But despite his mien of seriousness and inapproachability, Bronstein was friendly, animated, and liked by virtually all the other players, owing to his cordiality, immense knowledge of the game, and a certain intellectual eccentricity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We are all going to puke if we just drink. So we’ll slow it down with a drinking game. Best DayAVorst Day.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

After a while, I stood there, wearing the same clothes I had worn on Sunday for the ball game. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then Max took a few steps away, his eyes on the untag game. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the camps in Mozambique, he’d played the game barefoot with a ball made from plastic bags, in friendly but fierce matches between boys from Burundi and Congo. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Noah and I ate while playing a video game together. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Off to the east was a football game, and from the same direction came the feeble sound of a hymn being sung in unison, then fading. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Flummoxed me with your fancy quill-scratchin'!" The game's up, Jemmy thought. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She is interested in other kinds of games, games of paper and wood. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d now won an unprecedented nineteen straight games against the strongest players in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What if it’s my own mind playing games with me, and not Kalinda? Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Things like the homecoming football game and dance, even if I don’t have a date. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

At game time, he was more or less sleepwalking. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Marshall game was an impetus to work harder than ever before. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know how baseball players sometimes talk about games when the ball seemed to be coming at their bats in slow motion, looking like a gigantic freeze-frame cantaloupe just waiting to be pounded? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just stand still and look at the game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No. Mr. Lemoncello himself. It took some digging, but I found his email address on his game company’s website.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Their nonworking lives completely revolved around the Net, trading MP3s, finding software, getting their hands on new games, trying out new operating systems. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do want to search for something, though not a game or a book. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I guess they were in the game, too. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you tell us about the tennis game against the boys from Wallace?” he asked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

For the fifth game, some of the guys on the sidelines tried to stack the sides so we would have stiffer competition. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The human video game seemed to glitch in red streaks. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The game came before any of his players. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Feral had been studying the game board, chin sunk in hand, but he looked up now with just his eyeballs, surprised to hear Sarai arguing with Minya. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“That's a good point. I thought you were going to say medieval times or something because you like all those fantasy games, but you're right—they would've arrested you for heresy or something.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They thin the ranks of quail and all other game birds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we started all this, it was just a game. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flopped onto the green bag and we set up the game, laying all the pieces out on the rug. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mischievous, cunning, private and completely unhousebroken, their games and interests had not changed since Hannah had them all put into the first grade together. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few days after my arrival, we knew what to do: imitate Linus Pauling and beat him at his own game. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But I’d made Augustus blush and put him enough off his game that I could finally bear to look up at him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“That was some ball game,” I said, a little awed by what he was telling me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was happy for him and everything, but I wanted to focus on the game of getting to Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

What was supposed to be the end of the game ended up being the last game of Tigo’s life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were ranked number two, so our game was a big deal. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is fundamental stuff. You should have been trained to do this in middle school. This is basic basketball. The only guy to make a difference on the boards last game was B,” Coach said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

To give you an idea, he usually shares a beer or two with the crowd during the game’s flat spots. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

That afternoon Bull returned home early, too excited about the game with Peninsula to concentrate on the niggling administrative details that caused him more annoyance than any other element in his role as squadron commander. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby hung on to the other strap, and the weirdest game of tug-of-war ensued in the middle of the clearing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He talked about his time in Midland and his wife Barbara’s “world record as the mother that watched the most Little League games.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bobcat is the most challenging game there is. Pure stealth. In the whole state only a couple dozen hunters will be successful this year.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I let him win two games to make him happy, but I took seven games, just so he wouldn’t forget I was the older sister. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe one day soon, Gregor and I would be sitting on this bench together, holding hands, watching Conner play a game. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of the game, she got on base every time she came to bat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And this slavishness to the group normally extends into every game, every practice, social or otherwise. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “We are playing a game, you must answer me.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I filled them in on my classes and talked about my softball games, which my dad coached, but all I really cared about was boys. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Miyax had seen this game in Barrow, and she watched the flying figures with fascination. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the record was over, Patrick suggested we all play truth or dare, a game that he loves to play when he’s “buzzed.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fischer drew the game, then relaxed and looked at the rest of the games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after the yeller dog came, Little Arliss started catching even bigger game. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made a game of it, laughing, racing one another between alleys. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was not free yet; until he was, he must play their games. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We spent the morning spread out all over the place playing different games. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

After one game of Round the Clock later I put my darts away and came back inside. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And yet I rode the bench through one of the most important games of the year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Jack and Connor are playing along with the game, shouting and laughing and guessing the answers. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We played a cloak-and-dagger game, passing notes in books and such. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as the game ended, the not-so-subtle whispers started that the Midland High Bulldogs had the stuff to take Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Central was playing its last football game of the season. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erin, Boy21, and I sip hot chocolate as we watch our football team lose their final game of the season on their home field. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody told him we missed the game live because of me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘You got us lost, it was your stupid game.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In addition to Book Scavenger, he’s hosted several smaller-scale games around the city and occasionally in farther-off locations. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We were talking about the game today, and how his TV had conked out, and one thing led to another. He had the cash, I had the TV, and the rest is history.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Publicity works both ways, sir. If Quinn wants to call me a robot, and has the nerve to do so, I have the nerve to play the game his way.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

After Mr. Pignati finished playing the psychological game with us, John started skating. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

That was back when they were inseparable, when they were both into geocaching, a treasure-hunting game that uses a GPS to find hidden stashes of goodies, and the early days of Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Which meant he didn’t have to play the scythe’s twisted game. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In the old Alamo games, Hester had often been a cougar or a wolf, and once or twice a rattlesnake, but mostly a mockingbird. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all trapped in this game of hurt. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His intensity seemed even greater than when he was playing a tournament or match game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bryson's father came in his room after his mom and told him the same things, minus the part about video games. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We have different training exercises. Sometimes deathball—um, which is like paintball, except with... you know, poison and acid and fire balls. Sometimes we do chariots and gladiator competitions, sometimes war games.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I felt as I felt once coming home from an out-of-town football game. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

After, we lay around with fizzy stomachs playing video games on a gigantic TV screen in something Carlee called her media room. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Over its history, Permian had won an awful lot of games it should have lost. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For some kind of game. That’s why there’s a crowd. I’m in a stadium.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the Enemy has the move, and he is about to open his full game. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It is that same game that the ancient animals of the night played long ago against the ancient creatures of the day. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t forget—they didn’t have TV or video games back then. There wasn’t much to do except build stuff.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

In this other room, there are the latest video game machines, like Microsoft’s Kinect video game console, which uses motion-capture technology to allow a person to interact with the action on the screen. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

So I will wear the costume, say the right things, and play the game to get what I need. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In about fifteen minutes, puffing on his pipe, Pavey captured Bobby’s queen, thereby ending the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had also asked Ali if I could try out my Maestro game on them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Now it seemed he had friends and sports and games, all these things that didn’t include me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The sorcerer who led the eldest Pandava brother astray in a cursed game of dice, where he was forced to gamble away his entire kingdom. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I watched him eat a grilled nutria once at my uncle Henry’s annual game cookout, and I couldn’t even taste that thing. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Of course, I’m not going to follow her, although it would be easier than playing On the Track, the game we made up when went berrying or food gathering. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, a thousand pardons, little brown-noser. If I’d only known that it was a prayer for the first game. There’s nothing in the world as tacky as a basketball game.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the fiftieth start of his life, Seabiscuit finally understood the game. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, back at school, whenever I went outside at recess to play volleyball or any game where people came close to me, somebody always pointed to my bra because the straps showed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There are zines about all kinds of topics, like video games and candy and skateboarding. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The club was almost empty, although a polo game was on at the other side. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Your Boy King lost ten thousand men taking the place, and another fifty trying to hold it. Someone should have told him that war isn't a game." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Daddy was glad we got home in time for the preseason football games. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In it, Marcus was at a Boston Celtics game, wearing a team sweatshirt and a huge smile. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It had nothing to do with the ball game,” he said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Of course, the discovery game had its antecedents and its precedents. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They made a game of it—each only had five minutes to make an expensive purchase. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why must we play this silly game? Or do you like this part? Is this what makes it fun for you?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The game starts at seven, but there’s a parade at six. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It was the name of the game in saber, where the sport was subjective and points determined by the referee. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I’m sure people like Michael Phelps and Simone Biles, athletes whose stories had dominated headlines far before the games even started, were in heavy demand in Rio as well. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I honestly don’t get why everyone is this upset,” I said, “over a stupid game of basketball.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I told him that he needed to pick me up at 12:00 noon sharp since the game began at 2:00. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They gave each other high fives and resumed their game. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He made quite a bit of dough competing in televised PvP arena games after school and on the weekends. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Chuck Stoppard never looked away from his game. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

This year, they won their fifth game before Christmas. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“To curry your lord father’s favor, I don’t doubt. I know how that game is played. How old is this wretched girl child?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But I could now see that my avatar was being drawn toward one game in particular, a game that stood alone at the very back of the game room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I finally had to kill the lynx because he scared off game. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This is still just a game to him, Quentyn realized, no different than the time he led six of us up into the mountains to find the old lair of the Vulture King. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Marble stairs lead down into the palace garden for Sophia's birthday game. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

This was not a tykes’ game, where arguing and fighting were expected. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says you've served your sentence well and that she’ll consider letting you back on the team if we make it to the championship game. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Will all Library Olympians kindly join me at the swimming pool? It’s time to dive into another game!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When the others were ready to return to the minivan, we played a silent game of musical chairs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If they win this game, they actually have a shot at being crowned champions. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

On the school playground, the youngest children delighted in interracial games of tag or hopscotch or jump rope. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“So,” said Kyle, “I’m guessing the Bibliomania game was only supposed to help us find the four clues we’ve already found.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Hand-clapping songs, circle games and dances in which narrative movements are used were performed and elaborated on generation after generation by children and youngsters. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Here were gathered animals that had been brought from all corners of the Roman Empire, and even beyond, to take part in Caesar’s games and processions. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was just like Candy Man waiting on one more game of chess. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Wes had spent much of his adolescence incarcerated, and he knew that occasional bids in the pen were part of the game. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I sit with Helena on the bed, and we play the string game, though I’m the only one who sings. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“This one comes with four games. And the beauty of it is, each cartridge turns the computer into something quite different.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If the day-care center suffers only $3 worth of pain for each late pickup, why bother to cut short your tennis game? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was a heartbreaking game, and the Dodgers lost. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You aced that social studies quiz and made all those shots in the basketball game because you ate jelly beans?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

After the game, the Fugees gathered on their bench in silence, drinking water from plastic cups until Luma called to them from across the field to get on the bus. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

After the game Mike had to go straight home, so I walked alone. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

In such a nonstop game he also had the natural advantage of a flow of energy which I never saw interrupted. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home in the evenings, my father spent much of his time watching basketball and hockey games on TV, appearing weak and exhausted in his chair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

To be sure, she’d have to wait for results from the other afternoon games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

By some miracle, on three occasions, he was able to coax the horse into playing the racing game. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the taste of a game that is over. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I thought all of it—swordplay, knighthood—I thought it was a game.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I have no idea what he was thinking, but I thought back to all our chess games. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Two guys are on the floor in front of her, playing a video game, and she’s surrounded by white girls who all have red plastic cups in their hands. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Communal learning lends itself to performing in a circle, and indeed most game songs are performed in a circle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Cora shooed off those children trampling her sprouts and yelled at them for digging up her yam slips, using the same tone she used at Jockey’s feasts to corral them into foot races and games. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Luma didn’t know what she would do then, so she focused on the remaining games and vowed to find a field over the summer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I draw it like it’s an arcade game, surrounded by Skee-Ball and claw machines. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The bags of Harley-Davidson memorabilia were stuffed in our closet behind a pile of board games. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t think they need to wear their cheerleading outfits on the first day of school. I mean, it’s not like they have a game yet.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“We do go one game at a time,” Coach Noles says, “but heading into the bye week on a hot streak isn’t a bad thing.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I told him again, “Yes, Excellency! We will win the game.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she knew why he had made a game of tying string around each of her fingers when she saw him the week before. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Ladies and gentlemen, according to Rule 5 of the regulations, Robert Fischer has lost the game. He has not turned up within the stipulated hour of time.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A mystery like this was more exciting than any of the logic and strategy games on her old iPod touch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure everyone’s stopped playing the Plague game behind my back, too. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He slaps James on the back hard enough to hurt, then he and Abram go off to their card game with the other common men. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Lincoln’s speech was a political as well as a literary tour de force, and what was really clever about it—not to mention cheeky—was that he used it, in effect, to game the Constitution. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In a card game, you pray for a hand like that. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They fell off Mark, rolling across the floor as if playing some kind of game. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Within a few months, he found that he could follow the games and the diagrams in the books without the use of a board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Get your head back in the game. This a race now. There are eighteen Sixer avatars right behind you. So you need to make this next game count. Understand?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Fischer responded within seconds, prepared by his night-long study of the game, and a few moves were exchanged. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, I stay up late making sambo sandwiches to sell at parties and games over the weekend. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby pored over Buschke’s holdings for hours, looking for that one book, that one magazine, that one luminous game that might lead him to enlightenment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody plays it, loves it and follows the games on the radio and nabs every chance to go and see it.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Is this some kind of game to you?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Andy’s parents rarely came to their games, while Rob’s parents never missed one. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sort of glad Sandy didn't go back to the chessboard after my last move. He never knew he lost the game." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to picture myself in a missionary role, gathering the little children unto me, as it was embarrassing to be playing this babyish game with children waist-high to me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps in a game of heads or tails?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the second week of school, the first-graders were tired of the game. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Karpov had qualified to play Bobby by winning his three Candidates matches, during which he’d played forty-six grueling games and only lost three. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Affirmative. Now let’s break up this little pow-wow and think about the big game.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a game, to find the marks that made the sounds. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game never lasted long before they switched to husband and wife, practicing kisses and arguments in the cellar of Ethel’s house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I’m here for the hunt, sure, but I’m also here for the game—and right now, I feel like Hideo has entered me to set me up for certain humiliation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sides for the game were me, Dad, and Bridget against Scooter, Abby, and Uncle Herm. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

We scored the first five points of the third quarter, and then Coach sent me into the game. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We plucked the folded Batman square back and forth—a lazy game of table football. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She had spent hundreds of hours in the bakery with him, playing board games and working out puzzles. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The next game was the longest ever played in the history of the World Series—over three hours of hard hitting and fielding and running at Ebbets Field. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even Summer could find no game in these woods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Unless they were the instruction manual or hint guide to a video game. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

As we continued, sound effects—a raging underground river, voices speaking in Ukrainian and accented English—led you through the cave, but there was nothing to see in this game. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

No bows, no spears, or fish or berries, it was all silly anyway, all just a game. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was only a game, and Bran knew it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"The game's probably been frightened away by all the noise we make on the march." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Nineteen sixty-eight. I was pondering an idea for a game at the old public library.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Won it in a dice game. Or maybe it was poker.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

To put the game into perspective and draw the proper parallels, Gaines told the players the story of Sam Davis. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the game it turned out that Crow had not been whimpering. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every knock at the door meant the police were here to arrest the guy who’d bombed a basketball game with the weight of the world. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

My mom wordlessly kneels to gather scraps of drawings from our game of Honor Pictionary and stacks them into a neat pile. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She would keep him hidden on defense for the first half or so of a game, then switch him to offense as the other team tired. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand what that means, though. Why hide a Poe book for his game when his ancestor hated the guy?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After lunch Mandy and I played one of my favorite games—tea party princesses—on the patio. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

School began to reveal itself, therefore, as a child’s game that one could not win, and boys dropped out of school and went to work. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

After a while, though, she decided to buy me two games from the used bin. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He worked for the Rangers and he had some tickets for me to a baseball game against the New York Yankees! Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t say a whole lot, just some weak stuff about how the game was going to be good and all. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The falcon flew off to find game, and the alchemist offered his water container to the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as Jinny opened the cabin door and stepped inside, Ess peered longingly down at the beach, where the others all seemed to be playing a game of catch with a ball of rags. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I don't know if it's a mercy or part of a big, cruel Nazi game. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Marcus had a monster of a game, leaving it all on the floor. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

If anything, playing the license plate game only made me feel both terrified and like I wanted to jump out of a moving vehicle to escape. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“That was scary, too, but it was fun. So I pretended this was a boyhood game, and I never fell.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had no idea what game was being played. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

William Lombardy, disagreed, however: “Yes, Fischer betrayed chess and everybody. But he’s still magic, and can do a lot for the game. Bobby and Boris are finally cashing in. I don’t begrudge them that.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I continued to refer to the Zork notes in my grail diary, which reminded me exactly how to make my way through the game’s labyrinth of rooms, passageways, and puzzles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Rhinecliff game always cranked school spirit up to fever pitch, and the pep rally proved it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Those sailors are playing games with you. They’re almost as bored up there as we are down here.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was ten o’clock and the house was silent, as it had been since the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shrugged, “Don’t go. What the hell, it’s only a game.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike football coaches, who often try to key their players up for a big game, rowing coaches sometimes take the opposite tack. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Make the fielder make the catch, and make the fielder make the throw—that’s his approach to the game. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Chicken suppers and gambling games were rioting on a twenty-four-hour basis downstairs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened that one evening the boys were playing peewee, a new game to them, in the dooryard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eight card tables, each with two chairs, were arranged in the center of the game room. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto would run up to me proudly, coughing his cough and rasping his laugh, all to scamper back up the tree with his friends and start the game all over again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tommy almost got himself killed before a pitch was thrown in the sixth game on Sunday. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Czernobog’s brown fingers finished arranging the pieces on the squares, and the game began. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s nothing. Just a game some of us play.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Politics was not my game; the human heart was my game, but it was only in the realm of politics that I could see the depths of the human heart. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game disappeared, taking shelter from the rain, and the men began foraging for whatever they could find: blood-drop berries, hard-shelled nuts, flightless birds with white-and-gray wings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Did your songs have games or movement of some kind? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“You know, this game is being broadcast globally by satellite. People will be watching you from all around the world. This could be the most widely watched television event since J. R. was shot.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We all end up laughing, and the night ends with card games and Scrabble, and I go to bed, full in so many, many ways. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We lost, I mean, we tied our game,” he said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Willy scrambled off to find some kids his age down in the basement, where they usually played video games, and I headed outside. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help but grin as I read the name on the game’s backlit marquee: joust. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“When the game was on the line, my team put its confidence in me, and I am just thankful things worked out.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

"Yes. And it tripped a Yankee base runner. Changed the momentum of the entire game. The Red Sox ended up winning. Didu's face showed up on the big screen and the entire stadium booed." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If Bryson hadn't paused the game to make himself a baloney sandwich, he wouldn't have heard the doorbell. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ship of Fools was a simple game played in seafaring vessels all across Kelanna. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

If I had known that I would have looked for her after the game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The previous year, near the end of the football season, we had had only three games left to play. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t win no game with your center shooting threes. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It was like a memory match game, or that old TV show Concentration.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The conversation then shifts to chatter about my team’s district win, and discussion of our first section game—we Fulton Firebirds take on the Decatur Red Devils. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He reaches toward the coffee table separating us and picks up a small black box resting on top of a stack of game magazines. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We set up the homemade Monopoly game that my mother made out of paper when she was my age. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Lark thinks of a way to add a whole new dimension to the game. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Carter had been waiting for a moment like this for months, his hands itching for action in the storage room instead of sitting there week by week as Archie played his little cat-and- mouse games. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the game resumed, it was not good any longer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now it was showtime and the first game of the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever we played a game against other Indian schools, I was always among those cheering loudly for our side. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We suck at football. Hockey’s our game. Let’s hit the party like champions.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The games he created were addictive and wildly popular. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He joined pickup games in the park — baseball, basketball. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have also located my game assistant, Raven. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There were no football games in the fall of 1958, but the band still took trips around the district on holidays to march through the various towns that invited us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And I do not know exactly what kind of rules your game had, but I suspect that you owe us this much, if we were all put at risk for your wager.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We’d been having pep rallies all week in anticipation of the homecoming game—it was a football thing, I think—and I’d been skipping them. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sounded like a jock amped up on too much juice and game adrenaline. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She’s so happy, we may as well have won the game already. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Before the game started, a girl waved to us from the other side of the field. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Have you been playing board games with him every night instead of studying for school? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Group B talked to me sometimes, made cutting remarks to me when they didn't like my clothing, and often excluded me from their games, their secrets, and their gossip. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling filled in letters of the message like a game of Hangman. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Losing three games like that can be tough.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Today, the banner advertises betting on a Warcross game happening inside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mary admired the two little girls I’d brought, mixed them in with her own children, sent them all upstairs to play games and watch television. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re not throwing our tennis shoes around, Dad. We're playing a game. It’s the common man’s version of throwing the javelin. And we’re seeing who can throw his shoe the farthest.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was stiff chuckling now and then under his breath, and Ranofer suspected that he looked on the whole plan as a child’s game. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They play a game with colors as they walk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, how did you like the game last night, Mr. Dawson?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know how the high school always has pep rallies for teams with a big game coming up? Helps everybody feel good. Gives them hope, especially when they’re facing someone with a way better record?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go back with the other kids who were still jumping on cars, still chasing each other through the garden, but Sally had her own game. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crow continued to play in the game, biting down on his mouthpiece as hard as he could on each play to fight through the pain. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed impossible to me that the ball game had taken place only a week ago. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s last game of the tournament was with Gligoric, one of the strongest players outside of the Soviet Union. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Radar and I went over to Ben’s house, which was architecturally identical to mine, to play a game called Arctic Fury. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“With torches and a big purple curtain over the entrance . . . really mysterious. But inside, a totally decked-out pad with a game room and one of those home theater systems.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Or—a possibility that made her anxious to even consider—someone knew about the game and was trying to get the book for that reason. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Clovisites were thought to have entered the ice- free corridor by pursuing game—“follow the reindeer,” as skeptics refer to this scheme. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We’d been in the pavilion getting ready for a game of rounders. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when Pa had walked his traplines quickly because the traps were empty, or when he had got some game sooner than usual, he would come home early. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am. We figured that if it was supposed to be the twelfth game, like Mr. Lemoncello said it was, there might be some clues to start us off.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Do you remember, when you were little, how children used to pick up sides for a game and perhaps you wouldn’t be picked at all? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come January, it’s a new ball game. Then I will make peace.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After the first few games, I soon discovered that Helmut was a mere hacker. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The psycho eyes had lit up like something in a video game. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Yes, in Mr. Lemoncello’s catapulting critters game, there were all sorts of wacky jokes. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Safina and I quickly got back to being friends, and we and all the neighborhood children were back at our running and chasing games. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As they make their way to the terminal, Dalton notes all the cars circling, like it’s a huge game of musical chairs, with no chairs left. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They had their own games to worry about. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Adam has a portable video game console in his lap, his small fingers clicking the buttons impossibly fast. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him he was taking the dodgeball game way too seriously, but before I could, he hefted another ball The other three giants followed his lead. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

God, we were not about to play this game. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear her reply, but a few seconds later the throne transformed into the Joust game, just as it had earlier. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The impression was of closeted boredom punctuated by contests and schemes—jumping between the beds, building a camp, half devising a board game, then giving up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But he’d never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How many games did I play in, Dad?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, we won the game, and there’s a victory party at big Mery’s place. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I get rattled when I’m playing in a game. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But, as I got older and started getting game, the name took on a new meaning. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I was able to program the rules of the game well enough, but I didn’t account for the robot’s strength.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I would pantomime putting the hat on my head and work on just the right bland lines for the press: “Our team works hard in practice, and it pays off in the games.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They laughed and played games with Nipper for the rest of the afternoon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’ll go near the fence and play a game with my ball, and I’ll call out things like, “Maxi! The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The ball brushed his hands and deflected just under the bar to tie the game 2-2. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But I stayed out a few minutes longer with Adèle and Pilot—ran a race with her, and played a game of battledore and shuttlecock. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They had listened to the World Series and really cared who won football games. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids were studying and playing board games in the first floor common area. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When we walk to the game I will talk to JB man to man about how he’s spending way more time with Alexis than with me and Dad. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Brothers should have stayed on Ice and made him bring his weight for the whole game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They went to football games and the dances that always followed the games. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

According to Joey Costello, Arthur has never even gotten into a game. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am happy that you will be staying with us, we can share my room,” Allie said as we waited for the game to begin. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Minya paused to study the quell board, taking her time to move one of her game pieces, and Sarai could tell from Feral’s expression that it was a devastating move. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Now I’d like to talk to you about tomorrow’s game, if you don’t mind?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

After a quick discussion with the coaches, Reverend Hollister motioned for Reggie and Glenn to greet each other before the game started. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He doesn't need a video game that encourages toxic masculinity and brainless murder rn. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Especially considering that our first section tournament game is in two days. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

What I love about driving to soccer games with Papi is that it puts him in a good mood. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The basketball season had started well—they had won their first couple of games. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like playing a crazy game of charades—except that I had to play both sides—the acting out and the guessing. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day the forest pressed close around them, and the rutted roads dwindled down to game trails that soon proved to be too narrow for their larger wagons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We were all spending the night at Morgan’s, and her mom had exiled the boys to the guest room after an illuminating game of Truth or Dare. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The game of husband and wife was even less fun than she supposed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The girls had taken to playing a hide-and-seek game with him on the South Lawn, crouching behind trees and shouting his name as he scampered across the open grass, following their voices. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We had played a particularly good round of this game as we lay on the roof of our house just a couple of weeks before he went missing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She remembered years ago how she had treated herself to a game at the stadium, and that she had ticket number six in the center section over home plate, row B, next to seat seven. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I guess I’m thinking too hard, cuz Sneaky beats me in game three. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

In one interview he said that he most often dreamt about detective stories, which could be intricate games in themselves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s only the middle of October. He wasn’t planning on the game officially starting for another three weeks. Maybe there aren’t others out there yet.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It sounds like this Secret Santa game could be fun, although now that Carla is gone, there’s only one other person whose Secret Santa I want to be. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

In the rest of the game, I would pass for only 37 more, but the damage had been done. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no bathroom time-outs during soccer games, she would tell her players, for example, so there would be no bathroom breaks during practice either. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They pay attention to shades of eye shadow and online games and which angle makes them look best in photos. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It gets a “perfect” rating on the game. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maya answered, not looking up from the dot game. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was a chessboard on the table beside them, with the pieces set out, but no game started. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But soon the game was over, and the old cook gave her a warm embrace and drew her to a seat by the giant fireplace. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the whole game with the keys had been so sneaky. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Just to be clear, the memorial doesn’t have any information about the game.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

You, too, may strike it rich who dares play the Westing game. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No phones, no incriminating photographs of underage drinking. Makes for a more relaxed evening. Good game, by the way. Elle got lots of great shots for the yearbook.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I saw Alex at the high school football game on Friday when I went with June. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Why pick this story to start his game?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

—I decided that he woulda wanted me to have it, so I worked really hard, and I really improved my game. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Physiologists, in fact, have calculated that rowing a two-thousand-meter race—the Olympic standard—takes the same physiological toll as playing two basketball games back-to-back. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

According to my grail diary, I’d played the game through to the end just once, all in one day, over four years ago. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, I snag the game bag off the chair, bouncing it along the floor until I remember it’s occupied. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on the side of the fold-out bed, his sleeves rolled up to the elbows and a game of solitaire spread out on the blanket at the foot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Having returned to her spot on the grassy knoll, Ruby Archuleta said cheerfully, “This game is called on account of attempted murder.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess in my heart I knew that Branwell appreciated me, but I got the feeling that he thought he was doing me a favor by letting me in the game. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the game face he’s seen her use to stare down Congress, to cow autocrats. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wanted to see how the game was taught and played at the state-supported Pioneer Palaces. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jake was working on his phone, slicing watermelons in a game app called Fruit Ninja. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The kids who didn’t own ships would either hitch a ride with a friend or stampede to the nearest transport terminal, headed for some offworld dance club, gaming arena, or rock concert. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Unlikely as it may seem, the television game show The Weakest Link provides a unique laboratory to study discrimination. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

That appearance felt like our official welcome to the games. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And Europe’s chancelleries for the next century played a chess game of naked exploitation and power from Cape Horn to Cairo. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he wanted to shoot a game of pool, and I just barely lost. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then he took Faro down from the cart, and began the game they had practiced. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her brother talking about prioritizing his own interests over hers wasn’t that different from her prioritizing Mr. Griswold’s game over the cipher challenge. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Not that a gentleman like you, so well set up as you, can’t win ’em off of his own game; but money shall back you! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Five hundred bucks’ worth of free games and gear? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He dined on roots, berries, and seaweed, hunted game with spears and snares, dressed in rags, endured the bitter winters. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a sudden interlude in the frenzy of the game as he takes off his helmet and rises only to his knees. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to play this game anymore. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before the game started, I never chopped so many lemons in my life and that’s when I wasn’t carrying big sacks of sugar. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the children’s games in the U.S. originated from Europe, and immigrants carried their ancestral heritage through songs and games, which in turn influenced childhood in the U.S. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"Remind me never to play these guessing games with you again. You cheat." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If Chester had to chirp three times, it was understood he had won the game. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the game was over he would shut off the radio and fix his spectacles carefully in place by curling their stems behind his ears. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The championship game was held as scheduled in Charleston, and the season was officially over. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We play a game where you're supposed to throw these little red plastic rings onto glass bottle tops, but all the rings keep bouncing off. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then came another letter, this one to school officials from an irate fan who ripped into her for standing up too much during games and blocking his view. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The war seemed as far away as the football games of some one else’s college. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Know what I mean? 3RD JUROR: “This isn’t a game.” Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

These games were the last of their kind. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They laugh and play all the fairway games, and then I see them slip off to hang out near the football bleachers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Or the power to know that you had a hard time getting out of bed because you were playing games on your phone way past your bedtime. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As Luke was walking out of the room, Toby said, “If we go to Chuck E. Cheese, can we get game tokens?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Replied Odysseus: “The young men, yes. And may the gods requite those insolent puppies for the game they play in a home not their own. They have no decency.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brown lay crumpled on the field, the embodiment of this typically nightmarish game for Odessa High. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game lasted for two and a half weeks. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the Stepstones they had taken on grain and game and fresh water, after the long voyage along the bleak and barren coast of Dome with its shoals and whirlpools. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Imagine that I were to ask you to play a very simple gambling game. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Calvin says, “Yeah. Lacrosse is probably his favorite thing about Matt and Lance. Corey is in it for the game.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

A huge dark cloud rolls in, threatening to rain on our game. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Squeeze up your wrinkled face and seize the hangnail tip of a searing thought: Violence hacked this shack-filled hole in the woods where you play freedom games. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know about the game? You knew it ended here?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But that might be for the best. These boys don’t need to win that game.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I watch in perplexed silence as this continues, on and on, as everyone around me continues to cheer on the game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She tried to go down one of the back hallways after the game. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After the fourth game, “Cookie” was on the lips of everyone. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some might argue that in this game of chicken, whites should make the first move. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mother views this supper as an important move in the game called “Can My Daughter Catch Your Son?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was a bit of a game, but it was our small way of saying that all girls—and all people—are equal. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Bravo, Art3mis “The game Tempest also appears briefly in the music video for the song ‘Subdivisions’ by Rush,” she added. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There are others that aren’t board games—more like “Ms. Dale Stuff,” where she asks big, mysterious questions, like “How do you find good friends?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As a known hustler, it’s also the easiest game in town to get away with—no contraband for the cops to find if they frisk you. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abdul used to play ball, nothing heavy, but he had some game until he dropped out of school. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Presumably you were reading, playing games on the iPad, choosing clothes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Khalil never wanted to play at first, talking about how those were girls’ games. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Want to play a few games?” he asked. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He also became much more successful at hunting game and for the next six weeks feasted regularly on squirrel, spruce grouse, duck, goose, and porcupine. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And unlike them, she could fish and trap game. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had a habit of standing over me while I plotted out my games. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dodgers led throughout most of the game, but everyone knew the Yankees were luckier than mice in a cheese factory. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well then. The spoons were always fair game again after a wash. The same ought to go for boys.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Even as a boy, Renly had loved bright colors and rich fabrics, and he had loved his games as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She began carting out her mama’s food, but once the boys were back, they plunked the chairs down and organized a massive game of capture the flag. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He played one more move, and the game was then adjourned to be resumed the next day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“All right children. Why don’t all of you go do your homework so you’ll have it done by the time we leave for the game,” Lillian said, ushering Matthew and Karen toward their bedrooms. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most eerie, the Risk game was put away, back on top of the bookshelf. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

All right, let’s go over the game plan. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his three year apprenticeship, he learned the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama says it’s not supposed to be all fun and games. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He religiously studied his blocking assignments for each game, because he was not about to make a careless mental error. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oscar’s mother, Doña Marina, has recently joined the canasta group, and during one of the games, Mami and she have discovered that they are related. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

In this case, Fischer was not only visualizing a game without benefit of board, pieces, or printed score; he was creating it, composing it as a motion picture in his mind. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Compared to Comer, who finished the game with 138 yards, he hadn’t done anything. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And schools across the country were banning trench coats, backpacks, black clothing, white makeup, Goth music, computer gaming shirts and symbols. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, the game of name tag was about to come full circle: By the early 1980s, a group of businesspeople decided that the name Sing Sing might attract tourists. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her maids bore a basket full of axeheads, bronze and iron implements for the master’s game. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pleased with his success, he already had his third dime on the table and waited for one last game to claim his silver dollar. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But until this moment, neither the AOC nor the Olympic Rowing Committee had hinted that they would be unable to send the winning crew to the games. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Helena wakes Max early, wanting to show him the string game I taught her, before he goes back to the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then the game assumed a dimension of reality. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad would you go back and sit with Mom for god’s sakes. We’re trying to get ready for a game.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The games were played in a small, high-ceilinged room at the end of the hallway, probably to limit the number of spectators, which had grown to several dozen while Bobby was playing the younger men. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mother would join the crowds during these outdoor exhibition games. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

By all rights the game should have been called off, but no one in authority had enough sense to do that. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tony had now spent over a decade dealing drugs and knew how much money could be made in the game. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Burnham became an avid player of bridge, though he was known widely for being utterly inept at the game. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Have the people of this generation come down to hunting mice? They aren’t very strong, the new people, but I hardly thought mice would be game for them.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carol is smart, witty, and she knows how to play the game. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Indian fire had its greatest impact in the middle of the continent, which Native Americans transformed into a prodigious game farm. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They’d go out any late afternoon and come back loaded down with game. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I got to Howard’s, he and Dwight and Cotton were in the front yard playing some game that involved throwing tin cans and punching each other. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? Look, Carver is playing Trinity tomorrow. Bring the camera to the game and I’ll meet you there,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It is a sort of trump card in an intellectual game. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Harry fretted about this next to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, while Ron and Hermione used their time off to play a game of wizard chess. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

So he primed the players with thoughts of cooperativeness, and sure enough, they were far more cooperative, and the game went far more smoothly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then he goes back to clicking around on his game. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I train with them as the second round of games begins. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was hoping she wasn’t going to try to cheer me up because we lost the game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s always going to be someone kicking you down so they can climb higher. It’s just human nature. Why waste your time trying to change the system when you can just game it?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Malia looks up from her tablet, which has a puzzle game open. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I was a child, sometimes Madoc would have to stop in the middle of a game of Nine Men’s Morris. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But the mascot’s been gaming all night and stumbles onto the court.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Glenn began game four with a weak serve. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

By game time more than fifteen thousand fans had emptied into Ratliff Stadium, where a full moon, luscious and plump, sweetened the languid desert night and turned the sky an incandescent blue. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And McNab was still on the mound, even though the official game was over. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Ebola lives in African game animals—in leopards or lions or in Cape buffalo—it might have traveled to the Philippines that way. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cannot, somehow, give up the idea that discovery, like a race, is a game in which one person wins and everyone else loses. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Rowan quickly lost interest in the game and left with Tyger, who found it all amusing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I tell you what—I’ll have the Christmas game right here under one condition.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Black bodies sweating and grunting to get the points that would let them sweat and grunt in the sun for another game. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buildings were constructed specifically for the games, with modern conveniences and accessible facilities for the Paralympic athletes who would be competing as well. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was a good game, but just like I told you, the Rangers’ pitching couldn’t hold a lead. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m in the middle of playing a volleyball game with Harry, but it feels like everyone else disappears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I think about all this sometimes when I’m watching a football game with Patrick and Sam. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn't Thursday always game night with him and the other guys? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Character formation began early, with family games of tossing naked children into the snow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She rarely found him at games, lately, though; most often he was alone in the clearing near the river, hammering away on the misshapen vessel that he called his boat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The botched baseball game doesn't make a dent in Didu's mission. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Myron often regaled me with stories of the lame stuff they used to do together in that room—play board games like Risk and Stratego, trade baseball cards, set up their own Nerf basketball leagues. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

"Our game plan is this, Mr. McSouthers. We give no answer. No answer at all. Our duty is to protect Westing's ex-wife." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game’s moving along and I can still hear the crowd somewhere in the miles of the back of my mind. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

On the way back from the gym after a soccer game, Daphne kept trying to trip me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

If he was going to stay in the rowing game, he told Hazel, there wouldn’t be any second-place finishes this year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I hate the way they toss his name around like that—like a ball in a game. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After the game, I rush home to prepare for Aibileen’s that night, relieved there’s not a soul in the house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The only reason he refs the game is that he gets two free bottles of spirits we all chip in for. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Why are the scores of Permian games so lopsided?” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some had solved every single game in the shoebox, just to see if anything would happen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You have taken this horrible game very seriously and you have done well because you are doing your duty,” she told the members of the court. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo forgot that she was in the middle of an intense game of hide-and-seek, and instead watched the hotteok lady making fried gooey sweet pancakes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got the Snitch!” he shouted, waving it above his head, and the game ended in complete confusion. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a sensational game and everyone was riveted on it. It was extraordinary: The game and Bobby’s youth were an unbeatable combination.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And of course today he was at our game with Donner. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The ancient, giant mahogany trees, all the trees, the game, everything of the forest was being destroyed, and the land was forced to lie flat, he said, and bare as the palm of his hand. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long red carpet was rolled out on the ice, and the announcer introduced the game’s dignitaries. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Carson, as the team’s manager, went to every practice and game. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a game and kept chasing him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He shot his two-hand set in a soft, spinning arc that, when true, snapped through the net in a swishing voice that is the purest music of the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is bound to be nervous, after all, and excited, playing a fast-moving game under the glare of television lights. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I need the violence of video games and the smell of this basement and the familiarity of Nick and Leah. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said, “were in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we're trying not to die.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

First and foremost, Luma needed players who would show up to practices and games on their own, since their parents were too busy to be of much help. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The British soldier was grinning, and Johnny guessed that he had been put up to this game merely to snare ‘the yokels.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she began stopping by the cricket game every week, and I started walking her and her friends home. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before Patti joins him, she asks, "Would you like to use my phone? You could call your friend again. Or find a game to play or something to watch or read, maybe?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Anyway, it was the Saturday of the football game with Saxon Hall. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s good seeing Kim be friends with Carlos, hearing Grandma murmur how she misses me, how she remembers how much I liked video games. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize that by winning the bronze in Athens, I had put myself so far ahead of my teammates that I qualified for the games before anyone else. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I want us to win this game but I want to go to a dance with Celia even more. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to play the game by himself but it didn’t work out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day before our first game, Coach announces the starting lineup, and I get the nod at point guard. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still playing his game of cards. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He is going out for pizza with his team after his game tonight. They had to play in Oak Creek.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then the game cabinet vanished, and my avatar vanished with it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The last football game of the season was her first as a cheerleader. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

It was a game of mix and match, head and tail. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several plays later, he left the game limping with a cramp and did not return. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s a sort of computer thing you can play games on. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There were sporadic yells of MOJO! but the crowd in the cafeteria didn’t become animated until the screen showed running back Shawn Crow breaking tackle after tackle in the quarterfinal playoff game against Arlington. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

What happened was a massive wedgie contest between the seventh and eighth graders, two pebble fights, and a full-tackle basketball game. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

With both of us hunting daily, there are still nights when game has to be swapped for lard or shoelaces or wool, still nights when we go to bed with our stomachs growling. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was a card in the index card game titled Shyam. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Trampita and Torito played a game to see who spotted the most rabbits, but Papá had to stop it because they started quarreling. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“They keep quiet, and will expect you to do the same,” he said, frowning as my brothers, restless and fidgety, made a game of shoving each other. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

This blind handoff would be the game changer. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

His respect for the Soviet players, from what he knew of their games, was immense, and at first, the reality of being in Russia was like being in chess heaven. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

These days it seemed ridiculous, as the life she described was becoming more and more of a fantasy—trips to the mall, family vacations, and Friday night football games. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

You’re a part of this team from day one, but your part may be to play in practice games only and to dress for the home games only. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were playing Go Fish: it was the only card game that Bunny knew. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Know what? he asked himself, a game he played sometimes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was even a case with old video game consoles and smartphones that were years older than his. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In official games, the players step inside these booths to ensure that everything is exactly fair for both teams: equal temperature differences; air pressure; Link calibrations; connection to Warcross; and so on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I left: the game hall with Alhaji and we went outside and sat on a rock drinking the soft drink. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Of course. Of course. I know Fred’s weaknesses. I’ve studied his fears. I know how to play mind games and make him mess up so much they’ll be begging for you to come back!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sarcasm in our words was thicker than the stench of the Axe body spray Steve layered on before and after a game. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Oliver wasn’t handling the ball with his usual ease, but at least the game was taking his mind off his life. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They had to stop the giants before Gaea woke, or it was game over. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I just want to finish the game first.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The boys were all arguing about whether the game was rigged when we heard a splash behind us. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

To think about it as a stage in a game, a board beaten only by making it to the end of the day bell. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I tell you, it’s no game serving down in the city.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I'm traveling uphill now, which I prefer, with a source of fresh water not only for myself but possible game. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“What, now? But I’m right in the middle of a game.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Under the table their naked feet touched, they played a gentle game of footsie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game was named after this space dude that I had created called the Maestro. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It had gotten to be a game now—this roll call, this fascinating moment in Brother Leon’s homeroom. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first and last time she went to see the cousins play the foreign game of basketball, the Matriarch had been horrified. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What game are you guys playing?” she asked. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Absolute last chance. Las Vegas? Pools? Video games?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean to deny that the game was a causal factor in some of these suicides, but merely to put the matter in perspective. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last game I remember playing was Apples to Apples when Shelby came. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay. We don’t rat, and we get to join the game. Is it a deal?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm going to the school to see if there's a game. 'Kay?" The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Zephyr and I elbow our way through, parting the curtain of bodies, until we have a front-row seat for the suicidal game that’s being played. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

David, Daniel, and Silly were playing some game. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The game was called, and we started picking up all the equipment. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The chaplain knew the game well too, I could tell right away: his gaze never faltered. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Should I have kept her in my bedroom, where she could ruin the carpets? Or in the gaming room, where she might eat the chess pieces and choke?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When you played a game you won, in the same way as when you sat down to a meal you ate it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are stalls for stolen artwork, poached ivory, currency exchange between virtual notes and bitcoins and Japanese yen, and, of course, gambling on both Warcross and Darkcross games. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you care more about a stupid game than being a good friend.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The roar of an engine interrupted our game. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The streets were crazy down there; they didn’t have any kind of streets and avenues; they just had names and they looked like a game of Pick-Up Sticks. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Or, as cynical as it may sound, his possible acceptance of Catholicism may have been merely a theological chess game, a tactic and long-term strategy that he calculated might lead to eternal salvation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Any plans for a new game were postponed indefinitely. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a leather couch in his room, right in front of the flat-screen TV and video game systems. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We made a game—who could look less guilty? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

While watching a baseball game in a park, Claudette was joined by a light-skinned black man. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s too much that you don’t understand. When there’s a lot more at stake than a championship, then, yes—it is just a game.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His head moved back and forth as if he were watching an invisible game, and desperately trying to understand its rules. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

One of the symbols that popped up looked just like the levels of Q-Bert, one of the best old video games—I didn’t realize Led Zeppelin had invented Q-Bert! It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But no one had believed, when you came right down to it, that it was anything more than a game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We then played some dumb paintball game where two people got hurt and then we moved into an exercise called— I wish I were kidding—“Poisoned Peanut Butter.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Rags were used for all sorts of things, from games of blindman’s bluff to bandaging small cuts. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hermione, who had all her fingers crossed in her lap, was squinting fixedly at Harry, who was circling the game like a hawk, looking for the Snitch. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

With ninety minutes left before the game, Davis granted the order. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Posing in their soccer uniforms before their first game. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She no longer hovered over me as I practiced different chess games. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was aware of the importance of the game,” recalled Allen Kaufman, a master who was studying the game as Bobby played it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, Bobby’s schedule consisted of five hours per day of study: games, openings, variations, endings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, the applause having come to an end, the company took up their cards and continued the game that had been interrupted, and the animals crept silently away. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Like you would have ever gone to a football game.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But then I remember why I’m down here—to play games with my new friends. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

No matter what, she’d always let me watch the fourth quarter of playoff games, even if they went really late. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He ended the game with a drive down the right side and a behind-the-back pass to Art when Art’s man moved over to challenge him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she left the house she told Bryson a bunch of things—that she loved him and was proud of him, but most importantly, that he shouldn't play video games all day. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

In my mother’s office was a cupboard full of old games. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks just like the red boot from that game,” said Miguel. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Of course you did. Everybody did. Everybody but me. But I can play it now. It’s my game now.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear the football game in the background. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When he could get the time off from his job at the filtration plant, he’d drive twelve hours across Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to catch one of Craig’s games. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The Tigers really want to win this one because this is their first home game since that devastating loss of their popular and capable center, Robbie Washington. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew Mr. Lemoncello was about to congratulate him for defying the odds and winning the game. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Where once there was a path to walk from this side of the room to that side, there are game boxes, like Ms. Dale decided to make her own Twister board with boxes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Most of the world’s most renowned masters had visited the club—it was steeped in the echoes of legendary games, epic battles, hard-fought victories, and heartfelt defeats. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, I find the baseball game on TV while Dad puts away the stuff he bought, which turns out to be plums, chips, string cheese, and four packs of these yogurt drinks Mom likes. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They want to know why Boy21’s wearing what he’s wearing, where exactly in outer space he came from, and how many points he’ll score in the next game. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Particularly during the summertime, the streets were full of kids, and this group looked like a good match for a game of street football. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But it crossed my mind that there might be something in the trash bins, and those were fair game. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“The game he’s playing is all about medieval castles and dungeons!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It worked in their second game, when the little man overreached himself with an unsound assault. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the game, in the bleachers, probably wearing a homemade soccer ball helmet. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Most always he would be sitting over the queer, pretty chess game when she opened the door. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He showed up early for practices and was always on time to the bus for games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Reagan isn’t looking, I play games instead. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As he and Collins strolled down Flatbush Avenue, they were playing what is called “blindfold chess,” a form of the game practiced throughout the ages. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once I’d collected the maximum of five Cue Card Power-Ups I began to relax, and the game actually started to be fun. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ivy had never been so rude about refusing to play their game before. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We were watching Marty invent a game called Struggle of the Dying Warrior. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we waited the nurse said she wanted to play a game with me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Setting up the men on his tiny board, he’d play game after game alone, first assuming the white side and then spinning the board around, with some pieces often tumbling onto the floor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then there are shelves displaying vintage video games and consoles, as well as prototypes of what look like the earliest versions of the NeuroLink glasses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s almost time to head to the mosque for the quiz game. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They arrange the pieces into a chess game: on the tabletop chessboard the gods of Asgard face their eternal enemies. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It may not be a problem. It’s just a game, after all. Games are fun,” he told the patient. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t want to play this game now.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t want to tell Mary Elizabeth the truth because of a game. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Wes looks at me sort of funny, and I shrug to let him know that I’m game. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siobhan recalled the conversation she had overheard a few weeks ago between her parents—the day after her father challenged the Wallace team to the game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Is it too late for the game, too?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“One game of rock, paper, scissors,” I blurted out. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

All around me, the only screaming headlines seem to be accusations that the final championship results were unfair, that the game was compromised by illegal power-ups. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My mother used to end the story on a happy note, bragging about her skill at the game. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s inching his electronic tweezers near the clown’s leg on the game board. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One thing I remember is that the kids used to play a game. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And what happens to the circus after the game?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had made him look bad until the end of the game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There he smelled caches of game buried in the soft earth, but they were marked with powerful warning scents, so he did not dig them up. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“So you don’t believe the person who turned in The Maltese Falcon? You don’t think it’s part of the game?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We proceeded to play a slow, careful game, bunting whenever we had to, sacrificing to move runners forward, obeying Mr. Galanter’s instructions. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We stayed ahead for the rest of the game and my team won. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He had to perfect himself for Arthur as somebody who was good at games, and he had to think about the theories of chivalry even when he was in bed at night. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the corner, in the great room, a videotape of a Florida Gators football game was playing on a big- screen TV. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides his trips to the grocery store and his clockwork poker games, Gramps's comings and goings were mysteries to me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We were just about to get up a game.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We would hang out together during the day, looking for things to do, thinking up games to entertain ourselves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And one day Nat will tell me it’s all a crazy game she made up to see if we really loved her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the state high-school athletic association did exactly what it said it was going to do and ruled that Coach Gainer’s boys were not eligible to play in the state-championship game. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I dropped by Too Bad’s and we played a game of marbles. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

In many ways, “unlucky thirteen” was the pivotal game of the Fischer–Spassky championship encounter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad had already set up the game on the kitchen table. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Though I embraced my simultaneous roles as athlete and activist, there were times at the games when I craved time outside of the spotlight. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

What if he saw the dumbo Pretty Princess game with half its jewels missing in the bargain bin? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He purposefully covered the game’s title with his hand, but I recognized the cover artwork anyway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was something to think about for the off-court game, too. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The children used them for trading purposes, for games and coin of the realm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Consequential as is the two-game lead the Soviet champion now enjoys, the board is still set for a duel that could rank among the most brilliant in this ancient game’s annals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The real thing I want to ask, Lord, is that all these boys make the first team in that great game of life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I now stayed indoors, engrossed in attempting to master the Monopoly game, form English words with Boggle and figure out how the various toys worked, by meticulously taking them apart and reassembling them again. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the game. Too long.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, Kyle, that’s up to you. You can use this time as a bonus, to think, read, and explore. Or you can run upstairs and play video games all night long. The choice is yours.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Aside from the Cap’n Crunch whistle hidden in the kitchen, I found no surprises or deviations from the original game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The night before the fourth game of the season against Odessa High, Gaines locked the doors of the field house for a team meeting. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If this is some new game then I have to tell you that I'm a bit too old to find it amusing.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are mad to get a baseball game up soon. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A few people applauded, much to the annoyance of the players whose games were still in progress and cared not that history had been made just a few feet away. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wished for my own baby brother to be hospitalized just so I wouldn’t have to play some one-sided Chutes and Ladders games. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, he was mad, but he’d be interested to know The Maltese Falcon clue led somewhere and to hear about Raven’s role in the game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For the next home game more than a thousand people showed up. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But the kitchen also contained things that weren’t mentioned in the game’s text description of this room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, I perched up in the branches of an old oak, hoping for game to come by. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The introduction went on to tell the story of Mr. Griswold’s plans for his game and how Emily and James unraveled all the clues. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Zu gave us an apologetic shrug before tugging Hina away, back to the circle of younger kids who were engrossed in some kind of card game. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I walked off the field for a moment to set up my eyeglasses for the game. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We had a Friday night game that week, away at Bucksfield. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby walked into the enormous theater, ready to play his first game, and looked up. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One of these games was to stand in a circle, while the junior ganders, one after another, walked into the middle of it with their heads stretched out, pretending to hiss. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Dean's sister Kelly’d sat on the tape recorder that morning so it couldn't load any games. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And now he has sabotaged this game in order to speak directly to me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Collins also noticed what Nigro had observed the year before: Bobby’s habit of procrastinating during a game, loitering over the board, taking just a little too long to make an obvious move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If you have ever visited a theme park full of roller coasters, water slides, and thrilling games of chance, you were undoubtedly tickled half to death by it all. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But is hummus really the answer?35-18 is the final score of game six. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Lili is looking wide-eyed at an arcade filled with video games. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinx and Ned wandered past the next few booths of carnival games, where vendors tried to attract the attention of passersby. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And getting the high score on this Pac-Man game on Archaide obviously hadn’t gotten me any closer to finding it myself. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The response was already becoming hysterical—the shooters were being described as computer geeks who played violent games for many hours, were outcasts in their school, and had a site on the Web. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had this huge 3-D sim game where you build your own city, and you could actually see the holographic buildings rise on the display board. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

People stuff their mouths with treats, and blow onto game pieces for luck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I love video games. Even just to watch. Since I was a kid.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the third or fourth inning of our ball game that afternoon, I spotted Mary Hudson from first base. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

People with perfect pitch, of course, can play this game forever. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children played games, rolling hazelnuts on the sidewalks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Sean was found and sanitized, the game was over. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the pool a net went up, and dozens gathered for a game of volleyball. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was Tuesday; two days before the game, three days before the weekend that I hoped would change my life. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She passed the time with a game she had found on a shelf in the attic—a triangular board with fifteen holes and fourteen pegs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Look, Fairy Godmother, how much have you spent on this little game already? I’m not paying to have that couch re-covered.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This led to a quick game of “spleen,” which is where we try to jab each other in the rib cage. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Obviously, the noble boy on the rooftop was playing just one more game with me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“She’s probably not that good with computers, though. We need someone who’s good at computers. Plus I bet she sucks at Resurrection,” which was our favorite video game. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They put away stray pieces of a board game, and Ms. Dale turns on her Echo. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It is a sort of game kings play, she told herself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I suppose exploring games. Discovering lost civilizations and stuff like that.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He ran a search, clicked a few links, and eventually landed on a page on how the game was played. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The game had been around for centuries and had even been banned by an English king in the 1300s because too many people were playing it and neglecting their archery training. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed the game of chasing turtles and other small river creatures, but I’d never seen him actually catch anything aquatic. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The place hasn’t been this crowded since the championship game of the basketball tournament last spring. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And that was the whole point of that game. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In the jungle, he had been fed first and most, and had led their games and pretend hunts. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Despite his promotion of Fischer Random and his rejection of and scorn for the “old chess,” he still played over games, tempted by the action of contemporary tournaments and matches. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After that, both players returned to the tournament hall to watch the conclusions of the other games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Having sat through scores of high school and college games, I recognized a good player when I saw one, and Barack quickly passed the test. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Bouncing Beat: Another game is to bounce a ball to the beat of a simple song such as “Bounce High.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, we got one demon, shopped at a magic Costco, and made it through the Kingdom of Death....What else does our video game magic want?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After the game Mtisha was talking about Ice and how well he had played. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gabriel and I used to play this game we liked to call What If? where the object was to take turns creating the most absurd “what if?” scenarios. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Okay, maybe I was joking about the murder, but Edie does bump into me extra hard during a basketball game in gym later that day. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The sleet had driven the game birds and animals into retirement, and he knew it was useless to hunt. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t you remember to bring your uniform on game days?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead, the Wonder Dome turned into a giant game screen reading “Welcome to the Battle of the Books.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When the game concluded, Nigro approached Regina and Bobby and introduced himself as the newly elected president of the Brooklyn Chess Club. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Take it to the hoop.As we're about to leave for the final game the phone rings. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“The team that makes its free throws when everyone is tired and strung out is the team that wins its games.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Well, we’d take our shotguns, of course, to shoot game with. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Two good games led to a write-up in the post paper. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I play games with my sisters and make a ring of hands with the rest of my family when it’s time to say grace. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Scared and thinking everyone might want to stop hunting because of a few clouds, I said, “If a storm is brewing, it’s a good night to hunt. All game stirs just before a storm.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a wonderful place to hunt as it abounded with game. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The war games amazed everyone, especially the boys and girls. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy Clidell explained to me that they were the most successful con men in the world, and they were going to tell me about some games so that I would never be “anybody’s mark.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How can I excel at a game when you refuse to tell me the rules?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ron went purple in the face; he looked like a radish with a bad sunburn. “... for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years, I award Gryffindor House fifty points.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Bobby saved the game with his fighting spirit, and his creative capacity was restored. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was just sitting there trying to be a very proper father, but I’m hip to the game. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tic-tac-toe had nine squares, but then why not mark an X to start the game? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In that night’s Lemoncello commercial, Keeley—the ringleader of the group that had “defeated” Charles in the Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library game—looked ridiculous dressed up in goofy goggles like a flying squirrel. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Drew and I were talking about the game,” I lied. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As I watched her, I realized she still looked exactly the way she did in kindergarten, when we would have tetherball games in the playground or go on fairy quests in the park at sunset. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Yet they did not appear miserable in the least; instead, they were laughing and joking, as though they had just played a game of bowls and not fought a potentially disastrous fire. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You hush, Mary Anne,” Karen said, “this is the first game.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Board games were not played with a ball. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

All his games were going to come true. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like the game Oklahoma kids play called “two truths and a lie,” which was made to remind them that this world is full of deceit and misunderstanding. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Wasden was clearly nervous: his son was about to play in the biggest game of his life. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Large tracts of southern Italy at that time were unpopulated, full of game and places of concealment. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The cheering was as wild as that of the crowd at a championship basketball game. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Finding the missing books was supposed to be the twelfth game in the Library Olympics,” explained Kyle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They say this every time we play the scrapbook game. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reporters asked Petrosian whether the match would last the full twelve games, the maximum that would be required if every game were drawn, with no wins or losses. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The game of Twister collapsed into a mound of crushed bodies, bent arms, and wriggling feet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They broadcast baseball games, and Jackie Robinson is the hit of the day, the first black man in Major League Baseball. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got home, Grampa settled into his living room chair to read the Commonwealth while I fiddled with the radio looking for a baseball game. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They wanted me to join in their game and tell them how I’d want to go. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“So yeah, video game apps for me. If you ever have any ideas you want me to profit off of, let me know.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Over the family’s meager supper, he and his father talked about the Durham Bulls’ latest victory and C.P. managed to wheedle a promise from his father to take him to the next ball game. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I dream that I am inside Mitch’s video game, wearing the tiny shorts and a shredded shirt. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I bet Mama’s got a whole bunch of old books up there. Maybe even some puzzle books or board games.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He clicked a few dials and pulled some wires, trying to pretend that Hygeia was just one large, dangerous Nintendo game system. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Because everyone knew Ty's gaming skills, his classmates were always trying to convince him to play on their squads, but Ty only played with the best. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Father said, “Promise me you will stop doing these things. Promise that you will give up this ridiculous game right now, OK?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll come to the next game if I can,” she said when she left me off on 145th. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Keeley had needed four teammates to best Charles in the past June’s escape game, which was played inside the silly game maker’s even sillier new library on its opening weekend. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Passengers look up from their newspapers and phone games and stare at Zoe. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The football team lost three out of its first four games. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since Kyle and his teammates had won the escape game, every day had felt that way. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was too cold to hope for a game but I got my ball and went out anyway. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t get why he cares about this game. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. The whole school heard about it. See, Kyle Keeley and his two brothers were playing some sort of wild scavenger hunt game and...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Their heads were adorned with matte black helmets, and they reminded him of characters in one of those shoot-’em-up military games. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the game she had planned seemed crude, not sweet and playful as she’d imagined it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is our little game—one of us quotes a line of a poem, and the other quotes a line in response. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I helped him with some homework and then read on the couch for school while he played a video game. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You guys have a big game tomorrow,” she said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The game rages on, until Daniel stops near the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Our circle broke up and the game began. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. Here’s the game: it’s just questions. I ask you a question, and you ask me a question.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he didn’t really need the world of high school games and dances and crowds. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle stared at all the kids blasting through outer space, flinging catapults of fire at castle walls, or scuba diving with dolphins on the glowing game screens surrounding him. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Old Selma Thurmer--she was the headmaster's daughter--showed up at the games quite often, but she wasn't exactly the type that drove you mad with desire. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Bobby won the second game, drew the third game, and won the fourth, and therefore won the match at 2½–1½ . Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On our way home we played a certain game with the mphangala bush. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ice could do everything but I couldn’t let him get my game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The only part I heard for sure was when she said: “I haven’t brought my new dot game to school yet because I want to make sure you’re around to play it.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I could get one of the guards to play me a game of war?” he asked. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watches a cricket game on a little TV. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Half her length, she sways her heads in air, outside her horrid cleft, hunting the sea around that promontory for dolphins, dogfish, or what bigger game thundering Amphitrite feeds in thousands. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I throw my empty game bag around my neck and slowly lower myself until I’m hanging by my hands. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What if Mr. Griswold never finished his game? What if getting to ‘The Black Cat’ story is all there is right now? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of whack-a-mole. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“And although it’s not easy being bad, this next game is. Easy, not bad. Then again, I already know all the answers, which makes any quiz easier, wouldn’t you agree?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I follow him to the front desk, and he gives me this plastic game board and a bag of Velcro pieces. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

My avatar would die and game over would appear in the center of my display. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The game with Saxon Hall was supposed to be a very big deal around Pencey. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When the item passes from an account into the game and is used, there’s a split second when it is vulnerable. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The game for the day was to sail the raft out to a marker nailed several hundred yards from shore, somewhere between the two beaches. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This chapter will offer music suggestions to inspire older children, including cultural games, songs, and dances. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Christina and I have been sitting against one of the walls, playing a game in which each of us tries to pin down the other s thumb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In which I was torn away from the sureness of the game. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

First, the game sold millions of copies, and there are estimates that up to 3 million teenagers played it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pep rallies, sports—the basketball team is all-city. Wasn’t there some kind of huge accident at their last game?” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Given time, legions of men are drawn into the game, both ebony and ivory: the Congo’s CIA station chief, the National Security Council, even the President of the United States. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes left—time enough for Leon to perform, to play one of his games. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it flicked its whiskers and said, “Challenge her. There’s no guarantee she’ll play fair, but her kind of thing loves games and challenges.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Having started this little game, Hemme was unable to stop it without looking foolish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I thought that was only for game days.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

On a regular day, I would be playing video games until late at night, even if it meant going to school exhausted. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. The Reel of Fortune, for fishing and because Grammy loves game shows.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We would spend hours playing pretend games about missions to deep space, or landing on Pluto. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Luma knew they were quick, but her eyes were opened to the boys’ potential at that moment in the Blue Springs game when Robin had appeared out of nowhere to clear the ball. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Just the sort of pickup you saw in mainland towns like Everett or Bellingham, the kind kids drove around after football games or on Saturday nights, late. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It would lower her morale, making her more susceptible to his mind games. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

During recess he disappears into the cinder playground, where last week he had his lip kicked open during a soccer game and had to have stitches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I blink again, I’m back in my hotel room, and the games are done. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The general direction of the tracks seemed to be taking them to a place they knew well from so many cool football, basketball, and baseball games. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s video games. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She missed her friends and the games they’d play in the woods. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I thought I had finally figured this game out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

On Hula Lane, a family was dressing for Mass. At the officers’ club at Wheeler Field, men were leaving a poker game. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Grammy is watching one of our favorite game shows, Let’s Make a Deal, and munching cheese curls. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I have less than 200,000 notes left, which won’t buy me anything big enough to be worth using in the final game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Although Kermit wrote to his father, “I didn’t think I had a chance in a million nor did anyone else,” he brushed off the incident, writing that it was “the chances of the game.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

But when he had recently given up a bunch of runs at an all-star game, he said to Volpe that sometimes “you just have to tip your cap” to the opposition—give them credit. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Banning was a dangerous game, for one was not shackled or chained behind bars; the bars were laws and regulations that could easily be violated and often were. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any idea what you actually did when you hopped into the opening game?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When a scythe wants to travel, any seat is fair game. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“My lad is different altogether. No earthly use at games. Always writing poetry. I suppose he’ll grow out of it.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Leave it to James to turn a bunch of boring typos into a crazy word search game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We started playing the North Pole game today. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once you reached the level below that, the games all began to look identical. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Croquet is a Protestant game.They hit the ball with the mallet, pock and pock again, and laugh. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It said that he was a poor representative of his hometown and a disgrace to the veterans who supported their games. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe Mr. Tushman even knew about the Plague game! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Jones spun his pencil in circles on his notepad, like the spinner for a board game. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“That’s good. You take this seriously. A lot of kids come out here and think it’s all fun and games.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was probably the slowest game of Rook they had ever played. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Finn didn’t have an act, he didn’t have a game. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’ll even give you a clue….It’s an Atari game, released as part of a contest. It contained several puzzles, and if you solved them, you could win a prize. Sound familiar?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

This was convenient for the planters—who were skilled at the game of divide and rule. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was about to play the biggest basketball game of my life and all I could think about was my dad’s dead best friend. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Boobie got his first carry of the game on the next series as a substitute and scored his first touchdown of the year on a one-yard dive. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if it’s not a real game, what is it?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since she joined Book Scavenger years ago and read all the stories shared on the forums about his San Francisco games, she’d hoped that somehow she’d get to participate in one in person. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Luckily, my father came home before I could pick up the book again, but he told me to stop “hanging on his shoulders like a monkey” because he wanted to watch the hockey game. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone gathers in nice and close, and here’s where we all get pumped up for the game. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We had to recognise that our game was up; with heavy hearts we agreed with the Professor when he said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“The winner lives, the loser dies. That’s how the game ends.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“And the order of the games was chosen by a committee months in advance.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My parents seem to be playing their own kind of Secret Santa game. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Not so ironically, the one game Bobby lost was to his mentor Jack Collins. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I picture Tom and James in their rec room, playing video games, not having any sense that their week was disrupted. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then she led Colin through the hall and into the game room. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Sure. And Holo-streams, and virtual reality games. Tons of stuff. Traveling to see you live is a very popular vacation excursion.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The field at Indian Creek Elementary couldn’t be used for league games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“No. I'm just playing. I thought Max was coming to the game.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

One Saturday, after the Mother Paula’s scandal had died down, Roy went to watch Beatrice and her friends play a soccer game. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game of choice: Call of Duty, World War II, which really bothered his parents. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was like the old-fashioned game of chicken. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“The whole parental unity game. Your dad and I. Come on.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He also taught me a game called Seek the Stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His gums bled at the slightest pressure of the tip of his tongue, and he seldom stopped experimenting; it was a little game he played, sometimes by the hour. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In one game he actually stared at the position for fifty minutes before making a move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Say, there’s gonna be a game of marbles after lunch,” Ira announced. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zork was one of the earliest and most famous text adventure games. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The games of the masters that he discovered in Shakhmatny became his models; later, some of these masters would emerge as his competitors. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A rabbit leaped up, and within seconds Frightful was on the ground, game in her talons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I think you have slipped in any number of ways since last year. I understand for example that there was gaming in my dormitory this summer while you were living there.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't imagine anything worse than driving down to Florida to watch a football game, but I pretended to be impressed. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We get home in time to catch a playoffs game. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And in a game, when you defeat an enemy, what do you do? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Stop and play a game of Uno underneath the cherry blossom trees. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Reshevsky paced up and down, a few spectators waited patiently, and when the little red flag fell precisely at noon, the tournament director declared the game a forfeit. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I asked Twig as she rolled the dice and moved her little bell-bottom game piece across the board. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had opened up the game, and the strokes from then on would have to be direct. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tracked him down to a dingy bar and under the sound of the baseball game on the TV I asked him about the anomaly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that work fell to the masters of the intelligence game, the spies of the CIA and KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Like I said, it’s just a friendly game. An exhibition. That’s all, babe. I promise.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A few of the girls start talking about their last basketball game and how tough practice is going to be tonight. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Both teams were playing hard, and the close game had drawn the attention of parents and players on other local teams scheduled for games later in the morning. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dad kissed us goodbye as we started a game of Mario Kart, and he and Jay walked out the front door. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She hoped it might be one of the girls from across the street, wanting to play video games or inviting her for an after-dinner swim. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Alice was gone and, seeing no other humans, he followed the scent of the game. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He yelled to Coach Walski, “Out of the game! He’s out of the game!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom had no games on her computer. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

That meant Dagmara left those games with no Olympic merit to her name. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When she turned around I asked, “Can I trade in this ticket and go play one game of baseball?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a stupid game. Whatever. No big deal.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The judge thought of their last game: She had been so excited about taking his queen, only to have the master checkmate her in the next move. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Gold-Bug had no bar code at all, but that made sense if Mr. Griswold had made it especially for his game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Although all of these games could be considered “practice,” not all were particularly instructive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you play any games, do you ride, or shoot?” she asked. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The game was annoying me a little, but I went into the bathroom as she sat down on that inviting couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Calder made two pumpkin pies that afternoon with his mom, and played three games of solitaire. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The game show host shows you three doors. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was also the only player in history to ever hit four triples in one game. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Because of his unusual caution, the following seven games, numbers fourteen to twenty, were all draws. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Webb’s coached only three games at third, and I already know he’s a much more aggressive coach than his brother. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Anatsou wanted to play a little game. He wanted to know if the humans would follow his funny trail to come find their lost treasures. Did the humans like Anatsou’s game?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And while Nehemia might be playing a game that she had no chance of winning, Dorian couldn’t deny that he greatly admired the princess for daring to play in the first place. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Got to work out what his game is. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You what? What kind of game is this?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It interfered with his concentration: Normally, an ongoing game resonated within him even if he left the table. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In that game, he threw for 250 yards and 5 touchdowns. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to really top things off, when another Comanche and I were flipping a coin to decide which team would take die field first, Mary Hudson wistfully expressed a desire to join the game. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

After the game Coach Benny Kelly himself came up and kissed me in the middle of the court, in front of more than three hundred people. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were playing a game and it struck him that Derek did that—his whole life was that. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean if he loses, he has to tell us where Thanatos is. But what do we have to wager? What kind of game do we play?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

However, this arena is extraordinarily large, allowing Sapiens to play an astounding variety of games. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It rounds me out,” he said, folding laundry in the family room and watching a Georgia Tech football game on television. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A scout from a neighboring school that will play Marshall in several weeks has his binoculars trained on the game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this was a grown man's game, and the winner would not be the one whose weapon survived but the one who lived. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to play a game,” she said, and her voice was all wrong. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He and his joking partner would hunt the wilderness for months, calling to the wolves, speaking their language to ask where the game was. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone back to your duties. I’ll give you an update at evening muster. Remember, we have war games after dinner.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t listen to him, Ben. He’s starting on you now. Just think about the game,” Lillian called out. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Captain of any game at Repton was an important person. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First of all, he doesn’t have any ‘game’ to ‘horn in’ on, I can assure you of that. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The harder a game was to beat, the more I enjoyed it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We watched Mr. Morrison win the game by capturing Lissa’s last king. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It is a game of secrets in which one must show and never tell. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only way to beat that score would be to play a perfect game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I did my best to concentrate on the game but again and again I found myself staring, through the open door, at the clock on the mantel in the next room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bobby would play as many as a hundred speed games against his friendly foes on any given day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Again and again Cole screamed, “Don’t! Don’t! I’m sorry I came home late. I’ll obey! Please, Dad, don’t! Life’s not a game! Please stop!” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Bobby tried a psychological tactic himself during that game, despite his oft-quoted demurral, “I don’t believe in psychology—I believe in good moves.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t see Ashley or Shelby anywhere, but fifteen or twenty guys are sprawled on the floor playing a drinking game. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She appears to be attempting not to smile as she looks over the gaming elements artfully arranged around them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We played swimming games for a few minutes, then divided into two teams for an ambush game. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting next to Jessie, my fluffy cousin, and her little brother, Frankie, who isn’t paying attention to what’s going on at the table because he’s watching the muted football game on TV. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she was certain no one was in her chambers, she entered the foyer and strode through it to the gaming room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Our subsequent games were constantly interrupted by inmate Auguste, in the next cell down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For weeks after each player made his debut, JonJon would talk nonstop about times he’d met each man, or games his team had played against theirs. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to demoralize you too early in the game.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The guy had an all right game but it wasn’t bodacious. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it scares off the nearby game. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And then I got diagnosed with depression, and I started on my first round of medication, and I couldn’t focus on the game at all. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Actually,” Jasper said, smiling despite himself as he walked into the room, “Alice says there’s going to be a real storm tonight, and Emmett wants to play ball. Are you game?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Of course it's no game! Every day the newspaper tells us about people who are sentenced to death or prison for breaking the Radio Law when all they want is the truth. This is serious." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Alex had almost managed to persuade himself that this whole business was just some sort of crazy adventure...a game. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lady Stark could keep her trust; so long as he could keep the axe, he would count himself ahead in the game Ser Willis Wode led them out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There had been a paperback in that pile of alleged games that Jack had showed them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I hate games. I hate people who play games.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And maybe this is why Hideo had not stopped the final game when he saw that things were going wrong. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I know these courts weren’t here when they held the secret tennis game, but maybe they found a way to play here anyway.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Walking away from a game I didn’t understand, and hadn’t even wanted to play. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At least James hadn’t mentioned Mr. Griswold or his game in his note. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Anyway, with all that on my mind, is it any wonder I can’t focus on a game I might not even be allowed to play? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I laughed at the thought of Mrs. Dorn keeping a tally of everything her neighbors purchased, and tried not to be jealous that Audrey got a car because of a game of wealthy one-upmanship. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Camilla played well—this was her game, her favorite—but I wasn’t a good partner and we lost trick after trick to the others. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She looks excited, like this is some kind a game. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All the girls got checker boards and all the boys got lotto games. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as the game was over, the president left without saying anything to us. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the fields yielded little game, they worked the barnyards and farm gardens. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Glen was in the game and he picked off a pass that was headed for their center. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

These pickup games draw a surprisingly large and diverse crowd. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And even with their busy work schedules, my dad was still able to find time to coach Kia's soccer team, and my mom still chaperoned Kia's school field trips and attended all his games. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha was silent, and they played the game of love, one of the thirty or forty different games which Kamala knew. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab sat across from me and helped my cousins explain the game. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When Dad wasn’t there, we invented our own games. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he played, my ear was glued to the radio, and no game ended without my nefiguring his average up through his last turn at bat. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coach gave a big speech about how we were still in the game and how he wanted every loose ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

What the hell was Archie involving him in an assignment at this stage of the game for? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got into the game in the second quarter and gained four yards on his first carry of the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forced her hands to her sides, shaking her unease, and strode into the music and gaming room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You think you taught me how to play, but things are not always as they seem. Perhaps I learned the game from the cheesemonger, have you considered that?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"We were hunting in the woods one day. Hidden, waiting for game," I whisper. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Brian Chavez, starting both ways at tight end and defensive end after missing the first game of the season because of an ankle injury, walks through the locker room shirtless, his body drenched with sweat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is appropriate to introduce a few concepts when performing songs and games with children, and also to experiment with these concepts, such as changing tempos and dynamics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Tyler is smiling and stuttering at me and asking me if I know about some video game. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Of course, the hare slipped out of his skin again and enjoyed more games with the baboon children. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"I didn't know you could get nervous. Do you get nervous before football games?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Later, the game over, Ralph approached Helen as she chopped vegetables. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At the peg there. Then pick it up and throw it at this peg. It’s a game, see? You get the horseshoe back.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had been disappointed to find the miniature mechanical baseball game gone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few rounds pass me by, but somehow I manage to win the most games out of all of us. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was still burning when his father told him to get ready for the season’s last baseball game that evening. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Normally, whoever doesn’t pick the game gets to choose the source. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He saw as many hockey games as he could, was an active tennis player, skied, swam, and belonged to a Ping-Pong club in Manhattan. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He would act like everything in the world had depended on him owning you in that game. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

In the twenty-player tournament, he won only three games, drew eleven, and lost the rest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Iowa experiment is just that, of course, a simple card game involving a handful of subjects and a stress detector. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I just said no to everything, or I told them my father was taking me to ball games and stuff. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When he had taken his customary seat underneath the press box for the game, he privately believed it would take a miracle for Odessa High to win. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Warner says we can pick what game to play. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Book Scavenger was an online community of people who loved books and puzzles and games as much as Emily did, and it traveled with her no matter where her family lived. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If he told the guards that Spurge was gone, the game was up. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They’re completely involved in their game, their eyes serious as they move their brushes up and down in their make-believe job. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He emptied all his handheld video games and Josh's remote control cars, and called his grandma to tell her that all he wanted for his birthday in November was AA batteries. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But after the game, she was still there with one of her friends—everyone else had left by then—and I remember she touched my shoulder. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Any pennies thrown loose were considered fair game by the boys and they scrambled for them, picked them up and ran off down the street with an angry musician after them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the game was over and he was in charge. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I knew all too well that there were people in the world who didn’t have Monopoly games or race car beds. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I nodded, smiled, and returned my attention to the game. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, we’re just going to a ladies’ night bingo game at the Veterans’ Center. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I lost many games and many Life Savers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“So, right now we can get over 270 with Texas or Nevada and Alaska combined. Richards has to get all three of those. So nobody is out of the game yet.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She might want to tell him or her about Griswold’s game, or at least show the original hidden message and how it worked. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“A very expensive game,” Mr. McDowell replied, and it was obvious that he did not approve. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, games and songs were developed in their entirety or at least greatly enhanced by the creativity of children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Seventh period, I take this video game—design class. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I know. I’m sorry. We just really, really need to win today’s game—whatever it is.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I also know that if the game warden finds out about it, Judd’s in big trouble, ’cause the deer he shot out of season wasn’t even a buck. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several players in the tournament had come down with the flu—including Bobby’s teacher, Jack Collins—and had to forfeit games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was the very first friendly, which often set the tone for the rest of the games for the year to come. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They played the paper-families game and other games, both in the Rosses’ apartment and in Caroline’s. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d tried telling that to Thomas after I’d accidentally destroyed his favorite video game, but that hadn’t kept him from not talking to me for an entire week. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Aisles filled with all kinds of gadgets, puzzles, and games stretched in every direction. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They were arguing over who won a volleyball game. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a foolish waste of time playing this game. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The coffee table we found on the curb outside our building, which slides open to reveal decks of cards and board games. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Hell, I’d probably still be at home playing video games or trying to talk myself into getting out of the apartment. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In front of me, on the game’s monitor, my armored barbarian was striking a heroic pose. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Though we counted on getting plenty of fish and wild game, we had a wooden grub box full of staples. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know what was going on and they were impatient for me to take my shot so the second half of the game could begin. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Eden is only four and sits on our front door's steps, looking on as John and I play a game of street hockey. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She has gathered that the man in the grey suit whom her father called Alexander also has a student, and there will be some sort of game. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah. He put all the seniors in. It was their last game. And it was a blowout. Of course he was going to play them all.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whispers something to Tyler, one of the boys who played in the previous game. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He’ll play one of those games on her phone where you don’t have to think. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He thought about airplanes and video games, pizza and baseball, cupcakes and the Yankees. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But I shouldn’t be. Sure, I know how to play games. But I’m still not great at all the library stuff.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He played cow bingo with the same fervor as he played his last college basketball game at Saint Luke’s. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you want to finish the game, but this feels too risky for a game we’re not even sure was completed.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

These kinds of bizarre mind games were commonplace working with Sam. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I think the boys switch places in the middle of the game just to mix us up. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You were under a lot of pressure. I know how that feels. When we played the escape game, Charles Chiltington put so much pressure on me I thought I might turn into a diamond.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

After a while, Tag untangled himself and began a wrestling game with another baby. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She played her favorite game, figuring out about people. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The game is up," says Duke, his head angled heroically. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He knew just how to escape their tags and keep the game going. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might want to tell him or her about Griswold’s game, or at least show the original hidden message and how it worked. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At church potlucks they play a secret game of dumping random cans of food in casserole dishes and pretending their grandmothers gave them the recipe. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Slavery was not an abstraction, an economic force, a counter in the game of world politics—it was the suffering of men and women. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Like if a big guy says he’s good at video games, even though you know you’d gank him, you just keep your mouth shut. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Keepsies were no longer on top of the marble game. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on top of this hectic schedule, I was still competing for seeding at the games. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When Bobby discovered that he wasn’t going to play any formal games, but simply speed chess, he went into a not-so-silent rage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only real sleep I had gotten the night before was when I dozed off before the game even started. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Fine assured him that he just wanted to play a few games with him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Three black strikebreakers watching a baseball game in a vacant lot caught the attention of a Packingtown mob and were quickly engulfed in a swirl of raging humanity. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I could believe a lot of things and had been forced to over the course of that month, but getting kicked out of a checker game by my baby brother was pretty tough to swallow. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white wolf hunted well away from the line of march, but he was not having much better fortune than the foragers Smallwood sent out after game. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Kyle knew Sierra Russell could handle anything bookish the game makers threw at her. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Watching people play video games at Aaron’s is an Anchor. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

"No, I was just thinking about the other night. The card game." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Do these knights enjoy to be playing this game with our mother?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went zero for two in the first game. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My next thought was the baseball game in the flooded school yard. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when he trained, it almost became a game in itself. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I went to school with his son and I used to play pick-up basketball games with Marines who worked on his plane. Do you know what was different about him?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s you at a Celtics game, wearing one of their sweatshirts.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then Anise drags me up by my hair and the game starts all over again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Otto and I sat up and stared out into the near-dark clearing like we were watching a sports game on TV, the caterpillars a bowl of popcorn we chowed through without looking. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As they do, I can only find enough strength to stare in stunned silence at the grainy screenshot that is now publicly broadcast to everyone in the arena, and probably to everyone watching this game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ambassador Adlai Stevenson complained not long ago that in the United Nations “a skin game” was being played. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t doubt you found the next game,” he said in a voice that suggested he actually did doubt it, quite a bit in fact. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s pray for Ben’s success in the first game,” Lillian said, ignoring her older daughter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were good at this game: We could make it go on for days. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

And the drug game was everywhere, with a gun handle protruding from the top of every tenth teenager’s waistline. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Besides, John Hughes had offered me a job dealing for games; I didn’t want that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the late 1970s, Fischer hadn’t played a single game of chess in public since Iceland. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was even suspected of sabotaging a siege engine and getting his own centurion killed during the war games. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We watched a game show that had been taped. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when your parents have to work late, we’ll do dinner and play games,” the girl went on. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But he talked about it like it was a volleyball game or something. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ainsley is playing some video game, and the volume is turned down. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Terrell averaged twenty-three points a game last year, and I racked up many assists by feeding him. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being a transatlantic gay is a dangerous game to play. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Late in the game, one of the North Atlanta forwards got loose with the ball on Zubaid’s side of the pitch, and Zubaid rushed upfield to defend. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Before the game, I went into my coach’s office to talk to her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to go play video games?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I used to play games when I was young—it might as well be a thousand years ago. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought only pro football and baseball games get crowds like that. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

In another segment, called “Oscar’s Blending,” Oscar the Grouch and the Muppet Crummy play a game called “Breakable Words,” in which words are assembled and then taken apart. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the reasons I, a lowly sophomore, was keeping my own game under wraps for the time being. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The ball was still rolling when the referee blew his whistle—once, twice, and again—to signal the end of the game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t even matter that his team lost most of their games and didn’t make the playoffs. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“What do you think the purpose of this exercise is? The game, I mean, not the climbing.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The last time a game was on the line and Kyle listened to someone who “thought” they knew the answer, he’d lost. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I rode in silence behind them in the backseat of the Buick as we drove home from those basketball games, my feelings too deep or too jumbled to share. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The results weren’t as strong as a proper, man’s weapon, but the boys could still bring in small game. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two dueled for the first half of the game, but Bobby clearly had the advantage after that and he won on the thirty-ninth move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Step right up! Toss three balls in the hole and win a prize. Or try your luck in the shell game. Win a Liberty Head silver dollar.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I suspected that I was really playing a game with myself and that they were taking part. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he marched to the war games, Frank replayed the day in his mind. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

After the game John Wilkins, a former Permian coach who was now the athletic director for the county school system, came into the Permian locker room. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bend down to sketch out the squares for the game and add flowers at the four corners. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then on Friday night, Stuart would take me to dinner and we’d stay out late and I’d be tired when I got up for my tennis game on Saturday. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“When your father and I were your age, we used to play this game. Especially in the winter, when it snowed and we couldn’t go outside. We used to play until the sun went down.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

First and most directly, domestic animals became the societies’ major source of animal protein, replacing wild game. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Given the color of their skins, there was never any doubt over their roles in either game, Ethel’s habit of rubbing soot onto her face notwithstanding. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Soon I knew so much about the history of tennis that had the criteria for success in the game been knowledge of its history, I would certainly have been a superstar. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was overruled by the match committee on the grounds that he’d failed to appear at the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And the first person to reach sixty won the game—except they didn’t call it sixty. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You asking ’em to play and I’m paying for the game,” Gus said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not hope that this will be the one, for hoping is a foolish game. But if it burns six more days it will be my best lamp in these ten years.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She knew enough about the castle to know that she was on the southern side, and if she went through the game park, she’d reach a stone wall and the Avery River beyond. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s a really immersive game that plays on people’s fears. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The rebels went on with their card games, chatting for hours, and then for no apparent reason they shot a couple of rounds into the air. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But even then, it was only in character, as Anorak, during the course of our gaming sessions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There is no football game; it is not possible, as it is in the spring, to take bicycle trips into the surrounding country. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is all a game to them still, a tourney writ large, and all they see is the chance for glory and honor and spoils. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“No. But there will probably be free movies, and food, and prizes, and games.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But for the majority of us, this game is much harder. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Way up above them, Harry was gliding over the game, squinting about for some sign of the Snitch. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And he had entertained the thought that the time might never come, that the promise of the game was something to motivate his studies and nothing more. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“A little. I was never that good. If they played like they do today I would never have made a team. I enjoyed the game, though. Like you do. It was important to me.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When a dude gets your game that strong he should be a lot better than you and Brothers wasn’t all that, and I knew it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The girls taught me many games my brothers did not learn from the boys—hopscotch, handstands and even walking on my hands, jump rope, and cross-clapping that went along with songs. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

A Belgian newspaperman there recognized wit and raw avarice—a useful combination in any game. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should say something to the manager about the game? Maybe he’s supposed to give us our next clue.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I came back to the park and approached a man who was observing the game. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke was willing to play the games, although he would not follow the rules. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

At the upper end of Odessa that week were the delirious fans of Permian, virtually all of them white, preparing themselves for that greatest moment of all, a state championship game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, we decided to have the party in the “games” room, which had no games but a great rug. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You know those games on the back of cereal boxes, where the letters stand for numbers? What does every code need in order to be cracked?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He knocked me out of the game in the first five rounds and started bankrupting my mom and Paul. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m better at games when I can mostly use the joy stick,” I said as Connor slipped the disc into the console. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Either your player forfeits the set, or he gets back out there and finishes the game,” Reverend Hollister continued. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A second factor is that, just as the depletion of wild game tended to make hunting-gathering less rewarding, an increased availability of domesticable wild plants made steps leading to plant domestication more rewarding. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a little late in the game to try to reform him now. Humor the man.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Back at the Metropol Hotel, Bobby sat down with Reshevsky to analyze the position and consider possible strategies the older grandmaster might play when the game resumed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was out of shape, and was clearly tired by the middle of the third game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Still, she led the too inquisitive twins away and made them join in the game of hunt-the-zipper, which had been organized by one of her colleagues at the other end of the room. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We end up winning the game by a single run, all thanks to heavy-hitting Hennessey, who bats Laury in but gets tagged out trying to make her single into a double. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“How can it be broken? The motel manager said all these games are brand-new.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It had been a huge hit for Mr. Lemoncello, the master game maker. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I should have just played it cool but instead I gave him a look which told him that I didn’t respect his game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were together, white and black and Hispanic, rich and poor, and they would stay that way for as long as they were a team, as long as they had another game to play. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rock passing games such as “Obwisana” start out very simply, but the rocks can be tapped in more complex polyrhythms after the children master the easier rhythms. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Yet, if he could not play their games, he could do something they could not do; he was able, as one of his teachers said, to think. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to brag, but this stuff could be a game changer.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

On Saturday morning, after a quick game of basketball, Candice and Brandon biked to the library to search as many books as they could about sports. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"I was playing chess with him in the game room, but he didn't know I knew." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked closely at one news article about a high-school ball player who scored eighty-five points in a game. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the floor of the closet, our concentration game was undisturbed—all the center cards facedown. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

After losing four games in a row, he handed it over to let her play. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Louis said it was illegal to fish in the marsh, because that area was a game sanctuary. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kabbadi, a game similar to tag, involves the pursuer repeatedly chanting the word kabbadi in an uninterrupted stream without a breath while trying to tag someone. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He looked up at me shocked ’cause I’d never asked to play a game with nobody in the house, much less a counselor. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God’s greatest game. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is not certain which option bothers him more: involving Isobel in the game or relinquishing the one relationship in his life that has not been dictated for him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

During one practice, Mandela simply wandered off and joined in a pickup soccer game at the far end of the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Usually when I come on the court I take a guy’s game and put it in my pocket,” he said with this crooked grin, “but I had to leave yours in the locker room.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Tal persisted in his provocation, though, and Fischer lost their third game as well. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After that, it became a kind of game with him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In just six months that game had established him as more than just a curiosity: He was now a new star in the international chess galaxy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The consequence was what they’d assign to the first guy who lost his way out of the game. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It had reminded Candice of sudoku, a puzzle game her grandmother had first introduced her to. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You got your Tuesday game! I traded baby-sitting with this kid in my neighborhood. Stanford can’t make it. But everybody else is on!” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly mastered the game, eventually giving up baseball for it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I buy my card with game credits and he gets his own. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Putting out these fires is beginning to feel like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We had a halfhearted volleyball game against some guys from HQ company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while he exclaims, “Ah!” and the game makes several resolving chirps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Since I’m not a total spaz with the racket, Ms. Connors pairs me off with Jock Goddess Nicole to demonstrate the game to the rest of the class. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our final tie-breaking game lasted longer than the first two combined. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They can afford to buy butcher meat in town, although none of us likes it any better than fresh game. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And this time, he didn’t need to shatter any glass to win the game. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She is bold and brave and smart, and she wins almost every board game we ever play. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If my life were a video game, I would have hit the reset button a long time ago. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Those left behind had the task of going on with life even as the harshest snow fell, the bitter cold deepened, the game hid, and the fish sank deeper into the lake. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The odd couple continued to play their invisible game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We play a game called Annoyance, which isn’t particularly hard and is the only game we all enjoy without arguing too much. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He made me watch some basketball games with him and count all the Asian players. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Kok had a noble agenda: He wanted Bobby to continue his career, and he wanted to be a privileged witness to his games, as did almost all chess players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The battle scene in the game took place on an ice-covered tundra. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Once the car’s out of sight, the game’s back on. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

This is when I knew the game was on, one of the few times I decided to stop thinking and just live. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Both players surprised everyone, and probably each other, by virtually reversing their normal playing behavior during the first game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They never played lord of the crossing again, but they played other games—monsters and maidens, rats and cats, come-into-my-castle, all sorts of things. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of delicate bones litter the clearing around the vehicle, scattered among thousands of porcupine quills: the remains of the small game that made up the bulk of McCandless’s diet. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after the game, I didn’t mind taking Tough Will over to Mother’s Pizza. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She taught me how to play rummy, which is a card game Americans play at summer camps. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The stakes were huge: Whoever won ten games first would capture the lion’s share of the prize money and secure the “championship.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re just conducting war games. In war games somebody has to be designated as the enemy. When you get older, you’ll get to be Marines. You’ve just got to prove yourself worthy first.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she picks up a framed photo of her and her grandsons at a Winterhawks hockey game. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When the game was over, Felix pulled on his coat and put up the hood. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d also occasionally used Latin words and phrases in his early adventure games. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We did occasionally play actual baseball, but not enough kids had gloves to make a good game. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Johnson says we have free time and can look up any topic we want to learn more about as long as it’s not computer games. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of my prayers, when they weren’t for the Dodgers, were quick ones in the middle of a game, asking God to let me win. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know the jokes and stories you like, or the rules to the games. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I soon noticed that, after losing a few games of chess, my opponent talked less of masculine superiority,” she wrote in her autobiography. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a popular game, wondering which will come first. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick pauses the game when I walk in. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The legal game was on now, taking on its own life. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

All the games I used to play, to try to convince myself that Bas didn’t die alone. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I figured she was telling him about the game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were moments when Ivory Christian loved the game he tried so much to hate. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erlan and I played four games of Operation, and she just cried the whole time. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Wagging like I'm happy to see you, and I want to play, but we play different games. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was game for trying everything at least once. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sit on my own in the doorway of the container to watch the ball game. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thumbs-up meant a reprieve, a pause in the game, a sign of something well done. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Each game that he played, or analyzed, whether his or others’, established a processional of insight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Where wheat became particularly abundant, and game and other food sources were also plentiful, human bands could gradually give up their nomadic lifestyle and settle down in seasonal and even permanent camps. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, little kids on the block are playing a game of tag, yelling, Not it! Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

Sam Westing was dead, but maybe, just once, she could beat him at his own game. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s comment at the end of the game was revealing in its honesty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Saving my game also allowed me to log out for bathroom breaks, and to recharge my space heater. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Accompanying game for “I Have Lost my Closet Key”: Children sit in a circle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We would spend a lot of time working on our technique, practicing a series of footwork or a particular move over and over again, so at game time, we would instinctively be able to execute. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“But how are you and I going to watch the game?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We pass the time looking out at the evolving landscape, talking, playing games. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Come and have a game of Quidditch in the orchard, Harry,” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Two weeks later, we traveled up the road for our first game of the season. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s that we both keep losing the peg game and we’re emotionally fragile.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

"So who's going to look like the classiest guy there? Besides, what do you know—you're not even going—to the dance, that is. The football game, however? Different story." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But the rest of the park stays empty, the boys’ blue and red plastic eggs still scattered all over the grass, waiting for the game to start. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Next day he found her in the curving hall of grey marble, lit now by the westering sun, where often she spent the afternoon at games or at the weaving-loom with her maids. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Luma couldn’t help but notice how much more passionate these boys were for the game compared with the girls she coached at the YMCA. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When the whistle blew three times to signal the end of the game, the Under Thirteens had won, 5-1. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Tough Will, who was known to sit down in the middle of his own soccer game, right there on the field, until his coach gave up and called in the sub. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And we kept laughing as we walked into the locker room to get ready for the game. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ballplayers knew where the important games were going to be held, and the best ballplayers from all over the city were at the games. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I love watching crazy people go at each other in some stupid game show. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And I'm bummed because I won't see you tomorrow, either, so I have to tell you good luck in your game and have fun. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“This is where his lips were that I used to kiss a lot. Where are your jokes now, your games, your songs?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were midway through the fifth game when I was stopped in my tracks by something I saw. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I became distracted at this point because Jeffrey had walked over to Joey and started playing the game Memory with him. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Coach said he used to throw up before games. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some would say that it was an artifact of the particular way war games are run. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Zach Oh acts like a baby when he loses a video game. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you know, Dad, that not one of us here has ever beaten you in a single game? Not checkers, not dominoes, not softball, nothing.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I win the first game, I let him win the second: I still haven’t discovered what the terms are, what I will be able to ask for, in exchange. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I played with Sam Westing—chess. Hour after hour I sat staring down at that chessboard. He lectured me, he insulted me, and he won every game." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was with Ron in the living room, listening to music too loud and playing board games. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I won almost two whole talents before they stopped inviting me back to their games. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Where possible, the tournament director alternates the colors, so that a player will play with the white pieces in one game and with the black in the next. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Both my parents were at the game, and at the end, my mother applauded and smiled widely, her face glowing with pride. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Not even for the game, as Coach Drucker had once told me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a freak of nature, dude. I don't know what kind of game you are playing, but you better let me go right now.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody plays games in the backyard of a murderer. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the night of the game, after they’d won, Coach Dub shook Reggie’s hand, then leaned in and told him to leave his daughter alone. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t see her until it was too late. I live in 115. When I came back after the poker game, I found the door open and the lights on. I found her.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Groups of dingy, hungry-looking children called to each other and played games. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

During weekends and school holidays, the four of us were inseparable, racing in and out of each other’s yards and making up games on the fly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Ready to try your luck and win yourself this here Liberty Head silver dollar? It’s an easy game. I’m practically giving away money today. Right, Nikki?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

First, we had to play that Bible Detective game again, and Howard added to his collection of Bible bucks. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He had been playing the game for eight years, as long as it took to go to medical school, serve an internship, and complete a residency, but what loomed down the road because of it? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had worked often at the Childcare Center, and had enjoyed the time playing educational games with the toddlers and young children, but infants—they were called newchildren—had never interested her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Why doesn’t Mom come to my hockey games? Or go anywhere, really?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The game is more fun than Axel can ever remember, but Daniel’s mom calls for Daniel too soon. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Jody opened his lunch pail and deposited the first game inside. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

So while Mackenzie runs herself ragged in game temples, I wander through my neighborhood making random turns, maybe in search of my own boss key. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It’s so much loss that it’s easier if you just died and started the game over. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The same game Tony continually urged Wes to stay out of. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You got thirty more minutes—thirty more minutes to decide if this is your last game or not,” she told them. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We also have a supply of reading material, and we’re going to buy lots of games. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

What I remembered was just the games, which, once I was awake, I couldn’t find, and the elf gloves, and the bow, and the lizard that was all mine. o o o . Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I use the most hideous deaths from her stupid How Would You Rather Die? game. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The team loses the state championship game by one point. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because I loved playing games, life for me at Repton was not totally without pleasure. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Coach arrives he starts talking about what worked in the game and what we need to improve, just like he always does. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then in third grade, she started with her mean games, so I’ve never been to her house. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, you’re spending Friday night gaming and nursing the hand you broke while trying to sucker punch somebody. No wonder Jase Worthington has chosen to hitch his star to your wagon.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wish I could stop by Bayside Press and snoop for information about the game.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We hear it, shrill and silver, an echo from a volleyball game of long ago. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ren is risking his reputation as a professional player just to gamble a handful of notes here in an illegal game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Years later, Fischer would judge the Larsen game one of the best he ever played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t suppose we came here to play games,” she said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Nipper jumped into my face and I showed him he didn’t have a game and there was no way he could get mine. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“How will taking me out of the tournaments stop whatever Zero’s planning to do during the final game?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The teams took their positions on the field, the referee blew the whistle, and the game was under way. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t eat a bag of peanuts at the ball game, you’d have to eat peanut after peanut after peanut. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walter Johnson, maybe with the best fastball in the game, could drive a nail in a fence post from sixty feet. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patrick doesn’t either, but he was too busy watching the game and screaming at Brad, the quarterback. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The following Tuesday, as he drove downtown to the bus station to pick up some game films of the team’s final opponent, the San Angelo Central Bobcats, he was still grappling with the loss. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “That’s it! The game is breaking up, Mason. And I have to get home.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“No no no no no. He’s straight. And he has no game. None of us have any game. We’re kind of like three celibate stepsiblings.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Fab! Step up your hair game. You gotta actually look fabulous for people to start calling you Fabulous,” Donna says, standing in front of me with one of her wigs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If that game was discounted, he claimed, then he would be the winner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“So while you guys played that last game, I took the liberty of running the guy’s license plate.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The lieutenant says, “I need to know everything. Was there a trick? A game?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“You mean that big bully Karen hit the little biddy Marine on the big toe during war games?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t a game to her, but it wasn’t something she was afraid of, either. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was just getting into the spirit of our game when someone hooted, “Look, Kumar! Those bridge boys are following that new girl!” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

That was good, because I was pretty much terrible at the game. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I came into the games ranked eighth in the world, and no matter what everyone else expected of me, I wanted to win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I felt guilty for being sick, and I was thinking my being so sick had interrupted her sleep and thrown her off her game. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Once he learned a game, it took him mere hours to master it, and then he simply couldn’t be beaten. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Our first game looks like it’s going to be a fast one,” she says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were “smart” because they could do so many things beyond calling, like texting, emailing, surfing the Internet, playing games. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Inside it’s like Black Friday at its worst—but today it’s not televisions and video games people are after. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Right, how so?” she mumbled, not taking her attention off the game for even one instant. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two Dutch researchers did a study in which they had groups of students answer forty-two fairly demanding questions from the board game Trivial Pursuit. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I knew there was something weird about her. But why did you activate Raven if you weren’t planning to start the game right away?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had no patience with this game they played, this dueling with words. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I want to come clean and tell one weeping woman that it was all a hoax, a move in the game, but to present Peeta as a liar now would not help his image. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But then, he’d know that was a big, fat lie, ’cause he saw those kids leaving him out of their kickball games and cutting in line in front of him like he was invisible. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Besides, Nell,” Theodora said, “we were not talking about you at all. As though I were the games mistress,” she said, half angry, to Luke. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked away, you and Muthu started playing a game, tossing a bit of concrete into the air like a ball and trying to catch it again before it fell. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

That locked the two labs into a zero-sum game that only one could win unless both compromised significantly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She was why they lost the next game so miserably to Red Rock. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

After breakfast he settled in front of the baseball game. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Multi-modal complexity is very much part of many children’s game songs from Zimbabwe. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Their children played, now, with other children of Village, racing down the lanes and paths in games of tag and hide-and-seek. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When I got to math it was the same game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Former World Champion Boris Spassky once said that he dreamt about chess, and David Bronstein, a World Championship candidate, talked about playing whole games in his sleep—ones he could reproduce the next morning. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“One was even there the night of the tennis game. But you...you risked everything for a city you owed nothing to. Why?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But my brother and I had also learned a long time ago how to game the system; when I wanted to go out somewhere, and I knew my parents wouldn’t approve, he’d vouch for me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I told ’em if they didn’t get air-conditioning in that office I’d . . . throw up the whole game. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But at supper that night, when I mention that the Secret Santa game has been canceled, the relieved look on their faces makes me suspect they also spoke to the principal. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Or if you wanted to play a rousing game of dots. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

That boy then has the nerve to say, “How much different could real life be from the video game?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I suppose she didn’t catch many JV games. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

We tried playing a few times without the North, but this turned out to be so boring that we abandoned the game altogether. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And then, after our troubles were tallied up like those points at the basketball game, we would celebrate being alive. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t whether the Net is a place for hate-mongers and bomb-makers, or whether video games are turning your kids into killers. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old method dictated that in the event all the games were played and there was a tie, the reigning champion would retain the title. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mother gives an odd, breathy laugh and removes the game bag loaded with supplies from my shoulder. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One thing I do like about Lubek is that he gets straight to the point, without games. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A man is up against a hard game when he must die to beat it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I decide I don't want to play a game I've never played before, with so many kids I don't know. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

More dinners, a concert, another Knicks game, his face in the front row of my shows, hands clapping hard. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the Odessa High game took place, Boobie was still in street clothes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thirteen Games, had it remained as thirteen games only, would have appeared to be just a shade more than a monograph. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It would be a good way to distract herself from constantly refreshing the Book Scavenger forums for game rumors or updates on how Mr. Griswold was doing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Within minutes I invented another game, which involved singing and dancing as well as storytelling. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little girls learned them from other little girls and it was the most frequently played game in Brooklyn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the next day, I played a game with myself, seeing if my mother would give up on me before eight bellows. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smells like basement and wears video game T-shirts, which he sometimes pairs with socks and sandals. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Cain’s attention was on Celaena as he said, “You were brought here—all of you were. All the players in the unfinished game. My friends,” he gestured to the dead, “have told me so.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As I was going through all this, I tried to watch the game, but it was slow as all hell and Will’s team was terrible. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He remembered the half dozen or so times he’d gone to a game with Papi and Carlos, sitting in the bleachers, worrying, shouting, eating, thrilled to be there with his father and big brother. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She spent her days watching game shows, her stories, and whatever else came on. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had seen how it gave the others a spark of life, to play a game of sorts, to have something to win. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Some men in a corner booth shot dice, but the game was a quiet one. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Exactly how many board games have you played?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He thrust his head and shoulders into the huddle, considering what play he should call next, but a part of him was not concerned with the play or the game. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chas began setting up the game, and the guys sat in a circle on the floor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The chest of toys contained nursery-rhyme booklets, Monopoly and word-association games, building blocks, Snakes-’n’-ladders, jigsaw puzzles and many other kinds of games no black child ever dreamed of having. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m new to the prizefighting game, but there was something about the look in his eye that worried me. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just a game anymore, Sierra thought angrily, as dancing limbs and torsos slammed against her and fell away again. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“And another thing! I saw that toy airplane he won in a card game, and mark my words— you will never get in it. Never!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But the game is played with loaded dice. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Each time the men of Durham flexed their muscle, she redoubled her efforts to break up their game. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But to paraphrase Aristotle, one chess game does not a champion make. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, my little brother Atal and his friends had started playing a new game. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Going to. Got a pickup game with some of the black shirts in a few.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. It was just one game. For now,” I said, trying to defuse the situation—though maybe I straightened my posture a bit to let him know I was not one to mess with. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

No one’s game enough to lengthen their stay and actually walk all the way in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They must have been using them to provide additional light for the game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was real busy with him and she went to peewee league games for him and even took him to work with her sometimes. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How often she and Mo had played this game! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But football games were not won with noble role models and the cotton candy that college presidents liked to spin out for the media. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was going to be interesting to see what happened when two crews playing the same game met on the Langer See. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t stop the old man and the boy from joining the ten thousand who thronged to the stadium on the boulevard to see the traditional high school football game. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that Leo might attack the statue with his gaming device was enough to snap Annabeth out of her shock. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m serious, Arthur, that makes your game even more impressive. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Rumors surfaced that the series had been fixed, rumors that gained credence when just before the first game, the betting odds that had overwhelmingly favored the White Sox dropped to even. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

An elegant Parisian lady took great pleasure in this game. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Thirteens’ third game of the season took place on a hot Saturday afternoon at Ebster Field, the Fugees’ home ground in downtown Decatur. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Carlisle stood at the plate, and the others joined the game halfheartedly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, dear. Have you boys been playing that castle sewer game again?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He said that unlike football matches where he could charge admission to the games, there was no precedent for charging admission to the Academic Bowl. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But if this was not of sufficient help, then a whole new game plan went into effect, and the command module and the lunar module switched roles. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If women were in the mix, he was in the game. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

With the game obviously in hand and Permian ahead 28-0, he had seen little reason to play in the second half because of the way he felt. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first the game was much, much harder, the next thing to impossible... but just when she was near the point of screaming with frustration, it all became much easier. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At a picnic table on the lawn outside, four old women, all wearing broad, straw hats, were playing a card game. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Far into the night he’d play over the latest games by himself—from tournaments in places ranging from England to Latvia to Yugoslavia to Bulgaria—and he’d hiss and scream as he followed the moves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Justin has a game, so he’s supposed to come later, after dinner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He said it had already helped his pool game. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Today,” announced Mr. Lemoncello, “in our third and fourth games, you will use the library to help your imagination take flight, much as I am about to do.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now was the time of hard drinking, rising volubility, and the games of pilots. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take the language-game represented by Ptolemaic astronomy; that game ceased to be possible when the telescope showed that Venus has a full set of phases. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Like Freak says, reading is just a way of listening, and I could always listen, but writing is like talking, and that's a whole other ball game. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I pass the gym, a volleyball game is interrupted, and the players from both teams give me a round of applause. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But there was no time for a real game because Mrs. Ross had arranged for a neighbor lady who didn’t work to make sure they arrived home safely and on time. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If their heart isn’t in it all you gotta do is look mad crazy and hit ’em once in the face and it’ll be game over. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In Bobby’s fourth and final game he managed to hold on to a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The two sides finally agreed to play the game at a neutral site in Austin at Memorial Stadium of the University of Texas. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after the journey north the evening games had disappeared, and Ophie sorely missed those better days. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We had a comeback but during the whole first part of the game I was playing weak. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The same way he does when we study for tests or before a big game. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Never in a million years had he thought his grandmother would need rescuing, but now he started running combat scenarios in his mind-—the way he had back at camp during the war games. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“And I’m sorry you can’t watch the rest of the game.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Had this been a football game and had he not been the target, it would have made Travis’s father proud. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Not really. More game planning, I think. We gotta stick together.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Now that I was seeing the Commander on the sly, if only to play his games and listen to him talk, our functions were no longer as separate as they should have been in theory. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, normally I am very shy, but Nothing seemed like the kind of guy you could just walk up to at a football game even though you were three years younger and not popular. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as I finished clearing the wave on Galaga, I noticed my reflection in the game’s screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’d like you to play a game of Scrabble with me,” he says. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asher makes a sound as if to argue, but then he stops, as if he’d remembered my successful moves from our last game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the game started, he got right up on me too. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She and her father usually went to a few games during the summer. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Remember when you were two and I taught you the game? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Dad owned the red, yellow, and green properties and had them loaded up with hotels just waiting to bankrupt us out of the game. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They were milling around both end zones, trying to find open places to stand and watch the game. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a new indoor game,” I announced. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I had a heart attack and had to give it up. I work part time now. But I know the game. I know the game and I know what you got in here.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I dare you to any such experiment. Encroach, presume, and the game is up.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gerald looked forward to his basketball games, for the physical release, and when he could he liked to hang with the boys on the team. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shrugged, as if he believed the game might be really real. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was confused as hell and it made me feel so off-kilter, off my game, and I just needed to break this thing open and be done with it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It started to become clear to Wes: the drug game was raw capitalism on overdrive with bullets, a pyramid scheme whose base was dead bodies and ruined lives. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Kyle just hoped his team didn’t lose both of those games, too. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

That evening, our football team was playing an away game against OPS #0571, which was located roughly an hour’s run from the forest where the tomb was hidden. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Obtaining Personal Information The name of the game in statistics is the inferring of information about a large population by examining characteristics of a small, randomly selected sample. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going back to Bobby’s chalet, the two analyzed some games, and Thorbergsson continued his volley of subtle arguments for why Bobby should play exclusively in Iceland. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was the worst game of Pete and Repeat they had ever played. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was early in the game, and we were either just barely winning or just barely losing—I don't remember. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ve seen all of your home games. I used to play basketball in college.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I was like, Mom rules at this game.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A bright mural is painted along one corner, a colorful swirl of stylized game levels. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bobby claimed that his system would actually reduce the number of draws, that it would produce games in which the players would take more chances, trying to achieve wins rather than half points. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got out the game had started. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Virgil’s parents complained that kids today never spent any time outside because they were too busy playing video games. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And what if, by chance, we were game that could feed them? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe, if the game maker wasn’t judging the essays until later that night, Kyle still had a shot. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She didn’t sound like a woman playing power games to me, but I didn’t press the point. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rush set the terms for what became a high-stakes game of honesty by proposing that they dispense with the usual topics and report to each other on their respective dreams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Illusions, of course—tricks, games of seeming. Like this!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When my sisters and I speak, one right after the other, it’s like a song we sing, a game we play. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounds like Coach is preparing me to mark a man in a basketball game, because he’s raising his voice like he does in huddles. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My game was a lot more fun than the real thing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then he made one from 37 yards to win the Gulf County game 10-7. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Happy music sounds like the music they play at the beginning of baseball games, except sped up, and looped over and over and over again, until every lady in the church catches the spirit. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The naming game is inseparable from the discovery game; it could not exist before the voyages of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But I’d also played hundreds of other classic text adventure games that year, including all of Zork’s sequels, and so most of the details of the game had now faded in my memory. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Who could get points on the board at the beginning of the game, and at the end of the game, when his legs were jelly and his lungs a fire collapsing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She joined him for lectures, celebrations, athletic events, hunting parties, gambling, and gaming. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to figure out that Ileana was playing a game that I just didn’t like. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, I had always been a pretty good pitcher, even though baseball wasn’t my game. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Some children’s singing games have their roots in circle dances, while others reflect social traditions of courtship and marriage, friendship, overcoming childhood fears, or just expressing the fun and merriment of childhood. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, then I say The Gold-Bug is just a silly game. Does that make it matter any less to you?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Well, with game like this that’s where me and JB are headed.The new girl comes up to me after the game, her smile ocean wide my mouth wide shut. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I always thought it would mean playing video games in your pajamas all day and eating cereal from a huge mixing bowl. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He did not know; perhaps he would return for the early dinner and perhaps he would not It all depended upon the company which he found over at Klein's and the size of “the game.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time since the Westing game he was wearing the dentures with the chipped front tooth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” she groaned, “but make it fast. We have a game in an hour.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He played a lovely game of billiards and with the handicap I was only four ahead at fifty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe to make it easier for us to remember that we lost two different games today.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

David, Daniel, Silly, and I ran off to play a game we called Hunter and Hunted with water guns. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Angela reported on the clues gathered in the game room and during the day's comings and goings: "King, queen. Otis Amber said, 'King Otis and Queen Crow.' "Purple waves. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was one of the main reasons why Kyle thought everything that came out of Mr. Lemoncello’s Imagination Factory—board games, puzzles, video games—was amazingly awesome. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He went to all the games and made all the Tuesday night booster club meetings. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the games were hard for them, but we all helped. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they only think of him as an ugly young man who was good at games. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In regular games, unused power-ups that you collect can be stored in your player inventory. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She devised a game in which each number was a family member and the “answer” made a family grouping with a story to it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was messing with my house key and before long I had it in my mouth and I was playing a game. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle didn’t totally agree, but he was too excited about playing the game to say anything. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The experiments use video game technology to challenge people to distribute attention, then use imaging to measure brain activity during the task. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some of the game money we took in had to go to buy gas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give you all the details after the game,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One night Wix Howard and “Little Bob” Turner—the grandsons of Samuel and William, respectively—played against each other in a game of poker. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He whipped his head back so fast to the card game the brothers were arguing over that Steve appeared to have momentarily laid down before bouncing back upright. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It took him a few difficult and sometimes discouraging years, but eventually he was winning the majority of his games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So, after the game I go home and pull out my study sheet with all the words we’ve been studying and my clues to remember them. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The e-mailed stories ranged from suspensions and expulsions for “antisocial behavior” to censorship of student publications to new restrictions on computing, Web browsing, and especially gaming. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was more interested in the children who hung out playing games in between the fences. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to play Squirrel Squad Six. The new edition. According to the game box, it won’t be released to the general public until early December.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Okay, let’s play elephant this time,” Sneaky says after I beat him in the first game. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

There was one about the game Liar’s Dice, another about a game called Cheat, another about a video game, and the rest of the page of hits were about something called Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, then I say The Gold-Bug is just a silly game. Does that make it matter any less to you?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But Asher Wing is one of the most talented captains in the games,” another pipes up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Then again, the Cyclones gave us that second game,” Webb adds, smiling. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

In middle school, Michael and I would go to the games sometimes even though neither of us were popular enough to go. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But we’ve already figured out some of the clues for the game! And he was so rude at Hollister’s the other day.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The cops, the jail, how she missed Grace’s soccer game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Eight bright red neon letters spelled out the words game room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to play the smart game,” I tell her. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Wayne Parr did not go to football and basketball games, and by and large, neither did we. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Played this game called The Plague, which I did not participate in, by the way! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

After twenty games, the score stood at 11½–8½ in favor of Fischer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, the whole school is on my case for blowing the game to dumb old Powell Academy and you talking about listening to some jams,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I silently scold myself—what a game to involve myself in. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A week after the game, Republican presidential candidate George Bush came to the Midland-Odessa area for a campaign appearance. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let us pass over the time I spent alone in the woods that evening, playing games that children invent to amuse themselves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Planning for the war game began in earnest in the summer of 2000. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The Thirteens’ full roster had turned out for the game, so Luma was able to substitute freely, to keep her players fresh in the heat. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

B.J.’s mom came to games on nights when she didn’t have stuff to do at her church. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the window it was just a video game on TV. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My skin was still flush from our game, which was good. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Soon Luma was running herself sweaty, pleasantly lost in a game with strangers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was playing video games when my mom called me to the door. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had had the best game of his life—seven for nine passing for 194 yards and four touchdowns. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the prize is a television show appearance, we need to up our game. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The mental game plays such a pivotal role in fencing, and on that day, my mental game had been off. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There is a game all children try at some time or another. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Kyle pretended to laugh, but deep down, he knew the truth: No matter how hard he tried, he would never be able to win every single game he played for the rest of his life. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

For the next few games I think of what happened earlier, when I went to 13 Harrison Avenue. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Twice I was invited to dinner in a mobile home and several times watched a football game on television. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I forgot! I was supposed to bring the dogs to the park for his game. Was he upset?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I taught him how to use it before the game. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Not unless the game warden finds out, there’s not»” Judd says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after the game was over, she walked up to me and said, “We don’t want you to play with us anymore.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine the ghost surrounded with sunlight and baseball games and poetry—good stuff that would push the ghost away. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I am sad the game is over and I’m relieved that I trust him again. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“This is a rotten game we play, isn’t it?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought we could play some games together this morning, now you’re back from your walk. Hopscotch? Happy Families? Monopoly?” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“I have tasted a lot more salt. I am to ask the first question, if we are to play the game.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

One day when they were all working in the Rosses’ apartment, Marshall got out his indoor bowling game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My “friends” all went to the game, of course, because all their boyfriends were playing. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dany could hear the singing of the red priests as they lit their night fires and the shouts of ragged children playing games beyond the walls of the estate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was angry and yet certain, seeing it all ahead like the moves in a chess game. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

New Guineans old and young routinely eat mice, spiders, frogs, and other small animals that peoples elsewhere with access to large domestic mammals or large wild game species do not bother to eat. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Children,” she said, “perhaps those video games you like to play have addled your brains.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You’re a very stupid young man, do you know that? You think this is some kind of game?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

An old Warcross game plays across another white wall in the room, covering it from top to bottom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Why not join in the game?” asked Loki. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boots was really good at those games where they gave you four pictures that looked alike except one had a tiny difference. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aech and I quickly fell into our old familiar rhythm, and before long it was like we were back in the Basement, trash-talking each other over a game of Quake or Joust. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know the rules of the game, but there are so many cute boys that I don’t even care to pay attention to the ball or the score. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If occasionally he cheated a customer, he told himself that was part of the game. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Although McCandless was enough of a realist to know that hunting game was an unavoidable component of living off the land, he had always been ambivalent about killing animals. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soccer games are where young people hang out and hook up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Saturdays often brought a football game, and every football game called for a dance afterward in the women’s gym. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some of them looked into our sleeping places, and the others took off their jackets and played hand-wrestling games and tug-of-war with boys. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There was a baseball game going on, husbands against wives. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This book guides professionals to work through music, harnessing the processes that underlie music learning, and outlining developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children’s lives through play, games, creativity, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what they were saying, but I was pretty sure Miles was dragging the game out on purpose. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“It was a last-minute thing. Kevin was pretty badly injured last game, so Coach Johnson asked me to fill in,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Can I get a ride home after the game, man?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You lucky stiff. You got to see all those ball games.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been too wrapped up in homework, reading “The Black Cat” in hopes of figuring out what she was supposed to do next in Mr. Griswold’s game, and her family’s adventures. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

While she was waiting for Ma to come home from work, Vega and me convinced her to walk us down to the game store on 125th Street. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“She’s the reason I like puzzles and mysteries so much. Crossword puzzles, riddle books, strategy games—you name it, she bought it. Every birthday. Every Christmas.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Kat suggests a game of skat: it is easier when a man has something to do. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got the hint real quick that we had blown the game and went on about how crowded it was downtown. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Raven said the game wasn’t supposed to start for a few weeks.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When someone pointed out that the game could easily last until two in the morning, it was rescheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. the next day, Sunday afternoon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mikayla and the rest of the JV girls’ volleyball team had their annoying spirit week these past few days, so we knew there’d be a volleyball game at Fountain Middle on Saturday. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malvolio tried to sabotage her own school's chances by taking Grace out of the game. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

After that, it was just a mopping-up exercise: another handful of moves, and the game was done. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Instead we’re going to play a game called ‘Did You Hear.’ From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The same was true of the water hole, where unauthorized games of hockey were played during the winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised how many students came out to watch the first hockey game. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Parents picked their children’s hair, girls played singing and clapping games, and some of the young soldiers played soccer with the boys. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Because we had to work, Roberto and I usually skipped the games on Friday nights and went only to the dances. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Our old backgammon set came out from under a stack of board games, and a few of the older women began to count their worry beads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As I exit the game room, I realize that Balekin must have arrived with his retainers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then Kay said: “Well, I am game. It is my adventure after aU.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I promise, we weren’t doing anything bad down there. We were playing games and stuff.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

At one point, my brother made a very big play on third down, and everyone cheered even though some of us had already seen the game before. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I booked cigarette and money bets on fights and ball games. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain was a good chess player, and the games were always interesting. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The Warden died in a pickup basketball game, presumably from a heart attack, when he was forty-nine. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly. Maybe it would defeat their purpose. They win when you respond the way they expect you to. Change the rules of the game, girl, and they might not like it so much.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had shut a door on her imagination and played this cruel game. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She wondered how many people Marion had told about the “secret” game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My only two friends tried to rid me of the grief in my soul, They had lunch with me, played golf with me, challenged me to games of dominoes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing? Come now, boy, this isn’t the time for games.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He pulled back on his speed, wishing this flying pterodactyl game came with power pellets of some kind. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

That night, the night after the party, I had something that I thought was a dream, with me at a great site where all the games were free and you could play anything. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, when the mouse thing started to wear off, my mind went back to the football game, to Scooter, to the tackle. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’ve got ten more turns. Right now, the score is Pacific one, Midwest one. All we have to do is win one game and we’re tied for first place.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He followed a red carpet to the second floor and into the gaming room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the fourth game Karpov moved his knight on his twenty-first move, which Bobby insisted was the “proof” of the beginning of the staged sequence. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, about an hour before game time, Coach Belew met, as usual, with the defensive ends. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s drop the charade. We are both interested in that book for the same reason: Mr. Griswold’s ridiculous game.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My dad was younger than most of the varsity team because he was only a sophomore, and I think the team thought he was going to blow the game. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because she loved to hear it, and the men loved to hear themselves, they would “woof” and “booger- boo” around the games to the limit. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’s one thing to step on them or jump out of their way when you’re walking by them, but it’s a totally different ball game to have to sleep among them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Theo threw a complete game, striking out nine and giving up only two hits, just like the ace of a staff is supposed to. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Stanley didn't know what kind of game Mr. Sir was playing. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Gaines tried to comfort him and told him the other team only wanted to get him worked up so he would get himself kicked out of the game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She became an expert at catching small game and she took great pleasure in carving. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No harm, no foul. We got a game to win, don’t we? Head in the flames!” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I shook his shoulder and felt bad it was the only game I’d made it to all season. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Our second game came right down to the wire, but by the end of it, I’d spotted a pattern to the lich’s playing technique. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He wrote Odes in honor of the victors in the games at the great national festivals of Greece, and in every one of his poems myths are told or alluded to. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The TV was always tuned to some game or another. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She stabbed at the giantess with her own hunting knife and led her in a deadly game of tag around the throne. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Some nights when I cannot sleep, I lie in bed and play that game Minerva taught me, going back in my memory to this or that happy moment. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the War Eagles stayed focused and played their game. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To boot, our nearest neighbor was an older man without any kids or kids’ games. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A local news crew came out to interview me before the game. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The storm had driven the bigger game into their shelters and burrows. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The score on the game was zero to zero, fourth quarter, making this the most boring game ever. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, he gave up and decided to just play the game. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

While Good Boys is in rehearsal, Bobby and Zach spend a lot of time together away from school, just like always—they play video games and Ping-Pong, work out, talk about school and girls. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“There’s a basketball game tonight, costs ten cents. Can we go?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The captain was having a great success with finger games. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Much faster. But I was going to the hospital. Today I am driving to a baseball game.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In games, he would chase the ball from one end of the field to the other, switching from defense to midfield to offense and back, running himself to exhaustion. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Not ten minutes into the game, a Lightning player settled a pass on the wing and sprinted down the line past Kanue and into open space. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Connor turned his attention to the row of video games in the cabinet. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The guys watching the game started yelling and carrying on and when I looked at the coach I saw that he was red. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Six hours later we’re in the Roths’ living room watching their twin sons play a game with a wooden top called a dreidel. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It took a while for the commands and quirks of the game to come back to me, but once they did, the game wasn’t that difficult to solve. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He had been wrong about War Admiral; he was game. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was a bent glade I knew from when us village kids used to fight war games in the woods. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sat on the bench, sweaty, sipped water, and waited for the game to end. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

‘One time in the middle of a play-off game I had to splint a quarterback’s leg with nothing but tree branches and strapping tape.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Dicey insisted on paying for all their rides and games, as if they were real customers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was frustrated at being down two games to none against Tal, who never passed up a chance to annoy his younger opponent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the Monday after the West Charleston game, Ogden Loring stopped in front of Ben’s desk, removed his glasses and began cleaning them with his silk paisley tie. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One game was a paper with lines in all detections and lots of boxs. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not playing with you, old man. I play with him. So, you want to bet on the game, Mister Shadow?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He’d been home barely a month from the Candidates tournament in Yugoslavia, and he was tired—never really weary of the game itself, but fatigued from his excruciating two-month attempt to become Botvinnik’s challenger. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He told me fencing was a mind game, so instead of focusing on the physical, he taught me to think tactically. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It’s like one of those claw games from the arcade came and pinched nearly every box clean. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, perhaps because of first-night board fright, Bobby underestimated his opponent but was lucky to coax a draw from Neikirch, even though Bobby had an inferior game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the day went by quick and Mr. Tate called a special pep rally at two-thirty for the big game with Carver. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The final minutes of the game were desperate and dangerous. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Young men and women mingle, eager to enter the labyrinth of hedges and begin the game. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Only a few hundred of these artifacts existed, and most of them dated back to the earliest days of the OASIS, when it was still primarily an MMO game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I do have a specific set of skills that appeals to him—I hunt criminals, I hack, I’m a Warcross fan who is very familiar with the game’s inner workings. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Here, I couldn’t watch movies, play games, or listen to music while I answered the endless stream of inane calls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Our team won the first four games in pretty easy fashion. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

We watched the news and a couple of game shows, and then I took Sammy back home. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was, as I say, a little game we all indulged in to some extent. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The danger was recognised in time and the species protected, the most notable factor being the substitution of the Golden Snitch for the Snidget in the game of Quidditch. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game would start with each player having ninety minutes, and upon his making a move, two minutes would be added to each player’s time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was Mr. Lawrence’s new idea to keep Tony in at recess so they could play some math games together. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The second and third days were a new game, called Obedience, or Being Good. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she knew he would miss his grandchildren and their games of hide-and-seek in his kitchen cupboard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wanted to watch the volleyball game, but Alhaji began to pull me and didn’t let go until we were at the doorway of the hospital. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z