Then he thrust my hand away and shook his head once, twice, and then a third time. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

What’s free about it, they reasoned, when the law forces you to educate your children and then endangers their lives to get them into school? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Floating along in the water, I heard one splash and then another as two of my friends joined me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Ralph flushed, looking sideways at Piggy's open admiration, and then the other way at Jack who was smirking and showing that he too knew how to clap. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

If you weren’t careful, the plane’s nose dipped as you landed it, and then the whole plane would flip over onto its back. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Meet you Gregor and Boots the Overlanders, brother and sister, who have most recently fallen among us. Please bathe them and then proceed to the High Hall.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He races into his office to share the good news with his brother Harry and then barks the order for the stage carpenter to come see him at once. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You have twenty minutes, and then Owen leaves!” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I pressed the drug into their gooey center and then gave the morsel to Songololo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grote leaves at dawn with his rifle and rod and brings home squirrels and wild turkeys, whiskery fish, now and then a whitetailed deer. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I mean, that miller’s daughter cheated him. He did all that spinning for her and she said she’d give him her baby and then she reneged on their deal. Maybe she’s the villain here.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She ran her fingers through my hair and then rested ’em on my shoulders and then touched my cheeks and then slowly pulled away and just looked at me grinning. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nancy smiled, and bowed his head, and spread his hands, accepting the applause and laughter like a pro, and then he turned and walked back to where Shadow and Czernobog were standing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

At Thanksgiving he would go home, and then he would be sure. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Recess consisted of getting several hundred children herded into this small, stone-paved enclosure and then getting them out again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when he visited his father at his clock shop, Hugo watched him carefully, and then when he grew restless he made little mechanical animals out of the extra bits and pieces lying around. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

We pause, say a quick goodbye, and then two German soldiers are crossing the street, one of them waving a hand. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’ll go up the ramp and get right to the middle, where I was before, and then I’ll walk out over the roadway and take one last look at the Verrazano Bridge. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We trudged up the road and then set ourselves against Coalwood Mountain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He corked the bottle with a trembling hand and then passed it across the table to Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now and then the nganga waved for a cup of tea or tray of snacks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrug and then give him the picture of Grandpa. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The crowd stood its ground, and then more policemen arrived, shoving and herding us back out onto the midway, where our view was soon blocked by emergency vehicles. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He looked through the cash register drawer, in every compartment, and then pulled the drawer out completely. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a lie, but maybe it isn’t, so she flees down the stairs and then realizes she forgot her purse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I quickly forget about the messages as we play a round of Taboo and then a round of Uno. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It had been a different man Frankie had beaten, first with the butt of a revolver and then with his fists, but the sounds had been the same. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rishi slipped the sketch pad back into his bag and then slung the bag over his shoulder. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They always said things halfway and then expected you to get the other half. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Uhmma looks up and purses her lips for a second, and then a slow smile spreads across her face, erasing the faint, squinting worry lines between her eyes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The moment Mom got home from work on Friday, I told her that I was going to a concert with Radar and then proceeded to drive out to rural Seminole County to see Collier Farms. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The hooks looked like crowbars or ice picks, and the trainers would grab the elephants between the folds of their hide and then pull or twist. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He was aware, in the night, of thunder and of lightning, although he did not wake; and then in the small hours of the morning he was woken by someone treading, awkwardly, on his feet. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I coughed, and coughed again, like in my sleep, and then snorted and turned over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I asked for a few seconds to write this last page and then promised that I would let it go. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

After a moment Blount also glanced now and then in the same direction. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Johnny could hear the rattle of the men’s muskets as they came to attention, and then, all together, four drummers let their sticks fall as one. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I watch as the doors close again and then I head to the stairs. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She could say they were visiting and the children had come to meet Aunt Cilla, and then later the Tillermans could go off and—and do what? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm started with a slow cold drizzle and then sleet. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I was about to throw the spear, he raised his head a little from the earth and then let it drop. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lunch was about as usual, and then I went out again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The music slinks and rises and settles back to earth, and then the young voice of her long-dead grandfather speaks: There are ninety-six thousand kilometers of blood vessels in the human body; children! All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That's exactly what she said, and I could not believe it, but the two of them paused and looked at each other, slightly bewildered, and then hugged. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be able to fix it,” I mumble, and then I hurry away from him, wondering if he’s being mean or if he just doesn’t know I’m not invited. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The next minute under a second explosion part of the wood rises slowly in the air, three or four trees sail up and then crash to pieces. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went through Weavers Lane and then cut into a side alley, climbed a fence, and hastened onward. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He wanted to feed Chester early and then work all morning until he took over the newsstand at noon. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held it up high above his head, first to the north and then to the south, and then to the east and the west. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The merman came around with his trident, now the mermaid, now the lion, and then the unicorn drifted into sight, even slower now. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She struck her face with both her hands, dug her nails into her terror-stricken cheeks, and then she scratched. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The man’s body turned into a gray wall and then he was gone in a cloud of mist that washed over Mark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I ask Mam if the angel just brings the babies and then forgets about them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

You raised the orange to your nose, took a long sniff, and then gave it to me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence for a while, and then Declaration said, “I can’t remember what Mama looked like anymore, until I see a picture of her.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the Littmus Lozenge wrapper in her beak and then dropped it and looked around. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The simulacrum swells, titters, and then falls into a pile of laughing shadows, their cackles falling against my ears like slivers of ice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything until she returned to the table, and then he opened another book. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so!” roared Moody, pointing his wand at the ferret again — it flew ten feet into the air, fell with a smack to the floor, and then bounced upward once more. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They walked over and then halted in the shadows, waiting. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She sucks in a stray chunk of hair and then blows it out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They wavered, broke, and fled back; and then charged again, broke and charged again; and each time, like the incoming sea, they halted at a higher point. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Asta saw it first and uttered a little gasp and fled to his breast as a kitten, and then he saw it too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She says that they had to cut the leg off and then he still died. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that if a boy wanted to go he filled out an application, and then he had to wait and see if he was accepted. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sparkle as she runs a hand over her shiny black braid—and then I notice, with a shock, that an earring is coming off. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It begins to vibrate, and then explodes into a storm of movement. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

All was quiet until we reached the end chamber, and then the air pressure dropped and the temperature fell and the storm screamed into full-throated being. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He wedged the corner of the blade under it and pried it up and then knelt and took hold of the lock and twisted the whole thing loose and pitched it into the grass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Every now and then I would hear them chant something, and sometimes rocks would thud against the walls. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did his first stint in jail, and then a second. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, goodnight,” he said and then stood up, steadied himself on the chair, and stumbled back into his bedroom. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Gilly went back to the stepladder, climbed the first step, and then backed down. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Still on the path, he looked confused, and then worried. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I followed him, gathering up the blanket and shaking it clean, while he splashed madly in the waves and then sat in the shallows and scrubbed himself with wet sand, head to toe. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She looks at me, starts to say something, and then lets out a deep sigh instead. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When the lights were on, they cast a yellowish glow over the streets; people walking by threw long shadows that shortened and then stretched out again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat and looked around, then looked at the ground, and then looked around again like he couldn’t help it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She glared at me and then began reading to herself as hastily as she could, searching, I suppose, for something she could fire at me and thus release her coiled spring. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman screamed, and then fire was upon them just as Turner threw himself into the shadow of the upended lorry. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Following an early morning argument, she had enlisted their daughter to help her get a rope around his neck and then fired two shots into him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long shear of light and then a series of low concussions. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Amaka glared at me for a moment longer and then walked away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He bored a small hole in the closed end of the shell, fastened a thread to an ant, introduced the ant into the hole, and then closed it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have come again with your university talk, Ifeoma,” she said, mildly, and then looked away to signal that the conversation was over. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced at Mona, who was still asleep, and then reached for the closest volume, pulling it down as quietly as possible and opening it in her lap. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Gran took one last breath that seemed to go on forever, and then in an instant was gone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were terrified; and then when the destruction stopped, they waited for help. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The girl behind her pushed, and one of the girls ahead of her grabbed her by the arm and pulled, and then they were all trembling in the dark underground with the door shut. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds he was dazed, and then he came to his senses, with his left arm numb and useless. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to tell them my situation, and then pray that they would understand and help me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Part Two begins in the early fifteenth century, and then follows issues related to sight through into the eighteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now and then a startled hotelkeeper would object to having the birds register there. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looks panicked too for a fraction of a second, and then he pulls himself together, his eyebrows furrowing as he goes into full-on damage-control mode. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The developers built the outer structure quickly and then left it, abandoned and unfinished, its unpaned windows staring emptily out into the Brooklyn skies. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He built a chip fire in the black square of the forge and pulled a bellows breeze on it and then fed wet coke over with his fingers until it glowed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He waited for her to walk toward him, and then he turned and they started to walk to the priest’s house. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She slowly shook her head and then said, “That explains everything.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Okinawa still lay ahead of us, and then the other islands of Japan. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One made a face at Seth, and then all four streaked away into the night. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The walls of the room appeared, and then the floor and the ceiling, and she had the distinct feeling that she was trapped in a box, a lovely cage filled with tapestries and cushions. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I heard the distant rattle of wheels on rails, felt the air rush past, and then there was silence. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When we were ready to go out, we whispered a quick “Go, team!” to each other, and then strapped the translation boxes onto our chests. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed obvious to him that the Permian system was prejudiced against him—it had rules for blacks and then rules for everybody else. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The face of the clock becomes a darker grey, and then black, with twinkling stars where the numbers had been previously. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I knocked at her door, softly at first and then louder. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The driver was yelling as well, and then, just in time, she realized that he was yelling at her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It feels good, so I pedal faster until I overtake the boys, first by a little and then by a lot. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tino nodded and then said, “You can be our friend over here. All right?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then on to his wrist, up his forearm, and then she stopped. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He pointed two fingers at his eyes, and then flipped them around so they pointed to the road. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I and him used to hang around together. He just didn’t get much work and then he got to drinking. It’s kind of tough on you divin’ and drinkin’. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the frenzied greeting the dogs lowered their noses to the ground in a businesslike way and went ahead, looking back now and then to make sure that the boy was coming. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, I overhear women talking about her in hushed tones. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nomads, for the most part. We’ve all lived that way at times. It gets tedious, like anything else. But we run across the others now and then, because most of us prefer the North.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Every night when I get the tobacco I will first divide it into two portions and then I will let you choose which one you want.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rage controlled Cole’s hand as he drew back, paused for a split second, and then flipped the lighted match inside the shelter. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He was reluctant to close the book, reading each item aloud and then looking eagerly at me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

For suddenly there was a shriek, and then a splash, and into the river went Augustus Gloop, and in one second he had disappeared under the brown surface. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

At last she passed into the great hall and then was outside, where the night air was cold against her flushed skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke the others up and then, without preamble, film of the launch was run. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bod skirted the ivy-covered Carstairs grave, and then he stood, panting as if out of breath, with his back to his pursuer. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And, of course, next came the black coat — and then, Older Sister! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search through the dresser and desk again, and then the bathroom, but there’s nothing that can tell me anything. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a creaking sound and then a thump. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The wave hesitated, balanced there, and then hissed back toward the deep water, its tentacles not quite interested enough in me to drag me with it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somkit took a deep breath, and then, very carefully, as if he were talking to a toddler, he began to explain the levels of orbs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Jinny would stay, and Ess would be happy, and then, if she felt like it, maybe she would go off in the boat. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But the girls were nimble-witted — far cleverer than we doltish lads — and would often confer among themselves and choose one boy, usually the plainest fellow, and then tease him all the way home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then his ears went back and he aimed a tremendous kick at the boy. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blew a big raspberry into the sole of one of his feet and then the other, and he made the husky wheeze that meant he was truly delighted, almost losing his breath entirely. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was doubt written on it, then wonder and hatred mixed, and then conviction. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stared up at the smoking hill of ash and then down at the stampede of footprints around it. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I bleed a little, the other guy bleeds a lot, and then it's over. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, an indistinct exchange, and then Henry’s brisk voice came on the line. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He asked if it is fair to take tax money from the Negro and then use it to support an organization set up for the avowed purpose of suppressing him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's kind of trembly up there until he grabs hold of my hair to steady himself, and then the first really big rocket whams off, a humongous thud! Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first, I garbled some of the words, and then, as I remembered Grandma India’s advice, I calmed down. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at Levi and then at me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He grunted, and then I pressed him up, held him in the air off his feet. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to mill it over, and then stated it all as a matter of fact. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would count to three hundred, and then she would go home and forget this crazy thing had ever happened. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Well, I’m not surprised,’ and then I went to sleep again, and I’m sure I should never have mentioned anything of the kind to three strange gentlemen if you hadn’t dragged it out of me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ess shrugged and then stretched her arms up as tall as they would go. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My mom places a cloth napkin in my lap and fills my water glass and then Carla’s. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As they raced past the open doors, he glimpsed a pair of yellow eyes glaring at him from the shadows, and then he was moving on. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I shoved the stuffed sack—and then myself—through the bars. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

First there had been an owl talking about plover, and then there was no owl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at Ivy and then back down at her drawing, and then suddenly tears were streaming down her cheeks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I look at the markers for a second and then get back to my word piles. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I take a shower, get dressed and make another cup of coffee, and then I sit down in the living room, little black book at my side, and I call Scott. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kanei s lips moved for a while, and then he began nodding until the conversation was over. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Ummm, by year, and then by personal preference within that frame,” he said absently. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A gull poised himself high in the air, silent and alone, and then spread his wings wide and swooped beyond the lawns to the woods and the Happy Valley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bowing, Neel touched Headmaster’s feet and then his own forehead in a pranam of respect. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They packed the trunks that morning, first dragging them up from the cellar and then — loudly — back downstairs again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grinned up at Sierra and then turned back to an old typewriter he’d been tinkering with. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Here —” He gave a drink to Dumbledore, who had sat down without invitation, thrust the tray at Harry, and then sank into the cushions of the repaired sofa and a disgruntled silence. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Someone is always saying something too honest, and voices rise, and then one of them stomps off. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Harry raised his right hand, hesitated, and then waved it energetically in front of Dumbledore’s face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She hangs a right into a neighborhood and then follows a short curve around to a street on the left. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

A swift underground river ran through the Pipeworks, and every now and then someone fell into it and was lost. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, I was to fetch our suitcase, which was still at Piliso’s, and then meet Justice at George Goch, a small township in southern Johannesburg, later that day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For an instant I am suspended in nothingness, and then my feet slam into cement and I stumble to the side, away from the roof’s edge. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He rented a sweet little brick house for her and then gave it to her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They waited at the ring steps as Jackson stumbled down, his eyes half-closed, and then they went up, into the pool of hot and blinding light. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Of course. I write home now and then," I said, beginning to resent his method of questioning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even took one of her hats, a big one with flowers on it, really hideous, and then I made Diana go to the third floor. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I saw the sun again, a quarter of it, and then a slice, and then it disappeared, the last time ever that the sun would set on a day my sister had lived. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The important things to assess are: the song’s meter and then the phrases and sections of the song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He laughs as he dodges away from me, and then he pulls out an offering—the Bookmarks napkins, the half-burned candle, a matchbook, and a lopsided macrame bookmark. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I went through the kitchen and outside and then ducked around the corner of the house. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a single little pearl ornament which Miss Temple gave me as a parting keepsake: I put it on, and then we went downstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Tables with fabric draped over them, and then frames and trinkets on top of the fabric. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Yet at the brush of those fingers the wood dissolved and the very ground turned to smoke beneath his feet and swirled away laughing, and then he was spinning and falling, falling, falling . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I doubt ye think at all! I keep ye hidden for nearly thirteen years, and then ye decide to go play with the locals, and my hard work goes straight in the garbage!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I say, but all she does is look at me again quickly and then away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Fangs or no fangs, he crunched it up to the last bite and then lay licking his pads and between his toes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I will look for two jobs and then we can save for our own house. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Understanding came slowly and then all at once. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The front door creaks open and then closes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Each Minute Man made his own bullets, and then his cartridges, to fit his own gun. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I thought she might be ringing the police and then I’d get into much more serious trouble because of the caution. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to dance with Wishbone and then race down to Howard’s to tell him this news. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For many years Keith Waterhouse operated an Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe in the Daily Mirror and then the Daily Mail, cheered on by literally millions of readers. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at her tongue, felt her pulse, asked her a few intimate questions, and then tapped his lower lip. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked downward and saw nothing but black darkness into which now and then a few flakes of white floated from the sky, falling slowly in the dim glow of the flashlight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He'd give the guy the number of one of his competitors and then he would leave, delighted by the great inconvenience he had caused. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Louvenia work all day for Miss Lou Anne and then come home ever afternoon and take Robert to blind school so he can learn to read with his fingers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I determined to inspect two more sections and then call it a day—Texas and a sampling of the Deep South. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First you soak raisins in brandy, and then you turn off the lights and set them on fire.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I could hear the water and I kept wondering what that sound was, and then suddenly I saw it, running down the hill and over some rocks. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

When they finally did, one of them wiped out Henry D. on the wing and then kicked the ball out of bounds. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as they ducked, and then struggled under a great tangle of briars, getting their clothing caught, and having to stop and free it, that Kingshaw first heard the noise. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The videotape is found in a locker and then viewed by his teammates. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

On more than one occasion, Carpenter sold a cadaver to an anatomical school, reported the body to the police, and then had his wife, dressed in mourning clothes, claim it as her son. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I stall for a second and then shake my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Could he have run to it from this one and then run back? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

That was all, and then she was gone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The boy saw that the old man was breathing and then he saw the old man’s hands and he started to cry. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were finished my father stood up and stretched his back in his familiar way and then motioned to her to do the same. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘One more crawl, and then you can lie still.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He folded his jeans neatly, stacked them on his chair, and then, dressed head to toe in black, walked over to Adrienne. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I also took my regular medication, and then a few minutes later an oblong white pill I’d been told to use when panicky. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Grandfather’s rich throaty voice said, “Maybe you’re getting too much water and turning to pith and stalk. Wait until you head out, and then we’ll see.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cleared his palate with black coffee and then munched delicately on the whisky while his eye swept my abode. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man counted to three and then they both lifted—it was heavy but they were able to get it up and swing it against the wall, where it crashed with a boom. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I pointed a finger in the air, which is the universal sign for hold on, and then I called down to Mr. Black from the stairwell, “I don’t think she speaks English!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Milo nodded with spurious vim to indicate he still understood and then sat silent, ruminating gravely with troubled misgiving. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Everybody looked at him, at first in shock, and then once he was seen to have suffered no harm it was Mama, first of all, who started to laugh. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Later that summer, when company came to call, Dad would whistle assembly and then introduce us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then a little wave would come up higher than the others and wet our canvas shoes. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He waited, and then added, “This is the best evening I ever spent.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A couple of years ago, Taryn started calling those times when they’d be hanging out and then got really quiet “pondering mysteries.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Every evening when I come home from work, I take a rag and wipe all the loose grass and dirt from the riding mower, and then I cover it with a big tarp. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, Jule pulled off her running shorts and then her bleached, frayed Stanford T-shirt. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Snow fell from the sky for hours at a time and then stayed on the ground for days. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see a shiny, shiny black shoe lying halfway underneath some concrete, then it got covered with smoke, and then the lightbulb flickered out again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he did not speak, and then he said, “There are many of us.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see him nod in our direction and then they follow him over to greet us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure. People who don’t know her well—the government, her boss. We all have our official names, and then our nicknames, which are like secrets that only the people who love us use.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I still can’t finish and then all I can say is, “Noah?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We should find a room somewhere that's totally dark and then we could hang out and it would be totally anonymous. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Stella, your mama wants you to go get Doc Hawkins, and then run on over to the general store,” Papa said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Once in a while a mortar shell would land near the base, and then we would all run out into the trench built in front of the tent. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next step is coma, and then, unless the afflicted party is quickly evacuated to lower altitude, death. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He paused as if counting those that were present, and then sat down aloof, with his eyes on the ground. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He turned his head a fraction toward me without meeting my gaze, nodded once, and then looked the other way. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“This is Mohammad. He’ll take you to the clinic first, and then the children’s center.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

At sunrise the Ents’ voices rose to a great clamour and then died down again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He started taking me out more and more, to the Apollo and movies, and then he would drive me home to the Bronx. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I studied them carefully, and then I remembered reading how Wernher von Braun had built rockets when he was a youngster. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Brian positioned him first on his back and then decided he might choke and moved him over onto his side, in the center of the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I send up two buckets of clean water, make a tasteless pot of porridge that will at least keep someone alive, and then Helena and I clean. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Bod pushed open the mausoleum door, and then locked it again behind them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I helped him to his feet, and then I looked at Brad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thorn jumped up and down, screaming so hard her face was red as she hugged Seven, and then Valley, until all three Witchlings were jumping and screaming together. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had wits sufficient about me to bow; and then stood and regarded the girl, who regarded me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I decided on the L-shape, stood back, adjusted the angle, and then went to get the sheets out of the bathroom closet. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then the call came again, softly, insistently, from a clump of trees, one of which was a tremendous old oak—long since hollowed out, first by lightning and then by decay. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hovered, saying vaguely, 'Yes...’ and 'Well...’, and then went, running down the path towards the car. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She has tried out first one bed and then the other to see which had a better view of the television. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Halliday appears to have digitally re-created the funeral parlor set and then inserted himself into it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She paused, her hands helpless in front of her, and then, “Yes, my brother-in-law,” she said. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

After gazing into her eyes for what seems like a long time, I kiss Erin good night on her porch, and then leave. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground we’re running on is getting a bit steeper side to side, taking us thru leafier, lighter trees and first closer to the river and then away from it again as we run. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The red arm swept the screen with agonizing lethargy, and then...flash! Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was two now, and then one in the swing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, he heard Royal’s explosive whisper: “I bet he got a mighty big one!”—and then all the children laughed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He spoke briefly and then wheeled away to glide in a wide circle around the balloon as it continued to rise. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad didn’t say anything, just exchanged a quick look, something private that passed between them and then Mom smiled ruefully at us. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I weeded our garden, sold eggs from our coop, took odd jobs when I could find them, did every chore they asked of me, and then some. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“We could wait for them to leave,” said Horace, and then a bomb fell so close by that my eyes blurred and my teeth rattled. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rochambeau finishes writing it, underlines it, and then wanders over close to my table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We struggled all the way to the bottom and then just sat there with our backs against the cave wall, breathing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Luke stretched his back and then touched his toes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’d come to outgrow this with the passing of time, and then he passed his evenings reading; sleep had seized him like a dark claw while other boys drank their hearts out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He slid the root through the fish’s gills and then tied the rope tight. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stayed off the roads and followed the city wall south and then east. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He saw himself take the top off the white botde, with some of the warm milk spilling over his black fingers, and then lift the bottle to his mouth and tilt his head and drink. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She reached down to the table, grabbed the knife, and then, as everyone watched, plunged it deep into the thick, meaty head of the inkfish. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They’d sat in silence until some semblance of reality returned, and then left without a word, not waiting for Chaol to thank them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He darted a glance at Ashish and then looked back at her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She put them in a cloth and squeezed out every bit of the lard, and then she put the cracklings away. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I pulled, and she pushed, and then I was up in the tree, my arms wrapped around the trunk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma paused, and then said, “How about you give him my address instead. You can read his letters at my house. But I’ll read each of them first, to make sure they’re okay.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She wet her finger with her tongue and then moistened her dry lips with her finger. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now, I don’t remember much about the program itself because I was too young, but my dad never left to make a sandwich except during commercial breaks, and then he usually just sent my mom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

That gentle kiss was a nice move and I thought I could get in another one and then throw something heavy at her. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I put in my contact lenses and get changed early, and then I sit around in the girls’ dressing room waiting for Abby. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Right through the charge Merry had been borne unharmed behind him, until the Shadow came; and then Windfola had thrown them in his terror, and now ran wild upon the plain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He looked at me for a moment as though what I said was too complicated to understand, and then he was off. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I went out to the barn and cleaned myself up as best I could, and then I went into the taproom. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waved back and then threw me a little kiss. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Loud and clear it sounds in the valleys of the hills,’ he said, ‘and then let all the foes of Gondor flee!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I see her reading her Bible every now and then. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sorry!” he yelled, and then pushed off from the ground, pedaling through the intersection. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With his ear protection firmly back in place, he started to boogie, throwing his wide brown hips out awkwardly to one side and then the other, while Ms. Banks swung smoothly in front of him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She wags her stump and then stops, sniffing the air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Tickling on the sides, sloshing it back and forth and then down, swallow, then another. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

At all events, nothing came of it There was the blaze of temper, and then their love was fresh again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad turned up the volume to block out the music coming from my brother’s room and, leaning up just enough to make eye contact with me, pointed to his jaw and then to Lucas. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung stared at him awhile and then in compassion he said suddenly, “Now you have fared worse than we and what have you eaten?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I know this way so well from many crossings—Kingman, Ash Fork, Flagstaff with its mountain peak behind it, then Winslow, Holbrook, Sanders, down hill and up again, and then Arizona passed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the steps came around the corner and into the narrow hall, and then Oscar stepped inside the closet and ran his hand over the hanging suits and dresses, then stopped cold. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She jumped a few times, chased her tail just to teach it who was boss, and then calmed down enough for me to push Nico onto her back. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Father said a grace of thanks that felt like it went on forever and then he carved the enormous bird. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Newt went after him, right on his heels, and then the rest of the Gladers followed, a tight pack of roaring boys charging ahead to a bloody battle, weapons raised. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When my astonishment had worn off, and then my awe, and then my delight, I looked over at the Chief. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Camel stumbles and then comes to a stop. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The truck drove for some time and then we entered yet another clearing where there were more trucks and more people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The boogeyperson sniffs the air a few times and then looks to me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

This time the guards brought ham sandwiches to the cages and then stuffed them through the holes in the wire. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He held the paper folded around his book with one hand and the twine in the other and looked from the pair of scissors lying near the book to the twine and then to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Another pause and then she was shouting over the side. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Those same blue eyes that used to meet mine and then flit away at school. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He blows into his hands and then tucks them into the pouch of his blue Renegades hoodie. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When it arrived, she unpacked it and plugged it in, and then she clapped her hands and said, “Oh, she's so beautiful. Isn't she beautiful? I love her with all my heart.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The Eagle came back with the school nurse, who diagnosed me with—get this—a concussion, and then Takumi drove me to the hospital with Lara riding shotgun. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The roads will open in a day or two. We will leave early so we can stop in Abba and then get to Nsukka before dark.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right. But you see I’ve never had a baby and I’ve never even loved any one. And I’ve tried to be the way you wanted and then you talk about ‘always.’” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He patted my back and then shuffled off to read his paper. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ben deposits the full bottle in the cup holder, grabs the new one from Radar, and then sighs with relief. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I saw her white back as she took off her night-gown and then I looked away because she wanted me to. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She has a habit of picking at her teeth when she talks and then pulling on her chin when she needs a moment to pause. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

All the visitors could get in their cars and turn on their radios and all and then go someplace nice for dinner--everybody except Allie. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She slipped her hand slowly into her furs till she was sure the alethiometer was still there, and then carefully withdrew the spy-fly tin and slipped it down into her fur boot. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

First class, overnight on the Madras Mail to Madras and then with a friend of their father’s from Madras to Calcutta. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Trotter and then at the garage. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Swart smiled at this and proposed a compromise: he would go out and buy two bottles, a dry wine and my Nederburg, and then he would ask my guest which wine he preferred. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It starts with a scary chase sequence and ends with me falling off a building, where the fall feels like an intense forever as I scream and scream and then I finally jerk awake. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Too bad for you. said Lina, and she set off across Torrick Square, walking fast at first and then breaking into a run. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The woman gently lifted her daughter so that her shoulders were off the ground and her head lolled, and then Lyra caught her breath and her eyes half-opened, fluttering, heavy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Sam saw Gollum’s long hands draw upwards to his mouth; his white fangs gleamed, and then snapped as they bit. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

One of the female bonobos shrieked, the other replied, and then the foraging group wandered out of the clearing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The watcher turned his head to listen and then he stood up, and one of the sleepers stirred on the ground and awakened and asked quietly, “What is it?” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the origin, people domesticated the species thousands of years ago and then spread it rapidly, first through Amazonia and then up into the Caribbean and Central America. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I got out, walked to the garage door, squatted down, wriggled my fingers under the door, and then lifted it up. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Snaga thrust the ladder upwards, steadied it, and then clambered out of sight. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Rosaleen ... Smith, and Lily ... Williams,” I lied and then launched in. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forced out an “amen” and then jerked her hand back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bran watched long enough to be polite, and then had Hodor summoned. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then—and then—she began to shiver. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think, and then go with his idea. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We were in deeply wooded nowheresville, and Uncle Darnell, our only hope of getting a ride, was long gone to work and then to school. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the greaseproof bag, and then fished down for the submarine. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“You know what someone gets for loving me? They get to help me pay for all my care, and then they watch me die. How is that fair to anyone?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The Italians had Harlem when the Jews came down the gangplanks—and then the Italians left. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a minute to warm her body by the flames, and then she began the repairs. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The people in front of him began to part ways, to push to either side instead of toward the sounds of human suffering, and then he saw it in action. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He read the verse, which he had copied so carefully from the blackboard that it looked like Mrs. Oguike’s handwriting, and then closed his eyes and recited it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I yank them from hangers until I have a pile and then burrow into it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I made my wish and then I pulled. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For a moment he stood, his heart beating with wild fears, and then he plunged in. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It sneaked onto the molasses ship and then wiggled through the pipe into the tank.” I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Dinner and then bed. You can ask him in the morning.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She speaks with nostalgia of the years her family had spent in England, living at first in London, which she barely remembers, and then in a brick semidetached house in Croydon, with rosebushes in front. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She turned round and round on the log, looked up in the tree for a perch, lifted her wings to fly, and then stood still and listened. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Sonali,” Gogol says, sitting stiffly, looking down at her face, and then up at the lens. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lina stopped at home the next day only long enough to change out of her messenger jacket, and then she dashed across town to the Pipeworks. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Karl blinks, hesitates, and then a flicker of understanding passes over his face. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It almost makes me want to draw a pink triangle and then measure the angles and sides and figure out the functions. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I mean, in all the movies and TV shows, the popular kid who ascends from the depths of dorkdom has their day in the sun, and then it’s smooth sailing. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It would be easy for Mrs. Danvers to open those doors softly and close them again, and then steal quietly across the shrouded room and look down upon me from behind the drawn curtains. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As things got worse they ate their horses, dogs, and cats, and then any rat, mouse, or snake they could catch. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Once, when I was back from college over spring break, I heard steps in the night on the back stairwell, up and then down. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He avoided the car line, turned down dark streets, walking more rapidly now, his eyes before him, but turning now and then to look behind. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And yet the world it constructs . . . lowering in pitch and warping as the batteries die, the lesson slowing as though the young man is exhausted, and then it stops. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was as if it drew in on itself, gathered the momentum it needed, and then began to grow. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn for a moment at the sound of a car alarm and then continue along my way, unencumbered. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Better than ever. And, Dad, that gyptian man said there was going to be more rain after this bit of sunshine, and then the biggest flood in a hundred years.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I drew parallel lines to represent the casement and then showed the plug at the top and the nozzle at the bottom with a hole—about a third of the diameter—drilled through it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I wake up to the sound of my mom unzipping and then zipping up our tent. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

You feel a cobweb clinging to your face and then comes a mild sting, and after that you don’t feel anything. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walter puts the jug back in the trunk and then stays bent over, riffling through the bottom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When we reach the seventh-floor landing, the crowd thins, and then disappears. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I peeked at Mong and then went back to the house. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The boat pitched and rocked and spun, and then suddenly the naiads would heave in earnest, trying to catch her off balance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt it—the sting of a hand slapping the side of my cheek, and then warm, slimy saliva on my face, dropping to the collar of my blouse. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up and down the street and then up at the number above the door. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He peered through a porch window alongside the door and then returned to the yard, shrugging. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He threw the jar out the window and then leaned on the sash with all his weight. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby hopped closer and then, carefully, crept up the side of the stump and peered inside. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap it around him like a skirt that skims his ankles and then secure it at the waist with a piece of string. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chipper wiggled his nose in Roy Lee’s direction and then hopped off my shoulder to the bed and then to the floor. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And a little white chicken was standing in front of it, glaring at it, first with one eye and then with the other. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He made a resigned, philosophical gesture and then, unexpectedly, winked at me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I caught the tail end of sit-ups, and then we had to run laps for five minutes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Now and then, when Mrs. Rappaport looked her way, she opened and shut her eyes as the principal had done, to show friendship. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She took a breath, waited, and then replied, “No.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shuddered at that thought and then remembered what was in front of the plane, down in the bottom of the lake, still strapped in die seat, the body of the pilot. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a minute to calm down, and then I set the brush on the palette, move the unfinished painting to the floor, and open up a blank page in my sketchbook. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Kaira said with a laugh amid the thunder of applause, and then she and the band left the stage for good. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Harry threw the newspaper into his hall and then came over. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I smelled smoke and then saw flames leaping at the open window. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she threw off the blankets and dressed in her warmest leggings and a thick woolen dress, and then opened the small trunk at the foot of her bed and pulled out the silvery cloak. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glow grew brighter and brighter, and then a blinding explosion launched the robots in opposite directions. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Carol O’Connor, who used to go to Catholic school, got up and turned her paper in and then just about everybody else was standing up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had to go to another store for the crackers and then find a fruit stand that had navel oranges. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said she would “certainly advocate” for me and then asked whether I wanted to be in the office for the call. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t name the feeling for a while, and then I realize I’m just really happy. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I mean, what’s to stop someone from dialing your number a million times and then playing the biggest hoax of all time on you?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every time she screamed, he slapped her and then began to punch her in the face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drove a couple of miles past the store and then turned off onto a gravel road that wound up a small hill through thick foliage. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“It seems that—” he said, and then stopped. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dicey thought of lying and then thought better of it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nods and then offers me the handset. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the wall, and then Mark appeared in the doorway. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Beyond the water, wherever you look, a narrow beach and then dense greenery. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just because I’m a daughter, and then she doesn’t say. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But someone figured out that if you put in ‘time equals’ and then a letter, like t equals k, they wouldn’t charge you,” he said, laughing at the memory. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Very well then, the juice wrenched from the disinfected skin, and then the pulpy liquid had to be diluted with water if I hoped to make the precious oranges last at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rolf, one of the picnickers, looked at his watch and then at the boys. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He tied the top of the pillowcase in a knot, and then he untied it again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each group was assigned a place in the world and then had to give a presentation like we were tour guides. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God,” he says, and then he jumps out of the way and the door flies open, unhinged. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They skirted the side of the wood that lay along the southern edge of the combe and then, in ones and twos, slipped across the empty road beyond. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Darnell and Pa shook hands, and Uncle D gave Mrs. a hug, and then he hugged each one of us. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She starts giggling and tosses the rest of the wad of bills into the air above my head, and then slams the door in, my face. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ll call tomorrow when he’s ready to be picked up, and then discuss next steps.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

That last howling scream, exactly like the first, and then at the end a fixed, steadfast moving backward out of this world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think love comes first and then the reasons follow. When I am with him, I feel that I don’t need anything else.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She crawled forward and then at a perpendicular angle. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe all Dessie had done was to put several black pins in a cushion to make it look like the Baptist minister, and then had the pincushion deliver a short dry sermon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stamps my parents’ wrists and then gives us seat assignments on the train and warns us not to sit elsewhere. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t far to go, just to the alley mouth and then across the street. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I counted to three in my head and then I said it. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Calvin helped me pick up my bike and then held on to it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She saw his face erupt in surprise, and then he looked into her eyes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A spark moved behind the dog’s eyes, barely detectable—as if he were old enough to remember the world in such a state—and then he sighed deeply, the spark snuffed, and continued. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We compare strategy; the quality of each side’s military intelligence; the strength of their positions—and then we total up each side’s advantages and disadvantages like we’re doing an arithmetic problem. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He hesitated, as though uncertain, and then said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stroked the red cover with a finger and then touched the pages inside. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so weird how a person can be a normal part of your everyday life, and then just disappear. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He might change their plan, and then everything I’ve already discovered will be useless. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stares at his vanilla ice cream and then looks up. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it’s like to clean houses all day and then come home and keep cleaning. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it’ll go fine,” she said, and then she looped her hands into the straps of her backpack. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He said, “Whatever you want,” and then he took my yo-yo off my desk and started to walk the dog with it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We wait, and then Muhammad closes the laptop. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The soldier’s eyes flit to the remaining piece of cake and then away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Take those gunnysacks over there and put ’em in the back of the Jeep,” he says, and then, still holding the flashlight in one hand, he slips his arms under Shiloh and picks him up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little dog growled deep in its throat and then dropped Edward again and looked him in the eye. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I read a little from the introduction and then paged through the book. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gage had forgotten the marine major had already gone, had sent him a letter, and then turned over for another snooze. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would help these six people get adjusted to life in St. Catharines, and then in a few more months she would go back to Maryland to help another group of slaves escape. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In five seconds the water’s at her waist, then at her neck, and then she drowns, never knowing what the hell happened, or how such a horrific thing is even possible. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I could see him gesturing—pointing up the road and then out to me as he explained something to the men. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We also rescued the best of Mother’s gowns, because Mandy swore I would shoot up someday soon, and then they would fit me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He traces his fingertips along my back and my shoulders, and then he kisses me fiercely. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Cal had dropped its rate to thirty-two and then thirty-one after the big ten, but at twenty-nine the Washington boat continued to inch ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He saw a jellyfish in a tide pool, and the swirl of the tentacles reminded him of the swirl of her hair, and then he spent the rest of his life painting pictures of jellyfish. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She waved her arm in the direction of more meat-eaters and then she was gone. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The annals of medicine are full of accounts of diseases that sound like no disease known today, but that once caused terrifying epidemics and then disappeared as mysteriously as they had come. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Driving to Daisy’s apartment complex, I kept forgetting why I was stopped at a stoplight, and then I’d let off Harold’s brake only to look up and notice, oh, right. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They had to take a train north to Birmingham, which they reached by lunchtime, and then go south to Worcester, where they arrived in late afternoon. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, the pilots of the helicopters would catch a glimpse of a small girl wearing glasses crouching in the giant’s right ear and waving to them. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then he would yawn and stretch, get up, and go to sit with his great bicolored head on Aurelia’s lap. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She reluctantly agreed, and then climbed on top of her bed to get the dollar from the box. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The singing filled the synagogue, and Reb Saunders sat back in his leather seat and sang too, and then Danny was singing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The special floundered, not knowing what to do; a variety of mute expressions crossed his face and then, turning, he shuffled out of the apartment, leaving Rick alone. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was an old cigar box that had been pasted over with colorful papers, and then shellacked with varnish: a just-because present. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m guessing you can take the tea now,” he said, handing a chipped cup and saucer, first to me, and then to Call. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, “it” could be three hundred, and then it’s a ratio of ten to one. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look after Gabrielle,” she told her, and then she turned to Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He is talking again and looking at me and then Justin. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The goblin tossed the coin he was holding aside, said to nobody in particular, “Leprechaun,” and then greeted Travers, who passed over a tiny golden key, which was examined and given back to him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ophie followed the woman’s instructions, pouring the tea into the cup and then preparing it just how Mrs. Caruthers apparently liked it: two cubes, a generous splash of cream. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It isn’t only color but a glowing, as though the leaves gobbled the light of the autumn sun and then released it slowly. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel looked at me again and then at the locker. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Crooks stared hopelessly at her, and then he sat down on his bunk and drew into himself. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing, I hear someone on the steps, these light feet trying to be real quiet, and then a flashlight comes on and this woman's voice says, "You there, kid?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I let him into the shower, allowed two officers and an inmate through the center gate, and then returned to the task of trying to clear W-gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” I respond, and then just stare at her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He had given Singer everything and then the man had killed himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The street took a sharp turn and then ended in a flight of steps which led down into a sunken alley where a few stallkeepers were selling tired-looking vegetables. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She felt a shock run through her body, and then she swayed a little and the air didn’t seem like it knew how to support her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Emma joined in and then rubbed Finn’s head, because it felt good to do something normal again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He thought about heading straight into the trees, but the night was so dark, it would be faster to take the road and then cut into the woods farther down. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She scooped a huge gob of it into my hand, and then we headed off to opposite sides of the house. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lightning strikes the fence, and the electricity runs through the metal links and then through me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She jammed herself in, and then pulled her legs to her chest so she was a little ball pushed into the dirt. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

Like me, they had taken a civil service test nearly two years before and then not heard a word until January 1997, when we’d all been summoned to Albany for physical and psychological testing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That nurse, Elizabeth, looks at the clock and then at me before carrying a tray of stale-smelling food into another room. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Hannah’s cheeks were faintly pink, and she kept looking at me and then away, fiddling with the strap of her purse. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Dad! Could you show me the cell house, and then maybe could we play ball?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother swiveled her head, looking first at me and then at Harry. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The art fan points at the statue and then at us. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I spent the morning distracted, wondering what Selena planned to do with the flyer and then, just before lunch, I found out. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

First, we dropped Luke and Ms. Sharon at the Hudsons’ home in a wooded glen, and then Ms. Beth took me about ten miles farther to Crystal River. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The swelling in my brain went away a couple of weeks later, and then they came on fast. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The whole sky became light and then more thunder came, and she ran out of the courtyard and down the road, going so fast and hard I could see pebbles kicking up behind her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My elevator stops to deposit four tributes before I am alone and then find the doors opening on the twelfth floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Were in a bit of a time crunch,” she told me, and then reached over to start the car again. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He ran toward it for a few seconds longer, and then stopped. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The domovoi vanished and then reappeared a moment later on the other side of Sigurd’s head, where he resumed his attack. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

We each checked into a room, made ourselves comfortable, and then trudged back down the stairs to grab our gear and bring up the other candles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

So Siobhan said I could use the staff room toilets for two days, but only two days, and then I would have to use the children’s toilets again. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She does finger-wiggling jazz hands and then moves into high knee lifts like in PE—with enough enthusiasm that I wonder if it’s possible for her knee to smash into her nose. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We waited for a while and then started getting up from the floor. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby loved to climb onto his bed and then jump off to see how far away he could land. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of the last real smile we shared and then our final terrible, helpless moments together when he was yelling at me to run. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The captain told someone to get a priority radio message off to the naval commander at Willemstad and then asked, "How did you get on that little island?" The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She switched on the detector and then took a floppy disk from her pocket and slipped it into the computer that controlled the Cave. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corn had hidden her for as long as it could, and then Sean and Finn had hidden her for a time, even if they hadn’t known it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“And the Death Eaters came . . . and then we dueled. “You dueled with the Dark Lord?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The taillights gleamed redly for a moment and then winked out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I waited for Mr. Ward to switch on the video and then started to read. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slides one arm in and then the other, and then shrugs to adjust the shoulders. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gino looked at the ball bouncing away in the distance and then looked back at me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two young ladies about my age stopped, stared at me, and then giggled. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suffering from an attack of nausea, Elizebeth crept around the house alone—and then she heard the news that Japan was about to surrender. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Anya sucked in a deep breath, let it out, took another one, let it out, and then inhaled sharply one more time. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I cry until my chest is sore, and then I breathe and breathe and breathe, and finally I’m not crying anymore. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His chief tactic was the threat of resignation—underscored now and then by an actual resignation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He heard her steps on the porch, on the crisp dry oak leaves on the path, and then he could hear her no more. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra squinted into the shifting luminescence of the moon’s reflection, trying to adjust her eyes, and then she was sure of it: A glow was rising beneath her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I turn to Bill, whose eyes are wide and surprised, and then back to the girls. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She pushes the cards around on the table a bit more, touching one and then another, though Bailey is no longer paying attention to which card is which. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All of them would grab a cat or a poodle—the wolves sometimes taking pets as large as Labs and collies, not to mention livestock and now and then a human. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They stayed that way for a few seconds, and then she pulled away from him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He flips through the pages quickly and then points to the menu. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys piled the decorations in the anteroom and then Mack stopped them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at me, first confusion and then hurt touching his eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The abbot brooded on that for a moment, and then said, “Fine. If they try to take your underwear—though God knows why they would—you can fight back.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Gollum got up on all fours, and backed away for several paces, and then he turned, and as Sam aimed a kick at him he fled away down the path. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Reverend Dr. J. H. Barrows read a blessing and benediction and then, at the request of exposition officials, read a speech that Higinbotham had prepared for the originally planned ceremony. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Robin squeezed Ivy’s shoulder and then started digging in her bag, a huge black canvas thing with tiny red strawberries all over it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I prayed that we wouldn’t meet anyone I knew and then felt guilty for drawing God’s attention away from serious matters to what was, after all, only an item of vanity. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his orb and then out at the crowd. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Before long, Olaf’s friends were pounding on the table in strict rhythm again, and the orphans went out to the dining room to clear the table, and then again to serve the chocolate pudding. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When we finish eating, I run up to open the door for Bieber, who almost trips down the stairs and then flings himself into the room like a cannonball. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Another and another fell and then the wind howled to life. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She walked to the part of the community that seemed most likely: the northeast corner of the Central Plaza, where the Nurturing Center stood and then the dwellings began, across the main boulevard. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She takes two shots of it and then leans back against the washing machine. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But little Fifi could not be distracted from the scene at the end of the table: she stared wide-eyed at the bickering Fannings, and then over at Mami with a serious look of oncoming tears. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He backed off, glanced at me with a look that could kill, and then stalked down the hall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was one great big room, and then there was a little room that belonged to Uncle George, and there was another room for the aunts, Aunt Docia and Aunt Ruby. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy nodded hi and Garrett nodded hi, and then both of them went back to eating the gooey macaroni on their lunch trays. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mamma and Dimple both said, “No!” but he stuffed the cookie into his mouth before they could stop him and then grinned sheepishly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I heard somebody calling him the King of the Out Isles, and then there are others who call him the King of Lothian and Orkney. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read it quickly and then they all looked at it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pretended to think hard for a moment, and then she looked at Dot. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down and down they rushed, first through darkness and then through a mass of vague and whirling shapes which might have been almost anything. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Hornet took a quick look at it and then passed it to Mosca. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Luke grinned knowingly at Eleanor, and then turned as the doctor opened the door. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

One leg jerked in a solitary spasm which quieted gradually to a twitch and then stopped. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said that at last he had the delightful sensation of sailing, and then it was all over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He entered, saw the star and Lord Primus, and the innkeeper and his strange family, and then the blood was spurting in a crimson fountain in the firelight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thor looked around to see what the noise was, and then he turned back and saw Hymir’s shoulders shaking. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Otto and I gulped down cold, clean water straight from the pump, and then we headed back across the field. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Especially the part where he threatens to kill you and then blows up your aunt’s trailer.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I tell her: we were dead, and then Ben managed to spin the car in just the right way, like some kind of brilliant vehicular ballerina. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them—and then they leap. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My daily routine included lunch with Alexia and the girls, minus Danielle and Anna—they sat alone—and then recess. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But Shadowfax paused in his stride, slowing to a walk, and then he lifted up his head and neighed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They bargained for a while and then the young woman shouted, “If you want to rob people, then do so. Don’t say you are selling garri for that price.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I will, my love, but we have to do one thing first, and then I promise we'll leave—and never come back." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was a pause and some movement in the hay and then Clover replied, “Yes, let us out.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I always go as far as the ford, where the river spills across the path, and then I head back. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lets go of my hand, drains the cup, gives it back, and then holds her hand up until I take it again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carl sat by the window, only drinking when Antonapoulos pushed the glass into his face, and then taking solemn little sips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But then hours went by and then a day, and then another one and then another one. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at the top of the hill, and then around at the sky and the canyon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hand everything to Lacey when she comes out of the bathroom and then walk into the girls’ room, since Radar is still in the guys’. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the two of them continued to chat with me over their shoulders, pausing every now and then to kill or be killed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led his teammates through a stretching routine and then had them take the pitch to practice penalty shots. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was a label that foretold failure and then hastened its arrival. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was a noise from out in the sitting area, and then a shout. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I call him on his cell, and then I quick call Mom because Dad says I have to. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and then trudged up the path. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She put her hand out to touch Hannah on the head and then, as if thinking better of it, patted her instead on the shoulder. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your stomach grumbles, and then it hurts, pinching, and you have no energy. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poke my head out of the tent, look left and right, and then streak across to the stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what made him open Dallas’s door and say, “Hurry! Come with me,” and then lead a sleepy Dallas to the sick boy’s room. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

A woman's voice could also be heard now, clearly angry—and then a shot. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d wait until we were all in our seats, and then he’d raise his white eyebrows, and smile just a little bit, and say the first part of the joke. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“In the leg! Are you mad?” she asks, and then she asks again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She looked at me blankly a moment, and then responded, “Not bad for your first time.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Thought maybe you’d be hanging out with Amaryllis. Either way, rehearsal ran late, and then I had a lot of homework.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He watched while the man deftly patted flour onto the pieces of meat and then added the rabbit to the pan. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. It belongs to the bank. But soon it’ll be mine, and then I’ll be able to make lots of boys like you smart.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had watched the horror movies, the ones where the mentally malnourished airhead goes into the house alone, sneaking around like, well, like me, and then ends up with an ax between the eyes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I let the last sip of hot chocolate sit on my tongue for a little bit before I swallowed it down, and then Mom and I headed home. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, I think about how my life might’ve been different if Shanon had been able to keep us with her. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He puts his hand over his chest and then rushes off. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She would let the abalone I tossed to her sink to the bottom and then dive and come up holding it against her body, with the rock held in her mouth. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Mama scrabble around in the kitchen for a bit, and then she came out with a mound of folded tinfoil that she handed over to Susie. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She gets real quiet for a second and then starts scratching the corner of her left eye. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After a while he said, “Yes,” and then paused again. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on in,” she says, and then, to Mom, “Ms. Cooke?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She points to herself and then into the room, as if to ask if she should enter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now and then she takes a puff of her Sweet Afton, wisps of smoke rising above her head. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They all drank their fill and then began to leave the well. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He gazed for a long time, and then he stood up erect, holding his staff in his two hands as a warrior holds his long sword. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Sí, a son and two nephews. I will go mañana to visit them, and then in three days I will come back.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“There’s Julio,” the little girl said, and then I saw his Italian face and his eyes as he sprang upon me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Varney grumbled like a tired old man and then heaved forward, pulling the wagon out of the driveway and onto Fifth Avenue. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I went first to Fort Ord in Monterey, California, for basic training and then to Aberdeen, Maryland. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She pauses and then says, “Joyful Dog Walkers.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He looked around inside the engine for about ten minutes and then wiped his face absentmindedly, so that the grease stained his cheek. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got out on the ice and sped around a few times, even in my bulky goalie pads, and then hunkered down in the net as the guys slapped practice shots at me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself slowly up the ladder, and then Bronwyn, Emma and I broke the surface just enough to breathe and talk while Millard stayed safe a few feet below, the tube all to himself. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She would go home, she would make hot potato soup for the three of them, and then she would take out her new pencils and draw. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He poured whiskey into a tall glass and then added vodka and gin. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He laughs loud, bending over and resting his hands on his knees, and then he swings his head to the side to look over at me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She slid both trays—sandwich, milk, cupcake—onto the table, and then she grabbed Em’s hand and led her out of the cafeteria. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A final garbled burst of complaints issued from the dark hole, and then the creature was gone. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She put her underwear in one of the little ones, and her shirts and jeans in one of the big ones, and then picked up the photograph from the bottom of the suitcase. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then heavy breathing like the howl of the wind rushed toward them, and then a paw the size of a small car emerged from the foggy darkness of the valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She put the hook she was holding onto the mailbox and then pulled her reddish-brown hair into a ponytail. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Like, I’m pretty sure he stripped off that final wolf shirt one day, and then Bram moved to Shady Creek two hours later. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She looked through them and then handed me one. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

His breath went away, like it did in football, and then came back again. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Ms. Rowling would just shake my hand, but she was down-to-earth and whispered some encouraging words about my life and future, and then she hugged me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I stuff the jacket into my locker and then look at her. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In the end, it went nowhere near Mount Mitchell, though it did take in Mount Washington and then carried on another 350 miles to Mount Katahdin in Maine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Quentin caught the school bus to Coalwood to help me do the loading and then spend the night at my house so we could get an early start. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’ll need to help myself,” I say and then quickly add, “Plus Kareem is only a couple hours away at Princeton. I know I can call him for anything—he told me so.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Now and then a door slammed with the deep clash of iron on iron. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Markka’s gaze went to Vega and then to me, but she didn’t say nothing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Nurse Holyfleld listened to what I had done and then gave me a little paper cup with some mouthwash that tasted like the stuff my mom drinks. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Branwell looked them all over and then made a flipping motion with his hand. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to turn east at the next corner, and then loop around after a few blocks and try my luck on a different street on my way back to the boardwalk. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I heard a splash off the left side of the boat, and then another on the right. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The thought, like...stresses me out? Like, I keep meaning to go look at the numbers, and then I just. Shut down.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We saw dead horses everywhere, and now and then heard rifle shots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said the words, and then she had a strange moment of seeing them, hanging there over her head. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

"Shrug your shoulders. Puff out your cheeks. Touch your nose and then my finger. Stick out your tongue." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His men gorged themselves and then considered their options. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stood panting for a moment and then he climbed into the rig and whipped Doxology and he drove away, his shoulders hunched, without saying good-by. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She strikes tinkling notes at the top of the keyboard and then ones in the middle. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I said, “Indeed?” and the man’s eyes looked at me, and then looked over my head, and then looked all round me, and then he drew his hand across his lips and laughed. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the room is silent, and then fists pound against my window, not just two or four or six, but dozens of fists with dozens of fingers, slamming into the glass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I yank it tighter around my shoulders and turn away again, and then I am falling. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The woman across the street testified that a moment after she saw the killing, that is, a moment after the el train went by, she screamed and then went to telephone the police. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll see you in Jury tomorrow at five,” he announced, and then walked away. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We drove through the entire length of the prison, and then along a winding dirt road through a rather wild, wooded area at the rear of the property. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together we walked down the gravel path in the park in the dark, under the trees and then out from under the trees and past the gate into the street that led into town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

So we just held each other, and one by one, we wished each other well and then goodbye. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have only blurry memories of his courting Oriana, and then they were sworn, with a child on the way. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re sure she didn’t come back and then go off somewhere else?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The stampede of fetterlings crashed against the base of the palace, and then the time for words was over. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Dimple began to nod and then shook her head. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I climb to the millpond, close the gate, and watch the water slow down, trickle, and then stop. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press the switch and flick the light off, and then turn it on again. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Abbot, too, was sewing in another room, and Bessie, as she moved hither and thither, putting away toys and arranging drawers, addressed to me every now and then a word of unwonted kindness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He rustled about for a few minutes and then, satisfied that I was awake, began to speak. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The queen would glance at the three now and then. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wept for hours, but no one came near her except Irela, who walked to the door after a time, looked in at her, and then shut it softly. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“So, I thought we’d talk for a while, and then you’ll have the chance to hear from Sparrow’s teachers. How does that sound?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The president of the club, Dr. Edward Lasker, welcomed everyone, thanked them for coming, and then began a litany of Bobby’s many accomplishments. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Isobel turns her attention back to Celia, and then she pulls a deck from her bag; not her black-and-white circus cards but her original Marseilles deck, worn and faded. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But she only paused for a moment, and then she shook the feeling away and set off to find her brother. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She knotted it, and then passed the fabric between her legs, where the blood was. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As I turned to enter my yard I started to lock the gate, and then I thought, “No, I’ll leave it open. He might come back.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent another hour practicing some plays, putting them into action in little scrimmages, and then Coach sent us to the weight room in pairs. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It wavered in and out of focus and then, with a jerk, a commercial for McDonald’s came on the screen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The woman took a deep breath, like she was going to answer, and then an invisible force shoved Anya and Ivan toward the door, through it, out of the hut, and into the night. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He sighed, and then lifted me in with one hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had rushed Marshall and Melanie into the car and they had driven to the school where their mom taught, and then they had all gone out to dinner. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The investigation revealed that the task force seized large amounts of money, but also small amounts, and then dispensed it freely, unconstrained by reporting requirements or the task force’s mission. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS: Humiliating Cedric turned him into a very angry young man, and then he became a Death Eater and—and—it all went wrong. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Said the Serjeant with sarcasm, “As when you don’t smell and then you do smell.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Girls in Shaker, she was sure, had abortions now and then—they were teenagers after all—but of course it was all kept very quiet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lash’s back drew closer, and then it was just a yard or two ahead. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He looked first at the fish I carried and then at me and moved his tail. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once again, humans figured out a way to safely eat cassava, by pounding and then cooking it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

His footsteps thumped across the floor above them, and then came the sound of something else heavy dragging toward the door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Thirty miles to sell the fish and then everything will be good again. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted, and then seeing people turn to look, I lowered my voice until it trembled with anger. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I was in the bedroom and then I heard you come in and I was so excited, I forgot it. I always have it with me. Really, Alex.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He liked to tell Rab how awful she was-—and then would sneak back to take another look. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since this was the first Ceremony for the Dead there was no record scroll to follow, and it was necessary to stop now and then for discussion and new suggestions. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first Helmuth prepares new leaflets every two weeks and then every week, and then twice a week. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I planned to help get the organization off the ground, find a director, and then return to Atlanta. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She urged the confused man to forget the whole thing, eat a nice supper which she would cook for him, and then go to bed and get a good night’s sleep. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the bloodstained mask from his face and got up and rinsed it in the ditch and wrung it out and then just stood there in the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they’d roll down their window, pull in something colorful, place crisp American bills into brown hands and then roll their window back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Each of the old men climbed out onto the ledge, and then, with a step and a hop, they walked out onto the circling Carousel platform. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

If it was expanding fairly slowly, the force of gravity would cause it eventually to stop expanding and then to start contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was thinking a mile a minute and then he nodded and sort of mumbled “okay” under his breath. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was living a straight life, playing football—and then doing plays. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you want to see the world?” she’d say, rolling out the dough for pierogi and then spanking it with her palm. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The flat extended out two hundred yards and then there was a line of heavy weed-crusted rocks before it dropped off to deep water. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the flurry of motion became too much, she looked up ahead and fixed her gaze on a particular tree, following it as it slowly approached, streaked past, and then gradually receded behind her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Gork,” said Nelson, punching Columbus in the stomach with his right flipper, and then trying to push him over with his left flipper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He started to walk off and then stopped and pulled out his can of chewing tobacco. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know that was a thing. Cooking something on the stove and then sticking the entire pot in the oven.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He served me tea and Call some of his precious tinned milk, and then, very gently, he tried to explain to us what he believed had to be done. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls mumbled to one another, and then the tall one said, “Thank you” in English. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They don't have time to worry about some girl who calls out to no one and then closes her door again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed the yellow star on the cracked window of what had been the Diamants’ shop, and then a booming clang made me start. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Luke, inside the nursery doorway, could hold one end of the tape until his hand came into the cold spot, and then his fingers lost strength and relaxed helplessly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob hesitates for a moment and then decides his best bet is to try to simply walk away. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten off the highway at 21:36 last night, and then back on at 23:19. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

You start tearing big chunks of clay off until the size looks okay and then you tackle the overall shape. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I cracked a Red Bull and then my backup laptop, which wasn’t really a backup. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The three of us stood together, not saying a word, and then the guard came back in. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So I do, and then he has me pull the doubled-back part of the sleeve up over my leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I run a comb through my hair to smooth it down and then tuck it behind my ears. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stop and scribble some numbers down on a small spiral notepad and then measure again, and say something like “Better safe than sorry.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He licked his lips and then said, “I should go home.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Jayme and Taylor would tie a red wagon to Luke and then throw a ball across the sandpit and the dog would race to get it, the wagon trailing behind. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No, he won’t, he’s so tired he will soon drop off and then the matter is settled, for he will understand that he has got to mind. Don’t interfere, I’ll manage him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the ball again, and then at her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She digs for a moment and then pulls out her sunglasses. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It became one in the afternoon, and then a soldier came out and brought me in. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I happily loaned it, and someone else asked, and then someone else. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now,” Oliver says, “spell ‘imaged and then say ‘lightbulb.’ Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

My dad catches my eye and then nods at my mom to stop. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He kissed me again, and then walked away across the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Discharged with or without honor, fired with or without severance, dispossessed with or without notice, they hung around for a while and then could not imagine themselves anywhere else. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brush my hair roughly, and then I pull it into a bun by knotting it around a twig. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You go and you ride in the limousine, and then you and the girl do the thing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Zohra disappears for a few seconds and then comes back into view with a bowl of pistachios. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’m still naked from the waist down as they hustle me out, but right before I reach the back door, Nurse Ramirez calls, “Wait!” and then gently closes the hospital gown around my legs. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ought to collect your sack as soon as you get here, otherwise there is this long wait and then you have to come back and wait again.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spreading broad wings and reaching talons out, he met the two head on, withering them with fire, and then turned to the third, who was larger than he and armed also with fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She clicked her tongue against her teeth once, and then fell silent again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head slowly, as if defeated, and then lets her eyes meet mine again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Nobody is infallible,” Colonel Cathcart said sharply, and then continued vaguely, with an afterthought: “Nobody is indispensable, either.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We looked at one another, my sisters and I, and then we left the room, ignoring his cry of "Hey, where do you think you're going? Get back in here and listen." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I flew out of our bubble and into the main tube, and then out of our neighborhood and up the droptube and then across the surface. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She served them biscuits and milk and then licked the last of the peanut butter from the knife before washing it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘And yet, alas! here we must part. Well, I must eat a little, and then we also must hasten away. Come, Legolas and Gimli! I must speak with you as I eat.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Many times she came to the cave, and then one morning she did not come. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, he would ask, casually, “Do you hear a buzz?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked the bureau drawers first and then under Jessie's bed. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He visited Sequim briefly, to catch up with the McDonalds and Joyce’s parents, and then quickly returned to Seattle to be near Joyce herself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Stacy ignores us and starts talking about how boring her computer elective is, and then everyone starts talking about their electives and how fun or awful they are. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

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

In less than a minute it had set once more in the west and then, without any pause, risen again in the east. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the door, she raises her chin proudly, and then we hear her steps echoing down the hall to our cousin Carmencita's room. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She managed to come out of her room now and then to get a glass of water. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I would report our findings to the corporal, and then the entire squad would attack the village we had spied on, killing everyone so that we would stay alive. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Getting yelled at now and then—whether by sergeants, other officers, or inmates—was just life, especially in Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bit my lip again and then, after I checked to make sure Mr. Paul wasn’t looking, I opened up the box. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She made me read In Our Time, and then I read all his books. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask her where she’s from and she answers with practice a certain fancy neighborhood in Seoul, and then offers other facts I might want to hear: she’s twenty-two, a college graduate, a good cook. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The lesions are easy to miss unless you know what you are looking for,” she said, “and then it’s as plain as the nose on your face.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of his blood drowned all else and then subsided. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The girl laughed and then fished in her bag for her money. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was only one step on the porch and then a crunch as jumping feet struck earth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘This man - he came up and offered us a ticket. For free. He’d bought it and then decided he couldn’t face the ride.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of them glanced disapprovingly at their watches and then at me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Evans lectured the boys about fighting on the playground and then sent them back to their homerooms. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I watched her face knot up like a thread, and then she let go. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She blinks once more and then turns her face so she’s looking at the ceiling again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Oh, he might have preferred being unchained a bit now and then, but if you were to be a captive, you couldn’t ask for more than he had been given. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She dreamed about the Hoppers and then woke up, mad at herself for letting the Hoppers into her dreams and now into her waking thoughts. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

For a while I was punished for being so uppity that I wouldn’t speak; and then came the thrashings, given by any relative who felt himself offended. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The female stood by pecking at something on the ground and then, after a while, it walked away, indifferent to the males great flare of feathers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Behind each hill, I could see shadows of another fish, and then another and another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom made sure everyone had drinks and then she got busy, week after week, making her special party food—ham sandwiches on white bread with the crusts trimmed off. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Mom crouches over and lifts it up again, and then peers inside. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He expected to set the map on the easel and then wait in the hall. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Obviously media companies would pay dearly to know which homes were gobbling up lots of gigabytes, and then push their products there. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

From her bed she heard Úrsula’s weeping, the steps and whispers of the multitude that invaded the house, the wailing of the mourners, and then a deep silence that smelled of trampled flowers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m OK,” I said again, and then I asked her where she’d been. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed the top of his head lightly with her hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ugwu went back to the bathroom and dried Baby with a towel and then hugged her, blew against her neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shorty said, nodding to the cops, and then to Emerson Lapp, as he walked out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were tested, found to be broken beyond repair, written up as damaged freight and tossed, and then I went Dumpster diving. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Shasta stooped and drank—a very long drink—and then dipped his face in and splashed his head. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

We were careful about her movements, and she would be picked up by one driver, dropped off at another place, and then picked up by a second driver before finally being delivered to the farm. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tm late ” He kissed his wife on the cheek and then touched Benji's shoulder briefly before leaving. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I run to second, slide, pop up, and then head to third. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He put the tip of the blade into Gus’s shirt and then made an arc with his arm, as though cutting a circle. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

To yell “black- on-black crime” is to shoot a man and then shame him for bleeding. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He went round three times too often, the brachet meanwhile running and yelping the other way, and then, after four or five back casts, they were both free of the obstruction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A suitable pause occurred after Hyper left the room, and then he started in. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The man screamed for mercy and then for help as the dogs bit and tore at him right beside me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was pushing from behind, and then came another head and another pair of hands, as they clambered over the shoulders and backs of those below and swarmed up onto the roof like ants. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour of monologue, a poem, a comment, and then without even acknowledging the fact that Montag was a fireman, Faber with a certain trembling, wrote his address on a slip of paper. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few more thunks, and then a last, long, piercing scream that ended in a wet, gurgly burst. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Put your seat belt on,” he hollered over the engine noise, and then he hit the throttle and the J-3 bop- hopped forward and we went speeding across the green outfield grass. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I run a few more errands for Mama, and then when I try to get home, soldiers have blockaded the streets I would normally take. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every one took a drink very politely, and then they made us cork it up and put it away. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I stood in the hallway, listening, and then crept past the next two doors to where the knocking was loudest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They talked a little more and then shook hands. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first everything went bright, like a starburst, and then suddenly it was as black as a tunnel. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He set the pans down, and then suddenly saw what Sam was doing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Every now and then someone grew angry enough at Havermeyer to throw a punch at him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They want you to wait for them until they get ready and then they don’t even tell you how they feel. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that he had been dreaming of something like this for a long time, and then, suddenly, it was true. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pass it straight to Bram, who then passes it straight to Simon, who passes it to Abby, and then Morgan, and I notice with a start that no ones actually drinking it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He wanted it all right; I gave him half a glass and then stopped, afraid he would get sick if he drank too much too quickly. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The first songs were vigorous and then Mama Adanna’s voice broke out, husky and elegiac. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ll put the gear in the boat and then get some.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or she does remember them, but in a minor way, as if remembering a game, or a single prank, a single trivial secret, of the kind girls tell and then forget. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I declare. I declare, Hoyt, don’t you beat all!” she said finally, and then, “Well, I swan. Won’t Mary Toy have a fit!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get through this and figure out what we’re doing with it, and then we can talk. Just you and I.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She sits in the chair next to Lincoln and then presses her face against her husband’s. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I promised that I would, and then I introduced Sweetie Pie to Miss Franny and to Gloria, and right after that, the preacher showed up. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The prickly feeling traveled all the way up to my neck and then went skipping down my spine. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I can sleep anywhere,” Dad says, and then shuts his eyes. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard his heavy footsteps on the deck above me, I hustled to the stem, stepped lightly onto the gangplank, and then bolted for cover. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

At least until Ralph fixed his lock; and then it was the sound of his knob being tried, communication attempted. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was silence, and then the applause was massive. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a thoughtful silence, and then Dr. Calvin said, ironically, “Well?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

If we want to discuss first and then vote, that’s one way. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘She’s got more than one poison. When she’s hunting, she just gives ’em a dab in the neck and they go as limp as boned fish, and then she has her way with them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

So he reached in and swung it up—it was heavy—and out onto the grass, and then pushed the boat away from the land. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

All morning, the sky hung low, and sometimes the green and brown clouds would roll up and rumble a bit, and then settle back down like a layer of unhappiness over everything. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A few Cheerios poured out of the box into the sink, and then a bundle of bills banded with a strip of paper. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But the living have fallen behind. Hurry and type that story up into an obituary form. Quickly, and then you can take my car to run it over to Mr. Greene.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When Hanako had been confused, her teacher had said, “Someday you will understand, and then you will be almost grown up.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He nibbled at the hot mash, but he was not very much interested in it, and he still shivered now and then. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Violet heard the door lock behind him, and then listened to his footsteps fading away down the stairs. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Well ...” He paused, and then the rest of the words followed in a rush. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It picks up for a second and then decreases. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then after Mary came to bed, Ma had her bath behind the blanket, and then Pa had his. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A word that lay in wait for me, jumping out now and then, scaring me because I didn’t know exactly what it meant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up and then he saw that Frodo was lying beside him, and slept peacefully, one hand behind his head, and the other resting upon the coverlet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At first, water would have to be brought from earth, and then it would have to be recycled so that it could be used over and over again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In fact, I’m surprised they’ve kept it going so long. The Capitol will adjust by deactivating specific pods and then manually triggering them when their targets come in range.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together and stares down at me and then at Apa. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He stood by the door of our clay brick and tin roof house laughing and then asked, “Can you even understand what you are saying?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m outside in the alley by the fire door. Ask one of the girls where it is and then let’s just get out of here.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The guards make their rounds every minute and a half, stand for twenty seconds, and then move on. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I sat on the side of the path for a while until my tears were gone, and then moved on. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

To the east of Warings there was only the village of Derne, and then flat farmland, until the first of the main roads. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We heard water running and then the bathroom door was opening. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He called close up, close up, first order he had given since morning, and then shortly after that the order came to stop, at last. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the samples grow, and then he carefully moved them to the incubator. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa! and then shy Rosetta runs to him and does the same, and the rest of the childrens gaze at Mr. Pomodoro with big, round eyes, very black, like the eyes of kindly puppies. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

We drank our tea in a friendly kind of silence, and then Miss Whitlaw picked up the box again. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I get all my stuff ready, and then I get into bed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I press on, and then through the misty air I hear my name. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He took two deep breaths, and then smiled in apology. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The elevator comes to a slight pause and then begins to move laterally to the left. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She dutifully wrote down all the names Mrs. Coulter suggested, spelling them atrociously and then crossing them out when Mrs. Coulter decided against them after all. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to look at Ash for a long moment, his ears perked forward, and then turned to go back into the Wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First you say one thing, and then you say the other. If you don’t know something, you just ought to shut up about it.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped out the plastic jar of hardware and sorted out a bolt to thread into the fitting of the junction and then tightened it down. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He puzzled over it a moment, as if it were the first time he’d ever seen it, and then turned back to me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A family enjoys a day of water rides, followed by a meal and a hug from a raccoon mascot, and then the kids are tucked into bed by very happy parents. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes it, flips the lid open, and then dumps all the mints into my outstretched hand. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

That cracking sound again and then a scream of tortured wood, and suddenly the air was full of shards and splinters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He swore under his breath and then apologized. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lennie looked to Candy for help, and then he looked at his lap again. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The excitement of their escape had burned hot and then died, like a birchwood fire. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My mother hugs the wedding photo tightly against her chest and then places it, along with the book of plants, on our government-issued chest of drawers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We jump up and down the banks and storm around smashing things, and then she turns on me, all of a sudden, and says, “What are we, anyway? What exacdy is going on here?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But I think the mastodons died and their bodies got run over, and then frozen and preserved in ice.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I slumped in my chair and then blurted, “He was shot.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Which way should we go? Why don’t they have signs that say Weapons of Mass Celestial Destruction, and then Everything Else Is Actually a Trap? That would be helpful.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to think of something to say, something cool to end the good-bye on, and then shrugged. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“What you feed Miss Walters at bridge club today? I worked all morning making that fool a caramel cake and then she wouldn’t eat a crumb.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I remembered then that I had aimed to get some more, but it was too late now, and then I looked up and there she came. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will stood up, meaning to say “Hold him tight,” but even as the words came to his mind, the angel sagged against the ground, dissolving and spreading out like mist, and then he was gone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It limped toward Sierra, thrusting one long dark appendage forward and then fluidly gliding ahead on the other like a wounded giant. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It’ll be something to keep off the darkness now and then. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to report,” he replied, and then the first thing he said to me when we got into our truck was, “No matter what you do in life, never drink and use guns—and drive!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The wheels spun, one moment, two—the car lurched forward and backward, and her mother swore even more colorfully, and then they were free. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He kissed the stone and then whizzed it toward the middle of the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the Big Store and waited until Junior had served the other drugstore customers and then asked him if he knew of anything that was like a glue but would burn. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at Miles, and then she asked him, “What will you do, if you’ve got so much time?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother shows up and swallows ten of them without chewing, chugs a glass of milk, and then says, “Let’s go!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then there was Sam’s voice and he was shouting, too, and then Father again. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low hum, a rumble under- foot, a deep-throated whistle, faint at first and then louder as the train gets close. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now and then it was hidden by mist, yet it always came out brightly again. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed some lunch, and then he told me some more of his story. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fern clung to my side and then inched behind me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, laughing, and then Eleanor said, “Be quiet; there’s something moving over there.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter said, “Don’t worry about Miss Trotter. Great-granny goes out with her deer rifle. Can still pick off a rabbit every now and then.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There were matches and there was a magnifying glass and there was a mattress and then, clearly, a series of unfortunate events. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She glanced briefly at the kids in the bed to be sure they were sound asleep, and then she allowed herself to read the whispery words, faded letters in a neat hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Pretending to sleep, he changed his position to make it easier, and then he felt the hand without the black bandage diving like a blind shellfish into the algae of his anxiety. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I explained, and then pleaded with him not to get out of the car and go give the principal a piece of his mind. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she marched over to the telephone, picked it up, spoke to the caller, and then held out the receiver to Ms. Byrd. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“But people do. They love each other and they misunderstand on purpose and they fight and then suddenly they aren’t the same one.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He thought about his dead brother John for a while, and then he picked up a book to try to read. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth and then dropped her head back as if she were searching for an answer somewhere on the ceiling. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They settled with the warders and then, a day or two later, we learned the authorities had gone to the general section and asked for three representatives to negotiate changes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Francis in what I thought a bored tone, as he held out Camilla’s chair and then slid into his own. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A protest of unused hinges and then a bang, and he went on to the next. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blew a smoke stream up to the ceiling that seemed to go on forever, and then he looked over at me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Lee marches his men all day, and then all night. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I offered a taste to Laleh, who refused—it was too hot, and it had not been sweetened at all—and then took my own sip. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then she smiled at him serenely, squeezed his hand and, with a whispered regretful “Addio,” pressed herself against him for a moment and then straightened and walked away with unconscious dignity and grace. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Presently Will came up from the river, and then Mary came out of her house and offered them breakfast; and soon Atal came along, too, and the village came to life around them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There is a blast, and then a laugh. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The wagon started forward and then Papa seemed to think better of that and pulled up on the reins. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kwang nodded and then gestured for the storekeeper to speak with him inside the store. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man turns to Mustafa next, glancing back and forth at him and then at his passport. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was afraid he might buy one place and then see another he liked better, and all the time the Sanchez place was drawing him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll start with these and then when you know English better, you can read these.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals happily agreed to the robot’s truce, and then they shuffled into the warm wooden dome. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs Helena Kingshaw got up, straightened the bedclothes, and then leaned over her son. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“What happened to our family? Everything was perfect, and then you left us. You left me!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was something dreamy, and then a flash of irritation, and then more dreaminess before irritation erased it again. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

One last time it was shut off, and then, apparently, the OIC gave up: The bell just rang and rang, unanswered, jangling my nerves and no doubt many others’. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marlena looks back just long enough to locate her frothy drink and then holds it over the table while we clink. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She crossed her fingers and then turned forward. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and then went on: "We are all his guests. I think it would be profitable if each one of us were to explain exactly how that came about." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I waited a moment at the desk and then rang a call bell. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

First there were the Gamemakers, making me their star and then scrambling to recover from that handful of poisonous berries. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His initial expression of solicitous pleasantry is replaced first by alarm and then by disdain. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And Buddy accompanied me to the rope tow and showed me how to let the rope run through my hands, and then told me to close my fingers round it and go up. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

He takes Charlie’s hand and then mine and holds us close. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The police waited, knocked, waited again, talked into their walkie-talkies, knocked again, disappeared, came back, knocked again, and then started calling out things like: “He better be in there when this door opens, doc.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We kept most things from the old people, but sometimes they caught on and then we rotated the hot seat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“It was a sickening sensation to feel the decks breaking up under one’s feet, the great beams bending and then snapping with a noise like heavy gun-fire,” he wrote later in his diary. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The man reached out, gently cradled the back of Olakunde’s skull, and forced my friend to look down, and then to fall upon his knees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The man who had been a beast stood, stared at the departing figure walking toward the moon, and then dropped the paper as if it were diseased. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She and James broke apart for three women with yoga mats slung on their shoulders and then came back together. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly at first, and then all at once, the shapes faded and the light drained from the sky. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She twice tried to kill herself on the voyage to America, once by denying herself food and then again by drowning. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He took his time walking down the stairs, and then slowly made his way to Harvey’s. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They turned slowly toward Cal as he entered the room, found his chest, and then rose to his face and stayed there. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lennie looked helplessly at George, and then he got up and tried to retreat. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunlight gleamed against the honey-house window, flickering now and then with a shifting cloud. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another pause, an awkward and embarrassed one, and then Lupin said, with an air of forcing himself to admit something unpleasant, “Tonks is going to have a baby.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jinny stared at her stone for a moment, and then up at the sky, trying to think what to draw. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I swallowed a granola bar in three bites, chased it down with milk straight from the carton, and then hurried out the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The ground beneath her shuddered and tilted, and then she started to slide. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Panic flashed across his face and then it settled into a look of soft, practiced pleading. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I said that I would just take a little nap and then be rested. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her read my poem, and then the invitation that Angel created. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I grew up poor, but there’s poor and then there’s “Wait, I’m eating worms.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I moved again, and then he shook his head, and moved. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He hesitated and then he said that he was the one who offered me the coffee. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t you?” she said pointedly, and then I realized at last she was trying to make room for me to talk. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And she said, “No,” and then she said, “You be careful, young man.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boy untied his sister and then led her back to their father’s new place. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

His heavy lids closed for a moment and then opened. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night, Ty checks us in and then tells us to go outside. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, she would even make a polite request. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Anya wheezed under the force of Mama’s hug, and then she returned the embrace. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Off in the hills, where the ancient highway curved, there was a motion, a dim light, and then a murmur. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sagged for a second and then spun away for Mr. Sabbatini’s class. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Ged said with the same gentle mockery, and then saying, “Watch the air between my hands,” he turned away from the others and stood still. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the house and he looked out over the dripping countryside and then let the door back down and descended the steps and set about making breakfast. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When Max telephoned upstairs that I was here, Sir Lawrence came down from his office, let me say a few words, and then retired for a private conversation with Max. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Boy21 pulls the blinds and turns off the lights so that his stars glow a weird green, and then he presses Play on his CD player and lies down between us. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle glanced first at me and then at Father guiltily. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reads it, scratches his head in confusion, and then calls another agent farther down the hall to have a look. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They line up and then freeze in place, waiting for something to set them off. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I type back: “My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery-always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“So I keep on knocking and ringing. Sooner or later she have to come out and then I can talk to her.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After calculus it was off to honors physics and then honors English and then honors chemistry. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her put clothes into one large suitcase and then rush over to my brother’s room and come back with another haul. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

We walked through the office and into the corridor and then I saw him walking towards me, with Riley at his side: Scott Hipwell. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time it was not of his mother, not of the Secret, but of his father at first and then of his friend Terry. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ronan and I run up the drive into my little neighborhood; we slow to a jog and then a walk. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Like, you rake in the Hanukkah presents and then switch back on Christmas Eve.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She had to search out small toeholds in the glacier wall, and then she had to find places to grip in the ice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Or do you count to three and then we go?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes coyotes would come and eat watermelons, too; and now and then a deer would jump into the field and eat corn, melons, and peas. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we were both running across the foyer to the door near the kitchen, and then down the stairs to the basement. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Mam sees us she starts to laugh, and then she cries. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He grunted and turned, trying to get comfortable, and then he opened his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I find myself forgetting what he even looks like, and then I feel bad, like my forgetfulness means he is gone forever. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

How could he make her suffer so and then come grinning like that with that darling way he had? Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I call Mom to report the news, and then I call Dr. Minerva. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I can count backward from one hundred in a duck voice,” Esme volunteered through her sniffles, and then began to demonstrate, quacking: “One hundred, ninety-nine, ninety-eight. . .” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She shot me a look that I couldn’t quite interpret, and then said, “Holmesy’s like a grandmother when it comes to the internet.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She looked up into his eyes and was surprised to see tears there, brimming up and then spilling down his face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she routinely thought about me and my welfare, or if she just randomly remembered that she had other children and then had a little woe-is-me moment for herself. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Mole heard “good dog” many times and then his new name, General. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

No one objected as Grace prayed aloud in Swahili and Eldin in Bosnian, first for the health and safety of their teammates, and then, if God saw fit, for a victory. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I grab my framed picture of Mom and Dad and me, from back in the day, and then I find my basketball in the garage, because maybe Erin will want to shoot around. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave her a squeeze so quick and tight that it made her cough, and then it made her laugh. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They got up long enough to slurp at the water trough and then flopped down again, raising puffs of dust in their shallow hollows. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Who else would take the major responsibility for a new lab and then ask a thirty-year-old man with no experience to run it?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Moving in unison, they sway rhythmically from side to side, and then suddenly freeze. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After a while water was brought to them, and then they were led to a table where food was set for three. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She squints at me through the screen, and then opens it because we’re in the country and this is Indiana and there is nothing to fear from our neighbors. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A forest fire in the dead woods, and then it rained and the smoke stopped. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stared at me for a while and then he stared at the rock. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The barn creaked and then started shaking as if there were an earthquake. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She glanced in surprise at Omakayas, trapped, and then unable to hide her amusement, a big grin spread over Mama’s face. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth thanked him from her heart, and then walked towards a table where a few books were lying. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But after dinner you changed your mind and cried, and so my mom called your mom, and then your mom picked us up. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We were both quiet for a sec and then he looked at me and said: “So, what we gonna do now?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Five minutes after I arrive, the organizers—three excited ladies onstage—introduce each girl, who stands up and smiles and then sits down again. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I waited until Baba fell asleep, and then folded a blanket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” she say, and then her voice break down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You liar. You heroic, adorable liar,” she says, and then plants a kiss on his cheek. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dad blew his nose, and then they waltzed down the aisle to our usual seats. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I had lied to protect myself, and then I had to lie to protect my lie. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Americans had one, the Soviets had to have one, and then the British, the French, the Chinese, the Indians, the Pakistanis ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You can have him back when Capricorn has seen him," she said, and then she was gone. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For a moment longer they saw her prancing up the airy stair, and then a bank of cloud hid her from their eyes. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The windshield wipers let out a surprised squeak and then froze in midwave. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

A couple people laugh, and then everyone turns back to their lockers and their conversations. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even know he was on Facebook,” she says, and then goes quiet as she reads. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The house hit the tree with a smash and a groan and then got stuck there. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But you are a small son. Someday you will be tall and strong and then you will be able to handle a big canoe.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Go to college, get a law degree, and then you’ll be able to have a real impact.’ Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Will opened the window wide and ran out at the head of the army of ghosts; and then began the strangest battle he could imagine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I squeezed through the mob, noting the crew from C-SPAN’s Book TV and then the fact that the front rows of chairs were filled mainly with gray uniforms. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk in silence for a few steps, and then he says, “You’re amazing!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I got the first lock opened, and then moved on to the dead bolt. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When we’d first gotten back to the house after finding May, August had met both policemen and then sent me and Rosaleen upstairs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Searcy talked till dinnertime, said not a word all through dinner, and then went back to talking as quick as he’d swallowed down the last bite. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They approved of it, suggesting a few changes, and then I asked Bram Fischer to look it over. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben jumped off the baseball players’ shoulders, landing in an awkward crouch, and then swayed a bit on his way to standing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They finally arrived safely in Philadelphia, and then went on to Boston. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rondell looked back and forth between us for a minute or so, and then he went up to the fence too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She sighed and then she spoke so rapidly that Kate knew it had been rehearsed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On she went, bumping now and then against rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they'd roast themselves like weenies on their towels until they were hot and sweating again, and then they'd go right back in. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Nemenyi was a friend whom Regina had first met when she was a student at the University of Colorado in Denver and then later reconnected with in Chicago. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down in the living room while his mom went off to the kitchen to make dinner, and then he asked if I wanted to play a game. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

A soaking bumblebee crawled over a thistle bloom, vibrated its wings for a few seconds and then flew away down the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes from his house if we don't catch traffic, and then straight to bed. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I told her stories as long as she would listen to them; and then for a change I took her out into the gallery. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a real big thing until they started terrorizing stores and then they beat up a lot of people and stabbed that one kid. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of her perfume would wake me as soon as she walked in, and then comfort me back to sleep. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I tell him that’s not an option, and in return he tells me I’ll probably have to head to Baltimore and then back out again. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Håkon hesitated and then let his hand drop from the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We took turns running back into the house for food and drinks and then out again, sometimes bringing a napkin full of snacks. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Theaters put on "laughing gas evenings" where volunteers could refresh themselves with a robust inhalation and then entertain the audience with their comical staggerings. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But every now and then I see him sitting at Julia’s feet. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Snape looked up the stairs, straight through Harry, and then down into the corridor below. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Outside the door Snout gave a low bark, and then the air grew so quiet I could hear the food being ground up in T. Ray’s mouth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard scraping sounds, slamming, pushing and shouts and then whack! whack! whack! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’d already lost his family twice before. Once in Poland and then again here—his adopted family. So when you and Aunt Susie came along ...” “Once bombed, twice shy?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They part only to applaud and shriek and then his arms are around her again. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ron did not answer; he was too busy unwrapping presents, every now and then letting out an exclamation of pleasure. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

These creatures had no human traits, which made it much easier to cradle them, rock them, bathe them, and then throw them in the garbage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Doña Lola had nodded and then shook her head so that I wasn’t sure if she was agreeing with Mami or not. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He thought for a moment and then rose stiffly. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Many times she started to write to him, she crafted e-mails, and then stopped and discarded them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We came out of the Tuileries into the light and crossed the Seine and then turned up the Rue des Saints Pères. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The chief fetched an ox for her to ride upon, and then he stood at the gate to bid her farewell. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"There, my dear. Now you enjoy that slowly, and then you can get drunk." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps she is,” said Mr. Banks, putting his nose round the corner of the newspaper for a moment and then withdrawing it very quickly. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She just glanced at me and then refocused on a paperback she was reading. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This went on for a few days, and then Mother took the opportunity to warn him about Mrs. van D., who could make life miserable for him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He looked at us threateningly and then trudged after the other football boys, who were gathering on the Big Store steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boy kept looking back and when he could no longer see him he stopped and then he just sat down in the road sobbing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the cell grows thick with the stink from the bucket, and then thins, becomes ordinary again. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Earl stares for a moment and then drops his gaze to the ground. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He stooped to pick it up, and then the newly tapped spring of fabulous discoveries threw him another gift, and shock and wonder erupted inside him so that he shouted out. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

With a bit of looking I found a heavy, round stone under the walnut tree, and then took a folded paper from my pocket. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The boy took one last look back at the cart and then followed him out to the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He looked over his right shoulder, then his left, like someone in a movie, and then he leaned in and said, “Where you want to go is Mudlavia.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Only after the exposition had Burnham and his colleagues learned of the anguished letters describing daughters who had come to the city and then fallen silent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine anything sadder than having once had a single body and then suddenly not being able to stay in any for longer than a day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The big tankers from the United States or England always carried fresh water to us in ballast, and then it was distilled again so that we could drink it. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc glanced at the place where the Monteverdi album was and then he remembered that the phonograph was broken. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then parties of Bolivians drive down to Bolivia Mar to swim—a political gesture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I miss her laugh, the way it starts like a pianists solo, soft and low and then crescendoing and filling the room. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Rupa’s body was blocking most of his view, but to Neel’s amazement, he heard an answering mew, and then a soft sucking sound. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He should have hit somebody the first time he was insulted, and then gone away. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“So if you two don’t mind tidying up these breakfast things, Tiller and I will go to our private banks and get some money and then we’ll all go into town, okay?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Does he look at me steadily, or does he paint a bit and then look at me?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

One night turned into another night, and then a week went by, and another, and another. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her heart, as on that bright summer day when he had first spoken to her, gave a terrible bound and then was still, with an awful, wounded stillness. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They open the doors to all the rooms, figure out right away which one is mine, and then go in. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked softly past it and then I heard something rustle and turned back. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He clicked Send and then minutes later checked to see if she had replied. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The hole in the kitchen ceiling widened, and then the ceiling on Brian and Maureen’s side of the bedroom started leaking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She covers her face but looks at it again through the spaces between her fingers, and then up into my eyes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He was going to go to prison for a while and then be set free with the same nothing he had going in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Adam dragfooted up one step and then the other and supported himself in the doorway. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, right now I could say to Pa ‘I leave it up to you’—and then what could he do? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was like the palatable little dolls we played with as children—mango seeds that we drew faces on and then called by our nicknames. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, lust fades, and then there are children to raise and bills to pay. At some point it just becomes friendship with mutual self-interest for the benefit of society and the next generation.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

One minute we had all been at war and then the next it was over. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he saw was there and then not there, moving so quickly in and out of sight as to make him uncertain he had seen anything at all. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He posts that letter and then writes another the same day. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Now and then an ancient shepherd in a dusty brown cloak would pass Sitti's house up in the village, tapping a wooden cane against the stones. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the moment I grabbed the bar, I heard my sister Adria’s voice screaming my name from somewhere in the audience, and then I caught sight of Lexie jumping up and down and cheering. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The locket swayed slowly back and forth and then stopped altogether. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

There was too much smoke to see anything at all, just Longstreet’s back, black, unmoving, and Pickett turning back through the smoke with joy in his face, and then the Union artillery opened up. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He announced, “We need to start collecting money for Zlata,” and then he dropped in a few coins. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She lay in the soft bed, and now and then drifted off into dreams. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But we’ll put the word out and then see what happens.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baty had tried to force the fusion experience into existence for itself—and then, when that fell through, it had engineered the killing of a variety of human beings...followed by the flight to Earth. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

As months passed without any word of Chris—and then years—the anguish mounted. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franz had purchased a video camera before the trip, and he paused now and then along the way to record the sights. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped it and then zoomed in so that we had a pretty clear look at the side of Tattoo Face’s cheek— the one with the tattoo. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“So when I want to put my body between him and the ball, I’ve got to make sure I have a handle on him, and then maneuver in front of him.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She married a man who soon left her; that man became a myth; and then that myth returned home and proved to be just a man after all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby and her violinist finish to surprised, appreciative applause, and then the curtains close partially while the stage is set for the final act. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Ninety-nine point nine percent of them were black—and then there was me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, mah,” he said, and then began to tell her, in Igbo, how his sister Anulika had suffered a terrible stomachache after killing a gecko. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom grins, and then grimaces from the pain. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a flash and a bang, and then the body of Captain Cat was tumbling away from the ship, her hair streaming out behind her, her arms and legs splayed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I would score and take the lead, and then she would follow up aggressively winning a point. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They were laying off sugar or carbs or caffeine or meat or dairy, but maybe a little butter was fine now and then. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There was a slight pause, and then Dumbledore said, “Did you by any chance hear what Miss Granger was shouting, Hagrid?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Neel braced himself for the sound of footsteps, followed by a shout and then a chase. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

This beautiful Mission-style chest was started by Devon for his Eagle Scout project—his voice stops for a moment—and then finished and donated to our middle school by his beloved father. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first she was annoyed by his casualness and then she felt comforted by it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her fingers trembled around the stem of her glass, and then she said, “That was the neighbors. My mother said the neighbors did that. People are always jealous.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She said “motherland” and “Yoruba religion” often, glancing at Ifemelu as though for confirmation, and it was a parody of Africa that Ifemelu felt uncomfortable about and then felt bad for feeling so uncomfortable. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They felt like they had been cut off in my sleep, stuffed with dynamite and hot peppers, and then reattached. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Sadness flashes across her face and then she pats the couch next to her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

"That's what I said! I said about our meetings and things and then you said shut up-" His voice lifted into the whine of virtuous recrimination. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Go to the left, and then a little farther along you take the road that goes down to the right. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru had read somewhere that if you stare at a chimpanzee, it will stare back, smile...and then attack you. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wait four days and then go back to the first string of traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We ourselves have been first created and then spared to enjoy the rejoicin’s of this pleasant evening. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed until she started to cough, and then Bryce laid Edward down and took Sarah Ruth in his lap and rocked her and rubbed her back. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I pocketed them, and then went over to her dresser, searching through her underwear for hidden bottles of liquor or sex toys or God knows what. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’m not a try-hard anymore, but I answer all the questions and then smile at a Jared or a Jennifer, who is slumping in their seat like, “Don’t worry, Pal, I got this one.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I quickly get to my feet and then hold on to the table while a wave of dizziness passes. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

His customers, always pressed for money, promised payment after harvest, and then after Christmas, and then after—until at last they forgot it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fledge visited the river too but he only stood in midstream, stooping down for a long drink of water and then shaking his mane and neighing several times. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mom chewed on that for a moment and then shrugged. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

"I've been thinking," he said, "about a clock. We could make a sundial We could put a stick in the sand, and then-" The effort to express the mathematical processes involved was too great. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how many movies I have seen when the actor-patient suddenly blinks his or her eyes and then opens them and starts to talk. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

John smoked a second cigarette, and then somehow we got enough nerve. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He pauses and then says, “Gan you do me a favor?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Day’s interrogation, meeting the Elector Primo and his son, and then Thomas. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The laugh, the hoot, shot out of her mouth like a geyser, and then the Object was falling back on the couch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The cat was put down, and then came a series of crank phone calls and anonymous postcards orchestrated by my sisters and me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She looks up and then smiles big, waving. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s like, I don’t know, grabbing a little piece of life. All this stuff happens, all these little moments go flying past, and then they’re gone. And then you're gone.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They came in like undulations in the water, gathered weight of water, and then broke smoothly on the warm sand. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I see,” and then he added, after a moment or two: “That cottage is supposed to be locked, the door has no business to be open.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He dug with his hands until he found the leather handle, and then he pulled the suitcase up and out of the dirt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, Chencho would turn around to check on us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was a small crowd standing off to the side from one of the lockers, and then Moss heard another noise. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was the occasional burglary, the teenagers got rowdy once in a while, and there was some shouting at the town council or the planning board now and then. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked into his box shelf and then picked a small yellow can from it. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I changed into my regular T-shirt and shorts, which hung from my nail—we each had one—and then I went to gather wood for the fire. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The night before the third day, we were all treated to a big dinner and then packed off to our hotel rooms. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was always there one second and then gone the next. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The woman got to her knees, and then flung herself at Alice’s feet, clinging to her legs. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mostly, they picked something to stare at and then talked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe I could get her homework and then, you know, pass it on to her.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The blacktop underneath had buckled in the heat and then set back again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

August watches me for a moment and then digs a package of Camels from his shirt pocket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was the yellow flash and then they turned. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then she scraped up a babysitting job. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It began gently, nudging us back into our couches, and then began to build uncomfortably. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We waited until they were out of sight, and then Lefty turned to us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked all round the room in a glaring manner, and then said, leaning on me while her hand twitched my shoulder, “Come, come, come! Walk me, walk me!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Students parted for her and then looked back at me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I’d already let my guard down when I futzed with her phone and then again when I hacked in front of her, tracing that text during the fire alarm back to Chrissie. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The language was old-fashioned, and Emily noticed a spelling mistake right off the bat and then another a few sentences later, so she was having trouble getting into the story. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

First we ran around the building for a few minutes, and then we began to learn how to crawl in the bushes nearby. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then two, then four, and then finally, ten minutes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Now and then the room blurred and a slight giddiness came over him; but his muscles would flex taut and it would pass. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Figured I’d burn through it, you know, just get it done, until I had enough to leave, and then I’d be on to bigger and better things. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Moss bolted into the bathroom and peeled off his clothes, started the shower, and then jumped in before it warmed up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, legs straight, she raised her body on one arm, held herself there, hovering, and then eased herself slowly down. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh no, no, I’ll just find a cab. Don’t bother yourself on — ” and then her face went white and I turned around to see what had scared her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I looked back at him, widened my eyes, and then crossed them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The look on Raymond’s face changed, but he didn’t say anything for a minute, and then he asked, in a meek voice, if he could pick up his cigarette. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She did, and then she drank it in one gulp. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When autumn came, she threw herself into her studies, catching up on all the work she had abandoned that spring, began every now and then to date. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She blinks, and her eyes bug out as she sees my robe, and then they wander around, looking for my face. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to me, and then pointed back to himself, and grinned what I guess was his most charming grin. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

One minute I feel okay, and then all of a sudden my energy plummets for no reason at all. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sunny holds up the skirt first, and then the shirt, shaking her head. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Cohens nod politely at me, and then Mrs. Cohen suggests to her husband that Mina and I might like some privacy. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was fed by shade-preserved sriow in the summer, and now and then it died completely and bare rocks and dry algae were on its bottom. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

With its blade, he drew a circle in the sand, and then he placed the snake within it. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Nessie, Sallie, make sure those fools have the horse hooked up right and then take those straps.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Now and then we could hear him cussing, bawling himself out. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’ll go off on a drinking binge and then pop back up out of nowhere a week later. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You eat your chicken and then you go home!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He leans down and kisses him fiercely, and then he’s grinning and gone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It senses the density of the fabric and selects the strength,” she says, and then becomes absorbed in a bit of dry straw before she can go on. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped now and then, when she passed a town, to buy bread, peanut butter, apples, to refill the gallon jug in the passenger seat with water at a fountain. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The teacher waited till everyone was still and quiet, and then stood still himself and looked past them at the school building. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now Freckles goes and peers through the crack in the door, and steps back, and looks at me, and then peers through again. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Jule ate leftovers in front of the television and then went upstairs. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At worst, unrestrained, a matching set of sharpened kitchen knives would be drawn across her optic nerve, and then again, with a greater downward pressure, and she would be entirely shut in and alone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We weren’t past the lake; instead we were staring at a field and then the lake. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At first I imagined them in their seventies and then I guessed what they looked like in their twenties. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, for God sake,” I muttered and then, out the window, “Please?” and then, whinily, “Come on, buddy, please?” but he had set a course and was not to be deflected. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She would find out something, and then, armed with that, she’d somehow get herself south, to New Orleans. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Kino’s eyes opened, and he looked first at the light-ening square which was the door and then he looked at the hanging box where Coyotito slept. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

People began knocking on the windows, and then on the boot and the bonnet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eat a bowl of cereal with him and Malia, and then head out. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

An interval of silence passed and then Rick said, “You can test me out. I’m ready. Of course I’d like to test you, too. If you’re willing.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We decide the boy’s outer shoulder is the first point of entry and then he leaves me to it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw closed the door carefully behind him, and then began to run. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

So when a diprotodon, the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth, set eyes for the first time on this frail-looking ape, he probably gave it one glance and then went back to chewing leaves. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clumsily embraced her, and then pulled back as she struggled to sit up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lies were told and then exposed, begetting more lies to explain away the initial deceptions. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They feed the corn to livestock and then slaughter the corn-fattened animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At first she simply stands relaxed and calm, while the diners regard her curiously, and then it becomes immediately clear what her style of entertainment is. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One step and then another, he resumed when the gale subsided. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She took a few crunching hops and then clanged into a tree trunk. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel looked around again and then picked up the skin and let it unfurl. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The figure started at first to collapse, and then to expand. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with a wave of his wand, all the tables zoomed back along the walls leaving the floor clear, and then he conjured a raised platform into existence along the right wall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Lee’s forefinger hung over a bean for a moment and then slowly fell and pushed it to make the 0 into a Q. He knew she was looking at him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The saleslady would measure me and then go get the dress or the blouse and bring it out. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The second net fell useless to the ground, and then Will leapt at Iorek, feeling with his left hand, cutting with his right. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Olanna stared at him for a while before she recognized her cousin Odinchezo, and then she shouted and ran to him and hugged him and moved back to look at him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He crossed a narrow dry gulley, and then he could see the antlers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The young men had made sure they would have to bump right into them and then they would make cracks. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She pushed until somehow she was in the clear and then she ran up the street. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She frowns and then lowers her cane so that I can grab hold of it. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Then first one and then another will buy one!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He turned; he could not see her but he could hear her hurried breathing and then a rustling of cloth. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly up to the boat, stared at me, and then nodded as if he’d already guessed what I was. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glide through three different doors, then down one stairwell, along one corridor, through one last door, and then I'm outside. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted the cops to go after Luke and then forget they’d ever stepped foot inside the Deuce. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I watch as his heavy eyelids droop and then close. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He stroked her warm hair, her tender shoulders, and then he kissed her face again and again, and presently she gave a deep, shuddering sigh and fell still. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But after a long moment, the monk's expression turned to disappointment and then despair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He took my pants leg in his teeth, tugged it, and then rippled softly back to the boulder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just used that scene in the beginning of Romeo and Juliet when those guys were dissing each other and then the scene where Romeo was talking his stuff to Juliet. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously, she says, the Nautilus had collided with something and then heeled over at a sharp angle . All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I went out to the verandah and stood by the wet metal railings, watching the rain thin to a drizzle and then stop. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tapped his toes a couple of times on the sidewalk and then stepped forward and curled up in the duffel. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to talk to Sparrow for about an hour, and then maybe you and I can talk for a minute.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was a pause again and then Vern said quietly, “Remind me who you are.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

There was another pause, and then a marching music began like solemn drums, and above the rolling beats and booms there welled voices singing high and strong. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Vern looked at the boot again and then he scanned our faces. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I put another five pounds on either side of the bar for him, and then kept my voice low as I continued. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She handed the baby to a servant and then began to give instructions to the many people who still crowded around her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left the classroom, and then the school. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Well, anyway, this era of putting Harry off lasted maybe a couple of weeks, and then came Ruth’s request. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us banging drums or buckets or whatever we could find and then shaking hands and smiling and talking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Three scoops each, and then hand off the shovel. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The fish that almost drowned me and then saved me and then took me for a ride, and then nearly killed me all over again. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And you’ll see us again. Now come on. We still have to get to Madison and then walk uptown.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She paused and then said, “You must live nearby.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack listened to Percival's answer and then let go of him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Bernard laughs and then he gives me a little push. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The chains holding Brer Fox grew taut, and then he was hauled up into the upper deck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

John jumped at my outburst and then slowly sipped his beer. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Look, I left the film Ms. Bethune gave me at school. I’m going to go back and pick it up and then go to the lake for some inspiration.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She takes a deep breath, and then blurts it out fast. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Our parents placed us next to each other in one of the seats, and then took the seat behind ours. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

We were starting forward, but the Professor’s warning hand, seen by us as he stood behind a yew-tree, kept us back; and then as we looked the white figure moved forwards again. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Layla handed her a cereal bar—blueberry, gross—and then started pulling on her boots. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her dad unfolded the section he was reading and then refolded it in quarters so he could read a different part of the page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Raymie’s heart jumped up high in her chest, and then sank down low. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They turned the ball over early on clumsy passes, and then let the Lightning sneak past for a pair of early shots that went wide. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Now and then one or another would approach the altar, bow and drop a scrap of humanity on the flames: a hair or two or a shred of fingernail. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

You fear that one ball might drop, and then what? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Of course Kim would go to Adam, to tell him in person as opposed to breaking the news over the phone, and then to bring him here, to me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How did you get out of the way so fast? You were there, and then you were gone. ...” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I bet she just went up to Oxford to see Dad and Mom. We can eat breakfast at the River Café, and then you can take me to school. We’ll be okay.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You go along, thinking you can deal with it, thinking maybe they’re not so bad, and then you—” He cuts himself off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bellatrix’s gloating smile froze, her eyes seemed to bulge: For the tiniest space of time she knew what had happened, and then she toppled, and the watching crowd roared, and Voldemort screamed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He heard their excited argument, and then, an intentional poseur, he shook each paw daintily in turn, stepped delicately down from the rocks, and vanished from the men’s sight. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed the front door and then looked at the moon, which was three-fourths full and waning. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She staggered back out of his grasp, the ground rushing beneath her, and then fell—hard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his chin with his thumb, looked at it, and then started scraping again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was telling her about New York and Camp Half-Blood* and then I starting telling her about the time Grover had eaten an apple while we were playing Hacky Sack with it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

At first, the cousins look around at each other, not wanting to embarrass themselves by calling out, "Me! Me!" and then having Tío Vic cry, "April Fool!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The woman’s eyes darted to the loaves and then back at the boys. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

We called for her and scanned the dark, not quite brave enough to run back, and then Enoch shouted, “There!” and we saw Bronwyn leaning against a corner of the icehouse. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never experienced anything like that before,” he said, and then continued driving without any destination in mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earl sets Camel on the edge of a car’s doorway, consults with someone inside, and then returns. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I dressed slowly in my most comfy sweats and then made my bed — something I never did. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A boy about Clayton’s height and age, maybe a year older, carrying a boom box, and then, that boy’s twin, who carried nothing. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Pop pulls her rosary beads over his head and then extends his arm toward me so that the black crucifix is dangling right in front of my face. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I’m afraid it’s all wrong,” Flossie suddenly dared to whisper as they came off the mountains and over juniper and then sagebrush terrain again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped the bleeding, brought the three up to rejoin their groups and then called a halt to rest and feed, himself keeping a watch round about. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt him fumbling for something—his phone, maybe—and then glanced down and realized he was trying to hold my hand. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then the bowl flies away and the silverware, as I recall, and then the table starts to go, and then the film ends. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They flicker at the edges of each log and then creep over the bark. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I watch as Ms. Albright guides Taylor to the front row, lets her sit next to Cal, and then kneels down in front of them for a minute to talk to them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I counted the days and measured her progress as best I could and then sent word to a doctor in Staunton that I would need help with the birth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ulysses looked up at Flora, and then he looked down at his tail. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I think about that a minute, and then follow him into the auditorium. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Beyond that the ocean vast and cold and shifting heavily like a slowly heaving vat of slag and then the gray squall line of ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I watch in fascination as the clear water becomes gray and then black as the detergent does its work. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This coincidence makes 1543 a convenient marker for the start of the scientific revolution that would transform first Europe and then the world. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

They waited until Redbeard had gained a little distance on them, and then they struck out after him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I would look down at the letter to make sure my pencil was positioned all right, and then I would quickly look at Branwell so I wouldn’t miss the blink of his eye. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs bark: sometimes they have contest to see who can bark fiercest, and then they try out how they all sound together. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at the letter and then back at Grandma. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

If they accept certain statements and then are shown that some other unpleasant statements follow from them, they associate the unpleasantness of the conclusions with the vehicle of their expression. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After that we go on to Mar- garetville, and then the iron bridge at Delhi. That’ll be the first week in May.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A crushing blow struck my chest — I felt myself flying backward, and then heard the crunch as my head bashed into the mirrors. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I walk until after dark and the moon is high, and then for several hours after. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A rash had broken out on your back, making your skin as rough as sandpaper, and you moaned every now and then. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They had waited nearly an hour on the sidewalk for their table and then feasted on flowering chives and salted squid and the clams in black bean sauce that Maxine loved best. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced over my shoulder, and then, unexpectedly, he snickered. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS/HARRY: All the books from the Restricted Section and then some. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“He just stood there, staring at all the parents and us kids, and his mouth opened and then closed again, like a fish.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Many were triaged in the war zone and then treated at a military medical facility in Landstuhl, Germany, before being flown to the United States. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I put my shirt on a hanger and then went into the bedroom and started to pack my things. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I browsed through the magazines until the clerk got anxious to sell me something and then I wandered out. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pocock had spent his days at Travers Island carefully sanding down the shell’s hull and then applying coat after coat of marine varnish, buffing each coat until the shell glistened. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The store was located on the other side of town, and the trip involved taking one train and then switching to another. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A full moon hovered low in the sky, breaking through reefs of bomb smoke now and then to shine like the lighthouse’s ghostly double. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

At first she felt that this gave her an advantage—she needed no one else—and then she realized how it cut her off from others. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Augustus shouted as something arced across the screen, bounced in the doorway of the school, and then rolled against the door. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

We had traveled for about an hour or so and then the train started to slow down. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As the roofs and then the interiors of the surrounding structures were consumed by the flames, a scorching wind swept around the alley. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He felt his entire body grow taut and then begin to quiver with surprise and humiliation and...anger. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She pointed to her own forearm which was quite fleshy and then she put it down on the desk. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at him for a moment longer and then step over the bench. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Not quite all of them,” he said seriously, and then laughed when he saw the look on my face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stepped out of the walk-in, carrying the tub of seafood, and then slapped the tub onto the metal table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mamou kissed me on the cheek and then pulled away, disappearing into the bathroom with Mom right behind her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She carried the broadax and the feather tick, loaded them on the wagon and then helped Ben and Old Rit up on the seat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve always admired those reporters who can descend on an area, talk to key people, ask key questions, take samplings of opinions, and then set down an orderly report very like a road map. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was looking about him with that same slow turn of the head, and then he looked at her and said, “Of course, you’re the girl with the English accent.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The day before the game everybody was looking at me like I was nothing and then after the game I was the man. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Coach M picked four guys to be team captains, and then we had a little sevens tournament. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I'd just give it a few swings and then put it right back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Finally he says, “Well, I know when I’m not welcome,” and then he turns and walks back into his mini-mansion. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her index finger lovingly traced my father’s face and then her mother’s. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

"We're all drifting and things are going rotten. At home there was always a grownup. Please, sir; please, miss; and then you got an answer. How I wish!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My uncle said he’d leave him alive if he untied him, so he did, and then my uncle killed him anyway just to teach him a lesson.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But she had discovered something; still holding it upside down, she poked at its abdomen and then, with her nail, located the tiny control panel. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m opening in the morning, and then by the time you get home from baseball tomorrow night, I’m going to be dead to the world.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I look wildly from the Director to his security detail to Jake and then to David. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He looked at Taisin, pale-faced and stiff in her chair carved out of a tree trunk, and then at Kaede, who had dark shadows beneath her eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She scrambled for her own books and had them gathered up before Lamar could reach them, and then she took off, her long braid flopping as she ran. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, I slid my tongue into her mouth, shocked by the feel of her seashell teeth and then by the wetness of her tongue as it touched mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She doled out sloppy cheek kiss-kisses to Sierra and María, and then settled into a chair at the table. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She'd never expressed any great interest in the outdoors, so I scattered her remains on the carpet and then vacuumed her back up. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As Milo frantically conducted, the sky changed slowly from blue to tan and then to a rich magenta red. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

To prevent either, we had to position the spacecraft broadside to the sun, and then begin to turn slowly, like a chicken on a barbecue spit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second, and then a third, pastoral was read from the pulpits. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But parties make me nervous, which makes me talk too much, and then everyone thinks I’m drunk, which I’m not, because let’s be real: no one’s ready to meet Drunk Arthur, not even me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Up above, outside, I can hear their voices, and then I can’t hear them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The command service module was the astronauts’ bus—their only bus—back to Earth: the lander would ferry the astronauts to the waiting service module and then be discarded. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Hazel let herself live for a moment in the witch’s unwanting eyes, and then broke away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Some of the ghost people were looking up apprehensively, but more of them were staring at Will and Lyra, and then they began to crowd forward. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She watched how the flesh under the mayor’s chin bulged in and out as he spoke, and then she turned her eyes from this unpleasant sight and looked carefully around the room. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jackie let out a big, heavy sigh and then she started with I told you this and I told you that. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He motions as if he’s grabbing something and then gives it over to me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Spaniards arrived and then Indians died—in huge numbers, at incredible rates. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The mother and daughters move like oil through the clear dark fluid of this crowd, mingling and then coming back to itself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They continued in silence for a while and then Rachael poked about, found the car’s radio and switched it on. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Everyone says four years, but really it's just a few months at a time, and then a few months home every summer." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She stopped talking long enough to say hello to Evaleen Murdo, who was sitting by the window with Poppy on her lap, and then she began again as Lina led her into her bedroom. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And she just gave me that look of hers and then she took this out of her pocket. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A soft noise, like the movement of bare feet on the floor, and then the click of the window catch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We’ll go by the First Baptist Church and help with the food drive, and then we can stop in on a quilting circle at the nursing home. Oh, they’ll get a kick out of you.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I can see him rustling around in the pantry, and then I hear the popping in the microwave. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The leaves rustled again more lengthily while you could count a hundred, and then Maid Marian, who had done the rabbit’s thump, was surrounded by her band of twenty plus two. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave my hand a solid shake, and then caught herself. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The words burst out of my mouth, and then without meaning to, I started to cry again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They hammered on the outer gate and called, but there was at first no answer; and then to their surprise someone blew a horn, and the lights in the windows went out. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A volcano erupts because a terrible creature is imprisoned in the mountain and every now and then struggles to get free. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without any preliminaries, he tapped me roughly on my chest and then said gruffly, “There is water in your lung.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks suspiciously as if Gog was counting by fives, and then tallied groups in bunches of five. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I stayed at Granny’s a week, and then returned home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked forward, then out the window again, and then he saw it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The men didn’t see him for a few moments and then one of them stuck out his arm to show where he was and the boy shot him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jim worked for a little while more on the potatoes, swallowed, and then noted, “My brother’s a sister.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

What I decide is this: I need to stop being now and then about all the things I am now and then about. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He fumbled with his hands to say ‘Darling Mary’ and then held to the small brass cross tied to his neck with a dirty string. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In, in, in and then slam\\ Arm struck the side of the building. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You care more about Uncle Max than me. The only reason you don't want me to leave is because people might ask questions and then you'll look like a bad mom.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They kept him in the hospital a while and then sent him back to the trenches. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cro-Magnon stared down at him and then narrowed his eyes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Declaration stuck her face so close to mine, I could see the downy hairs on her cheeks—and then she hissed: “No! They don’t say it’s odd! They say it’s stupid!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Good, good. There’ll be a dinner bell in a few hours. When you hear that, you can wash out by the well and then come in through the back door.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Repeat that please, and then let’s clap eq e synco-pa and say it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She used the rag to gather the parings into her dustpan and then wiped the dusty dresser top clean. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped his nose with the back of his hand and then played another bit of song on the harmonica. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Bing starts to walk over and then something tugs on my father’s line and he’s reeling as fast as he can. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d still try, and then he’d give up and put his hands over his face, and you could tell he was doing everything he could not to let himself think that everything was ruined forever. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bigwig stared at Holly for a moment and then crouched before him and touched noses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Bernabe Montoya’s doleful voice crackled over the walkie-talkie, the agent replied succinctly, thoroughly, and then absorbed the information, or rather, lack of information, from the sheriff with equal automatic aplomb. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smooth wave rose, tightening her throat, making it impossible to speak, and then, as she held on, tensing her lips, it fell away and she was safe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We filled out a bunch of forms and then had brand-new bank accounts, complete with debit cards that would arrive in seven to ten days. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

With the quilt pulled up around her she found herself looking with quick apprehension at the window, shining palely in the darkness, and then at the door. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I threw it,” he said, and then there were tears on his cheeks, sliding down his throat, burning him all over. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t understand. Why would the universe introduce me to this boy and then take him away from me five seconds later?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Bert Lewyn and his father stood in line at the Bolivian and then at the Chilean embassies, trying desperately to apply for a visa to South America. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could see them now and then, leaping over old logs, tearing through the underbrash, sniffing and searching for the lost trad. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. McElroy in world history, who announced that we were going to start by studying the barbarian hordes of western Russia, and then looked at me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” I say, and then exit the car. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One can account for just so much of life, and then no more. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We lie there in silence for fifteen minutes or so, and then, out of nowhere, Russ says, “Tell me what happened to your mother and I’ll tell you what happened to my parents.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

See him swim, skinny arm coming up and then slapping down and then the other one coming up and slapping down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The physician gave me a cursory examination, and then one of the warders told me to get dressed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bird paused at the lip of a flower and then turned and caught sight of me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Old Dan sniffed one time, and then turned his head away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his mouth opened wide and then closed again. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her line was slow, and then the customs officer stared at her passport for a long, long time, and at her face even longer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He starts into the crowd, at first turning his body to wedge his way between people, and then, when they step back for him, moving straight toward Jack Kang with his shoulders back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s just one small step in front of the door, and then you’re inside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He hesitated and then suggested shyly, “Would you like to come on a mouse hunt tomorrow, sir?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She points to mine and then pokes her cheeks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you guys doing here?” she said, and then smiled to blunt some of the panic in her voice. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She clenches her fists next to her ears and then opens them and raises her arms. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

You finish the grilling yourself, the way you like it, and then wrap the sweetened meat with rice and paste in leaf lettuce, and eat quickly with your hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeanne saw this and then—in a surprise even to herself—burst into tears. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I got him the Tylenol and then Mrs. Castro’s copy of his book. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He grabs the crab from behind as it emerges from its hole and rips off the claws and throws them away and then devours the rest of the crab. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, Victor placed Bo on one of the beds, tucked him into another blanket, and then crept out of the room; Hornet, Mosca, and Riccio were at the door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sitti popped two almonds into Rafik’s mouth when he laughed and then she left the room to arrange the green beans and stuffed squash they were having for dinner on big trays. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He searched the floor until he found a plastic bar straw, and then he played with piles of cigarette butts he had gathered. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She thanks me profusely while dusting them off, and then adjusts them across her nose, and a minute later we’re sitting back at the table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stared at me for a few seconds and then looked down at the sand shaking his head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They cheer and pump their fists, and then another person drops into the net. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Rabiya glances at the bangles and then continues to eat, but something in her expression changes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It’s ruddy dark in the barn now and I can hear grunts and barks and clanks and then I hear Matthew cry out in pain at what must surely be a bite. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"BLLLLAAARRRRGGGGH," he answers, and then sucks in a desperate wheezing breath before more pours forth. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And she said, “Seriously,” and then she jogged away and I followed her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He would excel, and then everyone would love him and forget he was a clone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then I run back to the grill and turn the squirrel. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teresa said: “But Mother, that’s terrible. It must have been Justin. He saved Brutus and then went back. And he was so nice.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not speak any more. In the morning we will sell the pearl, and then the evil will be gone, and only the good remain. Now hush, my wife.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her coat on and then, sitting up, began meticulously to brush the moss from her hair. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Four of the holes made an approximate square, and then there were five holes inside the square. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The king raised his hand, and then silently the host of the Mark began to move. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We get the room pretty much cleared out, and then there’s the yucky stuff like sweeping the floor and getting rid of the cobwebs. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I got ready for bed and then I went to my room in the front of the house, where nobody ever went but me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

So after a while I heard the band start up, and then they begun to clear out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

People see me, recognize my face, and then look panicked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I managed a drumstick and a couple scoops of mashed potatoes and coleslaw and then excused myself. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When she sees Jamie, she starts to pet his head and then gives him a kiss on the cheek. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

No one says anything for a second and then the Senator laughs loudly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She cradled it in her hands until it caught fire and then hurled it away from us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Nearly all parents are faced with the problem sooner or later, and then the child is lucky if the parent remembers his own childhood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Us convincing June’s mom to share her super-secret recipe for cinnamon apple pie and then getting into a flour fight in the kitchen. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I told her about the weeks I spent in the enclosure, what Otto and I ate and drank, and then about the electricity going off. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miig pointed his finger to his chest and then towards the front of the van, and gave the international hand gesture for turning a key. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Still half-asleep and turned away from the door—I refused to believe this was happening—I heard the sound of boots approaching my bunk and then stop. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He took it, and then he was gone. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Somkit steered through the maze of boats, turning down one canal and then another. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I stood there for a long time looking down at him and then I climbed off the rocks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had said he was in Japan, and then they said he was in the Philippines. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you get dressed again, and then we’ll talk? Mr. and Mrs. Talbot, maybe we can step out into the hall for a moment.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Art3mis winked at me, and then her legs melted together to form a mermaid’s tail. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The last fires rage and flicker and then are extinguished. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The So-Called Gym Teacher smiled when he called my name and then Alfred Hartnett’s. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I swear Principal Trask glances at my armband, and then she sniffs and wrinkles her nose like something stinks. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Someone cries out, breaking the silence; then there’s sobbing from one group, and then another. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He kicked a pile of twigs into the fire hole to make a blaze, and then he could see the face of Coyotito. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max lit Bigger’s and then lit his own; they smoked awhile. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I said I was sorry, and then I asked her if there was anything she wanted to say to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Madoc pauses and then sets his jaw, as though he is doing some grim duty. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once I'm close, she shoots me a look and then hits a button and suddenly Dell Duke's voice is on speakerphone. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Behind the riders, the Methodist church staged a patriotic tableau, and then the children of the Wolf Creek School—minus their star pupil, Chase—marched, adorned with blue sashes and singing “Over There.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The morning of the funeral, I melted paraffin on the stove and then carefully dipped each crepe paper flower. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were quiet for a moment, feeling the wind in their hair, and then Dimple said, “So, where are we going?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He looked at me for an instant with a serious expression, and then we both broke out simultaneously in wild laughter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“And it’s got to stop right now, see? You’re widowed from the first one and you’re going to get a divorce from the second, and then you’re going to marry me again, see?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She beat her defender to the outside and then crossed the ball in to Tino, who scored the first goal of the half. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

LaFarge cried out and then silenced himself, for also far away was another sound of voices and running feet. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Outhouse declared with a tiny, grand voice and then disappeared back into the hole. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My mother glares at him, and then the hell on the door rings and her face lights up. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Rather, he wanted to make sure that the teachers identified by the algorithm as cheaters were truly cheating—and then do something about it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She seemed entranced by the music, a little frenzied piano piece with this mesmerizing quality, sort of quick passages and then teasing lilting ones before it returned to the quick playful parts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked the driver to open the boot, looked inside the glove compartment, and then extended her hand for Kainene’s handbag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Isabella nods and I give her a hug, and then the bell rings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There was a silver spark, then a wavering light, and then, with the greatest effort it had ever cost him, the stag burst from the end of Harry’s wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to find the Shetani and bring it back, and then I’m taking back our freedom.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Marie tips her mug back, empties the last drops into her open mouth, and then slams it down, shaking everything on the table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run after him, but the ship lurched again—and then I saw Charybdis. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She explained that there was nothing she could do about it, and he said he understood, and then she laughed and gave him the picture and told him not to burn this one up. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a quick reading of his location and the situation, and then put his arm around the other driver’s shoulder. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought the doctor might have pumped somebody's stomach and then analyzed what he found in his hotel laboratory. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I laid it on a little two-drawer bureau in the corner and then handed out my things to her, one by one. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pima went away and came back a little while later with a pot of rice and beans and then surprised Nailer again with a stick of grilled pigeon. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We hit a swell and the ship rides high, and then dips low. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I count to twelve, and then I count again, just to be sure. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Afraid if she learns, she might get caught at it, and then be whipped or sold.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up and searches around her backpack for a moment, and then reaches over and grabs The Bell Jar, and reads to me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The nun who had come in remained by the crib for a few moments, and then made her way more slowly to the door. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She puts a finger to her lips and then points up into the canopy above us. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we skate hard until the security guards run us off,” Garrett was saying, “and then we do the parking lots until we get chased out of there, too. It’s a blast.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rani puts Jay in his cage, hands him to me, and then insists on sitting by the open door of the carriage. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I string the fencing around the trunks of three small trees, for corner posts, and then back to the pine tree again where I fasten it with wire. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not really even angry with Mandy, who had urged me to open it and then lied to save her skin. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We would sleep in Kazi’s cottage for a few days and then quietly move back into our house. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Here. Let me grab a cup of tea, and then I’ll tell you what I know.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I began with “Eva’s Dream,” which she liked a lot, and then I read a few passages from “The Secret Annex,” which had her in stitches. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It comes up from underneath the fish with its mouth wide open, soars upward, nabs the fish, and then falls back into the ocean, almost on its side. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

‘How much older?’ he wondered, and then he thought how odd it was that he had never thought about it before. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She takes a few deep breaths and then looks down at me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I opened the first one and drank it as fast as 1 could, and then opened the second. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing wrong with hoping,” she says, and then looks out her window. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had been drugged and misty from the ether and then they hardened like glass. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Celebrating their success, the summit team left an offering of prayer flags, katas, and climbing pitons on what appeared to be the highest point, and then descended into the fast-rising blizzard. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Still, when she saw June near Annie Demetrios’s drippy neon painting of a ballet dancer in a leg cast, her stomach flipped and flopped and then started running a marathon around her body. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mother said, Fine if you want to get sick like Ruth May go on ahead, make your own bed and then lie in it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used his entrenching tool like an ax, slashing, feeling both love and hate, and then later, when it was full dark, he sat at the bottom of his foxhole and wept. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The thing about dead people,” he said, and then stopped himself. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t see her calling any of her girl friends to come cuddle with her to watch movies and then hold her all night long. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t his people,” Kin muttered, and then said, “It was, but not his specifically. Different village. Doesn’t matter.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I touched my forehead and then Torito s to see if I could tell the difference. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As it spilled over a pair of stones, the current split and then reunited in a liquid silver braid. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The sounds of the city vanished as they passed under another arch, this one made of sparkling glass, and then the castle rose before them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She slid them along the kitchen table toward me, and then slid an envelope across as well. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was going to produce them from the air, and then give the girl the five bucks: she looked like she needed it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He turned around once to wink at me and then kept right along. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had heard that six hours before his time came they would give him some more clothes, take him to the barber shop, and then take him to the death cell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes hands, first with the older man and then the woman. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Handdara fascinates me, Harth, but now and then I wonder if it isn’t simply paradox developed into a way of life....” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and then one of his buddies will post bail for him, and I’ll be dead before the trial even starts.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He could take care of Loo, and she could give him his Elder lessons, and then maybe life could continue as usual, just with ten on the island instead of nine. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He pulled me in for a little dude hug, and then we both pulled away. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Emily, James, and Matthew hugged the wall next to the restrooms to stay out of view of anyone on the lower level until footsteps thundered beneath them and then faded. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They waited until he was finished and then Sister Rita knocked on the door to get his attention. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Pa let us get it all out of our systems and then he said, “You had your fun. I need you to listen. Really listen.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

At any rate, he paused, and then threw the meat into the cell before saying, “Very well. You come with me.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He claims that he stayed home until eleven thirty and then went to one of those all-night movies. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacqui looks over at him and says, “If you don’t change that, I will shoot you, and then shoot myself.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Concerned whispers and then snickers began as finally the Gran raised her wand, ready to signal the end of the ceremony. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I read and reread and then take the pages to Aibileen in the evenings and she does the same. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I have no idea. I stumbled in on Freddie giving her a hard time and then she pushed him down the hill.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We went two blocks down Dupont Street, and then one block up the steep Street of the Tang People, into an alley. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arms around his neck and then thread my fingers into his hair. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Comfort,” said Declaration, looking at the other girls and then back at me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He waited a minute, and then “I don’t know,” he said shortly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I see the start of the game, and then the bridges, the robots emerging from their hangars, the battle that ensued. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The pain is almost unnoticeable at first, and then second by second the heat doubles and deepens until you want to claw the burning out of your skin. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before and then during the Second World War, many of my friends fled into the service, all to be changed there, and rarely for the better, many to be ruined, and many to die. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand higher and then higher still until Despereaux's whiskers brushed against his leathery, timeworn ear. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

"But my poor nerves——" and then came the most terrible noise they could have heard at that moment: the noise of the door opening. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Good, she says and then opens the door. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

This time I rest my head on his shoulder, looking at the words we’ve written and the song we’ve created, and then at the license plate again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Breland looked up at the judge with a kind of “I couldn’t help it” smile, and then asked the sheriff to describe the body. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And she told nobody about it except for Mary Elizabeth and then Patrick a year ago. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The car with the motor running waited fifteen minutes and then they left. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got my bathrobe for me, and then she dried my hair with those powerful fingers of hers as gently as she might coax a nocturne from our old piano. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The painting brightened and then seemed to awaken, each mermaid and monster flexing and turning ever so slightly, as if rising from an epic nap. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Lyra cried out in alarm, and then in fear and pain, as Pantalaimon twisted this way and that, shrieking and snarling, unable to loosen the golden monkey’s grip. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It went past the fish and along the side of the rock and then the end of it curled back. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She prepared fish and soup every night; meat or pork every other; at least four kinds of namool, prepared vegetables, and then always something fried. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had a volunteer who taught us the basics, and then we spent another half hour playing in teams. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She remembered a small pond, the sound of warriors whooping, and then a roar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He untied the package and then dumped everything onto the floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Because this afternoon ... because it felt like we rode out there to Sears together, and ... and then we came home alone. And I didn't like it." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That tall one, he even shook his head like Willie Begay did: two abrupt movements, almost too quick to see, and then he pulled the corporal to his feet. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I shove the peda in my mouth and then dump all three dragons from the tin into the little bag. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Oh, they just killed people right and left, he claimed, and then they’d put the skulls of their favorite enemies into their household decor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to give up, and then I saw her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The officer glanced at Dad, then at me, and then his eyes skimmed Mom and Laleh before locking back onto Dad. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The star waited for her to be done, and then she said, "I have given my heart to another." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Little Willy’s sled flew by the schoolhouse on the outskirts of town, and then by the old deserted barn. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll be there soon, and then it will all be over—wandering, Finch, us, everything. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ferris looked at me for a second and then said, “Let’s all sit down and get started,” except that I turned around and walked out. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On tiptoe he peered down and then out. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go out the back door toward my table, and then I walk around the side of the house and stand on the sidewalk. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Their guide brought them from the doors of the hall, and then led them across the Court of the Fountain into a lane between tall buildings of stone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I chased him some distance and got him going fast, away from the bee tree, and then I came back for the wagon.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

North Carolina College students drifted into the large campus auditorium throughout the evening, at first just to console one another and then to plan a reaction to the assassination. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t notice me until he was almost past me, and then he stopped short. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clutch my new earbud box in my pocket, and then relax. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

We lock eyes for a few seconds and then he reaches out to take it from me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Behind the little rise she had found herself on, the land sloped gradually down and then up again; the fullest view lay in front, across that immense prairie. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Catherine let out a scream and then burst into tears and William Henry put his arm around her to comfort her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He figured that out when Mrs. Baker told us to take our Mathematics for You and Me books, line up by the door, and then head to Mr. Samowitz’s class. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He answered with a small meow, and then he and I hurried back to the barn to take care of Plug and Violet. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Pignati, we feel terrible,” I said into the mouthpiece and then handed it back to John. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m early, so I sit on a bench with Lisa’s copy of an Alice Hoffman novel, stopping every now and then to watch a jogger push by. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

All this Hermes told Perseus and then he unfolded his plan. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’ll get my daughter and then go find some history books from the library, if I can figure out what they look like!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She leaned in until her nose was touching Hanako’s, and then she rubbed back and forth a couple of times. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dilsey went and closed both the doors and then we couldn’t hear it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around to grin shyly at Gilly and then, as though carrying the crown of England, came down Mr. Randolph’s walk, the sidewalk, and into Trotter’s gate. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

He reached down and touched her feet, and then Pappa’s, asking for their blessings. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I usually have to beg her and then throw in a free back rub before she’ll tell me anything. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Now and then I would stop and whoop. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tent was silent, and then Mama burst into laughter, covering her face with her hands. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He came close twice, and then, down along the lake not far from the beaver house he got his first meat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This way!” came the Lady’s voice, and then she said, “Duck, now—get down low!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But I dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leap across to the other table, and when I land, Theo and then Kareem try to grab the toe of my sock, but I jump out of the way. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He chews the top of his pen, thinks, writes, and then chews some more. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then Lenore adds: "Transitions are important. We want you to spend the morning at Jamison tomorrow and then go to the hearing in the afternoon." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Once Victor realized that Prosper had gotten away, he kicked the nearest wooden post he could find, sprained his foot—and then hobbled home. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Praying nobody would burst in on her, Jinny loosened her drawstring and then reached a hand down inside the pants to pat between her thighs. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He grinned, his teeth pink and bloody, and then laughed as Anya’s friends screamed for help from the fiery tree behind her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She takes a breath as if to say something, and then shakes her head instead. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of person broke the walls of the world, and then ran away as the roof fell in? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The interne read it carefully and then guided him through several halls. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The rattling continues for a few moments, and then ceases. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He looked out at the water and then back at me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He fixes me with a quizzical stare and then consults his two smaller companions. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Hugo and Isabelle sat staring at each other for a few moments, and then Hugo whispered, “She looked over at the armoire. There must be something in it.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Satisfied, he picked up his shoes and walked to the edge of the beach and then onto the reef to the point just before it was wet. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the silence ringing in mv ears sounded like voices, so I poured myself a glass of wine, and then another, and then I phoned Scott. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives you a hard look and then walks back behind the register, where she yanks a gigantic purse onto the counter and starts feeling around inside. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The figure of Phineas was set against the bulk of the tree; he shouted now and then, but these sounds too were quickly absorbed and dispelled. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mayor gazed for a moment at Lina with eyes that looked like the openings of tunnels, and then he turned to the guard. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop lifted his glass, and then put it right back down. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He said it loudly enough to make sure Fulcher could hear him and then concentrated on the runners. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There are two blank pages and then Max's handwriting appears. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They resemble huge wolves, but what wolf lands and then balances easily on its hind legs? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

During the ensuing week, additional flights were booked and then canceled by Fischer as headlines began to question whether he’d appear at all. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I watch a fly buzz around the room, land on the overturned lamp and then on the naked curtain rod. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow of a nearby dune bent and then morphed into the shape of a human that was nearly three times Nathan’s height. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

You can’t just betray your tribe and then change your mind ten minutes later. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl stepped back, but the man stared at him and then flung up the staff he carried, holding it between them as a barrier to ward off the threat or act of evil. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

If I had, the Witch would have killed us all and then where would we be? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“First her mum gets the sickness, and then when draggers take her mum to the Field? And her pa go to watch the spirit?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boulders diminish to rocks that eventually turn to pebbles, and then, to my relief, we're back on pine needles and the gentle incline of the forest floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

If he thought being arrested was bad...and then she would concoct elaborate revenge schemes in her head, complex and vicious. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He ran through the cornfield and then he heard an airy voice that was speaking Navajo to him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He walked past Sierra down the path and then broke into a run. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Something Charlie was saying made Edward’s eyes widen in disbelief, and then a grin spread across his face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thorn shook her head and then began to cry again. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The woman nods and then holds out her arms. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He tries to lift it and then fake falls under its weight. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could hear them singing now, and then the band played again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood and half-clapped while watching her go from the podium to the arms of the preacher to the arms of some other old man, an older woman, and then back to her seat. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Why, Mama, why? Why do they have to...to...say things and then stick a needle in your arm?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t hear Kaori and Gen calling out, “Virgil! Virgil!” and then a third voice—a girl’s—that sounded like a voice he knew, but it couldn’t be. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He took her hand for the tiniest moment and then let it go. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Is it like all the happiness in the world gets captured for a second and then you can’t hold it in anymore so you let it out in a big burst? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

With the jouncing up and down first of the horses and then the train, the dust of the road, and her natural inclination to get queasy, she was losing energy before my very eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she woke him he grunted and leaned forward with a sudden movement to close the files, and then, still seated, pulled her hand to his mouth and kissed it dryly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Pasqual smiled, his mustache turning up at the comers and then down. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Beyond the mule train the road was empty and we climbed through the hills and then went down over the shoulder of a long hill into a river-valley. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z