He continued to massage my arms and legs roughly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He saw himself clutching a broken arm and wailing in pain. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He drove on, shielding his face from the steady wind with the corner of his coat. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw Alice looking out, and there was something in her face that he had never seen before. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke a few words to Sergeant Simpson and Simpson nodded. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He teased them and told them he did not think they would make much money selling such horrid items. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He invented the lie just before arriving in South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The actual quote was: "It seems hard to sneak a look at God’s cards. But that He plays dice and uses ‘telepathic’ methods...is something that I cannot believe for a single moment." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He limped out to the wagon and peered up at Jethro. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He truly seemed at peace in these moments, able at last to lose himself in something without anguish and ambivalence. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to occupy his mind with something. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Wander. Both inside and outside my head.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He put his fists to his mouth and screamed. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mother is doing great and sends her love. Your father has filed a lawsuit to have the abuse charges against him dropped. He’s also filed for your custody.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He knew now why Prince always seemed to shed about ten years when they made their landfall. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled throughout my explanation, although it was clear he didn't understand all of it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He saw picking his way delicately around barrels of molasses, bales, ox teams, a familiar, fantastic figure. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He marched out and didn’t even come back for breakfast. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He has to be a really important and educated man to be the Secretary of Education,” I said to myself. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He turned over on the grass so that he was staring directly at the moon up in the sky. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He mumbled inarticulately to himself as he flipped the pages and then spoke with an abstracted air, “Sit down, Dr. Calvin! This will take me a few minutes.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up in his bed, looking at the boy and ignoring the deck of cards he held in his hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He started to walk up the fire escape. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He made his way around the mess hall one more time, because all the campers wanted him at their table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He looks right at me when he says that. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

‘The bird. The one I was listening to. He led me right here.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held me by my wrists and moved away from me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had gotten keeplocked again, and I made a point of treating him courteously. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He points an elbow at a green beanbag chair. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He and I both knew perfectly well that New Guineans are on the average at least as smart as Europeans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He spent his days hanging around the Republican Party headquarters on Fifth Avenue. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He also developed a race- preparation technique that was a half century ahead of its time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He evaluated my game this way: I had potential to become a decent player provided I was prepared to work hard to unlearn the numerous bad habits I had taught myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He too was drawn to the same literary icons like a moth to a flame: Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Goethe and Shakespeare. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He wanted to lower the amount of contaminated air flowing into those offices. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore the perfectly cut frock coat and vest of all Kerch merchants—dark, refined, deliberately staid. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He’s up and down on that float all day hoisting bags of coal and turf, desperate to keep the bandages in place on his legs so the dirt won’t get into the open sores. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He will give us food if we bring him what he wants: a grindstone, a rooster and a hen, copper, beads, fifty swords, several muskets, and workmen to build him an English-style house. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He took the cheap ballpoint pen and traded it for a roll of Scotch tape. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had questioned her about this several times, but had never received a coherent answer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew Luke wasn’t ready to laugh about this, but Toby needed a distraction. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was fond of saying that, as if I was trying to prove there weren’t. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to his seat and Joey said to me, “What did you do that for?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had grown close with Eldin, the Bosnian goalie, who lived in the same apartment complex. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He started walking back toward my house, and when the silence was almost too much to bear, Diego said, “You know that painting you like?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was disappointed by my interests and by the fact that they were not the same as his, which were farming and raising livestock. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t doing fifth-period Office Duty anymore, since Mr. D’Ulney had nominated him for Math Olympiad in April, so fifth period he was tutoring Joseph in trigonometry. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He could have been a “gambler or lawyer or maybe a gangster from Chicago.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said quietly, “There is a black sheep in every family.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He was incredibly old and had a face like the opposite of Mom’s, because it seemed like it was frowning even when it wasn’t frowning. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He let his mind float as he gazed at the swirly buckets of ice cream. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He turned around and began walking to the west, back toward the bus, back into the fickle heart of the bush. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left it to the nurses to care for Aziz in her bed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He scratched his whiskery face, making a sound like sandpaper on rough wood. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He died in the intensive care unit in the early hours of the morning. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a brown knit cap pulled all the way down over his eyes and nose; his jaws chattered uncontrollably. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been very well fed by Mrs. Bessie in the Lyte kitchen, and he thought Cilia was a grand kid. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wept as he told us that he literally had to reach down into the graves, lift out and carry the decomposing bodies to the burning pyres. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He emptied the last drops of rainwater from a gasoline container on the mushroom, wetting the bulging toes sticking out of his sons’ sandals, which were already coming apart around his endlessly growing feet. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He placed it at the end of the wide mattress so he faced the wall on which hung a small, faded picture of la Virgen de Guadalupe. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He reached in the car to get something and my breath caught in my throat like a fish bone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He chuckled appreciatively, then consulted his sheet again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s…” He trails off, peering down at his menu, and I watch his face go pale. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He waited a few minutes, but the three of us didn’t say anything. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was almost as big as Stanley and a lot tougher. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He laughed, tripped over a tent pole, and stumbled into a minivan. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He takes one step toward the kitchen, then turns back to face Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He took off his black hat and smoothed down his hair. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was starting to get a prickle of fear every time You-Know-Who was mentioned. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He went to the foul line, his head clearing slowly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called his servants and sent them running, then gratefully accepted Ned's offer of a chair and a cup of sweet beer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was the bridge between me and Mama, and I liked him for that. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't say anything then, but the next night he made us have compulsory study hall in the academic building and he came up and made a speech. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He looked like he wanted to reach out to her, but he didn’t. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He took us to a restaurant with swinging doors like a saloon. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could hop onto it and trek right on back to the RV, which, relative to his present surroundings, is the world’s lushest palace full of what Dad would call “first-world luxuries.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He collapsed in a patient’s room on October 4 and had to be carried home. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He kisses my neck, and I grab his shoulder to steady myself, gathering his shirt into my fist. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He opens the front door and dashes out into the hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

He would later die of cancer, most likely caused by his regular exposure to radium, as would a resident who traveled with Kelly and also transported radium in his pockets. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"He's the kind caint nobody please. Be frank though, there's lots feel like that now." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yelled something back, but his words were carried off by the screaming wind. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pa said, “He better find work,” and Big Ma said, “He’s sick.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He brooded over the piece of paper and then crumpled it in his hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He had nice eyes. Do you know him?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding a garden trowel and his hands were black with mud. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He lowered the door and secured it again and climbed back down and sat on the bunk. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He knew it was something she forced herself to do. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He said, “They’ll never bother you unless they are wounded or cornered, but if they are, you had better look out.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steps back, and a look of dismay crosses his face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He went back to the screen holding every single version he’d found: seven different kinds of butterflies, each one a different color. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He did seem aware, though, if only just, that the heat of the water was beginning to have a dehydrating effect on him. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He felt an ache of tenderness for her, though he couldn’t have said why. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He caught her by the sleeve, dragged her after him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened carefully to every word Britten said and to the tone of voice in which the men asked their questions, for he wanted to know if any of them suspected him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He got himself another hunting dog a few weeks back.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He only knew that he was smart enough. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flew down from the barrel and ran into the tent. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should know she was not going to be beholden to the neighbors for anything so trivial as her own comfort. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He could not have said why his dislike of Ibni was so intense. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He sees the earthen floor of his childhood home, and the spiderwebbed light of dawn coming through conifers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was regarded as thick-skinned and insensitive—even cruel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was “an extremely important Artist,” a thought he hopes is a comfort to Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He waved his hat aloft and bowed graciously to either side, with a fixed, stagey smile on his face. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not remember when he had been so shaken. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped the wad of bills halfway out of his pocket for me to see. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He longed to play a role, to act. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He constantly attempts to put the tiniest scraps of paper and lint and whatever else he finds on the floor into his mouth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I used to give him candy He used to have dogs and I used to feed his dogs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would visit the rock, and when he returned home, he would tell Crane-man everything he had seen. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t realized how much he missed simply being around animals. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together and looked down at the remains of his lunch. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He gets up from his seat and hands it back to her. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He sat up and felt around, his eyes not used to the gloom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He droned on, giving the names of all eight. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He placed the rock on his lap and pushed against Pond’s searing shoulders. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Observable fact: He is pretty hot with his hair down. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He tucked one foot under his behind, then leaned forward, balancing himself as he brought his other foot up and straightened out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He could tell Hazel was distressed by the idea of losing her new friend. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He drew her up out of the nest and eased her to the stage, where he’d propped the child puppet beside his carved fox. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“He makes it seem like we had a choice to come here.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then she admitted, “I offered Him to take me instead of any of you. And since I’m the mother, He’s got to listen to me first.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is under arrest, locked up on the Discovery, and his private store of wine, dried beef, eggs, oatmeal, and other good food has been shared equally among all of us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He had always expressed affection for Anna—“We were mighty good friends,” he said—and during another visit Mollie could see him huddled with Ernest, apparently talking about hunting down whoever had murdered her sister. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He came to stay with us and left behind a bottle of Old Spice cologne in the upstairs bathroom I shared with my brother and sister. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He continued to eat, munching on the apples as he studied the huge breaks in the walls. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and said, “Billy, it’s no use. The life has gone out of her. She has no will to live.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made no move to elevate himself, indicating that he meant no threat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He turned and faced Alby, still propped against the stone wall, now only a mound of shadow in the darkness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to shout to Tool, but she pressed her hand over his mouth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t seem like he’s about to shoot me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She explained what Mr. Watch had just told her: He usually walked Mrs. Sharpe to Powell’s once a week to pick out some books. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a hankie and blew his nose. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is walking, then trots as the camera pulls back. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He peeks his bearded, bespectacled head out and adds, “And because the world would fall apart without you, my radiant orchid.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He is a good priest,” said the major. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He scooted forward and reached again and laved up a handful of it and smelled and tasted it and then drank. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was already a good fighter with the spears and knives he had found in the Cornucopia. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would not hunt with another hound, other than Little Ann, or another hunter, not even my father. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding a hardcover library book whose title she could not see and had stuffed his New York Times next to the juice bottle. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He chugged his soda and grabbed his car keys from the hook by the door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He looked around the room with a sigh. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“He’s head of the Transkeian Consulate. You know the whole homeland business. This man and his family are allowed to live in the posh all-white section of Cape Town.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed, but Jo was too upset to see humor in what had happened to her. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He smiled at them, such a smile as I imagined must come from fathers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He was the only person she’d ever encountered with eyes just that color. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wondered if a cripple had ever commanded a warship. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He moved there because many Indians were already in Natal, laboring as indentured sugar workers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He filled the bag with odds and ends of clothing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ask her about her ax. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He was furious and urged me to file a complaint with the Atlanta Police Department. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He just keeps shaking his head and muttering the word “ruined” over and over. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He was like an early-warning radar, always on guard, always alert, and if that was all he did—watch the forest when I was outside—it would have been enough. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He opened his phone and called him back, and Javier picked up on the second ring. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He handed me my coat and I awkwardly fought to get into it without ripping the seams around the shoulders. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He seldom sat down, but strayed about with nervous movements, picking dungs up and setting them down without looking at them, walking to windows and looking out but seeing nothing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the car off Cottage Grove Avenue and drew to a curb. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed both pleased and surprised to be asked the question. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He races out the exit and heads to...his waiting helicopter! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He stopped and she took the key from him and went around and opened his door. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was huge, he was pale, he was fuzzy all over. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He hoped that Woundwort would fly at him and so give him a chance to bite him again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not leave Chicago; all roads were blocked, and all trains, buses and autos were being stopped and searched. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He ran his gloved thumb over the rail. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He kissed Lyra over and over again, and then held puppy Asta to his heart, to his face, to his lips. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was so sure of his own good breeding, he could laugh affectionately at the rich-quick vulgarities of the uncle who had adopted him and from whom he had inherited his fortune. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was almost jogging as he scribbled his stubby capital letters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was, after all, just another great ape. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He smelled of fire smoke, salt breezes, and man. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He does not kiss the cheek of the short Belgian. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘But he didn’t. Not in the end. He changed his mind.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked about the roof he had built for someone’s house, the beautiful table he had to complete the next day by polishing it, how well my cousins were doing in school. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He glared as if they were actually standing down there. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He did, however, get the impression that she didn’t approve of his housekeeping. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maverick, he wanted to talk to you. He wanted your help.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He stepped back from the open door, put his hat on, nodded at each one of us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He’s pinching one of the large banana leaves between his fingers when I walk in. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He would like the war to be over.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t stop when we told him to,” the foreman growled, but he lowered his stick and let go of Neel’s shirt. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He appeared so suddenly Mo almost ran him down. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was tall and bent and his thin beard straggled up his cheeks like dry moss on gray rocks. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to listen, he loved her, even the queen said so. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was sent to a psychiatric hospital rather than to the gallows. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had been told by one of the guards not to worry, that “eight seconds after they take you out of your cell and put that black cap over your eyes, you’ll be dead, boy.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He not only exonerated Roscius, but went on the attack against his two accusers, rounding on a known favorite of the then-dictator Sulla. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He slapped Darryl on the arm, and the deputy gave Toby one last nod before he walked away, joining his partner, who was talking to Lily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He began to trim some palm fronds with firm strokes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He, like Demeter, was afflicted, not because of grief for another, as she was, but because of his own pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his skateboard and started walking out toward the road, through the gravel. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He got his hair cut practically down to the nubs. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had decided to go to Min first, to deliver the message about the commission, and then return to the bridge to tell Crane-man the news. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He reached forward and pulled a lever and the doors opened and he got out and stretched again, then walked over to the luggage bins and bent to open them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was with his parents and Mom totally ignored them. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He threw his hands in the air and cheered, “Finally!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

He pauses, as if to let this soak in. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“He’s probably on the window seat in Mom’s room,” Emma said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He bared his gums, and turned to present his profile and looked across his shoulder at his image. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He jogged, he sprinted, he ran at full speed— not on the track, but on the trail of Otis Amber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed her quickly and then pulled back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t respond, and I wondered if I had ruined the mood. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the back of his chair and dragged it out from under the table, like he’d been told a thousand times not to, but never remembered. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He shouted that Charles was wrong; he shouted that he was sorry that he had given him the opportunity to collect the specimens that led to his theory. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is not, in fact, even pure human. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He could feel another crusher of a headache coming on. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s going to ask if I’m a Saracen. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He moved, very slowly and quietly—he did think I was still asleep. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was muscular, well-built, but no taller than my own five-eight so that I found myself looking directly into the strange eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He wore an army baseball cap with the flap turned back, like Nick Yew. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had hardly seemed to be aware of them, and they saw him more clearly than he saw them: they saw someone young, but very strong, and deeply stricken. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He said you were— how did he put it—his earliest memory. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was thankful that she cared how hard this conversation should have been for him, but he couldn’t feel anything. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Or if he could have launched himself in front of a wand to save someone he loved....He envied even his parents’ deaths now. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He made his way to Philadelphia, where he hoped to situate himself in a drugstore and eventually to become a partner or owner. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He had asked everyone, “How do I get to San Francisco?” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He felt the chill air on the growing fuzz on his cheeks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was right about that, in a way. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“To tell you the truth, my friend, I did not care for him. He produced on me an unpleasant impression. And you?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t told me what breed of chicken it was. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“And we need to do something now! We can’t wait! He only has one week before he is kicked out again.” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He argued with himself for only a minute. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t live di-rect in the Settlement, him and a few other escaped people lived just outside our land ’cause they didn’t want to follow all the Settlement’s rules. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

"He said I wasn't the king. Why did he say that?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He nodded, still staring down at the white expanse of flowers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was a very intelligent infant,” she added primly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Not in the note. He expressed his ’deep concern’ but didn’t mention anything about price. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He dropped the cloth on the serving table, then turned to me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He must only guard against inflicting serious injury on anyone who serves him and anyone he has near him in the service of his principality, as Antoninus had done. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded with solemnity and repeated the two key words. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath, trying to get his bravery up. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was pointing at the door through which Mrs. Cole had just left. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He returned to the toy booth the next day, and the day after that. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He could scarcely imagine that, now, it seemed that this summer had gone on for ever and ever, he could not remember the time of not knowing him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He dare not resort to new taxes, not with the Seven Kingdoms crawling with rebellion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and seemed to shrink into himself. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He bothers you again, you walk away, understand?” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He gazed longingly at the food bowl and then turned to me with desperation and a hint of resentment. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He suggests, “Maybe it’s supposed to make it look more...I dunno...delicious.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He fell in love with her British accent, and at first he couldn’t stop talking about her. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never says anything, but he seems quietly happier. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. We’ve got to walk closer. But quietly. He doesn’t like loud noises.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed salty cabbage soup into the wounds as a disinfectant. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was, after all, a physician, and his building had a pharmacy on the ground floor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He felt familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He gave the rope a good tug, testing its worth, and presented it to me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He does not know it yet, but soon... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He thought, perhaps Hooper will die, or he will have an aunt abroad who will want to see him, perhaps Mr Hooper will quarrel with us and we shall be asked to leave Warings, suddenly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He yelled around the house, into the front yard, and into the van, covering all sounds of a small escape in the trees. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He balanced them on the end of his long nose, just before the visor automatically clapped to. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feels guilty over this deception, but he knows it's best to meet separately, for their own sake as well as his. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He feels it tighten like a noose, but then the scarf comes loose from his neck, and time speeds up again as Lefty is thrown clear of the auto. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He sniffed, and swore he caught the scent of her hair. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t move if a hurricane blew in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He knows that his mother will sit silendy, staring at the clouds, as they journey back to Boston. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. He’s got him another job, that big fat bum.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says he put a sign on the door,” the young man says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He moved around the last ring of desks, tapping their tops, counting them off even though everybody knew his twelve was more than good enough to carry him to the finish line. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been asking me to tuck him under the blanket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He remembered his home, and that gave him a new determination to succeed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had a long narrow face and a chin beard bound about with golden wire, and his stiff red-black hair swept out from his temples to form a pair of taloned hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He knew he was slower, but the dog seemed slower, too. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made the sound of a twig breaking. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He cited the conclusion of Lawrence and Teller that “several score of inspection stations would be required to monitor testing in the Soviet Union,” not the dozen or so proposed by Stassen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He would like to know what Trademaster was doing at this moment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He got twenty dollars to put tape on the bridge of his glasses, wear too-short pants, and don argyle socks for three days. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He looked into the unconscious man’s eyes and saw nothing, just the glazed look that was there before. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to find the words to describe what he had seen. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He lost two of his toes and I jus’ lost one, but that do give us something in common. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He did not like people to bring it up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw windmills, just like everyone else—but he believed they were giants. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He’s holding his camera in front of him, filming. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“He made a special point of how, despite the fact that it was so valuable and exceedingly rare, he used it as a paperweight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had transferred from the university secondary school in Nsukka, and only days after, everyone knew of the swirling rumors about his mother. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He then leaned down and whispered something to the seemingly unconscious girl before he headed to the storage closet on the far side of the room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He sat with quiet dignity, stone fingers holding tight to the sword across his lap, but in life all swords had failed him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He told me in the same peremptory tone to lie still. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Easy,” said Fred, “concealed door behind a painting of a bowl of fruit. Just tickle the pear, and it giggles and —” He stopped and looked suspiciously at her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a dark suit, with a crimson tie. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He noticed if they had slipped on some gang colors or had their caps pushed to the left or the right as gang members did. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He crouched on the ground, tears pouring down his face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He asked me what I wanted, and I told him I wanted my son not to be ignorant. You know, I had to fight with him all week to get him to say yes!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He knew Doc had a girl in there, but Mack used to get a dreadful feeling of loneliness out of it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He will be checking your wands to ensure that they are in good condition before the tournament.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He simply stood by the door and waited for someone to come out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded and fumbled for his cell phone. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He claimed to have witnessed the incident with his own eyes, and I remember how upset he became one morning when Mitchell Sanders challenged him on its basic premise. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He landed on the top of the bow with food for Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He knew everyone in Bone Gap mocked him for it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He felt it would be useless to discuss the past and that Alba and Miguel were too young to understand the sense of irreparable loss he was feeling at that moment. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw me soon after I saw him and stopped. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started walking around the tank, scanning the ground. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

He shoved a bucket of fresh water into the cell and slammed the bars shut. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He glanced at Florida and felt another flutter. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was too frickin’ strong and high-strung to argue with about something that didn’t even matter. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He has one of his tridents raised in a casually defensive position. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to teach me, too, but I preferred not to. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at their faces as if he can predict what will become of them, and in one sense he can, since teachers write thorough notations in their students' Party record books. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He should have done something other than watch when she had so clearly been drugged. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He found that bits of his old nest still remained under the clock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He saved them for her in a special cooler of ice. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He and Petra put on their coats and headed for the campus. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The man who was with Mr. Whitby. Gregory. He called himself Gregory. He had a dragon tattoo on him.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was so dwarfed by her that the top of his pointed hat barely tickled her chin; however, she moved very gracefully for a woman so large. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stopped at this river and stood hesitatingly on the bank. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was conscious of a foul odor when he emptied the first bucketful into the kettle beside the well. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does consulting work on various matters, including the design of pressurized hot zones. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He darted back and stole a kiss before disappearing into the kitchen. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He opened the door, and Matt was swept up by Celia, who obviously had been waiting on the other side. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tapped his pen for another few moments before laying it down with a vastly irritated sigh. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He unbuckled the sheath and laid it on the rock, and then he and Lyra walked away and sat where they could see the Gallivespians. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was more or less used to saying wife, to being called husband, whatever that meant. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He calmed down a bit, and I went to the bedroom to change. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was still beat up, and hooked to the machines. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He tried to move his tongue and found it swollen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had to pencil Stokum in between Detroit and Toledo, and I remember going to bed all worried and confused. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking, while I was running ...” He paused. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was not safe even now, but he could begin to relax. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t quite six feet tall, but somehow his presence made the ceilings seem low. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He pushed a lock of hair out of his eyes. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He wore his eyeglasses inside his space suit, and that made it particularly difficult to see. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed them on the piano as Matt practiced and caught every mistake. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked stonily at the menacing old man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had said “Don't look down” because this very last section, although it was made relatively easy in its climb because of the odd outcroppings that formed footholds, was sheer in its vertical drop. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He holds out his fist and we fist bump. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He gave a satisfied nod and pushed his bowl away. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He smiles, revealing a scant handful of teeth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was anxious to find out a little about these people who owned Soldier Island, but the man Narracott seemed curiously ill-informed, or perhaps unwilling to talk. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He gets off the bench and walks toward a group of trees. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He asked what a certain medieval commentator had remarked about that statement, and Danny answered. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He glanced behind him, and saw some Redcoats and Hessians trying to catch up. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls her so close she can feel his hot breath on her throat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his leaden body and stumbled out of the room. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was very weak and sweating, but he was well. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt Kevin’s hand on his shoulder and turned back to him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I just think it might be different now, you know? He might be really excited to see us. And we’ve got this whole family down here.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He took another long look at the dress, and then he folded the sides in and rolled it down from the top so that it never left his hands. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at her now, peering through the bars, his jeering face one more barrier, after padlock and chain. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He seldom went near his brother’s cabin, which was only a half-mile away, and he made no move to attract or amuse the children. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and went on, walking slowly but erect, up the climbing path. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He lent her the textbook he had studied while attending the University of Glasgow, and she completed her first Greek grammar lesson before breakfast. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“He forgets a lot. Like now, he forgets he’s only a young boy.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He will have to figure out for himself which font he prefers. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He believes that, over time, neuroscience will be able to validate some of the benefits of such an experience. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He hoped that they were safe for a while. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He’s been sad and tired and probably a little bit angry with me at times, but never with Mom. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He told us where the stable was and I thanked him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s nice,” I say, rolling over and folding my arms behind my head, staring up at the folds of fabric gathered above me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He felt as she did, as if they were being watched. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He soared up over her and shot her with his arrows at no risk to himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore baggy red gym shorts and a sleeveless mesh jersey that exposed a pale kettle-sized belly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He met Woundwort’s pale stare, hesitated a moment and then climbed on the earth pile. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even gets Michael up and he’s only three but there he is singing and promising to die for Ireland at the first opportunity.That’s what Dad calls it, the first opportunity. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He kept his silence, but he would not move, and his eyes were full of poison as they rode away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He has made up his mind to go quietly, with dignity and courage. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He silently mouths, “I’m okay,” but we both know he’s not. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He blinked a long, slow blink and faltered for only a second or two before he began chewing again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He bristled at the persistent belief that John Root deserved most of the credit for the beauty of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He looked at his parents with his “innocent” face. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He had to fetch newspapers to sop up the mess, and then he had to rest with his back against the wall because his hands and feet hurt so much. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bonobos still in their nests kept shrieking while those of us nearby gawked at Pweto, He stood still in the clearing, his crippled arm lying in the dirt, and his chest heaving from exertion. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He read books a lot,” Lucas said uncomfortably, looking over at my mother for a silent approval of his participation. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He said, “John Kwang. The rising star of the east. Prince of Northern Boulevard. What goes on?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up, into the face of a train barreling into the station. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He felt her heart, and after a few moments of agonising suspense said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He came in and said, “Let Carrie finish that, Dana. I have something else for you to do.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He's rolled down through the cellar window into the pile of coal, and he's trying to stand up. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the isolation that came from being different. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“He won’t do more execution than he need. We can trust him for that?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remained out on the lake, digging during the hottest part of the day, long after everyone else had gone in. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He did not, of course, ask any questions of Gebu; he would sooner have thrown himself into a crocodile’s jaws. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He lives way on down by the airplane field in a shack by himself whenever he comes over here, and Mama says that’s close enough quarters for him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes up, up, and Henry’s hand slams down over his, digging his nails in. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes down on his hands, his hands down on the table. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He pelted a doughnut hole at the bird. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“He decide where she go, who she talk to, what she wear—everything. She just sleep in a better bed than you do!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly looks away and then back to me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He called himself the girl’s guardian and bound their destinies together. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He had a big enough part as the doorman without playing the real-estate man as well. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never told anybody about those days; he had worked hard to forget them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said thanks, and I thought he would leave, but he hung back. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that the formal proceedings were about to begin and that he didn’t think he needed to remind the public to remain silent. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He seized it just as Sigurd dropped down, tearing greenery from him as he fell. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He knew every line on her face, every expression. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was delighted with the performance and followed Hagar into the house to laugh and talk excitedly about it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the plate from her and began to eat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking with disdain at Ranofer’s thin shoulders and arms. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He addressed the silent group behind them, who were all gawping at him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He says he has a full subtrans map saved on his phone, but he’s visibly worried about them being able to make it in time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had witnessed six men leave for execution while he was on the row. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He raised the shade, raised the window, looked out. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He lay sprawled on his bed, a lazy blob in dirty cargo pants and unlaced high-top sneakers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just wanted to leave him a note. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He failed to kill you with my wand,” Dumbledore corrected Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He hid the things he knew—until Emancipation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He stopped by a large door set between two elegant bay windows, and knocked loudly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He told Colin this sometimes, when Colin would come home from school sullen, tired of the Abdominal Snowman, tired of pretending that his abject friendlessness didn't bother him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Come on, let's ask Fenoglio where we can stay the night. He looks like he could use some company.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He got haggard and his mother got frightened. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring blankly at Basta, having at last realized he was by no means safe from the man's knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He drew the other upon his lap, which weight made the sofa creak. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He hid inside, watching through the crack as Mr. Grin appeared, rising out of the ground like a vampire on a bad day. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He sits on the edge of the bed and pulls on his black boots, wrapping the long laces twice around the tops. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He roared at her to stop, and she yelled insults back. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had the boy take off his clothes and he wrapped him in one of the blankets and while he stood shivering he wrung the water out of his clothes and passed them back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He picked strawberries with us one summer when we worked for Ito. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He could fetch the whetstone when the blades needed sharpening. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was very aware of his own admoni-tion not to discuss his training. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pats my hand, but he doesn’t seem to notice I’m upset. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He smiled, and swung the bus out of the flea market. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He upended the sack into the bucket and seemed disheartened by the results. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He said he’d asked his mom a thousand times what she’d said to me that day but that she refused to answer any of his questions, that she’d shut him out completely. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could not understand why Ron looked taken aback. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He almost wished he could forget his past, the way Percy had. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He left the bird and flew out over the tundra, screaming the demonic call of the hunting ookpick. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held out the tube and Rick accepted it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He appeared a taciturn, and perhaps a proud personage; but he was very kind to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He will cover the signal meter with his palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was wearing the clothes in which he had died, and his hair was untidy and ruffled, and his glasses were a little lopsided, like Mr. Weasley’s. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He embraced his knees and laid his chin down on his knees. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes an orange plastic seat and sits down right outside from me, between Room 22 and Room 21, another open-style, closet-sized space. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He shook them wildly, as if he wanted them to separate from the rest of him. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He died sitting in his wicker chair at dusk. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hah. He loves it. He’s glad he’s a rat. He says it’s nature’s way. He says it’s a step up to being a man.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded towards the trees in front of us and said: “I suppose it’s through that way. Is that right, Kath?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed and tipped his hat down over his eyes and changed the angle of his cigar and the expression of his face. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He picked up the folder in which he kept his endpapers and leafed absentmindedly through them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had put the money away and was standing expectantly beside the backpack. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He continued to force, and then the boulders were surrounding them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He winced as he pulled out a chair and slowly sat next to Roberto. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He drove under a bridge and found himself in a small port town. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Hush! He shall be a scholar,” my mother smiled and served me first. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything about Nick guarding Ice, or even about changing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He said you started a fight with Drew and got him in trouble.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s had a bad temper,” I told Lissa, “from the very day he was born.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He shrugged, a sad smile curling the ends of his lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was going to set his big fish traps later in the week, and if the catch was good, he would let her bring us some fish. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave money to his women friends, and they, in return, were happy to love him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He asked me if I thought it possible that I made a mistake when I went up to Edgecoombe.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had begun to relax a bit, and the look of surprise was gone from his face now. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He shakes off his coat just outside the door, then hangs it up and shuts out the rain. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was right about being too young to understand. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had injured one of the tendons that led to his thumb. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled the brim down over my eyes and then stepped back to check me out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He let the flap fall back down, and the hatch disappeared into the rest of the dusty, gritty floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He led us to a hatch just a couple of feet off the ground. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He looked at me a long time, trying to work me out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He floated up a moment later, taking what looked like his last breath. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“He heard you were having a bad day.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He repeated, “No. What made you think of ambition? Who is ambitious? I know I am: but how did you find it out?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He has a family and a home and a life,” Juanita said as she took the wallet back from the twins and passed it to me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He came back and handed me the pistol. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The first king’s father turned back into a man? He could be the emperor!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He attracted more monsters, scattered more crowds of tourists, and led his now massive following of katoblepones through the winding streets of the old city. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He turned the key the other way and saw that, sure enough, the little bar slipped out easily. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed me forward into the hall of mirrors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He sat on the bed with the radio placed on the bedside cabinet. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said his family was there to get rid of magical creatures. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He had almost reached the door when he paused. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He jotted how many days each had grown and how tall they were as well as how many ears of corn there were. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He drank in gulps, then let it come down over his face. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He kept having to wade into the foot or so of freezing water to retrieve his arrows, so eventually Pinch’s attention turned back to the camp. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He turned his anguished eyes to the road, his words flowing almost too fast for me to understand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He nodded his head and his eyebrows arched as he smiled at her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should go into bed now, but he was not comfortable lying down; he could not breathe. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave her as pleasant a smile as a man with half a nose could manage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He wants us to get some tests done. I will take your Papa- Nnukwu to the medical center tomorrow, at least the labs there are still open.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He mopped his brow as he signed the boy’s slip. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says we often overlook these five million. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

One of the Elephants lifted Uncle Andrew in its trunk and laid him at the Lion’s feet He was too frightened to move. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He said he was charged with protecting me and he couldn’t trust no one with a little girl around. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t actually put air quotes around “the One,” but I can hear them in his voice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He walked forward, holding the DS in front of him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was going to think about Eleanor sitting in class, thinking about him, carefully writing his name someplace she thought only she would see. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He could make out the shapes of pilots sitting around the bar, large shoulders and barbered heads silhouetted in the pale light that spilled into the bar from the dining room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God, Dad. He wanted me to write him a eulogy, okay? I’ll be home every. Freaking. Night. Starting any day now, okay?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was in luck this time, for there could not have been pleasanter people or a more welcoming house for miles around. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came up behind Mama and grabbed her waist, dancing with her back. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, man. It was weird. He bought a few beers and some loosies for that drunk that always hangs on Albany. The one with all the nasty holes in his face.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’s showing off for us, fanning and ruffling his tail feathers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He asked what kind of dog I owned, and the first breed that came to mind was a Chihuahua. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We just let Luke sail away? He’s got Kronos aboard that ship. Or parts of him, anyway.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He made a thin sound, intended for a laugh. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the record button, cracked his left knuckles with his right hand. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He made a big production of catching his breath and calming down and then he stomped off to our room. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He saw the dark intelligent eyes come slowly round and fasten themselves upon his face. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bites down on a red pen and carries the bag out of the room; I hear the books inside it smacking against his leg as he walks down the hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He exclaimed, “You can’t be! Boy, I know no one will believe me when I tell them this!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a craving to touch her always, to remain always in physical communication. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s about him I’ve come to see you. He’s taken terribly sick.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’s still saying things to her—putting her under his spell. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He could hit a baseball farther and round the bases faster than anyone else at his school, and he could haul more cotton than two of his older brothers. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He paused and stared at the floor, nervous and embarrassed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He never was to them the mean whining deity of the Iliad, but magnificent in shining armor, redoubtable, invincible. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had nothing, it turned out, but a few dollars and coins, for which he begged Fujiko’s forgiveness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wants it to be suggestive of rest and sleep. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He grabs my shoulders, then shakes me hard. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He had gone beyond where I—being just eighteen—could measure age. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He failed to stop his opponents from ripping apart most of the bags containing anti- North Korean leaflets. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He sees the way I’m looking at him. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He was still sitting there the next day when Vizzini the Sicilian found him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He must know the value of his education,” she insisted. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally lit on the ground and walked around the body to see if it were really dead. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He could have found enough footholds to jump his way up the walls to the second or third floors—all while using the guards’ weapons against them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He held the line against his back and watched its slant in the water and the skiff moving steadily to the north-west. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pasted it on an empty page between his biology drawing of the aorta of a duck and his civics project on the history of the Constitution. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the right rudder pedal gently and the nose moved over. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood over her for about five minutes, apparently talking to her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He knows that this sort of life, one which is such a proud accomplishment for his own parents, is of no relevance, no interest, to her, that she loves him in spite of it. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He spilt the water and leapt to his feet, laughing excitedly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He chopped off a strong piece of root with a curve to it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ask his aunt to tell him the truth, to say so if his mother was dead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He would probably dismiss her with some admonishment to study more and play less. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He come steaming too up to where us sit, haul off and kick Sofia leg. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a veritable existential identity crisis, a male stripper with more aliases than a covert CIA agent. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He said, With my glasses I could be helpful. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He held her in his arms and stroked her hair. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He slipped the keys into his pocket and motioned for Genie to sit. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He was a thin, mild kid who hated getting involved in messes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said there was so much dirt blown into the wound that there had not been much hemorrhage. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“In that, Hubert outranks me. But there is also sacred power, given by God to man. In that, I outrank Hubert. By a very great deal. He knows this.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was in the tanning business in Hudson, Ohio, at the time of his marriage. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said something to the driver, and the cab lurched into the uptown traffic. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives it a shake and the coins jingle. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He took a step back to take in the whole thing, which stretched from one side of the old storage room to the other. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He sat her on the edge of the tub, went to the medicine cabinet, and opened it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He can cough as much as he wants now! Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He saw Eril-Fane look at it, too, and shudder again and skew his gaze away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He took notes, which is what he was there to do. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t look pleased about that, but I didn’t care. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was very obviously dressed as the manga character on the banner right behind him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He looked before him in such a way that his eyes would not meet theirs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He adds: "What I miss is my meat loaf." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Think about it: He was nothing but two ounces of mouse pushing a spool of thread that weighed almost as much as he did. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was planning to be one of the Ambassadors of Tolerance—but due to complications from cystic fibrosis, his body rejected his lung transplant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He made his act of contrition and listened as Father Mulrooney gave his sacramental absolution. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t let go of me but his body goes stiff. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was always sleeping when we slipped quietly out of the room. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He sat up, said: “Let’s get it all out on the table, bro. You give me your honest take, and I’ll give you mine, cool?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And I’m glad you didn't find him still here. He was very angry.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think young boys should be dancing around a stage in skimpy outfits. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He joined the Oglala Lakota in solidarity with their cause. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He towered over her, a great beast of a man, as big as Yai but with an even thicker neck and arms that were muscular and brown from working in the sun. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He raised his graying eyebrows at my tone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He felt desperate to make it clear that if he fell into a coma or died, they were to leave him behind. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He is the regional Nazi Party leader, second only to Hitler in this area. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was slumped down, with his right elbow on the armrest and index finger resting on his forehead, his expression unreadable. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He had confided in me, thinking that perhaps I would be the one person who would side with him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He intended to spend time with his books—he owned a thousand volumes, a vast collection. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’s such a big, muscular guy he could probably serve as Elsie’s bodyguard too. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We travelled together from out west. He’s a good hunter.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He started at quarterback his junior year at Permian, but his own obvious lack of confidence caused some of his teammates to lose faith in him in a tight game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was as old as my father but in league with the younger generation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had not spoken since the Winton rolled out of King City. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t get to travel this way a lot, but when he does, it’s hard not to let it go to his head. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“No matter who that poor man is he deserves our respect. He was once someone’s little angel baby.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was his best friend, his hero and teacher. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He studied the water, took a step downstream, and placed another cast. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets the claw going and surveys the case from all angles—crouches, tiptoes, shifts left, shifts right, adjusts the claw, rinse and repeat—and hits the button. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He began to run hurriedly, scarcely knowing what he did, and once he called to another puller whom he knew casually in the day’s work, “Look at this—what is this I pull?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He sets a green folder flat on the desk blotter, motions to a pair of dark leather chairs. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He walks over the new rug that’s still too fluffy and pulls his book from the shelf under the bench that his dad made. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was letting the current do a third of the work and as it started to be light he saw he was already further out than he had hoped to be at this hour. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barely had time to glance around, however, before there was a muffled clunk from behind them: The door had reappeared, sealing them inside the vault, and they were plunged into total darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“He has red hair, like us, and like Leo in the photo. Or is that Leo grown up?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He likes the smell of flour, sweet dough, bread and cakes and rolls baking. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Then agin maybe He sent me you so I could have another crack at it.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was a foul fog, a choking murk of evil vapors, looming and slithering on the ivory floor. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s still convinced that I’m going to win the Excelsior because I won the science fair. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He kept on yelling and Lieutenant Wilson started yelling, and we finally got in order. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He huffs around and doesn’t wear his hearing aids on purpose. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He had shaken my trust to the core. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He could see that the horse was fooling around, playing with Aneroid. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a baseball cap all day and half the night, his scraggly brown hair poking out from under it every which way. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He thumbs some of the wetness from my cheek away. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He puffs on a cigar and blows smoke from the corner of his mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He was tall and lanky, but he walked with a purpose. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Everyone reacts differently to medication. That’s why Poirot keeps changing it up on you. He’s got to find the right cocktail.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He couldn't put into words, really, the thing he truly wanted. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Pah! You are too soft. He needs only two things: a wife to rein him in and his own bloody kingdom to rule,” the king growled in reply. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He, too, had found a window—he even used the same word for it! The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the refrigerator door, pulled out the carton of orange juice, and took a long swig. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He lay flat on his belly and tried to lift his weight by his hands. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He blinks at me, as if this doesn’t compute. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He greeted them both with a cheery “Hullo, hullo!” and sat down at the table, giving off an intense smell of sweat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to end up like that guy. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked down the twelve flights slowly, not wanting to waste more strength than he had. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He described for Olmsted a vision of a dream city designed by America’s greatest architects and covering an expanse at least one-third larger than the Paris fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a Twinkie and tossed it to me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He ordered that all my friends be untied and given back their clothes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He reached the landing and stood for a long moment, afraid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He heard Kamau’s voice in his mind, reassuring and confident as always. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He began throwing himself at the walls of the car with such power that he managed to bend some of the protective iron. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He tried the occasional, “You would enjoy the carvings on this building, if it were light enough to see them,” or “Down that way is a splendid clothier.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He drove up with a twinkle in his eyes and a smile on his whiskery old face. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not thought of Bessie but once since his capture. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He is a country boy not used to the city temptations, and I do not want him getting mixed up with the wrong people. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted his parents to think he’d gone to sleep early. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He hurried through the door and brushed a mop of blond hair from his pale forehead. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had come home from the war and seen in his own eyes the disturbed empty reaches he’d seen in the eyes of other soldiers he’d known. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He says, “Have you ever heard the phrase ‘get back on the camel’ before?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t need the pressure of it, because he has been through the misery of it before. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also found that the evangelical ministries were hobbled without adequate salaries to attract professional staff members and without centers of their own where students could gather, socialize, and study the Bible. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to see her very badly; he felt that he would be stronger to go through tomorrow if he saw her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked back at the body that now floated faceup in the water, that now slid below the surface into the darkness. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked to play in the alley and paid little attention to his studies. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea how long he had lain unconscious on the floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was going to get caught any moment. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He had been thinking about how easy it was to stay alive now that he didn’t care about being alive any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want his daughter to marry, and whenever a suitor came for her hand the youth was told he could race with her father for her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved gingerly, like a man with a tender wound. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He took from the box a small sword in an old shabby leathern scabbard. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had a fever now, so certainly he had some kind of infection. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rushed up to George and Phoebe, grabbing them both and pulling them to him. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He searches for it, tries to feel it again. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to protest but nothing came out. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He strode over and pulled me to my feet, then spun around to face Dad. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He preferred to bed down in the engine room, where the constant hum of machinery helped him fall asleep. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He took two steps back from the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No, and the good year will break the price of beef. I wonder what Will would do. He’s scarcity man. He told me. He said, ‘Always deal in scarcities.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made himself a sandwich and watched a Young Ones marathon on MTV, then fell asleep on the couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He confirmed that Burger had been in the hands of the Gestapo. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He stepped closer, put a hand on each of my shoulders. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He says it does from the ghetto, when all the mail has to go to the Nazis for inspection. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He led them to the crest of a hill, motioned them to stay close to the ground, and pointed toward the Ystrad below. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He retrieved his ring, set it back on the nightstand, then handed her the empty glass. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He would sit with me at a white-topped table in the Muslim restaurant and answer guardedly any questions I asked between constant interruptions by calls from the New York press in the telephone booth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't want to put his dirty hands inside the box. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He wanted to say it wasn’t Cupid’s business, but he realized this was exactly Cupid’s business. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He set the alarms to ring at 10:45. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always sat at the kitchen table and did his math homework while she cooked his breakfast and wrapped up his lunch for school. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was raging with insult, but he would not approach my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my stepfather I was thinking, He might actually kill me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“He could have been killed,” Piper says in a stage voice. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ordered the spirits to line up like naughty children in front of an elder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zafoona murmured, “Oppression is the worst thing in Allah’s eyes. He forbade it not only for himself but also for us.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He concentrated, and fire flickered over his fingers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was kneeling on one knee, looking down from a higher rock which he held with both hands; his other leg stretched down to Ralph's level. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He would wear a stiff Norfolk jacket and a round white collar. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He walks through the doors and I am alone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He made a sound that she recognized as something of a laugh. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was weary of explaining that Val was no true princess. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He received honors and lavish reviews; he received angry reviews and nasty letters. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was making a sound that I had never heard before. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“He knew I wouldn’t win. Said it wasn’t my fate. And Zak was never strong enough to stand up to his brother. It was always between you and Marcus.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He lumbered off, leaving his breakfast half eaten. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t really have a family,” I explained. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He bounced backward, but the behemoth Buckeye stood too close, Freddie had nowhere to go, and the ice cream soup dropped right into his lap. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was always listening to slightly eerie Indian music in his earbuds, and he was constantly telling her that her “aura wasn’t vibrant enough” and she should drink more tea. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He then ran both of his hands through his curly mop of hair, and that made it double in size. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He held his breath whenever they were in the same space. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“He looks like he wants to eat us.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to work the raft out of the mud and float it free when he thought of something. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was a scuba diver, both professionally and recreationally. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“He really knows what he’s talking about,” I said, nodding at Leroy. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to console himself with the idea that his dad could help when they found him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that he and the girl were connected somehow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was totally conked out, oblivious to his twin’s woes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He knew a thing which the other was still too green to know— that he had taught the finest knight in Europe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He studies her face for some measure of how far her recollection can be trusted. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't sure and couldn't handle the thought of rejection. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He opened it only a few inches, just enough to peer around the edge. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"But he does so for honorable reasons, to bring dishonest men to justice. He robs the robbers!" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He slept all day now in a heavy stupor, and everyone was saying that the end was not far away. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood there for a long time, until the moans stopped, and then he went back to his room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stood in his holding cell with head bowed and asked the gods to give him courage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He told her she was to bring the book along each time she came to “trust.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he was dying and afterwards 1 used to wonder what he thought about. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t found it very funny the first time, to tell you the truth. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He clutches the headpiece in white-knuckled fists and pulls, screaming through gritted teeth, until a split zigzags across it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He went ashore and kissed the earth in joy, hot tears blinding his eyes at sight of home. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He touches my shoulder, the pad of his thumb grazing where the fabric meets the skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He glanced quickly at the wall speaker terrified that the Committee might be listening as they could at any time. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stared greedily at the fruit until Fenoglio pushed the basket over to him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He just stood there, watching her back as she worked at dishes in the sink. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He made as if to finger my ribbon, and I shrank away from him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He has the documentation to prove it for six generations. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He combed his hair with his fingers and felt the heavy coating of sand and salt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his head, saw me, squeaked, and let go. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He appears wearing a double- breasted suit, an unneeded raincoat draped over his arm. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks around at the trees, the long frosted willow branches cascading down, the topiaries that line the nearby path like ghosts. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He crawled over to Pond and held his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He thought: if there is a repulse, this will be good country to defend. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was reading Mr. Milton when he heard the clock chime three with a weary, halfhearted chime. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was no longer sure, he had in fact never been sure, whether he liked his life because he really did or whether he liked it because he was supposed to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He heard one of them say quietly, “Come on. I can hear the milkman down the road.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had loved natural history since he was a boy; he wrote late in life, “my love of natural science has been steady and ardent.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused on the narrow neck and looked down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“But he asked me—” “He’s just a foolish child and you know it!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found one about the size of his own head, but it refused to move. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He wheeled his horse in the snow, and the other did likewise. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tickle him behind his ears. He loves that.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled a small brass key out of the chest pocket of his shirt and handed it to me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He pulls out a book, and my eyes go straight to the author’s name on the cover. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He decided to go get a drink of water, but just as he put his hand on his doorknob, he heard another door open down the hall. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was walking across the land until he came to the sea. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He clenched his fists, he screamed: “I’m gonna be the best wringer there ever was!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He kept saying she was a big bumpkin pumpkin and I don’t think she would have even done anything except he kept cackling in her ear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He wondered if anyone else was insightful enough to know why he did what he did. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He feels all of Ray’s weight leaned up against his leg. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He starts to tell me a story about Mom telling him to stop making Japanese food because it “made the house smell awful,” but he seems to change his mind before he says too much. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wondered if his talents had failed him, if he had, in trying to compensate for months of undertraining, thrown too much work at his horse at once. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mean to falter on the last word. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was a child; the army and the Taliban were on a collision course with our home and all he cared about were his little birds. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He would lock the kitchen cabinets so the boys couldn’t get to the food. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“The dog will look down, and all of a sudden he’ll realize there’s nothing under him. He thinks he’s standing on thin air. He’ll jump a mile.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was merry, and we sate in an office in the warehouse while he feigned instruction and I feigned learning. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

As one Berkeley scientist put it, more succinctly: “He couldn’t run a hamburger stand.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He spit into his portable plastic spittoon and looked across at me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He fitted it into the leather pouch of his weapon and proceeded to the brush line. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does not know his instructor’s current residence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He felt no pain, and no cold, and no hunger. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

"It was rather a knock his being ashamed of me. He was ashamed of me for a while, you know." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Briares wants to help. He will teach Cyclopes ways we have forgotten, how to make better weapons and armor.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had no human ancestor and he was himself only half human. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stammered out the details of his discussion with Mars the night before, but he felt much more tongue-tied in front of Grandmother. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He said his master was in the habit of taking a sleeping draught when travelling by train. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned back and gave me a familiar chuckle. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He pulls Henry in by the nape of his neck and kisses him hard, Henry’s knee knocking against the center console as his hands move up to Alex’s face. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He found the boy’s throat, squeezed, fell to the ground on top of him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He unfastened the brass fittings with a wrench and took the burners loose. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He flashed his biggest smile and hoped he didn't have any breakfast left in his braces. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he had no expectations—until he saw the beach. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He held his breath when the driver nearly hit a tree stump while plowing through a parched wheat field. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He continued to do just that, maybe because he had carried the memories on his back for so long, he was afraid their weight would crush him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to imagine what the Taliban would do to his father if they were caught. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He was sorry for them all, even the great trunk backs that were as long as the skiff and weighed a ton. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He practically shoved the book in my face. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He cleared the T. rex trap and reached a sandy beach where some smaller dinosaurs were building nests. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He took some consolation from the fact that Ulbrickson had told the press that the third boat was still in contention. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“He had a pain in his shoulder. The hospital said he had a heart attack.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked a nurse to bring him a syringe, and without further ado he poked it into my chest and drew out some brownish liquid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said to the man, “Don’t worry, sir, I’m-a take care of the knife.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He held his forehead, letting loose a string of oaths. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He made a popping sound with his lips. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He fled to China in 1994, after his father, who supervised regional food distribution, ran afoul of his superiors and committed suicide. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He gives me a faint smile, and I see the tears in his blue eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He laughed uproariously at something said on the other end. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hand on Leneus’s forehead and spoke an ancient blessing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stuck out his thumb and pressed the button. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He tried to control his laughing but he couldn’t, so he stopped, took off his glasses, and wiped his eyes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks over at me, his gaze loitering on my face and body in a way that makes me blush. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Hari is sick. He must stay with us so that I can take proper care of him. Take off your silver earrings and give them to me for safekeeping.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He began sniffing around for jobs and other apartments. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, touched the ball with his foot, and stepped back three paces. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me the turtle, and I took off on my bike. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He knew that his parents cringed a little, as he did, when Fritz, who lived in the dwelling next door to theirs, received his bike and almost immediately bumped into the podium with it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wore weighted shoes to strengthen his wasted leg muscles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward to peer through the glare on the glass. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He said they both cried when they saw me cradled in the doctor’s arms. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would never forget those two; no one on the faculty ever would. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s standing near his locker, hiding a pack of cigarettes in between a folder covered in black Sharpie drawings and an English textbook. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He fought for breath and continued his long journey on shaking legs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was close, but he never touched us. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He flew on to London, and reporters of the British Broadcasting Corporation took him on an interviewing tour in Smethwick, a town near Birmingham with a large colored population. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He resumed pacing, suddenly conscious of his feet. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He takes a look around at all the people gathered on the sidewalk in front of our building and the people walking down from Bushwick Avenue and Jefferson. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He had simply said, in answer to her surprised inquiries as to the change, “I can’t afford it, my dear.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked large and coarse, the Japanese man smaller and clear-eyed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was sick with lust and mesmerized with regret. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“He tole that little snippity nurse of his’n to give me ten dollars and make me sign a ‘paid in full’ receipt. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt sorry for whoever this new kid was, going through the same things. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He knew his manners perfectly well, he just didn’t like to use them. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s sitting here all smug, making cute little jokes about iPods and talkin’ ‘bout how scared he is of losing his job, but is he actually helping?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He giggled, and the giggle turned into a chuckle, which grew into a hearty laugh that sounded wet and loose. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He turned his fist until Frightful faced him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was an infantry colonel captured at Dunkirk. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked quite harmless and friendly but, once he grabbed on, he almost never let go. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He has carved up a whole...cohort of...goblin guards...with spinning blades. He’s ruthless….Aren’t you? And a killer....Of bad people.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He falls down, but I follow him hard with my knees. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He pointed the wand at the silvery shape and murmured, “Accio Sword.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was glad to leave the kitchen and take his stand by the cash register again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s his gift. You see ahead. He sees beyond. And I . . .” Matty fell silent. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He said that the central air force headquarters had already received more than a hundred letters from young women begging to be admitted to military schools. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He dropped out of college and parked himself permanently by one of the windows of the flat, looking blankly out at the world. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was chosen as one of the umpires in a musical contest between Apollo and Pan. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the ground but didn’t answer me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stared at my leg longer than was necessary. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He circled past the headlights as Ike reached the back of the hatchback. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He eats two gigantic bites of his food, chews and continues, “How did you get here?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He gives me a lopsided grin and says, “Ultraviolet. The only person I want to see.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked a little like a lost child. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved forward in the cabin again and took the sail bag labeled main and carried it up top. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a spot on his lungs the size of a dime. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was the organizer of the pair, the bill-payer, the voice. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loosened his collar and lit another cigarette. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay with his hands at either side of him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He thought he’d better get upstairs before his uncle came in. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He took away some of my anger, I think, anger that had been pressing down on my chest. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wore custom Nikes and spoke with a Southern accent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He took his meals alone, with two dogs to wait upon him, and always ate from the Crown Derby dinner service which had been in the glass cupboard in the drawing-room. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He grabs a Gatorade and a bag of chips, tossing each to me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He would excel, and then everyone would love him and forget he was a clone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the Plant on a fancy wicker fern stand. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He looked so fierce that neither of the men laughed, though he was so young. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always knew what a person could provide pending their failure to pay. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He wiped it clean of the silky, girly things it had been smothered by, and then sank it in his mouth to slick it up. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He and “his friend” were expected for tea on Monday, November 22. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He hands everyone a cup and I take a sip, expecting it to be harsh. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He borrowed Lydia’s phone and they took many photos together. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and mumbled something to himself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He could hear them talking but they were farther away than the memory of the dream. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He feels too wholesome in this ripped jeans and T-shirt crowd, fears his hair was too recently washed and is too neatly combed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He threw me with one hand as if I were a bug.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He always got 100 percent on the quizzes Atsbani made them take at the beginning of class every day. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He is pounced on, seized by the scruff of the neck, and thrust into a sack. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

‘He knows, as well as I do, that you mean no harm. But just you up and answer his questions straight away!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He made a painful sizzling noise with his mouth. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He rolls down the divider, peering at us in the rearview mirror. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He decided there was something more beautiful than an off-course projectile: the Athena Parthenos gleaming in the sunrise, flying in from the coast, suspended from the tethers of six winged horses. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He slid down parts of the hill where the ground was steep and sandy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his reed pipes to his lips and began to play—a frantic jig that sounded like something pirates would dance to. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He ran a hand through his black hair and approached the princess, who waited for them with a hand on her hip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stares with greedy eyes at Will’s fallen body, like the sight is a meal and he hasn’t eaten in weeks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“He knew me. Maybe I treated his mother or something.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He saw Bodega’s face, saw it wasn’t the same person. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He said, “Hey, you remembered my name, I’m impressed. Good morning, Walking Willie. We’ve got to hit the road in a bit, better hurry up and get some food in your belly.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He turns to me and slides the ring off of his right pinkie. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He looked forward, then out the window again, and then he saw it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He said he’d heard that there were kids with broken arms and legs all over the office. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could sleep on it like a bed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his body and tried to spin out of the mass, gripping the Transvice with both hands to swing it left and right to get people away from him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He relinquished the endeavour, folded his arms, and stood quiet and mute in the rain, now falling fast on his uncovered head. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was not overwhelmingly bright, but he was a fighter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he saw a glint of water far to the west. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke from the living room, but the flat was so small he did not have to raise his voice. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not. I mean, yeah, he is, but sometimes he’s okay.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He ate the other part of the piece that he had cut in two. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered his earliest days, when he had called himself the Fiercest of the Fierce, and his friendship then with the girl named Kira, who was the blind man’s daughter. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He straightened out, became a fine young man, and he fought in Vietnam. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds the door open from the outside while I grab the notes for my neighbors and my keys. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting at the table, eyes half open, clutching a cup of tealess tea. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He inspects my stump, prods it, measures it, then says, “Outstanding!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He released her and slumped back against his pillows. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He gave Grover a meaningful look, then trotted out of the pavilion. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He winks at me and waves his brassy horn around as he plays. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t noticed how cold it had grown. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not stand, Shun, & w'hen we raised him between us, he could not move the one Leg, which dragged after him, bobbing across the scallops of the Mud. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He brought down the curtain and placed two chairs facing each other. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did, in fact, seem indifferent about business. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s the student body president at Santa Maria High School. Come up and say a few words, Frankie,” he said, motioning with his hand for me to approach the podium. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He’s carrying something—mugs of coffee, perhaps—and I look at him and realize that it isn’t Jason. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been speaking for half an hour when something happened that had never happened before. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He didn't want to force himself on somebody else. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He sat listening and looking and smiling, and I wondered what he thought of us all. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had to leave the top button of his trousers undone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was a good player—not a champion, since his aim was going off a bit in his old age, but we’d have great fun. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“He had a gun, what could my man do?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brings with him a partner to gather clues. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He knew perfectly well what the word meant, but he also knew where he was. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He told the court that during my remarks to the Natal Regional Command I had stated that all MK cadres ought to be good Communists but not to disclose their views publicly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that he didn’t have to buy her the bracelet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bobs up and down in the water, his hands and feet shiny and swollen as if made of white rubber. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at it a sec and then a look of understanding came over his face and he nodded. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He could not comprehend people that looked like Mr. Richard taking away the things that belonged to people that looked like him, Ugwu, for no reason at all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Matt is to be treated with respect, just as though I were here in his place. He is to be educated, well fed, and entertained. He is not to be mistreated.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got out and walked easily toward me, huge in the dim light. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the entrance to the studio and paused a moment, running a hand through his rumpled hair. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He would then find himself in the grip of illogical certainties. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

He would merely give out the communion with the usual disturbing allusions to eating flesh and drinking blood. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued as her accompanist during both her American and European tours, while Marian and Billy continued as friends. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

He nods in acknowledgment, reading my thoughts one last time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He felt his body and limbs gently, and took his friend’s hands in his own. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He turned and started moving before anything changed in Trina’s countenance. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was a sunburned, big-bellied, tattooed gill-netter with the watery eyes of a gin drinker. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He shakes his head slightly and then bends over to examine some more. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has been reading the Vercors—he has read Le Silence de la Mer, The Silence of the Sea—the French Resistance tract, at my recommendation! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He does, and I be soft and wet where his fingers are strong and hard. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He double-checked that he had the tickets and pencil and paper, then he went back into the living room to face his parents. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t like to talk about anything,” Erin says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was very courteous and very cheery in his manner, and seeing that I had been sleeping, he said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He felt let down and helpless, packed like a bird’s egg in the cotton of his father’s ambition for him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has to deliver them to a neighbor about twenty miles away. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He needed saving; therefore, she would save him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He says that she was killed by Achilles, who mourned for her as she lay dead, so young and so beautiful. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked of the pacifist views he’d held before World War II. He talked of his love of world travel and the environment and college football. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He went the rest of the way inside, shoulders hunched, while Anya held the door open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He felt the starch stiffening against his sides, felt his sweat accumulating in places he could not reach. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward and spun the plate of wing bones onto the coffee table. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“He threw me off before. He wanted the devil run out of him, so I obliged him.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stuck his gigantic head in through the window and barked wildly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had the head of a Doberman, but his clawed hands were almost human. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stood and scanned the island—bleach-white dunes, blankets of grass, and boulders encrusted with salt like frosting. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He wiped his forehead, his eyes, and his mouth all in one motion, then said, “Martin Gandrey.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He squinted at Turner’s shoulder, seeming to see there the insignia of senior rank. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He felt his heart sink into his great tail. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He held out a roster for me to sign, and indicated how to draw an X. I took his quill, and wrote my name. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He might say he wasn’t going to break any more rules, put his neck in the noose, for my sake. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stormed towards Joseph, who stumbled backwards getting out of his uncle’s way. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He fought his way to freedom, and made it back to the bur oak tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited to write the letter until after Squid had gotten up and joined the game of pool. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and waited for the familiar feel of The Giver’s hands on his back. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was very tall and very thin, dressed in a gray suit that had many dark stains on it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He stood beneath the crossbar, waiting for the shot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He ceased, in effect, to be part of mankind. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He paused, as if calling up the memory. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He ignored the woman standing next to the girl. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glances back, giving me a glimpse of blue eyes, and speeds up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was about twelve, and we played on the beach together every day. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He prayed for some monumental disaster to occur, some cataclysm that would shake the planet to its core, so that he would not have to do what he was about to do. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly reached down and picked up Nicholson’s right hand from the armrest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He heads over to the bed and kisses his father’s forehead. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be down there, laughing and running. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Do not defy me—” “And it wouldn’t hurt to play with Cerberus once in a while. He likes red rubber balls.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He always won and half the time I could never get any sorta fire at all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He sang for pay, for the praise of women—one in particular—and for the honor of a famous king’s hand on his arm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay on the cold floor sobbing; but really he was pushing forward with his puny strength against a world too big and too strong for him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He has years of pilgrimage ahead of him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He set about cleaning her up as best he could. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had rust-colored hair a little darker than Rachels. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He’s going to make me ask for it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He saw Wes lying on the back of the police car in handcuffs. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He had a natural wall from behind which he could look at them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was still looking up at the stars like he was thinking about the light pollution problem. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He stayed with Gorges for nine years, after which he went to New England with John Smith. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He said it with such authority all the other kids momentarily froze. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was smuggling arms to support the cause. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He kisses both of her cheeks, careful not to leave behind the bright purple rouge-stick he wears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He had frankly expected that by now they would emerge decisively as the new varsity lineup. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He always went to Moravian Cemetery to drink beer, which sounds a little crazy, but it isn’t if you explore his source problem a bit. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had to pay some enormous fine to avoid spending several months in jail. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He motioned for Kat and me to go out with him, but Kat shook her head. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dislikes the new house almost as much as I do and always leaves it when my sisters at school. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could not know if they wished him to come to them as passionately as he wished to rise. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He felt everything for Eleanor, but what did he really know? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care. He goes out tonight. I can’t stand looking at him any more.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He said our sister would be back, so we’d just as well go on about our business because she was just looking for the attention. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got a chartreuse tattoo of the Virgin Mary on his forearm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the slip of paper Obie handed him and read the instructions without pausing. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hunted up his brother, Georgie, who was working that night. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her shoulders; his mouth was twisted open and the breath was hot and short; but it was his own body, not hers, which shook. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t looking at me, he was looking at the two inches of floor between us and I thought maybe he was going to say something but he didn’t. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He felt the city turn to its thousands of doors. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Edna’s book, which he had read; and he told her heard? The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put me down and whispered, “Don’t worry.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He doesn't know me really, but there's a faint recognition there. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"He gave it to himself. I guess he did. Ras is a title of respect in the East. It's a wonder he didn't say something about 'Ethiopia stretching forth her wings,' " he said, mimicking Ras. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cried from laughing over the door alarm incident yesterday. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He tripped her and followed her to the floor. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood for a moment, still looking in Teddy’s direction, then walked away, out of sight. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He nods in my direction, and does nothing more to acknowledge me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He paid the money, put the package into his pocket and went out to the corner to wait for a car. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hands under his chin and stared at the foot of the bed, almost a shadow in the dim light. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He said, “I see you play ball as well as you read books, Danny. I hope you are not as violent with a book as you are with a baseball.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He flattened his ears to show he meant no threat, but that he would not leave. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was not a gung-ho cop; he wasn’t quick to make an arrest, or to pull a gun, or to nail people just on general principles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking at investigative misconduct, small and large. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had silver-white hair, and he smelled of cologne. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He didn’t believe in drinking the warm blood as some hunters did. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen ignorance, but this was more than that. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Flora, “before that. He was vacuumed. You know, sucked up in a vacuum cleaner.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He is as fat as a hamster in winter, but he trundles his pots when it comes to that right up to the very front-line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He vanishes beneath the edge of the table, his eyes perplexed, his mouth still open. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He’s in his usual hoodie and cargo shorts. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He filled the bathtub with hot water, and stripped off his shoe and sock. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would pick up his magazine and begin to read as if the game had never happened. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was a kind, conscientious, peace-loving fellow, who had been afflicted in his youth by a tutor of genius. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s enjoyed hot meals and the chance to wash and sleep. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He has a black mustache and jowls like a basset hound. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He also remembered the man with the knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was now passing under the very walls of the Tower, and the cries and sounds of fighting could be heard with his unaided ears. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He pulled out his thin wallet and started to show the guy a card. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was a religious mutt, which made him even more open to the students he taught over the years. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called the men down from the work platforms and sent them to the safety of their cars. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He took a half step, angling himself between me and what was coming. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was talking in a straight, loud voice that rang through the terrible silence in the synagogue. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had many flirtations, but he never found a wife. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He looks as if he is slowly being engulfed by something beyond his control. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He held out his hand to be gripped. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He should have graduated last year, but, like me, he had failed first grade because he did not speak English well enough. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He felt himself slipping, struggling to separate reality from memory, the immediate present from the distant past. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He rested his head against the kitchen cabinet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed in a state of constant transition, phasing in and out of dimensions, unsure whether to be my father’s son or his wife’s husband. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He looked like he was about to puke. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He holds the string up in one hand turns the rings so they wind and unwind in bright spinning flashes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He set a folded piece of paper on the bench where the cap’n had put the money. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He had told Gogol that Ganguli is a legacy of the British, an anglicized way of pronouncing his real surname, Gangopadhyay. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He's five or six centimeters shorter than my cousin, and he can't take his eyes off her. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t say that if this last embryo died, he would be stripped of his job. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the jest the king had shared in the crypts of Winterfell, as the Kings of Winter looked on with cold stone eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He sat in one of the pews next to a bank of vigil lights and decorated his hands, his packages stacked beside him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t been doing so well with them lately. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He thought he was still a jinx and, one way or another, my life could not be good with him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘He would be rash indeed that said that thing,’ said Galadriel gravely. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He used some machine oil to grease back his hair. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He swallowed water from the canteen and watched the sky for the autumn evening stars to appear. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s hanging out after school in Docs classroom to avoid making the call a few days later when SJ busts through the door like she’s being chased by rabid dogs. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He just keeps staring forward, then glances at me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He stared at it in fascination for a long while, until he finally dared to pick up the long-handled spoon and, with a sigh of ecstasy, plunge it into the cream. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could almost fit in my hand, he was so small. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He touted their bravery and vowed that if war came, Polish soldiers would not give the Germans who dared to invade so much "as a button from their uniforms." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He leaped over the side and struggled toward shore, splashing through water covered with blotches of burning black oil. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said Baba had done enough for his family already. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He dreamed that Adams had written a short letter to Jefferson, congratulating him on his recent retirement from public life. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had no shirt or coat on, no shoes or rags on his feet. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He kept his elbows off the table, didn’t talk with his mouth full, and used his napkin frequently. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He also went with Grandfather to have his first ritual Jewish bath in preparation for the Sabbath. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He waves his hands, like he’s trying to erase what he said. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He smiled and said, “Then you must be some kind of nut.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Brother, you have heard of Ras? He is the wild man who calls himself a black nationalist." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told them that they were fools, reminded them of things they thought were safely forgotten. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He does, laying his head on the pillow gingerly—I know his side and his chest must hurt—slowly sliding his feet beneath the blanket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t end up too well,” I pointed out. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He snorted and dug his powerful claws into the rotten tree trunk, sending beetles and woodlice scurrying as he tore out a chunk of the spongy timber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He showed her how to open the safe and was pleased that after the first try she remembered the combination. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He told Nate about his life on the farm, how he’d loved being with his parents but had nearly gone crazy with boredom. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was in clear agony, tearing off the bedsheets and trying to slide his feet to the floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He put on his robe and walked through the house to the front door. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has invented a trench and a theory of defensive warfare, but in that courtly company few will listen. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came halfway to his feet as if he would bolt from the room, then gave an embarrassed frown and forced himself back down into his chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He must say nothing about his mother, for fear Adam would think him babyish. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He knew nothing about my personal life as a father and husband and seemed utterly uninterested in my background as a former newspaper reporter and editor, TV producer, and professor turned media critic and author. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not have that crouching on the bat and hopping out to the pitch of the ball. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spun her a long tale about who he was and why he had come, with not a word of truth in it, at the end of which the goddess smiled and patted him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened, nodded, asked no questions and made himself another peanut butter sandwich. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held the jar close to one ear and listened intently. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his menu, his eyes scanning its many options. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t come, and as time passed I grew more and more tense. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He would immediately begin the Ceremony of Loss. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

"He hit me in the face with a yard of chitterlings!"—bending double, roaring, the whole room seeming to dance up and down with each rapid eruption of laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

GINNY: He’s getting there, it just might take him a bit of time—and you a bit of time too. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He wound up calling Cingular’s legal department, who told him such requests could take ten to fifteen days, an amount of time that had already elapsed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He took Quentin up and we ran down to the corner of the fence and watched them pass. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He goes back in, and meets me at the side gate. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He reached into the cages and gave the monkeys their shots. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to drum his fingers again, faster, trying to use the counts to center himself and quell what he knew was coming next. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He saw only eyes and mouths and fists—wild eyes and half-closed eyes, wet, loose mouths and clenched ones, black fists and white. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He’s over there right next to it. He hasn’t moved all day.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He’s casually dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt and, for some reason, authentic leather cowboy boots with gigantic heels that boost him up to merely short. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He’s the big hole in my life, in the middle of my soul. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flinched, face white as a sheet, when I came toward him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He preened, even as the rumbles of the Maafa smashing against the Golden Crescent shook the room. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He turned to me, a glistening light in his eyes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He took in my changed expression, and it made him thoughtful. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He imagined the letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles, that one most important letter, flipped so that it whizzed close to the right bin, but landed, finally, in the wrong bin. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He's in my literature class. I really like him," she says, voice gentler now. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was called the Masked One, for the unearthly silver mask he wore to scare the hell out of his enemies. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He squatted again in his spot three rows distant and tried to concentrate on his own work. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He ducked down to the bowl, rinsed his face with cold water, put on some alcohol, and then looked at himself carefully in the glass, pulling down his long upper lip. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He need not have been the smartest in the class, only smart enough. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He lifted his thin shoulders and wrinkled his forehead in an expression of ignorance. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held up the bag and I took it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had obviously seen what she was doing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. He wanted to know how you were. He told me his son is very sorry over what happened.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stares into my eyes as my chest rises and falls. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Your uncle Bill says he’s going to get me a lawyer. He wants me to sue the boy’s family. It’s true we need the money to pay Dr. Friendlich, but I don’t know...” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He can remember its long legs looked like the stems of the cattails all around the pond. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had not had good luck, recently, with young Christians. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He slept wedged next to his sister and his mother. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He turned away from the door, and almost immediately the rain began. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He backed the car down the driveway, looking scared and shaken and small. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He struck it with the knife and nothing came. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

"He hasn't faced my father yet, has he?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He got a big kick out of it when I was about ten years old, and I’d go around emptying all the beer glasses lying around the house. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He got some ice for her foot, and the two of them remained silent, trying to nurse their wounds. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He clutched his knees with his wrinkled hands. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He had the elevator doors all shut and all, and was all set to take me up, and then he turned around and said, "They ain't in. They're at a party on the fourteenth floor." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He wrapped the piece of wood and put it back in his coat pocket, determined not to bring it out again. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He expected this would lead to a peace deal. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He said, ‘Brother Wolf, today is a new day and you’re going to turn over a new leaf.’ The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that I don't like him. He's just not my type.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He texted her quickly: Sorry, line in bathroom was crazy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He claimed it was an accident, but I had peeked at his preparations in the barn. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He had left the radio behind back up in the campsite, thinking it would be in the way. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around quickly to confirm the apartment was empty, then went into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

"He killed a man with a pitchfork," Dad would say, nodding slyly toward some hulking farmer in bib overalls. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“He has every right to use the weight room. And tomorrow, put some leave-in conditioner in your hair before class.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He turned over and pulled the bedclothes up over his head and the curious feeling increased. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He was walking around the fire pit, moving behind Tayo as he went around. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood there as if he had not even the strength to step around it; his head sagged, and his whole body was trembling. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have to talk to his father. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew there was too little time to let nature alone produce such effects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He revised the first bit of the Lord’s Prayer to “Our Father, who art in nature...” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He says, “You can be sure that we will talk to those other boys.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Alas, most never do. Nico talked to me. He was the first in many years. Everyone rushes about. No time for visiting family.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He chatted more easily with Hazel—not stealing those wistful, mooning glances that had always made Frank uncomfortable. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He didn't think about Scott Spencer until he went into Jack's bedroom to change back into his clothes and noticed that his shoes were on the floor and his shorts weren't folded up. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He reexperienced his gambling mania and his feelings of uselessness after retiring, but this soon passed because it was the 1940s and he was running the bar and grill again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then I tell Calvin, “Don’t know if you heard about him. But Benny Kilmartin is a boy from here. From Merrimack. He was my best friend. And...well...it is horrible-sad...but Benny is dead.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He sets the guitar down and chugs the rest of his beer. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a piece of skin at the edge of the wound and pulled it up in a strip, sucking in a pained breath as he did. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He says, You remember... and then he says a name. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an ugly boy, though admittedly more comely than a certain dwarf with half a nose and a scar from eye to chin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He is now spearheading a drive to outsource low-end Japanese jobs to Japanese-speaking call centers and service providers in China. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He hesitated in the dark frame, hideous and friendly, wondering why the silence was—and the lights showed him up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at me and smiles—his tears were those of joy—and calls out, “They asked me if I’m afraid of heights!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wasn't cool enough or good-looking enough or as smart as they'd hoped—in short, he didn't matter enough. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He looked at her out of cold eyes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He killed off my last man before I even cleared 30,000 points. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He looked at the ceiling, the red trim on the closet door, the bullhorn that hung over his bed, the radio station sticker on his door. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He took the full force of the monster's pull—and still held on. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He told the police that she might have run away,” Scott says. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Tad were in the hallway nearest to the front of the school right now, but both sets of stairs leading down were blocked. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He stood erect, several inches higher than the inspector, with his head lifted up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"I was there. He had me, but he wrote letters instead." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He says, “Yes! Mason! You are the aurochs!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He was bigger than any god and feared none of them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had learned this from the river: to wait, to have patience, to listen. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to pull her from Tom, and she shrieked, “Don’t touch me! I don’t want to think about it!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. He didn’t live in this country.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even said he played oboe, and was switching from orchestra to band. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took long walks by himself around the Shropshire countryside, thinking. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had made a promise to Josiah to help with the Mexican cattle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He slid from Seabiscuit’s side as if gravity were pulling him backward. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a gun from his holster with a creak of leather. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went on holding me close to his shoulder. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was kneeling by the Zanies, the frailest ones, the fuse-points; both of them lay huddled up on the floor. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his cigarette out on the building, causing a shower of red sparks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Dear madam, do not go. I beg you will not go. Mr. Collins must excuse me. He can have nothing to say to me that anybody need not hear. I am going away myself.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He looked up at his bedroom window where his grandmother slept. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He loved the smell of the wood he was whittling, even the acrid smell of the oak that Brother Matthew was working. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and she was sorry she had had a moments hate of him. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He reports the celebrated tournaments in full, with the score of each knight, and the name of the man who bowled him over, or how knocked out. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled me along, sitting me on the bench beside him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He limped over to his bed and flopped down on it, burying his head in his pillow. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He sprints alongside rolling freight cars and focuses on his footing. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was honestly trying to save me from a terrible fate. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He checks in early lots of times when I’m here, but he keeps his distance, usually. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was on the same flight with us all the way to Puerto Rico. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

One of Doherty’s sergeants, Boston Corbett, volunteered for a suicide mission: He would slip into the barn alone and fight Booth one-on-one. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the hand, then up at me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to tell Mama all the ways SJ made him believe he was big while everyone else wanted to keep him small. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He sniffs, pulls his hand back, uncrosses his legs. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He came out of his struggle integrated only slightly in the external society, but powerfully integrated within. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was beaten, deprived of food for five days, and his cafeteria rations were cut in half for three months. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was crawling uphill now, as though the tunnel were leading straight toward the very center of the gigantic fruit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He turned back to the bed, and before Anya could stop him, he tugged on the foot closest to him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He studied my face for a long second and then nodded. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was in no mood to talk about Gaily. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He rubs his hands together, then lies back on the bed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at Betty Bright and said, “Coach, this goaltender of yours is not eligible to play. He wasn’t eligible to play for me, and he’s not eligible to play for you.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s had the same address for five years. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had the best smile in the world. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He leans over and gives me a look: So is this why you’ve been feeling better, son? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He told himself Nero was mocking him, that it was all a prank. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He told Venkatesh to go ahead and ask him a question from the survey. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He shook his shoulder, but Amil just moaned with his eyes closed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t answer much, not unless he was directly asked a question, and even then his answers were short and forgettable, colorless: he faded, in mind and in memory. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He fell ill just before the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and almost missed that major moment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He trailed off, trying to explain what was in his mind. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He and the redhead sped, with tires screeching, toward an unspecified destination. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turned quickly, hurried along the street, and almost collided with somebody who shot out of the Apprentices’ Quarters at that moment. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He had stood by as baby after baby was taken and left in the forest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He liked to have a good time, didn’t want to be too tied down with rules and responsibilities. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He took them back to the Green, saying he wished he could stop the rain because he, for one, had had enough of it and he suspected they had too. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then added the magazine, and I shook even more. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He searched his pockets for a handkerchief, came up with nothing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was very fond of his map, but on the other hand, he was extremely relieved that Moody wasn’t asking where he’d got it, and there was no doubt that he owed Moody a favor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He backed up against the next vertical iron web to keep out of sight of the workers and glanced at the river far below. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He tore the money bag away from me, but he did not even look at it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dobby has known it for months, sir. Harry Potter must not put himself in peril. He is too important, sir!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He was impressed with her big white slab of a body like an unfinished sculpture. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“He thought he would be taken to the commander’s office. There he would have a chance to clear up whatever confusion there was. But they steered him toward that building there.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He would, he told himself, in spite of gods and drought, do that which he had determined. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He turns on his radio and grabs a Holy Cross letter jacket from the cab of his truck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He took a huge bite of hot dog and turned to his mom with a big smile. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He nodded politely as if that explained why I had shown up barefoot and reeking of back alleys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He closed the file and balanced it on his thigh. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He cried hoarsely as the trio disappeared around the bend. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He had been placed in Rav Gershenson’s class, the highest in the school, and I had been placed one class below. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had once held an elephant aloft using only the muscles in his back. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He knew the lookouts strained their eyes as never before, sweeping the horizon for an enemy sail. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the wooden door to his rooms, peeling off his clothing as he headed to the bathing room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He sighed as he looked at the gloomy ridges across the valley. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He focuses on the thought that will make him run the fastest: “I cannot miss the train.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He told her what had happened as he left the priory, again leaving out what the dæmon had done on the path. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He stood waiting, his face sallow, his hands fairly low, proudly and firmly waiting for the assault, ready to do battle for his lady love. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He just used to laugh and shake his head while heading on to the next house. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He turns over the dented radio case, peers into it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He waved me over to their table, and although he’d ignored me all day yesterday, his interest now kind of ticked me off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He said he had been trying to contact us for many years. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“He worked with me, ma’am, on the field generators, and he was with me the morning of his disappearance. I don’t know if anyone saw him after about noon. No one admits having done so.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“He loved puzzles and codes, you know. He would have appreciated pentominoes.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed pleased to see Dustfinger and even licked his hand, but then he ran after the boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was lying on the floor of Professor Trelawney’s room with his hands over his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He drank about half the cup and smacked his lips. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to hide a message beneath those words, for Madam relaxed some and stood with grace. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no ear for music at all, and found it impossible to tell if one note was higher or lower than another. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He makes his hands into fists and holds them close to his chest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He saw a need for clarity, speed, and no lawyers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stirred his ice cream again and again. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He scooped up a shard of mirror and held it in his palm like a knife. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was white, with pink cheeks, a square face, and unruly dark hair. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was loved, but only as one among a group of other beloved things. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He liked his black and bitter, I remembered. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stood on the citadel of the Mesarthim, and it was not of this world, and he was not who he had been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“He knows where he’s sleeping,” said Ron, “in my room, he slept there last —” “We can all go,” said Hermione pointedly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He put his eye to it quickly to keep the moonlight out and looked through. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He moves closer to his daughter and gives her a hug. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mention his injury because he didn’t want the corporals to know about it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He says it was his plan to take it to the recycling center. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

"Nothing to be frightened of. He's the best when it comes to facial repairs, that's why I brought him in." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He throws the magazine down and lunges to his feet, pacing. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was okay; Beefy had to be okay. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s smarter than most of us put together, and he deserves a better father than you.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was determined to make this play work. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave Pasha’s Favorite alone. He might bite you,” said the Mellower’s mother as she came into the room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He would need more than a coffee cup tipped onto its side to get him out of jail. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He knows she’s somewhere in front of him, but he wasn’t listening carefully enough to tell if she’s to the right or to the left. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He dropped Matt, and Matt backed away out of reach. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a face as the petals tickled his skin. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He heard a woman calling, ‘Chick, chick, chick.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t get himself to take it out of the bag, so it just sat there. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t make eye contact with the guard, or with me or my mom. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He can quote facts and dates and wars and generals like somebody on a game show. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was becoming more argumentative, and his voice was rising. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He dodged around the squirrel, who was rolling the barrel along. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He went on to delineate and, he hoped, prove his point. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked to play poker and golf and to drink and, most of all, to chase women; in fact, his sexual appetites were the stuff of legend. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He stood, holding it, and placed it carefully over the wooden neck, easing it down into place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"He will be joining us shortly, but I wanted to see you alone first. It has been too long, Cat. How many years?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He throws up the first time he eats the stuff—too rich for his belly, I guess—but after that he manages to keep it down, and all the while he’s fattening out a little. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Grown into a jolly little beast. He was quite a youngster when I saw him last. He’s too fat, though. He needs more exercise.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He sighed, running a hand through his hair. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was killed in a freakish explosion while he was with the Army of Occupation in Japan. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was moving in such a relaxed way that it kind of scared me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He groped for words, and ended up shifting in frustration back to Common Tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“He called out to his fellow monks, ‘Come quickly: I am tasting the stars.’ The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He drove, I remember, even faster than before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He set them ready on the ground, with their screw tops removed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He lived over a hundred years ago,” I say. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He held it up, and a sunbeam shone through it as if it was reaching for him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had to weave his way carefully in the crowds to keep from being jostled. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“No. He doesn’t seem orthodox—anything. He seems very universal.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He bends down and whispers, “I’m Corporal Reynolds. Don’t do this again. There are snakes. And men who will shoot you.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have a problem with foot odor, but when your name was Armpit you had to be extra careful. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He drove a pickup truck and kept a sharp authoritative eye on pretty much everything that went on at his spread. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at that guy. He’s wearing sweatpants with elastic on the ankles. Jesus. It’s making me lose my appetite.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see his face, thank goodness, but his fingers were gnarled and bony. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was not content with mere greatness for his horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the child, soothing him in his arms, and then gave him to Ira. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought and worried and thought; and at last he broke down and did something entirely against his principles—he called up a girl. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath to calm his nerves. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want the jury to hear that at all. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He could tell they were disappointed, but they’d tried to put on a brave front. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He lied about his age and landed a part with a Dublin theatre group. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He looks down at me with his eyebrows raised. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He says it so loud, Mrs. Frost turns down her hearing aid. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me a copy of The Breeze, the school newspaper, and pointed to the article on the front page. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He looked at the poster: the white face was fleshy but stern; one hand was uplifted and its index finger pointed straight out into the street at each passer-by. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"He didn't say what time he'd be back either, did he?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He had locked the door of the restaurant and hung on the outside a white wreath of lilies. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He sifted through a plastic bag of pill bottles, lining up cylinders on the bedside. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was wearing his usual leopard-pattem Hawaiian shirt, walking shorts, and tennis shoes with black socks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He felt dizzy, and his side ached badly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He woke up when the sky was dark gray, the transition from night already started. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I w'as here. I was on my way to see ... to see Tom, my ex- husband, but I—” He squeezes his eyes shut, rubs his forehead. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was hanging upside down asleep, but the smell of me rising up to him would probably wake him up at any minute! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He came in griping about how cold it was out. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He asked the friend of his youth many questions and Siddhartha had a great deal to tell him about his life. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Shackleton sat on the snow, picking and choosing among the best pictures, smashing the rejects as they went to keep from changing their minds. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“If you have any extra clothes, put them on. If you have a blanket you could wrap—” He stopped suddenly and looked out across the circle of firelight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He kicked as hard as he could and sent Kamau reeling back, but it cost him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was mumbling, fading in and out of lucidity, shifting between English and Polish. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He worked for the Department of Transportation in Atlanta, Georgia, for two decades. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He slaps the floor with his palms, gets into a low defensive stance, and waits for his man to reach him. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not see me at first because I was behind the door, but Jasper made a dive at me, still barking with delight. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to push his way through and the pain went all the way up his arm and into his chest and shocked him stiff. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited till meal time was over and threw away the full plate. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He put his hand flat upon the surface, as though to quell it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He signaled that he was finished, the cameras blinked to dark, and the lights, blessedly, clicked off. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He set the ladder against the building and began to climb. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He stepped to the edge of the cliff—and flung it into the air. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He finishes plucking the last of the parsley leaves, watches as Donald grabs a knife and chops them, expertly and swiftly, a hand held flat over the top of the blade. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He peered down the length of the darkened hall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We were all sniffing at him, absolutely horror-stricken; but one of the Owslafa said, ‘You needn’t make such a fuss. He’s lucky to be alive.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked a little unsteadily, like a man who was only half awake. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He walked the length of the grandstand, checking for spies. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a veteran, meeting every calamity with a cheerful steadiness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt no more fear; he was sure that on this point he could foretell the future better than the god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then handed down a large piece of ham. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He is almost transparent, like a ghost, or a reflection in glass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He touches every part of her with his skinny bone-looking old hands, from the bow all the way along the keel to the stern. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He is not the Weeping Man, but he is no craven either. If I had asked that of him, it would have come to blood.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was too handsome, too male, and not the least bit willing to smile and play nice for the cameras. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding a small derringer and pointing it at Searchlight. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped and swiped his hand at me to grab me, but I slipped away from him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He held out his hand for Percy’s backpack. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He hesitated and then he said that he was the one who offered me the coffee. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He said “How do you do” to Obinze in an almost formal manner. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He relishes the camaraderie: how riders take care of one another, pass along what they know, divide what they have. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like scrawny women but there was a limit in the other direction too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He ran away after they shot at us, but he came back.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to keep things from his parents, but then they didn’t usually have the time to ask anything more than once. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had “integrated” into a neighborhood of whites who had made his life miserable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was the smoothest man I ever saw,” said C. E. Davis, whom Holmes had hired to manage the drugstore’s jewelry counter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He started to draw three rows of dollar signs. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He said he had a little money saved up for Mommy and a little land in Virginia, but it was not enough. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts me into his arms, and I rest my head against his chest and close my eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He would cram it all down, follow it with Mountain Dew, and then do jumping jacks until he puked. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He held his hand to the thin ribs. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He wetted another paper towel as he talked, then passed it to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He read the letter through, word for word, and while he read, there wasn’t a sound in the cabin beyond the slight rustle of the page in the shaking hand that held it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped when he heard the car, and the chauffeur slowed down. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He gets food for us at the market and brings water from the well. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But then Kyle thought of something: “This is why Mr. Lemoncello called our time-out a bonus. He knew we’d need a ton of time to find a new source of numbers.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He did not seem to be enjoying it near as much as he had the pork pies at the wedding. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had to expect some changes in his dad, too. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He whipped off his hat, revealing a head of unruly hair. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He heads away from the road, keeping to this side of the river and following it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was barely more than a boy himself. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Remora said that he found the Poe manuscript. He said that he deserved to be partners with you, fifty-fifty.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He put a final strip of tape on the injured man’s splint. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t sound like the boy who kissed me, sick with desire, just hours ago. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He said it in as mean a tone of voice as I ever heard him use. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He caught a glimpse of Dimple’s full throttle smile, just for a second, before she put it away. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He knew it was a risk swimming with hungry piranhas. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He grew angrier while he talked, and his voice rose. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fountains the bottle into his mouth and swallows like he’s in pain. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He waved his stubby fingers, taking in all the waterfront squalor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He pushed the newspaper away and went for the jar, then threw it aside when he saw it was empty. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed to have consistently warned the staff of the danger—“so much so that I see myself as an ‘old crab,’ but now maybe warnings will be given more respect.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had planted the rhododendrons, too, not at all for their brief, dramatic show of colour in May and June, but for their dark green, leathery leaves and toughness of stem, their substantial look. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He slides a postcard of the Brooklyn Bridge out the spinner. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He lay on the ground and stretched his back. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped his hand down onto the side of his leg. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He included the new system in Liber Abaci, finally introducing Europe to zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was used to just dealing with the pain when he hurt himself and letting whatever had been injured heal itself naturally. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He leaned across the front seat when I got out. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He sort of lost some revenue. The Corporation posted second, third, and fourth quarter losses totaling around forty billion? So, you know, they had to make some sacrifices, let some workers go.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He didn’t look at her; she didn’t look at him. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He lifted his cap and scratched into the gray hairs of his head, his eyes wise and wide with amusement. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around to make sure everybody was watching, a big ole grin on his face like he was the funniest person in the universe. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t seem to have become outspoken about demonic possession until Nathan’s story hit. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He spoke of his childhood in Hoi- gufn, where his father, a descendant of slaves, had worked in the nickel mines. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sadly unfitted for hating his best friend or for torturing his wife. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He splashed around, acting like he was a pirate on a sinking ship. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He used a motorized scooter to pilot himself from boiler to boiler and took pride in his own indispensability. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his empty bowl and sighed heaviness into it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Madar is happy for us. You know how she feels about you, Amir, you can do no wrong in her eyes. Padar... well, as always, he’s a little harder to read. He’s not saying much.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He told me, “Look at the cattle. Look at the noses of the cows. Do you see liquid there?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was walking along a mountain road in the cool blue light of dawn. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward, looking affectionately at his friend. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He emptied the bottle into Aunt Marge’s glass. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was about to leave me totally alone that weekend. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t seem a little old to you?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s gone for him,” she said and dipped the cloth she held in the basin of water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He had organized the fleet into ten lines of battle, each of twenty ships. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had once shut down his own mother with a click, and now he would do the same thing to the intruders. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He drives the horse himself, but now he is getting out, telling that dressed-up doll of a black boy to put his horse up for him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited till the platform was very still. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

No. He looked right, in the direction of the jungle, as his fingers danced at his side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He went all through the two bags and held up the quarter- bottle of brandy. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He’s been a cop for as long as Khalil was alive, and I wonder if in some sick twist of fate Khalil was only born for this man to kill. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He told me to stay out of trouble and then left, and I been wonderin’ if he come talk to you yet.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had, somehow, never felt so secure in his life and was asleep, into deep sleep, within thirty seconds. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t about to say that to Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t know about the shutting down or the trouble at school beyond sophomore year because last year, after the guitar-smashing episode, I told Principal Wertz my dad was killed in a hunting accident. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was fine and then just like that... Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He came out of his room and slowly sat down at the kitchen table. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He had to talk to one or both, and tell them that something else was out there. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He turned his attention back to his makeshift top. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He is Frank Volkheimer, an upperclassman, seventeen years old, a colossal boy from some boreal village, a legend among the younger cadets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He sat on the grass, emptying the water from his shoes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He comprehends it, being a man full grown, able to oversee the kind of house Zeus would endow with honor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barely made a dent in the director’s chair. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’s stroking his cheek like he might have just shaved for the second time today. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He pulls off a shoe and heaves it against the wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“He meant that about the sun shining on the botde,” said Louis. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dismounted and went to work on the wire. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He walked to Collins, twisting his face away from the heat of the fire and smothering smoke. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had the Stoll brothers on his back, and it looked as if both of them had taken some nasty whacks to the head. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He set off for the fields humming, and when he returned Pancha was in the kitchen, busily stirring marmalade in a huge copper pot. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never had a sale, never reduced a price and never remaindered. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved his brother, but he would not have wanted to be with him in the Whispering Wood for all the gold in easterly Rock. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was faster, of course, even back then. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been in bed when she got up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand like an orchestra conductor, and when he lowered it, Chester chirped on the downbeat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scrubbed Kuda with a bath brush and washed his hair as well. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He shivered while thinking his way through this. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was envious and a bit overwhelmed by the intensity with which they cared for one another—and for him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He had not moved from his position by the door, and the black kitten was winding itself around his ankles and mewling. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He always gets emotional when he talks about his wife with me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He hated the campers and tried to make our lives miserable. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He sits down and opens his Bible, not because it is Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, but because starting the day reading Scripture is his lifelong habit. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He then asked us to give him double-digit numbers up to twenty to multiply in his head. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He used his two legs to walk across the floor and undulated his long body like a snake, helping to push himself along. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He didn’t come, and just at night I remembered what you said when Amy fell into the river. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew at once whose fingers had done the embroidery. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He coiled the rope and chain neatly, as they’d been when he started to anchor, and put them back beneath the captain’s bunk. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t speak very good English, because he hadn’t left Chinatown since he came from Taiwan, because there was no reason for him to. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He rowed out to sea waveringly, but with silent dignity. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not take the car into the short drive. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want any more “culture” in his life, and he could go on forever pretending the Korean half of him didn’t exist. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had thought the label was funny—a badge of honor—but now it was an indictment. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He is always left with the uneasy notion that maybe any objective drapery is as good as any other for any emotion. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to butt in — But the wizard didn’t look up. He continued to read, frowning slightly. Harry drew nearer to his desk and stammered, “Er — I’ll just go, shall I?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He also knew Harvey might find his coat and a bottle of aspirin worthless. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“But even if he’s in the wrong place at the wrong time, a good person shouldn’t go along. He should leave or stop whatever bad that’s happening.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He noticed Burger and Heinck were "shivering like a bunch of kids." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He kept catching Annie’s eye—why wouldn’t he?—and she would smile. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He entered as though he owned the court, calling a cheery good morning to Mr. Justice, interrupting the mumbled explanation of a shabby bakeress accused of selling mouldy bread. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would finish high school with more than one year of college work out of the way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded his head at me, and wiped his pale blue watery eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He places several wrapped snack cakes on the counter. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was completely incoherent when he was drunk, but when sober he was one of the chief philosophers of the Comer. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The letter says she’s the key, not James Parker. He’s probably keeping himself anonymous because he doesn’t want the focus to be on him.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had come across an ocean to get left behind! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He repositioned his patient’s head and swept the blood out of the patient’s mouth with his fingers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held up a finger, asking me to wait, and walked to his living quarters. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he would need more than this to beat the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have seen that on the late late show. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’s apologizing, saying that he knows this isn’t my favorite but it was the best he could do. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ambled over to a long stone bench in the garden’s center and patted a spot beside him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He speaks of the alienation of youth and the need for “connectedness” with the society around me. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is a little man with mousy hair and misaligned pupils. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had done his best: the Lord knew it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He certainly had forgiven us for anything we did over at the house or else he wouldn’t have come—so I figured he was just weak from his heart attack and the hospital. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was young, for he wore the splotched plumage of the juvenile and still had a trace of baby-yellow around his beak. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dipped his finger in the milk and let a white drop fall on her lips. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was standing at the counter wearing a worn gray T-shirt and jeans. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He hardly slept the rest of the night, listening to the horrid rain and knowing that no matter how high the creek came, Leslie would still want to cross it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He grew more confident, sitting on the edge of my table to talk before Biology class started, ignoring Edward as completely as he ignored us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He seemed to argue, contrary to common sense and the visual evidence provided by all maps, that the Potomac was actually farther west than the Susquehanna. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He sees the Legos and shakes his head. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He is holding, in his right hand, a wallet and a Nokia mobile phone with a red, white, and blue face-plate. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He must know about the phone by now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his arms above his head and yelled hallelujah. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You are so modest. I will send the liaison officer. He can handle the English.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He is afraid of offending Booth but even more terrified of this mob, which would surely tear him limb from limb. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed back from his desk and stood up, straightened his jacket. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had several broken ribs, a collarbone shattered into countless fragments, severe internal injuries, a broken shoulder, and a concussion. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was studying an advertisement for cigars shipped direct and often from Cuba. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He talked about you, Lord almighty, right up till the very end. He’d be so pleased to know you had come.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had learned some important things, like how to deal in crystal, and about the language without words . . . and about omens. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stumbled to Celia’s room and doubled up on the floor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore his black Marine leather jacket like a blanket. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He gave me his adoring smile, the one that said, “I love it when you’re so naive.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And a jolly good one. He says we're all so covered with bugs anyway that a bit of extra dirt never hurts anyone." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He saw Clytemnestra and gasped, “Orestes—alive—here.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dizzy when he stood, and he rubbed his head behind his ear, where the man in black had struck him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was still holding the end of her scarf, rubbing the silk idly between his thumb and fingers. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He quoted from the Holy Qur’an: “In all this there are messages indeed for a people who use their reason.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Of course. He doesn’t raise his head high enough to see the branches to prove it’s a tree.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was moving too fast—what was wrong with him? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He finished the paper four days before the deadline and ran around showing it to everyone before he turned it in. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said calmly, “Well, at least—” Rit went on, her voice raised. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed out the trees and shrubs that needed to go, and Roz started hacking away. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’s freaking out in front of his computer. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He expected his sons to enter the business when they were of age. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’s very persuasive, and she wants to be persuaded. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t realize that he treats Margot differently than he does me: Margot just happens to be the smartest, the kindest, the prettiest and the best. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He said nothing, but only held my hand. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at her like a bass just swam out of her mouth. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He made a point of driving to the high school several times a day, particularly at those times when he knew she’d be moving between buildings. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He strode out of the barn, tossing the key at Nathan. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could just make him out in the darkness. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He shoves the flags one after another into the fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“He only gave her ten Galleons?” said Harry indignantly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know if Elizebeth was willing to serve in a new kind of war—a war against smugglers and gangsters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He thought to make the great soldier give way at the door. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squinted, framing the old plum tree against the cloudless blue sky. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He goes on: For two days I couldn't tell whether I was dead or alive. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and tried to focus. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He thought he saw the hint of a blush on her face, though he couldn’t be sure, for she stirred the embers in the campfire again, and the light flared reddish-gold over her skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to waste any of the small amount of alcohol for the stove on something that didn’t need cooking. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It sits outside the Hab, so I saw when it disappeared. He probably mounted it on the rover. There's no other reason to move it, so I'm guessing he's got life support online." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether to pull the rip cord of Snowden’s parachute and cover him with the nylon folds. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was wearing sunglasses and he took them off to stare at Brian. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was “serving a life sentence for murder, when a new inmate walked into the shower room one day and stared at his face. “ Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me his card, saying to stay in touch. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“He just went to throw away your—bags.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He sees Lucas Cader jumping through the window to pick up a chair and break it across the giant’s back. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes. My name is Sophie Biyoya-Ciardulli. Ciardulli is my dad’s name. The American. I’m hoping — I guess I’m hoping you can get us out of here. He lives in Miami. My dad.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He turns around, shines the flashlight in my face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like thinking too hard, except about math. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“I go to work at five o’clock tonight. Lucky will come for me in a few minutes. He’s just gone to the cleaners to get his jacket. I’ll eat at the café.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He slunk stealthily from the shade, as if he were as afraid as we were. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was also more constricted than I was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He sat alone on his horse in the dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was like someone out of a ghost story, and Turner tried to draw away. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He spoke more now, but mostly to the animals. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt certain that O’Brien was about to twist the dial out of sheer wantonness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He gives a reassuring thump on my back. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He was colored too and just a bit shorter than Pap but a whole lot broader. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He would answer that the sixties weren’t so bad, compared to the times we lived in now. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went, very slowly, over to his mother’s writing table, on the other side of the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He would allow no rabbit to leave the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me with interest and I grinned at the way I had it over on that old mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sheathed the knife, took the whip from his belt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He patted my back and smoothed my hair, but I could feel him trembling. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He looks at me with dull eyes, and I can see that as bad as this situation is, it’s about to get worse. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He held out a hand to Dimple and pulled her up. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He leans toward me and hooks his hands behind my ears, pulling me to him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was a shrewd businessman, but he also gave a lot of money to charities and supported scholarships through his foundation. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was desperate to not die, and even more than that, to live. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was brushing the hair back from my forehead, trying to get a look at my cut. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He exhales loudly and leans into the railing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He reached up and grabbed hold of a window frame, careful of the jagged glass around the edge. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He slowly worked his way up, first to his knees. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He forms two lines, with blue-clad French soldiers dug in on one side and gray-clad Germans attacking mercilessly on the other, just as they had fought on the Western front during the Great War. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He kept shifting in his seat every time the coach put his hand on my leg or waist. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He was on the phone with one of his teammates, spreading the word about a team project. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“He looks so different,” he says after a long minute, gazing down at the baby Henry on the page and his easy, unfledged sureness. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He dug something out of the ruins and gossiped about it for months. The Chandrian heard and showed up to steal it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He shook hands with her and said he hoped she’d be happy in the new school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got off the train at the station of San Lucas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed the bicycle to follow Otis Amber, right now. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He glances down at his kicks and bites his lip. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He thought it would be a good idea to get out on the road before there were too many cars and trucks. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He mentioned this to the goose, who was sitting quietly in a corner of the sheepfold. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He shakes his head, No, no record of your service here. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He raised his face to the paling day. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He liked the tombs of the ancient Chaldeans even more. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was like a distracted man doing two things at once, one of them important and the other unimportant He felt a duty to the unimportant one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hit the ground on the other side, still running. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He did not return that night nor the next and so she plunged into the abyss and descended to the ninth darkness where light has never been. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He had a little trouble focusing on me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z