport plane would come; the plane bearing the father who had flown off an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean for a year. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a dignified way the Poppers and the penguins walked out on the stage, and Mrs. Popper sat down at the piano. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath, dip the tip of my brush into sky, take one long leap and... Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his answer, Theo sends Vincent an analysis of a painting by Edouard Manet, The Dead Toreador, painted more than twenty years earlier. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I have plenty of experience being the center of attention—on a soccer field, a basketball court, a baseball diamond. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A shave was a friendly spirit with a skill to bestow. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He takes a step toward me and I nearly take a step back to restore the balance, but I’m not willing to show any ounce of weakness. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her hair was cut in a short black wedge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Great. Because nothing says Come at me, demon like a pigeon sidekick,” said Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I hear myself saying, “Once upon a time there was a gorilla named Ivan.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Treasury Department uses a computer model to examine the effects of tax cuts on various income groups but does not look in detail fine enough to differentiate among those within the top 1 percent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the intervals between guard patrols, there was no one close who could fire a weapon at Shin and Park. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The more he thought about it, being a Runner didn’t sound like such a great idea. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jeet was immaculately dressed in a pressed button-down shirt and crisp black trousers. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was entirely deserted and silent, except that when she listened carefully she could hear a faint humming in the distance, as if something were running—another motor? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was straw in her hair when he roused her, and when he called her she put up her arm suddenly in her sleep as though to defend herself from a blow. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And this made women buy the cheap clothes, because they thought they could look as pretty as I. It was at this shop, working like a peasant, that I met Clifford St. Clair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad catches my eye for a moment, but my mom doesn’t look up. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But he looked terrible lying there on the damp wooden floor of my boat, his face pale as a sheet, his eyes half shut and his lips as blue as a fresh bruise. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Bruno is a mouse," my grandmother said, calm as ever. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He was trying to sound like Assef, except there was a tremor in his voice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to tip over when he felt a sharp pinch on his butt. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“It might be a good idea,” Kira replied, “if you want to pen your little ones. But not on this piece of ground. You can build a pen somewhere else.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before they were finished gathering corn, however, we were faced with a trouble a whole lot too big for any of us to handle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could go to a school like that. No such thing in this dinky little town.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had left the silver glint of a biting autumn evening; and now around them everything was golden with light. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Beale was pressing her famous meatloaf into a baking pan one day, when Maniac started talking his trash to her. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think Bunny is likely to drink a glass of whiskey with a lot of white powder at the bottom?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had brought some food — fruit, meat, sugar, salt, and a chicken — and my mother lit the stove to make tea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan took his backpack off and took out an empty plastic container. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There were fits and starts of normality, but always a specter loomed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When the phone reached Wilder, she gave a start of recognition. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I realized I had no idea what it truly meant to be a Native person. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When no one spit it out, Oliver reached across the table to ladle a small amount of the stew into his bowl, then took a tentative sip. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was enough money to feed them for a week. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the opposite corner, a plastic sculpture of a guy in an old-fashioned diving suit knelt beside a treasure chest, which popped open every few seconds, spewed bubbles, and closed again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rosalind Franklin had said little in her talk except to provide a few preliminary measurements. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s a stinky smell here, don’t you think?” she said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He started to sputter out a response, but she held up a finger. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Plenty of them, but no one’s choice for a meal. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But worse, the jumble of ice that stretched for hundreds of miles in every direction gave the wind a grip on the ice pack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She chose a young, growing pineapple for the first page of her Surinam book—the most recognizable of all her plants. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“A man? You’re a boy, Sam, a boy dressed up in a gaudy soldier’s suit.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the idea that there is a current of brutality in corrections work is hard to deny. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A plainer gun was cheaper, but Guiteau chose a fancy one because, undoubtedly, it would soon be displayed to the world in a museum. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Clothes weren’t made in a single big factory. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Tlo’s car!” he cried out, and sure enough, I saw the flash of white through a break in the hedge. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. The sheriff gave it to me as a gift. Said he got this from a Chinese man that used to live here.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was so happy and excited, but not scared that it might be a failure. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If I never had a chance of owning it I might feel very differently. What do people really want with each other, as Nell asked me once; what use are other people?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Baachan reluctantly put the comb in a pocket and said sadly that she had to go work in the fields now too. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She would have to keep herself at a remove—safe from that sort of damage. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Yellowstone, I hardly need point out, is sensationally beautiful, with plump, stately mountains, bison-specked meadows, tumbling streams, a sky-blue lake, wildlife beyond counting. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She held up a letter so they could read the green ink address: Harry made a grab for the letter but Uncle Vernon knocked his hand out of the way. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Long ago, when the Games began, the Capitol had built a dozen fine houses in each district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His mother said, “A grief counselor?” as if his father suggested he speak to a witch doctor. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The new commander of the island, General Kuribayashi, was determined to fight the Americans in a different way this time. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman had a braid, a beautifully elaborate one, trailing down her shoulder. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he tucked a strand of hair behind Petra’s ear and let his hand rest for a moment against the soft, wide plain of her cheekbone. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

On the other side of that door, Daddy barricades himself in a room that is no doubt filled with nothingness. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I have never been able to pick up a shirt, hold it up to my body, and know it can fit. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He lay down for half an hour, pressed under the fallen tree where he had hidden, to give time for the thing to go right away and for his own heart to cease thundering. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi's free hand curled into a fist, but she kept walking. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A moment after that she was through and pulling it quietly shut, and with Pantalaimon a goldfinch again, she ran for the stairs and fled. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“They do nothing but thumb their prayer beads and recite a book written in a tongue they don’t even understand.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling a swell of nausea, Louie slowed and slid out a bit, and the stench dissipated. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Biotechnology has been around for a long time, but it wasn’t always very effective,” Caleb says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of toxic pesticides, crops are sprayed with natural substances, like BT, a pesticide made from a common soil bacteria. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Just a few stragglers, leaning on the wall that separates us. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The flag of a pirate ship on the far horizon, a mermaid’s tail flipping out of sight behind a wave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Your father wouldn’t take no for an answer.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Everything about her seemed tranquil and soothing, pillowy almost, and gave me a feeling I could sink into. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Festus could navigate, check the radar, make a blueberry smoothie and spew white-hot jets of fire at invaders - simultaneously - without even blowing a circuit. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Put these on,” he said, holding out a pair of knee- high rubber boots.“Tennis shoes aren’t much good up here except around camp.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I stand like a big baby and cry. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

This was safer and more pleasant than working with Ebola, but it was a little dull. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me feel mad awkward too, ’cause whenever a dude cries near me I can’t really look at him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Real mad—like a mama cow determined to keep you away from her new calf. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

There are posters on the walls and a whole lot of clutter. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Finn tried to speak a little more softly, going on, but his voice still rose in excitement. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“They would for prizes. A prize for everyone and a big prize for the winner—maybe a hundred-dollar prize. They’d sweep the valley clean. Will you let me try?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if some gigantic hand had scooped a great hole in the landscape. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I just think I need a day off. What’s all that yelling in the background?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I lie across my bed, mindlessly flipping through pages of a poetry anthology my dad assigned me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Above the window was a sturdy metal rod from which the curtains had hung, andViolet took it down. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He paused and lit an already lit cigarette. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But when Ocean opened my door that day, I stepped out into a different world. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It pushed on its front legs and reared its head in an attempt to bite the hyena, but the beast was out of reach. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally fell asleep Friday night, I dreamed that Dad and I were fishing somewhere on a gorgeous morning. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But they told me I could prevent it. All I have to do is press a red button on their ship.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Two firemen passed and Sissy never so much as noticed and there had been a time when Sissy couldn’t resist a uniform. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all she found, inside one of the pockets, was a small ceramic bird, its yellow beak wide open in a whistle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The court was partly paved with stone, but was roofless, and on a grassplot a fountain played under young trees in the sunlight. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He would not set a geas on me or bargain with me just for that. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s dead,” said a gaunt old woman, coming down the steps. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The slightest infraction—an upturned collar, a missing button, dirty clothing, unshined shoes, too shiny shoes, faulty bed making—could mean a beating or death. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But when I climbed Lookout Hill, I saw a flash of something white out by Penikese. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“The great American writer who shot himself last summer with a loaded rifle!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"You think so. They won't, though. Because it wouldn't make any difference to me. I'm not a fighter." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

If I were an octopus, things would be so much easier. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And when you move a plank and step inside, there is the door to the cellar. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Amari felt a sense of anticipation, as if something was about to happen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she thought I needed kindness, it wasn’t a good sign. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She took a chair by me, washed the blood from my face, and, with a mother’s tenderness, bound up my head, covering the wounded eye with a lean piece of fresh beef. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’s leaving the auditorium to go to the bathroom just as I arrive, and he stops for a minute in the doorway. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

If they were here for war, the coastguard was a goner. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the opposite—I’d be supercharged, unfocused, like a radio at top volume flipping quickly from station to station. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Like a fool, I sat there on the limb, waiting to see him come out at the bottom, and come out he did. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a terrible twisted-up feeling in his belly, because of it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And finally Claire sighs and asks, “Shall I put on a pot of coffee?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“She’s so relaxed. But where did she come from? I’m the only falconer who can have a peregrine in this part of the state.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had a few bruises darkening both his sides and some cuts on his back from the wire lockers. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She sneaked out to the weekly meetings held in a dark and grimy cellar. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas doesn't question a single one of my terse responses. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She reached for her purse that hung on the back of her chair and pulled a few bills from her wallet. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The man disappeared down the corridor at a harried walk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn't till the soil or weed the flowerbeds or try to graft a tree limb; I sat in the shade and listened to my Japanese language instruction. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Just joining a minyan for evening services or listening to the chazzan’s chanting was like stepping back into my childhood home. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lyddie slipped a copied page of her book into her pocket and managed to read through the long Methodist sermon. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

That I wasn’t alone anymore, doomed to a life wandering the mall. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I thought that was a little mean, but Rachel didn’t respond. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I buy licorice whips, jelly beans, many-layered blackballs with the seed in the middle, packages of fizzy sherbet you suck up through a straw. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a pale brown sugar, not dark brown like the maple sugar Ma used for every day. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alakazam!—and her face went blank, her mouth closed, her arms went slack, and she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like a small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought a minute or two and then said, "Why?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

That morning, I found her elbow deep in an enormous glass bowl of ground beef, burnished a bright gold from all the turmeric she’d added. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Now, as he drove into the parking lot, he let out a sigh of relief. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, six cars ahead, he saw Father Mike dart out of line, cutting off another car and slipping into a toll booth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Big Ma had moved in and told Pa, “That gal’s dumb as a dry pump,” meaning me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My journey from California lasted about as long as a ride on the Viper roller coaster, and our journey to the Collaborative Classroom took no time at all, either. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But I took a deep breath and focused. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mom throws an arm around Javier’s head, wrapping her hand over his mouth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There are two others, and each is a monumental principle of composition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

That same day, they came to a long row of trees planted on either side of the path. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She’s probably going to march right down the hall to Mom and give her a full report. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to do much: It was a perfect pass. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max finds a cloth, wets it in the water bucket, and starts cleaning Helena up while I hold her. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

This time she gave me a little smile. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One moment, one step, and a person was there, through the curtain to another world. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t making even a dent in his position. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Propaganda can be one of the jobs of an intelligence service. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read my ticket and then went through a reprise of the just-the-facts interrogation he had administered that afternoon in the Watch Commander’s Office. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look a strong man,” said the lady. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, this I’m telling of isn’t a spirit-world. A real one. The people that live on it are real people, alive, just like here. But very-long-ago they learned how to fly.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You ’ave been to much trouble,” he said in a deep voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rode upon a strong dappled horse with flowing mane and tail and his stirrups and bridle were inlaid with silver. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was a big man, with black hair and black eyes and great shoulders and a black cape and gloves. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My mind feels like a thick, swampy cesspool, a muddled mess. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned out to be an American documentary filmmaker named Christopher Quinn. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chose an auspicious day, the third day of the third month. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room is so small that he’s basically just walking around the table in a circle. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He wore a high, snow-white collar and rimless eyeglasses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope he doesn’t think I’m a miscreant or something, sitting in parks and preying on innocent teenagers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When Joe arrived at the shell house for fall turnout on October 5,1934, it was another radiant afternoon, much like the day when he had first shown up as a freshman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn't muster up a single commonplace out of the thousand in my head. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He leaped down the staircase, three steps at a time, and skidded to a halt, searching for a way out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“No fever. That’s a good sign,” she said, relief in her voice. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I went to Ellis Park on a Tuesday, the first day of the tournament. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was to show you. It always starts with a small thing. For me? The very first time I saw beyond? It was an apple.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She nodded at a big wooden cabinet against the wall. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He grinned like a possum and sneezed into his napkin. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“When he’s in a bad mood, it’s better not to talk to him.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then Richard says, “Are you ready to fight a duel yet?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of the bridge, I got a little worried, though. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The purse is just a taste, my friend. My brother wears armor of solid gold plate." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a simple fact known even to children that to anger a king, even one so good as King Hamlet could mean death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There’s a chance, a faint one, that I wrote an email to Tom and didn’t send it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perry said, “You never wished me a Merry Christmas.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slammed the drawer shut after I got a spoon for my yogurt. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I want you to have what’s best. ‘Hearts have windows, but mine has doors a painful past has closed.’ Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Disregarding his faults in personal hygiene,” Miles interrupted, “I still think he needs his head shoved into a wood chipper.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe sharing a confidence will actually make him believe I see him as a friend. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His laptop is set up on the breakfast bar with a USB cord plugged into his camera. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Well I was thinking so hard about going up to Tom Warrups’ and finally seeing Sam after all this time that I kept forgetting it was a secret. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kouros, the records stated, had been in the private collection of a Swiss physician named Lauffenberger since the 1930s, and he in turn had acquired it from a well-known Greek art dealer named Roussos. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She speaks of it as a thing with will and motive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you were a guest you would be treated with kindness and tea and all the best food they could offer. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The Dauntless have the weirdest slang. Pansycake, Nose ... is there a term for the Candor?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Out of the darkness above, an enormous form appeared—a squid larger than any skyscraper. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But everyone knew that an Indian summer could only last so long. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, plenty,” they said, and reeled off a score, from which she chose Rebecca and shortened it to Reba. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Marines are ferrying him home on a military transport, after a quick stop at Shake Shack for something called a Shack Stack and a concrete.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, with a great snapping of twigs and thrashing of branches across the windshield, as if the countryside is loath to release them, the car bursts forth onto smooth pavement and the light of day. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I felt the strangeness, the road, the light, and for a moment I felt as if I were the last man alive on this world....” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dobby whispered, “He said we is free to call him a — a barmy old codger if we likes, sir!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

With his finger, Bliss detected a broken rib but no bullet. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But illusionism is only one vehicle for expressing an artist’s understanding of reality. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will leave tomorrow because I must attend an umuada meeting. I will return at the end of the week to fetch her.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Martha, “I suppose you could. There’s not a lot of dancing here, and I don’t believe that we have ever had a show. But perhaps someday. Who knows?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Blake recounted how he woke from a nap behind the stables to find Cora standing over him with her hatchet, blubbering. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

That day I tried to get some sleep in our tent, but the soaking Grandpa had taken in the river had given him a cold, causing him to snore. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was thinner; Florence Biyoya would never be a skinny woman, mind you, but I did feel the suggestion of a collarbone under my chin. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It looked a lot like Dayton, Ohio, more open spaces than Dayton has. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One programmer I know loves Disney animation; another calls himself a “hardware and sailing geek.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast the next morning, Roy asked if it was against the law for a kid his age not to go to school. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Usually I only cut older women’s hair. Their beauty is a little more, well, potent.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Well, I’m not a teacher who says, “O.K.,” so I went back and told him he’d have to move up to the front. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a few small cuttings taking root in water glasses by the window. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Tab clapped, gave a little jump, and disappeared. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jinny paused for a moment, waiting to see if that was really all he was going to say. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“And she—Melissa—she died a long time ago. A car accident.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Suppose you wanted to scale the walls of a fortress which was on the other side of a river. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And somehow it seemed that the dog helped us be a better family. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I reach down, tug a flower from my mom’s flower bed, and twist it around in my fingers until it’s limp in my hands. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was a moment they would remember with perfect clarity for the rest of their lives. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Traffic was being held up, a bus arrived at the stop across the street, it stopped, and the bus driver got off to help the boy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sunlight filters through her hair, making it look like a kind of halo around her head. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

At home, I was given a warm salt solution, and when I washed out my mouth I showed Bailey the empty holes, where the clotted blood sat like filling in a pie crust. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji yanked his hands off the keyboard like a thief caught stealing. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sherpas remain an enigma to most foreigners, who tend to regard them through a romantic scrim. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Two miles along the road they came to a winding cart track leading uphill to a farm. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d had to take rooms in an inn so Maester Kedry could tuck him into a feather bed and feed him broths and potions until some pink returned to his cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The landing at the top of the stairs ended in a single door painted red, with a peephole in it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Shoji even gives me a hug, which feels weird for both of us. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I noticed the quiet passing of another milestone: For the first time, Harry got a cup of Christmas wine. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

That word, plastered, on the brink of obsolescence, indicates to me what sort of an event that was. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’s walking heavily on her cane, and Christoffel has come with her in a taxi, helping her, offering his arm as she picks her way slowly over the bumpy grass and rocks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had better days. I’m sore all over, and my eyes are still a little blurry.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rowan would find a way to make sense of the senseless. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been a few times with him. You people have terrible roads.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She said we would be spending a portion of every practice for the rest of the week doing relay work; she was hoping that we'd be ready to give it a try by Saturday's meet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

You can’t sit in a park all night waiting for somebody. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the 1980s, the KGB had begun marking suspected foreign agents with an invisible radioactive dust that could be picked up with radiation sensors. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’d have married you if you hadn’t a penny, and I sometimes wish you were poor that I might show how much I love you.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ties closely to acting and storytelling, and I learned all three from my father, who was a master craftsman. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He would make any kind of an excuse. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of him lingers, even after the echo of his presence fades to a dull hum. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will make a confession to you now. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then she just stood there for a while, staring at me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A man is not a man until he has a house of his own. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives us a warm bowl of tomato soup and I like it a lot more than I thought I would. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Again Aristaeus did as he was bid, and on the ninth day he found a marvel, a great swarm of bees in one of the carcasses. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like a boy playing tops who has just won everybody’s tobacco tags. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I think he knows that I’m his Secret Santa, though, because I think he knows that only I would do a tape like that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

James C. Evans, an MIT engineering graduate, ran the school’s trade and mechanical studies program before accepting a position as a Civilian Aide in the War Department in 1942. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

If he admitted how weak he was, that his whole life depended on a half-burned stick... The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“But does he ever put in a good word for the likes of me? Oh, no.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under my mother’s glare, he gave Caroline a timid peck on the cheek, then wrapped his arms around me and gave me a bear hug. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It was a miracle that no one had yet tried to murder Lincoln in his own office. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found a game trail that meandered until it met a wide grassland divided by a stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From there, she might guess that Tally wasn’t an ordinary runaway. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His father is a great lord, fighting in Spain against the Muslim kings there. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The sheriff got out, then opened the passenger door and a bloodhound jumped out. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

At last Lilya was getting a chance to quench her thirst for battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A roomful of immigrants smiled and shrugged at each other as we all made a lame attempt to follow along. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It had been her first challenge, really, and a small one. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes narrow on me for a second, angry. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The mopeds parted like fish in a giant shoal. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was a mom thing; she couldn’t help herself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aunty, maybe it’s time to tell him you were not a second wife,” Ifemelu said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he hands me a red book and a pen. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“William, last night I watched a movie that I still don’t understand,” he said. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Thus the simple lockstep of history has given way to a far more differentiated view that might be likened to an ever-varying counterpoint pattern. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all felt a little better about things then and I was glad I was the one that went up with Mary so I could tell the others. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pigeons take off, gray wings against a rainbow sky. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You’ll form small groups and work to create a center focused on a certain holiday. It might be Christmas, Ramadan, Kwanzaa, or Hanukkah.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

We now know this, but no one in the sixteenth century realized it, and it has caused a great deal of confusion in the historical literature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Nathan turned it on and a second later its familiar waking tone rang out. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This was the essence of the charge that he was a “party man.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The nearer acres of rock flowers fluttered and for half a minute the breeze blew cool on their faces. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But this time it was more of a straight line without the twists of the alleys. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them wanted to carry her downstairs, put her in a car and drive to the emergency ward. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head of the local Klan was obviously a more complex character than many had imagined. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she’s still afraid of him, in the way that I’m still afraid of him, like a nightmare that keeps resurfacing during the day. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Great public thieves came along and picked the pockets of everyone who had a pocket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama left a shell, polished smooth from the ocean water running over it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

No matter what Dobrynya said, there was no way Håkon was on the same level as a dog, or one of the goats, or a fish. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was a flattering bow, courtly without being ridiculously formal, and safe for a public setting such as this. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Be careful, my cynical friend!” she warned, putting a hand in the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The realization filled me with a mixture of joy and fear. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

You've got to subtract an additional year from the total to get the right answer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I still said, “I know, Papa,” just the right way, although I didn’t know a thing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

To devise a mix that would bring this about, he tinkered around with God knows what until he stumbled upon a home brew that delivered a ferocious kick. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I found was three bodies lying in the dirt—dead or unconscious, I wasn’t sure—and a village near rioting. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Maybe this isn't such a good idea," says Rudi, firmly rooted on the sidewalk. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had hours of work left to do, but he needed a break from the heat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

It did calm me a bit, having something to do, and Sander was as good as his word, though he got me to the stage with a scant half-minute to spare. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s all sit down and have a nice, peaceful family lunch.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Some people will always be a pain, but all in all, it’s easier to be yourself, I think. I mean, now that the pressure’s off to be perfect.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I wonder what’s going to happen to our little friend here. He’ll be out in a day or two. But what will become of the rest of his life?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the vigilance and care of Rebeca kept him from being dragged off by his imagination into a state of perpetual delirium from which he would not recover. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She told Daddy all my sins and started to cry, which made me cry too, and I already had such an awful headache. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"It didn't finish transmitting. Some data's missing, and there's no checksum. Gimme a sec." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have him in a cage for all the north to see, proof of your lies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A dog eating her bacon, a dog eating her bacon while she was jobless. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Adams replied that he received only a fraction of that number but chose not to answer most of them, which allowed him to focus all his allegedly waning energies on Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I kept driving for a moment, thinking, Did they move the post office? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Through the outer courtyards and along the corridors we went, going with the crowd to whom this was evidently a nightly routine, and into a large vaulted chamber with arched entrances opening on three sides. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. We rescued a baby ... something or other. Took forever. Almost got stampeded.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And nobody, but nobody, gets on our six without a warning, because he is, and knows he is, after all, the Corkinator.... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I dived through the door and into what might be called a dressing room. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wish I had strong legs to run on the beach with a kite. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Momma looked all around and said, “We can’t be dead. We were alive just a minute ago.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was a relief when six o’clock arrived and they could slip out of their sleeping bags, dress in the semidarkness, then creep out into the garden, where they were to meet Hermione and Griphook. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As a result, jockeys never, ever spoke about danger, pain, or fear, even among themselves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of experts at the U.N. urged a national convention for South Africa that would lead to a truly representative parliament, and recommended an amnesty for all op-ponents of apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You two having a worldwin courtship if I ever seen one. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would be a grand thing for one of those girls, wouldn’t it? Sallie says they are very intimate now, and the old man quite dotes on them.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered I had wanted to listen to a Tchaikovsky symphony on Sunday night, the night of the ball game which I had been so certain we would win. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was just a child, after all, and had yet to learn what sorrow really was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I turned my face to conceal a slightly embarrassed blush at the compliment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But because Old Tallow was, after all, an elder, and because Mama had always insisted that Omakayas be polite as possible to her elders, Omakayas pretended to listen to the story. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

His frustration with some Americans was like that of a disappointed parent. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Outside was blowy and wet, like a rain machine was aimed over Black Swan Green. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They came out as a soft, whispered moan. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Meggie stroked its binding as she always did before opening a book. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Stanton spoke freely about her own situation, griping about the challenges of raising children and running a household. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

As it happened, by sheer luck really, he discovered straight away a street with four shops of just the kind we were after, standing virtually in a row. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rusted shape of a furnace standing in the black water of the cellar. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Normally quite restrained in its chess reporting, The New York Times was exuberant in running a salute to Bobby on its editorial page: Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now, even from a distance, his scratches gave off an iridescent glow. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked quietly out of the room, she took what seemed to be a long, satisfying drag on her cigarette. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

My gaze pauses on a cluster of four boys reading on the couches. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“At the tip of Spain. And over there—” She pointed south, to a more distant stretch of red and ochre hills. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A bold sea bird, it resembled its close relative the gull, but was not a fisher. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many months have to end before you pay your school fees and start wearing the proper uniform?” a teacher asked me one morning during uniform inspection. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Secretly I was wondering whether these people were going to take care of us or whether we were still all on our own, only now in a slightly different form. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we were standing then in a different area of the house, the frozen-in-time, museum-like part of the place, where symbolism lived and mattered, where the country's old bones were on display. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Lorraine was in her glory because she had a brainstorm about making spaghetti. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

We walked down the wide aisle and followed the signs to the fifth-grade staging area, which was in a big room to the left of the stage. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Trees look dark against the red sky; lights coming on in a house here, another one there. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a kind smile, and she looked at me intensely. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It is my fault, of course, that that was never a possibility, because I chose another faction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ghetto” signaled that a place was both black and hopeless. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The observatory was christened Uraniborg, after Urania, the Muse of astronomy, and over the years developed into a major scientific institution with observing galleries, library and studies. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Disappointed with Ds, pleasantly satisfied with Cs, and celebratory about a B, I allowed my standards at school to become pathetic. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Surprise can do that to a person, and at first glance April really was a surprise. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

His snorting laugh and the tinkle of a bell carried down through her open window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She arose, climbing over Roberts feet with a muttered apology. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seventh-grade Ron had a birthmark shaped like a crab, which made me think of the Crab Nebula. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need a baby-sitter,” Zack exclaims in a horrified tone. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

His words were like an icy draft through her heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Also, it would take Mama and Papa a month to convince folks that, no, I wasn’t at the trestle with a mill girl. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He poured it into the strongest container he could find, a thick glass beaker. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t his security detail surrounding her remains; instead, there were at least a dozen men and women, all in cloud-colored suits, forming a circle around her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He would like to have a pair of scissors and cut this hair he flung the mass back cut this filthy hair right back to half an inch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A fourth try and he had it all but strung— when a stiffening in Odysseus made him check. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask if this represents a new price bracket for you?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I lay on my bed, my arms and legs splayed out like a star. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Despite a fierce struggle, I began to cry. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After Mrs. Caruthers’s fit, the doctor ordered her to be kept on bed rest, and even gave Cook a tincture of opium to be added to her tea. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Laika was a good listener, and when I talked to her, she would stay near me and not run off to find something decaying that she could roll on. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I told you that we were about to live a little, didn’t I?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said, even though I was, a little. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was too, a few minutes ago. I only just woke up.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mariam saw an outhouse on the right, in a side yard, and, on the left, a well with a hand pump, a row of dying saplings. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I had only a smattering of food supplies, but I opened the can of hash and ate it cold. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The panel slid back into the wall, revealing a shallow storage area. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was no plan or map involved; I just set off down a nearby path. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say a word to Karl about what had happened in the store. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

After a while she said, “Don’t let Nipper go. Keep him.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then the board started to slip downward again Tally thrust her hands into the pockets of her jacket and spread her arms, making a sail to catch the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was no big deal to carry a knife in your back pocket. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

During the Depression, the studios, which were mostly run by immigrant Jews, turned out a string of formulaic fantasies about life among the Gentile upper crust. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“This is not a good time to ask me what I want. I don’t think you’d like it. Just...remember what’s at stake.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You should all remember what it’s like to be a second grader. There’s lots of stuff I don’t know or understand, and I’m fine!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be mad because we’re more fashionable than you,” Mapper chided around a mouthful of oats. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Had he read a book by this fountain? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He sent his long whip-lash cracking over their heads; then with another crack and a yell he started the company off again at a brisk trot. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m just going to lie down for a minute.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And he was going to ask his father where Sounder came to him along the road when he wasn’t more’n a pup. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only instead of sounding like rain splashing anytime it wanted to, the Thug had it sounding like it was coming down in a steady, bouncing way. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We can write the book about early elf-goblin cultural exchange together! It will be a work such as never has been written before!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It was a hoary restatement of Lamarck’s idea—of adaptation morphing directly into hereditary change—decades after geneticists had pointed out the conceptual errors of Lamarckism. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A turtle with a gash along his shell comforted a weeping older woman who was clutching a child’s doll. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

One day, me and King took a trip to do a pickup, and we got busted. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Though it’s not exactly a reward when you’re born with freedom and a thief sneaks into your home at night and steals it from you. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When he wouldn’t nap, Mia lay next to him in the center of their parents’ bed, blankets heaped around them in a chenille nest, singing him songs and patting his cheek until he dozed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If identity was geography instead of blood—if living in a place was what really mattered—then Ishmael was part of her, inside of her, as much as anything Japanese. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

While they walked toward the south hallway, Moss felt like a screen had been lifted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’s always had a sixth sense for Deckers who will spend their final hours creating chaos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They sit awhile on a rolled carpet with the trapdoor open and listen to Madame Manec hum as she makes tea in the kitchen above them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At recess, I walked up to Thatcher; me—a scrawny elf girl the size of a small second-grader standing up to a future varsity football player, offensive tackle. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a Holy Cross jersey and has a basketball tucked beneath his arm. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Eat this while I tell you a story,” he says as he sits back in his armchair again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He’s just a boy, talking casually, walking me to my door. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

One morning in late 2001, when Whitiker was alone and the apartment was uncharacteristically quiet, the mail arrived and, in it, an envelope from the state boards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The thrust threw me clear just as the Mechagodzilla’s huge clawed foot slammed down, forming a crater in the spot where I’d stood a second before. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Arm felt a deep pity for this man who had so much power and yet was utterly helpless to get back the one thing that had meaning for him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I dug his business card out of a pair of shorts in the laundry hamper. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

From somewhere down the corridor there came a loud belly laugh, and a loud voice called out, “Listen to the man talk.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a thought about what he was taking on, he announced that he wanted to build her a house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, there hadn't been a military tribunal for civilians since Abraham Lincoln's assassination trial. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I know someone who’s on an isolated island in the middle of the Congo River. About as far from roads and cities as you can get.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell my mom I had fun, okay? I don’t want her making this no-TV thing a habit.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was just a baby, and even if he were older, Teddy was like half kid brother and half my own kid. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be labeled with a disability. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Howard took a bite of muffin and made a face. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Axel’s insides tense, like someone has flipped a switch from off to on in the worry part of his brain. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s an open invitation and other people climb in, like this white man in a shirt and tie and a Latino holding a camera on his shoulder. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Blackie dangles me a little further out the door, then pivots and tosses me across the rolls of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Harry backed up another step until he was against a window. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“No, that’s not fair, Mama. Dad is an expert when it comes to garbage.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a printout from the video—the photo of the Washingtons all dressed up. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"You don't remember anything about a date with me at the Crillon?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Pollard was a pushover, and all the down-and-outers knew exactly where to go to pick up a few bucks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He championed a preferential option for the poor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The last time a teacher cared so much about my academic welfare was in first grade. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

According to Fifi, the alta sociedad, the high-class ladies of the oligarchy who form a kind of club, not unlike a country club, are delighted by this juicy bit of gossip. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Mom finishes dressing her oatmeal, whisks her phone out of her pocket, and leans back in her seat to take a picture of our breakfast table. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He ran the sword, which was about as deadly as a laser pointer, through Frank’s chest a few times. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’d been grinding like a workhorse for months but didn’t have much to show for it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Whoever they are, they certainly have a flair for the dramatic. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Twelve years old and already a beautiful young lady.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bites the head off a sparkly red reindeer. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

"Yep. My parents still live there. Mom makes dinner every Sunday night. Your grandmother's joined us a time or two. Do you like to cook?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This suggested that the red shift was instead caused by the expansion of the universe, which, in turn, meant that the object was a very long distance away. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned to the office and saw her holding Otto, I had a crazy thought: It’s a good thing my mom’s here to help me take care of my hahy. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of dirt, mud, grime—much of it from Todd moving things upstairs and rushing in and out of the house—but the damage could have been far worse. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The old woman was silent for a moment. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“They said the Nigerians have been bombing and bombing Uli and no relief plane has been able to land in a week,” Alice said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because it seemed like it should be a good thing, that I didn’t have that long-word-x reading disorder, that my brain didn’t mix up letters and numbers on the page. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I still have a headache, too, even though I took two more Tylenol before I left the house. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson peered closely at a photo of a sullen young girl in a cowgirl outfit. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Behind her, a busy signal buzzed from the abandoned receiver. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He opened a new notebook and began to copy an article, a word at a time, saying each word aloud as he wrote it. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he just about looks like Santa Claus after a close shave. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

James slid over a sheet of paper filled with various hash marks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Numbers,” I say, cracking open a book and offering it to her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hublin says, “We are always acquiring, yes? All across the world, industrialization endangers mineral deposits. We collect as many types of minerals as exist. To a curator, none is superior to any other.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Last time, she pulled out a pack of Montclairs and smoked right there with me in the room and that was kind of something, the casualness of it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“My point is, it takes a special person to cry over a book. It shows compassion as well as imagination.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When they moved off and started back toward the trees, I had a clear view of the truck driver being rolled, unconscious and bound, into the ditch alongside the road. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Hina is the one who came up with the idea of me living with her so I can have a semblance of freedom and not have to live with my parents.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But when I opened my mouth, the old man cut me a warning look and gave his head a quick shake. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“But it’s a bit much, isn’t it? Especially for a scythe. Aren’t you all supposed to live simple lives?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Where it had lain there was blooming a new and lovely flower, and they called it by his name, Narcissus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a pathetically gift-wrapped box, the size of a Band-Aid tin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“May we please climb it instead? I am not dressed for an obstacle course. We’ll make it worth your while.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It was very quiet, except for the squalling of a few of the babies. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was Vietnam, after all, and Mary Anne Bell was an attractive girl. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The maester's medicines made an impressive display,- dozens of pots sealed with wax, hundreds of stoppered vials, as many milkglass bottles, countless jars of dried herbs, each container neatly labeled in Pycelle's precise hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Under the label, the jar had a small radioactive symbol. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They were thus in a position for several thousand years to exploit as potential crops the most useful available wild plants, whatever those should be. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Barack managed to slip into a back row and watch the dress rehearsal before leaving for Connecticut. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He had slept poorly because he had considered making a canoe instead of a totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There were only a few of us that were allowed to go. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was methodically capable of eking out a win from a seemingly hopeless and delicate position. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was a reasonable view, since they were the only tools needed for Copernican astronomy and for Galileo’s two new sciences, the science of projectiles and the science of load-bearing structures. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I had become a member of the community and was now owned and cared for by all. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She showed them a picture of an anteater. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You-know-who has been on the warpath all day long,” said Charles, cutting himself a slice of bread. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the bottom center of the bulkhead just above the seat there was a nylon strap sticking out, the end of it doubled and cross-stitched. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I told her I had a guy playing center field and left field. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Rafik whispered, “Are we in a spy zone or something? Why is everybody whispering?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond her is a screened door that leads outside. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My grandma said she was behaving like a toddler. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They entered the church by the sanctuary door, startling the sacristan who slept and ate in a small room off the entrance porch. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She wore a Tot of makeup and many pieces of cheap jewelry. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He’d found what he was looking for—a sheaf of bills from the Unseen City—and it had stolen his attention away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’d started carving designs into the pine beams and had installed a homemade skylight in the roof, which was awesome. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The grilled meat smoke still hung heavy in the air, but Pax could only get a general scent of the humans. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was as perfect a summer night as the one before it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

You hate the way they make you feel just before and for a long time after. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Wind howled around the house the way it did on the radio for a ghost story, and Marly shivered in bed and covered herself clear to the eyes. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We had picnicked above the beach among the sand dunes, almost on a kind of plateau. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Reverend Hunt, I have a question,” I say. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

At first I couldn't make out who it was, because my eye only opened a short way, but then I saw it was my brother. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Unlike our playful plot to deceive the king and my father, this device that Hamlet rehearsed had a dark and serious purpose I could not fathom. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was wound up as tight as a spring, and I thought that any second he might pounce on Dusty Muleman, who was smaller and flabbier. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It can only make copies of itself inside a cell using the cell’s materials and machinery to get the job done. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked just like a church, with a funny bell tower. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He grew adept at manipulating the shapes of cooking hot dogs and, for fun, developed an entire line of gag frankfurters. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. We’re twins,” she said and paused, as if that were a momentous disclosure. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or like I have a horribly distended belly, like an abscess, and have ventured to New York for surgery at one of their world-famous belly abscess hospitals. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As the baby grew older, she cast an envying look at pink. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Consequently, he insisted on using one single mathematical model to account for a planet’s movement across the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Yet if you managed to find this child, how were you planning to get out of here with it? You can’t climb back over the wall holding a baby.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“We were going to take some of your sister’s magic stuff and make a love potion for Kimberly!” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The Queen picked up the cat She was trying a well- known piseog to amuse herself, or at any rate to pass the time while the men were away at the war. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at Woundwort with a detached, appraising air which the General had not encountered for a very long time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he startled her by making a harsh cackling sound, suddenly, and then a series of soft clucks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t the one meeting her mom for the first time in over a year. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s you in a world of magic. Of course.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It had been the first Sukkot without Papa, who usually built the sukkah they would spend a week pretending to live in. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

In a few heartbeats, the gullies were suddenly filled with warriors. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

An afternoon breeze had kicked itself into a gusty wind, and the shade on the window tapped out a steady beat that was pleasant and reassuring. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

With a tiring field behind them and less than a mile to go Cal was in a commanding position to win. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He said this in a curiously unnerving way, his eyes looking into mine and one hand half hiding his lips, as though he were trying to conceal bad teeth. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine stared at the fire for a moment. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“But I cheat a little. On warm afternoons, I just pull a little straw over the eggs and go out for a walk.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He saw a lamp that he thought I might like and he brought it by. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baker shouted an ultimatum to the fugitives: “I want you to surrender. If you don’t, I will burn this barn down in fifteen minutes.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quincey Morris was phlegmatic in the way of a man who accepts all things, and accepts them in the spirit of cool bravery, with hazard of all he has to stake. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had a special console built to hold the televisions. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her quick steps slowed to a crawl as she neared the table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Janie never used the word good, and definitely not twice in a row. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As he chopped hot dogs into the spaghetti sauce, he told the group how Garvey had taught him that life was a hot dog. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He was returning as poor as when he had left, to such an extreme that Úrsula had to give him two pesos to pay for the rental of his horse. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kino shivered a little and drew his blanket more tightly against his nose. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A place where people just sort of forget about you because you get a little old and your mind’s a bit senile or silly? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It should have sickened me, but I had seen corpses so many times, I took in the sight of gore like a distant memory. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Egyptian art is rife with depictions of musicians and their instruments, suggesting that music was an important feature of public and private life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Richard wished he hadn’t said he was a writer and so he added, as if to make up for saying he was a writer, “I’m fascinated by the discoveries at Igbo-Ukwu. The bronze castings.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was barely a day ago, yet it felt like a week. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He had a representative, an ex- con, who dealt with me, and no one else in my gang. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pulling and pulling on one of them branches to make me a good switch. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her dark hair was plaited into many braids that were gathered and woven into a knot high on her head. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

You’ve all gotten a little taller, a little stronger, a little smarter ... Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Up he shot again like a bullet in the barrel of a gun. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The small bathroom contained a huge, full-length mirror behind the door, and so I could not escape the reflection of my naked self as I leaned in to turn on the shower faucet. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Stanley Goldfarb died and his relatives and the congregation gathered for an evening of prayers and mourning. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Obviously, an airplane has no way of telling the skin color of the person flying it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these differences contributed to a distinct class awareness, and even snobbery, in some of the young women who joined Marina Raskova’s regiments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Uncle Bill drove off the highway, and soon they were paying a fee to enter a massive parking lot. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Just when she was trying to count up something or write in an account book. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He was reading an Italian-English dictionary and had the same huge eyes as the boy. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Cheating may or may not be human nature, but it is certainly a prominent feature in just about every human endeavor. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Because of this, it’s unclear to me why a collection of intimate profiles or personal stories is so frequently termed a poll. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In,” she said and her body snapped like a whip. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I hung around a monitor at the next Sale, it wouldn’t be difficult to browse through the pages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of it all, we put two scuttles of dusty coal and a faded half-furled Confederate flag, saved last year when Cold Sassy’s old wooden schoolhouse burned down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And, to my surprise, there was even a message from Art3mis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe he felt a little guilty about Pooky’s father, I don’t know, but he seemed to tolerate Pooky more than he did other complainers and idlers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I told Maya I thought that was really dumb and she agreed, but she still wouldn’t touch a ball that August just touched, not if she could help it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m pushing things, I know it, but the comment gives me a sense of satisfaction. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end as she curled into a ball and covered her head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They repeated Mayor Nagin’s assertion that the city had devolved into an “animalistic state.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was a huge wooden building with a great slanting roof divided up into parts. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He staggered to his feet, tensed for more terrors, and looked up at a huge peaked cap. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It is easy to recognize and grasp the form of some things, because they are small and simple, like a grain of salt, or repetitive, like a wall made of bricks of the same size. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She could not imagine anything more satisfying: the very thought filled her with a warm, almost postcoital glow. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The door was thrust open, and the marvelous Ignatius J. Reilly appeared, a plaid scarf as large as a shawl wound around his neck, one end of it stuffed down into his coat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaned forward, closed my eyes, parted my lips, and let Jerome shotgun into my mouth a long, dirty plume of smoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her lip is curled up slightly, and she takes her sweet time to speak, like she’s getting a kick out of our fear. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

What if noticing was a sign that Finn was growing up? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Fischer was more of a tactical player, with flames of brilliance, while Reshevsky was a positional player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The glass is shattered in a star radiating from the corner of Scott’s eye, so it’s difficult to read his expression. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our bedding consisted of a single sisal, or straw, mat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, what they don’t tell you is that there ain’t a more dangerous job in the whole Bureau. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He snuggled down between the roots of the tree, trying to find a comfortable place where the hard wood did not stick into his shoulder-blades. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father, universally called Mr. Cooper, ran a little trucking business—ran it well and made a good living. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I get my lunch and sit down at a secluded cafeteria table with the most popular boy in the seventh grade. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“There is no way I’m going to put a beret on my head and go out in the field,” Oshiro said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She must have given me a spare one. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sounded like enough to build a fence from here back to Arlington. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A pair of Peacekeepers runs by, barely glancing at the whimpering Capitol girl huddled in a doorway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I tried not to look surprised, because I hadn’t even considered getting Dari a present. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Erik opened a pizza box, pulled out a slice, and started stuffing it into his mouth. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave Mom an unapologetic smirk to let her know that it was. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Percy, there were only a few demigod warriors aboard that ship, and they all chose to batde for Kronos. Perhaps some heeded your warning and escaped. If they did not... they chose their path.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He lies back down and throws a forearm across his eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were on a mission for the National Security Agency—the hush-hush government intelligence agency where William had worked before his retirement, and which he still sometimes served. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The police found his body in a wood like this. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now it just spins in place like a little kid making himself dizzy. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Every single day he looked like he had just walked out of Sunday school: Every thin yellow hair on his pinhead was perfectly cut and licked to a gloss. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A boom sounded overhead, and an explosion lit the sky just to the right of the Squaller. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I knew even then he had a nature that did not waste anything. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It said Khrushchev wanted to take over the Belgian Congo and deprive the innocent savages of becoming a free society, as part of his plan for world domination. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day I received a single bottle of soda as payment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

After fourteen minutes and a lot of bad music, a voice says, "Hello, this is Renee. May I help you?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got careless. I left it in the living room. Anybody could look through the window and . . . and ...” She clenched her eyes so tightly it was a wonder the tears got out. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s difficult to find in hardcover these days. It’s a British publication, a very small press. It took four months to arrive. I hope you like it.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This morning the field had been covered with a thick blanket of old snow, its white crust shining in the sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now and then he spent an afternoon hanging around the makeup counters, talking to girls. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He knows he's inviting an argument, and that he shouldn't, not on Mutti's wedding day. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It is natural to describe key events in terms of the work of individuals who made a mark in science—Copernicus, Vesalius, Darwin, Wallace and the rest. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Surely we are not presenting ourselves to them in the middle of an open marsh without any protection nor cover nor guile. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, I told myself to stop being such a coward, and I ignored my cramping stomach. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I remember how he would make fun of Joe Namath in those old cologne commercials, remark that he was too ugly a man to have so many beautiful women surrounding him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the house was being built, they erected a shelter of wooden planks with a zinc roof, where they settled Esteban in his sickbed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a sure sign she was warming up to her subject. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Renzo had given him his old cape as a present, making Scipio look as if he had just stepped out of an oil-painting. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sank down into the empty space their wagon had left and felt the aches and pains of a dozen injuries that I had forced myself to ignore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Julian had a polite but implacable contempt for Judeo-Christian tradition in virtually all its forms. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He is looking at me as though I’m being uncouth by pointing a weapon at him—even though he’s the one with the minion who assaulted me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But in a way I’m glad to have a new identity. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As we get closer to town we pass multifamily dwellings and some outlying businesses—a gas station, a corner shop, a nursery stocked with flowers the colors of autumn leaves: rust and gold and crimson. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When Sahil asked me if I wanted a ride to the bonfire party, I said no. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Pelicans floated on the swells while seagulls and a lone eagle wheeled above them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There would be only a few cobs on each plant, and the kernels would be small and deformed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t imagine a worse way to die. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Charlie Bucket? He must be that skinny little shrimp standing beside the old fellow who looks like a skeleton. Right close to us. Just there! See him?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been at it a while. I thought you might be thirsty. There’s white grape juice in the fridge.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” I said, “have you ever kissed a girl?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

So they slept through the night, Odysseus blissfully, on a couch soft and warm as he had not known since he left Calypso’s isle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His great red face is split with an enormous smile. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The trip, which usually took a few hours, took two days. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hours later, as I ate my dinner of greens and cornbread with molasses, Becky entered the kitchen with a scowl. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Except this,” said a police officer, coming out of Jake’s bedroom, holding a blue booklet in his gloved hand. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I latched the door with a hook that scarcely held, smeared shaving cream on the backs of my hands and shaved without water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had more chores every day, but in a short while, I could see what needed to be done without being told. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bound up from head to tail, it couldn't swim anymore and was now a twenty-mile-long deadweight, looped in over itself like a ring of impotent fury. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She gave up and dropped into a calm eddy of air behind a bank of willows. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She took time to push a stray wisp of hair under the elastic of her hairnet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then I draw a line in the dirt a few feet from the force field as a reminder to keep back, and Peeta and I settle down to roast nuts and sear cubes of rat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Academically, the fact that insects could be sterilized by exposure to X-ray had been known since 1916, when an entomologist by the name of G. A. Runner reported such sterilization of cigarette beetles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

You can be sure that it would be advertised as providing relief in a “significant” percentage of cases, but the significance is only statistical. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the grille at the counter the steam of stew came pouring forth, with a sour metallic smell which did not quite overcome the fumes of Victory Gin. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I did, but it was uncommon for him to say such a thing and as we sat with our backs against a mound of potatoes, I waited. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rise and stretch and a few others walk through the cemetery, some bringing flowers. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She’d heard of a fool, too, but she thought it was probably in a different context from the one he was talking about. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Shayleen has done the fine work of filling up my old room with a whole lot of merchandise. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He strategically slips in a passive sentence: One hungry heron was seen, as opposed to Birdwatchers saw one hungry heron. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I saw a carriage coming down the street and signalled to the driver. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“No. He can’t help me. Not like you can. Michael has...a family.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The other woman—a girl, really—has pale skin and dark, frightened eyes. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“No matter. They will horse Bore again in a minute. Here he is, coming to the Queen. Oh, look! He has brought her a kirtle and a gown.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was also given a very nice promotion and made an officer. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“No, this is a prize first run. I can smell it!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"You saw the boy. Such a strong boy. Those hands of his, those hands were made for hammers. He had such promise, I took him on without a fee." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ma was still chanting in a low voice behind the sari, and it was harder than ever for Neel to concentrate, especially on geometry. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Going in through the door indicated, I discovered a room filled with ill-matching armchairs and occasional tables. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the heart of the exposition stood a tower of iron that rose one thousand feet into the sky, higher by far than any man-made structure on earth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I had to ask Daddy for the telephone number, then I’d probably see him not care as he scribbled it on a scrap of paper or said with a shrug that he didn't have it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He bid her he facedown on the mattress while he spread a salve across the angry red welts that covered the backs of her legs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I gave a laugh, but behind me Miss Kenton remained silent. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the ten minutes it took to get home, even with the heater off, the interior of the rover became an uncomfortably hot 37°C. The RTG would definitely be able to keep me warm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a hero in Mrs. Baylor's eyes, but in my mother's eyes, maybe not so much. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When I get home, there's a Nordstrom bag on my bed. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As he loped out of the woods, a jay streaked in above him, shrieking. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

That’s when I saw why both Mama and Doc had frozen all of a sudden. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed, like some weapon of morality, to be spurring me toward the Quarter, each plastic slap saving, “Take heart. Ignatius. Thou hast a terrible swift sword.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw women who smiled too much or drank too much and these were the women ordered to have a good time by their husbands. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was indeed tomblike: a quality stale and static and moribund beyond any mere vivid and living cold. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Mrs. Coulter said, “Very well, I’ll tell you. Lord Asriel is gathering an army, with the purpose of completing the war that was fought in heaven eons ago.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a cloth surgical cap over her head and tucked her hair up into the cap while looking in the mirror. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My little sartorially challenged slip of a girl, we are ateliers. We dress the world itself. I embroider the earth with ice and frost, the most delicate silk in the world.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m six,” she said, “but I’ll be seven tomorrow. I’m having a birthday party. Do you want to come?” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I heard a noise behind me and saw Anna coming out of the house. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Athena Parthenos lay sideways along the tops of the columns like a nightclub singer sprawled across a piano. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“And Mrs. McDaniels, Sally’s mother, is a member of the Mothers’ League.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

British racism said, “If the monkey can walk like a man and talk like a man, then perhaps he is a man.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I washed dishes over and over, and Martín yelled at me a couple of times because I was taking too long to move the dish racks through El Monstruo. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I wished he hadn’t said that ’cause it stirred my worries up and I’d been doing such a good job of keeping them locked in tight. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I summon all my own strength, focus it like a laser beam into the fingers and palm of my right hand. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their oval shields were emblazoned with a large Greek letter K - kappa. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was feeling pretty lucky right then that JonPaul is a total hypochondriac who’s always worried that he’s coming down with something rare and dangerous. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, Charles wrote to one of his sisters, Jenny “threw herself on her back, kicked & cried, precisely like a naughty child.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That sounded like a great idea, so I started making mix CDs. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And so, while Eddie V. went off on the chemical taste of soda in plastic bottles, Dell checked out a website that sold bobble-head baseball player dolls at very affordable prices. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The night before I’m to go to Killaloe Laman Griffin comes home drunk and eats a great bag of fish and chips at the table. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“She has a hyperactive mouth,” my mother said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was hit in the eye by a baseball,” Mr. Galanter said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Way to wig out within the first half a minute, Jupiter. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry to hear that,” Mr. Shephard says with a sigh, and when I finally look up at him, I can tell he means it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

According to law, Bobby would have had sixty days for a hearing and perhaps another sixty days to confront the appeal if it didn’t go his way. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“So I have to wait a whole week to find out?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

My parents had spent almost their entire lives living within a couple of square miles in Chicago, but they had no illusions that Craig and I would do the same. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Who puts a dining table on the beach where innocent demigods can crash into it? Who does that?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a great tree house; some lucky kid must have had a contractor for a father. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s actually good. I think I’m going to have a heart attack just from this. Anything more might kill me.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“The two of them are peas in a pod, but the sheriff is only following his daddy’s lead. He’s mean, but he isn’t smart enough to run this town on his own.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A corner of the wrapping flapped a little as she walked, the nose of the loaf naked. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his mood sank into a low and dark place. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Redemption grinned as he teased his parent, and Whis grabbed him in a gentle headlock before letting him go. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mo put his arm around Meggie’s shoulders as he looked around, but apart from a few stray cats he could see nothing moving in the parking lot or among the houses. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Disturbing emotions were conjured up in Liszt’s harmonies; flashy set pieces thrilled and terrified a sensation-seeking public. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I climbed on top of a little stool and looked out the window into the courtyard below. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talking to them about it is just reliving it, and unlike Alexa, I don’t have a need to relive nightmares if I can help it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

For a moment I want to believe Feather’s just sensing that I'm leaving. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He gives me a high five so hard, I have to rub my hand on my pants. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Two blocks from the party there’s a Stop sign. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Not talking for a couple months doesn’t make that go away. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

There was a certain wild independence in the air, blowing like a hot wind inside his head. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all looking at Mary, and she felt more than ever like the new pupil at a school where they had high expectations of her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Adele screamed as the caseworker drove away from the house, a trail of dusty fumes in her wake. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

‘And with a bit of luck, they won’t do you too much harm.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nipper chuckled down at them from a curtain rod. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“He has a very hard head. Hard enough to break even the toughest of cups.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The days had been getting shorter, of course, but it was something more than a gradual seasonal change. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s to remove any legal basis on which this man Deckard could claim he hadn’t killed anyone; he only ‘retired an android.’” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ugwu smelled the harshness of local gin as he lowered himself next to the boy and thought that perhaps he was a stunted man and not a boy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Just driving through. You know how you see a place and it’s just right, and you’re just tired enough, I guess you can’t help stopping.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had agreed to arrive home together and make a little ceremony out of giving the money to Mama. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s a tragedy,” I tell him, “remind Shakespeare that he’s got a comic side, too. Challenge him to make you laugh.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Uh ... I’m a stunt double ... for a lot of child actors.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly she took the thongs from her boots, made a noose, and placed it under the sedge. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A broad rounded tail slapped the surface so hard, it sounded like a rifle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Matthias dodged, wriggled and ran free, tripping a rat who was about to seize Mr. Vole. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A carriage with a doctor, and food, and a clean shift. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds of fighting, the far-off booming of the artillery, the hollow, bass-drum sound of explosions echoing off the mountains became a constant thing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad waited a while, still convinced that under the laws of physics she must ultimately rise. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

In an old trunk we kept four mugs, small supplies of tea and cocoa, and a spoon. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Long story short, they have a bunch of furniture they can’t use, and they want to donate to the room!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He poured some coffee into a tin cup and sat down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

To corroborate it, Agent Burger and a colleague had earlier traveled to Campbell, a town in northern Texas, where Ernest and Bryan’s aunt and uncle lived. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Back in Provincetown, there was a belt of sandy beaches all around the town, except for the harbor side, where houses were built out over the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can, once you lend the plane to me. With a pilot to fly it. And don’t forget—you’ll get General Dreedle.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Two Marines had just been wounded in their arms and legs by shrapnel when they tried to retrieve a seemingly discarded .35 caliber Japanese machine pistol. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the neck there was a hole closed by a cork. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When footsteps sound on the path and a key rattles in the lock, I untie the twine from the chair and hold it, the weight of the plant pulling at it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also, of course, gave me an excuse to see Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the United States, music education developed around a method of instruction, the Normal Music Course, the remnants of which are adhered to even today in music classrooms. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I can’t read that Curious George one more time cause she don’t want a hear it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Behind the compound are a few tall towers with bulges at the top—I don’t know why, but I think of the control room when I see them, and wonder if that’s what they are. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He glanced back toward the south and saw a line of white along the horizon. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, Jason and Percy were sitting up in their berths and able to talk in complete sentences. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had two black eyes and he was wearing a cast on his right arm. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I had a picture of my mom in this frame next to my bed,” I tell him. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It reminded her of the first time she had to sing a solo in a school play. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Now the lightning flashed so often that the sky stayed fit for several long seconds at a time and the thunder came in a continuous roar. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Her fleeting victory had left in its wake a vast, echoing space, because she had taken on, for too long, a pitch of voice and a way of being that was not hers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The bathrooms are down a little hallway past the bar, and I have to push through this crowd of people to get there. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“If you ever want a job in my furniture factory . . .” he says, but stops in mid-sentence. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would be super weird to date a guy who cried when he first saw you. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Knife Grinder leaned back, pleased, as if he'd won a bet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At unguarded moments his hard and sullen face slipped into a somber, preoccupied look of defeat and frustration. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

By the time she is done staring, blinking, wiping away tears, all without speaking English, our entire family has a sponsor to Alabama. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The top of a mountain I hadn’t even seen yet. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A blue light pierced through a wall of brambles ahead and pulled Seven from her thoughts. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Shaking his head, he took a step closer to me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And there was a jar of peanut butter, too. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

If a boy wanted to ask me to dance, he was to walk up to me and first read my name on my heart if he didn’t know me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

All cancers originate from a single cell gone wrong and are categorized based on the type of cell they start from. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

To Lewis Powell, the former Confederate spy who watched Lincoln’s speech with Booth, will go the task of killing Secretary Seward, who, at age sixty-three, is currently bedridden after a near- fatal carriage accident. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not a nude, but a picture of her crouching in the garden, laughing as a butterfly flitted by. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But we are watching a documentary about the Holocaust. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the back of the bag, I poked a small hole and taped it over the remaining intake. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning at breakfast, when Poppy greeted Rafik and Liyana with his characteristic, “Good morning! And how are you today?” she felt like answering in a gloomier way. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In response, Poppet throws a snowball at him, and Widget only laughs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had never seen a guitar, and the music took her breath away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, not even a bird must touch the house! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All impurities burned out and ready for a glorious flux, and for that—more fire. And then either the slag heap or, perhaps what no one in the world ever quite gives up, perfection.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got up there, I started talking about my dream to be a filmmaker and make movies. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nurses and aides came running, pushing a gurney along with them, and they lifted Charles Monet onto the gurney and wheeled him into the intensive care unit at Nairobi Hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy fiddles with the button on the oven clock, as if Grandma hasn’t said a word. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The floor drops off at a sharp angle, and several stories below us is a river. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m...trying”—Sierra scratched furiously at the wooden boardwalk with the ballpoint pen, but only a few broken lines came out—“to make something I can shadowshape with.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, he was a small figure in a khaki uniform and high black boots, alone in the great expanse of grass. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The teepee filled with the twitters of a bird and distant traffic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At some point I lay down in an irresistible hollow at the base of a tree and urged Mother and the others to go on without me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exhaustion finally dragged him into a stuporous sleep. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When the floodwater receded, it left behind a layer of fertile, black soil. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He winked at me as the whole class turned into a party, and whispered, “Sugar.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t you like a drink? We could have one out here and see the horses.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

August and I walked her out to her wall, and for the umpteenth time she wrote June and Neil on a scrap of paper and wedged it between the rocks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took us an hour of cautious walking before we spotted the stream. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ser Jorah started to rise, the widow snapped her fan closed, her scarred man slid out of the shadows .,. and behind them a girl screamed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At his feet sat a wicker picnic basket full of fruit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He perked up an ear at me and panted. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Outside of Greenwood, the sun cast patches of light and shadows across the cotton fields revealing a thin gray mist, unstirred by morning breezes, that clung to the tops of the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I had to have an egg-size cyst removed from my back, which was a relief because Will had started calling me “Humpback.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He popped a tomato from the salad into his mouth. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally our group started to move, and I dared to think my time in hell might at last be coming to an end. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He described how a woman had been cooking in his tent when the killers came. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“You heard what Fudge said. Black isn’t affected by Azkaban like normal people are. It’s not a punishment for him like it is for the others.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A smoke for truth, a smoke for lust, a smoke for fear, and the thick black smoke that could kill a man outright. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After we had taken off our shoes, he showed me to the bathroom, all porcelain and dark wood, with running water and a toilet operated by a pull chain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When she scented me she kept quite still for a moment and stared toward me with her big dark eyes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grace nixed one family because their toddler looked like a biter, and another because they hadn’t ever traveled east of Colorado. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was a worn little volume; Darius must have liked it very much. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Alec’s expression cleared in a few seconds, but it felt like a lifetime to Mark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, sir,” the woman chirped in a voice that reminded Bull of a small, extinct bird. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Franklin is standing at the stove, breaking spaghetti over a pot and dumping the noodles into boiling water. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Someone laughed, a shrill cack­ling sound that made me jump. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad didn’t say anything, just pulled me into a hug and walked me out to the car. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“They make a hole in your head like the Tartars! I bet!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Clarisse went flying backward and landed in a smoldering patch of grass. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

To be honest, I was relieved that she was only messing with me and that she wasn’t actually a stalker who ruined boys’ lives. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We had some balloons, a grocery-store cake, ten candles, and a tub of ice cream. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We just started out there on the floor among a lot of other couples. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yellow fever terrorized many major cities throughout the 1800s—not only Philadelphia and Manhattan, but Boston, Baltimore, Mobile, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Savannah, Charleston, and Jacksonville, to name a few. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Dr. wants me to time you when you clean a room,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nose was buried deep in a copy of Face Value, even as he walked, so that he spilled more flour than not. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They look like the losers of a dramatic, tumultuous race, sitting on the floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Tycho himself was a flamboyant figure, festooned with a golden nose, the original having been lost in a student duel fought over who was the superior mathematician. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to give me a third of whatever you collect here,” he said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Bit of a dark horse, isn’t she, our Kittyhawk? Thought she didn’t like men. Ready to go like a stoat with you, though.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Even if I had wanted to, I didn’t have a good arm. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we were together fourteen months. Fourteen months is a long time. God, that hurts.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

They joined a group of younger and elder brothers and sisters standing around the punch bowls. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Anyway, he ain’t putting his ashes on the floor—he putting them in the ashtray, just like he knew what a ashtray was.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They weren’t really talking, but every once in a while the guy would reach up and rub his wife’s back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her mother refused to buy them for her, preferring instead to buy white socks, navy blue school underpants, four gray blouses, and a dark gray skirt. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Like I said, how can somebody hate you if they died while you were still a baby????? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lord Cheldthorpe burst into the clearing and declared, “Mr. Gitney! Mark this, sir — mark this: I will down a bull moose for you and your academy before we strike camp.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

With her thumb she felt a small square of decorated woven cloth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She muttered a quiet blessing and tucked a lock of hair into my cap. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found the pop chest easy enough and picked out an Orange Crush and the meat loaf sandwich. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tats doesn’t follow, and I wonder how real she is in my life because I don’t care that she sits there, shooting me a steady, evil glare. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The mention of Jessica brought a hint of his former irritation back to his features. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was, in crow circles, a sign of great affection. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She smiled a naturally sweet smile, but it still seemed as if her awkwardly tilted head was the result of a rare medical condition. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was a student of war, with clear ideas about how his men ought to conduct themselves in combat. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, a sloop yawed toward them and the moon filled its half sail with bright light. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Here he is!” a nurse says when we check in at the desk on Mom’s ward. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Tally looked up at the cruel face through a prism of gathering tears. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Nah, not kidding. I come here a lot and wanted to roll through one last time.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Harry. Do you think I could be”—I stopped, then spoke again, my voice studiedly casual—“a scientist?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were red and bloated, without luster, and her pupils were dilated, which gave her a frightened, helpless look. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blotting her lashes with a white handkerchief, Helene walked through the kitchen to the back bedroom where she had slept for sixteen years. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Along the western edge of this courtyard, extending from the back of the kitchen, ran a white, translucent tunnel, something like the tubes that conduct football teams onto the field. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Genie was about to ask when there was a muted thump on the door. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

That was one good thing about being a late bloomer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She should have told him that he was a kind, good guy who just couldn’t seem to hold himself together right. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I would have given my life to own just a handful of them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It starts out small and thin, like a rapier’s blade, but I push more of the splendor into it, until I’m holding what looks like a massive broadsword. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I don't want to be a burden to her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

David shouts the seconds, like an announcer at a rocket launch. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a time I admired the Hundred-Handed Ones. Back in the days of the first war. But people, monsters, even gods change, young Cyclops. You can’t trust ’em. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And then came a curious little mental dance of sympathy and awkwardness, which took place in a second or less. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“No such thing as nothing. So it’s gotta be a something, don’t it?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In 1781 a company of Blackfoot stumbled across a Shoshone camp at dawn near the Red Deer River in Alberta. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was just a few weeks after the authorities released him, still under house arrest, to his brother’s house in Bloemfontein that he died. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t and kept raising my hand each time she asked a question until finally no other kid would raise their hand because they knew what was coming between me and Mrs. Maxy. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get these thruways across the whole country, as we will and must, it will be possible to drive from New York to California without seeing a single thing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are my manners? Would you like a beer?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Was he, then, alone in the possession of a memory? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Pearl thought about this for a long time. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I suppose I could cut this thing in two and award one half to each of you. But I might need a laser beam or a hacksaw....” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t taste like a rancid orange but like mint, like she had a mint right before. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar about the fumes that filled the air and I had just thought pine, when a high-pitched Negro voice rang out above the machine sounds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One turtle egg and a few handfuls of berries and he felt foil. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and looked at Lily for a moment. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

On the first occasion they were lucky enough to find and kill a sick owl that had eaten a mouse that had eaten poison-dressed seed corn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, right,” I laugh, but seeing everything my team is doing for me condensed into a three-minute broadcast has made me feel good. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“He’s a Titan, like you. But he’s not good like you are.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She always gave them each a cookie when they left, and they nibbled the cookies very slowly while they walked home. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His quickly pushing the bases together in a number of different ways did not reveal any other way to satisfy Chargaff’s rules. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Etty kept getting sick; she was, at seventeen, an invalid, very weak and at times close to death. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid, though, the blame would find a way to stick to them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below her name is a quote from Maya Angelou: “I believe that every person is born with talent.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Maddie’s is a trendy side braid pulled over her right shoulder. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I imagine you sound more like the Kaiser,” I said, earning a sour look. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That is a rational response, Dr. Atchley thought, not the response of an addict. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

All I ask in return, well, it is a simple thing. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He makes a last effort by twisting my wrist. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The thought of the big animal sent a shudder down Cole’s spine. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The last word was still a novelty in the speech of white people in 1944. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spread her mouth open as if she were screaming a name out over a great distance. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He had been in the cave a thousand times before when we played there, and now he ran around it sniffing everything, looking for David. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"I don't know, sir . . . I mean. Well, I don't want to start by asking a lot of stupid questions, but do you know what's in this graduate?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day in the spring of my sophomore year, I found a note in my box directing me to see my advisor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It speaks of good Germans and bad Germans. You are a good German.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Max moves the mouse like it’s a living thing. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I remember you,” he said, after a moment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You sat in your stroller just staring out at the lawn. You’d sit in the tub and pour water back and forth from one cup to another for an hour if I’d let you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We are greeted by a flock of wild turkeys, big, noisy, and glorious. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made up a sad little song about what had happened to him. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was from Cody that he inherited money--a legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The alethiometer was kept in a safe in there, and the senior assistant had to put it away himself, which he did with an air of solemnity that Hannah enjoyed very much. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The mask lay on a small huddle of silent white bones and material. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s cute, yeah. Shorter than I usually go for though. Like five seven, maybe five six without the boots. Photoshop-blue eyes, like an alien.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

‘No, no. My mother said it is a rising eye. But I was to keep whist and mum about it—unless even God has turned away His face. And Cilia ... you promised.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It took a while for the rangers to find you, didn’t it?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The decisions of the assembly were enacted by an executive body called the Boule, or council of five hundred, which contained the closest thing ancient Athens had to members of congress. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We pull up to a parking lot where you have to pay to leave your car and guards watch it to make sure no riffraffs come in and try to jack it from you. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Fire is a dominating factor in many if not most terrestrial landscapes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was supposed to be a time at recess but few children were able to take advantage of that. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

An attack on Aristotle was considered an attack upon the church. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Dinah’s hair wrapped around my fingers and her hums turned into a lullaby I remembered Gran singing to us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Either they’re making fun of me or this is a clue of some kind. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I manage a nod, and then he's leading me to one of the dance stages. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stared at the dimly lighted car dashboard and saw him attending an aunt’s funeral, having Sunday dinner with his parents, doing some kindness for a friend—for he was kind. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Munch,” she says, and it’s followed by a sigh. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Between association with his father and their own memories of him as a feverish invalid, he had some wiggle room. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just like if I put a pit bull in this cabinet and kept him locked away from what he wants. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a thing called the soul and a thing called immortality.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon my father took a job as a janitor at an elementary school. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Medieval travelers were a hardy bunch, and sometimes walked hundreds of miles in order to atone for a sin or pray for a miracle. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Caroline said nothing, letting her body drift down into Ma’s arms as though she were an invalid. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

That got a lot of muttered “Oh my god,” and “Idiot.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I know just the thing. Henry needs a bit of baked goods,” Grammy says with a grin. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I loved a maid as fail as summer, he remembered, with sunlight in her hair ... A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as a wagon’s front wheels hit the sloped wooden tracks, the man guiding its pole leaps out of the way. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I think I must have misheard, but a few minutes later I hear her say the same thing to another inquirer. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stumbled a bit in the beginning, but even though my cheeks kept growing hot, I never froze once! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

There’s a straggly line of people, adults and children, along the roadside among the draggled weeds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no question I could do the big skills, and yet as I went up against these talented girls, a part of me wondered if my recent success was a fluke. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A garbage can that I swear wasn’t even there a second ago. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s cause I’m such a bad cook, isn’t it? You think I can’t learn anything now.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Billy, how do we know the prince ain't laid a trap for us in that message? He could have said one thing and wrote another. Where'll we find someone to read it off to us?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

They also noticed a classic shape, which they began calling the shepherd’s crook. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to leave for work in a minute. I’m catching an earlier train today.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

An innocent young man is now a criminal mind, having nightmares of murders every single time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, she’s always been embarrassed by me. Why not give her a good reason?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dewey’s ears ring with it—a ringing that almost deafens him to the whispery rush of Smith’s soft voice. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway—a miracle!—my family agrees to shoes if any to fit me can be found. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wait next door for Mr. Hannon to come out with his bicycle and there’s a lovely smell of rashers and eggs coming through the window. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

One has a digital camera in it, the other a mini photo printer. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I remember thinking: How dare the sun rise, as if it were any other day, after such a gruesome night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She might have told him, but looking up she caught a hint of “I told you so” in those blue eyes that silenced her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

One of his canines had a small gem set into it, catching the light. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“They have to swarm over a village and eat other people alive?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a photo I took of the decorative pebbles in front of Dad’s house. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

This looks like a nice place—oooh, my!—flat rock, moonlight, views of distances! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

For weeks, a giggling Oak tried to glamour me into getting him sweets or lifting him above my head or spitting at the dinner table. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

No one in Henrietta’s family had ever seen those medical records, let alone given anyone at Hopkins permission to release them to a journalist for publication in a book the whole world could read. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Max dropped off me as though he were a tree that had been chopped down. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The old man took a small stick out of his pocket and bent down. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

On the table between them, Lord Mormont laid a large sword in a black metal scabbard banded with silver. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One morning I watched her peel seven bananas in a row before she found one without a bad place. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They should all be seized on the spot! When did you last come up here? I could scrape the dust off their pages with a trowel.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The touch sends a shock through my body, and all my insides burn like his fingers ignited them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thirteen Games, had it remained as thirteen games only, would have appeared to be just a shade more than a monograph. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Be out in a minute,” Dad drawled, trying to sound sleepy. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

W+, W~, and Z° would acquire large masses, making the forces they carry have a very short range. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, he didn’t care, didn’t even try, he whimpered like a baby as he fought his way through the darkness of the corridor. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

At parties, after games, after school—beer was easy to get and felt better than soda pop on a Saturday night. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Fill it up, man. Don't you be bashful. You wait till we tackle one of these pawnshops. That Du's got him a cotton-picking sack fulla stuff. He could go into business." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meringue cream dripped off the spatula and splattered on the floor, right next to Franz, who was lurking around the kitchen hoping for such a miracle. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Soon they were lined up on both sides of the stairs, leaving a clear path up the middle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Like a miracle, the pain in my thumb disappeared. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a bit of the lawyer about him: he used chunky phrases about law and justice. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of him rolling over and a series of snuffling noises, not unlike those of the creature outside. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he spotted a sweetshop, he waited outside, then waylaid a chubby little schoolboy lagging behind his friends. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When she still doesn’t bite, I lean forward a little so she can see down my shirt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

However, Puthoff’s device is one in a long line of “free energy” machines—none of which, in the past, have withstood scientific scrutiny. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It feels like there’s a fist inside of my chest, squeezing my heart so hard that it’s shriveled to the size of a raisin. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

An apology from Papa and Mummy in the space of a few days. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The door swung shut behind her, and a puff of warm, delicious air wafted against Anya’s face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I automatically look around for a good tree to nest in before I realize that's over. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

TV shows and movies and books always have angry librarians following loud kids up and down, telling them to hush, but our school librarian doesn’t care a single lick. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And perhaps now we have had the plague’s modern advance scout—a Hells Angel—come to Norvelt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was thick with leeks, carrots, barley, and turnips white and yellow, along with clams and chunks of cod and crabmeat, swimming in a stock of heavy cream and butter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I woke up with a scream trapped in my throat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"He simply arose out of a crowd. The people always throw up their leaders, you know . . ." "Throw them up," she said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smuggler says he will be wearing a red shirt and blue jeans. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She flashed me a photo of a fat baby. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow morning we could get a boat. Go out to French’s Island,” he said in a calm voice, as though it were as simple as going to lunch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

In her mind’s eye, she saw a rosy face with sea-blue eyes and yellow hair. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The police couldn’t let that kind of thing slide if a reporter were to wonder who was at fault and maybe call for someone’s punishment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He dramatically told his teenage daughter Jennifer, who had accompanied him, that the best thing to do now was to give the Lady Gin a “Viking funeral.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

As Mamou stood, I leaned in and tried to hug her, but it ended up as an awkward half hug. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Now seemed like a good time to reinforce that, so I grabbed her arm and said, “Don’t! They’ll be able to pinpoint us too easily!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I did not disturb him and rarely talked to him, but as an example of a man unselfishly devoted to a good cause, Reverend Harris was an important model for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Little darling!—with her long curls and her blue eyes, and such a sweet colour as she has; just as if she were painted!—Bessie, I could fancy a Welsh rabbit for supper.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he began humming a commercial that he had heard during the baseball game on television last spring. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sound except from the water and a breeze singing high up in the pine trees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Quinn’s lips tightened slightly, “This call is shielded—thoroughly. I’m making it at a certain personal risk.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

There was a constant tension between the aspiration to be first and the fear of not being believed, of being regarded as an eccentric and a fool. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was cleaned up, not a pan or pancake in sight. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He poured a smaller drink and reread his last sentence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the two surgeons examined him, they found a sac full of pus under his skin three inches below the bullet hole. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That new fellow on our island—Gupta—he offered a reward for the cub. I’m sure he intended to sell the creature on the black market.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Soon enough, he’s on a train to San Diego for technical training. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The first was Papa in what looked like a little army outfit, complete with matching cap. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, you’ve literally been dating him for a shorter time than Simon and Bram. I know people who had longer relationships than that in middle school. Simon and Anna dated longer than that.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

An hour later there was the sound of heavy footsteps on the front porch and a loud knock came. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, he reflected, this may never come up again in my work; it could be an anomaly, something for instance to do with my feelings for The Magic Flute. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It is a small room lined with padded benches. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents are a little drunk on that first evening of our Las Vegas extravaganza. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"I swore a vow. Three times I swore. You heard me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her world had a population of four: herself and her three gaolers, pious and unyielding. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If a castaway is injured, beware of well-meaning but ill-founded medical treatment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a lie, the nod, and Jinny knew it, but it happened all the same. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

However, at the bottom of the report there were a few well- chosen comments from the school nurse that not even Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia could explain away. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After pouring hot water into a delicate rose-covered cup, Gran settled into the chair next to me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"It looks like you've broken those fingers. The last two. Treacherous work, being a Belle at court, isn't it? Fixing up spoiled little girls and boys." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“We speak of a task to be finished.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, or like me becoming a famous actor," Simeon said. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He jumped from his robot’s shoulders and landed on the crystalline ground with a light thump and a flying of jagged fragments. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It gave me a feeling of power to know I was circling the earth once each ninety minutes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Maribel reached for them, Garrett tossed the sunglasses up in a high arc over her head and let them land on the wet pavement. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I say, “That dead man from Lascaux. Well. He sure has a pointed thing on him. You know that, Calvin?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Clarke’s attempt to demonstrate lasted no more than a minute before she had to sit down and take out a handkerchief to mop her forehead. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Henry hesitates before stiffly bumping his own knuckles against Alex’s with the heavy air of an act of treason. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One squirt from a water bottle would be enough to deal with them, so why did I feel like a trapped mouse? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Detective Douglass examines Justyce’s face—which makes him feel like a cockroach under a magnifying glass. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Jude’s temper flared just a bit as he looked at this friend of his wife’s, this slight woman, not exactly plain, but not fine either, with a copperhead over her eye. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It is a family of five, parents with three boys, from perhaps five to ten years old. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer wasn’t sure if Candless was trying to put him off or if he was just saying no in a polite way. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Which made me realize I had a question. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

And if you made even a single error—even a typographical error—in your program, you had to take the cards back, track down the error, and begin the whole process again. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He’s probably never been on a social network in his life. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He handed me down into the bow as if I were a lady. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dark without moon or stars a drawn blade gleamed, as if a chill light had been unsheathed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Although I think hitting a child would be valid grounds for expulsion in other schools, I agree such extreme measures aren’t warranted here. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But now, Hera looked like a regular mom. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They put a rope around his neck and hung him high. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed Scythe Goddard had an answer for everything. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A juggler kept a cascade of burning clubs spinning through the air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Although Belknap had read much about the world’s fair and did want to see its future home, he did not relish the idea of spending a full day with Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Still, I'm just a passable player—but I'm going to sing every moment I can. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But there had always been the lake, which was the town’s first cause of existence, a place for immigrant settlers to put down their loads. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pizza place was busy, but there was an empty booth way in the back. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At eleven o’clock Adam went to the closed draft-board office to brood over the records of a new batch of boys coming up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had decided to give him just a little more time, when there was a knock at the door. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prim giggles and gives me a small "Quack." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was a classic meal of the French lords. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And on the spot, I made up a person and an address. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then, her fingers trembling, she reached up and plucked a long white brooch from her hair. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The former president told Rondon that a detailed map was costing them too much time. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

A snowflake accepted her invitation, and she felt a momentary pinprick of cold on the pad of her bare finger. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The only surprise had come weeks earlier when I made a quick obligatory phone call to introduce myself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Joey squinted a cautious look at me and shrugged. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was so successful that when some anti-British Indians abducted him the colonists sent out a military expedition to get him back. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Compared with the chaos of Cherry Hill, Northwood was a paradise of neat houses with fastidiously maintained lawns. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As for why the three Keeley brothers were running around their neighborhood on a Sunday afternoon like crazed lunatics, grabbing all sorts of wacky stuff, well, it was their mother’s fault. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Sitting out on the terraces of the Lilas Brett ordered a whiskey and soda, I took one, too, and Bill took another pernod. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Tally awoke, an hour before sunset as usual, feeling sticky inside the sleeping bag. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As Buddy Ray approached, a pungent stench of cheap cologne failing to mask foul body odor wafted off him, the foul smell taking the lead like a Doberman he was walking. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She was sorry about the root-doctor because she feared that Joe was depending on the scoundrel to make him well when what he needed was a doctor, and a good one. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“There’s a draft. You know your Aunt Rose gets these chills.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The girls will call me a baby. And what am I supposed to tell Miss McDaniels when she asks me what I’ve done with my buddy?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Good hard thinking is always a lot easier with food.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was closed for a couple of years, and then out of nowhere, it seemed, it became a fancy restaurant. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It turned out, however, that no one could afford a new car anyway. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The shark lay quietly for a little while on the surface and the old man watched him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I’m still too sad to plan—or even go to—a huge party. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

From time to time Winston caught some such remark as “I think you’re so right, I do so agree with you,” uttered in a youthful and rather silly feminine voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They turned the common man into a sultan of the open road. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ma asked, holding a fresh load of laundry. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I first tried to talk to her, she turned her back to me and started a conversation with Oliver. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"I'll be up in a few hours. Just make sure Alfred rests." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, linguistic change is a crucial marker of a modification in the way in which people think—it both facilitates that change and makes it easier for us to recognize it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The letters seemed to writhe and twist on the paper as his hand trailed to a stop. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s great. Giants who can use mountains like building blocks. And you say Bacchus killed these guys with a pinecone on a stick?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They fought with a wild abandon he’d never seen before, never even imagined, driving Hatchet’s men toward the edge of the pier and into the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The front of thin veneers was cut out to make a pretty pattern and there was old-rose silk behind this fretted wood design. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m mailing you a letter to give to them today. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her cloak was the color of blood fresh from a vein. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She had a very dreamy look in her eyes. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I give the rope a pull and then let it go, and the wipers slap up and down. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Everyone uses mussels for bait in Norway. And if we didn't catch any fish, we would boil the mussels in a saucepan and eat those." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Belle had to ring up a few kids buying their after-school junk food, so I wandered around the store. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But we decided to make a game of it by pretending we were warriors marching into battle. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The clear morning was a gift to the Argentinians. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Perlstein had a fair complexion; his pal, Proctor, was similarly proportioned, seemingly more human, and dark-haired. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a cigar in his pocket which Mr. Pontellier had presented him with, and he was saving it for his afterdinner smoke. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s such a shame he still has a touch of dishonesty in him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A single gust of summer air made it through the chill, and Piper breathed it in, taking it as a good omen. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Let’s not panic when Aaron wouldn’t stay asleep for more than thirty minutes at a time during the night. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were still stained a pale orange from years of walking barefoot on red mud. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles and I force a smile back. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The confession box is dark and there’s a big crucifix hanging over my head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Show some respect. It was a fine bear. A worthy opponent.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

For years, he’s been the subject of a patchwork of commentaries, numerous judgments, and endless character assessments from a spectrum of self-appointed experts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding a gigantic ice-cream cone that he had received for his labors; He casually pulled the door shut before making his way toward Prosper and Hornet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Things must come to a crisis soon now.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have recognized him as Jamie—tonight he was the picture of rosy health, nothing like the gray-faced, grieving invalid she’d last seen slumping bandaged and unresponsive in a Bath chair. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He found Father Franco, jacket off and needing a shave, sitting behind a cluttered desk. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She was wearing jeans and an Aeropostale sweatshirt instead of the robe, but those eyes were unmistakable. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The screen door at the back of the kitchen banged open, and Malachite’s sister, Glass, came in, balancing a large box in her arms. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I realize I should be above that and be mature about it and all that, but a part of me felt pretty naughty and a part of me kind of liked that. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It takes me almost a week to get up the courage to ask Mom and Sam. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

One of the Orcs sitting near laughed and said something to a companion in their abominable tongue. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Beginning at around 8 A.M., participants who have paid a fee will each have the chance to shoot at ten to twenty pigeons as they are released from boxes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“And you, my oldest friend. Do me one last service. Lift my head a little and I will tell you what my failing eyes can see before I leave you.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I would have sued for a million dollars! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk back to the main street of town and set up my “office” at the pay phone near the pier, from which I secure invitations to view a few more apartments, forget the shares. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every fifteen minutes the readers paused for a short prayer: Catholic, Jewish, Unitarian, or Protestant. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A mountain of flesh, she lay rather than sat in a rocking chair. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is best, the director said, that no man knows whether he carries the real diamond or a reproduction. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Or steal my skateboard and use it for a doll ambulance. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At which point Mama said, in a brisk voice, “I’m making cocoa. Goldie, can you help me?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger planted a boot on the sack’s loose edge so it couldn’t go far. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was dark and hot, and a deep rumbling shook the air. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

For an illiterate immigrant who came to New York years ago with nothing but $100 in his pocket and a willingness to work etched on his heart, could any words have been sweeter to say? Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

As far as his appetite is concerned, he’s a Danaïdean vessel that never gets full. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Justin, “but today Mr. Ages has a broken leg.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Within two years it had topped out at almost fourteen hundred feet and was more than half a mile across. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Still, there was a lot of chaos as the parents of the flayers rushed to their sons on the floor in an effort to protect them from whatever this onslaught was. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Lander’s words had set Cora in a melancholy place. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Lately I’ve caught myself humming out loud, or walking along the street with my mouth slightly open, drooling a little. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t been such a bright idea after all. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Limerick gained a reputation for piety, but we knew it was only the rain. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Keeper had found me an obliging old colonel of the Buffs, something of an amateur historian himself, who had read the relevant pages of my typescript and faxed through his suggestions. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Groups of young men—mostly immigrants, a few blacks—roamed the docks, looking for jobs as cooks and sailors on ships, or work as stevedores loading and unloading goods on the docks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Aglovale heaved a sigh, and said: “So far as I am concerned, then have not been any Grail adventures. But it has cost me a sister. Perhaps a brother as well.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scoob’s known G’ma going on twelve years and has never seen her drink anything other than water and unsweet tea with a quarter of a lemon squeezed over the top. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

All the newcomers were herded into a big church hall. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wore a cloth mask over my nose and mouth. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Hush. You can only climb one mountain at a time. Come upstairs and eat some dinner. We’ll think better with frill bellies. I promise I’ll tell you all I know.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day he told Seaborg triumphantly that he had found an alpha emitter and had already ruled out that it could be an isotope of element 91, 92, or 93. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Thomas stops the jeep right behind the lines at a red light and gives Metias an exasperated look. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At last he said in a colorless voice, “Yes, sir.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I scrabble for something to hold on to as the door swings open, and I tumble out, a mountain of instrument cases cascading all around me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But when I made a few little jokes, Tommy was lost in his thoughts and didn’t respond. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the outside of the Hema reflected what the old tent had once been, the interior clung to its former grandeur with a desperate grip. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Here, miles of flatland went on and on, tempting the eyes to stretch just a little farther, until they seemed to meet with the silver-and-white sky. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The picture cut to an aerial shot of snowy hills, dotted like a war map with pinprick figures, Mount Cataract looming lopsided and huge in the foreground. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The alchemists had pursued a secret learning, convinced that only a few were fit to have knowledge of divine secrets and that the social order would collapse if gold ceased to be in short supply. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As it was, I waited a week or so, then pulled myself together enough to copy the poem out on clean notebook paper and mail it to Lyrics Unlimited. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did you stay a bird? Just to watch us?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mahler’s symphonies were a new start all right: he is music’s gateway to the twentieth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m very fond of sugar. And I think it’s a good idea to put nuts on top of things, don’t you?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

As Clara trailed off she flickered a little, her expression twisting suddenly into one of rage and her outline going purple before she was back to her usual half smile. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Our feet were trapped under a weight on top of the blankets that turned out to be Tree and Zheegwon lying perpendicular on top of the comforter. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was only my dad, and he didn’t like when I bothered him when he was on his treadmill, but I didn’t really have a choice. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Men were larking about on the bikes along a pavement stained with vomit. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I nearly choked on it, but I let it out in a whisper, “I could show you a few things.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Millions of years ago it was a river. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke drifted into the living room from the kitchen, a spectral finger beckoning me onward. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He isn’t moving, but standing at an angle where I can see him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

All that remained unchecked, like a betrayal that was now unspeakable. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

R.C. walked a few yards downstream and cast his line into the river. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

My reaction to a loud sound is part of who I am, the same as loving math and writing backward and re-reading books. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The wind began to blow again, a low, angry howl. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Try as I did to follow a straight line, I soon discovered it was impossible. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Cleft, Cirith Ungol, was before him, a dim notch in the black ridge, and the horns of rock darkling in the sky on either side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Kassia’s haunting music has recendy been recorded for the first time in a thousand years, and it rather gracefully refutes the assumption that the development of early music is exclusively the handiwork of men. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I settle into my nest with a bag of candy corn and the blood-sucking monster. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

This was a young cook well known for his defiance and contempt for the authorities. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Against the wall was a set of shelves holding a few of Min’s latest creations. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Those humble replicas of the revelry of former times served to show Aureliano Segundo himself how much his spirits had declined and to what a degree his skill as a masterful carouser had dried up. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall now placed a four-legged stool on the ground before the first years and, on top of it, an extremely old, dirty, patched wizard’s hat. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I walk up to the third floor and find a table near the critical theory section. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The three of us sat on the couch while the Colonel stood in front of us, outlining the plan and our parts in it with an excitement I hadn’t seen in him since Before. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She packed a toothbrush, a hair dryer, her swimsuit, and her teddy bear. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's only a stick, m'lord. It's not no sword, it's only a stick." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see It says this was the third suspicious incident within a week at this location, which is the future home of a Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake House.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johns Hopkins University was only five miles from where Mary grew up, but it might as well have been a world away. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Hey, let’s get a move on. I want honey! Last to the hives is a stinker!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She was saying it was good but I could see she was looking at it like she was front-rowing a freak show or something. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Both of my parents wanted more for their children than what Newark—a city still licking the wounds from its past—would be able to provide, more than what Newark had given to them. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His mouth hung open like a garden gate. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after almost a year, I’d get to see them again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

His face was gray in the light, and he looked to me like some poor victim of a medical experiment. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Moody set the mattress in place and gave it an experimental bounce. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom always said she named me after Darius the Great, but I think she and Dad were setting themselves up for disappointment, naming me after a historical figure like that. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

With a suddenness that took them all by surprise, the woman gathered up her skirts, turned, and fled. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

My mother is basically a very understanding person. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Lord has a few choice rebukes for me to give them professors.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And White made sure that Luther Bishop—a state lawman who had gunned down Al Spencer—was in charge of transferring Blackie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

These people seemed excited to see us, and they gave us each a little wrapped box with a gift of earrings. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw the paper aside and lit a fire in the little hearth, and then found that she’d forgotten her coffee. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Probably there be snakies all in here,” Matt told her with a mischievous smile. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen there are matching yellow appliances, a lazy Susan, linoleum made to look like tiles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he bumped into the bed, he gathered himself and looked up, ready to face his world coming to an end. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Greenland Supermarkets sacked Dad 'cause an expense account was £20 short. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Pete and I have been handling this stuff, and this is a Biosafety Level 4 agent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had always seemed unfathomable to her, choosing a career where all you did was put yourself out in front of hundreds or thousands of people and risked rejection in real time. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was interesting that such a slight frame could contain so large a person. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Why did you let a thing like that live?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

What must it be like to be dangling up there, held only by a few cords? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was a peculiar thing, to know a place was home without knowing it at all. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Why was a TV distracting when Finn and Tyrell screaming at the top of their lungs wasn’t? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m not going to be an uncle anymore.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Gabe leaned down, slipped off one of the sandals he was wearing, and dislodged a pebble that had been rubbing against his toe. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“A self-punishment. He built himself a home that isn’t a home. It’s deliberately uncomfortable.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I scribble a note to my mom to tell her we’ve gone out and prop the paper between the ketchup and the cod-liver oil. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will only be in Germany for a few months,” someone says, and the word goes twisting down the line. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“So ‘third bench down the pier’ leads to a book? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so,” said Dumbledore quietly, peering behind an overstuffed armchair lying on its side. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Another low door led to a backyard, where there were more banana trees, beyond which the river glimmered through the foliage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall, big man with a baby’s face and the shoulders of a bear opened the door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I was too tired and too depressed to do any more than watch them and watch a patch of sunlight as it moved across the room. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One step closer to a vial of cure. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was as if there were a big empty well inside where his children used to be. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It misses me—barely—and Helene is past me in a blur of blonde and silver. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There’s a whole bunch of bridges, not just the one she’s on, but others in both directions. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

That whole day, every time I walked past the fridge I’d pop my head in with a spoon and sneak a bite. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It's also a tradition of high pageantry, in which lawmakers dramatically express their approval or disapproval of the president’s ideas by either leaping to their feet in repeat standing ovations or remaining seated and sullen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s just that I was sure now that I could handle anything I met: My fists and my brains and my feet were as good a set of charms as the charm from Hand Clap. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Had to have been done with a knife.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Instead of a chestnut blight or Dutch elm disease or dogwood anthracnose, what if there was just a tree blight—something indiscriminate and unstoppable that swept through whole forests? A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m staring at letters and photographs from a woman who potentially could have answered that question. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Silently, they crossed the little street together, heading toward a bank of narrow storefronts—mostly clothing and record stores—on the other side. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I see the chief glance into his rearview mirror, and I make eye contact with him for a second before he looks away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He touched a match to it, and a little fire crackled to life. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe the difference between being a boy and being a man is that boys couldn’t control the awful things they sometimes felt. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The woman passed a box full of candy through the doorway. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And then for a second he thought he was dreaming, for quite distinctly, though in a low voice, the Horse said, "But I can." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Nan chose a spot on the ceiling, and Momma gazed off in the direction of the kitchen. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Hussein spoke only a few words of English, and it was unclear whether he understood Coach’s order. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I remember eating a cream puff in our kitchen in Isfahan and counting the guests to see if I could have another. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Here are three I noticed in just a few days of reading: The senator plans to introduce legislation next week that fixes a critical flaw in the military’s handling of assault cases. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She almost ruined an entire batch of sheets, but the other girls covered for her, giving the sheets a second rinse. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the blue, White received a tip. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He distrusted the thick mud walls and built a frame house some distance away, and his cows put their heads out the deep recessed windows of the old Sanchez house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to go to college to be a teacher. It’s five years of study beyond high school. It can be expensive.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I’d found my sporting home—on a team—and not playing any of the sports I originally thought I would. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was later identified as Jimmy George Robinson, a member of the segregationist National States Rights Party. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw something taped to the side of her mirror that caught his attention, a newspaper article. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In early 2001, a reviewer of one of these books in the journal Nature made the additional, rather astounding error of thinking Patterson was a woman. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, give me a full replay of Chicago when you come. Aliya’s version wasn’t impressive. Plus, why are you ignoring my messages on Facebook? What’s up with your nonhijab pics? Is someone shaming you?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I followed Dylan and Worm along a path that wound through pastures of grazing sheep before a lung-busting ascent up a ridge. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Many felt, perhaps unfairly, that the ANC as a whole had become the preserve of a tired, unmilitant, privileged African elite more concerned with protecting their own rights than those of the masses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he’s having a birthday party on Saturday.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's as if someone fashioned a small golden bird and then attached a ring around it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mate was doing my nails when we heard the sound of a car pulling into the driveway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stove and countertops have been scrubbed clean, and I wonder if it will all be torn away to make room for a bigger kitchen like the one at Darius’s house. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Excuse me, young man," a deep voice said from behind me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then he slid the scope over Monet’s tongue and pushed the tongue out of the way so that he could see down the airway past the epiglottis, a dark hole leading inward to the lungs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sends me out for a bottle of stout for Dad and I wonder why she’s so pleasant and generous all of a sudden. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was always good at memory games, and as a boy I annoyed my father by beating him if he slipped just once. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waits outside for Marco to return, a pale blue shawl pulled around her shoulders like a patch of day-bright sky in the night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In a lot of the history books I read, I learned about dates and people and events, but I wasn’t always sure why people did what they did. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hoyle, who died in 2001, was described in an obituary in Nature as a "cosmologist and controversialist" and both of those he most certainly was. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a choice, and not always the easy one, but the people I respected most in life made it again and again, every single day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We were a people again, with our own land. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was madly in love, a fool because of love. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan wraps a shaky arm around my shoulder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If I fought, that dog would have surely put a bullet in me, and gladly! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me a moment, please. Let me ask around.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were discussing his childhood with Tex John, and suddenly Perry, who had too much drink inside him, pushed her against a wall and held her there. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like familiar terrestrial balloons, the deeper a floater is carried, the stronger is the buoyant force returning it to the higher, cooler, safer regions of the atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a little of its happiness still clung like gold dust to her lashes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He paused, listened to our eager silence for a moment. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

With my eyes closed, a lot of the distractions disappeared. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What possessed you to go in there with an open flame?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I turn on the tap, lean over the sink, and guzzle until my belly is a big water balloon. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She stayed like this for a long time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before any of them could say anything else, there was a faint popping noise, and Mr. Weasley appeared out of thin air at George’s shoulder. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She gave Ron a very cold look and swept past him up the marble staircase without speaking. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They turned a corner and there ahead of them was the end of the passage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At first, that didn’t make a lick of sense to me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was there that she found a picture of the boy, Yunus. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Why we do an action is what determines its quality. A quality action or not.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Galileo thus established a new equivalence between natural processes and artificial ones. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I had an edge on my classmates, since I had learned from my brothers, imitating them as they were doing their heder homework even if I didn't understand what they were studying. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Over to his left Winston saw the man in the white coat break an ampoule and draw back the plunger of a syringe. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

One is that music followed its own timetable, a timetable that does not fit neatly with developments in art, architecture, design, philosophy and science. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I pull an arrow from the sheath that’s still wedged in the pile and arm my bow as I turn. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nabila ushered me farther down the narrow hallway and stopped at a rickety door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The travelers had a good time swapping stories as they rode. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were talking about the Lazarus Burger and how it was just a Number Three without cheese.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

However, I lost many a stick this way. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could it be that Americans are a restless people, a mobile people, never satisfied with where they are as a matter of selection? Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He concluded that “he who can digest a second or third fluxion, a second or third difference, need not, methinks, be squeamish about any point in divinity.” Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When it came time to leave, little Miguel put on a poncho and held tight to his sister’s hand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A faint flush crept up his neck, and the pitch of his voice lifted, became a fraction higher. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa’s sister, Aunty Ifeoma, said once that Papa was too much of a colonial product. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But my darling was as frail as a bird. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“What an extraordinary girl you are! Tell me, how did you end up working here?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his way down the stairs, he noticed a built-in cabinet with heavy doors beneath an old bench on the landing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t some terrible montage of baby movies and news footage, is it? Come on, guys. I’m not exactly Elena with a sick father.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This keeping of a secret, it is not a good thing to keep, you are keeping too many and they do not fit inside your heart, they will keep spaces between you and your humans. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I have a wire brush I use to clean the sinks. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But she hadn’t heard me—her eyes were locked elsewhere, on a patch of dark water near the stern of the boat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My encounter with Rosy opened up Maurice to a degree that I had not seen before. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I heard a voice cry out “Ophelia!” at the moment that my numbed limbs released their hold and I fell into the water, blackness engulfing me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She holds them up to her eyes and looks for a bit, then hands ’em to me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It was a great blessing to His Majesty! His child born in Nuwa’s likeness! That was an occasion, I can tell you!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

And she laughed at the mere suggestion of such a thing. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Anyways you won’t go running off without a needle valve,” said Gay. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were seven rooms, each a different color, one blue, one purple, one green, one orange, another white, the sixth violet, and the seventh shrouded in black velvet. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here's the other thing that I didn't really know about being on a team. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, her hair hung in lovely dark braids all about her face, and she wore a smart blue jumper and sandals. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had a big drooping moustache and he wore a small black bowler-hat. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, so period five was a stretch, and sometimes I wouldn’t get there until after you’d left, but periods one and four were at least in the same hall. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Maniac, in his turn, opened packages to find a pair of gloves, a box of butterscotch Krimpets, and a spanking, snow-white, never-ever-used baseball. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted herself into a kneeling position, getting several bad scratches from the acacias in the process, and pulled the clay pot back. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You thought that would be a black tie occasion, did you?” he teased, touching the lapel of his tuxedo jacket. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The guard looked inside at the metal cylinder, not getting what it was for a few seconds. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom’s going to have a baby. Can you believe that?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

"We have white shadows in the woods and unquiet dead stalking our halls, and a boy sits the Iron Throne," he said in disgust. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I put the pot of tea on a tray, along with a few cups, so I could serve Mamou in the living room. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the whole gravestone-cutter thing doesn’t seem like such a plus. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He talked about the weather, a stray dog he’d seen, the pond, the size of a mosquito he’d swatted, and new boots he wanted but couldn’t afford. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He was cheeky and liked a good story more than anything else. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Its eyes and spine would irrigate a desert. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I got to know some of the more senior officers better, most of them in B-block, where, shortly, I would be spending a lot of time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if I said that he’s a god? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z