A young man approached him, seemingly a shepherd lad, but fine and well-mannered like the sons of kings when they tend sheep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

While this was happening, the boy had the time to reach up for his drum from the branch of the fruit tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He crossed his arms behind his head and stared up at it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t want to do that, either. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly it was just a question of work and time, and with the ship pitching around and the hydrofoil gears all cleaned and lubricated, all Knot would let him do was study. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think he wanted to associate himself with that book,” said Hermione. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I see,” said Armpit, trying to sound as if the matter was of little importance to him, but a little bit of a smile slipped out despite his efforts. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I guess,” Marv says later, “her old man was ashamed of having a sixteen-year-old girl of his getting stitched up, especially by someone like me. I guess he was right to be stern. ...” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He has one hand on his forehead and another on his hip. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I shrieked, struggling to get up, but he dumped the snow over Twig and me before we could squirm away. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hopefully by the time Uncle Jet and Nali were finished arguing, he could go back outside and get the last few bags. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I read every interview and saw all his movies. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

A man’s head peeked over the side and he said, “Elijah? That you?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The intensity of his voice and eyes made me blink. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He was tapping his scalpel on a blood clot the size of a tangerine. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t keep you out of my mind,” he said, and a mist of alcohol settled on her face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were saved from the fury of the mob when an undercover state police detective on board brandished his revolver, fired a shot into the air and ordered the attackers to fall back. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had to say what my marks meant, it would be this: Straight-faced guy looks at his reflection in a still pond. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I’m sure if an actual prophet surfaced today, he or she would receive plenty of Haldol injections, until the sky opened up and the doctors were slapped silly by the Hand of God. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Akhi raised one of his thick, bushy eyebrows in my direction. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I ran at him and screamed Ajax!—so loud, that I startled myself. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The green still forest green, even inside his little white house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When he turned seventeen, his dad sent him to America to earn money. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t like to see Spot loving him with the same links he gives me. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Of course you can have my bike, he says. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stepped into the next room and asked his wife to go outside and check for signs that the building was being watched. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suffering, continual seeking and continual failure were written in his look Siddhartha saw it and smiled. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stream of Masks that now swept onto the dock appalled him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was one bookstore in particular that he had in mind, a place he stopped in regularly on his way home from school. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Arul wound your new doll’s hair around one of his wrists like a handcuff. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Did Mother ever go with you?” she asked, and he seemed surprised by her question. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could jab him in the ribs, Aunty Em said, “No, no, children. No money. This is a special case, yes? It is my treat, for such nice orphans.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Although Mother’s condition made the announcement unnecessary, he came out with it anyway. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He relaxed, feeling his head bounding painfully down the steps. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a loud click as he unlocks the black door. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

There was, for an example, the paper that men gave out here and there, and sometimes even to him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Cade was pressing a pillow across his head with the bend of his arm. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I can only manage one full roll before I have to stop because of the horrible sound he's making. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I can see his lips moving in reply, but I can't hear him over the roar of the crowd in the Capitol that they're playing live over the speakers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The inmate then tossed all the juice at Gaines, drenching his uniform. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now it was only four days before he would be back in that same village. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Jason was indirectly the cause of his death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buck trotted up to the place Spitz would have occupied as leader; but François, not noticing him, brought Sol-leks to the coveted position. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jeet repeated as he removed the daisy from his pocket and handed it to Laney. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He had done nothing much for forty years but tend his bees. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a squatty man with a shaved head and black stubble on his face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my voice level as I called out the first of the letters he pointed to, but I wouldn’t write it down until he blinked. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young man went into the trader’s house as though he owned it and returned, lugging Joao’s easy chair. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sword, obviously, was the wiser choice—and for Chaol to offer his own weapon made her feel strangely lightheaded—but the staff... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And yet Madoc didn’t seem angry with me just now when he saw me with my dress. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They have never been on a date in their lives and therefore they see no reason to encourage Gogol, certainly not at his age. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lay his head back down soft even though he’s dead. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I raise my wrist, show him the bracelets. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was a big man but he was very quick. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

His hair, like most who live in our sector, hangs down past his shoulders and is tied back into a simple tail. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Between everything she told him and her white knuckles on the wheel, Scoob wonders if G’pop was right: maybe coming here was a bad omen. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The others cheered whenever he made an announcement and Ugwu cheered too, from his stool in the kitchen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, for some reason, he looked straight at Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Our father was the only one who didn’t ask us for anything, but we brought him things anyway. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Strauss informed Oppenheimer that his security clearance was suspended and urged him to resign quietly from his AEC position. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But she can’t hear him any more than the stone wall can. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She loved to watch Besa stare into space, smiling as he drummed, lost in the rhythms he created. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his hands against the walls of the chamber to quiet his nerves. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He loves his mother but he’ll never get married for fear he might have a wife in and out of the lunatic asylum. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Mr. B?” said Ennio, holding up his hand like he was in class. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The memo reads: “Olsen seemed fine with that, but he did say that the trooper is really pushing the matter.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The thirteenth day was unseasonably warm, and Luke sweated in his attic. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I reached again, gently, and pulled him to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This has made it possible for him to come up with a new answer to the question: ‘What happens when garlic meets a magnet?’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He knew even at that great distance that he wasn’t seeing Xan’s magic, which was green and soft and tenacious, the color and texture of lichen clinging to the lee of the oaks. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In fact, as soon as she said it, I could picture him, hanging with English in the halls. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Curiously, the image of his beloved only ever comes into his mind associated with a musical theme, which - passionately - reminds him of her nobility and shyness. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I can be of some use here,” he said. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He picked his way slowly, following the spoor. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hundred men pulling his eyelids down, his head sinking onto his desk. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The Governor walked past her, leaving the scent of lemongrass trailing behind him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t think he believed my story. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Listen, Tom. If you're such a snob, why did you invite him to lunch?" demanded Jordan crossly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I remember Robert dropping a tray of ices, and the expression on Frith's face when he saw Robert was the culprit and not one of the minions hired for the occasion. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol listens, stunned, his eyes fixed on his father’s profile. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

While he studied it, I put on my linen duster and the driving cap with goggles, and big Loomis flipped a towel over the black sedan like he was shining a millionaire’s boots. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He that said “I sweat,” he gathered up soil and seawater and with them made trees, plants, herbs and grains of the field, animals, and men. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I like to keep my home real. It’s too easy to lose yourself in an illusion,” he replies, nodding at his physical book. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My mother took note of anyone who maligned any characteristic of her husband or anything associated with him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the stream, thinking that a little cold water might bring him around faster. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dark skin and white hair, the broken nose, the wrinkles at the comers of his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Hospital?” said Ralph; and even before all the syllables were out of his mouth, the car lurched ahead, so responsive that Ralph was thrown against the seat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept and he smelled the smell of Africa that the land breeze brought at morning. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet when he opened his mouth, the words would not come. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His door opens, light hitting one side of his face. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hale boasted to him, “I’m too slick and keen to catch cold.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was as if he were in another world and describing it to me—as if he were actually there seeing and hearing and feeling what was going on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

David gets scared when people don’t answer him, and the first tiny pinpricks poke me, little guilty jabs whispering, “He’s doing the best he can.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like those disinterred dead from his childhood that had been relocated to accommodate a highway. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I can remember my mother sometimes reading aloud to him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You bet there is! This school is cheating my son out of what is rightfully his.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“But you found us, my brave little girl. I don’t know how, but you did,” he said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Noodles started folding up those pitiful leaves like he folded up his comic book pages. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

At least when Ernie and his gang came around yelling that we were trash, we could fight them off with rocks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She told him of her work at the fish hatchery, after her discharge from the Birthing Center. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw stood up, tipping the jigsaw puzzle on to the floor in his agitation. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

From there, Nye steered his car northward along raw country roads. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

One bored docker resorted to timing Smith as he walked down the track, catching him at a clip of thirty- five minutes for the half mile. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe speaking her name would have reminded him of his guilt, of what he had done so soon after she had died. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Caleb’s eyes shift to the open door behind me, and he seizes the chair, turning and swinging it into my body. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He could never tell if they were relaxed enough about his arm to say what they were really thinking. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“New Voice, hold on to his body while I manipulate it.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And Bolles knew he was again at the top of their list. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I saw one guy, a gray-haired, very distinguished-looking guy with only his shorts on, do something you wouldn't believe me if I told you. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“If you think I’m one of the people who try to be funny at breakfast you’re wrong,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’d already asked for space....Would he think I was being disrespectful of his wishes? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He writes a note to the librarian to say his legs are killing him from digging holes for the Electricity Supply Board and from now on Frank McCourt will be getting his books. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Near the Street of the Sailmakers he spied the baker's boy, Kai, emerging from his master’s shop with a laden basket on his head. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Johnson nodded and stayed where he was. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But then there were things like his necklace, which he always tucked back into his undershirt every time it fell out. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Would it vex him that a boy from southern Illinois could be so bold? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taunt about his father rang in Harry’s ears as though Black had bellowed it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Never mind that Dries told him he should wait longer; he doesn’t think the timing is quite right. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t really blame him, I don’t think I’d be real happy about sharing my brown sugar and my folks with any strange kids either. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hollister tapped a finger to the tip of his nose, contemplating, then turned and with his swaying shuffle led them deeper into the book maze. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He squeals and clasps his hands over them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He leapt up from the plinth and tore back the way he had come, now in pursuit of his one last hope. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He has the best lines and makes them sound even better because he has an Australian accent. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This was a clue to his secret theory. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, I must confess that I love him better than I do Bingley. I am afraid you will be angry.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Despereaux’s eyes had, by this point, adjusted quite well to the darkness, though it would have been better if they had not, for the things he saw made him shiver and shake. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Jefferson thus became perhaps the last person in America to recognize that he was running for the presidency against his old friend from Massachusetts. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He gets his shoes, jacket and hat and starts to open the door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It meant he could visit his half siblings without worrying about Thula throwing him out of the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Meggie that he was watching the whole scene as if it were a play performed especially for him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And that meant, even if Jack came back from his elderly aunt—or wherever he was—he was still gone. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

After perhaps four hours, his right arm aching with the effort, she at last lightened; the water was a shallow puddle in the middle of the cabin floor. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as our canoe touched the shore, he smiled. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was not so much that he wanted me eaten, but that he did not like being wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He declined to enroll in courses that could give him a high school equivalency degree. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Ten seconds seemed like the right amount of time for me to be sure he wasn’t going to leave. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Baron Rothschild’s private secretary, a large-nosed Jew in tight boots, affably beamed upon the world, as if his master’s name crowned him with a golden halo. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A muscle twitched under his jawbone on the left side of his face. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Captain Hall shrugged and did as he was told, leaving his cabin boy to hand over the keys to the hold. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands are kind of aching, so when he lets go, laughing, I fall with him onto the mat. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And then she was crying, and when he went to wipe her cheek with the pad of his thumb she swiped his hand away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I believe they took me for his sister. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he sank he felt a stone hand fumbling at his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Stanchion came ambling back to his spot at the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Theon had captured the castle by stealth, sending his best men to scale the walls and swim the moat under the cover of darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was said that he could describe the look and nature of an animal from a single tooth or scrap of jaw, and often name the species and genus into the bargain. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nhamo watched him stride along the bottom of the lake as easily as a man on a forest trail. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face looks as though it is sinking into itself, his shoulders sag. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of Morrison’s associates told the bureau that Morrison had admitted to him that he had killed Stepson so that he could marry Tillie and get control of her invaluable estate. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She felt his fingers tighten on her shoulders, and she wondered if he were imprinting himself on her: Would the mark of his hands be visible? Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw two dark figures, Frodo and a man, framed against the archway, which was now filled with a pale white light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I glared at him in alarm, but he seemed well in control, his jaw relaxed as he grinned, his eyes bright only with humor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And if that didn't work, he would get angry. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It fitted on his back with straps, and Boots could ride in it looking over his shoulder. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took hold of his hind legs and tried to pull him loose. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He freed one of his hands, released my wrist, only to gather it carefully into his other hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We walk arm in arm down the street, like a couple out for a stroll, Max with my old wool scarf wrapped half across his face, as if he’s cold. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then he slung his backpack over his shoulder and nodded down the road and we set off, two miles, and it wasn’t any twenty-one degrees. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“So are you...I mean...do your parents have a guy picked out for you already?” he asks. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Even though his heart is about to explode, Jus pulls the door open and enters the house he’s only ever eyed warily due to rumors about all the drugs and guns hidden inside. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Pax paced while Gray struggled to his feet. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I looked in the little round mirror and still couldn’t see his face, but I could see his hands a lot better. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He thought the cop had cleared his throat, but the smirk belied what it was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted Jackie to see how smart he was and how much he loved me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Ron, who’d watched the bee chase on TV and laughed till his sides hurt, helped Mom feel better about the whole thing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

All he talks about is football and fishing. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt quickly established himself as a leader, making newspaper headlines and earning respect for fighting corruption in the state government. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She was frightened for every minute of his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I really reject and resent the fact that people are saying that cell phone usage and drunk driving are the same,” he said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“If it were summer, I would swim across. I am a very strong swimmer,” he told the wandering boy. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They put him on leave because of me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Maybe somebody better talk with him. Or at least put a man on him,” Kyril Montana said, more to himself than to Gil. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The previous evening, at Warings, he had said to her, ‘You need not fear that Charles will ever beat a disadvantage in this house. I shall not make any difference between the boys.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She would not do to take along, and he could not leave her behind. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You go get some breakfast and then go back to school. I’ll take care of him.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben looked up at his sister, looked into her eyes, felt the fear in his stomach, half sea, half fire and said, “Yes.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lead him to the red velvet sofa. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just let him go,” one of the men said weakly. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The old hostility was between them again, the first moment Kingshaw came into the bedroom, Hooper's eyes had stared at him and through him, knowing him, hating and scornful. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And his face was as dark as dried beef. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was he not, in a way, inviting her to...spend the night with him? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Adam’s breath came quick with his effort and then, slowly, his right hand lifted— lifted an inch and then fell back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ran furiously to the kitchen, filled a pot with water, and rushed back to his room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jungle foliage was so thick, he could barely even see the sun. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Norman Bates looked at us from behind his steering wheel like a sleepless slaughterman at a sty of ripe pigs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe if he thought this idea through he’d realize I wasn’t his best option. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I love Papa, but I don’t want to be as serious and sad as he is. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Enemies all around him, daggers in the dark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And you have posted knights to stop him? You have arranged for a strong guard?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven long years, with Agamemnon dead, he held the people down, before the vengeance. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It banged against his chest as he ran, and every time it hit against him, it reminded him that it was empty, empty, empty. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

At fifteen, still schoolmastering, he took a job in the nearby town of Kendal, and a decade after that he moved to Manchester, scarcely stirring from there for the remaining fifty years of his life. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He felt confident enough to walk in the dark and decided not to use the flashlight app on his phone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And before I knew it, I was saying my conclusion, and Danny had begun his argument on why women could not make important decisions about war or about the prices of oil and gas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

If he tried to walk, when his weight came down, his feet sank and just kept on going—two, three feet. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“God, please God, let her give him the old heave-ho,” said Francis, turning his eyes to heaven, when he heard this bit of intelligence. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Three more days and we have to give him up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell if he’s trying to give the appearance of patience and failing miserably or is blatantly trying to make me leave. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Restless with hunger, he wandered up the banks of the creek, investigating every rock and hollow, pushing his hopeful nose through tunnels of withered sedge and into the yielding earth of molehills. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His only action had been to open his mouth, but he could make no sound, and would not have known what to say, even if he could. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They waited by each door, cutting off Loki’s escape, if he was still inside. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Whatever the truth was about his uncle’s past, someone had just wiped it out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“The Prince and I have never from the beginning lied to each other. He knows I do not love him.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He sat me in a corner of the classroom and said that he would see me after class. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In Venice, Mars had warned him that his true test of leadership was coming. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His voice was husky and raw, as if he had been shouting. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he announced as Mess Presidents before him had done as long as there had been Mess Nights, “This beef is tasty and fit for human consumption.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officers issued a traffic ticket for the burned-out taillight and released him. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was no trace of emotion upon his face, or of any effort to conceal it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had no visible mouth, his smile discernible only as a ripple where his dandelion-fluff mustache overlapped his beard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then he dropped the photograph on Jahrling’s desk and returned to his meeting under the map of the world. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wolf sank his teeth into the horse’s neck, and another bit into Pol’s thigh, releasing a thick stream of red blood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Seated on the church steps tonight, I wondered if he could have known how truly he spoke, how total the feeling of oblivion was. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember where he was sitting when he said it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he waited in the shade of a tree, brushing dried mud from his trousers, the Prime Minister was recognized by a villager and pulled into what quickly became an excited crowd. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know just what I’m gonna do,” Rock says, more to himself than me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

There’s an Xbox Infinity, a piano, some speakers, a map I pick up off the floor for him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then, he got mad and started hitting me, and I just did the things my brother taught me to do. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you talked to him about playing basketball?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a vicious lunge, he bit Omakayas above the wrist and jumped back, eyes blazing with cowardly triumph. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But now his nose is swollen and he meows whenever you pick him up—he was probably trying to steal food and somebody smacked him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He wore khaki jodhpurs though he had never ridden a horse in his life. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly he drew out the Ring and put it on once more. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing?” she’d asked Lefty, eight or nine at the time, and gripping the post, moving his knees up and down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see what happened to him next I didn’t want to know. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever something went wrong, he was that Noodles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Frank dropped his disintegrating bow and ran for the porch. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Pong started to protest that he certainly hadn't taught his teacher that lesson, but the old man was off and walking down the road again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She repeated the gesture, this time pointing firstly at him, then at herself, then at the ceiling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But we worked on him the whole night; and I think that in his heart he realized that we were right. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma’s spirits were mounted quite up to happiness; every thing wore a different air; James and his horses seemed not half so sluggish as before. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“That’s better,” Bull smiled as the man before him drew rigid. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy sat slumped at the table with his head in his arms. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

For a full minute he grunted with the effort, and again the ball popped back to shape. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I see the earthquake in his expression, the concern for my safety turn into concern for my sanity. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t restrain his pride at the success of his gift, at the princess’s courageous receiving of it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In 1916 Satie concocted a baldly insulting parody of themes from Gounod’s opera Mireille, and several of his cabaret songs make fun of Massenet’s supposed sentimentality. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Maybe”—he comes closer—“you’ll finish when you come back to see that free movie.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“And I don’t want to see this dude get his heart shattered all over the place, okay? He seems so innocent. He clearly has no idea what he’s getting himself into.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looked at the ceiling for a moment, his face almost troubled. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

However, a standard argument against Boyle’s experiments with his air pump was that the pump leaked, and that therefore it was incapable of making a vacuum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was afraid of what was going on inside him, what he was planning, afraid of the way Hooper looked at him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I wondered how safely he could live in the community if everyone was persuaded that he was a dangerous murderer. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In a true reflection of his optimism, he’d recently put his name in for a promotion. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’m giving my acquaintance a hard time, but his bafflement was easy for me to understand. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They asked first that he renounce the revision of property titles in order to get back the support of the Liberal landowners. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But no, there was no mistaking Becton's sincerity—or his sanity or intelligence—even if his desire to meet formally with the gun-toting leader of the Durham Klan struck C.P. as foolhardy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Man, however much he may like to pretend the contrary, is part of nature. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“One way or the other. But don’t decide who he is before he has a chance to tell you that himself. Now lock the door behind us.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

At the drugstore soda fountain, she watched him tuck a napkin into his shirt collar be-fore eating his sundae. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Eril-Fane might have slain the gods and freed his people from thrall, but that thing remained, blocking out the sun, and lording their long torment over them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Fly, a voice whispered in the darkness, but Bran - did not know how to fly, so all he could do was fall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tidbit was only four, but he knew when to keep his mouth shut. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one in the Healing Circle had known how strongly he could swim. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

After considerable wrangling, it turned out that the Lord Mayor was not entitled to vote on the appointment, and in 1665 Hooke took over the post, which he retained for the rest of his life. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“There is only one Jewry left now in the world,” he said softly, staring up at the ceiling. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Zarubin gave the list to Franklin, ordering Franklin to get answers from his friend. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man still had two drinks of water in the bottle and he used half of one after he had eaten the shrimps. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his arm around her, and she laid her head on his chest without any prompting. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He looked half a leaf, as if the first strong wind would carry him off to his grave. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He ate a hot dog with trembling hands and peeked down into his pocket at the photograph. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was even a day someone was talking to him at the lunch table and he didn’t respond. Just sat staring straight ahead.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I knew he was lost, for as I looked down the platform I saw him approach several people and turn away without speaking. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, in the voice of a child, he recited softly, “Steel and lead.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I was off having a little fun,” he said with a grin. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hazel was supposed to say something comforting now, something that would let him know it was going to be okay, except she knew nothing of the kind. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But her surprise was mixed with a pleasure so like the joy that flooded through her when she had put the fruit to his lips that she couldn’t protest, because she was breathless. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Newman had the keys to Christ’s Church in his hand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ajay jumped to his feet as if an enormous man-eater were about to pounce. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He told me once that “youth is wasted on the young” and said it was a shame that other people his age had a fear of computers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

As he recalls his thinking at the time, his eyes mist. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then he turned his back and went to sleep. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before what happened with his parents and the cheek scars and him getting sent to a group home and breaking a kid’s arm and all his health problems. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The taste of the green liquid reminded him of spoiled apple juice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was no one on the bridge, the incline concealed him from the rear, and in front of him was nothing but water...and across it the mainland shore. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t liking Mr. D much, but there was something about the way he called me mortal, as if ... he wasn’t. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout Garfield's ordeal, at least one of the doctors or these nursing attendants stayed by his side. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once again he advised Conant to keep his options open rather than “picking a horse for the long pull, for it seems to me quite likely that other methods will ultimately prove to be better.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Dill motioned for her to sit on his sagging, tragic sofa. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s a good thing he’s happily married. A lot of the nurses at the hospital have a hard time concentrating on their work with him around.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Friendliness, simple outgoing affection, that was all I could hear in his voice. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was feeling overwhelmed, so I cut off the questions after a few minutes, and we walked to the front door of the courthouse. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The sergeant gazed at him for a long minute. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Bellowing louder than Violet that day with the wolf, he swerved this way and that. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Romero spoke to the bull and tapped one of his feet. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He slumped against the wall, muttered some­thing under his breath, and crossed his mutilated foot over the good one. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Father Cham blessed and tied a dozen more bracelets around Pong's left wrist, plus a couple on his right to balance it out. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He dug his foot deep into the brown dusty grass to put a spell on her that would make her mute. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

If she were to make herself known, to tell her unbelievable story, he would be stunned, uncomprehending. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It had helped him, in turn, to feel the subtleties of the silver blade. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then some of the hearthmen jumped up with shouts and tumult, intending to kill him, for murder is a lighter shadow on a house than suicide. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

All Howard needed to do was prove his automobiles’ durability. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I heard the water running in the kitchen, my hatred for him grew. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Lev thrusts his hand back and grabs mine. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘If any one of them is waking up, he will gobble you down before you can say knack jife,’ the BFG answered, grinning hugely. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He himself climbed a tree and parted the canopy, and saw the square head of the mountain seeming still a great way off. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed he was out of his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a single broad movement, he overturned its contents into his larger pail. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard his father ask Bill quietly over his head about “the service.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He bade them halt and told them he did not ferry the living, only the dead. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked if I could speak to him, but she told me he was running a high fever and could not leave his bed to come to the phone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She looked at my father and he lost his smile for a second. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Communicating the letter and its word, even spelling it out backward for him, was inconceivable. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And, of course, Wells creeping his way in on the side. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But suppose he told them that he had come to get the trunk? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him burn my manly parts on a brazier. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Scythe Goddard didn’t show his face in Rowan’s room until day three. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The evidence gathered at Mudd’s farm, plus alleged sightings of the fugitives southwest of his farm, suggested that the assassins were making for Virginia. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Wes had been the one to discover the smoke, he was granted the privilege of the first hit. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His partner had made a suggestion, and he had turned it down. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

No sooner would an officer become savvy as to which rules were commonly ignored, however, than somebody in a white shirt would appear to shake up his whole understanding of accepted practice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That Mr. Harding,” said David as he tousled my hair, “sounds like a real smart man.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to keep hanging out with him every day. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mollie had her doubts about Bill: Had he, in some way, been responsible for Minnie’s death? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And what that means since he’s not here for good. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Another reason I know he's quite well off, he's always investing money in shows on Broadway. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t believe were going to get any summer at all—not that we ever did, of course. You don’t look too blooming,” he said to Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

"There are no brothers left to take revenge on her," he said, in the voice of the morning curlews, "and it is none of us will ever be Lord of Stormhold. Let us move on." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still hard to think about him, but mostly she just feels sad for him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas wouldn’t allow himself to give in to Minho’s hopelessness— he didn’t want to give up and die just yet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

He slipped the leather check holder from his pocket, and Rishi reached for it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And then the trail of the flattened brush widened out, and I saw him. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Was not an impossible hope betraying him to this end? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nodding, I lifted Fig up so everyone could see his lime-green eyes and round cheeks. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

My father, I know, would have chased someone like me right out, stamping his broom, saying, What you do? Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Ah! Mr. Marn isn’t quite as stupid as we supposed,” he said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They fell where they stood, all except Greyback, who had been forced into a kneeling position, his arms outstretched. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And then he saw what he was saying. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I’ll drink my beer standing up for a few days,’ he said to no one in particular. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could succeed where Jen had failed precisely because he wasn’t a Baron—because he didn’t have her sense that the world owed him everything. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I doubted he was capable of choosing one over the other, even though he talked about retiring one day in Cange so he could be just a “country doctor.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

All his life and all his studies were aimed at finding the one true language of the universe. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Madam Mina, I knew that the friend of that poor lily girl must be good, but I had yet to learn——” He finished his speech with a courtly bow. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He listened to the radio loudly as he passed exit after exit, casually noting the number on each glowing sign as he sang along and snapped his fingers wildly. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My uncle Juan never hurried anywhere and so we turned our attention to him, knowing something important must have happened. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy finally got control of his arms and pressed them against the sides of his head, twisting this way and that as if he were trying to screw the thing right off his neck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s a relief to know that you were worried about me,” he says. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry you saw the murder—” he stammered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had his accident with the stone chip, Mammachi organized and paid for his glass eye. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused again, and I saw Danny glance at him, then stare down again at his paper plate. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A smile spreads across his lips as he turns away. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“All right, the truth is I tried to beat a bit of life into him,” he said. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what I am expecting him to say, but it isn't that. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The stranger sat down, shook his mane of dark gray hair out of his face, pulled a plate of sausages toward him, raised it to what was left of his nose, and sniffed it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The words in his ears are warm and strangely comforting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ambrose raises his hand, and Ma waves back even though he can’t see her. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He lay on the cot and wrapped his arms about his head, torn with a nameless anxiety, hearing the man’s screams in spite of his need to escape them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The only thing that bothers me is I don’t feel like I absorbed everything he tried to tell me. I wish I’d paid more attention to him.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Nosa, who had left right after graduation, picked him up at the tube station and drove him to a pub where other friends soon gathered. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She sat in the crook of his arm, her head against his shoulder and his long brown whiskers partly covering her eyes, and everything was all right again. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his mother came in to say good night and to ask if he had brushed his teeth, he knew it was time to have a talk with her. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

But I’d have been lying if I said I didn’t think my presence in his life had only made things worse for him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The clarity of his features made all these expressions vivid and bright, as if a light shone on him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His manner was aristocratic, his movements dapper and suave. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear him saying, This could happen to me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it’s difficult to ascertain whether he is trying to arouse her or perform a breast exam.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been the same since Sheriff Charles gave him Vonetta’s nightie to sniff. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When William went to Pittsburgh to tell his parents, they were horrified. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

From behind him, Harry could hear a funny rustling and clicking. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Ben was not taking his symbolic crucifixion with any excess humor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hanneke, I hope you don't take this the wrong way,” he begins. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He scratched some hasty calculations on the wall with his claw, then turned to Matthias. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

By refusing to work in the prison’s basket-weaving shop, Osborne got himself sentenced to a night in the “jail”—a barely lit room between Auburn’s Death Row and its generator that contained eight metal cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again the girl immediately spoke to him, but he didn’t answer her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He stared at the floor and then pulled out his pocketknife and started whittling his nails. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or again, had he seen me and been silent out of sophistication, decadence, over-civilization? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and went to the door of the room where O-lan was and he called into the crack and the sound of his own voice heartened him a little. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He is telling his side of the story. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“His nose is scratched quite badly, and that looks like some kind of a bite on his leg.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whispered to him, “I am the representative of Chief Luthuli of South Africa.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as his golden eyes grew perceptibly darker day by day. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Did he say he would let you meet some white women if you joined the Reds?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was the beginning of a chronic problem for Seabiscuit, who loved eating so much that he often followed up his regular meals by consuming his own bedding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brandon started making enchiladas but had to run back to the store when he realized they were out of cheese. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

So he borrowed money from his relatives to buy a train ticket to Berlin. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

And because Dari’s parents wanted to meet his new friends and see what he was working on for school, we met at his house. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Ha ha ha, ho ho ho, I wouldn’t attempt it if I were you, Matthias. He’s liable to beat you hollow in his present mood.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

After declaring his irreversible intention to retire, Washington devoted several paragraphs to the need for national unity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Arion was playing a dangerous game of tag, charging around the giant while Alyconeus swiped at them with his staff, knocking over walls and cleaving massive chasms in the ice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of line that would have struck Sierra as cocky if he hadn’t said it with such a solemn face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And if they were buried somewhere in his unconscious, he had no access to that area of thought. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“We’ll find a way to help him. But first we have to go. To San Antonio and then to Mexico. I’ll get tickets.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He set down his bowl, shoved off Abbie and Perlie, picked up a round stone, and tossed it in the air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

His wrinkles smoothed and his hair filled in until he promptly looked like himself again. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He raised a hand level with his chin. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Connor shakes his head and laughs, but he doesn’t say no. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She immediately asked him if he'd been home to see his parents. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The excitement and possibility came off him like day-old booze. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The extraordinary mobility and accurate aim with which he placed his twenty cartridges gave the impression that the barracks was well-defended, and the attackers blew it to pieces with cannon fire. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was the ideologue who made his students bum with the flame that in most of them extinguished itself as soon as they graduated and joined the world they had once hoped to change. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he went to follow her up the path, she was already gone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked them about Matt,” Thomas explained, “but they say they haven’t seen him.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment's inattention would be a sure way to break an ankle . . . or his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Does a man who commits suicide stab himself in ten—twelve—fifteen places?” he asked. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

His son discovered me exhausted and half dead with cold, and gave me a hand to bear me up till he reached home where he could clothe me in a shirt and cloak. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On the house,” he said, and he was gone. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Peewee looked around like he was shocked or something. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paramedics had checked him out on the golf course, and the school nurse at Trace Middle had spent forty-five minutes “observing” him for signs of a possible concussion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were left yet his three sons, and he was strangely ashamed before them of what he had done. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He would let him take the eyases home to Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The man had already dropped to the ground and he swung with him and leveled the pistol and fired from a two-handed position balanced on both knees at a distance of six feet. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was surer of himself now than when I had gone away. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ernie had run upstairs to get a shirt on, and then he had to go to the bathroom, and now Genie, Grandpop, and Crab were all outside waiting on him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In the lovers’ postures he could see the abandon typical of those who have known each other for a long time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family had come to court for Richard’s second progress report—the one that would determine whether he was eligible for resentencing. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Please,” he squeaked, his voice thin and weak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Milo answered in a demure voice with his face lowered meekly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Soon’s he drove the first nail into the wood over her door, Mrs. Holton came out to see what the commotion was. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t bother to ask who he was talking about because it didn’t matter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

These two seemed rather different from those teenagers who had set fire to his village. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was one of those rare occasions when my mom actually got angry with my dad to his face. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he did, the pain crept in. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s Sunday and we kinda owe it to Jesus to go to church on his birthday, none of us wake up until around eleven so we miss service. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Yep,” I tell him as I lick jam from my finger. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Julius, looking up at him in his own moment of victory—of freedom! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But instead I duck out of his grip and run. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

"An ill thing," Allard declared, though at least he had the sense to keep his voice low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Peeta being tortured—drowned, burned, lacerated, shocked, maimed, beaten—as the Capitol tries to get information about the rebellion that he doesn’t know. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The robotics team and theater crew keep him late after school. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Her dad sat up in mock astonishment, fumbling for his phone. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Matt practiced on his guitar, a skill he was developing without Mr. Ortega’s help. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he stumbled home to get my uncle to help him get my mom out of the car. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The lawyer actually turned around while driving and looked at him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

They only ate what he handed over and slept so deeply he was afraid, in the morning, that they might never awaken. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pastor Tom could dunk Henry in saving grace till he was sleek as a muskrat, but he couldn’t shake those mistakes off easy as drops of water. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the other boys had given him a nickname—One Shoe—which Jeremiah didn’t seem to mind in the least. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When I see Cary bash a shambler's skull in with the butt of his pistol I realize it's time for another tactic. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Those cheers rang through Nate’s mind as he lay in his tent at night. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He worked on his Coo speech until it was time to go, first making an outline, then putting his key points on three-by- five cards. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I answered him and sometimes I didn’t. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“She’s turning into a dragon?” he said, his voice a mixture of incredulity and hope. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"You don't know, you don't see how . . . how he looks at me." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

"Tell me about Bruno. How did they get him?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

For that Borstal kid Badger fed to his dogs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He lifted up his staff, and Gimli’s axe leaped from his grasp and fell ringing on the ground. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Crab pulled the cigar from his mouth, spit, then put it right back where it had been. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Alex is frozen, registering the press of Henry’s lips and the wool cuffs of his coat grazing his jaw. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It might be true that the average human being was better off now than he had been before the Revolution. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He eyes her with suspicion, as if he’s wondering how she intends to hurt him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When they told me I was terribly upset, but I thought at the same time it was an almost Existence-Proving way for him to go. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Pong took the skewer out of his mouth. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I motion him to sit at the counter while I get us some drinks. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He sliced the tip of his spear down Jason’s chest, ripping his purple shirt into a vest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Feral was in his room, looking at his book. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She bit his lip, then kissed him hard and deep. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

What if he was a villain whose powers were depleted as soon as the light of the world hit his eyes? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

With only seconds to spare, Bobby just barely made his fortieth move against Bronstein before his flag fell, which otherwise would have caused him to be forfeited. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad escorted me back to the TB ward and introduced me to all of his friends. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He resolved that if it was him, he would take his time going down that aisle. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

On the night when he was sickest, when his pulse was almost gone and his breathing only a flutter, when I thought he was dying, I sat by his side and held his hand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Sir is very kind!” he squeaked, his eyes brimming with tears again, bowing deeply to Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I handed it to him, and he took a long pull on it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“These things happen,” Papa said, and waved his hand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She probably wouldn’t have wanted to know him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He invited Britain to join his forces if they chose, but it was to be an Indigenous-led resistance and his fighters would not take orders from British commanders. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

His beard was fashionably scruffy, like Piper’s dad and his actor friends wore theirs—the sort of I just happened not to shave for two days and I still look awesome look. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Each thing that he did with this bull wiped that out a little cleaner. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even the Ares kids seemed to think he was pretty cool. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Neeley got the shoe-shine kit from the closet and proceeded to put a higher shine on his already flawlessly polished shoes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He peered into the mirror fragment again, and saw nothing but his own bright green eye looking back at him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But when he’s worried, he eats even more. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My dad says he misses me this week, which really just means he’s sad about having to TiVo The Bachelor. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Then he tugged off one of his boots, stripped out the lining, and removed a tightly wrapped bundle of coins stuffed deep into the toe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tim hesitates for a second, but then he shuffles out of the dining hall, too. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The country’s dictator, Adolf Hitler, had broken international treaties and built up his military force. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

His shoulders slumped as he turned, dragging his feet all the way across the field and heading south on the road. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Already, my lap is colder with him gone. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

My pretend brother looked back at me and stuck out his tongue, then reached up and took my pretend mother’s hand. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ned, remembered the way she had smiled that, how tightly her fingers had clutched his as she gave up her hold on life, the rose petals spilling from her palm, dead and black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When he had been drunk the place had seemed violent and riotous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You must have been looking at her, too, then,” she said, and Con raised his eyebrows at her in a sly smile. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t forget the way he had looked at me just before he died. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

First he called out the state guard, ordering them to patrol Boston’s streets the next day. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon flew above Lyra’s head for a while until he tired of that, and then he became a little sure-footed mountain sheep, vain of his horns, leaping among rocks while Lyra scrambled laboriously alongside. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few reporters scrambled after him, holding out tape recorders like offerings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He flattened his back to the oak pew, so I could climb over him, and I hustled down the aisle to the back of the church. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wondered, if Poseidon were watching, would he approve of my choice? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Day by day, the poison spread, strangling him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Schlesinger drew his pistol and fired above the boat, and by sheer luck hit the boat hook, knocking it out of the man’s hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lombard dropped to his knees and peered through the keyhole. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s only going out with you because he feels sorry for you,” she whispers as she invades my personal space on a classroom ramp. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He says, “The only place your brother is going, little girl, is into the mines. As soon as he turns fifteen. Same as every other boy in this house.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Ah, your grandma’s mad at me,” his dad said, giving a quick smile. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Same thing,” he said, but the way he said it I knew he was with us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving the campus, he walked past the Geophysical Institute, a tall glass-and-concrete building capped with a large satellite dish. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing that caught his eye was the word Pilgrim. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always knew when he was scratchy, always. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In preparation for the Quell, I saw a tape where Beetee, who was still a boy, connected two wires that electrocuted a pack of kids who were hunting him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, make sure you stop by and grab him a plate before you go visit him upstate. I’m sure by now he’s got a hurtin’ for our greens!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When I climbed down, I tied him to the fence. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you think the Sixers found out where he lived?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He riffles the edges of his paperwork and gazes at me sadly. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘My land, I don’t know what’s wrong with baby. There’s something—and he won’t tell me—’ ‘Isn’t he pretty young to tell much?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps we can bring you down to the capital,” he says archly. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With him is a great ape: Big Foot. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He cast a single terrified glance over his shoulder and sprinted off down the walkway. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The baton started to come down, but then he swooped it to the side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Why had he risked his life for a few headshots and clippings? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

That night, Tiller made himself dream about Lucy so he could figure out what was wrong with her. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The old soldier shifted about and smoked his pipe indifferently. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Susan, you read my mind. It was what I said, and he said he couldn’t.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

For the first time he was afraid he could not get the handles right. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I must be dreaming; he has two loaves of bread under his arm and a bloodstained sandbag full of horse-flesh in his hand. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he said Anis del Mono one of the men at the table looked up, brought out a bottle from inside his smock, and handed it to me. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He tucked the toy soldier into his cheek and set out after the two foxes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When he reaches his flat, Marco drops his bag to the floor, leaning against the door with a heavy sigh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Before that he’d been living on his family’s farm in northern Connecticut. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Someone knew he had moved out of his cupboard and they seemed to know he hadn’t received his first letter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then he went down the path and she followed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope,” he remarked, “that my parents have fixed you up with a decent place to sleep.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maester Luwin looked up at them numbly, a small grey man with blood on the sleeve of his grey wool robe and tears in his bright grey eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Joey shook my hand, and I pulled him close to me and whispered, “Look, I swear I will take care of the Megan thing as soon as I can. Just get me the ball.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dad’s hands trembled slightly as he unrolled different blueprints. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning of his reign he attacked Granada, and that enterprise was the basis of his state. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’d kept believing that he was badly hurt and would recover, but now that the year is over, the thought of him not making it seems very real. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Where the Negro has lacked unity of purpose else-where, he has in Montgomery rallied to the leadership of King. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water by this time was a chaos of whitecaps that threatened to swamp and capsize his tiny craft. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kilvin growled out a couple words and pounded his fist on the table, each thump as his hand came down was accompanied by a staccato burst of reddish light that welled up from his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One day, when he handed Mrs. Sen the paper bag, he said, “No more fish for a while. Cook the chicken in the freezer. I need to start holding office hours.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was still in the same place, and still his master lay beside him dead. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I left Mr. Jackson to finish his oatmeal. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then she turned slowly to the right, almost as if in slow motion, as she saw Dad come running out of the house, a look of stark alarm on his face. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was like he suddenly had no words left, like his tongue was dead. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He still restrained himself from other investments, but as he saw friends everywhere expanding, he wondered if he was not crazy to do the same. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like warm liquid, it submerged his shins, knees, and waist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Again, Axel’s tone matches what he’s feeling inside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He closes his eyes for a moment, then stares off toward the hold. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was aware, in his sleep, of being curled up in a chair, his hands tucked between his thighs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's my money!" he shouted, still through the pillow. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I caught his kick, rolled it to the next guy, and so on. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman with blue hair hands him a small black case. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His voice had a low, sweet note in it like a cello, and his smile lit up every shadow. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he nodded discreetly in the direction of the couple of tourists that were still standing by the shelves, whispering to each other. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Donovan was obviously making a bad failure of his attempt to stand up, “Are we alive now? Or is there more?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It was halfway up die hill from the lake, standing with its head and shoulders sticking out into a small opening, looking down on him with wide yellow eyes. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy tilted back on his heels in order to see Leon’s face. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother thought Amadeus in full battle dress with weapons bristling from his belt and strapped to his arms and legs looked like the last person anyone would call Daddy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s Muhammad, who probably heard me screaming from his bedroom next door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Finally he straightened himself with a slight grimace. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the previous decade he had been let go from jobs at Harvard and the National Forest Service and eventually, for want of a better place to stick him, given a desk at the U.S. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up one of the empties and saw that the plastic had cracked and the water leaked out and he guessed they had frozen somewhere on the ship’s aimless voyagings. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A patch of Dauntless flames covers his right side, but other than that, his chest is unmarked. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She never wanted him to eat when he was on the telephone. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In support of his claim, he offered an exhaustive study of more than two thousand murder cases in Georgia. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You can talk,” he said, as if he didn’t believe it. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Full of survivor’s guilt, he was surrendering himself to the random forces of the uni-verse, trying to punish himself for still being alive. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“What on earth are you up to?” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Leaping out of a dark opening at the right, it ran towards him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Baby Lee and his friend got in a argument, and his friend took the broken neck off of a beer bottle, and stabbed him in his leg. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gwydion, watchful, sat with his knees drawn up, his back against an enormous elm. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He explained that when he washed open wounds with carbolic acid, fewer patients died. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every cell in Felix’s body was telling him to pull the plug. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rowed home to his keep and went at a run to Idunn’s room. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The brutal afternoon workouts left him exhausted and sore but feeling cleansed, as if someone had scrubbed out his soul with a stiff wire brush. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what he was talking about, but I didn’t say anything because he had that mad look in his eye that he usually had when he argued with Dad. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Blood trickled down his lip and dropped from his chin. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So he wouldn’t even tell you who’s supposed to be plotting all this stuff?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But I wish he didn’t cry so much. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet, and the rest of the guard rose with him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was good after all. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

By the end of the next day, all the honey was gone, but Salva kept the beeswax in his mouth and chewed it for the memory of sweetness. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someday he would He in his own waste and be eaten by maggots. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“You know what? You have no idea. You just—don’t. Bridge, I kissed him.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Applying his “worldwide rate of dental microevolution” to the three migrations, Turner came up with roughly similar dates of emigration. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

At first he had been embarrassed but die pilot had said nothing about it and Brian forgot it as they took off and began flying. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Resurrection Stone,” he said, and he added a circle on top of the line. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘Did you see what he did to my elite guard?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I was told he was here! When is he coming back?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the officer pushed him toward the door, Henry turned back to look at me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Finn would pull Petey into his arms, and he would kiss her until they were both so dazed they could barely walk. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

If he could just do this smartly and well, maybe Prince wouldn't be so grim. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got a worried look on his face and took my hand. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Isabelle Derby with a look of absolute love on his face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be no way that he was in the city and unable to call. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He talks about being treated poorly overseas, despite the fact that he enlisted to prove he cared about his country. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

They had discussed giving him tranquilizers and stowing him away in a backpack. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The rope—the rope to which Jonathan had been tied—remained tied to his ankle and flayed about like a writhing snake. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Marshall ran after Toby and gave him a shove on the rear, of his biggest box. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhat famous means that People magazine is not likely to write a story about him, but The Journal of Genetic Research will print anything he has to say. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was evidently not the right move, because— Uncalled, a memory floated into his mind. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But his father enjoyed it very much indeed and in the course of the next few weeks told it to so many people that Cor wished it had never happened. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Our people have been watching him run around the county, stirring up things. He’s planning an attack soon. When he arrives, I want to be sure you’re not confused about your loyalty.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Somebody must have told him when he was a kid. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watch him with newfound curiosity: the way he tucks the fallen strand of hair behind his ear, the few freckles he has on his nose, how he adjusts his jacket. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He stood on the edge of his back porch. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

That he had not killed Catherine was an accident. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking through the robberies in advance, he reasoned, ensured their smooth execution. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father said that he didn’t know what kind of heart attack she had and now wasn’t the moment to be asking questions like that. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tad closed his eyes and took a deep breath as his heart pounded hard and fast and loud and...No panicking. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even better, sweet David seems to be on the verge of declaring his love for me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t wake up either?” he asked quietly. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The smaller of the two—but not by much—was a sloppy blond boy, rosy-cheeked and gum-chewing, with a relentlessly cheery demeanor and his fists thrust deep in the pockets of his knee-sprung trousers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hardly knew him, but I immediately loved him for that. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat all day in his marketplace stall hoping to make a few rupees by writing letters for those who did not know how to write their own. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he doesn’t know when to keep quiet. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Soon he would stop a good ways away and stare up, a question mark curling over his heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In Manchester he became something of an intellectual whirlwind, producing books and papers on subjects ranging from meteorology to grammar. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But I was more intelligent than he was. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papito asks me a few questions in his broken Spanish, which I answer with a few words. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was the protector of the books and the knowledge, He was the scholar/librarian. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My dad moves forward to try to reach me, but Suit #1 grabs him and throws him to the ground, twisting his arm behind his back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He had this big smile on his face. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Chief looked at him, a long, shrewd look. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We didn’t say boo to him, nor go to bed either. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sergeant, ma’am—over there by the large crate—he’s got the keys. But I daren’t ask him, ma’am, I’m sorry.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After a day of search and destroy, he was dead tired at night. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I even skipped school expressly to see him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was out of sight, I watched him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“As well as anyone,” said Doge, dabbing his eyes with a napkin. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Only Dad’s friends from the theater called him that. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he waited too long, the leaves would be gone. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He comes as beast and I make him bleed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But at the NSA, he had seen secrecy running rampant, and it troubled him. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Rook said, his voice a mixture of hope and shame. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But he remained, bowed low, on his knees. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Gregor slowly got to his feet, retrieving the torch, but keeping it down at his side. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He was my friend. I don’t know what I would do without him.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wonder whether he’s just given me permission to speak to her, or if he’s trying to trap me for having done so. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And then, all of a sudden, I noticed that his right hand was bruised. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He would start by saying in his wise, deep voice, “You see, Sandra...” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The cop took a step forward, but the canister had rolled towards the man, and he stepped on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He'd probably be really good at it, if all the Top 40 music didn't make his ears bleed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He had a closet in his room, fitted up for the purpose, which smelt of the scented soap like a perfumer’s shop. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the butcher were cages with fresh chickens waiting to be killed for the buyer, and before him was a big zinc washbasin filled with fresh fish. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was compelled to build yet another room to the house to store his harvests in, or they would not have had space to walk in the house. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then he turns his whole body to me, takes my face with both his hands, and kisses me long and deep. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She had tried to get permission through Don Apolinar Moscote, but he had lost all authority in the face of the military omnipotence. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But then I got up and hugged him loosely. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He had snow in his hair, melting from the heat of his body. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When everything was ready, Lillian took Ben’s plate to a counter out of his vision. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler had been doing this to her all week—staring at her like he wanted to gouge her with his eyes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He came over a minute later, walking unsurely, as if he didn’t trust the floor. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Babou shook his head, but then Mom thrust a wad of bills under the glass partition before Babou could stop her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He never looks at George at all, so the entire emotional meaning of the scene is lost on him. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I waited, rocked him until his breathing slowed and his body slackened. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled when he saw that Shadow was awake. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Jim always wanted everyone to share his obsessions, to love the same things he loved. I think this contest is his way of giving the entire world an incentive to do just that.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was not until she began laying her eggs into the hole that Toomer rose, and with his strangely graceful limp, made his way down to the turtle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a nudge of his elbow, Doha said, “It’s blazing hot. Let’s go jump in the water.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He knows he was just one piece of what I have to do. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Across his biceps, the werewolf claw marks were still swollen and red. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He knew if he accidentally dropped the bucket, he would be shot on the spot. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what his wife told me as we waited on her couch for the police to bring him home. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He pointed up again but didn’t take his eyes off Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And hadn’t they added trivia just last year in Aunt Nancy’s effort to stop George from talking through dinner with his poems? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was, he suggested, the kind of proposal better made in the final message to Congress in the fall. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

After a while, he came out and sat down again. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He covers his eyes and rocks back and forth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He paid more attention to the schematics in front of him than the conversation. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that he stood up, shaking the water out of his ears and flinging the wet hair back from his forehead, and began to take stock of his surroundings. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Last week Luke had pinned him in a matter of seconds. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Do that, and we will never see the girl again, and your son will spend his life a hostage to the Iron Throne.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The officer has folded his pad and put it in his pocket. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He presents unusual criteria in what he is looking for. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When Tony finished his rant, Wes hung up the phone and went back to bed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

"The idea is to open each bucket and put in ten drops of this stuff," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s looking at me as though he knows something about me, as though he’s teasing me, as though we have an in joke. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns back to the window and starts flailing his arms too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When was the last time I had spoken his name? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” he said, and his smile reminded her of what it used to be in Brooklyn, open, unguarded. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting my hat on. See if his shirt is buttoned, and tie his shoelaces.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mark has no idea what it was, but he assumes it was a bomb set by terrorists or an explosion from a gas leak. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They were looking for a highborn girl, daughter of the King's Hand, not for a skinny boy with his hair chopped off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way out, the Colonel mumbled, “Have a good time. Go easy on him, Kevin.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

That really fired him up to try to sell a lot in 1907. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been getting them all out of the Burrow,” he explained. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Level’s in!” he’s shouting as he moves on to ram Hammie’s door. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Now he's lecturing us on the conditioned reflexes of the Negro people," Tobitt said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had printed out the application forms, which he gave to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He wants to know how our week was, how was school, did we learn anything he might not know. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps he was still standing by the rail of the Shearwater, wondering about me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

People are always telling him he’s the “spitting image” of Dad, which is kinda nasty, but whatever. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He tapped his foot and put his mouth to the flute. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Bind him properly this time and get him into an interrogation cell.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was to be said after one made his confession to the priest, and as the last prayer before death. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lie flat on my stomach and point both guns at him, my arms resting on the floor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It had, for example, already explained to him the technical difference between “fear” and “fright.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She would have to keep an eye on James too, to be sure he was all right. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger blinked as lightning shot past his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His brows are furrowed, and everything about his posture screams of his reluctance to reply. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Leo’s skin tingled, and every instinct in his body screamed, Duck! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Muhammad moving home means Mom will go back to telling him everything. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When Emily was five, they lived in New York and her dad was laid off from his job at a publishing company. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Robbie was familiar with the household and would have started something off, but he too was in turmoil. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He hated sitting in a room across from the slimeball creep he had used as a punching bag. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha thanked him in a friendly fashion, went troubled to his hut, but could not sleep. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto had feared his cousin was being tortured or was time frozen. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I asked about Henrietta again and he said, “My father and his friends used to race horses up and down Lacks Town road.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She was on her way into the house when she heard his voice. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Next to his ear, Michael Varus snarled, ‘Born a Roman, die a Roman.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Never seen him in my life, but I wave. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Alex, mouth hanging open, remains frozen in his seat for a few seconds. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Harry hurried over and, together, he and Ron peered in at the Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Cole asked with a wry smile, as he sharpened a sapling for a hot-dog stick. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“They threw him in it so fast, the Med-jacks had to patch him up in there.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

One woman clutched an inmate’s hands from across the table and laughed with him about something. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that what I told you?” he answers back. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“And Toby’s not here. But he is most days. So...I don’t know. I’d buy some repellent or something.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“If you take him away, he will change. And someday he will be a man, and you will not even know him, and he will only think of you with a passing smile.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

That the word had been written by a man confessing to an image in his mind, confiding a lonely preoccupation, disgusted her profoundly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even though I am holding a knife, even though I’ve avoided his attacks twice and disarmed him, even though I’ve stabbed him once before, he grabs for my throat again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The legionnaire riding him slides to the ground, landing on his feet as the beast rears beside him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He calls her his fairy godmother, because she showed up just at the moment in his life when he needed somebody to let him know it was okay to be himself. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nora screams “three, two, one” right in his ear and slings her arm around his neck as he yells his approval and kisses her sloppily, laughing through it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I also know his real name is not Jimmy, but Ahmed, which he also told me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Come on, boy,” I say, pulling on his hoof. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, he sure was dead,” he said with a grin, then seeing that no one laughed, continued. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The story the fireman told was about a seemingly routine call he had taken years before, when he was a lieutenant. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I would offer to buy another round of drink but he would insist, and I would graciously accept, and than him, and smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I can just leave and she can give you all the answers to all the questions,” Miele said to his cardiologist, Dr. Richard M. Hayes, one day. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, there is no sign of his father in the car. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had started to answer, regardless, when his voice was drowned out by the rumbling of an engine. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Byrne knew that even though he was on the wrong end of the result, he’d lost one of the greatest games ever played, and in so doing had become part of chess history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not like he was frustrated or hadn’t gotten his way, but like life was bitter. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

If he had any sorrow, ‘it sat with its head under its wing’, and he turned only his sunny side to the world. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The force of his flight buffeted her back, and she watched him climb into the sky, over the trees, and then he was gone into the cooling day. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone filed out of the classroom except him and Ron, who was whacking his wand furiously on the desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

An empty seat where Neville now sat and a scarless Harry who would have been kissed good-bye by his own mother, not Ron’s? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He wouldn't even trade with me, his best buddy, and here he was giving it away to a little sister for nothing. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He knew just how much he was supposed to earn a week, more or less. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the product of a mind similar to his own, but enormously more powerful, more systematic, less fear-ridden. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“No, son,” he said with a smile in his eyes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Baba paid for the stylish Western clothes I wanted, store-bought or Ma-made, but his eyes always lit up at the sight of Ma in a sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was standing off guard, bragging, daring me to come toward him, and—bang! Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke looked at the door one more time before he walked out of the apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Please, ” shouted Botticelli, “do kill him! He is a miserable excuse for a rat. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Ash approached one of them to ask for the huntress, and he took her to a marquee standing beyond the horses, calling out, “Kaisa! A visitor for you.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He admired Root’s white skin and muscular arms, his stance at the drafting table. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“How do you get this thing down in the water?” he wondered. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put my face against his head and I said, You won, Perrito. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The chief told us that he was letting us go, but that we had to leave the area immediately. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But he also was impatient with the second-guessing of a decision that, as he saw it, ended this war and, conceivably, all war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“But what help do you require, Narcissa? If you are imagining I can persuade the Dark Lord to change his mind, I am afraid there is no hope, none at all.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He sat up taller and straightened his spine. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He turned around when he finished writing to face us again. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Fruitlessly he searched for the missing seats, his mood darkening by the moment. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to tell Dennis and Lily!” he says, charging down the stairs as we reach the elevator. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The next thing that happened was so quick and shocking that it made him stumble, almost fall down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Moss looked to his mother, whose brows were creased in concern. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When it became clear that the officers would get no help from Walter in making a case against him, they locked him up and proceeded with their investigation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I mean, he may not want to. He may get bored. He’s talked about leaving before. There’s no reason he’s got to be here, and he’s surely never going to have a job.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Ha!” he spat out, choked, cleared his throat. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I decided to witness the exchanging of the captive,” he teases, grabbing my backpack and slinging it over his shoulder. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Because he had never officially gotten into the squadron, he could never officially be gotten out, and Sergeant Towser sensed that the multiplying communications relating to the poor man would continue reverberating forever. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Staring out into the night, he saw nothing but he knew the bees had assured his safety that night. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled open a dresser drawer and took out his clothes and piled them in the suitcase. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

That meant that I was crawling his profile for data, too. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If Seabiscuit relaxed in the gate, War Admiral would leave him in his dust. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the long run, though, he had to come back in and let her tend to him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the operator came on, he wouldn’t tell her what was wrong. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you think your pa’s gonna give me land like he will you? No sir, I’m here for the work. Your pa told me so.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my eyelids slightly so I could watch Father pick up his hat, boots, and sword in one hand before he closed the door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he had eyes for was the truncheon in the guard’s hand. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Which meant that he was feeling lonely too. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Normally he wouldn’t snoop around in her stuff, but...maybe she slipped the phone in there while he wasn’t looking. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

But after that, though he told himself it was still too early, he could not help expecting every moment to see Heqet’s signal that Rekh had been told, and all was well. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Ethan swipes at one eye with the heel of his hand and clears his throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Statistical probability told them that Davis was from upstate; maybe some-thing in his bearing betrayed it, as well. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said I didn’t like to think that the person who killed Wellington could be living somewhere nearby and I might meet him when I went out for a walk at night. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’d planned to take her grandson Alfred to see his father in jail before we left town. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” he said, looking at all of us as we crowded between the butter beans and the okra. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't too crazy about him, to tell you the truth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As the laughter rolled around him, his face darkened, and his sword hand curled into a fist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“So,” he said, irritated, “people saw you two together.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You feel guilty about letting Evan down. Evan, who was trying to force you to dance in a bikini with his cousin as the highlight of your part in the talent show?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

By the time he was a college senior, he had become the national champion, an honor he would repeat twelve more times over the course of his career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

After supper he strung up a mosquito net around his cot and fell asleep in his clothes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Punctual and thorough, he had a good work ethic and absolutely no ambition, which suited Petty Officer Lac, who had plenty of ambition but no work ethic to speak of. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Though it was increasingly clear that the fire was winning the fight, Pastor Patton, his face smeared with soot, kept calling out, “Keep the water flowing, brothers and sisters!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I did take some of my father’s advice to heart, for he was not stupid. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Now just one more thing: just because a Meecham has more raw talent than anyone else, that doesn’t prevent him from thinkin’ about the Man Upstairs every once in a while. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt hoped he was in a lot of pain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am very sorry for you,” he said, “but I am asking for you to leave my hotel, please. This is bad for my busi­ness, very bad.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He has had the same haircut for as long as he and Joon have been friends. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She leaned into him, and he was shaking a little. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It did not take me long before I wore the striking uniform of the Hitler Youth....I could only promise my father that I would think about what he had told me.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of Jackboot soldiers stood above him, laughing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Whenever he had visitors, he gave orders that she was to be hitched to a boat loaded with stone and was to drag it behind her as she walked along the edge of the river. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bear looked at me—but in a different way than he had before—then at the men again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Riker mounted the wagon in a single, smooth movement, almost like he was more liquid than man. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He played his woodharp and sang of the Imp's daring deeds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Turn him around, so his face doesn’t stick out,” said Janina. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Extremely dangerous creatures,” said P.M., his complexion dimming. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lord Raiden glanced at his daughter, who was watching him with a stony expression. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She held tight and grabbed Coach Hedge by the shirt collar as he started to tumble away. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The flood from Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. I bet you Mrs. Norris only saw the reflection. He scanned the page in his hand eagerly. The more he looked at it, the more it made sense. '“ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Outside, Tyrion swallowed a lungful of the cold morning air and began his laborious descent of the steep stone steps that corkscrewed around the exterior of the library tower. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’s not going to give up until I tell him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Damp seeped through his gloves as he clutched at roots and rocks, crawling toward the light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She threw open the door. ". . . the dragon . . ." And saw her brother Rhaegar, mounted on a stallion as black as his armor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’s having a great time, spinning me around and singing along at the top of his lungs. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ever since, I don’t have to decide which Starr I have to be with him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Listen to him. How can I be expected to work with this charlatan?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“You better learn his name. Soon it will be your daughter’s.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he had been waiting forever. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The only person who was not particularly pleased to see Katie Bell back at school was Dean Thomas, because he would no longer be required to fill her place as Chaser. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He pulls his shirt over his head and buttons up his tunic. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d passed only a couple of freshman football players who acted like they were too cool to notice him stroll by. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Harry stopped walking and let out a long sigh, his smoky breath dispersing rapidly upon the frozen air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, I did. But Mr. Hamilton kind of talked me out of it. He says Trask hasn’t got it in him to kill anybody.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He was kind of quiet, and then everyone took over. Me, my mom and dad, all in his defense, and he just went with it,” he said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His smile’s as loopy as it was when he was drunk last night. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His face and belly were so round, and his arms so skinny, that he looked like a dough ball with four sticks stuck into it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Like, I mean...if he was a drug dealer,” Hailey says, “that explains why...” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The electronic bell over the door would ding-dong when I walked in, and Baba would look over his shoulder, wave, and smile, his eyes watering from fatigue. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jeans and an old baseball shirt under his bomber jacket. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Now the idea of leaving Sahel to lie here in the dirt, as alone as he’d been in the last grisly seconds of his life, unsettled her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And he clamps his skinny self to that tube all the harder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“But oh, my dear one,” he pleaded, “death is afar off from you.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He seemed out of breath, and he was carrying a handkerchief in his right hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After dinner he would spend a long time combing her hair and humming his favorite songs to her. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He stared up at the black-trunked trees around them, and the hairs on his arms stood on end. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had not seen me and was passing not more than ten yards away when the dog twisted about, raised his nose, and curled one paw up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I have a message for the Alderking’s son. The new High King wishes to come to an arrangement with him.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was going to be sitting behind his desk—or standing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“And he threatened you. Can you tell me the exact nature of the threat?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God,” he said, with a hint of a Southern drawl. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The stiff straight back of the thin male form and the way he held his head. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I smiled to show him that Victor was just messing around, but he wouldn’t even look at me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig realized that since the moment when Kehaar had attacked him in the field, Woundwort had not only retained control over his officers but had actually made a plan and put it into effect. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath him one of the Object’s legs dangled off the bed, the cuff of her pants muddy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The illusion fades, and all at once he looks like any other tired thirteen-year-old boy who needs a haircut. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“I will do my best. But I think he will notice if I try to follow him.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I turned to him and said: 'If you will perhaps follow me, sir.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

His name is Finn the Horse and we all love him but the stable man from the coal yard doesn’t take proper care of the stable and the stink travels to our house. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Since Hyatt had no HeLa cells in his lab at the time, the cells in his experiment must have been contaminated before they arrived. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He slapped my back awkwardly and stumbled, I catching his arm before he pitched into the mud. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A single thread of it runs down through his whiskers and Werner watches it go. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“These women!” he said, as the machine rose into the air. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him the names and which ones are ham, cheese, or sweet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"By what? He's handsome, good education, lovely parents. He works in his father's accounting firm." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The Council of Cloven Elders is meeting now to decide his fate.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Freak's face is all red and swollen up and he's making this huk-huk-huk noise. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

That way at least he had the taste, and some nourishment from the grease and blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She imagined him as she had met him, mounted and firing flaming arrows with such precision. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m stuffed,” he says, picking his camera back up from the table. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

With her at his side, he had no real need for a cabinet. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He wore a pony tail in the back and had the sides of his head shaved. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, about what he did to survive, get where he is. Maybe he has a blueprint—like the ones inside your Lego kits—but his blueprint is on how to survive St. Nick projects.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She’d come to symbolize everything that was wrong with his mediocre life. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When he extended the bag to her, she took it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The dog shook his head, knocking the second ear back into place. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

A little smile twisted Snape’s mouth when she said his name. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sen asked when he appeared, rapping on the hood of the car with his knuckles. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was just thinking about him, but I don’t say that. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Give me one good reason,” I say, knife still hovering, eyes still on him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He filled a burlap pouch with the potato cuttings and hoisted it expertly to his thin shoulder where a batch of new freckles was just beginning to appear. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was on the sofa in the den, in his usual spot on the right-hand end. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had gotten his lands back, but prison and his losses had changed him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we got near the top of the stairs, he stopped. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He took to himself a wife and before long had two fine young sons to whom he taught everything he knew so that one day they might rule wisely. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every man who joined MK knew that he might be called on to pay the ultimate sacrifice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both knew he would have to tell Mama the whole story before she would bring herself down to see anything. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s all right....You sit on the seat,” she said to him, “and I’ll ride standing up.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A long cloak flowed from his shoulders, bleached as white as bone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And my brother still plays, unwary of his foe. Laertes is vengeful and rebellious. You saw him threaten the king. I fear he may be the next victim.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He asked for the recordings, anything he could get his hands on. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Drum got to his feet and ran to a bush. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He indicates RON with a flick of his head. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t his father, but he’d learned enough from him to know the odds were bad when he first saw her and were getting worse with each minute that passed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was on his knees, trying to look into Ernie’s face. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

On the way home they pestered him again and again to tell the story, especially the look on the teacher’s face. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He only had two friends that call him but he likes answering the phone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was at camp still, and they didn't let her use a cell phone, at least not last year, but just to be sure he pulled his phone out of his camouflage pants pocket. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe he really was wise in a different way. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The whole of Hogwarts was open to him in this Cloak. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He would want a return on his investment, too. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He did not add that his decoy station had supplied vital information to the Nazis. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He could feel his words thud on the ground at his feet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Barely lost a roof shingle,” he liked to say as he patted the wall like you’d pat the back of a loyal friend. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He has a dark brown bottle in front of him that he sips from every few seconds. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother and brothers had no passports or documentation, though, so the army told my father he would have to travel alone with me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I have taken a sacred vow, and vengeance is mine,” he said, unyielding. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He took my backpack and slung it over his shoulder and walked me toward his house. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Poking his head through the window, Z waved his arms to help get attention. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When Dad opened the door, Martí, his pit bull, ran out to greet us. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He climbed the cracked, eroding concrete steps to his front door and had his hand on the doorknob before thinking better of it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But it was late in the afternoon before the thing that made him truly happy turned up.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As he closed the door behind him, she mouthed silently to me: Don’t tell. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

His friends were hot allowed to see him, but the Old Bear did relent and permit him Ghost, so he was not utterly alone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He pressed the small fat shining bodies to him, and putting his nose into their soft necks he smelled of the sun-browned flesh with easy affection. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you like meat?” he said, seeing me with my mouth agape. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never heard of anything so fine in all my life, all those children helping out,” he wrote. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Today we are going to learn about binding,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you know, I wouldn’t be surprised if he went to see his friend, the hermit?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I do. I mean, what else am I allowed to care about at this point?" he asks angrily. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mumbling something to Rhonda about being on duty, he left without another word. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was such a contrast to his restraint of a few minutes ago that Armstrong was quite taken aback. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Max said he had a dentist appointment, which I didn’t believe. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he’d sit and think and try to remember things he must have learned that were still in his mind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he seems to determine that no one needs him, he goes back inside. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Had he somehow accidentally ingested knowledge last night at the hotel? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

All I knew about him was that his name was always right ahead of me at roll call. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Zion slumped down in his seat and stared at his lap. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The shirt was silk paisley, unbuttoned halfway down his hairless chest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Bull was the first to jump, with Jasper Jr. right behind him. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been asked to test you a bit,” he confessed at last. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He received the small cake from the children with good cheer, but made it clear he was anxious to get back to his papers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Jemmy headed for the only safe place he knew—the sewers. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stood with his hands on the ndoro, and it seemed to grow warm beneath his fingers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The scythe nodded, and glanced down at his ring, sitting so fat on his finger. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Meggie had some idea of how much he missed her mother. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was a unique moment in the life of a charismatic prodigy in that, to arrive where he was, he’d somehow overcome his objections to how he’d been treated by the Soviets over the years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And yet this work is unmistakable,” he continued. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The police made Cap lie facedown in the aisle while they cuffed his hands behind his back. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I followed Jaja out to the backyard, watched him hold the wings down under his foot. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every day he punched cards, punched and punched, trying to avoid instability, divergence, distortion. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Praise Singer lifted Sekai from her beer crate, and she smiled at him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The same threatening scent that had made him anxious for two days. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The old man looked as if he had not been out of the house in years. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

They waited for him in a group, and when he entered the chicken coop they blocked his path, surrounded him, and pecked him half to death before he knew what had happened. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Pete, he wanted me to call him, and after a while I did. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He looked at his master anxiously, and he took his hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Or worse, he pictured a wife with no throat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss ran his fingers over them, feeling each nook, knowing them all by heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Milkman stood up and walked to his car. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull turned and checked over his shoulder, his eyes moving up and down the street. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t had that many strokes of good luck in his life, but Joaquin knew he had gotten lucky by not having any siblings. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was right to say that he was desperate, desperate for a connection to Evelyn, desperate not to be damaged, but I never thought about how those things were connected. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The old man got to his feet, and thrust out his yellow-gloved right hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But the one-eyed wolf answered with a growl and moved to block his advance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, we just heard yesterday that he’s the new director. And how like him to write something like this.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The only way he ever did anything was if you yelled at him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“My grandfather has all these flags,” Sherm told Bridge on the way to his house. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“At first it was probably the bear’s curiosity,” he said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He sniffed its new-cut leaves delicately and then, after turning this way and that to get range and trajectory, he fired. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hot and humid inside the tent, and the chaplain felt himself turning damp. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was on the branch beneath hers, and his hands slid up her stockings slowly, slowly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a shout, and he releases me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They hated him and he deserved everything that was coming his way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I found him amusing for all of about five seconds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A cool hand and a steady eye is what he wishes for them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he shuffled back, those freckles got lost in the red rising in his cheeks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt a special affection for the green teddy bear, since he was by my side that first day; he helped me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For a long time, he had been molesting little girls, and although the police were on a continual lookout for him, he was never caught. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

What can he say to him anymore? he asks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Will, what if the fever goes way up again before he wakes?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He calls his mother “Ma,” his father “Baba.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What more is there to say? Kid got caught in a crazy lie, and now the religious crazies want to make him a poster child. I almost feel sorry for him.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He always walked like he knew where he was going. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He went down to the next bar and pointed his toe, to see if he felt the ground yet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I was sure I’d find him standing outside it, still dripping from the shower, now feeling a little contrite. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, he’d made it home on the jolting bus, made it to this quiet room where he now sat, sun bleeding low in the sky and spurting its veins on the den window. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck him suddenly that he might return to Winterfell by sea. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Gregor spent the next few hours just hanging out with his dad, Boots, and Temp, who came in to check on the princess. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Fig Newton was still sick, but now that there was enough money, my parents, the vet, and I would do everything we could to make him better. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He nudges his nose under my chin over and over, trying to lift my head. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now that he thought about it, wasn’t it unfair that he had to give six presents for Christmas while Jimmy L—who did not have any brothers or sisters—only had to worry about two? The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she was more like him than he’d thought: Her home, too, had consisted of paper and printer’s ink. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The whole time I wanted to touch him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to himself and said, “Ari. Why I go to Sacred Sun City.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But hearing him say that he hated his life brought on a sobering realization for me: my parents were human. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

If there was any excitement, he wanted to be on it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A factionless man stops me with the end of his gun before I reach the door, and I am nervous, choking. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Goghor die Giant lumbered forward to place himself before the king’s throne, and the Spotted Cat and Khrazz moved to either side of him to form a wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wrote back, saying that he was sorry about Gram and maybe he would come and visit that aspen grove someday. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I think they’re talking an entirely different kind of survival. Tell me that isn’t frightening,” he said, pointing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

How many of his sins belong also to me? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Steven who had carried him away from the little house in the poppies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he and Aaron sat in our room all day long, making up rhymes and slapping each other five when something came off sounding right. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

As usual, the day guard at the Dirksen Building glares at him as he slides through security. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He tugged the glove off Zu’s other hand and pulled it over his own, then all but ripped her arm away from the metal. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When he opens his eyes, Henry’s looking back at him, expression unreadable. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He knows them both down to their split ends and nasty habits, but there’s a strange girl bond between them he can’t, and knows he isn’t supposed to, translate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As Seabiscuit broke from the gate, he was immediately bashed inward by Count Adas, a hopeless long shot emerging from the stall to his right. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spirit of musical invention heralded by Monteverdi was enthusiastically taken up by his successors over the following century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

All his life he had wanted a book. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just gets on with things and if things upset him he doesn’t let it show. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My husband,” she said, almost like he was another exhibit in his life. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In his booming voice, Uncle Bill shouts, “You heard what he said. Get going. Come on. Scram.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But he does not get up, and Madame Manec keeps chopping potatoes, and when she is done, Marie-Laure hears her push a load of them into the water with the back of her knife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I shall never forget the gratitude that shone in his eyes when he swallowed this beverage. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in a few minutes, he drifts off, too. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

All he got was one little whack at the back of my head that didn’t even hurt. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only the hat had mentioned a House for people who felt a bit queasy, that would have been the one for him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They have taken him and amputated his leg. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax tossed his head and then bounded away toward the trees. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They’d cook all the meat that remained, and have some grim semblance of a party on his roof. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” he says, putting it together a moment later. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

His big eyes would wall up to the ceiling with a look of fear in them, and afterward he was very sulky and would not let his friend speak to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Amaranta could not conceal the repugnance that she felt at the table because of his bestial belching. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was almost comical, his gentlemanliness, she thought as she followed him down the hallway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yes; they were looking for him in every building and on every floor and in every room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the intercom button that linked him to speakers all over the house. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Rich, if your mudder die, you vould tell me,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned to his teammates, he encountered a reef of curious, reflective faces all gazing at him woodenly with morose and inscrutable animosity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was so desperate he almost sang a few of the words. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“If I see one that looks Chinese,” she thought, “I’ll go over and give him some advice.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard announced that he was satisfied with Workman and that the jockey would retain the mount for the Santa Anita Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems brutally selfish to me to have slept so long, and let him watch all night; but he was quite right. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Lick it,” Bigger said, his body tingling with elation. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The son of Hades said it himself. No one wants him around. He does not belong.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Here’s our intellectual, Pettigrew, going into battle side by side with old Pickett, last in his class. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie would have given Mo a hurt look if he had spoken to her like that, but Farid didn't seem to mind. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Ewo, I am late for a chaplaincy council meeting,” he said, looking at the clock. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But when I left, he came running after and said he had something else for me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he lay down to sleep at last the silken sheets of the bed were cold as ice, and ever he wakened in the dark thinking of the Stone and of Serret’s eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Genie shoved the small notebook into his back pocket. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I knew that he read books, because I had got him volumes from the library several times. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to his stop, he stood in the aisle and waited for her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Had anyone—all right: any woman—ever murmured to him that way, or brushed crumbs gently from his cheek? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He let his breath go in a great sigh. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a slight tremor to his voice, barely noticeable. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He wrenched open the door and as the elf came hurrying up to him, he kicked him right through it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The captain fiddles with his beard, then says, “She protects us from the challenges we will face before we reach our destination. The monsters toward which we sail.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Fashion and modernity and the rot at the Table’s heart were in hiding, and his great idea was on the move once more. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried again, but again he felt the urge. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He got home and told his parents he wasn’t feeling right about it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“She said had” I lowered my body down to the ground and Lucas, not letting go, lowered his with mine. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“That was a crime,” he insisted, and removed his pipe then sharply pointed the stem at me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to fight or be in a new revolution; she was just trying to help her friend in case he was in danger. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Will wanted to listen, but the man in green had hold of his arm and was drawing him insistently towards a side door. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he announced in front of the whole class, “if whoever wrote this Valentine tells me who they are, I will give them a dollar.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, I wanted him to stop. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Since the air on some days seemed to be heavier than on others, he reasoned that he ought to be able to measure the changing weight of the air. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His legs flew up and he landed flat on the pebble-strewn bank. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When he put his weight on it, a shower of silver needles gushed up the length of the calf and went off in the knee. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Mose,” he said, “what was your relationship with the deceased child?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She tried to read his face but was met by a look that was indecipherable: the cheerful, cretinous grin at odds with the narrow, half-desperate look in his eyes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now someone is calling the number of our company, it is, yes, the Company Commander, he has come through, then; his arm is in a sling. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Say he don't need no colors to be bad. Say he got his badness inside of him." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Meera came to the window seat and put a hand on his shoulder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He put his hands on the steering wheel and stared straight ahead. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The story in the paper had not been as alarming as he had thought it would be. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He scooted over toward me, and then added, “His mom told us before the trip. I’m sorry he kept it from you. I’m ... I’m sorry, Hazel.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ben smiled as Jim Don returned, the anger fanning out in his face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the room, Henry’s with June, making a gesture at her hair, and she turns and lets him fix a piece of her braid that came loose earlier in a fit of anxiety. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dismounting at Rael’s, he bought some cigarettes and a tin of snuff, then crossed to the Frontier Bar, which was almost deserted, very quiet, and dark. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tired out, the young man sank into a chair, his fair, bandaged, aching head in his hands. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“M. Ratchett spoke to me yesterday. He told me, as far as I was able to understand him, that he was in danger of his life.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like I’ve been waiting for him to do this all day. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that he had no probable cause to enter my vehicle and that he was conducting an illegal search. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was in torture, but he lived and they brought him home. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shea winked at me as he walked up to the car with his hands behind his back. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He stared at me, frightened, but he didn’t run. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

"Remember what Haymitch said. Run, find water. The rest will follow," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“And now, I have something to show you,” he said. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thyon pushed the empty vial aside to clear space for his next procedure. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He made a show of sticking a needle in his arm. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Wondering if he were sick I went over to find out--an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

When he sat next to me in class, as far from me as the table would allow, he seemed totally unaware of my presence. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He expects a lot from his oldest son.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flashlight slipped out of his arm and clanked across the floor, clicking off. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A soldier paused to bind an old man’s wound, and the old man, revived, shot him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sometimes turned up three days in a row and then they wouldn't see him again for nearly a week. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“See this, guys? The bully is threatening me. He takes money from little kids and now he’s threatening me also.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“His wet diaper’s frozen solid. Should I tug it? Will it tear his skin off?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even though I loved him, I had been hurt by him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He drew in a deep breath and looked down at the shard before he spoke. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Just yesterday they had considered trading him and Boots to the rats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Soon he will start nagging about wanting to go back to the village.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel would never see him as a hero. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If they didn’t get there soon, he was going to turn around, go straight back to the castle, and leave Hagrid to enjoy his moonlit stroll with Madame Maxime. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sullenly he packed a travel kit with his toothbrush, dental floss, razor, shaving cream, and a jumbo bottle of aspirin. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would use his past—and the Archduke's past, and the whole endless past—to inform the future. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Uncle Cotton swallowed whatever curse dangled on his tongue, and suddenly the smooth, polished smile was back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I turn again to the page where the orange-and-black monarch sits atop the page like he could take flight any moment. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Somebody who... I don’t know. Who feels safer when he’s alone, maybe?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

To put some space between him and what happened. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He wept for a few minutes, alone with his memories. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he muttered in disgust, slammed the book shut, and went to Prince’s cabin. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the monster held Harry’s arm behind his back, Conor had felt Harry’s muscles resisting. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

X bridged his hand over his eyes—the light over the bed seemed to be blinding him—and said that Loretta’s insight into things was always a joy. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I nodded, but I could see by the way he was folding and unfolding his bills that he was having trouble. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She knows a little about his history, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Gerald also suspected that the reason the ambulance driver had remembered Angel was that he had driven her to the hospital for one of those bruisings, although Angel wouldn’t talk about it. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nyame clasped his hands behind his back and tipped his head for me to join him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was too coarse and too loud; I wanted to hit him for shocking me like that. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to send Moonie ahead but he doesn’t understand. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Nathan couldn’t believe that the most beloved of all Navajo Holy Beings was talking to him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to be sorry for anything,” he said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they’re leaving Malachy wants to show them where the angel left Michael on the seventh step but Dad tells him, Not now, not now. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He drew in a sharp breath as the beast eyed him, illuminated in a horrid red-orange glow from the fires on the other side of the wall. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Now, with his head pointing upward, he found himself gazing at the ridge, as over the skyline came the silent, moving, red-tinged cumuli. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, he got a small paint brush and a can of black enamel, and locked himself in the lavatory, where he painted the alphabet in code on the wall. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept running the stick over his chin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He did know what the word “perished” meant, but he was still having trouble understanding exactly what it was that Mr. Poe had said. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Although his career path had shifted to politics, Roosevelt never abandoned his passion for nature. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Abby was at the other end, kneeling over Scooter, who was sitting on the grass with his legs flat out like the sides of a triangle. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When I heard Hari cough, I knew he must be awake. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fighting to survive, he could stay here a short while longer. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Harry knew that Ron was only saying this to make up for his behavior of the last few weeks, but he appreciated it all the same. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I guess it surprised me as much as it did you,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, sweetie, but I think we’re doing pretty well without him. Everything happens for a reason.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

While he’s talking, I think how cool it’d be if I did have superpowers. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Little is known about what he studied there. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As we turn a corner, we find Marcus hunched atop a prone form, his face stretched into a savage leer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The boy was being paid more money than he deserved, because the merchant, thinking that sales wouldn’t amount to much, had offered the boy a high commission rate. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not owl time yet,” he said, “but everyone’s so eager to hear you, Holly, that they want to go underground at once. Will that suit you?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chipped his sacred religious item into long splinters using a pair of pliers and a screwdriver. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Bill offered the bottle the second time he took a long drink, and then the bottle went all over that part of the bus. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I could not throw away what he had died for, by insisting on the condition. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to see if he had written back. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Once safely in the lead, Pollard slowed him down, and Seabiscuit galloped in ahead by four and a half lengths. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before practice, he hid within his headphones and juggled a ball, not speaking to anyone. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He could see someone in the bed, watching him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun told the guard that he and Nasser were Muslims and could not eat pork. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Cari paced back and forth in front of the porch until Wash told her to sit down so he could teach her the names of his tools. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached my door, Brownie’s little voice was belting out the words, some right, some wrong, and Mr. Ray’s deep, raspy voice began singing right along with him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wrote it when he made a stop in St. Louis during his cross-country trip. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“What I don’t get is why they had to handcuff him first,” said Riordan. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dad was within listening range of the story, he added to it by saying the house stunk for days afterward. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as an afterthought, ‘Beer ... Hi, kitchen,’ he yelled, in the arrogant way Johnny noticed the young officers always called for service. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is she dead?” repeated the inquisitive twin trotting at his side. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly this man knew what he was doing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He felt strange, possessed, or as if he were acting upon a stage in front of a crowd of people. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he unscrews the metal lid and drinks whatever it is. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

As much as he hated to admit it, Thomas knew they needed Alby if they were going to accomplish anything. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung promised easily, and when he promised he was struck with a thought and it was this. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Yes, I thought so," he said. He answered the ticket lady's baffled look with a satisfied smile. “Do you happen to know the address?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I was outraged, I knew he did not commit this indignity against me, but against my black flesh, my color. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not come often and he did not say much. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Somkit's spine sagged ever so slightly, but he flashed that easy smile of his. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Herold would have answered that he had not seen Atzerodt since the conspirators parted earlier in the evening to carry out the three assassinations. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I considered him in silence for a second. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He also experienced a “psychic giddiness” that made it difficult for him to walk a straight line. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When Henry speaks again, it’s soft, as if he’s trying not to break the spell. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One piece of his chest was missing—a clean black hole about the size of a bullet wound, right where his heart should’ve been. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don't know what kind of man Mr. Nesbitt was, but I know he did not deserve to be killed in his store, left on the floor while his killers snacked at a fast-food restaurant. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, the toll on flies was terrific, frustration the inevitable state of affairs from the moment he entered the creek until the end. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be too late to help her, but he had to try anyway. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“This account then is what he has received from Mr. Darcy. I am satisfied. But what does he say of the living?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

In the white-hot emotional furnace of those final meters at Griinau, Joe and the boys had finally forged the prize they had sought all season, the prize Joe had sought nearly all his life. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“In his room. He did not come down for dinner.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thus Bacon rejected the distinction, so deeply rooted in his society, between theory and practice. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He takes the extra magnifying glass out of his back pocket and holds it out to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Four, however, crouches and presses his back to the metal support, breathing heavily. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When he found their floating shop in Coal Harbour, he told the Pococks that he planned to establish a veritable rowing navy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then she woke and stared at him out of a dream, and he said impatiently, “Well, and here is your son and yet you sleep on!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Let them go. There’ll be three less when we get in. What, you again?” he snapped, as Ragwort appeared beside him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the time Adam was away he knew his brother better than ever before or afterward. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His head was turned toward the kitchen door, and he was smiling a little. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Well, don't follow me. I've no more idea than a gnat where I'm headin'." "Silence," whispered the prince, with a turn of his head. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did he realize he didn’t even know the cop’s name. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He also ran errands for the ward and in his spare time made me a cigarette lighter out of an empty Austrian rifle cartridge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But he was spending a whole week and did not want to leave him alone in Nsukka. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The captain lifts his gun and points it at my mother. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He rose with an effort from where he knelt on the ground, then moved over to sit beside her on the skins. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Because he was a child of Mars, or maybe because... The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Beneath an overhang he saw someone under a covering of grass and twigs. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then he and Brick both hang their arms out the windows, knives flipped open and showing. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As fast as my fingers can move, I type up his/her mistakes and incorrect assumptions. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My little brother—” he began, and then corrected himself. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But inches away, he felt tense and vigilant. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Metias waits until the door has slammed shut before turning to me and lowering his voice. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Loki and his children will be there for Ragnarok, the end of everything, and it will not be on the side of the gods of Asgard that they will fight. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Khalil breaks a rule—he doesn’t do what the cop wants. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Up to now, Frog had no notion that their commander knew he was alive. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If it had been legal, I think he would have called in firing squads. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A few homeless people used it now, sometimes a crackhead down on his luck. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or that Lark showed him the video of her cockatoo dancing to a theme song he knows by heart. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But Howard added an escape clause: Pollard would ride only if he was fit to do so. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark only realized that he’d stopped, appalled by what was happening around him, when Lana yelled at him to keep moving. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The driver waited for him to cross in front of the bus before pulling slowly away from the curb and heading off in the other direction. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he asked in a husky voice, “Do you want to dance?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She nodded, and he took her security badge. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He knew that sooner or later he would obey O’Brien’s summons. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

This is probably expensive; he knows that collect calls to the United States from back home in Honduras cost several dollars a minute. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Kaede finally let herself look at her father, whose face was carefully blank as he regarded the King. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I rushed over to check on him, but then I heard Grover’s voice: “Percy!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Jinny, you okay?” croaked Jak, as he pulled a stinger from his arm. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Abigail heard him out about the doomed course of the French Revolution but was somewhat more sanguine: “I ruminate upon France as I lie awake many hours before light,” she wrote. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And I yelled, “Bernardo, come over!” and he shook his head. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Adam seemed clothed in a viscosity that slowed his movements and held his thoughts down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gibbler rattled the ice in his tumbler, then held it up in Mr. Crane’s direction. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He touches his fingers to her bare arms, cool in spite of the warmth of the kitchen. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But seeing him in those leathers was the first time I really melted. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I figure using his name is the fastest way to get in. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The story of the suitors and Queen Penelope ... his thoughts about family . . . his recent dreams. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After all the ugliness of my fight with Audrey, I couldn’t wait to see him again tomorrow. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Roy shut his eyes and felt like he was floating on the sunny slope of a cloud. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn't go back to the city but if he followed the river downstream, he knew it would eventually lead to the sea. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The next morning he was awake in his cell when Max came. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This will only mislead him, showing him pastures in which he is not allowed to graze.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well,” he said, “we can’t all be heroes, can we?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he asked me to wait, so I will. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the terrible sense of comprehension she’d felt when Baba’s eyes had closed on that cot so many years ago, when she’d realized he hadn’t gone to sleep but to someplace much farther away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Mr. John died yesterday was a week, at his chambers in London.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If I’m lucky enough, I won’t bump into my landlord, with his tank and sweats and red face. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rain had revived him, but he hadn’t gotten nearly as much water as he wanted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to keep me out of trouble while he’s not home. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he barked treed a couple of minutes later, it was in the woods the other side of the corn patch. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished he could fly right out the window, but he couldn’t. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes stayed down on his bowl as he talked. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The Magpie reached for him before Meggie could and stared at him as if he were just a painted toy, while he looked back at her with horror in his eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pull up the sleeves of my letterman’s jacket a bit, and try to lift my arm to show him, but my shoulder throbs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, these two objectives were directly at odds with each other, and Galileo’s success at the second undermined his rather half-hearted efforts at the first. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray poured us huge cups of coffee, mine light and sweet, his black. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Poor Grendel will hang here and starve to death,” I told myself, “and no one will ever even miss him!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I guess sometimes he’s afraid of how other people will act if they know. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Angrier than ever, he proceeded to grope in the bottoms of the vases and baskets of dried flowers, but was not at all surprised that the locket was not there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They’re far enough away that the wind’s covering up his Noise but I’m sure I feel her silence out there. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And an architect. And a scholar. I also play basketball pretty well for a guy who didn’t start until he was two thousand years old. A real artist must be good at many things.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And just as, before the victory, the victor could place no hope in them, so afterwards he should not fear them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Two of them wear the black," he told Robb as he worked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was a deep frown on his face, and a hurt look in his eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he realizes how deeply that truth resonates—and on every level. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Like his father before, he grew up wild, in trouble with the English, or the Irish, or both. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Malik’s jaw ticks as he looks straight into the school. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I did not push him. I simply—” “Made him lose his balance,” I said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sofía planted a large hand on his shoulder, and anyone could see how it must be between them in the darkness of their love-making. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Dr. Strayer said he was presently doing experiments in how long it takes to regain “situational awareness” once a person was finished texting. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now only Baraa and his wife are on the beach with the Turks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

On an earlier trip, he had met El Brujo, one of their comrades. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

As her theater company collapsed, she thought of him more and more. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And he wasn't going to tell her to smile. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s as close as I’m going to get,” he said, after a moment’s reflection. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, he’s told me that a hundred times. I was so hoping you’d tell me something interesting, Lady Kaltain. Like if he’s found a young woman he favors.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Upon hearing that I hadn’t called a sergeant and hadn’t locked the guy in the shower when I saw him there—I’d never even thought of it—Wickersham seethed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Galatea: Just let me tell you, Doris, there’s something very manly about him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s actually apologized to me for how he behaved back then.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I hoped he wasn’t upset that I’d been given such a nice gift. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I waited to hear where she is, where he’s been keeping her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he doesn’t say a single word. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

No one had ever seen him so waggish, or so happy. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I say as if deeply disappointed in him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me happy that he was so impressed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Such a horrid, bloodthirsty din of hungry and angry brutes he had never heard in his life. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He placed the twenty-dollar bill in his pants pocket and picked up the pace to the girl’s house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In the second edition, he added three new words, “by the Creator!’ Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was walking across the temple grounds toward him a little too fast to be an ordinary temple visitor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

For one thing, Griffith, when pressed, did not want to defend his exact reasoning too strongly. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The day for the ceremony drew near, the invitations to King Pellinore and Sir Grummore were sent out and the Wart withdrew himself more and more into the kitchen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wish I could sue Alan. Sue all prejudiced people. Because what Alan thinks, he makes other people think, too. So, I’m suspended. Going before a judge. Middlefield says I’m a delinquent.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he came inside and heard the noise, he froze in his tracks. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s something wrong,” said he, without stopping, “up at your place, Pip. Run all!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then the other campers found out he wrote home every day, and that he liked poetry and looking for minerals. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing that army seemed to have triggered some kind of memory, leaving him shell-shocked. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He sucked on his pipe, staring out at a row of purple flowers. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why would you do that to your mother?" he demanded. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When your favorite player got a slam dunk, he looked like he was going to cry, even when I tried to give him a high five. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She even bit his shoulder when they were getting off the bus. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

What I submit to you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is that Mr. Evans made the mistake of selling the cigarettes he stole during the robbery. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mrs. O’Toole’s maritime metaphor had given him an idea. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I left Mr. Polite’s package on his stoop then took Jingle Boy back to Mr. Segee. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Poe tipped his hat to Justice Strauss, who smiled at the children and disappeared into her lovely house. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe he used to be the best, like everybody says, but right now he couldn’t catch a tuna if it jumped in his lap. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had arranged this special practice, giving his freshmen a chance to scrimmage against a few members of the varsity, to show off all he had taught them and they were doing lousy, rotten, terrible. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is hard to lose—that is—” He trailed off incoherently, seeing his companion’s glance fixed on him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would select the delegates himself based on their qualifications. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Food and fire and rest had helped restore him after the ordeals of their journey, but he seemed sadder now, sullen, with a weary, haunted look about the eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He loved to talk about anything he could think of when we were together to extend our visits. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ivy even tried her monkey face, which got his attention for a whole second before he started crying again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When she gave a soft moan and shuddered, he climbed up and thrust himself inside her and exploded almost at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Many thoughts of Dic\\, he wrote one day in his makeshift diary. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, for a moment there, just before the end, his heart rate seemed abnormally fast.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“He broke up with her. Janae really liked him, and he dropped her like a sack of dirty laundry. So I see how you Darcy boys do,” I say, crossing my arms. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And since when did he think it was okay to live with someone before getting married? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” said Mr. Huxley, stroking his chin and studying Grace as if she were a bug on the wall that he didn’t quite know how to squish. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

To have struggled with him in the street, or to have exacted any lower recompense from him than his heart’s best blood, would have been futile and degrading. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wow, he thought I just sold the most expensive cup of lemonade in town. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Fortunately she was too busy glaring at her sister to pay him much attention. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I guess so,” I tell him, plopping down in my dad’s new reclining chair. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

"What'd you do?" he asked, stepping back to get a better view. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I saw Ellidyr in mortal danger. At the same time it was as though my hands were bound and I could not help him.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to show him where the hammock is.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I watched him wade through a sea of GIs, stopping now and again to talk to one of them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the road, he was alive, vibrant, moving. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji’s parents climbed into an elephant—his mom insisted they ride together, as if it was romantic. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood directly in front of Naheed and her mother and sister, until her father stepped in front of his family. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I pay him, and he packs up the items in a sack that can be tied on my back. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the guards who had taken Chaol to his chambers and given him a strong drink. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He also held a can of soda, and the sight of it made Stanley even more aware of his own thirst. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

This morning he had been so heartsick and weary he could scarcely stand, but npw his fury was on him, filling him with strength. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Nevertheless,” and Quinn stubbed out his cigarette with elaborate care, “you will have to investigate this impossibility with all the resources of the Corporation.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His father moved to put his arm around her awkwardly, but he didn’t take his eyes off Jesse. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He said, anything, but I just needed to tell him what that was. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand the thought of him pulling her into the death balloon of his belly. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

And he did not like the idea of being stalked; he had seen the effect on androids. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom yelled at him because now there’s an empty space on one of the pages.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Truth is,” he said, swinging the truck into the passing lane, “I like people.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I said, and scooted around in my chair so all he could do was look at my back. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can ask, he says, “So are you going to eavesdrop or not?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

To tell him how he wished he didn't have to walk home from school. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Only, instead of sitting on the arm of Stradlater's chair, he laid down on my bed, with his face right on my pillow and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Dragged off, by the look of his place.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Garvey set down a book he was reading and looked up. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Ginny shouted something into Armpit’s ear, but he couldn’t hear her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But when he pulled clear into the other lane to kill a turtle almost on the shoulder of the other side, Lillian awoke. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, basically, Chas’s most horrible night in his life had just gotten worse. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

What would his fellow mountain-dwellers say if they could see him now? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe the old man noticed it, too, because he opened a window and pointed to a nearby pasture. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Parents like to say stuff like that,” I told him, balling my hands into fists—open, closed, open, closed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I move out from behind him and look him in the face for the first time. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Armin ignored his outburst and approached us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ow,” I say, pulling away from him and putting the injured digit into my mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He took his cap from Annabeth, brushed off the mud, and stuck it firmly on his curly head. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor insisted that Charlie be tried as an adult, and he announced that he intended to seek the maximum punishment permitted by law. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Beans, instead of being relieved that his arm was spared, said, “Let’s find him,” and trotted off after his own Treatment. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Uriah tips the contents of his bottle down his throat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

This exposure drew us violently together; I was the closest person in the world to him now, and he to me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood back and watched him work the blood into his arms and legs, flex his fingers, crane his neck this way and that, crying all the while. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

What would he have thought of the speech this morning? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blood has made a long drip along his cheek. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

During the day, Granddaddy would slip out of the house to take money or food to needy people in his church or to check on a sick member. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard jerked partially upright, his hair mussed from the pillow. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, they might win all his fine things. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“As I already explained,” he says, “when we began our work, there were only a few Deltas still living. Before the Deltas, the Gammas performed those duties for the Collective.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In a psychiatric ward he would not be liable to prosecution by Abelman and Levy, or whoever it was who would push the case. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a very short conversation, however, because I cut him off by asking him to recite pi to the sixth digit, claiming it was an entrance requirement, regardless of the shoes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this was real and not illusion, he’d escape whatever trap these creatures had set for him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But he knew better than anyone that it had only been an act eight years ago. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The tomb is not even begun,” Ranofer said more abruptly than he intended. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He launched one bangle over your head, and as you slowly raised your hands to try to catch it, he sent the other flying so fast, it struck you before tinkling to the floor. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“These past few months have been tough on all of us,” my mom says, sharing a look of understanding with him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The look he gave Edward confirmed what Edward had said about loathing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a good haul for a first set, enough to keep him fishing the bank—there was no reason for him to go elsewhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His teeth were long and brown, but his laugh was beautiful, Marly thought. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

His smile was not returned, so he gave up. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then setting it aside, he turned to Frodo and in a soft tone spoke words the others could not catch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had said good-by to caution and stretched himself far beyond any boundaries he ever dreamed he possessed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, probably best just to say you forgot,” he said cheerily, and turned away. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam felt suddenly that he had to impress this man, had to get under his skin some way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His office is where he always takes us first. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have a chance to ask him another question. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He poured me a cup, then grabbed a cube of sugar and clenched it in his teeth. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A short silence falls over our table, broken only by the clang of forks against porcelain, the obnoxious slurping sounds Connor makes as he eats his chow mein. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He knew there was a catch in this somewhere, but he wasn't sure where. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then later, when things were going around about Salazar knowing things he shouldn’t about some drug king, I figured she must have felt even worse, that Salazar was a good man, God be with him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Of all the people on the train, I alone had probably the best motive for killing him.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all looked very friendly, and seeing the children made him remember: It was not the first time he had spoken in front of a large group of people. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like maybe they had even found it in his shoebox upstairs. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Is he smiling at me, or is he sneering? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping you were just letting him down easy.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The pipes, he knew, would begin to thaw now, and he decided to sit and listen to the house while it came back to itself. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He rested his head on her soft shoulder. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Fell down some stairs,” he said brusquely, and ate his doughnuts in silence. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Here it is. Renault, Jerome E. Son of James R. Pharmacist at Blake’s. The kid’s a freshman, birthday—let’s see, he just turned fourteen. Oh—his mother died last spring. Cancer.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to bring him up into the steam for a bit,” he says. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

With daily scrubbing, his skin had cleared up, and he didn’t scrunch up his face from cramps anymore. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I would be a monk,” he said with deepening horror. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When he looked out the bedroom window, all he saw were puddles. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His straight baby teeth had given way to buck teeth and gaps, his chubby cheeks had thinned into his approaching adolescence. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand automatically and tried to make his hair lie flat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

How come he had to leave for you to become normal again? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Once I started to say aloud, “I wonder if Sam really shot anybody,” and another time I began to say, “Maybe I ought to bring him up something to eat.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had held the boy and told him he still had his daddy—please God. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He put his arms around me, squeezed hard, and roughly kissed the side of my head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"Rose Johnson is a teacher here," she informs Dr. Williams, as if he doesn't know the school employs Shanti's other grandmother. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Looking down, my lungs heaving, I see Will in his room down below. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then his right hand rose slowly to the side of his face and with his thumb and forefinger he gently caressed an imaginary earlock. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I heard him going from room to room, moving things, opening and closing, what was he looking for, why was he always looking? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Brute looked at him for a second, startled. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

His legs are very long, and they don’t really fit under our kitchen table, so he has to sit kind of sideways, with his knees pointing out toward the hall. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“My cousin lives in town. All right to take him up for a visit?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment all I could do was stare at him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He stuck his legs out in front of him and leaned forward a bit, hoping that he could get a good stretch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At first he refused it, saying that it was meant for Tree-ear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But as soon as he’d said the words he recognized his error. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She raised her bottle of water to Coyotito’s lips; his little dried tongue sucked greedily at it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goblin stroked the sword, and his black eyes roved from Harry to Hermione to Ron and then back again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Will put his head in his hands with weariness. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he deserves to be in the basement folding shirts and helping my mother. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I tolja he just gone off somewhere,” May Belle said quietly and stubbornly as though she had repeated it often and no one had believed her. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He said he was suffering from ptomaine poisoning—but his symptoms indicated a nervous collapse. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wriggled and writhed beneath him, gasping and kicking, and guiding him with her hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Judge Barsi,” he said as the car snaked slowly through the snarl of traffic. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And sometimes his father would be player two in his video games. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

For all the banter that flies back and forth between Volpe and his students, it is a collaboration that seems based on respect. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He stopped and looked down at an open Talmud on his desk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“The homeless guy in front of the Museum of Natural History who always says ‘I promise it’s for food’ after he asks for money.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger was staring straight before him, his eyes wide and shining. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The feel of his skin moving against mine makes my breath catch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Ay, tell your pops I need to holla at him soon. Some stuff going down that I need to talk to him ’bout.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The right time and the only time for as long as anyone in Vienna knew him he wore the clothes he put on at that moment. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might have bothered him at twelve years of age to be seen holding his mother’s hand, but he knew what would happen to her if he didn’t. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as he survived, El Patron had not vanished from the world. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally he wore shorts and T-shirts, but today he had on a shirt with buttons all down it, and a tie even. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel how soft: she felt to him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Queen Wealhtheow caught at his sleeve and whispered to him to wait and see what Beowulf had to say. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while they left him out of their conversation. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I ignore a small pang in my chest as I think about Tao, wondering if he’ll stop by our house like he normally does for holidays. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Why did you decide to purchase the girl’s indenture?” he asked, glancing back at Polly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aiiiiiii-eeeee!” he cried like a fiend when he found the object of his search. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was he doing on Nomansan Island in the first place? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

At his mention of secrets my mind settled on one that had been bothering me for months. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’ll be less alert on the road, but few people would say he shouldn’t be allowed behind the wheel. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When he turns back, she points at him again. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s a good day for trouble!” he cried. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When your servants carried him inside the gates, he cried out again, 'She is burning.’ A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I watch Mazen's face carefully to see if he recognizes my brother's name, but he gives nothing away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even Christ had chased the moneylenders from the temple, and Lydia’s friendship was a temple to him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When the parent of one of the few black students at a white school complained that his child was marginalized, C.P. heard a white working-class student point out that he also felt marginalized. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Too stunned to answer, Calder twisted around to see who had shoved him. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He collapsed to his knees and began crumbling into sand, until all that was left were three cooking aprons and an oversized pair of cowboy boots. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

This time, he didn’t bother with the sirens. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Your way will be long and difficult,” he said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth feels his thoughts changing, charging ahead to a dangerous place. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

What we have going is great and perfect; Archie’s always telling me I’m the best bookie he has running. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trembling with excitement, Ranofer could scarcely make his fingers loosen a strand of the wire and straighten it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Sekani makes it his business to tell Momma I’m not up yet. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Like pipes his nostrils jetted crimson runnels, a river of mortal red, and one last kick upset his table knocking the bread and meat to soak in dusty blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at one another, wondering what to tell him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And the ascetic stood until his shoulders and legs no longer froze, till they were silent, till they were still. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time he had ever been away from home. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

But Woolf knew that infection and amputation were the least of his worries. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would—Aron, that was the name— what would he do if he knew? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z