He tugs me sideways to let a woman and her kid go by. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“When — when you were a kid, you mean?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Walking down the sidewalk, under the canopy of tall trees, I’d warily notice the—suddenly— silent neighborhood kids who stood warily watching me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom would have told them if there’d been any news about the kids in Arizona being rescued. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

All the smaller kids loved to handle that rifle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

All the kids were hanging so deep in front of our school that we couldn’t move on the sidewalk. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Those guys deserve it,” mumbled a kid who was sitting across the table. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Ray Charles could have seen that kid walked. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

My brother Chris was handsome and shy, a sweet, skinny kid with the greatest smile in the world. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Before lunch my seat felt like any old hard seat, and I felt like any old kid. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go back where you came from,” kids say to me sometimes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traffic’s heavy “I hope the bloody kid’s still up,” I wonder out loud. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Whitiker’s ideal of middle-class perfection, with well- educated, smartly groomed kids gathered around a big middle-class dining room table, has two missing pieces: Nicholas and Willie. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I wonder if there will be any other new kids. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she just wanted to take in everything: the puzzled, terrified expressions on the Gustano kids’ faces; the strange, ugly buildings around them; the emptiness of the street before them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My parents have accepted the amount their kids have become "Americanized." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And, of course I believed them, because I was just a kid and I didn’t know any better. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Stragglers leaving the arena: some kids and parents downcast; some, happy. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Now, Tally, don’t you think it would be even stranger for you out in Crumblyville? I mean, there’s no other kids out there this time of year.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I think the white kids were curious, or perhaps they were afraid that we would be offended by the topic. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then, for the rest of the ride, the rowdier kids snored loudly. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When the police arrived a few minutes later, they found the American kid’s mother at the scene of the shooting, picking up the shells that had discharged from her son’s weapon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

At the season’s end, he became the first Torrance kid to make the All City Finals. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“A few extremely valuable, rare kids,” he corrected. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One kid who came to the track in Tijuana and announced he wanted to be a jockey was told he had to take off some weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would have saved us some trouble if the kid had ratted on his partner, but he denied everything to the end. Like I said, it’s a shame. Probably would have made a good Executive.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That night Mom and Dad spent a long time upstairs talking in low voices while we kids lay in our boxes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about the little girl Julia, the families with kids, his new friends in the Fifth Cohort, even those silly fauns. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He started telling the other kids things like how, as soon as I was old enough, me and him were going to get married. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t remind him that a kid got jumped over here just last week, or that Creighton schools are our rivals. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“No harm done? Are you kidding me?” she said to my father. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

So he told the kid about his first day in the Minors, with Bluefield, West Virginia, in the Appalachian League. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t give booze to a couple of kids and let ’em go in the water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Kids get expelled for this kind of thing, Jack! I know you’re a good kid and I don’t want that to happen, but you have to explain yourself.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Shivering in my jacket, I’m supervising a group of kids unloading a cube van with Illinois plates. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But how could people who speak different languages understand that kid?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

James had more courage, more good heart in him than any of us “smart” kids. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Not you. No. You have to own a kid’s car that costs more than a Cadillac and blows my hair all around.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking that kids all over Florida were rolling on the floor and laughing at this, at Erik Fisher the Flying Placekicker. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? I’d just have to turn around and come back.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The bus kids were released as a group, while other children waited with Ms. Udell to meet up with their parents, grandparents, or babysitters. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

As kids, we usually listened to Iranian musicians. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The fat kid is turned all the way around in his seat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They call me Charity Case and Free Lunch and remind me every chance they get that kids like me don’t belong here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She demanded excellence from every kid who sat on her piano bench. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If the other kids weren’t fond of having a magician in the Bureau before, I can only guess what they’ll be thinking now. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You and me, kid. We’re one. You know that, don’t you?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Mary was the first of the kids to leave home. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And that’s how the old man found out what the kid was doing with his mornings. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure beats being one of those kids at school who don’t yet understand what “college loan” means. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I had no correct answers out of nine kids after one clue,” she reported. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Exquisitely painful, isn’t it? Not being sure who you love and who loves you? Oh, you kids! It’s so cute I’m going to cry. “ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

What animates Volpe is creating moments for his kids to figure it out for themselves. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the kids get home she makes them a snack and they watch TV and do their homework. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I stood on that comer day after day with all the kids, and nobody talked to me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“For what they give you to eat, kid . . .” I found another answer: my crown had been listed in the register during the medical checkup; this could mean trouble for us both. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just a little kid back then. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You can call me Ts’eh. That’s my nickname because my Indian name is so long. All of us kids did that.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They give kids shots and free breakfast, stuff like that, so that our dads will vote for them.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She reads a list of groups with four kids in each. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You’re a good kid. I like people to be honest with me. We’re going to be honest with you. I expect people to be honest with me.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Around the room, the kids from the jazz ensemble and choir stood up with varying degrees of willingness and shyness. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She and I had a chicken we would carry around to have fights with the other kids’ chickens. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa observed the somber faces of his kids. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Bianca, I know it’s hard to believe. But the gods are still around. Trust me. They’re immortal. And whenever they have kids with regular humans, kids like us, well. . . Our lives are dangerous. “ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“When I was a kid, I always wanted one.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“They tell me you knew the kid. What’s his name? Ben?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The street’s full a folks walking to sweet Louvenia’s to pray for Robert, kids playing ball in the street. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said in that serious little kid way. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I stood there on the sidewalk as the kids poured into the buses, my soccer bag hanging around my neck, still hoping I might see Connor. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Maya could see Grace starting to open her mouth again, so she gave her a tiny pinch, the same way she used to pinch Lauren when they were kids. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Miss Garcia claps her hands—one, two, three—amazing, kids quiet and sit in their seats, hands folded on their desk. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Class had been out for almost an hour, but there were still kids around. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The kids were swimming close to the dock. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

They liked that she watched their kids without complaining; they said she was wise beyond her years. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The mesh sagged in certain places where it had come loose from its posts, a victim of the kids who used the yard to play soccer. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe we were kidding ourselves, but that’s how Abbey and I had it figured. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was struck that there was something different about this kid from virtually every other defendant in the place. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand why the Congolese kids were mean to us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Parents get together to compare their kids’ report cards, and gang violence is something they read about in a newspaper. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the bus stops to let off the kids who live in the neighborhood near the hospital, I glance over at Silas. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Matt and the other kids trooped off to the concert. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He would have opened up more, because at some time all kids open up. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But like many kids who lived here, anger raged within him, and he liked to cultivate an image of fearless toughness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rounded up the little kids and passed out all my candy stash, which they gleefully devoured. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was suddenly just like in camp, where the kids went wild and the parents couldn’t control them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Everyone, I have to step out for a moment,” Ms. Jen told us kids. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“What’s your problem, boy? You got a gripe with Mother Paula’s? To be honest, you look like a kid that enjoys a good pancake.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to lie like this as kids, when Mom and Dad would let us have pretend sleepovers in the living room. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t so sure about that, and I wasn’t a little kid like Rabia or Safa who was easily comforted by her hugs, but with Parvin’s arms around me, everything did ache a little less. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“But I always believed that kids didn’t have short attention spans, that they could easily sit still for a half an hour.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another year, there was only one kid in the whole class who didn’t taste the chemical stuff, and he got killed by a drunk driver the summer after his sophomore year. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Lord Faa, en’t you a taking any women on this expedition to look after them kids once you found ’em?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The military got the kids hooked on weed and alcohol to make them more compliant. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Not enjoying Branwell’s advantage of being struck dumb, the kids expected me to speak. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who was that kid who left the field a few minutes ago? The one they wiped out?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I said it to myself or to the kid. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But I can’t leave those innocent kids in danger, because of me. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If the kids from school could see her now, they would burn with jealousy. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It’s a predominantly white sorority, made up of mostly cheerleaders, rich kids, and the occasional Distinguished Scholar. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’d better not say. I don’t think your grandfather wants you kids worrying about it until the time comes. He would rather have scheduled your visit to avoid the festival night.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then one of the older kids, Paul, turned to look at me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I see a bunch of kids hanging out at the swing set, and I immediately cross the street. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

By the time he turned eleven, he towered over the other kids his age. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But before she could say anything, I said: “School was fine. It’s really big, though. The kids seem nice.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Max has her eye on a group of green-shirted adults and kids huddling by the entrance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Rishi raised one eyebrow, as if to say, Are you kidding? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On one visit there were eight foster kids, and my brother shared a room with five other boys. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After a while the kid learned so fast she gave out of Spanish and just gabbled along with made-up sounds. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing home, kid?” asks my dad. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Uncle Katsuhisa said that it might seem sad to kill them, but eventually, we would learn to be kind of like farm kids—farm kids understood the meaning of death. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, the Weasleys don’t need any more of their kids injured, do they?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Since I was the smallest kid in the class and did not know English, I was chosen last. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I have been homeschooled before, by parents who were engaged and engaging, who made sure their kids had room to explore and grow. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He used to think he was good at understanding people—Miss Perumal had told him so more than once—but these kids were a mystery to him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because seriously, if the greatest brains in the world couldn’t come up with any answers, what was some loser kid from Stokum going to add to life’s big mysteries? Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Each kid knew just what he would get a beating for. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Of course, as far as the little kids were concerned, the highlight of the whole party was not the birthday boy, Piper McNab, but the McNab’s new pillbox. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy watched in wonderment as more and more kids slipped out of the crowd and began joining hands, forming a human barricade around Beatrice’s self-buried stepbrother. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phil probably has a good ten inches on me, but unlike the other tall kids I know, he isn’t gangly or clumsy. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She thought: If I get teary, my vision gets bleary and then it'll be hard to drive and then I’ll have to explain to the kids why I’m stopping. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No, no kidding. I really did. I got kicked off.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of kids, I was coming to realize, had never in their lifetimes known anything different. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You go back to Clairmont tomorrow. You tell Granddad how much you love Windemere. Tell him you want to raise your own kids spending summers here. You tell him.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

None of us kids was doing much to help carry the conversation. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

What the kid Renault needed was a stiff jab to the jaw and another to the belly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about these two kids who sneak into the Metropolitan Museum of Art and stay there. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m kidding, son,” he said, now flashing a cocky grin. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The kids in the second group, however, were put in a room with lots of very attractive toys on the floor. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like the kid in the car asked me: would you tell me if it was?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

All the other kids on the bus were facing backwards, staring at him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes on a Saturday afternoon, we just set the whole pack of kids loose in somebody’s playroom and cracked open a bottle of wine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You hear me, Noah? I will never leave you and your sister. This is between your father and me. It has nothing to do with you kids.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Being a kid and worrying that a bomb might kill you is terrible. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“A daddy is supposed to keep his kids safe. He’s supposed to protect them. That’s all there is to it. That’s the truth. And I couldn’t help my boy.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t have gotten pregnant until you knew your existing kids were okay,” he says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was good hearing that some of the kids went and talked up for me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I will never forget how Assef’s blue eyes glinted with a light not entirely sane and how he grinned, how he grinned, as he pummeled that poor kid unconscious. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some kids at the table pretend to hold their noses. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

At Oakland High School, Kaprice served as a surrogate mom to the kids who needed one the most—the ones who had trouble just getting to school every day. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Three years ago I’d been one of the insubordinate kids first entering the gates of Valley Forge. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The policeman told us that some of the neighbors had reported seeing kids shooting guns at each other, and he wanted to know what had happened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke rose from the forges, and hammers rang as kids made their own weapons for Arts & Crafts. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

"He went to bed. And the nun—" But suddenly I realize that the nun had been inside when the kids arrived in the yard of the inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

If she find out... oh, I’m gone miss these kids. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

What a dumb kid I must have been to spend hours burying them around our yard, waiting for them to sprout. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I’d say one-quarter is checking out other kids’ clothes, and three-quarters is showing off your own. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I bet lots of kids with Tourette’s go to this social event.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the other kids in the room—five boys and only one other girl. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The kids’ screaming was really getting to me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Clarisse was sitting shoulder to shoulder with a big Hispanic kid who was telling her a joke. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Halsey wasn’t kidding when he said he was a crack shot—every time his Springfield rang out, a cry and thud sounded from across the yard. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When a girl like Deedee could run around and laugh like kids were supposed to. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He told her about the pastor at church, a white woman, who had said hello to all the other kids but when she came to him, she said, “What’s up, bro?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like maybe three long years ago, when I was, like, nine years old and just a kid. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Three more kids to drop off, then I’ll walk back to the school library to finish my homework and wait for my brother. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I’m not a little kid anymore, so I know it was an AK-47. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I catch you doing anything...ANYTHING against the rules...I mean, you kids breathe wrong and you’ll be asked to leave.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do those kids know about me, anyway?” he thought “What gives that Landry girl the right to judge me?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She frowns and smiles at the same time and the kids all run off giggling round the back of the church. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I felt like a kid standing in the world’s greatest video arcade without any quarters, unable to do anything but walk around and watch the other kids play. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I certainly think that their background is different than a lot of other kids. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In just a month, we’re starting to look healthier, particularly the kids. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Stanley and his parents had tried to pretend that he was just going away to camp for a while, just like rich kids do. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

To boot, our nearest neighbor was an older man without any kids or kids’ games. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Poor Spaghetti—the kids are scared of him and prefer to pet the other animals. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings Mrs. Brook tells me I have twenty minutes of recess with the little kids and then I have to go back to my classroom like they do. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Latimer is a magnet school, which means that kids from all over the city can come to it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What about all these other kids?” said Sierra, gesturing to the tables filled with the country’s top young bibliophiles. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“They’re freedom fighters. They wouldn’t let the Government brainwash their kids in them public schools, so the Feds came after them.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

What he wouldn’t have given to have a kid die at sixteen. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

A group of kids comes toward us, laughing and dragging boogie boards, reminding me of better times. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She’d reached the desktop, with the background picture of all three kids at Halloween last year: Finn as a clown, Emma as a ninja, and Chess as a skeleton. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“New kid,” I said aloud, just in case anybody thought he was actually with me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And Julia seemed so worldly to me, like the kind of girl who would think that sex was a perfectly reasonable gift to give a kid when he turned seventeen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They’d sent me and Mitch to our uncle’s cabin out by Huron since there were whispers of danger and missing kids. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Or you could want beautiful drawings you made when you were a kid,” says Mirren, kneeling by the laundry basket. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

People're getting edgy about kids running around after dark like we used to. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The kids in the audience would love it; some of the teachers would hate it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I swear to God! White kids come out and eat our music up. They crazy about us. Sing along to our lyrics and everything.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You think I’m the only one? Or that Javier is the only kid taken from this world by these monsters?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We had to be the best-behaved busload of kids in the history of C Average Middle School. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Look where that kid was standing. I’m allowed to try for a hit. He’s not supposed to stand there.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And an old man, and a young girl. Probably the kid’s sister. I don’t know.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The bigger kids shouldered blasters and dug into their jeans for coins to bet with. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We had the kids paint pictures of people who inspired them. Pretty sweet, right?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every one of them says this kid killed his old man. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He cut and ran when I was little. Having a sick kid wasn't in his plan.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Sure, why not? The kids are all asleep and you looked like you were about gone yourself.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many kids did you see on the road?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we entered the auditorium, we saw that the entire first row was filled with kids sitting according to the role they were trying out for. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

If he wasn’t the smartest kid in the universe, he might not be able to figure out an alternate escape route. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Was I supposed to let her freeze to death? Is that what you’d like, kid?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it sounds gross at first, but hey, man, at least he’s not molesting little kids or anything.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You know what she said about the kids at her old school making fun of her?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“So I’m named after this kid! That is so cool!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Why do we need scientists to make us important? I go to school with their kids, and they’re all snobs and dweebs. Whoever heard of their stupid university anyway?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He was just going to make some nice candies for the kids. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In moments, my brother has created a plan for cleaning the house, broken down by task, time allotted, and which kid is doing what. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There was a safety feature that was supposed to keep kids from doing something stupid—like jumping. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t know the proper Roman etiquette, but can I bash this kid now?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When she made it to the final match, even kids in other classes were shouting “Go, Emily!” and everyone went berserk when she won. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mostly she watched...everything: us kids playing in the river, the way the trees tilted to the north towards what was left of the natural landscape beyond the clear-cuts stripped of topsoil. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And that’s how she felt about those two kids at the train station. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Any other kid, any other day, and that would’ve been enough. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s Saturday, were in an empty, dark school, and were a bunch of theater kids wearing pajamas and jacked up on donuts. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Remember what I told you? About a kid at school?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The pond was too shallow for swimming, so mainly it was a place for little kids to run around and collect rocks during the day. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to them, I’ll be getting a whole new crop—the kids nobody else wants! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Did they stay together and have the kid?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I knew that older people died, and I knew that people could get sick and die, but not kids. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve seen the little kid ones, but he’s got middle school locked down.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It’s one of the biggest stops, with anywhere from fifteen to twenty kids waiting every day. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t kids like Jesse ever get to go on TV? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a complicated thing that a little kid, or even a fifth grader, can’t understand, that we are always choosing situations that hurt us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She was only half kidding as she made a show of prying her hands off the wheel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The weight of the jackets was making me sweat, and the revelation of Horse’s confession and the way the kids were acting was making me sick. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod and take a bite of my keema, remembering the time my uncle told me that the spicy minced meat was his favorite dish when he was a kid. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I like him because he speaks better than a kid. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But that doesn’t make him out to be a bad kid, just a dork. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

There was only one problem: Connor wasn't just some college kid. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He’s probably the quickest kid you could ever meet when it comes to making up a lie. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She thought I was friends with a bad crowd ’cause this kid I know robbed an old guy. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She could keep the kids in school and sew full time, make enough to get by without Henry’s help. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fifth grade is probably pretty rocky for lots of kids. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I've got friends, kids I eat lunch with, stuff like that. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These kids were the real deal at my school. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I can hear her saying to me, “I don’t want some kids to find me swarmed with flies on a Saturday morning in Jefferson Park.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Like I was always this sports kid, but through the paper chain, I realized I could be friends with different kinds of people I never thought about much before. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Also I wondered why all the other kids’ dads didn’t seem to care so much about protecting their kids. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A man called after them, “You kids musta robbed a bank to buy such a big tree.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So there’s some strange kid we have to get used to, too? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mother kept laughing it off, telling me to get over it, that it was kids being kids, no big deal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

See, last year a kid was murdered by a cop just a few streets away from my grandparents’ house. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She don’t go in, he don’t go in, the kid don’t go in. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Behind me I could hear kids rushing over. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Each of the kids held a stick, the end sharpened, and had the look of someone with a secret. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“You try to keep the ones that are highly popular, and Lou’s classes are what kids in this school want to take.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The kid took his wallet, money, phone, shoes, coat. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He looked like what he was—an eighteen-year-old kid who was scared to death. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was around eight in the morning, and Amanda was heading for grade school, like hundreds of other kids all over town. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the oldest kid living at home by then, my other siblings being away at school. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I see his high-school basketball team photo: He’s the only black kid. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her, some of the kids started wailing again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He walked surely down the line of kids, lifted Sam in a hug, and carried him wordlessly away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

How can a person sleep when all he can feel are the arms of a tiny kid in yellow pajamas holding on to him in the dark? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I had come to the town, and I had come to school, and I was very lost and afraid in the nervous, excited swarm of kids. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little kid asks my father why that man is chopping down the tree. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought they were secret. Most of the kids who come out here don’t even believe in them.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He just looked at Bubber, and after a while the kid quieted down enough so that their Dad could get him to bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been away because our mother’s out of town on business, and we came back to check on our cat, and these kids were trapped down there,” Chess said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The kid stops reading and Heather Wells starts. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I believe you. I told you, kid. You're one of the world's greatest." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Back then I’d believed in destiny, and believed in it absolutely, with every strand and fiber of my little kid heart. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s happened to some of the kids from my school, mostly gangbangers and girls who are ripe for pregnancy. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wonder which of these kids I can rock with, and which ones I’ll learn to stay away from. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I will graduate from high school, go to college, get married, have kids. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a way for kids to entertain themselves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A million little kids were downtown with their mothers, getting on and off buses and coming in and out of stores. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Just a kid, he lost his footing on the slippery dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And my mom gave me some of the books she loved when she was a kid. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why I was more prepared for this catastrophe than most kids my age would be, or maybe any kids my age. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

If someone’s in the stall, it’s really funny to swing and kick his door in, especially if he’s a younger kid. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

"You know, that all the kids will think I'm just some puny second-grader and that"—she took a deep breath—"I don't belong." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Caleb says that ever since him and me started hanging together, the kids teased me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Why did you tell everyone that kid Erlan was your best friend?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“So who is the challenger?” asks the kid with a dearth of cheekbones. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, no kidding,” I said, still working the lotion. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

So sixty kids standing in front of the entrance to the school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She had bobbed blond hair and hard, curled bangs, and she was the only kid in school with a Swatch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When I was a kid at camp, older boys once shut me in a locker until a friend let me out; those brief moments filled me with a terror I’ll never forget. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus, Dad, he's kidding. We know how to hunt,” said TOC. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

No new school, new teacher, new town, new kids. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“You’re kidding. Riding 88 and expecting to stay anonymous? Maybe teaming up with you is a bad idea.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if we weren’t backed into a corner, we wouldn’t have to make decisions like that. We’re just kids!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? Living with one bathroom is the worst situation of my life, ahhhh.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mom had actually told Ms. Morales how long she was going to be gone, and it was just such a horrifyingly long time that no one wanted to break the news to the kids. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

None of the other kids would say much, if anything, to her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There were times, even as kids, when they didn’t have to speak to each other. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was the same as this kid selling suns. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You have got to be kidding me. News flash, Mom: a man will not cure my troubles.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

All those times, I’d thought he was babbling, and here the kid had been telling me how much he liked me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we don’t need to see those stupid Valley Hope kids win.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The white kids didn’t make any great thing about us, either. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of kids didn’t stay in school. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because none of the kids went to him for anything and because he didn’t earn much money he felt like he was cut off from the family. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not that she was a mean little kid; she just liked to chew. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The kids must be hot too, she thought, and turned to get them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen her sneak from his room to the bathroom in her underthings, and she was carrying his kid, but it’s not like we were friends. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They remind me of the kids in Ghana who used to play outside the gates of the British High Commission club. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Most of the kids were my size or smaller, but there were ten or twelve monster dudes. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Five hundred kids in a school: eventually every one of them was going to see my face at some time. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

They began moving kids off the bus, one seat of four at a time. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The snow was knee-deep, and most of the kids weren’t wearing anything beyond their paper-thin uniforms—most of them hadn’t even remembered to put on their shoes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure the other minority kids are sweating that too. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

One was sure to become the envy of every kid in the neighborhood: a brand new Schwinn Stingray, the king of all bicycles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He would spend the rest of his life in a police cell, or in a prison for kids. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"Maybe it's those kids again. No, it couldn't be." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he wanted all his kids educated. That was very important,” which if you know my mom, you know is a case for him being a villain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But kids now seemed terrified to even be near me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lots of kids on the streets of Lake try to keep their identities a secret, especially after participating in something illegal like a Skiz fight. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A red tide rose from the collar of his shirt and his shoulders crept up, like a kid expecting a cuff to the back of the head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Lots of familiar faces came with me to start grade five, including David and Robert F, plus a heap of new kids too. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He gives kids free meals if they bring in their report cards. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A lot of kids made fun of me, and I put on a lot of weight because I got a lot of cream from the cow instead of getting milk from my mom. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a very nice, polite little kid. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And you’d teach kids how to think in the same way that kids teach themselves how to think — in the form of the story. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were just little kids then, running away from older boys, like Major, who tried to hold them up for nickels on the street. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little kids are suckers for stuff like that. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd gathers: white men, women, even some kids. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He was a small kid, funny and mischievous, a bit of a troublemaker. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I click a tab and go back to the page with the coming-out video of the kid with the spiky bleached-blond hair and the row of rainbow bracelets on both wrists. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m here to speak on the kid’s behalf.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I always thought it was strange that they decided to have a kid at a conceptionarium. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every kid in the family was paired up with a best-friend cousin. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I feel like the bird I looked after as a kid, the one pummeled by the rain. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We were still little kids when we were in our space phase. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She was going full blast—“... fool... think you are... idiot!”—her words flying together like gibberish, while the neighborhood kids howled, woofing like dogs and enjoying the show. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You and the kids want a come stay with me?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

One of the kids hurled another rock that hit Brian in the head. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the kids only found five: apparently, clearly, not certain, understandably, presumably. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“And she’s just as skinny as the kids, only that her skinniness is by choice and theirs is not by choice.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two of the kids appear close to my age. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But the kid in me who just wanted to fit in with her friends wasn’t convinced. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

At school I eat in a special area of the cafeteria with the other disabled kids. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The rest of the kids laughed like they were watching a circus clown. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the Laundromat, a little kid with a bottle hanging out of his mouth stands on a chair with both hands on the plate-glass window. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The little kids waited for the tiny, foot-high trees and shrieked in delight when they won one. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of signs hung above, telling kids to eat right, not to take drugs, to do their homework, and not to be a bully. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You’re just a kid. What are you going to do with all that money?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined joining one, introducing myself as the new kid in town, cracking a few jokes, starting to groove. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When we were kids, it was the only way he could get Mom to notice him—by demanding her attention. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They weren’t kids I would ever have been friends with in normal circumstances, but for that brief time I made do, because I had nowhere else to go. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Because normal parents would be freaked out if their kids started to, like, throw fire?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The kids always mobbed the minister—and his wife too when he brought her along. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s just red dirt roads and hillbilly kids there.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Of course, he was kidding, because he thought I’d be home the next day, but after many weeks, maybe he would think I meant what I said, and he might come see me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few other kids said they were willing to try to talk to Clean. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, Frank had seen kids fight monsters before. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You know what you did. You know how remarkable it was. There were nine hundred kids out there who just grew up a little bit. All I can say is thank you.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some kids told me later he had diabetes and that was why his energy was so low. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

That’s the best way, and now, as I turn back to the tree where the Doorman sat originally, I see him and the kid going back there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Within minutes, Wes and Woody had hooked up with some older kids who were also skipping class that day. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Zero was the smallest kid in Group D, but he was the first one to finish digging. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The sight of so many kids packed into the hallway raises my eyebrows. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At Hyacinth’s comment, the other kids’ eyes widened. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I would ask older children and adults, who would only reply, “They’re lights in the sky, kid.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least half of them were Jewish kids,” he said, “but we don’t get any of them anymore. It’s been years.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. I got caught in a trap once when I was a kid. How old is your brother?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I made money babysitting and doing other kids’ homework. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He ran to another kid whose arm was elbow deep in a barrel of fruity Tootsie Rolls—a candy neither Fred nor I bothered with. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She nods at kids on the playground and tells me what they’re doing and how they’re feeling but I don’t know how she can tell. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, the older kid walked away with the little boy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Without a single word of explanation, the PSFs began pulling and pushing kids toward each white coat and its associated office. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Gino motioned and the kid in the gray sweatshirt stood off to the side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured out pretty quickly that a lot of the kids at my new school had learning challenges or behavior issues, which is why the classes were kept small. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Like a reminder to me that I could still one day have kids with Gale? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I lost my eye when I was a kid playing with fireworks. A Portuguese Rocket flew into it.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Who would have thought of the “at risk” kids making it this far? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Charlie and I ate popcorn and drank soda and talked about stupid stuff, like kids from school and what we daydreamed we’d be when we grew up. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“A bar or bat mitzvah is the happiest day in a Jewish kid’s life,” I tell him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There is a candy machine in every hall in the school and some kids have money every day for a Coke, a pack of cookies, and either chewy candies or candy bars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He did the same thing as coach to the team's best player, a kid whose parents barely spoke English. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t have said that remark about autistic kids. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This console felt like it was a gift for another kid. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“You can see why the League would be interested in finding any particularly dangerous kids for their own.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe because he’s the weird type of kid who forms a Harry Potter book club. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, kid. You came to me. You want something from me. If you want it bad enough, you’ll answer my question.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My mom, I kid you not, refers to it as “orphans’ tears.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

You should have seen the look on this kid’s face—priceless. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“So the voice we heard on the television must be some Messenger kid, right?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the broken toys were gone, and there were never any strawberry blond kids playing in the yard. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Be careful, kid. There’s poison ivy along the bank. Let’s wade downstream and get out at that clearing.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, I look around to see that many of the kids at the bus stop have stepped closer to me, as if to give me silent support. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It’s just that, well, no one expects a kid to be doing the kinds of things you’re doing.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she says, “Get into groups,” you better move fast or you’ll be a leftover and get placed in a group where the kids will look at you like you’re bringing the plague. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Emily opened and closed her hand like a little kid wanting a toy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Like most of the kids, they really got into it, grunting with the effort. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The kids in my class are all right. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

With the bell captains help, the family loaded up their bus and, one by one, the kids climbed into the backseats. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I mean, a little kid throwing a tantrum in public is bringing attention and that’s closer to what Skeezie’s doing right now than my standing up for— Scorpio: I was just thinking. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Either the kid they’d caught last night had a hidden accomplice, or someone else had sneaked onto the property after Curly had departed. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set his phone on top of a side table, then turned slowly to face the kids. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I did this all before with my own kids. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Two Sundays ago, my brother watched as the other kids on the block hunted multicolored eggs in nearby bushes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"Look at their faces"—Lev smiles—"the kids' and the teachers'. They're in heaven." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had heard him say it plenty of times—that there was more out in the world than just being a farmer, like most of the other kids’ parents. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since the kids and parents at Reardan thought I had a lot of money, I did nothing to change their minds. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s where kids sit who brought lunch; if you buy, then you go sit in the cafeteria. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You don’t want to be friends with those kids.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But when they got to the office, the other three kids went right to work, and Finn wasn’t sure what he should do. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We turn the music off, and suddenly we are back to being Franny and Suzy, just regular kids instead of rock stars. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If a kid cries or threatens to tell on him, he says he’s only joking and invites them to hang out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“She never told us about kids getting killed. She never said nothing about that.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never seen that kid before? He lives in this neighborhood! He hangs out in the playground sometimes. You have to have seen him. Everyone has!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Sierra could never tell when he was kidding about things like that. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Lots of families cut television when the kids are young, hoping to limit screen time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You kids and your toys,” Nali said, with a quiet chuckle. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Palmer knocked the water ice from the kid’s hand as the people began to look up. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A new kid, especially a cute new kid, always got attention. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

While the grown-ups were all yelling, and the other kids were making themselves sick on doughnuts, I whipped out my Army knife screwdriver and took off the doorknob. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the last twenty years my grandma’s been teaching English to all the kids that work with my gramps—which makes it crazy he’s never learned it himself. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hollered, making a bunch of kids turn in their seats and stare at me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The kids at the door gasp too loudly. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Leave the kid alone, will you! Make way there! Let him out!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The clapping sound of shoulder pads transforming a scrawny kid into a larger-than-life football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some kids were harder to guess, but we were a herd of dress-code violators, and the man on the stage was corralling us. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Its lower branches slumped to the ground, bent from the weight of kids who swung on them, playing cowboys and Indians. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He knew of kids who had been seen and dragged back to school. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, the bell rang, and about a dozen kids lined up behind me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When kids watched “Oscar’s Blending” or “Hug,” were they watching and learning about the words, or were they simply watching the Muppets? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The short kid with the chipped tooth passed over his gloves, which were more holes than leather. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe other kids at other schools are luckier than I am and actually got assigned math problems. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"The bread? What? From when we were kids?" he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All you Woodson kids deserve to be as good as you already are. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I remember watching him pop his head up from a different torn comic-book page, and his notepad, to watch the kids play in the hydrant. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The kids with umbrellas smack them into each other. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at it, and then I grabbed the kid’s arm and started yelling at him. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want any one of you kids even near this pool without me or your mother next to you,” my father said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Abu, the kids who are coming to the party are just the girls from my class,” I said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Phil was reading the obituaries, and every few minutes he discovered a person who had the same last name as a kid in the class. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Soon all the other kids picked up on that, and the play could not continue. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I see it in the faces of kids who are rolling their eyes and laughing about the vandalism. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He had no idea how the kid survived. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to seem like a little kid. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I yell, and the blue-eyed kid goes feral on me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I tricked most of the kids into coming by dropping Link’s name, but he’s turned out to be the star of the meeting. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I’m just a dumb kid who likes ice cream. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the end of the session we bid each kid goodbye. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We weren’t given any say in whom we bunked with and I didn’t know too many of the kids in my hut. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s a tough one, but we could use a kid this size.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like doing business with rude kids who don’t reply to me,” the waste man growled. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But the kid wasn’t easy to brush off. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? If I did things the way you do them, I would’ve been locked up a long time ago.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She glanced briefly at the kids in the bed to be sure they were sound asleep, and then she allowed herself to read the whispery words, faded letters in a neat hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I averted my eyes, and saw that the other kids were doing the same. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I have always believed that raising kids means more than just being a good parent and trying to do the right things,” Papa went on, his voice beginning to wobble. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We started warming up and I checked out the Trinity kids who had come to watch the game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were only about five or six other kids on the ride, and the song the carrousel was playing was "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he said after a while, “it’s kids’ stuff, but I always thought my obituary would be in all the newspapers, that I’d have a story worth telling. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The kid in the window looked like a runaway—one who hadn’t prepared very well. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

By the time they got to Finsterwald’s backyard, at least fifteen kids huddled against the garage door on the far side of the alley. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blond kid—Dalton—tries to wrench the keys from my hand, but I won’t let go of them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Because a water-zombie apocalypse is not truly over until kids go back to school. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He missed his kids a lot during our weeks at the Academy, as I missed mine, and we talked about that. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In our tribe, parents give their kids both a first and last name—family members don’t share a last name. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, all right. But what’s it like when you are in? Where do they keep the kids?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I squeeze past just as Michael moves and lets the crush of kids finally pass in the other direction. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He had the gift of tapping into the rebellious streak of a kid like Jesse while simultaneously curbing and channeling it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clancy looked up at the kids gathered around us and asked, “What would you like them to do in return for taking the fruit?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I can’t believe kids still make up stories about her.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get bogged down in all those touchy-feely words and phrases you read in books on disabled kids. Melody is a child who can learn and will learn if she sticks with me!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The twins went back to dinner preparations while Auntie Harrigan taught the other kids how to draw armadillos. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The Truman Drama kids are about the same age as the children I just sent off into the world. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The alternative was horrifying, especially after spending time with her that after-noon, seeing how awesome she was with the kids in the hospital: Nicole was lying. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“This way, you guys,” Kyle said to the kids from out of town as he headed toward the nearest spiral staircase. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he was all appeal, full of kid hungers, his knees shaking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“These kids don’t know a blessing when they see it. But they wanna eat everything we bring back.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Why you kids need diagrams of the water system is beyond me,” Wheelie said as she handed them to me from her chair. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He went to school one day and some of the kids taunted him and some of them were kind. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I stood twice for recognition—once, with the kids who were on the honor roll all three years, and second, because I played on the Sea Hawks’ tournament-winning basketball team. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The new kid waved at him and his little brother came running over. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, kids. I suppose you heard how I bungled that spy business. Wiping out the footprints and all that.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

By winter break, Jeff and Rick were inseparable, and now it was as if the Checkers Champs were two kids who had known each other once, but had never met either George or Rick. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Dad says, “I want coaches from Florida, FSU, and Miami to start hearing about this kid from Lake Windsor High.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched batting practice while Richard went to get some T-shirts to take home for his kids. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But this kid’s got a good track record on miracles. My money’s on Mark.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It took the kid less time to polish it off than it had taken Grayson to get it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I met some nice kids who sit by me at lunch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then I talked to God about how I was lonely in Naomi because I didn’t know that many kids, only the ones from church. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, Kathy was determined to put on a brave face for the kids. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But Pembroke knew exactly whom to call: those high school kids from Lakeside who had been running up thousands of hours of computer time on the ISI mainframe. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Daddy will usually crack jokes, and Momma sometimes will tell stories about back when she was a kid. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They were kids, Filthy, just like y all. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

For half an hour I hung around on the north end watching little kids kick rocks into the yellow-green water of the Yazoo when their mothers weren’t looking. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Since her bad dreams, she seems more a kid. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Most everyone knows I’m kidding, but one girl isn’t too sure. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the kids went wild at the prospect of running around in the park for an hour, but Fern and I didn’t feel like running with them. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a contradictory physical presence, taking up space, a decent-sized kid, but hollowed out. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When a kid struck out, he went back to the end of the line. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, a few kids had glanced back at her, impressed, as if they were noticing her for the first time. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jason had learned long ago that the best way to control a crowd of bullies was to pick the meanest, biggest kid and force him into submission. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Why do you think some of your kids got involved in drugs and alcohol? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anybody noticed us—five kids dripping wet and looking like they'd just had a fight with a monster—they didn’t let on. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"No kidding. I was born and brought up in this town myself." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Not if he had little kids of his own. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He said the kids who left the team and went to high school—the kids whose spots we filled—were amazing hurdlers. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We sat in the beating rain noise for a few minutes, then it abruptly stopped, like some annoying litde kid had stopped banging on a pan. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Trouble. He wasn’t any more trouble than any of the other kids, but one summer, he got it in his head that he couldn’t do anything right.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She is raising six children: three of Wes’s kids, her niece, her nephew, and her youngest son. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I always think of it that way: “Here comes Steven, bursting into his Big Solo. Watch those hands — they’re too quick to follow. Holy cow, this kid is a magician!” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Closer in, we would have been pegged instantly as rich kids from up on the hill, kids likely to make a lot of noise and leave a bad tip. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The kids at my school loved changing my first name to English and then tacking insults onto it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Leaping over bonfires, rubbing ash beneath your eyes, picking on little kids? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was as if he hated cleaning up after the kids at D. Franklin Middle so much, he refused to clean up after himself when he finished his workday. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Eventually someone very ugly or very unhappy would spot a new kid walking around and in tentative, irresolute gestures would offer friendship to you with no ulterior motives except to end their own intolerable loneliness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a stroke of genius, Archie. That’s what I thought it was. Let him get beat up by a bunch of kids. Psychological—isn’t that what you’re always talking about?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids at C Average wouldn’t share their innermost feelings if you held a machete to their throats. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t want my kids growing up here. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know what you’re doing. You never even taught kids before. You flunk my sister, you won’t teach nowhere else. I know people. Big-time people,” she says, walking out of there. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But not in my school, in a spot where six hundred kids walk under it every day. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

One common method throughout history was to simply slaughter the calves and kids shortly after birth, milk the mother for all she was worth, and then get her pregnant again. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when Maniac felt it — pride, for this East End warrior whom Maniac could feel trembling in his arms, scared as any normal kid would be, but not showing it to them. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If we didn't have so many kids," he adds quickly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The kid glares at me, now as confused as he is angry. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I was walking down my block the other day, and behind me was a mother with her kid, and the mother was saying, ‘Now, Timmy, I don’t want you to complain about it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Segregated pools kept generations of inner-city kids from swimming,” adds Coach. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I read it when I was in fifth grade, and I loved it. Now there’s a book for kids your age.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry I ignored you both. It's just there are so many poor kids in this city. This country. This world. You have to look away. You understand, don't you?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t as strong as the Ares kids, or as good at archery as the Apollo kids. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was mixing up a pitcher of cherry Kool-Aid, the kids’ favorite. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Apollo kids had been too busy with the injured. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m happy to, but you should also take lessons. There’s a Korean-language school that is based in our church. We can sign you up to take Korean class with kids your age.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But after a while, I’d get bored and wander to the back of the prayer hall and run around with the other kids while different ladies took turns hushing us. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

After the game I saw Kenny talking to a girl and a kid. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was my idea to give away most of the bricks to the kids in St. Nick Houses. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Up on Half-Blood Hill, the Athena Parthenos glowed more brightly in moonlight, as if to signal: These kids are all right. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They get to tell all their friends how they helped these two scrubby-looking minority kids with their basketball team. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, a friend of a friend was gleaned at eleven because he was the smartest kid in fifth grade. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Keep your voice down, one of the kids might hear.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure they'd love to find two kids hanging out in the park at one in the morning. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s maybe stick to the less controversial stuff. And the candy is for the kids only. No teenagers.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"This grandpa isn't the best cook," Rani says, "but he's nice and doesn't chase away low-caste kids. Choose what you want from the menu." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I had seven kids and was pregnant with you and I called one of my aunts to ask for help and she said, “Your brother died in the war.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we get to District 12, I’m completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of kids going to certain death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

People are uncomfortable asking a kid that question. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The kids had their diplomas with them and the girls brought their bouquets. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad always said that any of us kids who made the top three could ride home with him in his car. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“And when you kids find the treasure, I will become the Last Custodian.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

There's this peaceful smile on her lips, and I think that maybe it's like she's in the movie herself, now sitting at the dinner table, now running around on the stage with the kids. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking for that deadly glint of metal, but there isn't anything, and then out of nowhere, the kid is falling. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Like when she and some other kids found several empty glass bottles once and threw them against the barracks in camp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And—most remarkable— the attention came from all kinds of kids: shy mice and princesses, jocks and eggheads. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

There’s another kid in the room, and I guess he’s supposed to be our peer counselor. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Some kids in my class would have cried, but not me. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And none of the kids in the Glade had a clue, either—at least, they weren’t sharing if they did. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Then you don’t have anything to worry about, kid.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There’s a place near the end of the book where the main kid is picked up by some older gentleman. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

All the kids put in stasis the same day as me...All of them, living out their lives with no memory of home or Earth or their families. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to have to take the kids in through the side door,” a man’s voice said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought the Horse was going to rear up and paw and stomp me into the ground, and I guess the other kids did too because they were very quiet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Papa would turn on his record player, and all the kids would have a cricket game outside until we came in exhausted and lay our heads on the floor. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some of the town kids, not knowing it was bad luck to catch the carp, would scoop them out of the low waters and toss the fish upon the sand bars. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one says anything, but I'm in the 2nd row, and I know the 18 kids who are not in the front row all noticed my weirdness. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think having a blueprint makes life boring. Maybe I don’t want to get married or have kids or any of that. Maybe I just want a career and that’s all.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, have fun, kids,” he said with a wave. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a kid Shadow had been small for his age, all elbows and knees. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Someone knocks into me, and I bump into a kid whose microbiome is 90 percent body spray. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They distributed shiny white buttons with Mattie’s mug on them to the neighborhood kids. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you look kids in the eye it means you reckon you're as hard as they are. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I saw hardly any kids in the neighborhood. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All he’s gonna see are two kids he thinks he doesn’t have to be scared of.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The game night will give me the chance to get to know the other kids better and figure out who could’ve written the poem. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I thought of the nursery-school kids, huddled round Charles the next morning like Lilliputians round the sleeping Gulliver. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The kids are all off to the sides, too. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The kid wanted me to keep the change though. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had ever seen kids use their abilities so...frivolously. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was the only kid I knew who did not even own a bicycle! Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like the nerds rose to power, kicked out all the popular kids, and stole their weed and alcohol. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The road to Zach went straight through the new hippie kid. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The teenager ignores me, probably she can’t even hear anything with those headphones on, but the moo-cow kid’s mouth falls open. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Forty-five million kids were eating healthier breakfasts and lunches; eleven million students were getting sixty minutes of physical activity every day through our Let’s Move! Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Joyce entertained the kids inside, playing card games and making fudge and cocoa on the woodstove. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was only about five blocks away, but I didn’t want him to have to walk late at night with his wife and his two kids in our neighborhood. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even if there are like five kids, each one gets their own four walls. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

These were the kids I’d see in the cafeteria, yard time, PE, music, library, computer class. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I cheer for the little kid with a tiny child-size ball who finally hits a pin, and try not to stare at the man with so many tattoos that I can’t see his natural skin. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The first sixteen kids who opened the door got an invite to their finale. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It had long seemed a curious contradiction to Palmer, that among the three kids rollicking on the field, Henry was the tallest yet also the meekest. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard some noise out here. What are you kids doing? Where are Minda and Gemma?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The kids who could put on their own hats I left to themselves. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strike three took dead aim at the kid’s knees, and here was the kid, swooping back and at the same time swatting at the ball like a golfer teeing off. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franek, the foreman, one day noticed the gold crown in my mouth: “Let me have your crown, kid.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids still got teased and bullied, but it was over usual kid stuff: being fat or being skinny, being tall or being short, being smart or being dumb. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you kids want me to make you popcorn?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The place was a medley of shouting kids, beaming parents and rushed waiters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still remember being a little kid in Greenwood. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Only their scratching pens, kids' stomachs, flies entombed in the strip lights, and distant cries of free kids ruckled the silence. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of kids crowd into the walkways between classes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think I can’t get a hundred other licebiters to take your place? There’s kids down there who’d let me cut out an eye if it would get them up on a wreck.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Juniors and sophomores crowded around the punch bowl and snack table, and a few brave theater kids were already out on the dance floor. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some kids giggled nervously as they tried to maneuver their bodies into these “awkward” new positions, but no one was laughing at anyone else. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The kids had already headed to another part of the house for their evening of fun. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And then the kid answers, "It's over twenty-one only." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I told her I knew all about it and that I didnt intend to let my boy get beat up by kids twice his size. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids were actually pretty cool, especially James. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I felt it was important to reach out to kids multiple times and in multiple ways in order for them to feel that it was all real. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the kids drew with charred sticks on the sides of their cabins, but that too wore off. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Good thinking. But neither one of us should walk around here on our own. We could end up like that Frog kid.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘I never have whipped any of my kids yet,’ he kept saying. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The introductions begin, and if the kids at school think I’m strange, they wouldn’t believe some of these people. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

While Mama and Papa began cleaning up the apartment, the kids helped their aunt and uncle pack up. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Richard had hurt his eyes by staring at the sun, which provoked the other kids on the block. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

All the kids in the village used our swing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Snape knew more curses when he arrived at school than half the kids in seventh year, and he was part of a gang of Slytherins who nearly all turned out to be Death Eaters.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After he dropped us off, he called after us, “Don’t you kids worry about a thing.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Leave it to Daddy Cool to torture human kids at school all day long and never have his conscience bother him but to feel sorry for a stupid little grayish brown bird. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to punch every kid who told me they “understood” my pain. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why should a well-dressed woman care enough to argue with a priest for the sake of kids she doesn’t know?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We kids were sitting on the old passenger benches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those kids, that baby—they have no idea what they are about to lose. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

What I mean is that I want to be able to tell my kids that I walked to school like my grandparents did in the “old days.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I saw some kids and hunched down in case I knew them. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could sift through the kid’s stuff, the basketball, the Harlem streets, and find the man I would be. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds up a picture of kids sitting in trees, singing to welcome the Prophet to Medina. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It turned out that the year before there had been some sort of stationery arms race among the kids, with each trying to have the most unique pens and paper. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined the scene inside the gym—circles of kids, hopping up and down to the beat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I noticed that quite a few kids were looking on—trying to figure out if we’d gone crazy, probably. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But on my first day here, almost every kid seemed to he some shade of brown. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In the hallway some of the kids were talking about how easy a test it was. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A blast of arctic wind came through, and Mr. Rochester and the kids turned their backs to it. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I started collecting a garbage tax last year when kids kept dumping stuff on the floor, leaving empty soda cans in the library or crumpled paper in classrooms. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Or Uhmma tease Apa and then lightly kiss him on the cheek to make sure he knows she was only kidding? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I hear the footsteps of kids running over to see what’s happening. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Or is he saying he’s older now and pictures himself saving little kids? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

After so many weeks of cutting and looping, gluing and volunteering, you couldn’t get the kids here to show up for a school activity if you were handing out gold bars. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The lucky ones are the kids who live in places like Boone County—out in the country. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the kids had swimming pools in their backyards. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Today, pretty much every teacher just let the kids sit around and talk after we handed in our textbooks. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I think I got the rows right, but I got all the feather lines too close or something, and so when I curved them around they looked like a kid in kindergarten practicing his sixes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Baba is torturing some poor kid who is Elon Musk over there.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Seeing Cordelia, I realize that I don’t look like a teenager, I look like a kid dressed up as one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, she was our neighbor when we were kids. She’s Abnegation,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn't something they were proud of, or something they were ashamed of either, even though other kids tried to make them feel a way about it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She said, “OK then, we’ll split them up, you and you”—she pointed at Bugs and the other kid—“can do half, and me and this boy can do the others. What’s your name?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Get back from the canal,” she yells whenever one of us kids wanders too close to the fence behind our house. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Could I lead him to school, do you think—to show the kids?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing is, when I was little, I never minded meeting new kids because all the kids I met were really little, too. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I think all of the kids with me were from Virginia, but there was no way to be sure, because there was only one big rule: and that was Silence. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But mentally, he was Jeffrey — the kid wanted to laugh and play and maybe watch Nickelodeon when things got too exhausting. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why would you think that was...that that was what kind of kids we were. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Down the hallway, I heard a mob of kids coming out of the gymnasium. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It feels like we’re kids. It doesn’t feel like we’re as old as we are,” I say, and then I catch myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The kid's head flip-flopped 'cause of his snapped neck and his feet spasmed, twenty feet off the ground. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Okay, kids, okay, everybody! Settle down,” said the teacher, now facing us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He grew up very suddenly and quit hanging around the back and front yards with kids. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then I started to watch how much food the two kids put on their fork every time so I wouldn’t look like a pig. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was a real skinny kid then, young, and it would be two or three years before I muscled out. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any words having to do with sex were spoken in a low whisper, and kids who weren’t in the know were often laughed at. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“The one in the pajamas is the kid who tried to choke me on the bus. The other one, that’s his mother. They’re fighting over my apology letter.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if a family with just one kid moved in behind them, and he sneaked into their house and pretended to be their second child? Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The kid grew up surrounded by wooden planks and fertilizer—the shiniest object in his life was probably an old pitchfork. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

How can a bar mitzvah be the right path for this kid who grew up going to church, hunting Easter eggs, and writing letters to Santa? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

By seventh grade, the tracks were well established, and the smart kids had all of their classes together. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Normal afternoon shows have been replaced by a live report of a kid somewhere in Kansas who fell into an old abandoned well. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

This Puerto Rican kid had these pumpkin plants that kept getting into ours. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m an adult, I realize that kids know at a very young age when they’re being devalued, when adults aren’t invested enough to help them learn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She hung off the bunk until she could see the little kids take shape in the dark. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And anyway, he could hear the sound of children in the distance, which would be the little white kids at the New London school, hollering through their first recess of the year. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He must know how bad I’m feeling because he turns around in the front seat and ruffles my hair like he used to when I was a little kid. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Bates asked, “Do you kids want white meat or dark meat?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped to watch for a minute, and a kid called over to me, “Hey! Give me one of those tickets!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

These dried snaps were the closest thing the kids had to what Abigail’s books called candy. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I remembered a few of the kids in my class because they had been in my seventh-grade class the year before. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And you can’t come with me. Someone needs to stay with the kids.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s not much farther, kids. We’re almost there,” Pa tells us when we stop to have our lunch. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if other kids held back for fear of being gleaned. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The people who bought tickets to our Echoes of the Soul fundraising concert did not simply support one hundred and fifty high school kids, they supported a cause. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Obviously he thought we were some millionaire’s kids. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, his ‘kids’ are grown now, but yeah,” she says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

How we were basically alone since we were kids. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was divorced, with a son he was putting through college, because, as he put it, “Officer after officer will tell you: There’s no way in hell you’d want your kid to be a CO.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no sitting on the front porch, no saying hi to the neighbors, no kids running back and forth between houses. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“A little kid, right? Like six or seven.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been out of that place more than thirty years, but one sight of this kid, and it all came roaring back in a tsunami of Day-Glo ponchos and organic lentils. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And the coyotes howling, which had scared him as a kid until he got used to it and until he began to travel with a .22, killing the coyotes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had long suspected how the kids went about picking their eighth grade president. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“No it’s not. If you are just watching a movie, there’s no reason why the kids can’t tag along. I’m sure your friends will understand. End of story.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Last year, a kid named Dillon said I look like a lion, which was fine with me, since I love those big cats. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But the real trouble was with the older kids. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You must know lots of kids from school who go there, don’t you, Cammie?” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

After they got the two smaller kids uncostumed and sent home, they sat on April’s bed and stared at each other gloomily. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It’s those Panther kids that caused this," she said. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Most kids in my high school talk nonstop and are always moving. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I think about the circles kid sometimes, because I can sort of understand him. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Since there seems to be an absence of men in some of the kids’ families, many of them look up to him as an adopted father figure. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mothers kissed his cheek, fathers were bowing to him and introducing their kids to him and making them greet him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And our porch overlooks the courtyard, where kids play and stuff. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I was too weak to swim against the current with the drag of the fighting kid under my arm. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“That means somebody on one of the other teams took the book out of the library. One of the kids Mr. Lemoncello spent so much time and energy searching for.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She says she wishes she had more space, so she could take in every homeless kid, but she can’t. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Most of the kids who are at the rec on Sunday mornings play pickup basketball, so that means the game room is all ours. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Some kids listened and tried to bolt for the fence, only to have their path blocked by the line of soldiers in black that seemed to pour out of the air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Right there, the supermarket. Only till I graduate and then I don’t know. I have to find a real job; besides, I have no choice. I got a kid coming.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Elsie is one of only thirteen kids to receive a silver badge—meaning I’ve either got a gold badge or the scary moonstone badge. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I saw sweetshops and carpet vendors, kabob stalls, kids with dirt- caked hands selling cigarettes, tiny restaurants—maps of Afghanistan painted on their windows—all interlaced with back­street aid agencies. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He just up and disappeared? That kid’s always been a weirdo.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Every time they have a fight, she takes the kids and leaves. Then, two days later, she comes back.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He never said anything, but I think he figured that, as when we were kids, we both stood a better chance if we took on the world together. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or “oeuvres,” if you’re really pretentious, like some of the kids in my art class who wear berets, like somehow their brains are so creative, they need a covering more unique than anyone else’s. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I miss the shops and the bunch of little kids who played on our street, lining up stones and pebbles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not a bad kid—just young and very, very stupid. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only wished I could solve the problem of how to make friends in a sea of kids who thought I was a freak. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t exactly know what I’m saying. Just think it’s a little too much temptation for kids who have so little.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

This kid’s mom asked us if we wanted to play at a cultural day at some school in Linksfield, the wealthy suburb south of Sandringham where my pal Teddy had lived. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“How’d that one kid react to you accidentally putting a strip of wet newspaper on his forehead?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The other kids are bouncing around me like remoras swimming under a great white. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And most of the kids at PM completely buy in to the discipline, but then again, most of them get to go home to those things every weekend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Patricia? Grab the sword and keep an eye on the kids.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “See, I punched a kid in the nose—” “Oh, I heard all about it,” the girl said snidely, “but that’s not why you ran off, was it?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go, "Are you kidding? You can't just fight Blade, you have to fight his gang, too." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some kids like to plug the toilets with big wads of toilet paper, but I don’t suggest you try doing that. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The guys and me, we’re still sitting around like a bunch of scared kids. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean the receptionist in the office and maybe the one black couple whose kid goes to your kid’s school and you say hi to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If I were like every other kid in the county, I could have focused on new shoes and school supplies. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some guy just shot the kid in the back. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She obviously wanted to teach the kids something. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I see her walking around still talking to her kids as if they are there with her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teachers say to break it up and for kids to move so they can stop this thing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Alicia complained that he was not giving her enough money to provide for the kids they shared. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I like you, kid,” he said, grinning at me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The look on the kid’s face was priceless—outrage mixed with relief. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Above, they heard the sounds of battle—kids shouting, Hannibal the elephant bellowing with glee, scorpion bolts exploding, and water cannons firing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And for my dad to see his kid in prison, locked up, it was killing him. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I tried my best to block out the angst—the kids at school, my dad in the hospital—and focus on my studies. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When he sat down next to me I tried to imitate Byron’s “Death Stare” but it didn’t work because the kid smiled at me real big and said, “My name’s Rufus, what are we doing?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the tall kid I’d met in the lunch line on my first day. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kennel put me in the front with all the littlest kids. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And the other kids still treated him like he was the one who was ill, especially since Harry and his cronies had singled him out. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Finally she was far enough away, paying attention to other kids. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Besides the rare kids’ meal, it’s pretty quiet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

So I pass the time by telling him stories from home: the kids I knew back at Bethlehem High and things we used to do. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something that Mr. Larson had not discussed with the kids in his class. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

There were kids in her classroom every day after school. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, he wasn’t wild about handing over a deadly weapon to a kid. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My mom was looking at the kids in the cafeteria, but I was scanning the high school girls pouring out of the massive building. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Now I know what Danny and those other kids must feel when I walk them. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then think of how Janza let those kids beat you up. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of class, she offered to meet with any kids who needed a little extra help studying right after school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’m a normal kid or something. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the kids who was just giving out high fives are singing a different tune now. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m sure this was Dad’s idea, because he’d been coming here ever since he was a kid and he hated the big city. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to bump into kids in the doorway. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a loft. See? Up there—it’s kind of open to everything down below. I hope you don’t mind. All our kids slept up there together. I’m sorry we don’t have separate rooms for you.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Two more for holding both kids’ hands when I pick them up from the Head Start bus stop to keep Bryce from wandering into the street after some rock he’s spotted. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Any of you who have yelled at the kids, you’ve been distracted. Any of you who looked at a flock of geese while driving, you’ve been distracted. It’s just a matter of degree.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, she did say us, didn’t she, when she was talking about the Black kids at her school?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

If I do a good job, my mom will let me audition for a kid baking show on the Food Network. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The kid lay in the very center of the bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He was smiling this big smile and looked really happy. I thought, I could do a tutoring program for these kids.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

If you can believe a little kid like me could just fall over dead, then believe it here. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We squeezed into the wights’ jeep, eight kids packed like sardines. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“She says that the brother, that Branwell kid, he was always at her.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a kid smiling on the monkey bars, a man in a suit drinking coffee while deep in thought, and an old couple holding hands on a park bench. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When Mom and I rejoin the party, Auntie Gemma points to the creek and says to me, “The kids went that way.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He heard about the racist reaction when I took the kids to the theater last year to see Schindler's List and thinks we’re a pretty worthy cause to support. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The kids saw the impact of the newspaper and television coverage. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, I could see a few kids I didn’t know — probably sixth graders on their way somewhere — looking in. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, of course, left Ares’s cabin: a dozen of the biggest, ugliest, meanest kids on Long Island, or anywhere else on the planet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

All her friends were laughing and egging her on, and when I got in her face for talking about you, she said she was kidding. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I swear—and I’m sure you can back me up on this from previous actions—I’m definitely like a kid at times. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

In the meantime I had to sit in the back of the room, and no kid was allowed to sit near me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the end, the kid’s mother gave Hali a Dixie cup of water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, there’s a kid who has hardly left the waiting room since you got here,” she said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was just scared, like a little kid. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He mixed the photos like a little kid mixes playing cards, smearing them together with the flats of his hands. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“When I have kids, I won’t lay a finger on them. I mean, except to hug them and stuff. But never to hurt them.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

This was a class of fiendishly bright kids who knew just how bright they were. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"And I thought I was a con artist. Nice try, kid. Nice try." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She had been running wild with some other kids and had slipped and scratched both knees. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The guys sometimes liked to kid her about it—our own little native, they’d say—but Mary Anne would just smile and stick out her tongue. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, grossed out by my efforts to educate a young mind, I sent him outside to play with the kids next door. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a funny kid,” Kissinger tried to explain. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

These kids didn’t have the right ingredients to be good kids, so you just can’t expect any more than what’s happened. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think Wilfrido cared about a couple of kids checking out his store, but I went with it anyway. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

You’ve never seen so many kids staring at a blank wall. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The kids at Stuyvesant were all bright, among the brightest in the city, but my growing shyness made it hard for me to make connections. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He didn't like the way the Reverend looked down at him, scratching his big jaw, as if he were a school kid. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you let these kids go? We can just chalk this up to a mix-up. You finish doing whatever you’re doing with that book, and they can forget any of this happened.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"You know how it is, though, with a wife and kids." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they found those kids in Arizona, and Mom’s celebrating.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Below a certain age, kids don’t have enough guile to filter what their parents tell them in private. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

He saw kids kicking a soccer ball around in one yard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“What if some obnoxious kid makes a comment about how hot you look in yoga pants,” Ms. Platt said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She raises her eyebrows, like she can’t decide if I'm kidding. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I looked out, and the whole hall was nothing but Jewish kids in their yarmulkes, ready to party. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Noah sat up front with his parents, who seemed oblivious to what a monster of a kid they had produced. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t been beaten up since you were a kid. This is the second time in a few weeks. You can’t let them get to you.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then again, that might seem like trying, and texting Daisy was no help because she responded she was going to wear an evening gown, and I couldn’t totally tell if she was kidding. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We just stood there getting more and more heartbroken as they gathered things up and counted their kids. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rushed over to her left and merged into the group of kids Bridget was standing with. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Must be hard finding a new job every time the kids get old enough for school.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Victor. The kid with the chipped tooth. Velvel. You remember him. I know you do.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what 4-H was, but I looked it up and it’s for kids to learn about farm things. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You have a fine boy here, Sherman. A really good kid. Smart. Tough. A good heart. Just like his father.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The kid needed a bath, a haircut, a nose-wipe and a good deal of ointment. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She said that before coffee shops were popular, there was nowhere for kids like her to go, except the Big Boy, and that was old until this year. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The scruff on his chin makes him look boyish, a kid dressing up as a grown-up for Halloween. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When he was a kid, this was his Super Bowl. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I have kids lining up every day for their meds.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take this big black kid they put me in a cell with, Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

After he'd retreated into Mr. Carver's cubbyhole, Ross Wilcox and Gary Drake got busy whispering round the hard kids and the in-between kids. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s really fun because all these kids dress up like the people in the movie, and they act out the movie in front of the screen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, I was a chatty kid, so he might have been afraid to pull anything with me for fear I would tell someone. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I caught the kid and took him down right on the wet black asphalt of the Sacred Heart driveway. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some kids even go up to her face and stare and point. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Why'd I have to go up there, listen to all that foolishness, get excited about it like a little kid? The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was looking at a group of Vietnamese kids playing in the mud. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, some of us kids were taken to the Congolese embassy in the capital of Burundi to take final exams. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“He can’t have that fox underfoot. He doesn’t move as fast as he used to. You stay out of the way, too. He’s not used to having a kid around.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the smartest kid in the universe and his superintelligent best friend sounded like kindergartners. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Miles gave the kid something thin and gold and got a handful of cash in return. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A car alarm on the mainland, or some obnoxious kid fooling around with an air horn. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t going to ask if that other mom had the same birthday, too, just like her kids had the same birthdays as Chess, Emma, and Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes kids could negotiate their punishment: The discipline director would say, “I’ll give you ten whacks,” and the kids would lobby for five whacks on a hand, five on the rear. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“They should have done more to prepare the kids,” Mom said to Dad. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Some of us worked full-time, some part-time, some stayed at home with their kids. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Finn, don’t worry about those other kids,” she said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be a good thing when it finally does happen, because you kids will get better schooling. Newer books. Teachers with more training. But I swear, I’ll worry myself sick.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen little kids chased each other in and around the adults, who watched with smiles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t need us kids on this playground. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s serious? I was a kid. The thing is, I believed in God and all that, but it wasn’t the religious part that interested me. Just being nice to people, that’s all. Being decent.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. I know at least a couple of kids who are interested.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Candy was going to wear her overalls, but when she asked me if other kids wear overalls to school, I had to tell her not so much. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It is the third grader who, worried about not making it to the fourth grade, copies test answers from the kid sitting next to him. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Seeing my expression, he added, not unkindly, “You didn’t really think they let any of the kids like us live, did you? Not Oranges. Yellows, yes, because their threat can be contained, but not Oranges.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The moon might be up in the pastel aqua blue overhead while the sun flamed orange in the west, and other kids, younger boys and girls on bikes, might also stop by. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Pakistan I saw enough kids in tattered clothes with their hands outstretched to finally understand why my parents always insist that Mustafa and I don’t leave the house in anything torn or dirty. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The kid standing next to him is wearing this one: BE HAPPY, NOT GAY. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Inside Vega’s bedroom were a bunch of kids, all of them related to him. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When some other kids come toward us, he gets this look on his face, very cool, very into his own head. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the kid stopped moving, I let go of him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And there, between the safety of Rose Hill and the danger of the outside world, were the plantation kids. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The kids looked at him, but he was staring at the dog. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I smell snow. Remember how, when we were kids we used to look up at the sky and holler, ‘Feather boy, feather boy, shake down some feathers from the sky.’” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know what this means: a new house with a concrete floor and metal roof for the family, an effort to improve their nutrition, school tuition for the kids. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Walking through the woods is more dangerous because there are no adults in the woods, just other kids. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You might not know about Missouri, kid,” he said wearily. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no point in having a house unless kids wonder how you got it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It might have been the moment she pointed to the camera for the kids to look and they wouldn’t. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I never believed in it. But I’m sure going to lay it onto that kid as soon as I get my hands on him.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Single moms who brought over their kids, plus all the ingredients for banana daiquiris. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

What could I possibly have in common with these kids? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is in charge of a hundred kids and does not care if her workforce is increased by two more. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an athlete and a decent student, things people in this county wanted their kids to be. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She outlived all of her family, including her only child, Bernard, who didn’t have any kids himself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I guess it isn't every day they see a yellow lifeboat with no engine going a hundred knots an hour, manned by three kids. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

While you and Coby play blackjack, you notice The Twins taunting some poor kid, jabbing the air with their red boxing gloves. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The kids who targeted me probably didn’t understand what they were accusing me of either. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He hit one kid so hard that he broke his nose. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

When Duncan was a boy, his after- school playmates were the underprivileged kids his mother cared for. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Everybody was very quiet about standing in line, even my pretend brother and sister and all the other kids. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

English and I have been close since we were kids, even though he was a year older than me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then you see a little Persian woman with two scared kids stepping into the narrow cabin in the back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There are many of them, smiling and talking to the kids, sometimes patting them on the head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the tests were over, he explained that he couldn’t explain why we couldn’t have kids. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel his lower lip start to jut out, like he was just a sulky little kid. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Have you been stalking me or something? Ha, I’m just kidding,” he says, then winks and smiles. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

All the kids were kind to us, even though they had to share their beds. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Some kids look like popular presidents or famous movie people. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I told my daughter, ‘Those poor kids must be dying of thirst, poor things.’ The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t look up from the other kid’s packet. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel had tried to pass herself off as a modern kid. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

That’s what Curtis Wilson did to kids last year, and he got kicked out of school. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

If the Williamsburg kids knew nothing else, they knew their theater. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mrs. Daugherty, who kept her kids back from the front door like I was contagious and who didn’t even answer the door. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Sixth grade has been rough for her. She used to go to a religious school. Less than a hundred kids in all the grades.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mom had to work, so it was Dad and the three of us kids: Bobby Gene, me, and our little sister, Susie. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Right, Jamie? Remember that kid we saw in the park after school last year? The kid named August? The one with the face?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Seth, I’m not kidding. You probably won’t even be able to see anything.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Why would the only Dominican kid in the whole school be the one to draw a racist symbol? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mom said the army had turned her younger brother Will from being a “nice kid” to being a “confused jerk.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And then the kid whacked him across the face. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Was it totally ridiculous to think of this skinny, earnest kid wearing the orange and white of Texas next year? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kwame, a kid with a sly twinkle in his eye, grins. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“They’re just some stupid kids from the neighborhood who like to call him names.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed like every kid in town turned up on Valentine’s Hill. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In Albuquerque, she’d started school on the official first day of school in August, and now she was starting school again in San Francisco, almost two months later than the rest of the kids. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As me and this kid were staring at each other, thinking our own thoughts, something clicked in my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Did that really happen? the kids in class ask. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

At the very sight of the team at the edge of the stadium, hun-dreds ot elementary school kids started squealing in delight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister had found some other kids, on vacation from Turkey, a girl and a boy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They were saving money so that they could be sure to have enough to send their kids to college. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some kids cheat at home but not at school; some kids cheat at school but not at home. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood outside the car door, unflinching, like a northern kid. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only I could go to a real school and meet real kids instead of ogres in the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was an impish kid who couldn’t have been more than ten years old. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew better, and I’d texted him anyway, and now I was confusing this poor kid who didn’t have a clue what he was wading into. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mama always rates kids’ manners and comments on who has the best ones. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The kids in my father’s neighborhood gave him trouble that first summer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father pushed him to seek out the toughest competition he could find, which meant that he would later send Craig across town on his own to play with the best kids in the city. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and kids started arriving in the classroom. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Some poor kid started to throw up in the stall to my right; I could see his dark outline like a shadow against the curtain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was a very nice kid, and I liked him, but I could never see eye to eye with him on a lot of stuff in the Bible, especially the Disciples. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In just a few minutes, I’m surrounded by other kids who look about my age. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I may as well surrender my kids to the devil himself,” he said, “as send them down the road to that school.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The kids who rode by on their bikes or on their skates glanced over with curiosity—but they kept going. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Like thousands of other kids in Odessa, he wanted a piece of the dream. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things regular kids actually wear, and not anything like the tarp I’ve got on. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"One daughter almost killed, the other one a bomber. Smart-aleck kid, first she blows up my kitchen, then she advertises my cuisine. Win the inheritance— ha! Maybe I'm lucky my son is a dumb jock." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

While an empty white box was being replaced by a loaded one, the little kid looked up at Palmer and said, “Are you a wringer?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not overreacting. I don’t want kids to find out.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids are still playing on the swings and the slide, their parents standing of! to one side, chatting animatedly. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was one of the few kids born without a natural gift. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should move, maybe I should find a different job. Go back to teaching, maybe. Would you like that? You could live in a neighborhood with other kids and have a more normal life.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As the bird broke from its circle and began its long downward swing, the little kid beside Palmer pointed and screamed, “Look! It’s coming back! It’s coming back!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

At vacation time, the other kids at Kabarak went home to the city and hung out. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You saw that kid, too, didn’t you?” he whispered. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bellevue High is a rich school, a rich city, and the kids there win everything, every football game, every track meet, every academic scholarship. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see if the guy would actually hit a kid with an aluminum bat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No, I just gave the kids something to do to keep them from killing each other.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, no wonder, locked up in that house with them kids all day long,” Santa said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t Jewish and she had four or five kids. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But here’s an Elder lesson for you. It turns out that the best way to teach a kid to swim is to let Joon hurl her into deep water.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Everything has a smell, kid. Magic, joy, fear, regret—all of it can be detected if you’ve got the right nose.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When her dad dropped Eleanor off at her house, all the little kids ran out to see him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

One shouted to Alby, a short, skinny kid drenched in mud. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If she’d looked at a map, counted her money, researched average cab fares and highways and traffic conditions, those kids would have made it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Or if I had to stay here, why couldn’t I just turn these two kids away, turn off my conscience, and be a coward, safe and comfortable? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The kid sitting at the other end of our seat wet his pants, but he wasn’t about to tell that to the red-haired PSF standing beside him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

All of us kids bug our eyes and moan. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She tried not to think of the kids outside the school in their neat circles. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t he said that before his father realized he was controlling him, Clancy had had some hand in making sure the program ran smoothly, and that the kids were treated well? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After school Lynn, some of the other kids from the residence, and I used to lie about and stare at the clouds. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Grape juice and crackers—what more could a kid want? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Wait. It’s not good for him, but it’s fine for our kids?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He headed over to watch the little kids playing for a few minutes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas sat stunned, waiting for the Runner to say he’d been kidding. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When we get off the bus and the other kids from the bus stop have spread in other directions, I look over at Silas again, and this time he looks back. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The kid standing next to me dropped into a dead faint, and then there wasn’t a single one of us that wasn’t screaming. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I hadn’t realized what play it was, and it really isn’t something that would be interesting to kids your age.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re not a weirdo. You don’t need to hang out with the cleaning lady and that stalker kid with the camera.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Brandon, come over here,” he called, and a kid who looked like he could be a high school junior or senior came running over. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The place wasn’t crowded, just a few families and a couple of tour groups of kids, probably doing one of those holiday school trips. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Your school had only white kids when you were my age?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Other kids spend their money at the mall, or seeing movies with friends. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The kids were the consumers with $1.35 in their pockets, and until the food was better, that’s where their money would stay. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you’re older—” “When I’m older I don’t want to stop living if something bad happens to me. I don’t want to give up. And I don’t want my kid feeling sorry for me either.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d write an essay about how he used to bully a kid but then learned a lesson about why isms and bullying are bad. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The other boy would hesitate before tormenting smaller kids. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I want to see what kind of parents you kids have,” the skinny one added, lighting a cigarette and blowing the smoke into the back seat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Many people—and not just kids—- incessantly say “I’m like’ instead of “I say,” and “he’s like'’ instead of “he said,” as in: “This guy’s like, Your fender was already dented. ’ Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

While most kids just stare, the only kid who never misses a chance to tell me I’m not normal is Stephen Hobert. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There’s no one else around, though you can hear the cries of kids playing in their back gardens, taking advantage of the last of the summer sunshine before they get called in for dinner. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had two kids, a girl and a boy, and she yelled at them as they wrestled and got sand all over the beach towels. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I tap her leg with the pool cue, but for once I’m not kidding. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A few of the younger kids trailed us as far as the edge of the yard. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And then whoever got the ball next would run around with it, and the kids would try to tackle him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Probably all good students, not kids like me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Bobby always had a thing for planes. We used to build them together when he was a kid. We’d go up to the Palisades and fly them off the bluffs.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I assumed most kids, regardless of where they lived, had lives similar to mine. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But I know ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We kids and Dad got out and pushed the car to the side of the road while Mom steered. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit down at one table, but the kid in the next chair said, “Oh, sorry, but somebody else is sitting here.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

A handful of kids were playing with buckets and pails in the sand­box. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, Mom is spending her days at the clinic cracking backs, and Dad is meeting with other teachers and professors to ready a makeshift school, beginning with the younger kids. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I sat next to my giant saguaro awhile looking down at poor old Billy and Fred, endlessly hauling kids around the dirt trail. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mean, I say, “Basketball. Nobody plays baseball no more. Black kids play the court. Want to be Jordan. James. Curry. Lame if you can’t dribble and throw.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Papi never let any of the kids into his office unless he was there, and even then only Carlos had ever hung out with him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She sounded both desperate and bemused, as if she couldn't understand why all parents didn't raise their kids to be ninjas. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My mom was smiling and doing something weird with her hands and the college kids were awake, at least the ones I could see in the photo. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

That someone would yell at me and tell me what a bad kid I was. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she was still elated, particularly when the envelope arrived from USC, which was attended by all those happy, privileged kids from Disneyland. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“How much trouble could one kid be? We each ought to be able to manage one kid.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

What the kid said actually made him feel good, though he had no idea why. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was a kid, if you brought a seal’s nose to the police station, the clerk paid you fifty cents. Fifty cents a seal,” Dad said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Like they had gone back to that day when they were little kids and were standing in the school yard with the September light shining down on them and kids running all around. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And one thing I was learning at school was that kid dynamics could be messy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There’s a kind of day care where the grandparents take care of little kids. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But a couple of times now he has said, “Mom. Are you kidding me? Let’s go already!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He’s got a little kid on his lap and is wearing a backwards snapback that would be fly now. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Give my friend a little kiss,” he says, pushing me toward the other kid. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could put on an interesting outfit, crack a joke, and talk about sodium content in kids’ meals without being totally boring. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to act like I couldn’t see other kids and Evelyn’s brothers watching my father taking my arm and escorting me like he was Nat King Cole, but I could feel them all watching. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“The kid’s got a killer handshake,” Mr. Tushman agreed, and everyone laughed above my head. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he’ll remember the spot where he hid all the bodies of the other kids he tricked into taking him here,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine. Just mad at how stupid kids are.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At first I thought it was cool for them to think I was smart but then I found out it made me enemies with some of the other kids. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have only one theory—that the guilty party is a kid. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It would have been nice to finish the season on a high note. With a big game. But this Baylor kid ruined it.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the bell rang, kids ran into the room and sat in the remaining chairs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Why would kids single out this one construction site to vandalize?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what the kids noticed more than the gifts they had given him were the many, many paintings; large and small, all black and white, and on every available wall space. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I divided the kids up into either heroes or monsters. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Fourteen out of fifteen kids in the U.S.A. wear those. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days ago, I just knew TaShon as the short, weird, quiet kid in my neighborhood and class, and now I feel like I’ve known him forever. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Over the years, Dr. Randolph has cured us kids of everything from chicken pox to broken bones. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But I remember a group of kids being loud while Mr. Shephard and I looked at Langston Hughes books. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I already hated all the kids he was building the orphanage for; sometimes I wished they’d all died along with their parents. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Around us, kids chased each other, slid on the grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, the other kids from Liam’s watch detail were abuzz, unsure of where to look. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It’s possible that my twin was the brightest of all the Angel kids. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Probably? I feel bad for saying it, but if they got into a car accident I’d be relieved. At least that’s a reason to ditch your kids for two days.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Since there were so many kids and not much room, four students shared a desk meant for one. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was twelve and going into the ninth grade of what would today be called a “gifted” program, while many of the other kids my age were just going into the seventh. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It appeared as if he was hurrying to catch the school bus, which had stopped at a corner to pick up more kids. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kid ran off, and we drove back to the house in silence. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Rowan insisted—and he saw such fear in the other kid’s eyes, he felt ashamed for pushing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The kids with the highest scores are put in Group One. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Taken for a ride by a bunch of kids! The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over at table two, three kids are listening to something on a pair of earbuds. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Out of their inner circle, the clutch of kids at the top of the social scene. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My cousin was older than me, married with kids. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Believe it or not, people would think seeing a kid in an astronaut helmet was a lot less weird than seeing my face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I just know it’s different when it’s your own kid.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All the kids peer at their desks or out the window. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I felt like a little kid for some reason, and I took a bite of dessert to make it appear like it was not that big of a deal to me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“So,” Kyle said to Sierra, “tell me about those kids in Maximum Ride. How exactly did they fly?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Weylin seemed to think so. He didn’t come right out and say it, but I think he’s afraid the kid isn’t very bright.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But once I found out about it, they eventually stopped. I think the older kids got bored with it after a while. Plus, they can drive places and hang out outside the building.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’ve got some singers, a violin player, a kid who does these cool lasso tricks. Have you seen him?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I’d seen it happen a million times already, kids caught out there in one way or another—killed, imprisoned, shipped off to distant relatives. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She could have snuck home cans of Chef Boyardee and Campbell's chicken noodle soup for the little kids. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

All the kids laughing at me and pointing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then some older white kids came in through the door and started laughing. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Not only kids, but grownups, too, black and white, because Cobble’s Corner was on Hector, and word was racing through the neighborhoods on both the east and west sides of the street. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a great teacher, with good ideas. These kids will like you no matter what you look like,” she says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I know I’m only a kid, but I’m sure I could handle it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I told them I thought someone was spying on us, one of the policemen said it must have been the same kids who stole my bike. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’d walk us up the bluff like that, making every other kid on the beach with their flimsy fathers out of their minds with jealousy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In hundreds of little towns and big cities from coast to coast, kids were using the new word, and parents and teachers were trying to stop it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know where Charleston Grove is—I’d been there a few times as a kid. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I woke up in the body of some kid who was in the middle of a ski trip. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After all, what universally accepted black role models did these kids really have besides the Three J’s—Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson and Magic Johnson? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now then, kids, here’s the deal: Solve one simple picture puzzle and you four win the five library cards in the bowl.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Now it just spins in place like a little kid making himself dizzy. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And my Mom said: “Maybe he calls all the new students to welcome them,” and my dad said: “That’s a lot of kids he’d be calling.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She says, “Who’s helping the special needs kids there these days?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

When she smiled, with her short dark hair and bright cheeks, she looked like a kid herself, Dicey thought. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out that Toby wasn’t kidding—he really did go for the Egypt Game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another little boy had sworn that he'd seen the missing kid climbing the mango tree onto a branch out over the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I wondered: Did they lock kids in jail? Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids watched her, hoping she might have the perfect solution for them. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I bet. It’s a shame what kids can do these days with computers. I thought we gave you all too much homework. I mean, what jerk would find the time, you know?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Please tell me you’re kidding,” he muttered, but it came out too loud and his shaking voice was sent out into the church. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe she’s met kids like me before—other students who have obsessive routines and patterns. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Griphook here told me, he heard about it from Bill Weasley who works for the bank. One of the kids who tried to take the sword was Bill’s younger sister.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He told me he was living with his wife and a pack of kids in a mobile home behind the barn, making his money working oil rigs in North Dakota. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He grabs Henry by the shoulder and turns him around—then the kid looks at Henry a little funny. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But Rose got it wrong too, and so did two kids on the Woodland team. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I heard a fire truck go by and a little kid crying for his mama. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Other kids look up to me in the hallway. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“My brother’s the brainiest kid I’ve ever met, but that clearly doesn’t translate to street smarts.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Emma felt like she was trying to solve some huge math problem that didn’t involve numbers but people and events: The kidnapped kids in Arizona. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re crazy,” said Henry, who, like any normal kid, hated The Treatment. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I bet kids ran around and played out here all year long and not only in the summer. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to have a kid,” she told him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mostly the kids here don’t seem to notice anything unless it intrudes on their idea of personal space. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Some kids I knew from Hillpark walked by, looking shocked to see me alive. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The kid is wearing a black tuxedo in a sea of black tuxedos. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Granger and the six other teachers were standing at the ends of the rows and the kids were dressed neatly, hair all combed. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hoisters were three or four high school kids. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t a bad kid, just spoiled and treated like a baby for too long. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It hadn't been there when they'd gone into the pool hall—it arrived at four every day—and never stayed if kids weren't waiting there to buy anything—gone by 4:02. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

No kid comes out like that—throwing a little baby out a fourteenth-story window! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could think of much worse kids to have as a brother-in-law. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Volpe has a difficult time himself making his way out of the theater and backstage to the kids. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

We just finished reading a story about a kid living in the projects who had to deal with peer pressure and gangs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A short, pugnacious, mustached kid named Ronny came with a backpack full of pot and set up shop in the living room. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I glanced at him to see if he was kidding around. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s that one kid in class who really hates you. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I made one of the other Gentry kids describe what happened to you at that lecture,” Vivi says. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When you one of Doris's kids, you learn early in life that school is all you need to worry about. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Before she even answered my mother, she called out to my grandfather, “Joy and the kids are moving up to New York!” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He starts dancing around me, which of course makes a bunch of kids look over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But when one of his precious sports teams accomplishes something, he has the banner made professionally, rolled up, and revealed in dramatic fashion in front of six hundred cheering kids. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The average kid’s hair grows in at about 0.14 mm each day, so in a few weeks you should look like new. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I figured if I left you, the other kids would stop messing with you.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It had been written for a kid named Wesley Ledbetter. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Really you know things are bad when a woman without any legs and who recently lost two of her own kids feels sorry for you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, from somewhere deep at the bottom of the second glass came the courage for me to ask “So where did you two kids meet?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They opened the doors to the street, and for a brief moment, they were silhouetted against the lamplight in their masks and capes—a cripple trailed by a bunch of kids in costumes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Laughing with the new kid didn’t feel like real life. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I was one of the kids with umbrellas, even though the coolest guys don’t carry them. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my science report, kids started coughing “Medusa” into their hands every time I passed in the hallway. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Well, what self-respecting middle school kid would turn down a free pass to get out of work? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And as smart and skeptical as her kids were, they believed her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We drove up farther north of the city, where some of the richer kids in school live. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’d been doing this since we were kids, and it annoyed the hell out of me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And I’d go back to being Jacob the poor, traumatized, mentally disturbed rich kid. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Neighborhood kids ran past the door of the bedroom where I was reading my schoolbooks—covered with shopping-bag paper. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged one of the kids’ mattresses out and squeezed it through the tent’s door. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The kid runs back inside to where his mom is waiting at the doorway. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Too bad TV sucks on Saturday morning unless you’re a little kid or a politician. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Now that I was cool, I ate lunch with Darren and the other cool kids and played tetherball with them too. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Because most of the other kids had been running track for, like, forever, Coach knew who was a sprinter, who ran long stuff, and who ran all the junk in the middle. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

How years from now a couple adventure-type kids would find my bones. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s just one of a million things that have bugged me for years about this kid. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

For a long time, Colin was just this short kid who seemed to end up in my class every year. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn't stop thinking about how at risk young kids are when they get stopped by the police. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I bend down and pick it up, holding it in my fingers like a kid holds something filthy, like a used hankie. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ms. G said that kids will think of us as heroes and will want to become Freedom Writers, too. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The man’s eyes crinkled kindly as he looked at the five kids standing before him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Mama,” he said without thinking, “tell me again about the kids in the Big House.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made it clear that neither he nor Nicholas was welcome until they got themselves together, got their high school equivalency diplomas, and started taking care of their kids. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“What the—” she starts, but stops when she sees the little kids. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, Gina says, Maybe we should pray for the kids inside who don't know that God said "No other idols before me." Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I whip across the street to take the woods down the hill to CSA after all, because I’m too embarrassed to pass the new kid. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t do something, eventually your kids will be the punching bags.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The rest of the kids who are still working stop what they’re doing and come to watch. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy, kid. Nothing to be scared of. You see this big machine here? Know what I’m going to do with it?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

If I let a few other teachers chase me away from Wilson, the kids would be the ultimate losers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The kids who wanted to be kids instead of washing dishes and ironing their papa’s shirts, and the husband who wanted a wife again. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

They call it twilight sleep and a woman don’t feel a thing when the kid comes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kid sitting next to her looked about sixteen and he pulled his earphone out long enough to say, “Yeah, sure, whatever.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He knew she was kidding, or thought she was, but he still felt anger rise up in his throat, and he knew the hurt was betrayed in his eyes. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The boys and girls who built them were, I realized, the competition we West Virginia kids were going to have to face once we went out into the world. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Soon I felt those kids watching me again, that same old prickle. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had assumed that the Tech Crew kids were Mr. Partridge’s favorites. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

One, I was still the fastest kid in school. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There were no customers, and a fat old Vermonter with a naked woman tattooed on his forearm was leaning against the cash register, passing time with a kid who worked at the Mini-Mart next door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Little kids out here playing, flying kites, having life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he stopped hunting and started drinking, and you can’t hold down a job and take care of kids when you’re like that. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Why did kids have to be so stupid sometimes? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Then they came around from Group and told us that the rumor wasn’t true, that you were just kidding around.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They had heard he could untie a sneaker knot quicker than a kid could spend a quarter. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So excited, he sounded just like a kid. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even though she has zero kids and nothing to do all day, she is the laziest woman I’ve ever seen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Wrong word, the kid may never leave that wheelchair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, trust me, there are plenty of Reardan kids who get ignored by their parents. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There was another kid inside. Martin. He didn’t...he didn’t deserve to...” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Cancer kids are essentially side effects of the relentless mutation that made the diversity of life on earth possible. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

We had all been in the big classrooms before, and our learning felt like a race we were losing while the other kids sped ahead. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

You see, me and my wife and kids, we’re tired of eating stewed tennis shoes instead of meat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, ‘Yall smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I watched him glide off with swooshing steps to the other side of the room to bother some other kids. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Mei-li and the cave and getting chased by the cops and Mong saying I was his best friend and then going swimming and me staring through the Mexican border at the kid selling clay suns. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Allegedly, I’m the only kid in my school who isn’t “spoiled by our culture of entitlement.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I shouldered past a couple of kids, and opened my gym locker. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was about a wealthy English duchess whose spoiled kids pretended they loved her but were really just trying to cheat her out of her money. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Your father said not to make a mess,” I told the two kids sitting on my rug. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“He used to help us move furniture when we moved. Dad is a roofer, one of six kids, nice Mormon family.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Or are you saying those kids used up all the bad luck, so we never have to worry about being kidnapped? Thank you, Other-Finn and Other-Emma and Other-Rochester! Hope you get found soon!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The bus makes another stop, and 4 kids get on. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What a brave kid!” said Nurse Molly, patting me on the back as she walked us toward the door. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We ended up taking on almost one hundred new cases following the court's ban on life imprisonment without parole for kids convicted of non-homicide offenses. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I hope you let him in ... just kidding! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were happy to talk to us young kids and get us on our way to our first game of bowls. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Although she longed for California, the magical place of light and warmth, she seemed happier than the rest of us kids in Welch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of funny how parents actually end up forming the same little groups their kids form. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Based on all the books Jinny had read, it wasn’t what mothers were supposed to do—send their kids away, abandon them to live on an island. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he saw the man’s hand reach out from behind one of the pillars with one finger curled back, summoning the kids forward. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had sat here for two years watching Archie play his silly games with kids, having Archie act the big shot as if he ran the show. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the new guy on the block, Dell was given the kids who the other two counselors didn't want. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A sudden cloud of dust enveloped them, and the kids leaped to their feet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“They brought the kids from the orphanage here?” asked Harry, who could not imagine a less cozy spot for a day trip. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The kind of parents who bought canned soup, lied to their kids about Santa Claus, believed everything they read in their history books and didn’t really talk about their feelings. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“His lordship slew him for calling him Lord Snow. The goats were good, though. We milked the mother and roasted up the kids.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Because I bet that having moms be pals is almost as tough on kids as having moms who can't stand each other. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of kids have stopped to watch now, and I don’t think Principal Trask likes that very much, or maybe she just doesn’t like Coach West calling her Dorothy. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“No. It’s in the middle of the road. Make sure there’s no other kids around.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

These little kids, Ryan and Vanessa, are building with big plastic blocks on the sidewalk. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The middle-school director had called us at home to ask if I could be a welcome buddy to some new kid in school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But as soon as we were out the door, she was her old self again, chatting nonstop about a kid in her class who lost a tooth and got ten dollars from the Tooth Fairy. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the teenagers took off, and all the little kids lined up to have their pictures taken by Lovey, a thing they apparently did every holiday. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Me? I feel like a kid getting knocked down by giant waves.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“And the boys said there was a criminal who’d been trapped and captured because of some kidnapped kids!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But it’s hard to concentrate on schoolwork when you can hear other kids whispering about you. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When I walked into first period this morning, there was a group of kids standing around and whispering. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, when all the kids were in bed, Mama and Papa sat in the living room holding thick ceramic mugs filled with hot chocolate spiced with cayenne and cinnamon. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She had picked up some carpet samples at a store on Amsterdam Avenue and written the kids’ names on the backs. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

What about that kid sitting alone in the library or out on the sidewalk? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The kid waves his hand and answers her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Sherman’s clue order got the kids thinking as broadly as possible early in the show, but still preserved the suspense of penguin until the end. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I was only kidding, and then I went over and laid down on Ely's bed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

At the volleyball pit, the kids from Apollo’s cabin were playing a morning game against the satyrs. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The kids were squealing and grabbing at his coat. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

After it happened I had to see him home a couple of times because he thought the kids were going to jump on him because of what his brother did. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the priest left some of the kids left, too, and some of the adults got up and started to talk again. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the kids at Stuyvesant were just waiting for acceptance letters or scholarship offers. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"This kid will steal the shoes off your feet while you're running after him to get your purse back." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Are they kids with deep-seated character flaws who are likely to be antisocial bigots for the rest of their lives? The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“This kid was missing for three years and his uncle had him the whole time!” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I walked alongside and took tallies of which players were making tackles and which kids were making big runs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I think Linda’s mother was taking kids to the movies again. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

However, arson investigators couldn’t help but notice that both kids had scorched eyebrows and singed earlobes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Occasionally he’d make a halfhearted attempt to bond with the kid, but the two had little in common. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park said something, but she couldn't hear him, because now the kids in the back were chanting. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In my class we had all kinds of kids. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Eleven hundred kids took in the sight of a genuine middle school hippie—this tall, skinny, longhaired boy in tie-dye, toes poking out of those homemade sandals. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Most of them were funny and nonathletic, chatty and rather alcoholic, college kids or art students. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A kid on a rock nearby shouts, “Okay, Round Five! Let’s roll!” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I also noticed there was a mother and three kids at the back of the store filling up drinks at the serve-yourself refreshment bar. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the half wore on, the Fugees charged once, twice, and then a third time, at one point racing down the field at a full sprint, like kids chasing an ice cream truck. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I try to seem excited—but who am I kidding? The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He’s just a kid who wants some food. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There’s more kid sweat and garbage mixed in, I guess. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nick could see it all: He would get all the kids to bring their lunches from home every day until the ladies who made the lunches cooked better food. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wash followed her gaze and saw two pale kids, about seven or eight, running up the path. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had been two days since they’d seen those kids take the book, and Barry and Clyde were still hanging around the plaza across from the Ferry Building. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But some of the kids in their school actually believed Skeleton Woman was real. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Help! These kids stuck up in here! Help!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Ina sour, foggy flash the whole nightmare came back to me: being followed, the fear, the anger, the rat-faced kid, the beating. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In fact there wasn’t anyone coming at all, except a bunch of kids and they certainly didn’t look like Mommy. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then other kids had explained it to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It seems like a million years ago that I was an ordinary kid who thought nothing was more important than some upcoming sports season and my next dumb prank with Jordie and Pouncey. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A few kids look up and stare at me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Saying what? What can they possibly say? There’s a homely kid in your class? Come on.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

While I still didn’t have the speed of the other kids, my weapon had a significantly better range. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want kids, so, no, I won’t,” I say, trying not to sound annoyed. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

No Grammar School kids and nobody under twelve years old. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It’s a game with us: the older generation speaking one language, the kids responding in another. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When Joe stopped playing, they talked about what it would be like when they were married and had a home and maybe kids. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Papa got us out: all of us kids and Mom. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to say something else, but then all of a sudden I heard other voices outside the office: kids’ voices. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Other kids have noticed and have started asking if me and August have had a fight. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He clung to the victory goddess like he used to cling to his pillow when he had nightmares as a kid. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And, caught in his eternal dilemma, Bernabe started thinking about how people always tried to kid each other. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatcha got in your backpack?” the kid asked, his voice dropping lower and getting more dangerous. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It also got all the kids in the school talking about the new word. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t into doing kid stuff, if you know what I mean. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And with all the new hair styles that the kids are coming up with, there’s no telling what he’s planning to do with his hair next week. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve always wanted to rent movies and watch them at home, like other kids. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The kids in Mr. Ward’s class sure look at me differently these days. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids who had disappeared through the doors now came back through them, clutching gray sweaters and shorts in their hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

While I was waiting around for Phoebe in the museum, right inside the doors and all, these two little kids came up to me and asked me if I knew where the mummies were. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

A cluster of kids called out to him from where they were setting up lunch near the fire pit and, ever the president’s son, he smiled and waved at them real pretty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But when she speaks like I’m a silly little kid and she’s an authority, it’s like we’re back at the market. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I follow him down the hallway and out across the dark gym floor to the veiy center where there’s a clearing in the kids. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The AP took him by the elbow and all the kids watched them leave. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I live on Maple and Vine,” one kid says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“She has it the right way around, actually. Because we let the kids name themselves.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Whenever we got to a kid, she called out, “Dunk it!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then one of the other kids whispers in my ear, “Don’t tell the parrot anything. That’s how they get you.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

This whole past week has really torn me up inside because 15 years ago, I was one of those kids.. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m not kidding and it troubles me that I’m not. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s just a little too late for that. I’m going to send you into space. Where no man has gone before. No kidding.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They were overjoyed—especially Baba, who loves the word “perfect” when it applies to his kids. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Snuffy unwrapped one, holding in his hand an awkward wooden carving of a hollow-eyed and gaunt virgin squeezing a bellowing fat kid against her breasts. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around him, kids stagger under massive armloads of chain, waiting to be loaded. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Which was probably why he was the first one the camp controllers shot in the back of the head the night the kids tried to make their escape. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I thought it was because she couldn’t believe someone would do that to a kid. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Around five o’clock, kids start leaving to go home. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Lost kids, lost dogs, a few motor vehicle violations, but no crime.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Valley was the kid in the group project who did no work and then wanted all the credit. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It didn't take me long, and I can read that kind of stuff, some kid's notebook, Phoebe's or anybody's, all day and all night long. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He said, “Don’t go blaming me for ruining your kid’s life. I didn’t ask your kid to break into my house.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The medic tied it to his lapel and patted the kid’s shoulder. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight. This kid that’s got you all worried—he’s in a class with you, and there’s something about his behavior that you find threatening.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But what if the other kids at the bus stop don’t know about it? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Now the kids were plotting to kill him, too. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Lefty Lewis was sitting with Mrs. Sleet’s kids. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some dumb kid, I figured, so I dumped my load of pudding on the hand. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It scared me the way she was acting, like a little kid. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Some parents worried that their kids might get hit by lightning, but Mom and Dad never did, and they let us go out and play in the warm, driving water. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Turns out one Howie Holman from Detroit, Michigan, had been gunned down behind the counter of his own store, leaving a wife and three kids behind to clean up the mess. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my phone so I don’t throw it against the wall painted with little white and brown kids holding hands underneath a rainbow. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“When Bill was a little kid, he wanted to know everything about everything way before he should’ve even known he wanted to know,” his father, William, says. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Winston was an acne-covered kid, short but muscular, and it seemed to Thomas the Keeper liked his job way too much. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The rush of kids into the building settled it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

No sound but the squeaking of the wheels on the cart and the fighting of two kids on Werfel’s gut. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I could jump in the circle and dance with the township kids. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes older kids didn’t like me around, but Lynn always made them play with me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Not really. Sandy told me the story that morning, and we decided to scare you kids with it, being Halloween." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, kids,” he said, heading for the gate. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was typical at the time for soldiers to kidnap boys—they would seize kids and brainwash them, training them to do unthinkable things, then send them out to different regions of the country. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But, as a kid, I never fit into the costumes and was always left with whatever we could scour from my mom’s and Lucy’s closets. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They pledged to revamp their menus, cutting calories, reducing sodium, and offering healthier options for kids’ meals. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He turned around to find that five kids were walking around the curve and past the tent, joking and laughing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Still, for all Grigori’s virtues, he is impulsive. He would rather target street kids than think higher. He lacks restraint and true vision.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

To Finn, the photo looked like every other photo of every other family: two parents, two little kids, all the people smiling like nothing could ever go wrong. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They’d be kidded forever: they wouldn’t care because they were graduating, but she would have to sit there for three more years. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Ruby,” Clancy said quietly, with all of the familiarity of the kid I had thought was my friend. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Ever since she was a kid, she’d been looking for someone to take care of her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They lag behind the middle-class kids by only a modest amount, and, in fact, in one year, second grade, they learn more than the middle- or upper-class kids. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“You want fair? How come a kid as streetwise as you seem to be is so naive when it comes to real life?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But a couple houses up there’s a streetlight, and for just a second there he was, out of the dark and back in: a kid, skinny. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Trying out for field hockey or crew or whatever boarding school kids do. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

About fifty giggling kids stood up and looked around at each other. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She loves those kids but they slow her down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson looked up from his paper and saw all twenty- three kids gathered around the bulletin board. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

They still sing it there, the way American kids pledge allegiance to the flag. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you know how kids are. He probably forgot.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother said, “Roy, honey, they’re not going to arrest him. But he needs to be taught a lesson. He could seriously hurt somebody, picking on smaller kids the way he does.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids had no idea how much Karl Larson had hated seeing his wife’s job get harder and harder over the years. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Marcus used to play basketball as a kid. He was really good, apparently.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s enough I gotta do math and science homework, but this man seems clueless about other teachers or other stuff going on in kids’ lives. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

As a kid, Charlie had disassembled everything he could get his hands on—CD players, watches, our clothes dryer—but he’d never shown much interest in putting them back together. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Oh, c’mon! Are you kidding me?” one of the guys shoots back. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could scare up a little easy work for Johnny’s kids to do after school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He works in construction and treats his wife like a queen and his kids like gods. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She no longer thinks of me as a little kid who doesn’t count. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Us. That’s who. We’d have the most adorable kids. Don’t you think? Mixed kids always come out so beautiful. Maybe it’s because our genes are so different.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Someone who might actually believe them instead of calling them kids. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just getting through high school was miracle enough, and the way Tony and most other kids from South El Paso looked at it, everything after that in life was gravy, a gift. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a robot, a skull with a bow on its head, a kid kicking a soccer ball, an owl, and more. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Just imagine. This really nice kid, this great chess player, maybe the greatest chess player who ever lived. When he plays chess he is...mean! I mean, really mean!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of the students from Georgetown have been meeting with the Howard kids,” he said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was exonerated, because two other employees who were supposed to be supervising the kids with him had not turned up for work. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

How I hated Colby and all those hillbilly kids and this nasty old house hanging off the side of the mountain and those canning jars in my room and especially those Cinderella pillowcases. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The mother came lumbering over, nodding, as if to confirm: “A kid.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the trauma of war and relocation, many refugee kids had severe problems. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She didn't need to be telling weird Asian kids anything. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It had a lid and was the size of a shoebox for kids with wide feet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

So, from the dump, from the creek, from the tracks, from Red Hill — in ran the Pickwell kids for dinner, all ten of them. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby threw himself back into his seat, an action that he knew made him look like a kid having a tantrum. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Each layer of kids fell down and away, peeling back to reveal a new, fresh layer for the kill—I couldn’t see the snow beneath them anymore. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I think about those kids at Maple Grove. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Aru didn’t have any experience with dads, but she was pretty sure giving your kid a glowing Ping-Pong ball to fight demons was like getting pocket fuzz and spare change instead of an allowance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Take it real slow, kid. Takes a while to get the old strength back.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The room is filled with kids who either own Albert Camus T-shirts or read Kafka for fun on weekends. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

"What's new with you, Grace? Where are the kids? And what are all those presents doing on the coffee table? It's not your birthday and it's not our anniversary." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fumbles in his pocket, and holds the keys out to the blue-eyed kid. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I was a kid, Grandpa Portman’s fantastic stories meant it was possible to live a magical life. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I’m always going to be the sister of a kid with a birth defect: that’s not the issue. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Because your titi can’t watch you kids. And I have to work, so I can’t stay home and take care of you.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? Well, you watch guys like that, kid. You watch them real good, you hear? Anyone clops you, he’s got a thing going. Old Tony knows. You watch them.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But the next thing I knew, I was sitting on that bus full of hillbilly kids on my way to school. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter what kids at school thought or what happened afterward. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

"And that's not all. Them kids. The little 'uns. Who took any notice of 'em? Who knows how many we got?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They’d been stalking the area since Saturday, hoping the kids would come back, but no luck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The homeroom teacher asks the kids to begin emptying their desks. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Because I had a white father, because I’d been in white Sunday school, I got along with the white kids, but I didn’t be long with the white kids. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He leaned down and said very softly in my ear: “It’ll be okay, August. These are nice kids, I promise.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Say goodbye to Daisy, kids,” Mom said, tears streaming down her face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was playing with fire, being here now—watching the kids who walked through the front door thinking that everything would be okay if they just tried their hardest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He did not want to imagine what she was telling the kids, what kinds of questions they would be asking. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We looked, and we saw the gang of soccer kids from Tangerine Middle all climbing into the back of a light green, classic Ford pickup truck. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley could see some kids dressed in orange and carrying shovels dragging themselves toward the tents. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Seeing the other kids in the jumpsuits talking to their visitors makes Jus anxious to leave. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I do think she’ll be back soon, kid. If that helps.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was sitting next to one of the three kids from Rutgers whom we had been running into off and on since the second day. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was done pretending, acting as if I belonged here at a riding stable, of all the ridiculous places, one that catered to a bunch of spoiled rich kids. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

No phone, no electricity, two kid sisters depending on him to take care of them until their parents returned. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Those parents don’t have to attend high school every day with kids whose parents won’t be at that meeting.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She and most of the other black kids spend more time commuting to school each day than I do in a week. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Just I’m in a new school and the other kids had more math than me.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was looking for my own kid.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It’s late and whoever answers isn’t going to be thrilled to have two teenage kids at their doorstep. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Before dawn one morning, the kid shook him awake. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of kids landed so hard, their parents carried them away in tears. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

One of them starts having a tantrum, and I wish for a second that I have to straighten the kid out. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was overwhelmed by what she called “the sacrifices I have to endure for you kids,” and my love, expressed in demands, added a greater burden. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“In Africa, when you tell your kid something and he doesn’t want to listen, you will beat him—take the rod to him,” she said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As they boxed up books and folders and unpinned words from the word wall, Sasha noticed the pair of clipboards parents used to sign out their kids at the end of the day. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This other kid starts to go for it, but I run over and grab it first. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He’d read a story in one of the old books in the attic about a bunch of kids finding a deserted pirate ship, and then a skeleton in one of the rooms. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and Mom, like kids, held, swung their hands. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The moms were all there, and the special-ed aides and all the kids, and everyone who could turned and looked at me and said different things but they all meant, Great to see you back! Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, it was nothing for you? Like, ‘Hey, kids, I wanted to try strawberry licorice, so I did. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

While their parents were at work, the kids were at school, learning the rules of the new culture, and sometimes using this new knowledge against their parents. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Oh for the love of— Why do they give me all the autistic kids? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d go back to my dorm after a few hours with the kids, drained but happy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"She had a lousy childhood. I'm not kidding." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I remember standing there in that family’s gigantic backyard with their grass more green than any color green I had seen before and watching Rocky the Clown run and chase and laugh with them kids. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It’s like all moms have a checklist that they read through to make sure their kids are okay. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“They’re no louder or messier than any other kids,”Mr. Trepid said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The detention door bangs open and kids flood out. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe he hadn’t fit in as naturally as Liam and Zu had, but I saw him talking to other kids as he worked. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was one of those rare kids who could move in pretty much any crowd, a regular teenage chameleon who in theory everyone should have hated. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

One of the kids at his table made slanted eyes at Justin and told him Asians couldn’t fly planes because their eyes were too small to see well. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“But what would they do? Hitch us to a pickup and drag us behind? Shoot me in my yard front a my kids? Or just starve us to death?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I started sixth grade, the other kids made fun of Brian and me because we were so skinny. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s nice having kids see me do something good. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I swung my left leg wildly to my side, almost knocking over a kid in the next lane. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The kids would spend weeks choreographing the event and making up songs, and I would attend the rehearsals, dreaming of a day when I could be a dancer in the procession. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Noodles tells a group of little kids playing in the hydrant about some stunt he pulled. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Even though they’re considered the bad kids, most of them are nice to me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Besides, if he wants kids, Gale won't have any trouble finding a wife. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I could have used one, when the kids were little, I couldn’t afford it; and later, when I could afford it, I still found the idea repugnant. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We decided we had been Pervert Hunting, which was just like Demon Hunting except the enemy was real and dangerous instead of being the product of a kid’s overactive imagination. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sergio stood at the window of his classroom with the rest of the kids, hoping to see what was going on. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like me, or any of the kids younger than him either, but he didn’t like me in particular, because while most kids my age played mute around him, I sometimes mouthed off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The smartest kids from all over the state will be there,” said Jake. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I said this because I knew their chorus teacher, Ms. Goldenstein, went crazy if kids brought food into the chorus room. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It ended in a seperation between Mom & Dad & Mom took us kids to San Francisco. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, there were a few kids, including Selena, waiting their turn. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was a charity group that answered my mom’s letters and found Karen’s family—who had the kids our age, who were being home-schooled. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Once we reached the clearing that, I assumed, had once been used for campers to set up tents, we were surrounded by dozens of kids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Listen, kid. Try not to move, okay? You understand?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

As for parents comparing their kids’ report cards? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Halliday had first started programming, the poor kid hadn’t even had access to a floppy disk drive. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

For a kid from the South Side, it could be a little dizzying. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The idea came to me when I was sitting in my office and I heard a couple of kids chatting. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“True. Anyways, when I was very young, he teased me all the time. I convinced myself that he hated me, like many of the kids in our neighborhood.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The kid’s smarter than everybody on the bus combined,” he announced. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Not even the new kids had voted for him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I also might go to the park—how come I never go to the park?—and throw a ball around with whatever kids are out there. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“How many kids do you think are trying out?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to be found by some kids in Jefferson Park isn’t the same thing as not wanting to die. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘You heard what I said. Long as your kid shot my Baby she certainly ought to have every advantage until she gets well.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s not just that he’s a new kid, Mom,” I answered. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Outside, little kids on the block are playing a game of tag, yelling, Not it! Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He’s not out of breath at all, and probably spends most of his life in the gym on account of his rippling biceps, not that a kid like me would notice them. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The kid was licking his ice cream cone, the mom was picking up his scooter, and the sister was glaring at me like she was going to kill me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It took about one week for the kids in my class to get used to my face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t going to be bullied about this, especially not after he skipped out on them with the kids still sick. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

A bunch of kids stand around waiting, and my palms get all itchy because there is a small group of Black kids standing together. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But there were other times when he became alive and animated, like a child gingerly touching the edge of the ocean before plunging in, displaying a curiosity unique among kids who lived in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to become the role model that kids in my neighborhood lack and to someday have kids in my neighborhood look up to me the way that I look up to John Tu. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until someone realized that “tracking” is wrong that the stereotyped “at risk” urban high school kids were given their chance. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could see kids coming from every direction, all bundled up in hats and scarves. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her mother raised her kids alone and it looks like her daughters will go that way too. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

One year a neighborhood kid climbed a pine tree for a kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids stared, and their eyes on me made my skin crawl, but then Mr. Harding called on someone else and the itchy feeling was gone. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeff had a circle of kids around him too, hoping to get a turn to see his new phone. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘Your kid shot my Baby in the head on purpose.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes there were kids in the pictures, like it was a picnic. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were all his homeboys, you know, the kids he hung out with just a couple of years ago. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t nothing interfere with a broomstick except powerful Dark magic — no kid could do that to a Nimbus Two Thousand.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Thought about driving up to my sister’s. But I can’t take the kids, they got school.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“One of the kids that I didn’t like, Auggie, he had like this awful...facial deformity,” I answered. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And that fading snapshot on her sill, the kid in the swing, the clock in the frame ticking away. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Did or didn’t the old man see the kid running out of the house at twelve ten? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As time went by, my mother started nudging me to go outside and engage with kids in the neighborhood. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was a big kid, actually, strong from bucking bales and driving trucks. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Back to busy Portal Avenue with the cars and trucks and other kids—other walkers—lollygagging on their way home from school. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you know who this new kid is?” he asked. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"He's older, and he's a two-time loser. You're a kid. They won't do much to you. I'm betting on probation. You'll get off, and then move on with the rest of your life." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A few other kids came to the court and asked if maybe they wanted to play a pickup game—but the second they saw Rowan’s armband, they had a change of heart. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

At that point even the howling kid shut up. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

As I was a kid, that would get very awkward. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You had me bawling, even though I knew it was you. Bawling, kid.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was nothing exceptional about that in Odessa, where kids drank freely, often with the tacit blessing of their parents, who saw it as part of the macho mentality of the place. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re going around calling everyone a terrorist. Even the Indian and Mexican kids.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it was for little kids,” said Sierra. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

As a kid, I remember having that feeling all the time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Not too many kids had arrived yet, though, and the ones who had weren’t listening to her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Art shrugged and said, “My dad got me hooked on This Old House when I was a kid.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But before I leave, I hear the kids behind me talking about more graffiti. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Kids are starting to appear in costumes, on the street, looking just like the kids back home. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

If one of the kids knocked, there was sometimes a long pause before Mom answered, “Yes? Do you need something?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, I know I’m not some starving kid who has to wash clothes in the Ganges for a nickel, but today just sucks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I got twenty more lockers today, kid,” Hull said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

People are passing by on the street, and they glance at Antonio and his boom box, thinking he’s just some kid blasting music. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will remember eating watered-down curry off paper plates, sometimes pizza or Chinese ordered specially for the kids. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leaders from twelve different professional sports leagues, too, had agreed to promote a 60 Minutes of Play a Day campaign to help get kids moving more. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay, calm down, kid! I’m sure Wren wouldn’t have let you in if you weren’t legitimate. Come on, let’s be friends, have a turkey leg.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

What cultural background do the white kids in school have? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The kids know I’ve come from somewhere else, but as time passes, and with careful effort, I lose any trace of an accent. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Something in the brightness of the room, the volubility of the family, and the squinty smile of the patriarch reminded me of going to my grandfather Southside’s house when I was a kid. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But in a way, he’s responsible for my biggest source of income—keeping kids away from him. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My mother had agreed to cut down her hours at work so that she could be around for the kids more when I was traveling. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ms. Spooner was whispering to a kid at the front desk about a book he was checking out. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Kurnakov listened, asking himself: Can this pimply kid really be a physicist? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now it’s going to be scaled back. There will be fewer opportunities for kids to do things that are not math, science, or English.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

We were playing with other kids in the sunshine when all of a sudden we heard gunfire, and Nyanriak yelled at us, “You children, come here, come here!” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids in church had poked each other when I’d walked in. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t parents sometimes come to get their kids?” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I made friends in my class, drawn to the kids who, like me, seemed eager to be there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So we make it to the other curb, and we're not dead, and nobody's too near, so I say, "Close call . . . sorry about that. Some kid on a scooter. You all right?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chairs scraped as the other kids gathered up their backpacks and shuffled towards the door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hear some kids running around in the backyard, and soon I see their faces appearing now and then, rising and falling from a trampoline. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Most evenings, the younger kids in the house will gather in the kitchen to study Chinese, and a tutor uses the bamboo stick to point out characters on the blackboard. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I need some coffee. I suppose you kids can’t wait to get out of my house, right?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

So anyway, that testimony from those people across the hall from the kid’s apartment, that was very powerful. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey pointed to a circle of kids near the sideline. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those other kids are going to know that I’m choosing to be there. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I went inside the classroom, and the teacher was writing on the chalkboard while all the kids started sitting at different desks. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Because little snowmen out of Easy Cheese are the most magical thing little kids have ever seen. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The people around them were milling about and muttering, clearly impatient for the trial to start again, so Chess hoped the kids’ movements wouldn’t stand out too much. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Each step is equal-sized. Sure, for the people higher up this ladder, their kids are more apt to get more education, better health insurance. But that doesn’t mean there are classes.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“C’mon, how bad could it be? When I was little, your grandma made us eat fried rabbit livers with pepper jelly. You kids have it easy. We got blackened vegetables on the good days.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They tell the reader, “You’ve already met this guy; no need to stop and think about a new kid in town.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was the kid with the strange lump on his neck. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve got to see Dad at the hospital and hold his hand for the first time since I was a kid and for what will be the last...wow, the last time ever. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The kids sleep in cabins with bunk beds. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had the same vicious sneer as some of the kids at Camp Half- Blood, the ones from cabin five. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be a couple of dozen people in each house, men drinking beers from paper bags, young mothers nursing babies, old ladies sunning themselves on the sagging, weathered porches, and hordes of kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The first act was two kids doing card tricks. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When parents were poor or ignorant or mean, or even just didn’t believe in having a TV set, it was up to their kids to protect them. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Some kid broke his neck there. That’s why it’s called Skeleton Hill.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We had black kids who were newly rich, black kids who were middle-class, and black kids from the townships. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I know the other kids are uncomfortable with me on the team. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Discovering, while scuffling with an enemy at a circus, that adults would give quarters to fighting kids to pacify them, Louie declared a truce with the enemy and they cruised around staging brawls before strangers. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry I didn’t get to you kids before. Things could have gone much worse than they did.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I may have grown, but I felt like a little kid in his arms. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The teachers didn’t seem to notice that the black kids weren’t comfortable with the textbook. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

So three whole days had passed while three kids named Rochester, Emma, and Finn in Ohio had no idea that three other kids named Rochester, Emma, and Finn had been kidnapped in Arizona. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And if they sent grownups down the mine, they’d be dead, so they use kids instead because they cost less. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Go see about your kids. And then, if you want, come back. Work’ll hold off the hurt for a while.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, I saw this older kid, who was maybe seventeen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A cute kid blowing a harmonica, making the people smile? Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She kissed my forehead and stared at me as if she was trying to recognize the kid beneath the bruises and bandages. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If that other one was the size of a full-grown elephant-platypus thing, this one was more like a kid elephant-platypus thing. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Big Time looked up and saw the kid that Sweet Jimmy let hang around. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And, like, when I do talk to the other Black kids, sometimes it’s like they think I’m too nerdy for them or something,” Miles says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They knew that the tighter parents hold on to their kids, the more the kids want to break away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth recited this “a thousand times” when the kids were small. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, if we do take these kids on these trips—and I’m not saying it’s what we ought to do—but if we do, at least they won’t be together,” he said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

If you gave the same group of kids the same test, under the same circumstances six months apart, Hartshorne and May found, the same kids would cheat in the same ways in both cases. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s another black kid walking on the street, on the road? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to wonder about a coach who speaks so disparagingly about his player, Reggie. Not exactly the kind of guy you want to mentor kids.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A tiny little kid can sit still in front of this thing without falling asleep, but I can’t. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The next morning, the drive was completely silent except for the soldiers’ radios and the kids that were crying toward the back of the bus. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I heard kids talking about the planes,” blurted an Indian boy. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

While the other kids finished their sums, a thought floated between the twins: what did they think of Miss Bell? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, he looked up his old classmate Mundo, who comes from one of those old wealthy families who send their kids to the States to prep school, and the boys on to college. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She was my age, I guess, though all the twirling made her seem more like a little kid. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” I say to Tom as we head to football practice, “did you hear about that kid in Monroeville who says he was possessed by the devil?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Here I am one of the few kids I know whose daddy didn’t skip out on him, and he didn’t even make it to thirty. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if the card is empty, she groans and then looks around and shouts, “I need an AP!” which is an assistant principal, to come and take the kid out of line. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He also thought of Reggie as the son who tended to do whatever his mom and dad asked with no protest, the kid who cleaned up after himself. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Not really. I went to the pond I used to go to with my mom when I was a kid.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Many kids were jumping off it, several her age or younger. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In a place that referred to himself and his brothers and sisters, he scratched red through “we kids.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His main concern was that some Marine kid from California or D.C. had slipped in and, like him, was biding his time until the first practice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One of my former guardian kids was in a class-action suit, but it was unsuccessful,” she said somberly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Right away, I notice that Sunny and I are among just a few brown and black kids entering the building. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I fan through pages of kids holding up hammers and amateur birdhouses, or shovels and dirty carrots they just dug up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Real,” Emmett says, “was going to college. Mother was on the honor roll. Only the fourth black kid to graduate her school. She became a teacher. Mother said, ‘Do better than me. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“If it’s free time, maybe James and Joey and Emily, or any of the Collaborative kids, could come up for a little bit—or, if we wanted, some of us could go down there.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And the white kids from the Flats, dishonor students, got bused in from the other direction. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He did not know if he was hoping for the kids to come or hoping for them to stay away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was heading for the green fields of left, and the runt kid, sounding like two runners with his flap-soles slapping the bottoms of his feet, was chucking dust for third. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even for young kids, though, it was a tough contact sport. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The Guardian Angels kids had been going to Iona regularly to swim in the pool there. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

These are, after all, precisely the kind of lower-income kids who Alexander identified as losing ground over the long summer vacation, so KIPP’s response is simply to not have a long summer vacation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe since there were so few kids in our town we did things differently, because even though Bunny was a girl the size of one of Santa’s little helpers she was still my best friend. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure, we had fusses—everybody does, all the kids that go steady. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a white kid from North Carolina who seemed to share my confusion about what we were experiencing during law school. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Do y’all remember when you were seven and JB wanted to swing but all the swings were filled, and Filthy pushed the little redhead kid out of the swing so JB could take it? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Scornful, Snap says, “I don’t care about some Texas kid.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: What do you think of the little kids that committed the crime? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were kids and she didn’t have her shoes yet, Amanda just limped around, her hips swiveling up and down with each step. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Some kids said they didn’t want any part of it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only I’m going to have a yappy Pekinese, and chase kids off my lawn. I’m going to have a shepherd’s crook.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I overhear Marjorie and Babs discussing it in an oblique way: “Listen, kid, it’s one way to pass the course,” is what they say. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sasha’s best friend was Michael, a tall, gangly kid with sandy-blond hair and thick glasses who always wore a gray beanie and a green army jacket. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“He hates making mistakes. I always tell him the only bad one he’s ever made was marrying me and taking on my kids.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The kid was simply trying to keep himself from falling down. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed like a regular kid, even though his skin wasn’t the same color as mine. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let him scare you off, kid. He’s decent enough after all the growling.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Which you also have to accessorize. Purses, shoes, jewelry. That’s where the rich kids make their fashion statements.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Point is, we got to watch what get up in these kids’ heads. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The old man’s feet in their black kid shoes braced against the uprights. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to make the kid feel better.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

What I wanted was to go to school, but only if I could be like every other kid going to school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It seems obvious that there is no way that it could ever appear that Pattie and her kids live in this apartment. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“So what brings you kids in today? More book scavenging?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“She doesn’t want us to succeed. If we keep showing the world how smart kids are here, no way is the city shutting down Riverview.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a school event, totally chaperoned. What’s wrong with a bunch of kids hanging out in the cafeteria? You have to let her go.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She said we’d have fun because the stories are about kids in similar situations. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? I think that guy wants to adopt you.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Adults use this gesture often, especially when talking to kids. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Four doors are draining straight at me with about three hundred kids streaming down the steps and across the lawns, headed for the cars and buses and sidewalks that take them home. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These kids were different from my friends back in Maryland. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

There was a little kid standing next to me, with a cowboy hat on practically over his ears, and he kept telling his father, "Make him come out, Daddy. Make him come out." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Several kids were playing basketball on a cement court that was nestled next to a canyon wall. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Someone who could help kids get home, if they had a home to return to, and parents who remembered them and wanted them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Truman kids respond that Volpe’s status—and theater’s high status at Truman—allow them to do things that might be impossible elsewhere. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The black girls spoke with an urban lingo I did not know, and they sometimes said I sounded “white,” just like the kids at my last school had said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then she jumped back up and gave Jessica a hug, then gave a hug to the kids sitting closest to Jessica. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He told me about a petition that you kids put together. He’s very, very upset.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

That seemed to be true, because none of us kids ever got sick. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As they hugged him and shouted greetings, he saw three other kids standing awkwardly in the room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was called Little Friend and starred a newcomer kid actress named Nova Pilbeam. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was way too cold to play outside, so the little kids were crawling up the walls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Lots of rich kids who lived on the lake. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Some adults and kids sit in chairs spread around the room, talking and laughing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I couldn’t see was what was causing the backup of kids, why we weren’t dashing through the gate to get to freedom. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Malik’s with Shana and some of the other kids from the coalition. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I should thank Sara for saving me from social isolation, or at least from being stuck with a pair of older kids who don’t want me in their kitchen. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the supermarket sold kids’ underwear and we bought him a three-pack of boys’ size XL briefs with Pokemon characters on them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

During the 1920’s, according to the history the War kids recounted from their parents, War was a wild, bawdy place of dance halls and gambling houses. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If a doctor'd told me the kid across the lake was my imagination, and that his voice was only words I thought, I wouldn't've argued. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Howdy, kids. Didn’t mean to scare you. I was just out here getting more kindling for the fire. Follow me.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I answer the door, and to my surprise it’s Spencer, a kid who lives a few houses up. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Old Mose Wright, the kid’s uncle, complained that a couple local guys had been pickin’ on the boy, and he remembered that one of ’em’s name was R.C. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

After a while I went up to a group of kids sitting on a little dock. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know Gaily, but he’s a psycho kid who ran away. He showed up, jumped on a Griever, and they all took off into the Maze. It was really weird.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

America is the country where a skinny kid with a funny name can defeat the odds and become president. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I’m going to tell the fourteen-year-old behind the counter she might want to throw out her banana chocolate swirl,” Celia said, gesturing at the kid in glitter lip gloss texting behind the counter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m an autistic kid with a special interest,” Sasha said, and smiled. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Harry slowly, “I’m not. I’m pretty sure my father would have wanted to know why you aren’t sticking with your own kid, actually.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In Oklahoma I spoke like a kid who learned English from a book. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Dozens of kids waited in line for their turn at the pots, their plastic bowls pressed against their chests in anticipation. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Vanderbeeker kids did not even dare to breathe as they nodded. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the droplets out of her eyes while laughing and calling to one of the other kids. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The weird kid and I both eat for a while. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A circle had formed around Benji and his parents, like on the playground when kids find a dead bird. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guards and the Gustano kids reached the door in the clear wall between the stage and the crowd. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I think William H. is the only autistic kid they give you though. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I might have to if he came after the kid who told Mr. Small the truth, but Sean never did go after him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom is friendly. Last week she kept a smile on her face, even when kids were giving her a hard time.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

So we kid ourselves about death, I said. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went out of the room with the kid from the office. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He took the kids to a diner, where the waitress sat them immediately and brought them menus, ignoring other customers to give them priority. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Except Uncle Max doesn’t have kids, and thank God for that. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now the kid stood there seeming not to be able to make up her mind what she wanted. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Asian and Hispanic kids rarely complain about what we give them; the black kids and white kids often do, they act entitled, though in different ways. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids are giving Renault the freeze so let’s go along with it. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around eight o’clock that evening I was watching a movie in the dormitory with the other kids and worrying at the same time. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's where the professors and the local geniuses and all the rest of the university creeps send their kids. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s good to see teachers get in as much trouble as kids do sometimes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He only wanted to get home to his wife and kids.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The kids were lean and hard, with calluses on their hands and feet. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m an alcoholic, but I love my kids. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, it also would help them pay attention to the kids they served. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When kids picked on me, I fought back, so I was always in trouble. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

A favorite activity of the kids was to form a group in a circle and scream: “Two, four, six, eight, we ain’t gonna integrate.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think they realize these are sixteen, seventeen, eighteen-year-old kids,” she once said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at every pep rally, the kids would clap and chant. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Which makes you wonder, are they really speaking real words, or do little kids just start out naturally understanding each other before the prime of life sets in? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bathrooms were clean, and filled with kids, gabbing and gossiping. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Everybody knew I lived there, and even though I wasn't the only kid at school from that neighborhood, it seemed like I caught the most mess about it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And then the kids started laughing at him, and he told them to shut up. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z