At recess, I try and try to explain to Malli why I have to leave. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I told my parents if my grades dropped or it felt like too much I would slow down, but it never got to that point for me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I was just teasing. Don’t be so sensitive.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anthony used to do that, but I soon put him right.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

This sentiment struck me as hilarious, but I didn’t say anything. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

If I got malaria, it wouldn’t show for another week or two, so for now I was safe. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down at the kitchen table and tried to think. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad I had to get out of there. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I try to brush past her and into the office. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, not necessarily this kinda teenagery, but of course your father and I are excited to see you become a young woman, making friends, going on dates.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I rose to my feet just as Bailey descended the ladder, holding a roll between her teeth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With bated breath, I tried to gasp out what I had seen, but only managed to utter unintelligible, guttural sounds. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed almost distracted, as if he were listening to something I couldn’t hear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t want any guys to see me now. My pits are totally tragic.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Now that Shiloh’s come to trust me, here I am getting ready to send him off again. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to push aside a lot of junk to make room for it, and I suddenly find myself staring at the painting I did of Grandpa. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I go up the steps and enter a stone castle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Most people were cool about it, but more than a couple were not, and I begged my father to let me home-school for the rest of the year and then the year after. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I slammed the window shut against the noise and heard more explosions in the distance, a billow of smoke rising up over the city. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Jubi, honey, I’m so glad Nan called. I was just thinking about you.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But one day when I got home, Papa did not complain about anything, not even his back. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Merry Christmas Eve, Jones," I finally say, wanting the conversation to end. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I concentrated on loading the boxes, giving the last one a couple crushing blows before cramming it into the square of floor space on the passenger side and folding myself around it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Guidance Counselor: “I think we need to explore the family dynamics at play here.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was Jordan Baker; she often called me up at this hour because the uncertainty of her own movements between hotels and clubs and private houses made her hard to find in any other way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe when you get in trouble enough times, it stops scaring you, but my hands are itching so bad, I have to rub them hard against my jeans. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Can I get to the Port Authority from Yankee Stadium?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I thought, It will not all be fine. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry again, Christopher. If there’s ever anything I can do for you...” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Joana lay with her head on my shoulder, cradling the baby. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I zone out of math class and tune in instead to Alexander’s memories. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“What am I going to write to him?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I read it right when he gave it to me, and then I thanked him and all and put it in my pocket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I can feel her hot breath on my face. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I told him that I was very clear about what I saw, and that I hadn’t been drinking when I saw it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same message plays over and over from the Cog inside my head. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Ally?” my mom asks as she comes around the corner. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you understand, Crow?” he said, his voice so sad, so tender, that I couldn’t breathe. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I asked in disbelief, my previous irritation flaring. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When it doesn’t kill me, I drink again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A week later, I wasn’t at the library when it opened at ten o’clock, and if you’ve been paying attention, you should know why. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my hand that wasn’t stirring and held it up to my eyes. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And no one had better get in my way. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It swung in front of me, cutting me off. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m vexed. There are enough mosquitoes and other bugs for me to live comfortably but not enough for webbing for our expedition.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I wondered why, and was a little scared, for I just knew something had happened. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The revolutionary words leaped from the printed page and struck me with tremendous force. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look to Agent Magnus, wondering if maybe somebody should do something about the witch battle going on above, but he doesn’t seem the least bit interested. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My initial calculations suggested that I would do very well with my two jobs—in the long run, that is, and if nothing untoward occurred. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She does as I ask while I grab a bow from my back and scan the cliffs for a harness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I moved toward the door, grabbing the front of her sweatshirt to all but drag her out of the RV. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I study the waves and keep time on my wicker swing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want the world to look at her. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even know he had an elderly aunt,” she said, after Hazel told her what had happened. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“And I can’t play unless I’m number twenty-one. I have to be twenty-one. That’s just the way it is,” he says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know how much I hate math,” she says as we climb to the second floor. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The still, lifeless faces of men who had shared food with me, laughed and joked only hours before, men whose voices I would never hear again. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What brought me to was not the whiff of smelling salts but a half bucket of cold water thrown in my face. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what was wrong with her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what he wanted, I raised my hands in front of me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I asked them, hoping they would get my drift, but of course they didn’t. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her coughs slowed down, but my heart sped up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“You stay right here and wait until I get back,” she said as she left. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at me, and I didn’t need to be told. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I mean, what would you do if you found a baseball with only 215 stitches? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The orange-brown liquid in the syringe reminds me of what they inject us with before simulations. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I feel a lot better. How about you?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

To calm myself, I imagine her in a sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He still buys me thoughtful presents on my birthday and on our anniversary. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We brought a small travel bag,” I suddenly say. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Its emotional tone is as familiar to me as my own skin; it is but another way of saying that sinners shall be bound in Hell a thousand years. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

We used so much of it that there was a joke I started making. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grew up in the projects, but where we lived at we had open fields and spaces. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A truck rumbles down the street, and I scrunch my shoulders up. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I stayed in my own room with my Raggedy Ann doll, who I called Mellie, my other stuffed animals, and my books. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“He told me he’s all into movies. I’m only going to ask him to film us,” I say. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

If they didn't take my presents, I would feel as if they didn't matter. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now I want you to repeat these words after me: I, Vanessa Martin, am about to compete in my very first pageant. Miss King Middle School, here I come!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I called you a dumb dog,” he said. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A treat, she’d said, for my birthday, which was the holy week of Easter. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He likes to play Four Square at recess, which I love to play, too. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I stayed home during the long days and cared for my daughters. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of the cardinals driven to such unnatural behavior repelled me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

With my courage built up I walked around to the front and eased myself past the office. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Michael and Gary had told me about discipline at Iona started and stopped at the consequences of spitting, not what happened when you were called to the deputy principal’s office. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She pulled open the door and yanked me inside. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nathan Hale then spoke up: “I will undertake it.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Language,” Mama warned at the same time Isa said, “I like practicing down there.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But if they veered off the path, they’d find me talking to a phantom. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“So you have to give me a good reason.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped smoking after he and my mom got married. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It felt, I heard people say at the Big Store, as if the company had chased even God out of town. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I took stupid Bluie and kind of cuddled with him as I fell asleep. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“If you punch me, midget, they’ll be burying you in a match box that same night.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling that no matter what I said, she wasn’t going to like it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I take his pinky in mine and shake it gently. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Now what’s your big fancy excuse for being a complete barbarian to me?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The doctor came over to where I was waiting, leaned over, and spoke to me with his face so close to mine I could smell his minty breath. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Freedom brought problems; I needed textbooks and had to wait for months to obtain them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to wonder what authors like Byron and Shelley were seeing, or if they were really just more sensitive to beauty and interest than I was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And the spy had said stiffly, “Scout, sir. I am a scout. And I am a patriot, sir.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered this as she listened to me reciting lyrics like I’d written them myself. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But I am also concerned for their dignity, for the health of their souls, and must oppose any attempt that Negroes may make to do to others what has been done to them. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“Stop fighting. Let me speak to the bear!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But for me, I felt most free when I was making something. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But, Matty, I want you to go to your old village first. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I knew that in the coming years, a college education would only become more essential for young people entering a global job market. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She pulls a tissue from a fancy tissue box and dabs my eyes, but the more she wipes, the more tears flow. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Although we had left just after dawn, the sun was hot enough by our arrival to make me wish for a hat. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“How can I leave you like this? Alone in the house?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I unfold it and read aloud the words—written in familiar handwriting. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When Naomi made a complimentary remark about my looks, I knew that I had made the right decision. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When Dad showed concern that I’d be in the woods by myself, I wiggled my cell phone and said, “I’ve got you on speed dial. Plus, I know those trails better than anyone.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Angry at myself for allowing the night to unsettle me like a child, I wiped the water from my face and continued walking. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I'm sitting behind Ma, so I see her profile as she surveys the scene. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I find them hiding out on the trauma floor, several halls away from the ICU. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness, because I still don’t have an umbrella or rain jacket. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was hard for me to feel much of anything. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I guess I never really thought about it before.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As a sixteen-year-old, I didn’t understand how Sam could consider himself a Muslim and drink alcohol. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I myself, just seven years old, was crouched on the floor at her feet, wearing pyjamas, dressing-gown and slippers. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He looked gratified and held it out to me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She looked at my father—then at me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She stared at the ground, but kept glancing up at me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I was in the last group to go. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Do you notice it’s raining harder than ever? I’ve got enough grass in my stomach for a bit. We’ll go down again now, but let’s keep to ourselves for a while.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give me that. You look like you won the lottery or something.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Whoever shows up is going to get a piece of my mind, and that’s for sure. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Coming back to the present, I was startled to turn the bend and see Perilee, in her best dress, holding her girls by the hand and Chase right behind. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

If you ask me, it’s stupid of Father to humor him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Now he simply kept a tight hold on me and looked at me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Molly peels herself off the ground, looking only half-conscious thanks to Edward, my heart is pounding so hard I can feel it in my fingertips. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Not about Mom. Not about me. If he did, he would have made us leave months ago. That’s how you know if people really love you. The ones who do let you go.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

In our new neighborhood I can simply tell my parents “I'm going for a walk” and leave. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Your grandmother might refuse my help. She and your grandfather have never held me in much esteem. But if she will accept my assistance in locating Stan, I will give it.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

By stretching one arm to the utmost, I was able to reach the beast’s lower jaw. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches for the crowbar, but, as a surrogate big brother, I hold it out of reach, indicating that’s enough. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Conner’s voice startled me, and I bolted up, banging the edge of the counter. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I don't know if I'll ever get this notebook back to her, but I reach into the bag and pull out a pencil with tiny bite marks in the wood. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For the first time I noticed—as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next—that my suffering was taking place in a grand setting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell that Mrs. Winterbottom was trying to rise above some awful sadness she was feeling, but Prudence couldn’t see that. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to kill—I promise you. You’re going to love it.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I knew where to find him all right. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed his arms and waited as I tried to rub the tiny speck off the plate. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Once, I went to a fancy clothing store on Newbury Street with Mom, and a saleslady started following us around the store, looking at us like she didn’t trust us with the merchandise. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And I just didn’t want to look at all that rage. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“You were going to ask me?” asked Ron, in a completely different voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I am, however, going to suspend you from the bus.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go home and go up to my room and feed Toby and practice some maths. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I still had an hour, but my mom was well known for jumping the gun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I would feel this way right through, even as first-trimester fatigue left me drained, as my job stayed busy and Barack continued making his weekly treks to the state capital. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"I think he would have preferred the firing squad." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of the period staring at a blank piece of paper, trying to sort out what had happened. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through them, I could see a small T-shaped wood dock at the other end, and, beyond that, several wooden cabins. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh boy, I need a bucket to drink it properly!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not long ago, it would have seemed like all the money in the world to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I was mulling wine. Will my lord take a cup?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So I dance in the moonlight, make foul jokes, or labor to shake the foundations of night with my heaped-up howls of rage. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“True. But I wish you weren’t here. I wish it were just me and you were safe.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and refocus on making no mistakes and not worrying about the concert. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Now it’s more than just the void pulling at me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I guess you want to know what Lieutenant Baker did when he saw Mrs. Baker on the tarmac. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But what had I gotten in the end? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I think I might be in love. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

All these stretch marks I got from bringing them big heads into the world, and you don’t trust me around them?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We play again, and this time my Pistons beat Sneaky’s Knicks. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Its blooms are my favorite shade of purple: bright and soft, like lilac but not. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, my sister is waking me for 18:00—Reflection. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

All the other girls had been on the national team the previous year; I was the only newbie in the mix. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to. I hate it there.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He and Noah share one of their “glances” at my expense. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I tell him: Come in, but our twin-telepathy is long gone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I have gotten through a week at The Maids without mishap, injury, or insurrection. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he tells it true, my king is lost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

PPS What am I supposed to do with this chicken now? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I sometimes considered hanging a shingle outside my cell, because I was spending many hours a week preparing judicial appeals for other prisoners, though this was forbidden under prison service regulations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not going to sleep in the woods at night. I’m not a goat,” Delia retorted. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

On the way home that day, the feeling that had been weighing me down so much since I’d said that mean thing to Howard felt a little bit lighter. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“What would I do with a poodle in the first place?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess,” he says, kinda grinning, but kinda shyly, too. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I realized that I had not been objective in my quixotic fight to save the clubs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan wants his proof, but I’m not sure I have any to give. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Knowing this bit of an American story will help me to dream a little bit. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But without exactly understanding why, his words soon began to work in me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But another rule says Never Talk to Strangers, which I was breaking. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I drew back under the trees and skirted around the house to the laboratory, adding to my tardiness and the repercussions I’d have to face at the table. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He wants me to run, so he can punish me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I trace the faces in the picture with my fingertips. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the most pleasant way to start my day, but it got me moving. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I said the birthday I’d concocted, with a year that made me sixteen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had no choice but to continue with my plan and face its unknown perils. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I sometimes think Jonah and Isaac need a dose of reality, that a couple years in public school would have shown them something different,” Croteau said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She said it with such cold finality that I knew she believed it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I advanced forward cautiously, concealing the pistol under my coat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The peril of being trapped within the city, without hope of change until some calamity, weighed heavily upon me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And when I did make it, I walked quickly to my car and took off with both hands on the wheel to keep them steady. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand what any of that means. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Was he pretending to be nice, to care about me? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could have reversed myself, admitted what had really happened, if my father had not gone absolutely crazy with anger. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

This was the first time in my life I did not feel sad about moving. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

If she saw me, she’d come over, try to talk to me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“The French school is not bad, but I prefer Sidcot Hall. They teach the complete British curriculum,” said another woman, whose name Obinze had forgotten. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as class was over, I ran to the bathroom and shoved the sandwich back in the garbage can. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I shout as he sprints across the parking lot. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Ruby lifts her hand to my face and rubs at one of my cheeks with her thumb. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You said they always come home,” I said to Mama each night when she tucked me in and kissed me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I held the barre in the pointe-shoe store, I rolled up onto the tips of my toes, as my teacher had taught us. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Glasgow we found my sister Elizabeth, who had flown to Prestwick from Copenhagen. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I can’t say, “Come visit,” because it wouldn’t be no good to visit. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, every once in a while I couldn’t help but think about that reporter’s question, and a sick feeling churned my stomach. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I felt my face crumple, felt the tears again, but this time they weren’t just sad tears. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I didn't see the first shot, 'cause we were cozying up on the stoop there like normal, but I saw the second one. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was, in her way, trying to save me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I lay my head back down on the pillow. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At first, I could see only my own face reflected back. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I served as the voice of the congregation, sounding, all told, perhaps a hundred responsorial lines. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure what I can give you,” I answer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up my bike between my legs and scooted it closer to his truck. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

My stomach was tight as I found a spot to squat.. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, but he wasn’t paying attention to me anymore. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I fight to keep my surprise from my face, but I ain't very successful. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Even when I make what is obviously a cool match, the highest praise he will give is, “Not bad.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had already seen in Rob’s mind that despite what they claimed their mission was, they didn’t have any qualms about offing a few kids if it meant getting the ones they wanted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I stood in my doorway the twenty-third of November dressed from head to toe in deerskins. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Triton smiled like that was a cute suggestion—like I was a slightly amusing dog that had barked for him or something. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But I am how I am because Grandma was born wired, and my dad, Carter Pigza, was born wired, and I followed right behind them. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him it was nothing, but I was wondering if I should play it up and escape to the nurse’s office for the next hour. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I loved hearing these histories, because officers were not supposed to know them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched, two of them got in a fight over a pile of seed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I do not tell him that I plan on leaving soon, and water probably isn’t necessary. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mia smiles at me and gives me a quick hug before she runs off to join her teammates, who are standing in a huddle on the corner. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Are we still in my credulity? Because if we are, you owe me for this meal.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mary and Shannon agreed but I shook my head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After an hour or so, the hoodlums left, but the violence revived old fears; once again I longed to be invisible. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I thought of refrigerated Aunt Florentine in the next room. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But Bess doesn’t want me driving the motorboat alone. She says I could get disoriented.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I guess they saw no need to be quiet, and I was easily able to follow them as they made their way into the city, Otto bumping and shrieking behind. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My dry lips hang open; my voice has finally given out. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They stopped when Shawn cut me out of his life. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I have visions of myself taking her for coffee, and then where? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walk to the boy’s house in a BLIZZARD, and he doesn’t even let me IN. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I touch the fuzzy frizz I call mine; it’s bushed out of the scrunchie. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I understand, you know,” Kaede said resolutely, though it felt like her heart might break. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pretend to fiddle with the tuning, but Ty figures out that I’m stalling. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I turned to my computer, and there was an email inviting me to speak to students in a poor school district about remaining hopeful. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I said, “you know I love you more than anything in the world. There has never been anyone but you. You are my father and my brother and my son. All those things.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but I always do that. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It gives off a faint scent of mothballs whenever I move. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

How anyone can be so clever with his hands is a mystery to me! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It took even less time to gather up my belongings than it had for my life to be signed away. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“True. You are a gentleman’s daughter. But who was your mother? Who are your uncles and aunts? Do not imagine me ignorant of their condition.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank’s name, but what got me about it was the fact that right beneath her name there were four Aron Franks. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Everything about the way she carried herself said, "I belong." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I finish my vocab homework in record time and head to the music room. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Their feeling, though they won’t bring themselves to say it, is that I might enjoy the date too much and ask the boy to come inside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I dropped my milk can and ran for my life; the can hit the road with a clang and rolled away. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"I'm a very busy man, Chris, I have lots of sick people depending on me. Oh well." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Nigel, wondered whether the disease could be as unimportant as he thought. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like my bloody knee is the funniest thing she’s ever seen in her entire life. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“And I know he misses you —” “Miss him?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Although everybody, including me, made fun of him, I was pretty certain he was some sort of a genius. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the “Bam, bam, bam” of a woodpecker high in the top of a box elder snag. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the old cover, before I used Dispel to turn the book red. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Tears streak her cheeks, but as soon as she sees me, she wipes them away. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I remember his dark curls, the way they fell over his arm. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was trying to keep things light, but I could tell she was winding me up for something. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And as I stood in the kitchen, in line to fill my cup for the first time, you walked up behind me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

We would talk about any number of things, and Miss Whitlaw encouraged me to write short paragraphs about dragons, which she and Robin then corrected. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forgetting the samosa, I stand in the shadow of the bookshelves and listen unnoticed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They were done long ago, but a new pain and a new awareness were bom inside me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m very, very pleased....Oh, what a fool I am....” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I daydream about audition numbers pinned to my leotard. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The Big Creek Missile Agency is hereby formed,” I said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If you weren’t coming I would try,” said Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir, I did indeed; and I am very much obliged by your kind solicitude about me.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“That guy is kind of freaking me out,” I tell Ramiro. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Hope somebody’s bringing you a coat,” the man says, and leaves the cart right there on the sidewalk as I hug myself and rub my arms. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Okay, nothing as cool as how to deliver kicks to the head, but I learned how people worked. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I returned to the corridor to wash up and told Walter and Kathy that I suspected the manuscript had been discovered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, Doctorita. I didn’t understand this part of the lesson today. Could you go over it one more time?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached her hand to my face and I twisted away. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down and located the power switch for the computer and the TV. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But now there was a question in my mind that had to be answered. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I lie at the very brink of forgetfulness, waiting, as if their arrival is my signal that I can fall asleep. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I slip out to the hall, pray nobody see me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We'll cross that bridge when we get to it,” I say. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I could feel her music sinking into my skin, healing and repairing my burns. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I should have been glad my father’s dimples showed when he smiled and that he wasn’t tired from working day and night. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s stupid, but I try going along with it for Lorena’s sake. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Women of other countries served in World War I as nurses, ambulance drivers, and communications personnel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Until they encouraged him to break up with me.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I shook my head, surprised that I couldn’t hear all of them yelling from down here. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t resist me, not after what had happened with Coach Walski. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah . . . think I will too,” said Ron at once. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As the door slams behind me, I hear kids laughing at my answer. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Cletus to know the pain this caused me, that I wasn’t enough to bring Ob to life each day. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I admire your willingness to think outside the box,” Mrs. Torrance said, glancing around at the students in her class. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I remembered how that little boy scratched and kicked me, and that we ended up so far downriver before I could finally drag myself toward the shore. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, let me! Only I don’t want him to growl at me.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

If I was the first at some of these things, I wanted to make sure that in the end I wasn’t the only—that others were coming up behind me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m not sure. You told me to watch for any rise in my temperature and I’m telling you I’m up six tenths of a degree.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At first I thought it was just your clothes, like. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean that,” the chaplain answered, whispering again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It might just take a while,” I told him. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were stargazing, except that whenever I tipped my face back to look up at the sky, I felt dizzy. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When she plays it back, my answers are filled with “um” and “you know what I mean.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

You know, my whole life changed after I fell in love. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the floor was no good, I’da bet all sorts of bugs and roaches were crawling around. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even my own church, the Wesleyan Church, handed over their two hundred thousand African students to the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frantically I looked around to see if there were any adults nearby who could be trusted to help. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’ve felt you giving me curious looks all evening. So I figure there must be something pressing you.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“That assumes I have a choice,” I say. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The baffled mother cat looked at me uncertainly and followed at a cautious distance, meowing. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I pulled my Swiss army knife out of my pocket and must have opened and closed it a hundred times. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I took the typewriter home and practiced on the kitchen table every night after work. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Cesia is doing her watch at the window, though I’m not sure she wasn’t asleep because she starts when I swing my legs from the bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I stunk at Greek names, but even I knew the greatest warrior of all time, who had died from a wounded heel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

While they make small talk, I concentrate on the meal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Toño wants to teach me all there is about the United States in one gulp, fast fast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me true,” Ser Barristan said, “did you ever love her, even a little? Or was it just the crown you lusted for?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Not with ghosts in the house. Got all the company I need.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

But I was too afraid to find out. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

After a moment he says, "Hold on. Let me finish this sentence." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Gay handed her the list of my placements that she had found in my files, which showed the eight months I had lived with the Mosses. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She was picking away at the piano as I went into the kitchen to make coffee. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don't bother suggesting Prim learn to hunt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted me to come in, she wanted me to open that door. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Slowly the screams that never stopped inside my head cool to a real whisper. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“When have you met satyrs? I may have some choice words for your grandfather when we find him.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Not one had spoken to me before— and now how friendly they turned out to be. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was laughing, and I couldn’t help laughing too, even though my face was completely red. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Bod said, “Master Trot? Might I ask you for advice?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It was lovely, and reasonably priced, so I bought it hoping it would keep her happy until I could find a way to get my photo taken. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I poked at it with a toe, nose wrinkling at its faint scent of stale cigarette smoke. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You have to tell me what books you read,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I got up in the morning with huge, dark half-moons under my eyes; Mother regarded me with some alarm. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have to wake you up. You should be awake and ready like the rest of the men. Like French, here.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

If things were going so much better for Liz, how much longer would she need me? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to tell me that, because I had interrupted him with giggling. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Can I wait for her to wake up? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, of course. That was a stupid question. Almost as stupid as when one of my dad’s friends asked if I missed my mom two days after her funeral.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Your dad doesn’t know why Fudge let me off, does he?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When I turn the corner, I think I hear him curse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I would have liked him to be in my squad, I thought. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“The plaza’s empty...so’s the rock garden...the shoreline and the bridge are harder to see, but as far as I can tell they seem deserted.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How can I be of help?” he asked, motioning for me to sit down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana said, “Distraction? If I were wearing a giant cosmic cone on my head, would I have room to talk?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I walk over to their table, and I smile while Jason’s parents tell, me I got tall. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“No, nothing new. Maybe I will have something for you by the time you come back to the wharf.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As I ponder this, Asher taps the option that says Training Grounds. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I miss the hot sun and sweating all day and the beach and eating cold fresco with my friends and long walks up and down hills and Cola Lakay and deep-fried beef patties. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

MapleG: He's the nice young man who delivers me from place to place around here. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day long I knuckle walk circles around my cage. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I saw the look on his mother’s face. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I’m worried about you. And I get grumpy when I’m worried.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Howard motioned for me to sit next to him, but I flopped down in the seat behind him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“He died fighting. He kept a whole company of Muscovites at bay while the man escaped. I found his body. He died bravely. I shall avenge him.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But I will go as I am. With my leg. With my stick.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, I think I’m actually jealous.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when my mom just shut off her tears and became herself again. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, guys. But actually, Art3mis here found it first. Totally on her own. A month before I did.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At last I said I had to go, and that’s when it happened. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you have information that there’s an android in the cast? I’d be glad to help you, and if I were an android would I be glad to help you?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Riding, he said without exaggeration, “is as natural as walking to me.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do I expect them to do in return?” he asked himself with a smile. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just ahead I saw a car pull up and a man leap out with a physician's bag. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no use; I found nothing but pain. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds my hand and rubs her thumb along the top of it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I always treasured the thought of those minutes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my Harlem community, career was defined as having a “good” job versus what my dad called “bull” work. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was quiet for a while, waiting for it to fade, to regain calmness. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I noticed that Dr. Fox was sitting right next to Mrs. Ivy. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She holds her hand out to pull me up, but I don’t take it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sander stared at me, his face a very picture of astonishment. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Help me get this deer to my trailer.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began what would become a long series of “lasts.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I am halfway to my locker when I hear Isaac calling after me. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t seem to matter all that much,” she answered, “seeing you’re killing me at dawn.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Well...none except that visit from May, and Cletus wasn’t about to get that out of me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went over and reached out to touch his arm. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t mock him or tell him he is stupid. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Before I could attack Rachel, though, she rushed at me and scored an easy touch on my arm. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Being near these magical trees makes me feel like I’ve got Mama’s arms wrapped around me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I think it made everyone feel better in a way. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His eye did not catch me in the shadows. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Rosenblum girls wailed like they were trying to outdo each other in volume, so I slipped out into the hall. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the news, I wanted him to hear it from someone who cared about him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My ears roaring, I dart out the other side of the table and scurry through the double doors back to Ms. Parker’s music room. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t pay much attention to what was going on because I was so nervous about my speech. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Could I but have stiffened to the still frost—the friendly numbness of death—it might have pelted on; I should not have felt it; but my yet living flesh shuddered at its chilling influence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to find the plaque with James Parker’s name on it.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Now if I get a migraine I just pop two Excedrins and get on with my life. That’s what you have to do—work through it.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of going to talk to Audrey, I made my way into the den. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It looked to me more like some kind of great prehistoric animal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I felt rotten hating someone I really loved but I couldn’t help it. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, if Father could see me now, wouldn’t he give me The Verse! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The echo of our lunchtime laughter sits in my belly for the whole afternoon. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I saved five meal packs for special occasions. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day I saw him in the playground. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want any more bad stuff to happen, especially not at the funeral.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s why I can read so good,” Hildy calls back to us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She put her arm around my shoulders and led me out of the car. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

For a second, I’m not even sure he’s talking to me, so I turn around to be sure he doesn’t mean someone else. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And it hit me fully: I wanted to make movies that would bring people together, not ones that would tear them apart. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I still don’t know our neighbors or relatives well enough to attempt to chat about the goings-on in our village. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something occurs to me suddenly, something that makes my blood run cold. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Keisha invites Albert and me over to her house for a “surprise.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I remember their song because their song was my comfort, my lullaby. They kept me alive.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I walked over and propped my elbows on the sill and breathed as deeply as I could. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt embarrassed to be still falling apart two weeks later when the Colonel could take his medicine so stoically, and I sat up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t move, not until the shadows grew longer across my bedroom and the bright morning light began to dim. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I have to emphasize how Olga is dead and how distraught I am. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I got it right on my spelling test,” I remarked, trying to make a joke. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“And if it wasn’t for you, I probably would never have offered.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“After me, I think,” said Dumbledore, and he walked through the archway with Harry on his heels, lighting his own wand hastily as he went. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’m careful to keep my voice flat and not let the tiniest hint of sass escape my lips. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When I closed my eyes, I didn’t see darkness, only a bright light, as if the sun were shining under my eyelids. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I left one hand on him to keep him still and opened a plastic menu with the other. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Just fixes me with the kind of glance that invites me to keep on talking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to stand as still as possible. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Tell your mother to stop putting all this pressure on me,” his father said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Nora grabs the drinks, and I take the bowl back into the living room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And through this three-dollar list, I found a terrible job paying me seventy-five cents an hour. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’ll tell you like it happened. I can’t make nothing out of it. I’m in Kellogg’s cigar store and a fella come up to me. ‘ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I suggested that he be polite but honest, and that he listen to what Appleman might have to say. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I could hear that bullet whizzing by my head, the old man’s cry when it passed through his arm. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“That I was going to cut you out?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

After deliberating for a long moment, I choose a swirl of pink watermelon and green apple. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

From that day on, as far as I am concerned, everything that my brother Reginald has done is wrong. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We looked at each other for a beat, my mouth going dry. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“My friends, there is something we should think about. I, too, believe in what Ampai was trying to do. But I will remind you of her plan—her entire plan.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I can hear Mai's soft breathing above me in the bunk bed, but otherwise the apartment is silent. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Two bits for this good- luck charm. I took it to a guy I know, and he says it’s a real silver nugget. Worth twenty dollars! That voodoo woman is crazy!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Dad thought I was a whiner and a procrastinator, which made him exasperated and annoyed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Francie decided, “I guess the thing that is giving me this headache is life—and nothing else but.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I think about the afternoons at Waffle House and the late evening rehearsals, and the way I was actually starting to like him before things fell apart. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I shove the paper in my pocket and then coat my hands in sanitizer. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fewer people came to my father’s funeral than we expected. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Two years ago, when you first brought Adiah to me at the age of ten for evaluation, I told you that I believed she could possibly be a gifted daraja if given proper training.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Young black tennis players from all over the southern Transvaal were invited to take part in the clinic, but I was overlooked, though I was unarguably the best junior player in Alexandra. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This sparked a money-throwing war, which ended when Miles paid for our food, passed the drink carrier and bags to me, and then folded up the ten dollars and wedged it under my thigh. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Everyone thought it was hilarious, but I did not understand it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There are some things I am not willing to do, even to help Mom stay calm. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I told him I would agree provided Mr. Sisulu could join me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat hurt because the doctor had to move it out of the way so he could reach my backbone. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would enter an elite school and study even harder. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First you don’t want me to take it and now you want to go?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It was streaming out of the cut and clear down into my shoe. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very well, my son, for a small boy!” and walked him off, with a paternal pat on the head. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish he hadn’t run off that quickly. I have some good news.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He’s a boy struck with relief because I haven’t forgotten his birthday. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I am here to talk to you about a project for southern Sudan.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

ILJ29-J Two mornings after my meeting with the colonel, a visitor pounded at the kitchen door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So listen, were going to go upstairs together, and if anybody says anything about you, I will defend your honor.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The antibiotics that the doctor prescribed for me healed the terrible case of tonsillitis I had arrived with. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bite my lips shut from the inside, but it doesn’t work. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“And I bet Mr. Baca would let me use the copier in the library.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was like the beat of a great drum, or a thousand drums, and the more I ran, the louder it became. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“You scared it off. I saw it as soon as you did; why did you say for me to look?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I write these thoughts on postcards and drop them into a mailbox.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I slept well, being by now much more accustomed to my surroundings, and, besides, I was tired and pleased from my day of space walking. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how much I appeared to have changed—how illustrious my education, how altered my appearance—I was still her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hit back with my elbow as hard as I could. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I have mean thoughts sometimes, because I can't help the things that pop into my head, but I don't want to be like that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After he felt the painting with his finger, he said he had something to show me, too. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

If I have to talk to someone up close, I rest my chin in my hands, so my fingers cover them up. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

I asked, wanting to stretch out my stretching out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I piled a big stack at this point. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heidi flips a pair of jeans—miraculously, just my size—over the top of the door, and I emerge for her to inspect me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I pulled it into the front seat with me, I found a bag of Cow Tales, some Doritos in assorted flavors, and a bag of Reese’s Mini Peanut Butter Cups. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Good folks, with a little edge to them, as my mother puts it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Had my route been witnessed by another, he might have noted that my inquiries wound their way back toward Faneuil Hall. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The best option for everyone would be to drop me off at the nearest bus station and be done with it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"Good luck finding cities full of romance now. I hear they're all in ruins. But lots of people around here seem to be finding love." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On the boat I was to be equipped with underwater diving gear, which I would use to swim into the harbor at Cape Town. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I missed my studies with Dr. Trefusis inveterately; for reading, once begun, quickly becomes home and circle and court and family; and indeed, without narrative, I felt exiled from my own country. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Why wouldn’t I, he must have thought—I understood his loss, and he had understood mine. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I had thought, knowing Miss Bowen had an opponent lurking somewhere, that whomever you might be, you were not in need of any assistance. The paper animals are astonishing, for example.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Come on, let’s go. My dad’s probably realized I’m not home by now. The sooner I get out of Louisiana, the better.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Still, when I finally go upstairs, I lock my bedroom door again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I thought on it and thought on it till I finally figured it out. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “No. Nothing. I haven’t seen Perry in four years.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was Dad who had decided to replace me, anyway. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

So I grabbed her by the hide straps that are attached to her legs and we dove through the deerskin door into my room in the tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother insisted that I write a B & B letter to my grandparents. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Behind me, I thought I heard her laugh. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But then again I look at other kids. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe now is not a good time. Do you want me to go?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They left the targets and had several shots at the popinjay—which was a large, bright-coloured artificial bird stuck on the top of a stick, I see a parrot—and Kay missed these also. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for him and we walked to school together. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pours some coffee from a full carafe, but instead of offering me some, she reaches right through my navel and retrieves the milk from somewhere behind me in the refrigerator. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I nod, relieved she doesn’t seem really mad. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“There she is now, I can ask her.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to say it, but he didn't and I felt my stomach relax. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t worry that it’s not as hard as I thought to pretend to be like everyone else, to change your skin color like a toad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The troll peers down at me, obviously surprised to find a human before him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stop midway up the horn and load another arrow, but just as I'm about to let it fly, I hear Peeta cry out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t so sick I couldn’t say, “I might need some help doing that, Annie.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hesitate—my dad is a doctor, after all, and holy unhygienic, Batman!—but then she starts wiggling it and making her eyebrows dance. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The fever finally broke on Friday, but my mom still made me stay home. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Naturally, these boils developed on the parts of my body that got the most wet and the most wear on the raft; that is, my backside. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No need. I completely understand. She is a rare bird. And a bit of a puzzle. A fountain of sorrow.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Please let me know if you see him.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then I sealed the new canvas pieces into place. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt ashamed that I could even think about mistrusting Quintus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He leans down and kisses my throat, hard, and his hands smooth over me, securing themselves at my waist. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I thought the same thing, Reshi. Being, of course, an exceptionally clever student.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At one point I decided to wander outside and sit on the stone steps just beyond our dining room's French doors. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I felt she might be overreacting, so I mentally dismissed her comments. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was the closest I’d ever come to having a real friend, and I didn’t even know where her house was. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“When I was fifteen, almost sixteen, they came to this adoption fair thing at one of the group homes. They liked me, they said.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"Is there a taxi here?" my grandmother said to the tall doorman in his green uniform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward, ready to grab that same wrist, to shut the pig down cold, hard, and fast. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He unlocked it and I stepped into the corridor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As far as my eye can see, there is water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then somebody laughs, and I know that laugh ’cause it makes me laugh. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He let up on my stomach a bit so I could breathe. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to flick on the bathroom lights fast so that no small shadow would take a baby shape, sometimes seated on the edge of the bathtub, its hopes for a bowel movement so exaggerated. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have my word, I shall not permit her to escape.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t need to go everywhere or do everything she says. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He asked whether I wanted to become an astronaut and I said I did. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched up and licked my arm, gently. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Are my biochips punishing me for trying to reveal the truth? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She was surprised but she let me in. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I think Brother Jack is correct," a short, bald man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear you don’t want to get out of bed, young lady. Is that right?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“God, Lauren, how many times have I told you: He’s not my boyfriend,” I said. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I told him to go wash his own moron face--which was a pretty childish thing to say, but I was mad as hell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

From this angle she looks just like her brother, Will, my friend, the one I shot. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She informed me that nosy Frau Henkel has been gossiping untruths on our doorstep. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward, straining to see through the barrier of light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did yearn for him, but I yearned for so much more along with that body, which I must have sensed Rudy would never give me. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He looked me up and down and his eyes widened, just a little. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I get downstairs, Safer and Candy are waiting in the lobby chairs, and the three of us head out. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Hearing a noise from the bed, I looked back. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Morning Service began at seven-thirty—early enough to enable Danny and me to attend and not come late to school—and Levi was called to recite the blessing over the Torah. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

See a lamp, a clock—11:42 a.m.—and a framed photo of me and Jupe standing at the edge of the ocean. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Outside, I can see water, covering one-story houses, almost to their rooftops. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Georgie,” I began, but he flung himself at me, pummeling me with his fists. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I think it might be a gift of pity, because she knows I have no other friends. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We ran down the road - Rashid, Aunt Gloria, Mum, Dad, Kat and I - with coats flapping, umbrellas blowing inside out, hearts pounding, hopes rising, my hand shaking itself out. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Casablanca? Nah. That was a reference to an old Star Trek: Next Generation episode I saw with my dad.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Like Papi over the simple things of life, I bow my head. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I think they figure Anna will be like her mother, and that’s not the type of people churchgoers should associate with.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t be so sure if I were you, dear,” said Professor Trelawney, the firelight glinting on her long emerald earrings. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I suppose it would have been too much to ask, to see a friendly face this morning. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It whirled above my head in wreaths of smoke. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wonder if she knows that I just lied some. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I did not know what arrangements had been made for them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

I wanted to go and see him, too. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I gave no credence to the ideology of Garveyism; it was, rather, the emotional dynamics of its adherents that evoked my admiration. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could’ve stayed that way forever, except a voice behind us growled, “Well, it’s about time!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They must have been hiding, just like I was! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Can you smell the fruit, ser? The perfume of the Arbor. Taste it, my lord, and tell me it isn't the finest, richest wine that's ever touched your tongue." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And besides, I didn't even know where I was supposed to go. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Broom! I found us a broom!” the little girl announced happily, and scraped the sand with it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the other two looked surprised, he added, “Orbs make a different sound when they're close to going out. And they flicker, very faintly. I saw it happen tonight at the Light Market.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I need the break so I’ll have the energy to teach him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When he walks away, I swallow the lump in my throat that contains the last bit of emotion I had toward Friday night and Adam, and I push it all away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pictured it on a truck bound for Boston while we mended our nets and chinked holes where winter had come through our walls. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

You are such good friends, and I love you both.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Is it cool if my friends and I jump together?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My heart is beating so hard I wonder if Connor can feel it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But you could, señor! And it is a good thing to know! Also, I teach you to sing the serenatas!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heather was gone—off at OSU, she was the real Buckeye, for God’s sake—but what she'd told me about listening had really stuck. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop chattering and tell me where we are!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I trusted my brother so much that I would have ridden that bike blindfolded. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” said the King, “I suppose we must tell Sir Lancelot that the Court is waiting to receive him.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Behold, my temple to the Earthshaker, built from the skulls of all those I’ve killed in his name! Your skull shall join them!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’m not a try-hard anymore, but I answer all the questions and then smile at a Jared or a Jennifer, who is slumping in their seat like, “Don’t worry, Pal, I got this one.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then she stops what she’s doing and gives me a hug. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The curve inside the jetty where I set a dozen traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I call my friends on the phone, and we talk for hours. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It solved a problem for them and for my father and my brothers. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thanked her for comforting me and went on to Ms. G’s class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Rest well, old man. I will bring stuff from the drugstore for your hands.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stephen,” I whispered at his tent, “did you pack a knife?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The days and nights were growing colder and in the mornings my clothes were touched with frost and my feet were numb. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I was wearing a white cotton T-shirt and cotton drawstring pants that weren’t mine. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I stuffed it into my backpack, knowing it would probably get crumpled with all the other random papers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, he had been known to walk halfway across town, knock on a door and say sweetly to a surprised parent, “I hear there’s a birthday boy in here.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said brusquely, and was suddenly aware that everyone was looking at me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As I crossed his shadow, thrown long over the garden by the moon, not yet risen high, he said quietly, without turning— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At least there would be no long walk for me this time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something new. I’ve been sixteen for two years now.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well then,” I said, “it’s a good thing I’m coming with you.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I’m just thinking I’m wasting my breath when Natalie starts to take off her suit. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to show the others ... well, I wasn't sure what, exactly. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Why not take me out to the buses and shoot me now? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Although no one had seen me in more than five years, she took me in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never ask anyone, ‘Do you want foil or not?’ because the answer is always going to be ‘I don’t know’ or ‘Why would I?’ says Masten. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was a problem that had baffled me in my childhood. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

There I ran into Gerry Wyatt, a Canadian biochemist who knew much about the base ratios of DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Eventually Mama Evangeline looked tired of batting bonobos away, so I said good-bye to the mamas and wandered with Otto back to my mom’s office. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “Tell me what you did before the war. Where did you live? Can you remember?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was too busy to do anything but wonder. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A huge security guard grabs me by the arm and says, “I suggest you exit the premises quietly and without incident.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held on to the phone for a long time. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The application with my uncle took fifteen years to be approved. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I tremble, pull myself together, then tremble again. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Love to chat,” I say, “but I need to catch the late afternoon light on some birches across town.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If I say no, it could be rudeness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If Lenny’s at home, just blame it on me. I wanted to take care of my friend.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Geography, I walk behind a group of girls in the hallway who are going on and on about it, no idea that I’m the one and only Theodore Finch. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I grabbed one strap of the pack, ignoring the sticky residue squelching under my hands, and pulled it out of the tree, stumbling backward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I never used to do that with Coach Trent, but I do with Webb. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the Captain had at last said something I thought was funny. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She passes me my makeshift tuxedo, and before I know it, Ren is passing me the bass with one hand, and pushing me onstage with the other. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hear him breathing behind me, loud and fast. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know her as well as I do,” Ash said grimly. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I was feeling a little sticky inside my fuzzy green sweater. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mom worked herself into a froth all over again, conferring with my tía Gloria on the phone. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

For this reason, I loved making recruiting trips to Cambridge, because it gave me some influence in which Harvard students got chosen for an interview. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as I could breathe a little, I said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

All my life back in Marshall and during my travels, I had done a good job of staying away from the police. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you find it odd that people will put more work into choosing their mechanic or house con-tractor than they will into choosing the person who grows their food?” he asked me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I found it stuck in a stone, outside a church.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two faces that, however poorly rendered, I could never ignore. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I bet you followed him out, didn’t you?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I scream as the Director’s men drag me away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, there we are. A great pity. But enough of that for now. Tell me about the new separator.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I think of the mess under her hat. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Too bad there was no way to capture the wharf smell in a jar to take with me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I seen them a few years ago up North. They’re traders, but some of them are just mean, nasty warriors.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t know anything about this country or the way it works or what it needs to change. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If, because of my schooling, I had grown culturally separated from my parents, my education finally had given me ways of speaking and caring about that fact. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will be just as normal as I always was. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

From my vantage point at the laundry room window, I could see a thin stream of electric vehicles crawling along the cracked asphalt, carrying goods and workers into the city. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It clatters over me and away, the first wave has passed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean forward—not too far—and peer into the alley between the building next to us and Erudite headquarters. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

If I keep daydreaming like I have been doing, I will walk off the boat to go for a stroll. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The older I got, the more I realized she’d never really been all there to begin with. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And for a second, I thought she’d found some sort of mashed-up banana in my backpack or something, that was how disgusted her question sounded. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then we were stopping with a gentle bounce and I was uncertain whether we had gone up or down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They follow me and show respect. They do not look down in shame. They do not resist and turn the opposite way. You will be a good wife, mother, and daughter-in-law.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also I’m supposed to help the old geezer around the shed for nothing, for as long as he needs me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I was a good girl her age. Never gave a speck of trouble. I did everything anybody told me to. Till I got here. City make you tighten up.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, girls. A long day like this calls for some frozen custard. I asked your mom, Amina, and she said you can come to Kopp’s with us.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I was returning home after a long afternoon of playing soccer at the stadium on Twelfth Avenue. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children were dressed in their Sunday best, and I, in a flight of patriotism, had tied a red, white, and blue ribbon to my best hat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I mutter, leaning down to pick up the papers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I always addressed the tough times many Americans were facing, as well as the inequities within our schools and our health-care system. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath and looked at me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When I imagine the woman who wrote them, I think of her as about my age, maybe a little younger. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But we might get in trouble,” I said. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I heard a loud bang and nearly jumped out of my seat. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Which means this is my chance to get some answers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then I put my sneakers back on as fast as I could. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Her cellphone battery was dying, and she needed to get inside, to somewhere that had electrical outlets and objects moving faster than me and Julia. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you ever go to school, Joe, when you were as little as me?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I would feel so panicked just watching television that I would throw myself on the floor of my bedroom for a core workout, pushing myself until my muscles cramped in pain. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I went up to the guard at the front desk and said, “Six hundredth floor.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I try to throw flames from my eyes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A substantial human presence on Jupiter itself is much more difficult to imagine—although I suppose great balloon cities permanently floating in its atmosphere are a technological possibility for the remote future. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scooted to the middle of the backseat and looked up at the Colonel sitting shotgun, smiling, his face turned to the wind blowing in through his window. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Without thinking I bolted upright and swung for his face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Halfway through class, Madame O’Malley turned around to write something in French on the blackboard, and Alaska passed me a note. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

A woman with curly green hair and another with a shaved head and a cheek piercing that hurts to look at are heading to me and Mom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But they would be around to miss me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I finished all the problems, at least,” Neel said. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I want one big enough to shave in.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came to Wilmington to try to start a theater company of my own. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“We were supposed to start at dawn today, head out to the southern valley and scout for another branch location. A few more weeks of this overcrowding and I might get snippy.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I turned and walked down the hall and looked out of the window. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had already landed on Gladys, and there was no use hiding, for sooner or later, it would fall on me too. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hand around my lighter to protect the flame from the slight breeze and lit up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Not his café. He was in it, me too, the same time. I saw him. S. Morgenstern. He had head like this, that big,” and he shaped his hands like a big balloon. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

No one seemed to hear it but me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had ever spoken to my mother as a man; she nodded and obeyed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olive climbed over my feet, trumpeting, “A real fairy!” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘There’s a good reason for what I tell you to do,’ he said, ‘and if you’ll do as you’re told, no harm will come to you.’ Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know how to answer her, being startled by her forwardness and unversed in the telling of lies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He won a homework pass off a lucky guess and he confused me in Scattergories. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I would have told her anything, everything, if she had asked, but I knew she wouldn’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if he felt me staring, or what, but the boy turned around and met my gaze. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Years ago, before I understood, I used to wonder why she polished them each time I heard the sounds from their room, like something being banged against the door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It sprang at me, one thousand pounds of monster, and I had no choice but to turn and jump. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Before drifting back to sleep, I made sure to give my mother Ms. Lansing’s card. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“What! are we to have the pleasure of a call from Mr. Elton?—That will be a favour indeed! for I know gentlemen do not like morning visits, and Mr. Elton’s time is so engaged.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

We drove over a canal and from atop the bridge I could see dozens of houseboats moored along the water. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, Ophelia. Words have no meaning. I would have only silence.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see the placard on the front. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I’d chosen Harry, and I only delayed those couple of months because I wanted to make sure I’d be all right physically. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a flange in the way. It’s soft. I can bang it back.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, Estella being gone and we two left alone, she turned to me, and said in a whisper,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I put on my Sunday dress, which I hadn’t worn for almost two years, it strained across my breasts and shoulders. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without me, we would have died and the town would have been overrun. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She came at once, after saying pleasantly to Mr. Renfield: “Good-bye, and I hope I may see you often, under auspices pleasanter to yourself,” to which, to my astonishment, he replied:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I have a file in the counselor’s office? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I peered into the dark mist but I could see no one. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have come to love me as a friend, and, for the time being, that’s enough. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I ducked away, my scalp smarting, and scrambled into the oregano bushes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

What I’m after is out of reach, so I drag over a sawhorse and climb up on it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s why you wear your headphones when you walk,” I say. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I like to dance,” Laney repeated as she took another penny from the cup and tried to scrub it clean with the hem of her jacket. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Out of all the things I have to do in life—chores, church, work, volunteering, school—sewing is where I make the decisions. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I saw I had left the door to the barn loft open. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I got her to ease up as soon as I asked her if that’s what she sounded like when she used to howl like a wolf when she was a kid. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I connected with the producer, Mark Young, and he invited me to speak on a panel at the summit, which would be held at Lincoln Center. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

That launched me, and I had to go on and say, “or anything else.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised she spoke up to him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In his wheelchair, in front of the grave, Pop talks to my mom and says he’s sorry over and over again, cries a lot, and is a guilty mess. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did I play with Hassan only when no one else was around? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like I put on her polish with an old toothbrush. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I should’ve waited until the end of the day to see if I could convince Lorena to go with me, but there’s no way I’m going back inside now. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Um, that man—Mr. Williams, I think—said something about the railroad and the fires.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My father was ashamed that I was not deemed ready to join the others. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Well?” he says with impatience, like he’s already asked me a question I didn’t answer. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But then I think...I wouldn’t want to draw like everyone else. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

My teammates all started calling me White Rabbit. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d finally said it, but it didn’t feel like a rush, I didn’t feel lighter. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I liked you better when you were just, you know, you.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess it is,” he says, a shy smile emerging on his face, which had turned serious when talking about his dad. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I ask her when I stop laughing, and she just looks at me, blank, lost for words. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was ten years old when I first spoke to Prince Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Uriah and I sit against one of the walls. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I had never officially changed my last name on my birth certificate to Colvin—it still said I was Claudette Austin. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Trevor sat in the front passenger seat next to his mom and I sat behind the driver’s seat. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I have a bad feeling about this,” Chubs said when we were out of earshot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Was life really about what restrictions I could accept or avoid? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"You are kind to ask, my lord, but my tale is long and sad, and we have treasons to discuss." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She’s beaming at me and I’m really a goner for this girl. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It would be wrong to say that I was disappointed with sympathy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was glad enough to get shed of her. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Either way, slugs or buckshot, pumping in one after the other, I could pretty much stop a charging Buick. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I'm ready to give up for the day when Rani jumps up and drags me to my feet. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“They were watching. They were...trying to catch people who help Jews, and they saw...one of them saw...Max...give me the note.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was already thinking about what I could wear. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In the corner of my eye, I spotted a figure moving among the pipes, like a hallucination in her absinthe-green blouse. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We sit on the porch awhile longer, and I look down at Audrey’s legs and her lap. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

What, so you guys think I have mental problems?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

For the next few days my mother and father acted as if the other were invisible. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Both of my parents knew that coming to the U.S. was going to be really hard. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I should say that these errors have all been without exception quite trivial in themselves. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I still can't believe it, even right now as I'm writing this to you. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But I have no time to gather any; I want to be at the house. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The number of them was much higher than I could count at the time. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean nothing, Albert, but I thought...I thought they were in for questioning and...” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I chose to live in that world, but I wasn’t from that world. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Day after day, crouching on the floor, turning the pages of the newspapers, I watch her make her way across the map, by plane, by train, by car, from city to city. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Which is a cool way of telling me that my family would be supportive no matter who I might love later in life. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I saw a man so hungry he was eating a candle. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I do all the photographs for their newsletter and their website. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I got her out, all right, but she wasn’t scared. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Come and look and tell me what I can see.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think we can officially consider the dinner portion of our evening concluded, no?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I am breathing hard and fast, and it feels like someone's hands are wrapped around my neck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Bind up Black Dog’s wound and gather his things. He is no longer a member of this brotherhood. I have had enough of his disobedience. He’s already been warned of the penalty.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, my daughter created it,” I hear her boast, trilling her “r” ’s, clipping her vowels even more precisely than usual, as if her accent were partly responsible for the painting. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá quickly moved the clippers away from my head and yelled, “Don’t move!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

"Are my bracelets heavy enough for you, or did you come to add a few more? I'll rattle them prettily if you like." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how to have any other kind.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My elbows were like flying wedges and my knees like tea saucers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know how to think straight. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I explained this to Mom, and then said, “I have to go.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I thought I picked out the word “overreaction.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

‘You’re mine, Aquilla. You belong to me, and we both know it. The Augurs told me. Save yourself the trouble and join me now.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then, one day in late March, my mom looked very serious. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“No! You know I don’t say no more to her than I can help. She’s got her house, and I got my kitchen.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was closeted there either loafing or thinking because I didn’t hear his typewriter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She slid the plate in front of me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“No, I want my walker! I always have my walker. Get me my walker.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to help a woman whose face was blackened with frostbite. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I did, in September, have a pleasant overdue lunch with Hillary Clinton, the two of us sitting in the residence dining room. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But I was determined not to mess up, so I practiced like crazy. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Nothing yet. But if he doesn’t keep out of our drinking water, I’m going to wear him to a frazzle.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You and the other newbies are working hard. I bet you were definitely going to finish at least fifth.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Mom had told me to expect a check in early July for the lease on her Texas land. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But what consolation can that fact bring against the knowledge that my mother and father have never heard of Garcia Lorca or Garcia Marquez? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found a magazine, tucked in with the books the missus likes to read,” Ophie said, speaking slowly so that she could see how each word landed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wrote this one night: “The raft is almost done. Bando has promised to stay until we can sail out into the deep fishing holes. “Bando and I found some clay along the stream bank. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean back and look out the window as we roll past the lower school. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When we were done, me and Jay followed Doc up to the house to do the same there. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I think quick and say, “Can Mr. Allen drop Russ off at Erin’s house around seven twenty?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped the garden rows, pounding for the house. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She just doesn’t look the way she sounds, and I often wonder how she got this way. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was surprised I could eat, but I was ravenous. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I told your sister, It’s white sneakers or no sneakers! And she had some temper, that Carla. She threw them across the room and yelled, Red sneakers, red sneakers." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Look, I want to ask you something, but don’t get mad. Did you take some money out of my purse to pay for California?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I instructed my half of the army to relieve your half of the army of their weapons as soon as their missions were completed,” says Evelyn. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look on helplessly as she runs right into a soldier, and when she tries to turn away from him, he grabs her and throws her to the ground. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I love that he lives in my phone, even now. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My entire body is drowsy, and I have to extract myself from bed in stages. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I chose Raphael’s cherubs because they reminded me of NoahandJude—more one than two. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She is completely still, her features plain—if we walked away right now, I would not remember her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It seems like when I was little I can’t hardly remember the wintertime, but the summertime—I can remember the summertime! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shove the wineglass into the sink and I stand there, leaning against the kitchen counter, the blood pounding in my ears. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The audience gasped when I took my first few steps. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

"When I got to the hospital, they told me your mom was looking for you. I tried to tell you, but you didn't pick up." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There’s an itch in my brain, a thought that needs to be scratched. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Here was an invitation to undo some of that, to knock down barriers where I could—mostly by encouraging people to get to know one another. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of the mines and my father, trapped, unable to reach sunlight, buried forever in the darkness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘But I say it now. And why not? Even if Gollum said the same once. It’s not his now, but mine. And I shall keep it, I say.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“A lot of them know now how much worse it was than Hiroshima. So I’ve got to put something about it in my book. From the official Air Force standpoint, it’ll all be new.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shield my eyes as I look up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Not that I have ever felt 100 percent competent in the writing business, where one day’s success augurs nothing at all for the next. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not used to someone having this much power over me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I could always tell Martin's letters from the rest of the mail. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then I heard him start the washing machine and I heard the boiler starting up and the water in the water pipes going into the washing machine. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I saw this at about three o’clock in the morning, alone in my apartment, on a black-and-white set with lots of interference. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could hear my dad banging jars around in the refrigerator. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I can smell the trees, flowers, and bacon. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The timepiece’s cool weight comforted me, and when the passing streetlamps permitted, I watched the second hand continue its steady revolution around the porcelain dial. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"But if you tell us what time it is scheduled for, my husband will make sure to begin the prayer of mourning at that moment." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My eardrums pounded as blood pulsed through my brain, calling to mind that roller-coaster ride with Harry so many years before. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Katz went to sleep instantly, as far as I could tell. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I thanked him and told him that I would tell Margaret how helpful he had been. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And most of all, I love it when our lips are touching and our mouths slide open and my heart’s a mile a minute, and breath becomes something we share. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“You will have to come to it Mademoiselle. I will give you everything that you like to eat and to drink. We shall sing and laugh and be merry for once.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I know is that at the end of April, Luke and I were back at the airport. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Izzy loved rings and wore one on every finger, so I quickly did the same. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I imagine I’d been shoving that ice cream dish under her nose for five or six weeks before somehow it began to sink in that she wasn’t like the rest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that point, I realized that I was experiencing heat hallucinations for the first time in my life. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t. I haven’t got it, don’t know where it is now, and don’t care.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I said, what else is new. Isn't that what you think?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I dug through my room until I found the flapper headband I’d worn on Halloween. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But my father, when he came back from work, somehow heard of the Full Gospel Apostles’ visit, and he confronted my mother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few snowflakes were one thing, but I had not thought it possible for weather to change as suddenly and violently as this. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I did not lose myself all at once. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tumbled off his back and plunged into the icy sea. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Put both your feet right against the line, shoulder width apart,” he instructed, pushing my body the way he wanted it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But perhaps the Gryffindor team will be able to raise some gold and get new brooms, too. You could raffle off those Cleansweep Fives; I expect a museum would bid for them.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t she want me to be home, or moved to another part of the hospital? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on my own face to make sure I was intact. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Just let me set up my tripod on the porch so I can ring the doorbell... Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But I guess a kid’s Halloween costume is the same everywhere. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Not the real flies sticking to my fingers and lips, not the wind blowing through the cornstalks, not the voices overhead of kids carving pumpkins. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team, as usual, is full of news, which I usually do my best to tune out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s about right. I didn’t expect you to be so, well, normal.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When Mom returned home from work I told her about my day and showed her my finger. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her bearing was such that if she had been a year older, I would have been forced to see her as a lady. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I went on missions to inspect fallen trees that needed removing, talked to neighborhood pastors who were upset about traffic or garbage collection, and often represented the mayor’s office at community functions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Now Lorraine can blame all the other things on me, but she was the one who picked out the Pigman’s phone number. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

What do I use masculine sentence structure or something? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I laughed and pushed his chest, avoiding an answer. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the fifth grade I thought I was in love with Henry. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As I sat down on the bus and looked for her through the window, it occurred to me that since I was a little boy, she had always wanted me to go. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pushing air across my vocal cords is hurting more and more, and I know it can’t just be me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She hugged me tightly and I snuggled close. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jenny is asleep, and I watch her breathing in the seat next to me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. I wouldn’t know what to say.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t speak to me today, either in response to my vacant expression or because he was still angry about our squabble yesterday. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I smiled, knowing no one could see my face behind the mask. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They honored me for being their oldest student. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any friends,” I say, jumping and holding my finger. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They asked me to do some more stories about Atlanta. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit in a French restaurant with Josef, drinking white wine and eating snails. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up to the patter of rain on Caitlin’s balcony. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

His hand cradles the side of my head, his long fingers slipping through my hair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And I don’t think dark chocolate should be called chocolate at all. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was about to give up my hunt until morning when I heard a faint sound, something akin to church bells beckoning in the distance. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could see that she felt helpless, and this made me feel bad too. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I told myself that even if she did notice, she wouldn’t care. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean that about hating her,” he said. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I want to ignore it—I try to, staring back into the two luminescent blue eyes in front of me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He told me I had a good imagination and said he had displayed my report at Open House the night before. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I heard him pull the heavy drapes shut. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ease the door shut so Lily won’t hear, and I hurry across the lawn. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

If the Gestapo knocked on the door right now, I’d fight the Nazis with my fingernails just to let them stay that way. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“From him. He sounds kind of bitter when he talks about you, and I get the distinct impression he doesn’t want me around, like I’m horning in on his game or something.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then, “I reckon some will. But I like how my story ended, my boy. And I’m tired...so, so tired. Figure I might just rest for a bit.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I head out of the kitchen, and Zack calls after me in a muffled voice. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I knelt down, looked away, and backed up to show I wasn’t a threat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, Slam, I would like to work with you to get your math grades up,” the guy said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody mentioned that all my life I had been her colored boy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Go and bring out the dress I got for Lupita for the Day of the Three Kings.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My head shot above the top of the lobster tank, my shoulders level with the hatch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

What would I put up with if I could win a powerful noble’s patronage? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“In short, the boy has had a death sentence pronounced upon him as surely as I have,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“That is very true,” I said with equal seriousness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a longer walk than I’d expected, and it soon took me off the main road and through some particularly desolate country near Mount Cataract. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Many of my comrades were clearly headed for the Avenue, and my father said that I was headed that way, too. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“Precisely,” she'd say, and I quickly regretted the c and the s in that word. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

From that point on, I demanded a signed and written statement from a prisoner before I agreed to take up his case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for me, I didn’t want anybody’s help, and I just didn’t have the time to interest myself in what didn’t interest me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I see she hasn’t changed, either,” he said at the gate. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I set my alarm for 4 A.M. in order to check my crab pots before school, then laid out my clothes for the morning. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think they will be very much longer,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Making them also takes effort, so I know she’s trying to impress Kareem’s family, even though I overheard her assuring Salma Auntie that she was only preparing a “simple home meal.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Why do I wear them? Because they look cool. Why else?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I saw Ultima make some medicine for my uncle, and when she forced it down his throat and his face showed pain, my body too felt the pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that sounds mean, and I’m sorry about that. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I raised my head and said loudly, “It serves her right.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to tell her I was sorry. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“To tell you the truth, he looked like a pretty tough customer,” I said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I just want to get home as quickly as possible and start the weekend. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

That the death of Father Quinel had to do with my mother and me, I didn’t doubt. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Was I getting used to his bullying ways? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I see they call you Gilly,” said Mr. Evans, the principal. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I once saw a small green snake rub itself against a stone until its old skin peeled away, transparent and thin as paper. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Would he see me differently once he’s gotten what he’s wanted? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You are weary with grief, my lord. Let me fix you a sleeping draught.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She nudged my shoe and gave me the sad brown eyes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I think of all the things I could mention: Theodore Finch is living in his closet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dr. Z told me that Branwell had been following instructions, going through the motions. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prairie was flatter than anything I had ever seen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bracelet had become part of me, just as rootwork was a part of who I was. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I must have left it. at home, Miss Harbottle,” I said. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to pluck it away but failed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the guy standing in front of me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” I say, stuffing coins into my pocket. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I wheel Sarah along the street in her stroller, avoiding the mounds of melting slush. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hung down off the edge and dropped quietly to the ground, scrambling under the train. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I allow myself to laugh, like the others, trying it out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I feel a celebration is in order," said Ishtar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Audrey, dear, a pleasure. My name is...is...I seem to have misplaced my name.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At 6:23 a.m., the Princess telephone in my bedroom rang and I picked it up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Beneath me, a creature with a long, hairless tail that drags in the dirt scuttles across the ground. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And I feel it in my stomach, like a tiny buzzing cell phone. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Papa and Maria by the fireplace, playing viola and piano; a warm dinner, sweet mint iced tea in my glass. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for letting me sleep inside,” he said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In the split second before he reaches me, I see my future: in the back of a police car. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is why I dreamed of the starfish and the mermaids having the Catholic Mass under the sea. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I looked around, half expecting to see vultures perched on the lampposts. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I did the only thing I could think of. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Some of my neighbors were already afraid to talk to me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

When I was little, Mama used to tell me it was night birds fighting each other. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody is trying to fight me, but track is still sort of awful. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He was pretty tired, since he and my father had just finished loading all the stuff into the truck a few minutes earlier. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My family had not asked for or even wanted to be involved in the struggle, but my involvement penalized them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anise Fowler moves to a different island, and the pack of hyenas slowly separates, and suddenly I find that I’m sitting at lunch tables where there are other people. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Watching Brandy, I realize this makes me wish I could have kept her from changing this summer. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Digger didn’t say anything, but I took the silence to mean yes. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m getting ice cream,” I say, moving toward the stairs, and Bieber collides with my legs in his eagerness to follow. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Everything was going okay until she turned around from the stove and asked why I was wearing my African hat at her table. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The man holding me unstraps my life jacket. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But my suspicious mind kept telling me not to trust him too much, to be extra careful around him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Mi vida. I like that,” the old man said with a chuckle. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not want to return these items for store credit. I would prefer cash.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“This is Ruthie. Remember you told me to visit her? She was in bed for almost an entire year with a broken leg.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, I know you weren’t feeling my grandmother, or her house, or me.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I think it’ll help Jack to know he’s not alone in this war,” she explained. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When I saw him holding the ship's log the shock of it pulled me out of myself. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I wondered how heavy last night’s sin lay on his soul. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expect to see legionnaires behind her like before, but she is alone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But I still might have use for the knife. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Over to my left, Mina smoothly adjusts her scarf. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Throughout my years of education, only Ms. Gruwell took action to help me with my learning disability. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She started scrapbooking when my mother found all these old pictures of her and my father and me and Jazz from back in the day. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I had to sit with the adult chaperone who smelled like Funyons. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But then I saw her walk back to her group and they all laughed, and her friend gave her back her purse. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Since we still had a guidance problem, I spent the next couple of days in the basement, tinkering with fins and how to attach them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that I was the one in control of my being a loser. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

In September, the day after Linda died, I asked my father to take me down to Benson’s Funeral Home to view the body. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every minute of my life is what-if, and it would be no different with Will. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

On the Race IAT, I was rated as having a “moderate automatic preference for whites.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then he releases my hand for me to model my belle-of-the-ball gown. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

‘But I will give to Ents all this valley to do with as they will so long as they keep a watch upon Orthanc and see that none enter it without my leave.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I cried for all the pain that there was in this world. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the way you do the instant before you leap into the deep end of a pool. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I only got twenty-eight dollars for the new wood right now,” I tell him. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my distance, not knowing exactly what he meant. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Remember the vision I had “What I’ve got up here might just save those chaps a heap of trouble. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I promise you I’m not,” Miss Spider answered. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. The chain saw is in my hand.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s not California I long for anymore, or even Dad—it’s sixth grade and another year with Mr. Terupt. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re obviously very smart and knowledgeable, and you know a ton of things that I don’t know, and also it’s good just to have company, so please say yes.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene and I scrambled away from the breakfast table, practically tripping over each other to make it down the hallway first. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were at my apartment then, so I said, “Let’s go to your place and I’ll help you decide which of your books you don’t read. I’ll even help you throw them out.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I read her bubbly writing of a poem called “I, Too.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They would even be trying to act friendly toward me—we all knowing they had asked me there to try and beat out my brains. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In case Spooks were spying on me, I did an ace SAS roll. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I watch as Bryce and Aurora emerge from the bus door in the midst of the other kids, just like they always do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I propped the message where my mother would see it the minute she came in. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

From the very first meetings I had with outside visitors and the International Red Cross, I stressed the importance of having the time and facilities for proper exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t know for sure if this is where I can find my mother—but I also know it’s the only clue I have. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look next door at the Malloys’ house, but the lights are all off and their car is not in the driveway. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were windows open in the upstairs apartment that faced the back; I heard people talking, listening to the radio, moving around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I could not ask such a thing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then one evening I became engaged to marry him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel tears on her cheek, something she suppressed when I was slated for the Games. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I grab the pillow and walk out to the suite’s living room. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turn slowly from the kitchen counter, hoping that Daddy will notice the new me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to go to school for three reasons: I was reluctant to surrender my freedom and independence over to what I heard every school-going child call “tyrannous discipline.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Mr. Parry,” said Lyra, “how do you know our dæmons have gone into my father’s world?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The faithful tennis shoes and I make a dash for it. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, our head coach yelled for everyone to get back to practice, and I sat down with Aimee to review the video of my routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I did not catch up until he stopped near the football goal post. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I waited, thinking that if he wanted to tell me, he’d tell me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that they pitied me and pitied the fear in me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry asked me questions about myself, and I asked him about his life. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I resolved that I would bite out my own tongue before I gave him the satisfaction of appearing frightened, or even concerned. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without even thinking, I speak, in the hallway. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But as I went about my routine that night and the next day at school, it ate away at me, as if the routine itself was taking me farther from reuniting with her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the way to the washroom, I shook Jay awake. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I spent the night on the roof alone wrapped in my heavy wool coat, alternately dozing against a chimney, and waking to look through the telescope. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only thing I need is for you to be ready. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Everything was actually a shock to me when I found out the reason why we had to leave Nicaragua. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stuff the rest of the bread in my mouth and gulp down the banana milk shake, which tastes sour and hits my stomach gur- gling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needs me to believe it, as if his own life depends upon it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I easily parried and lunged and landed the most fluid attacks on my former coach. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In town I registered at the Georgia Hotel, a luxury hotel, where I was treated with the utmost suspicion and discourtesy. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to know that you have my full confidence,” he said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I look down at my lap and blink a lot so I won’t cry. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I can't risk heading in what feels like the wrong direction. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Though I can’t say whether it feels hotter or colder—I just know the air feels different. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

My prayer book is just a blue notepad I pick up at the Ben Franklin store. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking this is a terrible presentation—because even on tiptoe I can’t see what’s on the panel — until he hits a button. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He places his hand on my forehead to see if I’m feeling all right. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I swallowed and took three giant steps back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I trusted Christina to take up this mission when I thought I would die, so it seemed stupid not to trust her now. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I gave my pancakes to Zu, before Liam had the chance to. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He put his hand on my head, and smiled. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” he says, when I get closer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lawyer had assured me that it wouldn’t last more than two or three days. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I think that tea with the Ogilvie sisters affected you. Maybe you would be right for their Edward.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for everything,” I start to say to Thayee, but she cuts me off with a cluck of her tongue. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, Papa had answers that made me smile and think everything was going to be all right. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t usually let me see her this hopeful and vulnerable, so it’s kind of nice. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Once the judge ruled, I was an orphan. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As I drive through Manhattan, I pull to a stop at the first hint of a yellow light and try not to tailgate through the stop-and-go traffic. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anatole banished the honey-colored ache of malaria and guilt from my blood. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they didn’t see me, or maybe they didn’t want to see me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like jewels, and I have more money than I need. What do you spend all yours on, anyway, Finnick?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone I pass stares at me from a distance and then, as we grow closer, looks down at their feet and mumbles buenas tardes, senorita in heavily accented Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tap my toe 3 times to stop the flow of numbers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely sit still, my heart was beating so fast. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Lovey sounded out the word like I was a little kid learning to read. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I bet they’s lots of good ones that come right up into this cave.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I put the things back in their folders, a clipping fluttered to the floor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I stole the wand from its last master’s tomb! I removed it against its last master’s wishes! Its power is mine!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Try to eat something, and let me know if you change your mind about the game.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He said to me, “I never talked to them. Nancy Jaax talked to them about Ebola.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not know how long I remained standing there; at the time it seemed a significant period, but in reality, I suspect, it was only a matter of a few seconds. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I want to be like the other girls in my year who know how to do their own hair and make clever conversation. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“That was true for the first two gates,” I replied. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She got off the phone quickly and pointed at me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One move like that and I was gone. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at his busy fingers, then his eyes. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the blanket over me, even though I'm not cold. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“He was a good man. And I let him—” More tears streak down, and she shakes her head. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Puberty hit fast and hard, and I went from a solid ten to a solid six. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“But I want to see the bank statement. I want to see myself where those checks go.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should have written about a prince raised by wolves after he lost his father to the woods or whatever, something less transparent, because teachers always thought everything was a cry for help. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"If I confess, will you still love me?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With most folks, I would figure that that is that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed against the couch and stood up. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not firing on every cylinder right now. But I’ll help you out if I can, Mr. Chambers. You need something for your newspaper?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was Mack who pried open that crate, Mack who bought me, and Mack who raised me like a human baby. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want anyone to know I was crying,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if he was messing with me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t want to get you into any trouble,” I said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought you said we were going to have a fire and cook something.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

My hand was shaking itself out, until I looked up and saw the cumulus cloud I’d noticed earlier. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take this black flint knife, Sun Man, go ahead, cut out my heart, kill me.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stuffed the bag under the passenger seat, plugged in my dad’s phone, and waited for it to charge enough to turn on. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I saw a girl coming up the road from the centre of the town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s your fault,” I said, “you walk so fast. We can’t keep up with you.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But their eyes give me nothing, and I just watch them as they hold hands and walk. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Finally he said, “I had a girlfriend. Reddish-gold hair. What do they call that? Strawberry blond? Brown eyes. Freckles right here.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I also gave up the idea of establishing a good relationship with Blanca. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I am not sure that I like it: it has a — well, rather a barrow-wightish look. Is there any barrow on Weathertop?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pointed him out to Bill and then put my shoe on him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I want to know what the filth is but he won’t tell me so I’ll have to find out for myself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Medium,” I say, looking at the field, trying, for once in my life, to understand a sport. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I try to ignore her, try to find some Quichua words to use as shields or weapons. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed a clip of blazing diamonds on her dress as I tried to stand aside for the others, but Brother Jack pushed me ahead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Put the pass back on my desk,” Mr. Shunk says, not looking up from his notebook. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“A visit to the lion’s den, I see.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time Jinny looked up and shouted at the sky, “I quit!” as she plunked Ess back on the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Aglovale said: “Do you think my family life is very happy now? Do you know that my mother died a few months ago? Father used to call her Piggy.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could have circled around me, but no one did. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

How didn’t I know this about my own dad? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ruth and me followed behind Madam and Lady Seymour as we strode with the crowd to the Battery as fast as our skirts would allow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the squad, except me and Peewee, were on the long side of the “L” which paralleled the road. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were outside, and when I screamed, he pushed me hard enough that my head smacked into a wooden post in the stables. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I waited for the daily walk, which I took in the courtyard, or for a visit from my lawyer. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m staying with August till I go live with my aunt in Virginia.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aron sat up and said almost angrily, “I don’t hardly ever cry unless I’m mad. I don’t know why I cried.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head, blushing, and looked down at my palms, marked, the country people say, with a map of the future. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can count on it to keep things running on schedule. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, imagining what it would be like to live in such a magical place. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Those people have now got me down for a braggart and a liar. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wished we would get a house soon so my mother could stop working here. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My sister and I stopped digging, and we waited expectantly alongside, our mouths drooling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was almost glad when Wednesday came and Mrs. Baker and I were alone again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

James—well, James has been going on about the Invisibility Cloak since time itself, and Lily—I knew she’d love wings—but you. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Miz Rita probably set me up and told all her old lady friends I’m staying with her so they can give me work to do. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I know you said that the rule was that we couldn’t talk about the accident. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I sit in the front seat, and the boyfriend initiates conversation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I tell you, it’s their fault,” he sobbed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t surprised, but I didn’t quite know what the end would be for this kind of gathering of young people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle dismounted and I did the same. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

By this I know she means feed ourselves, though we all do share. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, in the midst of preparing for the conference, she called me to say she’d decided she wanted to go to school. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I head back to poetry to get another book, and he waits while I check it out. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I sat in the grass and listened to a cricket chirp nearby, totally at peace. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke blower pressed my nose with the tip of his finger. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I must be dreaming, thought Shadow, alone in the darkness. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

‘I is not galloping to any human bean country,’ the BFG said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk quick and Carlos follows me into the cafeteria. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“I see what Bellatrix meant,” said Harry, the blood thundering through his brain, “you need to really mean it.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know where Gideon fit into all of this. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But my eyes didn’t stay open very long. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wish I could keep deleting into my life, deleting the Sunday the Monster came down into the basement. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I bow my head during the prayers but I refuse to pray, though I don’t know why I do this. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try not to look at them, but I feel their presence like I would feel a blanket over my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I am shocked, Miss New Hampshire. You are a real Judas. When we get back, I intend to make a full report to the pageant officials and have you replaced with your state’s first runner-up.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I mean, they weren’t fighting back. Water-zombies just want one thing, right? If you don’t get in their way, I bet they leave you alone.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as she turned her back, I tossed the sack lunch into the garbage can. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When I get to the bottom, Boomer pounces on me and starts drenching my face with kisses. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Just in case, I wanted to make sure Miss Love knew she could count on me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I suggest, Headmaster, that Potter is not being entirely truthful,” he said. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He usually got that look on his face when I wanted to do a thing that he wasn’t so sure about. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s Grover. He seems so distraught. All year he’s been out looking for Pan. And every time he comes back, it’s worse. I thought maybe, at first, he was seeing another tree.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And if that career didn’t work out, I could use my fallback career as an astronaut. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Another shock of pain hits my teeth, but it doesn’t stop the rush of giggles as they erupt out of me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Great God!—what delusion has come over me? What sweet madness has seized me?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

How Barack and I comported ourselves in the face of instability mattered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s the Pigman who has to forgive me—not you! The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Of course I didn’t tell him,” she said. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Gal, where you from? I done told you ’bout callin’ me ‘ma’am’ and ‘miss.’ Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have I ever done anything I wasn’t supposed to? I’ve always done what I’m supposed to as part of this family, right?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He lay on the bed, watching me as I got dressed. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel that the things I had in mind, such as the pseudo-elegant heap of tin in which we were riding, had any very great value. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Someone has to combine our four papers into one report, and it isn’t going to be me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rochester, as he sat in his damask-covered chair, looked different to what I had seen him look before; not quite so stern—much less gloomy. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“They’re freckles. Freckles are good luck, you know,” I said a bit too heatedly in trying to raise my voice above the din of the kitchen. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I haven’t figured out the details yet, but that sounds like a good start. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

At that time I loved doing things for older people. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold out my hand, and she comes to me, throwing her arms around my waist. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“He wont even let me find the key to a room in my own house!” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seems surprised, and it occurs to me that maybe they thought Helena was not my sister. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I liked how deep and soft his voice was. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I feel hot tears welling in my eyes and then running down my cheeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He’d struck too low, and even in my terror I understood that he would always strike too low: he fought by instinct, blind mechanism ages old. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have been a bad man too, and an unhappy man too. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he didn’t want me coming home from school to an empty house, though he didn’t actually spend any more time with me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Arnold told them he was my stockbroker, Kenny and Allen looked at him, at me, at each of the four people sitting at the table and at each other and raised their eyebrows. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. They just said it had been announced. I don’t get told details.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget to run a few laps,” he bellowed down the hall after me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, not really. I mean, it was only a sixteen-point deficit. Also, since when are prep school games in our contracts? I need to talk to my agent about this.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

My plan, I told him, was simply to effect essentially cosmetic changes in order to make the ANC more intelligible — and more palatable — to our allies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been done, Drew. We both said what we needed to say.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He reached his hand into his pocket, pulled his wad of bills out far enough for me to see and then shoved it back in. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A mad giggle escaped from her mouth, and she seemed as surprised by it as I was. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She looks at the top of my head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“I think,” he continues, “we might’ve gone to school together or something like that, you know?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My uncle pointed to a corner in the living room where I could sleep, and then gave me detailed instructions on how to get to the bank, to meet Alois, my cousin’s husband. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A moment later I hear the door slide shut. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It made me feel self-conscious about my crooked bottom ones. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Darkness soaks into my blood like a stain I’ll carry forever. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I got used to one impossibility, I ran into another. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The slaver nods a greeting to the guards stationed at the gates and pulls my chain as if I’m a dog. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a policeman telling him to calm down. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Billy came up to me and pulled my arm, motioning me away from the other kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that next year, if we keep saving, we can get the second— She begins that instant. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I wear no makeup; in Hong Kong my mascara had melted into dark circles and everything else had felt like layers of grease. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My lady, is there aught I might do for you? A sleep-ing draught, perhaps?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“So if there was a spy here, good luck finding him, but it wasn’t my dad. All right?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Stall I say the Our Father? It is all I can remember.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both stood, and I helped him up and out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

That also meant that she felt like she could give me orders like my own mother. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I understand the concern. If you see a seal, don’t swim in that area,” she said, emphasizing the word don't with her hands. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“See,” the sergeant said, looking a little crookedly at her, “I’ll tell you about this one who was in love with me.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dinka tradition said she could not encourage me—or, at least, not right away. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He throws down the tongs and turns to me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I lift my veil to get a better look at it all. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I see Darius’s sleek sneakers in front of me and look up. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I basked in their good-hearted smiles, as warming as the fire. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As we got off the train and I saw the crowds of people, I asked, “Where will we stay, Sass?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Avoiding my reflection, I headed straight for the toilet stalls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He threw away all my identification except for my fake Florida license. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, I think, this is why he gets dumped so much. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

"I've been told you think I'm a monster. That you called me that, in fact." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Over and over again, I heard the same story: the police and the defense force were destabilizing the area. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would I have left if I gave them my self-respect? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I knew her face too, small and oval, the clear white skin, the cloud of dark hair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to find Rufus aiming his phone’s camera at me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I turned my head to see the big female. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they had read the file, he offered to reevaluate my case at a future time, and expressed hope that I would soon be found. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

This one seems a whole lot friendlier but just to be certain, I check that Max's bag is securely on my shoulders. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There were never books in my parents’ house before. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t want to do that any longer.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

My teammates told me later that I was grinning like an idiot as I flew down the court. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I would wait for him in the lobby, and he said, “Fine.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was proud to be part of the Milgrom family, proud to be a Jew. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

My mom says my sister was standing by herself, shivering. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why she’s so sad,” Will said as he and Lyra climbed the road up to the ridge. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One Saturday night Roberto and I asked his permission to go out. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get up here much,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My friends and I move in different directions. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My first real class of my first day is science with Ms. Oliverio. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I made a fire on a flat boulder in the stream, and cooked the trout. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waits for me at the bottom of the porch steps. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“That is correct, pixie. I am the color blue. You may enter.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I can lose this weight, but you’re never growing that hair back.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The way he said it, so matter-of-fact, I wondered if that Cyclops eye of his could see into the future. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to make sure I could hear scrubbing in the hall. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Whenever it was me on top of someone, whatever my rage in the moment, afterward I always felt sick at having been lowered to the crudest form of communication. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I tap it lightly with my three middle fingers. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I put the pictures back in my pocket and sat in the hallway, trying not to feel anything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I keep it and rear it rather on the Roman Catholic principle of expiating numerous sins, great or small, by one good work. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eventually I realize that I’m sitting there with a fork in the air, and food drooling out of the side of my mouth. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Here’s my email address, so you can write to me,” I say. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

At that time I didn’t think I was lucky, I thought I was brave and knew how to fight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I said nothing, on my face I registered the bleak look of a defendant who knows the court will never be swayed by all the favorable evidence he has. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pasted my ear to the door and heard my mother and father whispering to each other in frantic tones. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to know more. All the details.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I apologize! I was forgetting you’re a real little expert. But you’re right, yes, this book isn’t very old. It was published almost exactly thirty-eight years ago. Ridiculously young for a book!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The thermometer was dropping; my life, which before had been only solitary and miserable, became unbearable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As much as I want to know what being special is supposed to mean, I’ve got to remember why I’m here. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I mentioned the titles because they were as great when I listened to them sober. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

For Ultima, even the plants had a spirit, and before I dug she made me speak to the plant and tell it why we pulled it from its home in the earth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they come into the mall and buy my paintings. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But my eyes are taking too much time to adapt. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Will I go back home soon?” asked Robin fearfully, for the gate had clanged shut behind them as if it had been closed forever. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need that and I would get up and walk away. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t done this thing but I had done another. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

"You have to dig it up. It's covering up my dirt." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs to the bathroom, where a steaming tub awaits. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I was born on Halloween, and until I was eight years old my parents had me convinced that the candy people gave out when I knocked on their doors was birthday presents.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"You know the boy from my district? Peeta? I think he saved my life. But he was with the Careers." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Where should I plunge the knife: in the stomach or in the heart? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t give up. You won’t give up. You threw that book in my face because somewhere inside you refuse to give up.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Never mind. I shouldn’t have asked. How could anyone in that house not hear the shouting and fighting? Murenga is an alcoholic. So, unfortunately, was Proud.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I might be able to go as low as three and five,” the man behind the counter said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Advil, aspirin, some kind of over-the-counter sleeping pills I stole from Kate and then stored in an old prescription bottle of Mom’s. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My second officer, as usual, had disappeared after doing his go-rounds, leaving me to move all these guys through the showers myself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He immediately comes up to me and barks once, like he wants to make sure everything is okay. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I looked down and saw him, dug into my footprints, his teeth clenched around my pant leg. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to say,” he asked, “that you loosed that falcon on purpose, with her cranes on, so as to be able to murder me when I was naked?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone calls her name and tells her to leave me alone. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, anger slowly bubbling up onto his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yet, despite my retentive memory, I found it impossible to recite when I went back into the classroom. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that in churches, you know, sometimes the angels are women in long dresses, and sometimes they are babies, and—” “Oh. Churches. I do not know about all those angels.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh!” said I. “Yes. Shall we follow you?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Undoubtedly my stillness led the Lethifold to believe that its potential victim was sleeping. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanna go. Do you have the cage things on a pole that they use?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The sky was gray and I could tell the wind had picked up by the way the branches of the oak tree next door were jumping. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

What would they do when the second-term fees for my mother came due? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I guess those kind of things are make-believe until they happen to you, and then it don’t seem so far-fetched. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You must be very tired. And hungry! You’ve just made such a long journey. Come inside. I have soup on the fire. And I want news of my father.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I think of the skinny tree in the jail schoolyard and how much it must have struggled to grow without anyone taking care of it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

After that first selection at Auschwitz, I was miraculously reconnected with my mentor. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At night, while I would lie in bed and rehearse the things I was going to say, Raymond slept beside me in a little bassinet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I finally had a stable base, and I went from being a guest in other people’s homes to having guests in my own. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Do not tell me that he has changed his mind, and will send me away with the maidens! But no, the last wains have gone.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I stuck my right leg forward, knee bent, pointing in the direction I wanted the bowl to go. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I thought about going around and ringing the doorbell again. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m still wearing the black sweater and old blue jeans and sneakers and gloves, and suddenly my feet hurt, and somehow I’ve made it all the way to Centerville, which is the next town over. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

With each pound of the piano keys, a sharp stab was driven through my chest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I stop and throw my homework folder, container of tahari rice, and water bottle into my backpack. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

‘You is forgetting that I is doing this sort of thing for years and years and years. No human bean is ever catching even the smallest wink of me.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he tasted the gizzards, he said, “Let me see if this is any good.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I stopped, some time ago, feeling for each lost child. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On the day of the diversity assembly, my friends and I meet up early at school. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean for it to happen, Momma,” I say. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But in a moment I was on my knees again, helpless and sobbing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn't see her. Just that her bra was purple.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I ought to give you a reason for fighting, too. There it is!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I dared not go far over the hilltops, lest I lose my backtrack; it was wild country, steep, full of creeks and ravines, rising fast to the cloud-haunted mountains eastward. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, leis were traditionally given only to royalty,” I say, quoting from my guidebook. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like it! It’s not food. It’s...it’s like it’s making fun of me.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I always wished I had dark eyes like other people. When they look at me they remember things that happened. My mother.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was written in one long paragraph, with little punctuation and many spelling errors, and at first I fixated on these grammatical irregularities as a way to mute the text. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I am glad you have come. Wood and water, stock and stone, I can master; but there is a Wizard to manage here.” The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The front door opened and closed and a voice called: “Okay, Nappie. Okay, it’s me.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lean over and pluck it from his hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell you what the show was, but at some point, my mom said, “Hazel, what can we do for you?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I want Seven and Sekani to be a part of this.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I could see in his face that he didn’t believe it, so I said, “You don’t have to spare me. I never knew him. I’d just like to know what he was like.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went home to do likewise, sure in my bones that I would hear His calling now. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go tell on me, Dana. Show him you the kind of woman he needs, not me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I love the early morning storefronts opening up one by one, shopkeepers talking as they crank their awnings down. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was doing a good job talking to Lovey. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hear a cracking inside me, my ribs are collapsing in on my lungs, which is why I can’t breathe. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I used the hooked end, I found I could snag hold of the box and drag it to the edge of the shelf. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Do me no kindnesses, Father," he said angrily. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I follow Sonny and Malik toward the doors and glance at my phone. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I slipped out the door and I thought it was possible that I heard the whole classroom whispering. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They must have all loved her, except perhaps my father, the only brother who never went back to China, having once been traded for a girl. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before they could be forced to sit back down at the table, I got up with my tray and walked away really fast. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The pigs ran in panic, moving every which way at once, and then the blam! of Angelo’s shot directly behind made me jump. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When I place all the pieces on the floor of my cage side by side, the cement is almost completely covered. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But I still couldn’t get that left foot of the Large-Billed Puffin right. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lastly, I was asked if I had anything to add. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

A hiss, a crash, and I gallop off with the plate clamped against my chest with both hands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t all official business, and that suited me just fine. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine what it would be like not to have someone knowing all your business. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

That night I let her go because she told me to. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Hopefully the girl knew well enough to hide herself when Cate and Rob ran after me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to go from being the middle child to the oldest kid in the house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Moreover, she could not believe that I was serious, since I had just had a tailor cut a tightly fitting blazer, unconnected with the sacks that Americans draped on their shoulders. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Maybe...get them together, doing something. They yak, share a laugh. Voilà. Friendship. Am I right?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I look around as if my mother’s eyes are in the walls here. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I got out, and the BMW zipped out of the lot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Daddy has the biggest mouth of anybody I know, and if he said to be quiet, I needed to be quiet. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He holds on to me for dear life. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I looked across at her, a rose in my hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Says he’ll give me a hundred bucks if I put his gift in the greenroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

My sense of direction was hopeless; I could get lost in much less helpful surroundings. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I live with that fear, let it settle into my bones, and ignore it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But why wasn’t he coming toward me, shouting ugly words at me like the others? Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whitby.—Lucy met me at the station, looking sweeter and lovelier than ever, and we drove up to the house at the Crescent in which they have rooms. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“What am I going to do with money in a canoe during a flood?” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Or I would slip into her bed while she napped and fall asleep in the warm curve of her belly. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the last of the flour. Pooh’s talking about bringing some groceries over later this week. I almost said no, but...” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at my skirt and blouse and bare feet and shook my head. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had not formed any of this into a coherent theory. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was smiling, and ran the back of his hand along the side of my face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I was a careless fool, and I fell in love with you anyway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I shut my eyes tight, and my arms fly up to shield my face. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I edged up to the counter and placed my envelope on it so that I wouldn’t have to put it in Mr. Grassel’s hand. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I was mad that Vega wasn’t here for this. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

From her voice I could tell she was not smiling, even after all that laughter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sped up, so I could tell the angels were excited. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how you could live out here like this and not be crazy.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

All I remember is we were putting frosting on cupcakes when he started banging on the door.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It was a good idea to leave it like that so I knew where to come.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They gave me the courage I needed as we continued our march. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The door was closed and ten feet away, and a lot of animals stood between it and me, but I plowed through them like a linebacker. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand,” Julie persisted, as though understanding would somehow make things right. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted what all parents expect for their children: for them to become happy, healthy, educated, productive citizens who contribute to American life in a positive, successful way. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Osh joined me, yawning and stretching, I had his coffee at the simmer. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I smacked her again and practiced a curse word I’d heard on the train. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“When I read about it I didn’t really believe about the fire,” I admitted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I walk away, the students behind me ask, “What’s in the red folder?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what will happen if someone from school sees me?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I follow her eyes across the room to where Caleb sits, chewing on a bite of cereal—morosely, like a pouting child. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And then I feel my heart squeeze up the way he stops smiling, sticks his tail between his legs again, and slinks off. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, it felt good, but I knew just how much he’d put himself on the line, vouching for me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He stops crying as hard and says, “I stole ’bout five Gs from King.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

My face feels hot, and I shrink into myself, my shoulders curving in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless it hurts me to tell it over, over again. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had no intention of taking a murderer aboard, to the jeopardy of the other members of the party,” Roosevelt wrote. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I knew I would not have asked before. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, and he took me downstairs to the basement, except it wasn’t really a basement because the ceilings were like fifteen feet high. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I opened them, Stick was tossing clothes around the room as he dressed for bed. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get anywhere close to that horrible black mausoleum, but I knew what I had to do. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When he did, he simply looked down at me, smiled, and continued to jump up and down, flailing his arms and legs out with each hop. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I blink a lot to keep my eyes from getting too wet. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her crimson nails clawed my sheet off its board and crumpled it into a ball. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Imagine a thousand starving orphans on a sinking ship in the middle of a shark-infested sea, and you’re getting close to how much I don’t want to be there,” Miles said dryly. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I never knew metal had a smell, but it does. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ideas should be fought with ideas, my father said, not with blind passion. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Butternut didn’t care that Trevor and I were in a fight. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As Jairo pulled away from the curb, I noticed two things. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It was a heavy, solid construction designed for stolid floating, not for navigating, though I suppose that if we had been thirty-two to row we could have made some headway. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sense the burning of its fiery eye. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

If only he lived in New York so that I could make a personal appeal! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I may be so bold, ma’am,” the patch says with the slightest hint of a bow. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

Sean led me through the aisles to the back row, where we sat down. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, I place my hands under his shirt, because I can now, I can do everything I’ve thought and thought and thought about. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was only protecting me, and sending out a warning not to mess with me again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They should be yelling at me for running away and lying. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a good thing, until the middle of my first semester. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was definitely the last place I had ever thought to look, and that alone proved it was a perfect hiding place. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“One of us should probably stay up with the fire,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I held out my arms and traced the moon shadows on the water. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

One honor that came to me, I had prayed for: His Eminence, Prince Faisal, invited me to a personal audience with him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please take my dad in your arms, andplease, please help me with the messages I have to deliver. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

So there we were, all coming out with our views, and I was glad I could say honestly, along with the others, that the woman we’d seen was by no means out of the question. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Started at third base my junior and senior year. No one cared that he was gay—not the players, not the coaches, not the fans.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

That’s how I felt in the back of the police car. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And her smile wasn’t the only thing I found familiar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I pushed my handful of soft-lead drawing pencils to one side of my desk, took out my fountain pen, and fell—very nearly heartbroken—to work. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny, but yes, even with that. I don’t know why. I’ve never asked myself. Well, here we are.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would always run to see her after class to tell her about my day. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Nice bit of engineering, that bridge was,” Tam’s going on, like he didn’t hear me and maybe he didn’t, what with how loud he’s talking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But Wal-Mart, with its endless orientation, has, alas, already sunk its talons into me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking backwards, I see the color of the officer’s eyes. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder how she manages to get herself noticed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Amar leads George out of the room, and I watch them walk down the hallway side by side, talking in low voices. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even if you do not answer, I will know somebody heard them, and that, at least, is something. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The sound surprises me—it’s genuine and boyish, so unlike his distant demeanor from our meeting. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I promise I won’t hypnotize you, Z,” he says while gently taking my wrists and pulling me in. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hear the outside world, either, but I hadn’t been able to improve upon the apartment’s existing soundproofing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I know right away it’s his Lola—which Kaori told me means “grandmother”—because she looks about a hundred years old. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then I get up and rinse out my bowl and put it into the dishwasher. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Instead, I marched through the passageways of the ship chanting my melody. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I could not put her hungry stare out of my head, and my happiness dwindled a little. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

"No, begging your forgiveness, my lady, but it was Lord Jon who—" A bell tolled loudly below them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I had been beamed from earth onto an inter- galactic space station. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know why I said it, but it surprised him a little. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, they weren’t talking about my marble skills. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you care about a person, my ex-girlfriend used to tell me, don't just tell her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It may be hard, but I think it will be good for you,” Mr. Fabian says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Girlfriend?” he asks, eyebrow raised, and I laugh. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Kim begins to tell Ma what he did, I edge myself closer and closer to the bags of corn. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z