Mostly Madam slept late, wrote letters, and picked out melodies on a badly tuned spinet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got your letter, Lee. I have it. You said good things.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was writing a letter to myself…hidden in a poem. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The next day was Saturday, and Calder arrived at Powell’s early Mr. Watch was seated behind the front counter, frowning over what looked like a letter. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He writes the letters of the alphabet and says their names and has me repeat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all around these neatly lettered words, scribbles had been added by other witches and wizards who had come to see the place where the Boy Who Lived had escaped. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At the end of the second day she had memorized the position of the letters on the machine and didn’t have to consult the chart. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, the earliest forms of the Semitic letters appear in many cases to have been pictures of those same objects. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alice and Nellie had written to their mother repeatedly while in Holmes’s custody and had given the letters to Holmes with the expectation that he would mail them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She no longer begs Madame Manec to take her to the train station, to write another letter, to spend another futile afternoon at the prefecture trying to petition occupation authorities to locate her father. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

On December 1, 1790, Seneca chiefs sent a letter to George Washington. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She really hadn’t responded to most of my letters, and Mama said Ivette had become the leader of the Jovenes Rebeldes group in addition to recruiting new kids for the brigades. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Nobody stole his knife. He’s got his knife. He opened the letter with it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She never sold anything she wrote, but from time to time she received an encouraging rejection letter, and she thumbtacked those to the wall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie looked at the clumsy lettering and put the little book back in the box. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sit in the rocker before it, clutching my mother’s letter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. MacMahon said, “Give me one more minute, Elijah. I know there’s a package in the post office and perhaps a letter or two. Not much.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And I’m looking for ghost girls at church while my hand falls off from writing so many letters. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He drove to Las Vegas, sold his junk-heap car, packed his collection of maps, old letters, manuscripts, and books, and bought a ticket for a Greyhound bus. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look from the letter to him, then reach out to take it carefully. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He threw the letter out into the center of the table for all to see. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Grandma showed up with Marcus’s next letter, I opened it right away, happy for the distraction. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if I ever see that letter again.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I remember sitting on the dining room floor, writing letters to God in my Indian Head tablet. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jerked my shirt up, grabbed the letter and jumped to her feet. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blotted the letter and slipped it in an envelope. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Get somebody who makes her living by writing to write some very persuasive letters.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a letter apologizing for the bad customer service. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I read the letter over and over to myself and to my family. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In the eighth century B.C. the Greeks became the first people to indicate all vowels systematically by the same types of letters used for consonants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hold the letter up, feeling calmer and more focused than I have in weeks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

April Fool’s Day is when most seniors get their acceptance or rejection letters from college. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I was eight, she got a letter saying her husband had been killed by a runaway horse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you’ve been associating colors with letters and numbers ever since.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When I was inside, I would say, “I’m George Dawson. I’m here to get my letter.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got a letter from the front lines,” Magdalys said, when she was sure there was no more coming. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“He sounds exactly like Moody,” said Harry quietly, tucking the letter away again inside his robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Two more weeks of school visits, and several hundred more letters were sent to Mr. Lon Herbert. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

So when the good news came she decided it was easier to decline the fellowship quiedy, to file away the letter, not to bring it up. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time I began mentally composing a letter to Andrea. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he did not date them, the order in which he had written the letters was obvious. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s a letter from a doctor, explaining that you’ve been away for three weeks with the flu. Very bad flu. And if anyone asks, he’s a real doctor. You shouldn’t have any trouble.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mother then made a remark about how Western Civilization was in a decline because people of my generation knew how to nitpick but not how to write a B & B letter. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Had it not been for Brother Luke, who is writing this letter, I should be dead. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

His long strip of letters was the only submission for the week. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The house lights went down; fiery letters stood out solid and as though self-supported in the darkness. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, it was possible there might be a deaf-mute at the asylum who could read his letters and then explain them to his friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

That evening Ashoke goes home to the apartment, checks for the letter. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cooksey seconded Livingston’s alarm by scribbling on the letter, “Please do not show this around.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A photocopy of the third page of the ninth edition of The Landry News was stapled to the letter, with the story about the divorce circled. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

—Did you send the letter to Mr. and Mrs. Washington? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I marked an X in the box next to the letters ANC and then slipped my folded ballot paper into a simple wooden box; I had cast the first vote of my life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As their letters gathered on my desk, I delayed my decision. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve shown Minerva all his letters and she smiles and says they are “sweet, boyish letters.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim was standing by the window, some letters in his hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was a letter from the superintendent of schools, a letter of congratulations. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Amy told me that letters and numbers have color for you,” she says to me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as the visit was over, Ian immediately wrote me a letter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The writer might send the letter by one rider going by one route while another rider carried the mask on another route. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

On March 9,1973, the journal Nature published a letter from J. Douglas, a biologist at Brunei University: It is twenty-one years since George Gey established the famous HeLa cells in culture. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He laid his letter aside and went on deck for a walk before he turned in. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He visited Secretary of State James Blaine's office several times over six weeks, and he wrote the secretary numerous letters. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But both men knew they were sending their letters to posterity as much as to each other. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Here. My letter to the world,” Ivy said. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Fans her hand above the page to avoid smudging the letters. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And children it would be, for four months after writing that letter, Emma was pregnant again. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If this is your present temper, my friend, you will perhaps be glad to see a letter that has been lying here some days for you; it is from your cousin, I believe.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind, rumbling like an approaching train, diverted my attention from my letter to Charlie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A grant of parole, the arrival of a hoped-for letter, a visit from a long-absent family member would lift everyone's spirits. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Write a letter about something that hadn’t happened yet? When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

For a while I thought “the loop” could be a street in Circle Village—a neighborhood that was nothing but looping cul-de-sacs—and that “Emerson” might be a person my grandfather had sent letters to. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I thought the small letter at the start might mean that nothing ever really began all new, with a capital, but that it just flowed on from what came before. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“But she said the letters were cryptic and arrived with markings.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of southerners sent letters to the Defender and to the Urban League inquiring about a job, any job. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Frantic, I start yanking her letters out of the box, checking the dates, scanning each page for potential hints. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Garner helped in her own way, teaching her slaves their letters so they could receive the word of God with their own eyes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The letter came fairly easily then, was corrected and copied fair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They came home to find him at the dining table, bent over loose sheets of paper, writing letters to newspapers and magazines. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He then holds up the eel, which makes the letter J, telling him it’s still alive. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But if I should hear anything of this nature again, my next letter will go directly to the San Francisco Chronicle and the mayor’s office, respectively. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read constantly and offered, in letters to Etty mostly, her literary criticism. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Back to letter writing. Okay, I’m getting good at that.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But that couldn’t work, because the third and fifth letters were the same according to the cipher, and in Pigpen those letters were g and e. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

That Friday morning Concha was in a better mood, and she promised she would cross the street to the post office on her afternoon break and mail Lupita’s letter. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I start to fold the letter up, but then I get a better idea. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Before Mom grounded me, I was able to piece together the names of the people who received a letter like your grandmother’s. I could only find contact information for one of them.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I looked at it more closely, I realized it wasn’t just a stack of letters—there were also photographs, an old CD, and blank stationery. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

So only after I got the creamy envelope embossed with The Juilliard School and a letter inviting me to audition did I tell Adam that I’d applied. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank helped his father with a collection of letters that he wanted to publish, and with an autobiography that Charles was preparing for his children and grandchildren. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each letter, neatly printed between the pale blue lines. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

A letter was dispatched telling the Fellowship Office in Washington that he enthusiastically endorsed my change in plans. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I had never written to anyone before and I wasn’t the one holding the pen now, but Miss Maggie told me that this was my letter to compose. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He writes a letter to the editor of the National Intelligencer newspaper stating, in specific terms, what he is about to do. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Kainene received the three letters Olanna had written since the war started, she had said nothing except that she received them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When a half hour has passed, I log on again only to find the letters from Jenna and Kimberly that I hadn’t read before. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

One of the letters was addressed to Dr. Samuel A. Mudd. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her handwritten letters are freed from torn envelopes. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

That was all there was to the letter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She told Mrs. Sharpe about finding the third letter tucked neatly into the bushes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Was the donation as big as what Parker promised in the letter?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He would not be here, either, if it had not been for the letter with the Nazi stamp. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor tried to get everything into a neat stack, all the report cards and school pictures and letters from pen pals. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She let her finger run along the lines, over the rough, sandy paper, while her eyes followed the letters to another, colder place, in another time, to a house without locked doors and black-jacketed thugs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Very well. Go get your bags and return here in thirty minutes. My secretary will give you some letters addressed to several friends of the school. One of them will do something for you." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I removed the letter from my brief case, but before I could explain, she said, "May I see it, please?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

You didn’t say once in your horrible letter. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I saw Peewee put a stamp on the letter and take it out to the mail sack. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter explains that the organization is trying to deliver items to next of kin of dead soldiers whose names have been lost. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

This letter was a PS to the one the day before. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, by this third meeting, she was drinking in the precious letters so speedily that Kit knew she must soon find a primer as well. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, Kit often wondered, what was it worth, all this work to master their letters? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He would lose himself in thoughts of her, and plan his next letter, refining the phrases, trying to find comedy in the dullness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Its rounding metal blades slice the edges of the tin to the right size and shape, while the letter and number forms punch the license number into the center. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Major Sanderson proudly lettered “Contradiction” on his pad with his thick black pencil. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The letters were coming out strange and blockish, neither English cursive nor the German-style Kurrent script I had been taught years ago by my tutor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes there was silence as they all read their letters. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He imagined typing the words and watching them appear on the paper, letter by letter. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

My first letter, Dear Mrs. O’Brien, Inasmuch as you have not seen fit to pay me what you owe me I may be forced to resort to legal action. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Neel’s voice had dwindled almost to a mumble as he’d read the letter aloud. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had not responded to the letters Grandfather sent to the Ludingtons. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly Headless Nick, Harry noticed, was still holding Sir Patrick’s rejection letter. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Five days after receiving the letter from Wallace, on June 23, baby Charles got sick with a fever. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the longest morning of my life, I printed out all the letters I’d written, signed them and started delivering them face to face, like a man, like a soldier. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pull the folded letter free from my pocket. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But there’s nothing. The letters my parents sent through the lawyer got returned; they don’t have a working number. She’s a ghost.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He’s finished at six o’clock, which leaves him time to do what he loves: read, write letters, and take long walks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Summoning all his courage, in one desperate moment, Jack pulled out the letter with the Nazi stamp and thrust it at the officer. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was her custom to read your letters aloud to us and crow over them, thinking it a feather in her cap to be writing to royalty, such as yourself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat under the flame tree and wrote in small careful letters on the sides of old newspapers, on some paper Kainene had done supply calculations on, on the back of an old calendar. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was like a hide-and-seek game with letters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Nice to have you here. Enjoyed your letter to the editor a few weeks back." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It read: Amir jan, Inshallah, you have reached this letter safely. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Only seven letter names are used to name notes: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The eighth note would, of course, be the next A, beginning the next octave. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She read a letter from her sister, who was away in the East and who had engaged herself to be married. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, not him. He says anything from the sale is rightly his for taking care of Ma and the babies all this time. No. This here is a letter.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Runako was so clever! After we left Zimbabwe, her headmaster sent a letter to our village. ‘I have spoken to the nuns at the Catholic school,’ he wrote. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the foyer, two uniformed officers sitting at a table asked for identification, took my letter, and nodded toward a mountain of luggage nearby. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel right throwing the leftover letters away or keeping them under my bed again; so I placed them inside the quilt along with the batting just like they did in the old days. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The letter that Lord Wyman Manderly had sent back from White Harbor had spoken of his age and infirmity, and little more. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I remember my last letter from Constantine, that she had a surprise for me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In between placing phone calls and writing long-drawn-out, pathetic, and often incoherent letters, Cabot continued his study of the very subject that had, unbeknownst to him, driven Alma away: the potential of humankind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The headmaster read through Caitlin's letter before agreeing to a month-long grace period: Things had gotten so bad that even the schools had to be lenient. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Word did come, two days after Christmas, but not in the letter we had been expecting. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The thick, uneven letters looked like they were weeping. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A three-line email, an excerpt dug up from an archived letter, Hamilton to Laurens, You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent, drafted and deleted. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The same person who could carve a K into a girl for opening a letter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His letters arrived in Berkeley on Friday, January 26; at dawn the following Monday, Ernest was on the long-distance line, making an emotional plea for the Rockefeller Foundation to fund the cyclotron without delay. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“The first letter’s B, and it’s got the S—the one like a snake—so it’s the same.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because Raji was a farmer, every letter told of the weather. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Frank was working to publish his father’s letters, as well as reminiscences he culled from the autobiography Charles had written. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And why did so many English words have sneaky letters that made no sounds? I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

She was not there, so I sat down and wrote some letters. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She talked to God like a real friend, and taught me to talk to Him, too, in prayer and even by writing letters to Him sometimes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was a reason your letters were typed—and it wasn’t just because you felt like using the computer. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Obinze, who anchored her through that summer of waiting—his steady voice over the phone, his long letters in blue airmail envelopes—and who understood, as summer was ending, the new gnawing in her stomach. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I read the letter twice more, my eyes blurring with tears. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The postmaster showed the letter to two other men. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, after more than twenty years, a letter arrived. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When relatives from India continue to address letters and cards to “Mrs. Moushumi Ganguli,” she will shake her head and sigh. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She takes the letter and presses it in thirds with her thumbnail, making two perfect crisp folds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one side of it, printed by some clever method in jet-black letters, was the invitation itself—from Mr. Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a good letter; Nancy read it to the family and over again to Ellen, whose lips moved while she listened as if she were trying to memorize each word. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that week a letter arrived for Ana, and Ash saw her stepsister’s face light up with excitement as she handed it to her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justin and I exchanged dozens of letters after I left the Bronx for Pennsylvania. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

With a slow smile he said, “If you don’t treat my letters like a lesson and send them back with red marks.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spot gold fancy lettering on the envelope, but Mama is moving around too much for me to see the full words. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Write me right away,” she added, “and address to Chicago, and the letter will be forwarded to me.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Katie took the letter from me in the hall as if she would have preferred I’d handed her a steaming pile of fresh horse manure. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept writing her letters months after he stopped sending them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The rest of these letters have dates on them. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I...I built a key with old trade documents. It was a place to start. Then there were letters, books.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

So what the hell is writing a letter to you going to help? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He got it into the hands of American officers who passed the letter and the woman’s name to Washington. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I do get a letter, it’s always a great disappointment. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting at the kitchen table with cardboard boxes all around her, folding a stack of letters and putting them in envelopes. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to assume that the letter a was worth one cent, b two cents, c three cents—and so on, making the letter z worth twenty-six cents. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She had to look for Mo’s trail among the printed letters in Inkheart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Anya read the letter over and over, her eyes drawn back to the same line. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The letter was dated exactly fifty years after the tennis game.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I was with Mr. Cole on business an hour and a half ago. He had just read Elton’s letter as I was shewn in, and handed it to me directly.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

No one had ever sent me such long letter! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Yet when I received Norman Bowker’s letter, it occurred to me that the act of writing had led me through a swirl of memories that might otherwise have ended in paralysis or worse. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, though, the letter finally did arrive — an ordinary letter, come without incident through the ordinary channels, with a large ballpoint X just where he wanted it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were several letters about distant relatives dying, school and job acceptance letters, invitations to weddings. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had hardly fluttered out of the way when another owl dropped a letter on top of the parcel. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In the letter, not only did Booth justify the triple assassination, but he signed his henchmens names to the document as well, sealing their fates. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the first few words, his voice grew steady, and he read the letter through without faltering. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But before you guys broke out, he wrote a letter?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In the letters, which Lupita read aloud to her mother, she boasted how rich she and her husband were. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But the first letters looked like Kr, and Joseph wondered if this was the same ship that had sunk in the painting downstairs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had learned where we were and written a letter explaining that when she first heard we had escaped to America, she had been worried that we were being taken into slavery. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her letters also kept her family up-to-date about what was happening on the home front. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Hey! What if we rip open the envelope and then put the letter in a fresh one? We’ll just rewrite the address!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long letter from a former graduate student who wrote about her life after the university. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold the glossy counters with their smooth edges, finger the letters. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always wrote his letters at the store. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Many of them belonged to Greek letter organizations like Delta Sigma Theta or Alpha Kappa Alpha, which Dorothy had joined at Wilberforce. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Will suddenly realised that his tradition-minded family had been standing, patiently immobile, waiting for five minutes while he read his letter. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his mind he took out the letter he had just written to Miss Perumal, crumpled it up, and threw it away. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I followed Branwell’s eyes as he skimmed the letter very quickly, then returned to the top and read it slowly, line by line. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Grybas was sure the young man who had lived next door to her would send a letter. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I reckon Yule May had to sew them letters. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We spent a lot of time trying to get letters to Sam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the letters are newer than others. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They write books and articles deploring it, fire off letters to the editor, and call in to radio talk shows with their criticisms and complaints. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Consider the “virtually” in the letter of recommendation excerpted above. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“We did all this work for nothing. Mom sent us that letter for nothing. Or just so we didn’t always wonder, I guess.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The letters are tall enough to be read from some ways off, though people still walk right up to it to read it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I gave my mother the stack of photos to store with the rest of Caitlin's letters. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

People in books were always getting letters, but this was much more exciting than the usual letter. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The inked dragon curled around his right forearm, its tail encircling the letters KAT branded into his skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She put the letter in the sink and set a match to it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

McDermott Elementary School, printed in the upper left corner in fat red letters. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In Mr. Dalton’s hand was the letter, opened. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She told Odenigbo about Mohammed’s letter as they walked back from the village square after the meeting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Javier wrote her a long letter after his father died three years ago, and said he’d finally become a professor of biochemistry at the University of Prague, lecturing in Russian, German, and Czech. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just got home from signing my letter of intent to play football at a PAC-10 school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was in constant touch with his future predecessor and received long weekly letters of guidance from him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma’s letters started off with pale pink envelopes that increased in intensity over the years to a bright fuchsia. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

One morning there was a letter to be sent to a Washington cabinet officer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our proud lettering along the side was scorched, showing only the k of the Auk and only one X of the XX. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

With his letter I was reminded of all the years my father spent in prison. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Also, when I write letters, I spend the next two days thinking about what I figured out in my letters. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Angelina wrote a series of letters about women’s role in society that were published in the Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it stood for “E,” the most frequent letter in the English language. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mail call took place once a month, and sometimes six months would go by without a letter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go to the sofa and open the notebook, see all them letters and articles from past times. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Some of them were letters written in Hindi. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“A’s and e’s and l’s are tricky, because they could be lots of different letters,” Emma explained weakly, pointing to her own scribblings. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I have, I should make clear, reread Miss Kenton's recent letter several times, and there is no possibility I am merely imagining the presence of these hints on her part. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Dursleys had received a very angry letter from Harry’s headmistress telling them Harry had been climbing school buildings. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

With every typo she found, she crossed out the incorrect letter and wrote the correct one above. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He ends the letter with a plea: “I am asking you for a recommendation in my search for a situation, and to keep a fatherly eye on me should I find such a situation.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She spoke with an Ayorthaian accent, smacking her lips after the letter m and pronouncing her l’s as y’s. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We have lost so many of the precious lives of our soldiers— and this is due to your negligence,” the letter said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Cook sends me into the city with a stack of letters for the courier without so much as a mention of the beating I took. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

This letter signifies the start of a crucial new phase in Lawrences transformation from hands-on physicist to fund-raising impresario. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Later, Hale wrote a letter to an assistant chief of the tribe, saying, “I never had better friends in my life than the Osages....I will always be the Osages true Friend.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A made-up story about two names she read in the letter. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I slip out a sealed letter and read aloud. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Her letters were all sent to the same address in Indianola, Washington. The postcards, too.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

You may have typed this letter, but you still signed your name. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen these letters in our mailbox dozens of times before but always figured it was junk mail. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It's a letter to herself, neatly written words in black ink. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Send back emails that are badly punctuated; return letters; picket Harrods. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to maintain contact with his siblings, but as they migrated to Chicago and New York, and he moved from place to place, their letters became less frequent. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He brought his misgivings to Oppenheimer, who confided that he shared them and showed Bethe his “Uncle Jim” letter, explaining that Conant also opposed the Super. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Her hand moved in conjunction with her eyes, in unknown ways, just as it had that day in the bookstore when she’d transcribed her name in Bengali letters. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

More recently, the extreme fundamentalist right has noted that each word in the name Ronald Wilson Reagan has six letters. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, this is the second letter this week, so I’m doing even better than I said. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They actually sent me a letter last week. I know Peach is in good hands.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The letters were as clumsy as though written with a left hand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What, do you want my letter jacket or something?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Ron’s whole attention was fixed on the letter, which had begun to smoke at the corners. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great,” he wrote. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m lucky. We received a letter this morning that snows in the mountains prevented Hollin from coming home. He’s stuck at school until after his spring term, and he’s beside himself.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Anthony wrote hundreds of letters of invitation to prospective members, and almost single-handedly raised the money, hired the hall, and organized the speakers for the group’s first meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Matthew held the letter at arm's length, the way Luke had seen him hold dead baby pigs when they had to be carried out of the barn. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The selection appears in enormous letters over his head, rotating slowly. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That is what the letter says, and what a thing to say too—but I know they’re words that can never leave my mouth. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Adam folded the letter and forced the creases sharp with his fingernails. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed the fence with the letter in her hand and went through the brown, rattling flowers. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the letter from her lap, and when she wiped her face and tried to smile, he grinned anxiously and pointed to their mother’s primitive spelling. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry, boy. Read the rest of the letter." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The bell captain slammed the trunk door down, the word NOW in big, bowl-curved letters above the license plate. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Candice scanned the letter until she found the first clue: 1. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The letters were brief and poorly written, but they offered small bright glimpses into the daily lives of the children and the state of near-captivity in which Holmes held them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Dedd took the chimney off the lamp, and with a trembling hand, fed the letter to the flame. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

St. John passed the window reading a letter. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had cassettes and letters written by my father, his words crunched between the lines of aging sheets of ruled loose-leaf paper. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of the letter G,” Bob says, “did you know that Benjamin Franklin wanted to get rid of it?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He says letters to him are like bugs and grass waving in the wind. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"We kept a trunk of some such things. Photographs, letters, school certificates. But nobody came for them." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had, with a strenuous loyalty, kept in touch through the years: calling and writing letters and sending books and shapeless trousers she called slacks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dear Professor I dont know if youre getting these letters or if the radio station will forward this or is there even a radio station'? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“A bundle of contradictions” was the end of my previous letter and is the beginning of this one. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Momma,” I took her letter from my pocket, unfolded it, and slid it over to her, “you remember writing this?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The letters MS were stamped on the outside. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a new dignity about Jenny after that letter from Antietam. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Verwoerd did not reply, except to describe my letter in Parliament as “arrogant.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apart from a string of repeated questions which remained unanswered, Emily’s letters were mostly about the evacuees. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The letters on the poster look like black beetles marching across the wall. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

And that is the end of the letter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the letter is more personal than most, delving into thoughts on his own writings, observations about his Wunschtraum clock containing a level of detail that would require observing it for hours on end. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if she had scrunched up her face from reading what Cecile had written or from turning up her nose at Cecile’s movable-type letters in red, black, and green. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Dear Dean O’Neill, It occurs to me that the people who will be reading this letter are faced with a difficult decision concerning my admission to the University of Chicago. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened it and found a letter on which some attachment had been stapled. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he’d tucked in another magazine article, as he had a few letters back. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tact is for people too dumb to be sarcastic, it announced in huge white letters. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“No notes to pass. No letters. I’m not delivering any messages.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the last letter came from Mountford Prep, my old school, Dad didn’t yell at my teacher. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped reading and handed back the letter. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He nodded to Calder and began lettering S-H-A-R with an indelible marker on the outside. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Washington knew firsthand the risks of having a letter written in regular ink fall into British hands. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the suspicious baker and a Patriot friend opened the letter, they saw that it was in code. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are waiting for a letter,” Ashoke says, explaining the situation in detail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I brought you down here to write a few letters for me, not fight with me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in years, Henry wrote letters to the kids’ grandparents in San Antonio. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat there writing letters all morning, and I was exhausted by lunchtime. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were some letters, an official one, and some others. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I watched the hands move slowly past the letters, paged Sonny every few minutes, and waited for the phone to ring. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Abigail would leave Candice the letter, and offer just enough of a hint, just enough of a clue, to catch her granddaughter’s attention. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After recently receiving a letter from her father, she was eager to talk to him about family matters. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

On August 13, 1776, in a letter to Edmund Pendleton, a delegate to the First Continental Congress, he wrote that he hoped “the Cherokees will now be driven beyond the Mississippi.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Read the letters from home along with singing the new verses of the song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

While looking, I found all of my letters to him from the institute, carelessly thrown in a bottom drawer with ink and supplies. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Before he left the house to walk the single mile to the high school, Lillian handed him a letter and told him to read it when he found the time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa said, “That boy’s trying to sing you a Stevie Wonder tune in a letter.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Billy was working on his second letter when the first letter was published. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then in 1969 he got a letter from the city of New York telling him to move out of his house in Brooklyn. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your friend Stanley R. Smith The letter was a welcome relief; it took my mind off my brooding over the second-class pass. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are long, earnest letters filled with genuine despair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He picked up Tom’s letter and read it again; then he smoothed it carefully and returned it to the envelope. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And felt himself nourished by the plasma of letters and syllables that had come to denote a commitment to gallantry among the men with whom he had chosen to spend his life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie would have felt shy about forming her letters so laboriously in front of Diana, but Diana took up a book and made Lyddie feel as though she were alone. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As he pulls out his notebook to skim the letter he wrote Martin after Blake’s party, he hears the door open and close before the bedsprings squeak. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

That afternoon she sat in the mess hall and wrote her own letter addressed to the parents of the boy Ishmael Chambers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As she explained to Wallace, the letters were written in what was called “open code.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She had been there for the last three days, ever since the mailman had delivered another letter from Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You realize though, Moon Shadow, that even if they were to get this letter, there is no guarantee that they’ll answer it. They’re busy men, you know.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was two days ago that the letter had arrived. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Stella watched the teacher read the letter, then pick up one of the papers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I remember how we screamed into our phones the day we got our acceptance letters. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The house was all shut up, curtains pulled tight, letters and papers hanging from the black metal mailbox. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She blotted it, but the black spread up into the body of the letter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to read that letter,” he said loudly. “/want to read it,” said Harry furiously, “as it’s mine.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

There was a large pile of mail on his dining room table, where I found the letter very quickly. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

During this time before the wedding, she visited with her friends, wrote letters to Charles, and looked forward to letters from him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were gone, Arya took the letter and carried it to the hearth, stirring the logs with a poker to wake the flames anew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She continued in her letter, “I knew you would be a Mrs. Darwin from your hands.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next weeks fifty letters arrive, all extolling Vincent’s virtues as a painter, as a man, as a friend. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Every letter had been a slap in the face to Wylan, a kind of cruel joke. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She heard her mom say something in an impatient tone, and then the words “letter” and “forgotten” and the quick, harsh sounds of tearing paper. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

That fall, while Louie was on his way to becoming an airman, an urgent letter landed on the desk of J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe some day when he was grown, he would write her a letter and tell her that Leslie Burke had thought she was a great teacher or something. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He flipped past more pages stacked with strange letters until he found a drawing of one of these life stages. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She takes the letter from my hands and wraps her arms around me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In my jacket pocket was a letter confirming my employment from MIT, which I had brought along to prove that I was indeed from Tech. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Theo has been too busy to notice the absence of letters from his brother. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Another is painted in red, white, and blue stripes with La Casita written across the side, and a third has Kebab Express in green block letters. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I can only see the top two rows—the big letter E and the F and the P below. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the part of the letter about her finding alternate placement or returning to England. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about the letter he had sent and he wondered whether it had ever been delivered. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The owl dropped its letter onto Harry’s seat and began zooming around their compartment, apparently very pleased with itself for accomplishing its task. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Bobby wrote a preachy letter to his mother, enthusiastically discussing Armstrong’s teachings and his intense biblical studies, which had “changed my whole outlook on life.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Ho ho. Gus Levy, detective. Don’t make me laugh. You probably wrote that letter one day after you won at the track and felt good. I knew it would end like this.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew there’d be more letters and phone calls between us, but what I really wanted was to do this more. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The first thing I stuck in was this diary, and then curlers, handkerchiefs, schoolbooks, a comb and some old letters. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think he wanted to hear about letters. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

And just today, I received a letter in the mail saying that if I don’t send in my car payment within five days my car will get repossessed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The Architectural Committee has sent Mr. Donnelly a strongly worded letter about it. I think he clearly took advantage of us.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, Speed stopped opening the letters and let them pile up in the backroom of her store until they stacked thirty envelopes high. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But when Burgoyne viewed the letter with the mask, he read Clinton’s view of the real situation: Howe has made a bad move; I don’t have enough men to do anything about it. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dasch asked a hotel employee to mail it for him, but the FBI had intercepted the letter. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

It was his custom, after each reading, to ask X to plot out or pad out the letter of reply, or to insert a few impressive words in French or German. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Tyler paid a price for that letter, though the price is hard to define. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“The only cloud I see over the Exposition now is the Cholera,” he wrote in a letter to his Brookline office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh! it is of no consequence. I shall see her in January. But do you always write such charming long letters to her, Mr. Darcy?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I looked at the dark band of metal against my fist and dropped it upon the anonymous letter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was cleaning houses in Draper when the mail came, so Robin left the letter on my bed with a note that I was a Commie now. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"This is Cersei's letter, not your sister's," she said when she was done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Less than a week later, a new letter came from Washington. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He held the letter unfolded and off-center so that they could read it together. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given that the first letter had waited all those years to be found, it seemed at least possible that there might be more of them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t send a letter home,” begged Francie, thinking of the address she didn’t own. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thick graffiti letters sprang from a swirly garden not unlike the one that surrounded them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

For the next thirty minutes, Candice Miller stared at the letter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Charles always connected the letter and the telegram the way we group two deaths and anticipate a third. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought they would read their letters out loud, but they took them and ran back to their room. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“That letter was written six months ago, a few days before I left for Peshawar,” Rahim Khan said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I help him fill out his form since he isn’t any good at his letters, he explains. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lacey prepares a grocery list for each of us, written in small letters on the backs of receipts she found in her purse. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It takes several tries to get Miss McDaniels to approve the sincere letter of apology that is required if I want my detention to be one day instead of two. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I reported at the time stated and Mr. Ratchett put me wise to the situation. He showed me a couple of letters he’d got.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I continued the letter to Charlie, writing about everything other than the war. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Be careful, Elena. Sending letters may endanger the people back home,” said Mrs. Rimas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They were not very good letters but I hoped their being on Crillon stationery would help them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He had composed letters, worked on progress reports, looked up information on this machine. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Thanks for the letter — I’d be glad to take the Norwegian Ridgeback, but it won t be easy getting him here. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they would discuss it further in their letters. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then an anonymous letter addressed to my father came to our house. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Later Booth would write a letter to Dr. Stuart, chiding him for his lack of Southern hospitality and honor. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

How did she find out about the letter? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The letter C identified a cargo plane like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, built to transport military goods and troops and, eventually, commercial passengers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I finish folding up the letters and tie the ribbon. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Now you know why I didn’t mail the letters. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I watched him out the window and wondered what he had written in that letter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In the end, he simply said that the tone of the letter was aggressive and discourteous and for that reason the prime minister did not answer it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sent money, five letters, and fifteen photos. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The next morning Lupita sat down to write a letter to her mother. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Vanessa, I’ve written you letters for years explaining, begging for your forgiveness over and over again. I didn’t mean for things to turn out this way.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Because I wrote an embarrassing letter to you.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I was handed a letter by the authorities, I would not rush forward and grab it as I felt like doing, but take it in a leisurely manner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t decide between red or blue lettering,” I whisper back. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I wrote Stan a letter telling him all about the universities I had heard from. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malvonne looked at the clock on the mantel, figuring out how much time she had to talk to Joe and get her letters mailed before leaving for work. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again Emma asked him not to answer, but to think about her letter; “It is a satisfaction to me to write it.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to post another letter,” I said, holding it out to him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The post brought many letters in reaction to the book— two hundred in the first six months after publication. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange letter, written in a tense and rigid hand: Forgive me, my daughter. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Friday, no less than twelve letters arrived for Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

None can read without astonishment, without enchantment, the letters he writes to me. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Eventually you get to Paul writing letters to the Ephesians and it loses the plot, but the Old Testament and the Gospels? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Now I was on the brink of learning all of the letters and how to put them together to form words. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tlo Mon appears today for visiting hours with some letters and a parcel for us, and almost the first words out of Sor Asuncion’s mouth are “And how are you feeling, Don Ram6n?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, when she had finished, she began her letters, five, six, seven perhaps to be answered, all written in that same curious, slanting hand I knew so well. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I held the letter up to the light to see if I could detect what was inside the envelope, but the paper of the envelope was too thick. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll just hand him my letter and say, “Try not to land in the broccoli.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

From the very first letter she received from her daughter after her wedding, Clara could tell that her separation from Blanca would not last long. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not often decline invitations. Your letter said you had a proposition for me.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Till I have a letter from Colonel Campbell,” said she, in a voice of forced calmness, “I can imagine nothing with any confidence. It must be all conjecture.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Neubauer had been in the hospital when he received a letter from Kappe asking him if he wanted to go on an assignment to America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

As we left, I turned back in time to see him shovel my letter into a mail sack, his hand wrapped in newsprint. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He walked out to the Trask farm, found Charles cutting wood, and gave him the letter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“El Jefe has been very generous to you girls. It would be nice if you composed a letter of thanks for his leniency.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

C.P. knew better than to write any of this in his letter. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sheet was sealed with sealing wax, and the Lady Una questioned the boy closely about the travelers—a man and his wife—before she broke the seal and read the letter. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A series of letters, photos, and packages went back and forth through April. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When her sister got married, Theresa heard about it in a long, poetic letter, beautifully written. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her letter arrived a week after I got back to camp. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Something in the way he said it made Lyra imagine dust with a capital letter, as if this wasn’t ordinary dust. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

That's what is called transposition, because we have merely rearranged or transposed the letters from their original arrangement or order.... The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t believe that my letters would be of any interest to you.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unfolds the letter and begins to read. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to talk Rufus into letting me write another letter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not a letter to my ma at all. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I was a child, Mr. Brown let me pick out letters and set them in the form. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Chaplain,” he announced with magisterial rigidity, “we charge you formally with being Washington Irving and taking capricious and unlicensed liberties in censoring the letters of officers and enlisted men. Are you guilty or innocent?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A white cardboard sign on a table in the back of the cafeteria beckoned them, its crisply stenciled black letters spelling out the lunchroom hierarchy: colored computers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I have had a letter from your friend,” she remarked, as she poured a little cream into Edna’s cup and handed it to her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what the letter said, if we translate it from Latin: The King to Sir Ector, etc. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unofficially, she was fired because of a secret letter that no one except her wanted to investigate. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I can't just use the letters A through Z. Twenty-six letters plus my question card would be twenty-seven cards around the lander. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is distinctly his room, even without the huge banner that says, in red block letters, Lou Is Back. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have opened his letter. It was none of my business. I wasn’t thinking.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you want to write a letter to them?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The detonating device was publication of a letter Jefferson had written in 1801 to Joseph Priestley, the English scientist and renowned critic of Christianity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“If he was happy, he would have never sent that letter. If he was happy, he would have ended up with Siobhan somehow.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

While some remain single letters, content with their onetime replies, others evolve into longer exchanges, collections of ongoing conversations. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I found that Father had picked up the letter and smoothed it out on the table as best he could. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were many letters in the Odessa American, but none made a more personal attack than this one. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her recent letter, on a blue air-letter sheet, didn’t say so. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The paper pushed its way out onto the tray of backward letters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

How the arrival of his letter soon dashed my hopes and brought me to despair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Speedily more join the heap, papers, magazines, letters. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro said nothing, but as he plowed that morning he made up his mind to send the letter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The complicated machinery inside my automaton can produce one hundred and fifty-eight different pictures, and it can write, letter by letter, an entire book, twenty-six thousand one hundred and fifty-nine words. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Do the letters upset you?” the therapist asked Gay. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

There weren't many illustrations, but the first letter of each chapter was itself a little decorative picture. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at the letter and then back at Grandma. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Charlie squeals when she sees her full name in fancy letters on a card by her plate. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Still, her letters kept me connected to this idea that things might improve. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The next day a messenger came to deliver an invitation stamped with the royal seal, and Ash hovered in the doorway to the parlor as her stepmother unfolded the letter and read it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he is near enough to read parts of the gown, he realizes that they are love letters, inscribed in handwritten text. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Daniels says I have something called dyslexia, which makes it hard to read letters. That’s why I’ve been staying after school, so he can help me.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

And the letter that appears most often in the message is “S,” at seventeen percent. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Yet here it was, a letter, addressed so plainly there could be no mistake. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The Scrabble box got stepped on at some point, and the letter tiles went everywhere. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you write another letter to El Jefe and ask him to explain himself to you!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She explained that Hale had sent the letter from prison to a member of the tribe and that not long ago a descendant had donated it to the museum. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There are two letters from Madoc, but they just seem to be about which knights will be at the coronation and in what pattern around the central dais. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A letter finally arrived in early December that announced the pairings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just the shaky letters of an amateur scribe. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She ripped the letter in half, ripped the halves in quarters, and let the pieces flutter to the floor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The letters we wrote were censored as well; they were often as cut up as the letters we received. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This blind spot was evident in a letter printed in the New York Times concerning the play A Raisin in the Sun. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A short time later he received letters from little boys asking for his autograph and from little girls asking him for dates. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are things that you can’t do— like writing letters to a part of yourself. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was another thing—such a short letter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

One of the letters was doubled up, I remembered, so I scratched that out and wrote “Carrevagio.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Friends who had previously expressed no interest in torture began sending letters composed to resemble Chinese take-out menus and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was just getting ready to seal the letter and run it over to Pastor George to give to Liz at youth group, just like I’d done before, when I thought of something else. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your letter—the first one received at my Montana home—arrived so full of holes I thought the moths had got into it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I set down my glass and picked up a letter and matching envelope. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Blessed Love! Am I wicked to be glad you are missing me? But if I hadn’t come away, I couldn’t have known you’d write me such darling letters, could I?” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was adding finishing touches to his name—little curlicues on each letter. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The others agreed; they sent their report, and two hours later Reynie was drifting away to sleep, having finished an upbeat mental letter to Miss Perumal and feeling hopeful for the first time in ages. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been better perhaps if I had not, for there it was, my letter from Lyrics Unlimited. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you couldn’t write letters if you didn’t know where to send them. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She shook the quilts once underneath the letter boxes where she lived, then once again at the mouth of the alley, causing the crows who were feeding on vegetable peels to scatter in several directions. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“That letter can’t be meant for me nohow,” he said, shaking his head. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A list of names followed and, at the bottom of the page, printed in tiny letters upside down, the famous personalities they corresponded to. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have sent so many letters and am unsure which has reached you. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he answered his letters, he never talked about being in Kiev. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then to a former sergeant, then to the woman writing the letter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He folded this in quarters, wrote “Deliver to Loris Harrow” in big letters on the outside, and pinned it to the kiosk. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I put the finishing touch on my letter to Lena and hand the pages over to him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The words were not foreign and the letters hooked into one another in ways that ought to have made perfect sense. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

My eyes sank through an alphabet soup of letters to the long word in the middle of the page. bababadalgharaghtakammmarronnkonnbronntonnerronnttionnthunntrovarrhoun awnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk! The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He’s typing in a command, pressing his thumb to the screen for print recognition, speaking a string of letters and numbers in response to a prompt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

For now, why don't you write him a letter? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

A lot of kids brought letters from older demigods in the outside world, adults who were veterans of the camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I also liked living vicariously through her letters. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She set a cup and saucer at his plate, then laid the letter on the edge of the table. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

On more than one occasion he has come home from the university to find her morose, in bed, rereading her parents’ letters. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he spells out all the letters for me, and I find the stupid word. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She watched with something of her old fierceness while Calder put away the letter. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She wished with all her heart she had found the letter that had started this, the one her parents had been arguing about weeks ago. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The first week when I arrived, there was a young woman in the dining room balancing a toddler on her lap as she tried to type a letter. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the letter telling that Beth was failing never reached Amy, and when they next found her the grass was green above her sister. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got a... letter today. From Harper and Row,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mam taught me all my letters years ago, in Ireland, then taught me how to spell. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Mandy dispatched the correspondence, thinking it an ordinary letter. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down for an hour, and when she stood up she handed me a two-page letter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter was in his top pocket how. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was wrong to open people’s letters, but it was right, it was essential, for her to know everything. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I got a letter, maybe three months ago, no return address. Letter says, basically, ‘Nicole Castro needs to burn.’ Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I remembered Kat staring at me after I’d asked her about why letters in photos appear the right way round and not back to front. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a letter from the school, Donnie. Is there anything you want to tell us before we open it?” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

When you get this letter, will you please send the boat back for me? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The letter itself was disjointed, incoherent, and—to my astonished eyes—unquestionably genuine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

That she wanted to name her baby boy after the poet she copied in her letters. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I almost wanted to write another letter that I would not send and say I’m sorry. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was fluent in several European languages and acted as a kind of clearing house for scientific information, communicating by letter with scientists all over Europe. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Johnson, the postmaster, had wanted to sanitize my letter before he handled it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As one of our assignments, the class had to write letters inviting Zlata to come to Long Beach. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I stared up at it before finally opening my father’s letter. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I fight the tears over Missus Stein’s letter, tell myself to pull it together. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Those who were keeping journals or writing letters home began to confide in them about nervousness as they had before the Olympic trials at Princeton. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With the slightest movement of his wrist he indicated that the other policeman should take the letter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In his letter, Howard pointed to what he thought was the motivation behind the attack on his integrity: the rivalry with War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps he was languishing in one of the black cells beneath the Red Keep, her letter still unsent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I sit in the back and write three different letters to Tats. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Richard was still not sure which he hated more at the time, being forced to write letters home or having the letter-writing session monitored. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I also unwrap delicate bangles made out of glass, covered in newspaper with Urdu lettering on it. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He had vague notions of struggling to learn his letters while he worked in the coal mine, every day a battle to survive the dangerous work. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He made space for it on the messy table surface, pushing aside the collapsed pile of unopened letters and packages. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I can’t decide, so I do the easy part first and write “Catherine” at the top in tiny, neat letters. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made my way back upstairs, patting the inside pocket of Liam’s jacket to make sure Jack’s and Chubs’s still-damp letters were there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wondered, for the first time, if he was receiving all my letters. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

All these features made the forms, names, and sequence of Semitic alphabet letters easy to remember. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The Astrea mounts nineteen guns, Captain Prince. If any of your crew has ever shipped on a privateer or a letter of marque ship they—ah—might be useful.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still unsure of where I hoped to land, I typed up letters of introduction and sent them to people all over the city of Chicago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ma writes to Theo that she and Pa received “a very grim letter from him.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Often from the goodness of his heart Baap would write the letter for only a rupee or two. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth letter in Ptolemy is an L. Is it represented by the lion? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After one of the final evening sessions, C.P. went home and wrote a short letter to his Klansmen explaining what he had been trying to accomplish through the meetings. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The final letters are blurred out from the juice I spilled on it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the letter, my father had said we would call her from the hotel once we arrived, so this is a surprise, that they’ve come to meet us. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

General Clinton, concerned about what General Howe was planning and doing, made use of a mask to write a secret message in a letter to General Burgoyne. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her daughter-in-law would later remember her letters fondly—and also her knitting, Anna moving the needles fast and furiously to the end of her life. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then write the correct letter name above each note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I read the letter out loud to my wife, and I said, “Secret? My God—from whom?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa reached into his pocket and unfolded a letter written on white paper. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

"You write two letters, you get two letters," he said. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She thought of her letter, her sugarcoated rejection slip. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He began by saying that he hoped we would all come with him too, “for,” he said, “there is a grave duty to be done there. You were doubtless surprised at my letter?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She thought again of the letter, of the photo of Peach wearing the sailor outfit. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When Salvador again came with Lucky two days later, Lupita marched up to him and handed him the letter the moment he stepped through the door. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I see the letter, sitting on top of my books. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Johnson and Daddy were done, I gave Mr. Johnson my Life Notice for Aunt Florentine, and I also gave him a letter for Declaration. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I folded the letter and put it carefully back into its envelope. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want me to put up a sign that shows Ruby in a zoo with the word home on it in giant letters?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Here’s your question: If you take one letter away from the word ‘friend’ and put the rest into a different order, what word would you create? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle D was writing me a letter and hearing a familiar song in his mind. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The letter contains one name for a girl, one for a boy. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On a long table, also heaped with old books and papers, the proprietor was writing tireless prose in purple letters, somewhat outlandish, and on the loose pages of a school notebook. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the wooden blocks were metal letters facing backward. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singer had written many letters to Antonapoulos, but he had not posted them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One way involves labelling each large section with a letter. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even better, one of the groups was only three letters long: “PQK.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I'm making this journal a letter to Baba, writing as though he'll be waiting for me with open arms at the airport. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh no;—and it is but a short letter too.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

They had flashlights and wore vests that had Chinese lettering printed across the back. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She went to Mary A. Woodruff, and I knew she was home because I'd had this letter from her a couple of weeks ago. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The letters burned across the small screen and faded. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I already knew most of what was in this letter, I guess. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I have been fortunate enough to receive letters with such information, to have rêveurs share with me writings from journals or thoughts scribbled on scraps of paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She wants me to write letters to her customers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If I was gone for only half a day, then I could still check the mail for a letter from Marcus when I got home. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Granger looked puzzled for half a sec-ond, and then she said, “Oh! That letter.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So if I don't write as many letters as you do, don't be upset. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Since his wife had read the letter from Abelman, her mind must have been working ov er the matter from every angle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next meeting, I brought in some of Momma’s letters cut into a Dresden plate pattern. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The date fit the likely chronology of events: Geyer knew from the children’s letters that on that Sunday morning they had left Cincinnati and by evening had arrived in Indianapolis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I put the letter in the shoebox under my bed. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Each of these letters had a tiny, nearly invisible “notch” cut into its outline. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then the letter lay exposed on her mother’s lap, and Cecilia was on her feet, then moving toward them from the harpsichord stool. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His letters always begin without greeting and end without signature, as if they’re part of one single letter, unrolling through time like an endless paper towel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When that was done, I wrote a long, almost an endless, letter. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow we learn He stopped writing as Zero walked into the tent, then re-turned to his letter. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

As a result, I knew I had to learn all the rules for survival and obey them to the letter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He remembered the contents, which in truth he rattled off very glibly when put to the test One letter was written from Vera Cruz and the other from the City of Mexico. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Sandringham, the only time girls in class looked at me was when they wanted me to pass a letter to the hot guy in class. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And then she reads my mother's letter slowly while Hope and I sit at the kitchen table, cheese grits near gone, scrambled eggs leaving yellow dots in our bowls. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Upon reading the letter and the poem, he crowed with pleasure and, forgetting me, hastened to find the king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When I heard the car drive off, I rushed into our room to search for the letter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Diamant did not get a letter, though she looked every day. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jan brought along the episcopal letter that the bishops addressed to their parishioners. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

NM: You don’t agree that it would be irregular for a prime minister to ignore a letter raising vital issues affecting the vast majority of the citizens of that country? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After another quarter of an hour, however, he was forced to conclude that the rest of his mother’s letter was gone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I turned to Jimmy and said quietly but sternly, “Please don’t do this. Calm down. I’ll sort out this matter and see to it that you get your letter. Now, please leave.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found the crispest dollar bill and folded it into my letter. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I knew, even then, Marcus was never going to be my boyfriend or write me sappy love letters. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the dream, the nightmare, Crow had given him a letter, but the only thing he found in his bathrobe pocket this morning was a Westing Paper Hankie. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt asked Celia to send Maria a letter, but she refused. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You and I ought not to die,” Adams rather poignantly put it in an early letter, “before We have explained ourselves to each other.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Do not mention this when you answer his letter, however. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The man fidgets, twisting a hat in his hands while Danuta sits at the table, reading the letter he’s brought. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They worked on grid paper, using capital letters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

NM: He did not reply to the letter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so she sent them invitation letters, bank statements, a copy of her green card. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Neglecting the new shipments delivered to the storage room, she began hounding us for recipes, for vermicelli pudding and papaya stew, and inscribed them in crooked letters in the pages of her inventory ledger. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

David, who was always my pal, ceremoniously plucked a few letters from his collection and then set down his letters and spelled “S-P-E-R-M.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In my cross-examination of Mr. Barnard I first read the court the letter I sent requesting that the prime minister call a national convention for all South Africans to write a new nonracial constitution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure you have questions, and this letter will tell you everything you need to know. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“But your father, he wrote nice letters, poems, stuff like that.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘Boy,’ he said to Johnny, ‘Colonel Smith has a letter to go to Milton. Please go to the parlor and see him or Lieutenant Stranger about it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It should, by all rights, be called the Farewell Letter, for it was in form and tone an open letter to the American people, telling them they were now on their own. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The keys were sluggish and the letters were barely visible. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Before Gay sent my mother the letter outlining the new plan, she gave it to me to edit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I became increasingly frustrated at not being able to express what I wanted to convey in letters that I wrote, especially those to Mr. Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my daze, I noticed that my sooty thumb had left marks on the letter. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

These two letters, from Lafayette College and Georgetown, were just the most recent. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I had no need of letter sticks or tomes of enchantment, for we could speak as one heart and mind to each other. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Adam was trying to arrange the letter’s information in his mind, and it was as restless as a setting hen scrounging into the nest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If you tinker with these, you might work out that the rotors and plugboard link up the letter keys and the indicators. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Only after the exposition had Burnham and his colleagues learned of the anguished letters describing daughters who had come to the city and then fallen silent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I looked at the tiny letters and signs in the equations. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We only got letters from one person, and the envelopes were always the brightest, deepest, and most entirely pink thing ever created. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Inside was the letter Robb Stark had given him, paper as good as a crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hope I’m wrong & I sincerely hope you will give this letter a lot of thought & try to see-—how someone else feels. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Hand Clap picked up the letter and began to read it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse, when the daughter hung up, she did not quench the old woman’s curiosity; instead, she placidly drank her coffee, went to her desk, and began to postmark a pile of letters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, squinting, I could make out shapes on them—faces, bodies—and that’s when I realized they weren’t letters at all, but photographs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It may help you to know that our letters of rejection are usually no more than three sentences long. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The letters slid round the arrow, dancing giddily. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The letters come home folded neatly inside official-looking envelopes that my sister proudly hands over to my mother. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Two more years to college, and I already get letters in the mail from all the historically black colleges, not to mention the state schools and even an Ivy. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The book didn’t matter, but the author’s name did: the first letter of the surname was a code that indicated the matter she wanted to talk about. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She stayed in bed this time, but she held the letter opener against her thigh. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol picks up a pencil, grips it tightly, and forms the letters of the only word he has learned thus far to write from memory, getting the “L” backward due to nerves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On November 21, 1850, he wrote a letter to Millard Fillmore, who was then President of the United States. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman next to the letter was rolling her eyes, and her dress was ridiculously small for the top part of her body. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Didn't you send him with a letter to me in New York last winter? Thank God, I'm a travelling man. Haven't you got some more Jewish friends you could bring along?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I put a letter in the box, asking her.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Negro came to the white man for a roof or for five dollars or for a letter to the judge; the white man came to the Negro for love. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“Sure. All right. Oh, by the way, did you get a letter off the table this morning?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because even if you were still here, even if I did decide to write the letter, I wouldn’t know where to start. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You know those games on the back of cereal boxes, where the letters stand for numbers? What does every code need in order to be cracked?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once, when sifting through the mail, Alice Paul noticed a letter with familiar handwriting on the envelope. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Dear God, Now that I know Albert hiding Nettie’s letters, I know exactly where they is. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the material of his coat he felt for the bundle of her letters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I got an average of two letters a week. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A letter just came for you. It’s from the library. You owe them money?” she asks softly. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The letter C. Crisp, slightly acid on the tongue, delicious. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I still recall the moments, rewind the movie in my head, and remember all of you, read your letters. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He passed her several small golden coins, all embossed with the letters M.O.M. which he had taken from the witch’s purse. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was also eager to write Miss Charlotte Mortimer a letter, telling her the excellent news. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The first letter I wrote was to Stephen Hawking. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He laid the letter on the table, and he washed his hands before he sat down to read it again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Look closely, and you’ll see that one font has fancy “serifs,” that is, finishing strokes on the letters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If only the letter were sent off already! All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent the time writing poems and letters, which could never be posted, or telling his companions about the princess, whose nickname in her family aide was Piggy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was worried now--there was a quality of nervous despair in Daisy's letters. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He lay and watched his birthday tick nearer, wondering if the Dursleys would remember at all, wondering where the letter writer was now. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

If you get this letter, can you call me? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She could not be certain that anything was private anymore, not even her love letters from William. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Benton Sage sat alone outside a family’s hut and wrote a letter home. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"When you ride back to the Wall, would you bring Jon a letter if I wrote one?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear tapped the letter with a finger. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I spent quite a long time debating whether I should actually post the first letter, wondering if it would even find you. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The pages were of sheepskin, called parchment, and were covered with careful lettering and decorations. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Daddy never mailed the letter, even though he made Wendell believe he had. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After all, we were the league champs, the papers loved us, and college scouts were sending me letters like crazy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The second time I looked at the letters, they began to look a little more like Yiddish, and by the third glance, they resolved into an alphabet I could understand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Right then, Caroline only smiled and said, “That’s a very nice letter, dear,” and bent her head back down over the sequins. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I, who wished to read the book of the world and the book of my own nature, did presume to despise the letters and signs. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malvonne resealed the letter carefully and thought she would add another penny stamp in case that would help get it to Panama faster. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so much easier to tell you stuff in these letters. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then there was the talk about two mysterious letters, and also what she’d overheard him saying that fall to her mom: Everyone has something to hide. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the beginning, I had faithfully answered those letters each weekend. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter was in his big sprawling hand on a long ruled sheet torn out of the store’s ledger book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

T is letter 20 in the alphabet, E is letter number 5, and D is letter number 4. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

After suggesting a minor stylistic alteration, he enthusiastically expressed his willingness to post it to Nature with a strong covering letter. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The other letter was for his wife, who lived in Liberal territory, and he left it with a plea to see that it reached its destination. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

So Lm sitting on the sofa here with this letter and the radio on and I’m going to try and explain. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just so that only her name could be spelled out with these letters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, numbers and letters appear in random places around the dome, highlighting the areas where the code is generating bits of virtual reality over the actual scene. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That I’ve been keeping it in my art chest, reading these letters by myself in the dark. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In case there was any question, across the front of the plastic in big, black letters, it was labeled “Boxer Shorts. Size X-Small.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The second letter didn’t tell so much, except that they were encamped someplace in New Jersey and probably would stay there for the winter. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Two letters for Doctor Jo, a book, and a funny old hat, which covered the whole post office and stuck outside,” said Beth, laughing as she went into the study where Jo sat writing. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to think of something—anything—to say about that letter. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He drinks his tea and tells us stories and shows us letters and words in the Daily News or he smokes a cigarette, stares at the wall, runs his tongue over his lips. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Jarai handed me the first letter and asked me to read it out loud. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I knew that whatever this was, it had to do with the stupid email, but I wasn’t sure how it had led to an eighty-person letter writing campaign. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She took two letters from her apron pocket. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Emily opened the book and saw that James had circled consecutive letter corrections in order to spell out the words fort, wild, and home. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had already changed into his billowing black Hogwarts robes, and Harry noticed a shiny red-and-gold badge on his chest with the letter P on it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I darted my eyes at the letter, then at Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In his senior year in high school, by sheer force of will, he lettered in—of all things—basketball. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“What we have here is called a ciphertext. When decoding a secret message like this, letter frequency analysis is a good place to start.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Along the side is the shadow of lettering, like he bought the truck off someone who’d owned a business. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Augustus asked while we leaned over the vitrines reading Otto’s letters and the gutting replies that no, no one had seen his children after the liberation. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Quite right, and beautifully written. Please add that I send my love to John,” said Mrs. March, as she glanced over the letter and gave it back. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to reach for the girl behind these letters and give her a hug. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mother also had the letters that she wrote back to him, telling him how much she loved him and how she hoped that they would be together soon. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I was grateful, but knew the authorities had not granted permission out of altruism: they were reading our letters, hoping to glean some information that would assist their case against Winnie. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With love, Your grandmother I had a letter from everyone I knew. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not too long after that, she came upstairs waving a letter. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I read through the letter, I was struck by the buoyant tone. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Carefully, Tanin gathered up the five letters, shuffling them into place between her hands, and approached the mirror. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He carries these letters and postcards wherever he goes, stuck into his books. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brown was so stubborn about his decision that even after the fire he was able to write arrogantly in a letter that “I am still standing the watch that burned Chicago.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Day after day Vincent waits for a letter from his brother. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Last night there had come from him a letter of condolence. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I did not put capital letters in the middle of the sentences. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gage had forgotten the marine major had already gone, had sent him a letter, and then turned over for another snooze. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know from the letters that he is. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found the letter came in the mail last week. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

When the FBI questioned the women who supposedly had sent the letters, the women knew nothing about them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I also intended to donate to the archives my dozen long letters from old, Mr. Nettle. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When you’re poor a threatening letter is a threatening letter no matter how it comes in the door. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His love, she told him, “makes the happiness of my life more & more every day’ Charles read the letter and cried. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how to start my letter to my parents. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But I was still filled with disappointment about the letter’s not being to Gideon and curiosity about Ned and Jinx and the spy known as the Rattler. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Had they received the letter I wrote them thanking them for all their help? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Bobby would give her a letter saying that he was interested in playing a match, she told him she’d see whether she could secure backing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote these letters in the mornings before work, in the library, during my sessions of prolonged loitering in Commons, where I remained every evening until asked to leave by the janitor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He wrote me the most amazing letter before he died. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fred carefully put the letter and the photograph in a plastic bag. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Harry pulled off the Cloak and seized the letter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And so she continued, at the same pace, to sweep the dust, cigarette ends, and lozenge wrappers from the rest of the steps, until she reached the letter boxes at the bottom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My voice is like the keys, following the instructions of the letters, vowels, and other signals on the page. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then he opened the letter and read it again and folded it again and put it in his blue shirt pocket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hope you don’t mind a long and dopey letter. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He crunched up the letter and tossed it in the recycling. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

As well as that, she did something funny with the letter r. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She was thinking through the letter, trying to make the connections among the library, the Allens, the Washingtons, and her grandmother. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Can you take this to Sirius for me?” he said, picking up his letter. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In a letter to his wife, Lazear cautioned her that “nothing must be said as yet, not even a hint. I have not mentioned it to a soul.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

As I scanned over what I had written, the letters blurred into an inky smear. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The compass allows you to navigate out of sight of land and, naturally, Edward Wright’s prefatory letter to On the Magnet mentions the circumnavigations of the Earth by English sailors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She is not allowed to utter his name in front of her family, and she burns all his letters. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

One day Gage received a letter from James Wright, the royal governor of Georgia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t the letter gone home with Geoffrey, whoever he was? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then there were no letters, but that was natural; he was at sea. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Reading through letters that probably contained personal conversations. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of her letters made me feel like there was something winding up inside me, and that pink envelope wound it one notch tighter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I mean, besides wanting to help Chubs and Zu get there, and trying to deliver Jack’s letter. Is it because you want to go home, or...?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Send me a letter, I beg you, and Farewell. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

But just one time, for this one letter, I want to be excited. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The mail has come, and almost every man has a few letters and papers. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were all those train bookings and boat bookings and hotel bookings to be made in advance by letter. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter B came up on the dice. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The letters must have been painted during the Belgian occupation over fifty years ago. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Friday, I wore a white T-shirt with black letters: race is not a color. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sitting by himself in the cold of his old bedroom, her letter held uneasily in his hand, he began to imagine it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Pontellier learned of his wife’s intention to abandon her home and take up her residence elsewhere, he immediately wrote her a letter of unqualified disapproval and remonstrance. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We did send a letter to her through the lawyer,” Grace’s mother said, passing her a thin envelope. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She leaves me in the kitchen and comes back with a letter in her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The other letters said that my uncles were made to kneel on broken glass during their trials and had confessed to being land-owners. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Driving, I have created turtle traps in my mind, have written long, detailed letters never to be put to paper, much less sent. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The letter from your mother. How is she?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

No numbers or letters or symbols printed around either one or hidden inside. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But usually you receive a letter made of heavy paper, stamped with the king’s crown seal below a short thank- you for your child’s life. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

I like the way they wind around the Hebrew letters. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In all her collection, these were the only letters of this kind. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Any­way, he said in his letter that it was your favorite too, so I thought I’d read you some of it. Would you like that?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She put down the wooden spoon she’d been using to stir the stew and unfolded the letter. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Uh, paper. I was going to write a letter to my mother." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t been signing Washington Irving’s name to any letters,” said the chaplain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She takes the hardbound green volume, with gold lettering and a line drawing of a girl with abundant red hair in a chignon on the front, and opens it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The name of the vessel was written on the side in tiny white letters that had mostly flaked off. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“But I’ll die anyway. I’m old. I thought I made that clear. Now, did your praetor give you letters of introduction?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the book, she would be kissed by a wandering prince; and then the happy ending would sprawl across the pages, in scroll-wreathed letters, with purple and yellow banners. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Nicholas: If you are reading this letter, it means that the word frindle has been added to the dictionary. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter was not signed, and it had no return address. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

As long as they didn’t look, they still had hopes that they could find a letter there. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya stuck Papa’s letter in her pocket and hugged Mama before she left. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I dare not say where, lest this letter fall into unfriendly hands. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When lawyers visited us, warders were not permitted in the room and we would sometimes pass a letter to the lawyer to be taken out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and looked back at her letter. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I handed my letter to my mom at breakfast and asked her to mail it that same day. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He opened the letter under the lamp and read it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Rouse gave all the parents a letter, remember?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were more letters to my house from school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In a letter in 1879, Charles wrote what he now believed about science and faith and how he had gotten there. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wrote you a letter. I folded it into a star.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Most faithfully yours, his mother, Patria Mercedes But Nelson found out about the letter from his little blabbermouth aunt in the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very thought of my contacts gave me a feeling of sophistication, of worldliness, which, as I fingered the seven important letters in my pocket, made me feel light and expansive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote me a long letter and included another for Luke. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They stared at the letter in silence until the light from Matthew’s phone snapped off. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Not even a line—a pair of letters and a zero, lost in the code. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My hands trembled as I read more of Ivette s letter, but the next couple of paragraphs only talked about the latest school gossip and how the brigadwta uniform was now considered all the rage. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When Jerrie finished the last of the testing at Pensacola, she sent a letter to Webb about completing the tests successfully. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he was wrong to think the newspapers or government was suppressing his letter: His friend, terrified of being connected to the assassin, never delivered the letter to the newspaper. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry said as the small owl flew low over his head, twittering madly with what Harry could only assume was pride at having delivered the letter to the right person. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But not one of those twenty-nine men came home on leave and there were still no letters. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day I write a letter to you. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Weathered lettering indicates that the old machine was once part of the Fairbanks City Transit System: bus 142. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings she reads while Etienne makes phone calls, petitions repatriation authorities, and writes letters. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Our Miss Maestas came in and told us the war was over, and she was happy, but the little kids just went on writing the magic letters in their tablets. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost laugh remembering how I used to wish all the letters would just be black. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Miss K wrote the proper form of a business letter instead of a friendly letter on the blackboard, because the class was not planning to write friendly letters to the Cucaracha Voice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Each letter was harder to form than the last. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The minute they saw me they rushed toward me, jumping up and down with jubilation: “The mailman gave us two letters for you,” they cried. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fujiko perched her glasses on her nose once more and began to reread the letter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Looking down each column, you will see letters that come from the same cipher alphabet. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It showed the Empire State Building, and etched in tiny Greek letters, spiraling around the image, were the names of all the heroes who had died defending Olympus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You could put it in a letter, you know,” said Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think of the letter I found on Balekin’s desk, the one to Nicasia’s mother: I know the provenance of the blusher mushroom that you ask after. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But I had a hunch about that other letter. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the end, Professor Steinberg had written such a powerful letter of recommendation that there was little left for me to do. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I punched in the letter A. So far, so good. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A very simple numerical principle that’s sometimes of use in accounting for the certainty of a particular kind of coincidence is illustrated by the mailman who has twenty-one letters to distribute among twenty mailboxes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the letter was gone, Adam was afraid Charles might accept. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On other occasions I waited apprehensively while my mother read onion-paper letters airmailed from Mexico with news of a relative’s illness or death. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quietly make a list of these letters in my head, starting with the d in refridgerator. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I thought about what Amari had said the day before, about how none of us are really free, then looked down at the letter again. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps through these letters we might share our secrets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I could tell right away something must be wrong, because Buddy was the only person I knew in Boston, and he never called me long distance because it was so much more expensive than letters. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She told us how, long ago, paper was scarce so women cut up old letters and newspaper articles to make patterns, then stuffed the paper between the quilt layers for extra insulation. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

"The letter had other tidings. The king is riding to Winterfell to seek you out." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She picked up her notes on Parker’s letter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Probably just some crazy advertisement, anyway—not a real letter at all.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You wrote the letter to Lieutenant Carroll’s wife?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I switched the letter, my name was Air. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The casting process meant that no two metal letters were ever precisely the same, even before wear and tear. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She clutched a letter from an opened package that sat on the kitchen table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In every letter of yours I seem to find some reference to the sleaziness of your personal life. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, in the course of the conversation, Bobby learned that the letter that had been sent to Ilyumzhinov had his forged name on it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I mounted the stairs to a door that was lettered: The Chicago John Reed Club I opened it and stepped into the strangest room I had ever seen. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could send one with this letter, but the envelope isn’t big enough. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I drew my finger along the creases of a letter. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I considered my name, and the signature on cheques, to tradesmen, and in letters asking people to dinner. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Susanna and your father had chosen to give you a chance at something other than Penikese or an orphanage, and that letter meant you had arrived safely in a better place. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The rows of letters on the computer keyboard had looked like a toy to him, and he’d reached one finger up and tapped the space bar, over and over again. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

In our room, she sat on my bed, completing a letter for Writing Mistress. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry laughed as he put Hermione’s letter aside and picked up her present. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She stared at the letter, then handed it back to me carefully, gripping it with her fingers as if it were a dinner plate heaped with food instead of a sheet of paper. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could use the letter opener like a prybar to force the trunk open. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandmother’s letter was full of anxious advice, but her chief warning was to boil any water before we drank it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how excited /i/been to get Uncle Chester’s letter and leave Aunt Ivy behind. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Same lettering as the sign in my backpack. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When Bobby awoke, he wrote a letter of apology to her, but she didn’t answer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She went away and returned a minute later with the letter. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

It said will you be mine? in white letters. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Staring at those letters, I thought I could forgive my father. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She found the letter from the housing office and held it out. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her jealousy takes a subtle form in this letter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A white-haired man came to the gate bearing this letter, as he said, ‘for the young traveler who had sought aid at the convent.’ Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She made a statement about having been terrified, as was Mrs. Sharpe, to do anything about the letter. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

What finally finished me was an angry letter from a passenger. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to almost everyone’s surprise, the Coast Guard agreed—but only if Dad finished his anger-control therapy and got a letter saying he was all better. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Please deliver your letter by hand, your note said. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

"One letter, in two copies. Send your swiftest birds. The matter is of great import." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“She had searched for years, written letters back and forth,” says Auntie Ying. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were hugs and bear-sized claps on the backs of letter jackets that reverberated like yells in a tunnel. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left a letter for me on my bed. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We understood, and we usually obeyed to the letter. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He trotted away toward the ranch house, for the letter would probably be read aloud and he wanted to be there. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to my room so I could continue reading the letter from the Courters in private. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But no letter like that ever came, and Grandpa was so sullen most of the time that I stopped dreaming of him and his hopes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Peewee, I can’t write a letter to your girl for you,” I said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see that she forwarded the same letter to Molly, Jenna, and Sara, so who else is there to tell? A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The scarred pinewood table was covered with maps of the Wall and the lands beyond, a roster of rangers, and a letter from the Shadow Tower written in Ser Denys Mallister’s flowing hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I glance over to the cartoon drawing of us, the red bubble letters jumping out at me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I’m staring at letters and photographs from a woman who potentially could have answered that question. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the fan letters were only a prank, but they upset him; each one jarred his day a little when it came, and he found it difficult to recover afterward. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lycian king received him with antique hospitality and entertained him splendidly for nine days before he asked to see the letter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are the ones that repeatedly turn up in style guides, pet-peeve lists, newspaper language columns, irate letters to the editor, and inventories of common errors in student papers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Also: if he’s eating a sandwich and writing a letter both at the same time, how is he holding on? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Will suddenly realised that his tradition-minded family had been standing, patiendy immobile, waiting for five minutes while he read his letter. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember having a letter once—but there, they say bad news travels the fastest.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park had written her a letter all about it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Every year we spend hundreds of dollars on phone calls and letters, writing, faxing, cajoling, and bribing, trying to get out of the pilgrimage to Mommy’s tiny house in Ewing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then wrote her a letter going over some of what we had discussed, and reminding her of how much I cared for her, how unshakable our bond was, how courageous she was. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That spring, Chapter Eleven had received two letters, one from the University of Michigan informing him of his acceptance and the other from the U.S. government informing him of his eligibility for the draft. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I addressed the letter to my lawyer and asked him to forward it to the judge. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the letter had to be solved by someone with a new perspective. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need paper to write a letter,” said Ruby. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was those poetry letters to and from Cecile that got her playing with words at every opportunity. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

McCandless was thrilled to hear from Jan. “I am so glad to find you both alive and sound,” he exclaimed in a letter dated December 9, 1991. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long ride on the trains was like a bad dream to me, the first letter from Jenny ran, but Mr. Milton talked to me with the greatest kindness and he kept my spirits up. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kitty Now, that letter seemed strange at first because it was written to Mack but it was never sent to him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A letter from Barbara was among the sheaf of selected matter that Perry preferred not to leave behind in the Mexico City hotel room. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The auction letter is on top, and under it are a notice of sale of tax-defaulted property, a notice to parties of interest, redemption amounts, rights of parties of interest after sale... The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

But Malpighi’s greatest contribution to science was made as a result of work he carried out in Bologna in 1660 and 1661, and reported in two letters that were published in 1661. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I started to tell him what had happened, but a man burst through the door waving a letter and shouting. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had written down his letters to Miss Perumal, and Jackson, having found the letters on the desk, was pounding them with his fist. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he sent her a telegram for their “Sixteenth Monthiversary,” he joked that each letter and punctuation mark was a code standing for “I love you!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, the school director opened an official-looking letter and saw that it was signed by Secretary of War Henry Stimson. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each letter was formed with a wobbly hand, as though the writer didn’t know how to hold a pen. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

On any staff, the notes are always arranged so that the next letter is always on the next higher line or space. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

That letter, as I have said all along, was not intended to be found. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I told Cecile how I tried to help Vonetta and Fern with their letters but they didn’t want my help. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

This rumor was soon replaced by letters brought by people whose lives the rebels had spared during their massacre in Sumbuya. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a train, and everything is different for him afterward. Better. Magical.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter made no mention of his location. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They have to mark the neutral bit “IRELAND” in big letters made of whitewashed stones, hoping the Germans won’t drop bombs there thinking it’s the UK side of the northern border. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn't bring myself to talk about the letters. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The parish priest writes the letter on the spot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In large scrawled letters on the blank side of a cardboard beer coaster, it’s written. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The first one said “What We Want” in green letters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I punch in the letter D, hoping I’ve guessed right, and breathe a sigh of relief. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for them, and even sadder for Bobby, after Collins received the letter warning him against forwarding anything, that conduit was cut off and the requests for contact drifted down into wastebasket oblivion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The children tried desperately to read it, but there were no letters, no words, no sentences, just random, disconnected markings. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

In my next letter, I am going to give you something bigger and more beautiful. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

To Anna’s sweet little sister, Here is the letter you asked for. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A year or so earlier, in an unwarrantably self-deprecating paragraph of a letter to her brother Buddy, she had referred to her own figure as “irreproachably Americanese.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, Bobby wrote another letter to the U.S. embassy in Tokyo insisting that they send someone, and in case they didn’t comply, he appended his renunciation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Heaps of things have happened, but I often think I’m boring you with my dreary chitchat and that you’d just as soon have fewer letters. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Small letters were written across the skin in thin black ink. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Adam kept one letter from his brother, not because he understood it completely but because it seemed to have a covered meaning he could not get at. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches into the pocket of her skirt and takes out a thick packet of letters, envelopes of fine lavender vellum. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

According to his steady girlfriend, who accompanied him home, Farmer was sitting behind the steering wheel, holding a letter that his father wrote to him when he started medical school. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

After many nights without sleep, we have given the original letter to our lawyer, who is instigating a libel suit for $500,000. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, the only hope I had was faith in God and my letters to Him. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of story that was filling the letters of would-be airmen all over the country. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tom brought Olive’s letter from King City, and because he knew what it contained he waited until he caught Samuel alone before he gave it to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take my time with each letter, trying to stretch out how long I have before I’ve got to give an answer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I began to reread the letters of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I bring my recipe notebook with the glittery purple lettering on the cover, and we go over our notes again. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They both helped Brown with the influx of messages, telegrams, and letters and with the outgoing medical bulletins. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If I ever do write your letter, I’ll tell this part very carefully. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Artists have infested it; in fact the first wave of artists has almost come and gone, and brass lettering and heating pipes painted fire-engine red and firms of lawyers are taking .over. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was not a sound to be heard but Mo’s voice bringing the letters and words on the page to life. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The magician scans the office, a stack of letters in one hand, a black velvet cape lined with shockingly white silk cascading behind him, expecting a paper-wrapped box or crate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A small river snaked around one side and curled toward the center like a capital letter G, emptying into a sparkling blue lake. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A moment later, she was back, and she set a fat red book with gold lettering in front of Beto and another one in front of Cari. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom didn’t see the letter as anything special at first. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I patted their heads and picked another letter. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lupita knew of their wealth not only from her observations of what they threw away, but also from the letters of her mother’s sister Consuelo, who lived in the United States. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I know because it was printed on one of the side benches in black letters. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Adam smiled at him and took his letter and walked out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brew wrote a letter to President Johnson saying that if he wanted us to fight, he’d better send us some good televisions, and we all signed it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after you were born, someone sent a letter to Penikese, asking questions about a baby who had washed up on one of the Elizabeths. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Do you mind sending your letters to her house instead? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Your letter to her, and this, her answer to you, failed in their objectives. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. Now, as I was saying—it definitely isn’t me. I do, however, have a theory on how and why it ended up in your letter box.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We prepared a secret twenty-two-page document on the subject with a covering letter from myself to be sent to Lusaka. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote slowly and neatly, knowing that Dustfinger found it easier to read capital letters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Merry was still reading and pondering Gandalf’s letter when Strider and Nob returned. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Two pieces of paper fell out — a letter and a newspaper clipping. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“He could have ignored the letter. And besides, I’m his Champion. Not everyone feels obligated to be as nasty to me as you do.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He thought the people for whom his mother washed the soft curtains could certainly write and would write a letter for his mother. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson then apologized in return, claiming that he received over twelve hundred letters a year, all of which required responses, so it was difficult for him to match the Adams pace. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Lines divide the map into smaller squares, with letters along the top and numbers down the side to form a grid. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I closed the book, and whispered to its spine, “Don’t erase the letter, please.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Your letter was an attempt to explain your outlook on life, as you are necessarily affected by it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made tables of how often other letters appeared in the message, then compared this with the distribution of letters in normal English. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The letters that swept over the Internet were adding up in the thousands. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her about the letter we got that says my mother might get real permission to stay in the country and officially become an American, like me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I smoothed out the letter from Mountford Prep, and folded it back along the creases, and put it in the bottom drawer of my dresser with my swim trunks. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-four letters reached the stockbroker at his home in Sharon, and of those, sixteen were given to him by the same person, a clothing merchant Milgram calls Mr. Jacobs. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it’s your mom who censors his mail, right? Couldn’t I just drop a letter in the stack of already-censored mail?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hand destroying the letter in his fist, the other pressed against his eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Or rather, since Christians are so fond of capital letters, a Story. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Who would go to the trouble of writing and sending such a letter? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“In addition, I want you to write a letter of apology to Mr. Matherson. A sincere letter.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wrote letters to Congress and the mayor’s office demanding recognition of Henrietta’s contribution to science. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They were obedient to the letter, but they were quiet and hunched as they went about the work, as though it were retribution rather than deliverance, a scolding rather than kindness, she intended. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sincerely, Benton Ezekiel Sage Benton was able to mail his letter in Addis Ababa, the capital, and listed Rameel’s church as the return address. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We referred to ourselves as the BAD Club, and each letter in the acronym represented our relationship with him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Dalton were standing upon the steps: Mrs. Dalton in white and Mr. Dalton with the letter in his hand and his eyes looking straight back to the rear wall of the basement. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After playing around with letter counts and making more guesses, Elizebeth might then have worked out that not only did “S” = “E,” but “E” = “S.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Most letters he didn’t read at alL On those he didn’t read at all he wrote his own name. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

By an arrangement of Úrsula’s, her marriage was to be celebrated on the same day, but that Friday Pietro Crespi received a letter with the news of his mother’s imminent death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

If it was a piano, she must send a secret letter to China and tattle to the elders about her infamous piano lessons. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

In my first letter I had hoped to impress you with my brilliant prose, but that will have to wait for my second. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you tried writing all the letters on a separate page, in the order they show up in the book?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Have you gotten 4 letters from me besides this?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon we worked at the dining table typing letters and stuffing them into envelopes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The New England states use a terse form of instruction, a tight-lipped, laconic style sheet, wasting no words and few letters. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having had a letter from you, I were able to say ‘I am.’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Being against the law, at least against its letter, she must be twice as law abiding as anyone else. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letters are big and puffy and white, and they remind me of squished marshmallows. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Stenciled on the side was a stylish logo, a red circle around yellow letters: PT. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The writing on it was faded and water-stained, but I could just barely make out three letters: A, V, a water-stained space and then an N. “Check out that box up there,” I told Connor. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Eight letters a day at an anna each,” I said. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was written in large letters on the big wooden sign in front of the mission school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the letter out of his pocket and read it again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would be in demand among all the up-and-coming young men and she would transcribe letter after thrilling letter. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Another month went by without incident, and then Billy wrote a letter to the Ilium News Leader, which the paper published. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drew the letter “A” with my finger. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say rather, I should not be; for I have my letter to Satis House to write, before I go to sleep.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the day he was sworn in, I wrote him a letter requesting a meeting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter, with its small, black, single-spaced words and yellow edges, spoke of a mystery. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Probably the suspense is killing me, but I will just have to wait a few years till he works out the final answer, tune in for the next thrilling installment, he writes, in block letters. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The letter says Parker’s money would be used to help Lambert,” Candice said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mina leans over, scans the letter, and laughs. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He is reassured, he writes back; her letter felt like a gospel to him, like deliverance. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

This mix of letters and pictographs caused some grief for earlier interpreters. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the endless stream of letters and symbols and numbers in Mom’s letter made no sense to Emma at all. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Not those letters,” Corporal Whitcomb corrected, plainly enjoying the chaplain’s chagrin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I sent resumes and letters to each company and requested an interview. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered whether in sending his letter with its specific information he was trying to tell her that he knew the truth. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I went back to the house to look for these letters, because I knew where she kept them, and I got them, and the men came to look and broke into the house again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If both of your wrists were broken, how could you write me a letter? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re following up our emails with formal letters to organize the Granger parents. The letters inform parents that we’ve requested a meeting with the board to discuss ways to make the school a safer space.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Bulletin boards with white trim and gold letters. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He reached for the letter and opened it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I folded the letter carefully, and sealed it in the envelope. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The last, the under, page of the four-year-old letter was stained a sort of off-cordovan color, and it was torn in two places along the folds. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“But how to write a letter is no longer one of them.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I wrote my mother letter after letter, reading them over and ripping them up unsent, before I finally worked up the courage to tell her. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The competition was tremendous now, but the day after she was ninth a three-page letter arrived from Westley in London and just reading it over put her up to eighth. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘I cannot read the fiery letters,’ said Frodo in a quavering voice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In return, I’ve sent you many form letters, with the hope of one day being able to give you the proper response you deserve. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now she raised hell with him about the letter in the paper. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swiftly, they worked out that the letters were written in two different book ciphers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I open the next napkin, which he’d unfolded and printed on, in small block letters. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

So he focuses on work, learning more and more about art and sharing what he learns with Dries, and with Vincent by letter. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Blurred letters in a way that don’t make sense. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to relish delivering letters in tatters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote a letter to the then Imperial Mathematician, Reimarus Ursus, seeking his opinion on his own work, and sycophantically praising Ursus as the greatest mathematician of all time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She took out her father’s letter and read it over again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I wrote a letter to Lord Dunmore, which I saw read by its messenger and ripped in eight before my eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I left the unfinished letter on my desk. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing those letters, that big, fat money prize, I felt like I’d been falling into some deep, hopeless black hole, and the universe looked at me and said, Not yet, Natalie. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We have enough documents, letters and memoirs to prove that World War Two was not caused by food shortages or demographic pressures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gravestones are few and recent: blockish oblongs of granite polished to a Presbyterian gloss, the letters cut plainly and without any attempt at prettiness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You are speaking of letters of business; mine are letters of friendship.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until all this had been done that they first told me about my sisters, the letter they received, the one they wrote back. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Isobel picked up a letter and held it up to the light. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time when he was forced by strategic circumstances to abandon a stronghold to the forces of Colonel Aureliano Buendía, he left two letters for him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“How nice my handkerchiefs look, don’t they? Hannah washed and ironed them for me, and I marked them all myself,” said Beth, looking proudly at the somewhat uneven letters which had cost her such labor. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I placed Otto in one chair and me in another and gave each of us a letter rack. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He knows letters have been written on his behalf, asking for clemency. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the letter he included instructions: “Write to me at the Post Office box and do not put my name on the address. It’s not necessary.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he opened his eyes again, he realized his glasses were gone, and between the dizziness and his astigmatism, the letters before him started dancing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

This letter revived in my memory what I had before forgotten, the threat of the fiend—“I will be with you on your wedding-night!” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

As directed in Grant’s letter, Lee sends his aide Colonel Charles Marshall up the road to find a meeting place. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed it was going to be neither the one thing nor the other, neither land nor letters, which was to claim him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took the letter out of her pocket and put it in mine. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I couldn't stand was this shrinking everything into letters and numbers. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

More deaths come, more telephone calls starde them in the middle of the night, more letters arrive in the mailbox informing them of aunts and uncles no longer with them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But even when we were in Miss Stewart’s typing class, he had to do something unusual all the time—like type a letter in the shape of an hourglass. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The dressmaker thought of the clue Chris had dropped; no stock symbol had five letters or even resembled the word plain. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I remember reading Horatio’s letter, and despair, like a cold wind, dispels the momentary peace. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

James stood in front of the class and held up his vertical strip of paper with letters on it: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I wonder where she put that auction letter? The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He said this in boldface type, capital letters. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A symbol to go with Aida was a bit of a problem, but finally Melanie picked the bird hieroglyph because it stood for the letter A in the real Egyptian alphabet. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I finished my last letter, I went home. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Along with a dozen other girls, Francie filled out an application after presenting a fervent letter of recommendation from her ex-boss. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ironically, we can only know what they were saying to each other while together from the letters they wrote when apart. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

My finger traces the graceful swoop of the letters. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The letter to the editor crucifying her husband had hurt her terribly. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter bore, alas, Horatio’s news of the death of Hamlet and the ruin of all Denmark. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

For example, English transcribes about 40 phonemes with a mere 26 letters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The letter went on to describe their five cats—one had only three legs, and they all had peculiar names. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then one day I thought I would set myself up as a reader of letters such as there are in most villages, and surely also in cities? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask Mami for a pen and paper and I write a letter back to Ramu, even though it takes a long time. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Above the top of tl\\c poster were tall red letters: YOU CAN’T WIN! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tore open the envelope and pulled out the letter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man who had leaked the explosive letters was Benjamin Franklin, who would become one of America’s most important secret agents. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It swoops in low and drops a letter on HARRY’s plate. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“Each letter and number has its own color,” I explain. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He walked over to Fred, pulled the letter out of his hands, and began attaching it to the leg of the nearest barn owl. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her writing’s gone from tiny, perfectly formed letters to chicken scratch. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Molly put the letter in her book and, without another word, walked back to school. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He told me about it in early January, a day after the third letter had come. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes—I wrote a letter from Mecca. You’re asking me ‘Didn’t you say that now you accept white men as brothers?’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not having your address which he refused to give me, this letter will reach you through Goupil. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But as Naomi said Wash’s name over and over in the silence of her exhausted brain, her grip on the letter opener began to slip, and she descended into the blue depths of proper sleep. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bran decided that if someone dictates a letter that someone else writes or types, the writer is the one who puts the words together. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry went back to the kitchen, still staring at his letter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The boy turned and started to type, his finger hunting out each letter. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think that’s what happened to Melody. She said to herself, ‘If I have to go over those letters one more time, I'll just scream.’ Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The R dwarfed the other letters, the tail of it ran down into the cambric, away from the laced edge. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

An apostrophe can show where letters have been dropped in a shortened word or phrase. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if those letters stayed there on purpose, knowing they’d come in handy someday. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she had written to Jeanette MacDonald and had got a typewritten letter back saying that if ever she came out to Hollywood she could come by and swim in her swimming pool. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He told me he always makes certain to deliver your letters to me as soon as he can, because I’m one of his best customers, writing so often and all. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

For he had been much impressed by the graceful letters of Mrs Helena Kingshaw, by their honesty and lightness of tone, and by her voice over the telephone, later. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I sniffed the letter again before putting it in the drawer with the others, then lay down on my bed and wrapped my comforter around me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Father pointed to the big letters beneath the picture. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last letter is from nearly a year ago, and in it Momma plaintively wonders why I haven't written. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She wanted more letters stacking up in Postal Box Number 898 that said, “Nothing is the same without you” and “Please come home soon.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Besides the letters he'd written, he left a package for the New York Herald that contained his book, The Truth, with his suggestion that the newspaper print it. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Among the papers were news clippings, a letter to the press, and the unsent letter he had written on June 16 in which he justified his actions to the American people as “a political necessity.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then, just like that, his letter arrived the following week. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the letter she still held. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Hisao wrote a letter to his family each day; the food, he said, was not very good, but they were not really being mistreated. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Slowly and carefully he spelled out the letter to Robin, who would not change a word of it, but signed his name with Brother Luke guiding his hand. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Le Cirque des Rêves is printed in shimmering silver letters on the black side. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Please forward us your resume, including previous research experience, graduate and postgraduate transcripts, and two letters of recommendation. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

What the angry letter writers didn't know, however, was that the ungulate McCandless shot was exactly what he’d said it was. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter was folded up, but had a red wax seal that had been broken. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You should write letters to your mother,” she says, “and one day—if you do meet her again—you can decide whether you would like to give these letters to her or not.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was going to have to write specific letters to everyone. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I can trust you to read this letter and speak of it to no one.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I spent the evening watching state-controlled television and writing letters home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then bitterly I added, “We wrote the letter!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't want to forget any letters, so I scrape them into the dirt with a rod. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am hopeful that one day I will hold one of your letters in my hands and read of your life in America. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the table sits a box with a name on it in big messy black letters: Michael Nelson. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

And now I feel like some 1950s cheerleader wearing her boyfriend’s letter jacket. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

If I write in big letters, I won’t have to say much. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As originally taped, Jones took long pauses between letters, because the idea was to insert other elements between the letters. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am afraid to stop, or I should tear up the letter, and I don’t want to stop, for I do so want to tell you all. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

On the verso was a letter from Hattie to her mother. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think of the letters in the box under the bed. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Even his script is neat: up and down perfectly, with really small round loopy letters. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I have begun this letter five times and torn it up five times. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“You told me he never answered your letter,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I discussed the definitions with Dad, and if we didn’t agree with what the dictionary writers said, we sat down and wrote a letter to the publishers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The ones from the colored schoolhouse were well-thumbed and she had to squeeze her letters above and in between other people’s scribblings, but there was no whipping attached just for looking at it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The terms of the letter were more than friendly. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Patriots changed that letter to say, “I now have not any occasion for any vessel of war.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chubs’s grip on the letter nearly crushed it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But he loves sea animals so much that I can understand how seeing the boys’ cruelty, after getting that letter from his mom, was like lighting the fuse on a firecracker. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Then she put the letter into the envelope, sealed it tightly, and addressed it to Ensenada. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Michael wrote down three letters on a small scrap of paper. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The envelope contained a letter from his father, the letter Bobby had requested, listing the addresses of the relatives he hoped to visit in Europe. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When he reached into his pocket to show Mrs. Sharpe the letter, it was gone. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you read the screed that told of his crime? “I don’t know my letters, sir.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Today, they’re all wearing their jerseys, red with white block letters. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you could write Tata a letter and tell her we love them.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In early July he persuaded Albert Einstein to put his name to a letter alerting the president of the United States to the threat. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I received letters from women I'd never met thanking me for helping her. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They sent letters to the Home Secretary and it was not any good. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother read Ishmael Chambers’s letter standing in the middle of the tar-paper hut with one hand on her forehead. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

What no one but Burn knew at the time was that he had a letter in his pocket from his mother, Febb Burn, a suffrage advocate. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A senior in 1931-32, he would graduate with ten varsity letters, including three in basketball and three in baseball. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The rest of her letters were buttoned into the inside pocket of his greatcoat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After I sent the letter to Caitlin, I went to the market every day that week to make as much money as possible. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I knew that after reading my letter, Ivette would not write to me again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Davis knew she wasn’t going to live much longer, she stocked up on presents and wrote long letters about her life. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Obedient to Sirius’s wish of hearing about anything odd at Hogwarts, Harry sent him a letter by brown owl that night, explaining all about Mr. Crouch breaking into Snape’s office, and Moody and Snape’s conversation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tragedy turned him into one of the subtlest and sharpest satirists in American letters. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote a letter to Andrius, but it became smudged with tears. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

During the years that I stayed in the Norfolk Prison Colony, never did any official directly say anything to me about those letters, although, of course, they all passed through the prison censorship. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana had already started drafting a letter to the editor for the daily English/Arabic newspaper in Jerusalem, pronouncing such behavior primitive and unacceptable. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The edges of the pages were slightly roughened, and the paper was still so pale that every letter stood out clear and black. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

From my carpetbag I extracted Father’s letter and the purse he’d given me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The letter was right in front of her, conveniently sticking out of the open envelope. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

"Will you meet me tomorrow? In the grove, before supper. I left another letter for you. I have something to ask you—I wrote it in there." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every letter I received from them added something to my knowledge of the teachings of Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letters came later, from the Cigrands, Williamses, Smythes, and untold others, addressed to that strange gloomy castle at Sixty-third and Wallace, pleading for the whereabouts of daughters and daughters’ children. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“See?” he’d said, waving around the offer letter when it came in the mail. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He soon stirred; my eye was instantly drawn to his movements; he only took out a morocco pocket-book, thence produced a letter, which he read in silence, folded it, put it back, relapsed into meditation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He reads the letter three times before he sits at his desk to compose his reply. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Often, when there was no food in the house, I would dream of the Government’s sending a letter that would read something like this: Dear Sir: Your claim for a pension has been verified. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all show a rectangular outline near the edge of the page, like letters have been covered up before being photocopied. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Most of the kids at Stuyvesant were just waiting for acceptance letters or scholarship offers. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

One day Kathy opened a letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The letters tell of his company’s elaborate computer model, his financial expertise and inside contacts. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After burning all the letters, he got out a hammer and nails and boarded up the cracks around the front and back doors so no one could go out. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Grabbing my sketchbook, I flip to a blank page and write words, bearing down so hard the letters cut into the page. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a letter from a couple who wanted to drive to Boston to meet him. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lisa had written a much longer note addressed to 'the Housekeeper', and it was this letter Miss Kenton brought into my pantry on the morning following their disappearance. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m given a get-well card with violets on it from Carol, shoved through the letter slot. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take the letter with shaking hands, marveling at how smart my sisters must be to be able to read and write Chinese. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margot, the Annex’s Dutch teacher, has been correcting these letters for him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But Dr. Malone hadn’t noticed; she was too busy adjusting switches and tapping the letters in another of those ivory trays. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what did he say? Who has his letters?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

That crimped, tiny cursive, each letter sloping slightly farther uphill. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

August slid up to the edge of her chair and opened her arms, the way she’d opened them to June that day they’d found May’s suicide letter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall sloping R, with the letters de W interlaced. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At last he folded the letter and put it in the inside pocket of his jacket. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At this point, the official took the letter and moved behind me as if for protection from Jimmy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And other letters at the bottom tied with a ribbon. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

My mind flashed to him snapping the identity card and letter from my hand. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I needed to tell him the things I couldn’t tell you, give him all the letters that were supposed to be for your eyes. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hallways and doors crafted from pages of books and bits of blueprints, pieces of wallpaper and fragments of letters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I put the letter back in its envelope. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Wello memorized the letters solemnly, like the syllables of a spell. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And letters poured into his house by the million from children begging him to pay them a visit. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I filled out the application, and in my cover letter I made it extremely clear to them that I was not applying for financial aid—that I was a one-hundred-percent cash-paying student. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Carved into the wood along the table’s edge are the letters “D” and “T” linked together by a heart, so small I almost didn’t see them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How about the third person? The person who got letter number three?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The New York group also carried a letter to deliver to new president Woodrow Wilson as they passed through Princeton, New Jersey, where he lived. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He blew in the end and extracted the letter with two fingers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the top, as high as Gandalf could reach, was an arch of interlacing letters in an Elvish character. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In return he gained the eternal fear of any slave with a notion to learn his letters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Chuckie” was a derisive term coined by infantrymen, using the army’s spelling alphabet where a word is assigned to each letter of the alphabet. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And that was the last letter I ever got from Constantine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I knew that I could not possibly answer all the letters—there were over forty—and I had to select a dozen or so to write to. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rab, Mr. Lorne, and Johnny all had their heads over the drawing board where the second letter was pieced together and spread out. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she said she was sixteen in the letter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then when the second letter came she said she was going to unite an answer regardless. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter Mary was hiding explained that the federal budget for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants—or Pell Grants—was being slashed, and her grant was being terminated. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

No. She gets a letter from the parish priest. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was encouraged to write a letter to the Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, and he composed a five-hundred-word plea, extracts of which follow: Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bearer of this letter now folded it and tucked it into his pocket. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Once written, however, these letters were never mailed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ivy stared at the letter for a long time before she realized tears were running down her cheeks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The day Jose mailed his letter complaining about the utility poles, Screamer came to rest on a transformer on a pole outside Bovina. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Amongst the letters and cards there is a plain grey envelope. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

NM: Now was any reply given to this letter by the prime minister? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad writes with these perfectly even block letters. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Salvador could think of a way to send letters from the United States to Dorotea secretly. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Madame Hebrard, the postmistress, slides an important-looking letter from Berlin into her underpants, takes it home, and starts her evening fire with it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He took the letter out of his pocket and slipped it under the door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In a letter to George, Charles wrote, “Oh Lord, what a set of sons I have, all doing wonders.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I made you yourself out of words and letters, Basta! You and Capricorn.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wanted to write a letter to Hirohito but I didn’t know his house number. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It took me a few hours, but I read every letter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, know that I read and save every letter, with the hope of one day being able to give each the proper response it deserves. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of the first letters of congratulations came from Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I can only make out some of the numbers and letters, and what scares me the most is that I don’t remember if I disabled her password. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The three letters were smudged at the edges and the word, WAR, seemed to waver. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what name begins with this letter D, boys?” asks Titid, like he’s in the pulpit. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not a letter that most people would want to get. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

After a week of harvesting carrots in early December, Lupita came home one afternoon and found a letter from her mother. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

"Judge Ford, could you introduce as evidence the letter that brilliant young attorney handed over to you?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only one channel came in, some kind of weird repeating infomercial with a woman selling letter openers that looked a little like katana blades, which was not going to make Ernie feel any better. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had changed into my nightgown and settled in at my desk to write my cousin Joana a letter. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I folded up the letter and tucked it back inside the envelope. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he envisioned “Gogol” added to the list of names, “Nikhil” printed in tiny letters upside down. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inside was a short letter written in lilac ink on slate-gray paper. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Still got yer letter, Harry?” he asked as he counted stitches. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She also did needlework, played patience and whist, played the piano, and wrote many letters. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the snail-mail era, people usually only wrote letters when they had something important to relate. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hidden within what looked like an ordinary letter was the secret message that was only revealed when the reader applied the mask. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like him to send such a long letter. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I get my cards ready—I’ve written everything out in fat block letters so Richard can read them from a distance. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Is it the brain that makes me quiet sometimes, that makes Amil see letters every which way? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The little paragraphs between the pictures ended before the letters had a chance to get cocky and wiggle about. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Starting in 1807, Jefferson’s name began to come up sporadically in Adams’s letters to Rush. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They signed the letter, faxed it back to Dalgard, and the monkey house fell into the hands of the Army. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington spent the day at home in a small, stuffy office seeing visitors, writing letters, and worrying. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

As soon as I open the car door, I see the letter on the front seat. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a purplish metallic shade of lipstick and as she panted with anticipation the letters stretched and quivered, up hill and down dale, and she was lit up like a luminescent sign. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I chunked rocks into a pile and waited for Chase and Mattie to pass by, I mentally composed my next letter to Uncle Holt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t clap and run out of the bedroom to tell Papi, like she did when she got her acceptance and scholarship letter to Syracuse. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You forged a letter. You said I was appointed by Erich Koch. Do you know what they could do to me?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was the first battle of my war against the letter s, and I was determined to dig my foxhole before the sun went down. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I typed in the letter B, pushed the print button, and Catherine took my paper to the teacher’s desk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I knew the first one was from Carlos, but not all the rest of them, because I didn’t recognize the lettering, plus they were too loose. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He drew out the letter that they’d given him and tossed it on the table before the drinkers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My hands were shaking so bad that it was hard to fold the letters into their envelopes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he had fun writing the letters that were published by newspapers, and watching the public’s reaction. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tom Yew wrote a letter to his family the day before the Coventry was sunk. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"We've only been here just under a week, sir, my wife and I. We were engaged by letter, through an agency. The Regina Agency in Plymouth." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

When Calvin stopped replying to his letters, Servetus, based in Vienna, continued to send a stream of increasingly vituperative correspondence. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I look for the perfect spot on the underside of the chest and I carve in big letters on his chest just like Devon did for me: SCOUT. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open the letter and hold it up between us. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The woman carried a letter to André, asking him to come to West Point disguised as a merchant named John Anderson. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and I sit down in the dining room, the letter resting on the table in front of us. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Finished, she sat down on the edge of a chair, dangled the letter in her hand for a moment, then sighed and took off her glasses. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

That same day, back in the States, a New Yorker named Richard Wingate sat down and penned what would turn out to be a prophetic letter to the sports editor of the New York Times. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“These letters are Greek,” Leo said in surprise. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

What they have in common are the trinkets from their homelands swaying from the rearview mirror, the strings of beads, shells, the brass letters, the blurry snapshots of their small children, the night-worn eyes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at the lovely letters she had made for a moment before slapping down her open palm in the middle of them and rubbing them all away. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The next day my mother received hand-delivered thank-you letters from our guests and left them out on the dining table to serve as a lesson in good manners to us. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It’s the difference between a Hallmark e-card and a handwritten letter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Again and again, she made the garble of letters yield the true message. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It has been widely stated that He and La are the first letters of her names but whereas one textbook says the names were Helen Lane another says Henrietta Lacks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a long letter, but it took me an hour to make the final copy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A few days before we left Paris on our way to Switzerland, I received the following letter from Elizabeth: Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read the letter from the Shadow Tower again, sharpened a quill, and unstoppered a pot of thick black ink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The fact that I am writing the letter at all is an expression of faith—faith both in her and in die belief that trust can lead to trust, and truth can lead to truth. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But 1 said, “No, son, I want to see all the letters. I want to put them together.' Mr. Henry said, “So, that’s what we did and by the second day, Mr. Dawson was set. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about Yule May, sitting in a jail cell writing this letter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The process after the "your background check is up to snuff" letter can still take years. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In a letter, White shared the news with Hoover, noting that he and his four siblings had been “born on this land.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He stood up for a better look and saw that it was a tiny owl, carrying a letter that was much too big for it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

If Reilly would confess to writing the letter, if somehow he could come out of this all right, he would change. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sincerely, Maria Jon and Susan carried the letter idea to all the schools they visited, and when the week was over, six hundred were in the mail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You will be surprised to hear from me after so long. I have thought of writing many times, but you know how a man puts it off. “I wonder how this letter finds you. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had received a letter from our housekeeper s cousin, telling her through coded words that Papa was alive. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would think about those hundred letters laid across my bedroom floor. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the letters until my vision grows watery. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't dare attempt a love letter—besides, I didn't have to. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I pressed the pen between my hand and Miss Volker’s twisted palm and together we managed to slowly scrawl her name, letter by letter, as if we were receiving it from a Ouija board. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That night I wrote five letters to God, telling Him about my anger and lack of faith. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Our American relatives wrote letters and sent packages to us, packages filled with food donated by other friends from Narewka now living in the United States. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

After the letter arrived, my father made a decision: The boys at the Khushal School would no longer wear the uniform of shirt and trousers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I had hoped the kids’ letters would get some action,” Jon said. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I imagine producing those melodious notes and pronouncing each letter properly—even with others listening—and the idea makes me happy. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He hates to leave Paris and Jo, but it is just as he had said in that first letter he wrote to her: “I have a brother.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She gathered them together, dated them as best she could, and in 1914, two years after her second husband died, she published a collection of Vincent’s letters to Theo, in Dutch. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Jorge’s letter arrived that morning, as if his prescience extended even to the irregular postal service between the United States and Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read the letter over and over and cried on it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obedient to the nod from his superior, the younger inspector crossed the room and presented the letter to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He checked that the knife was strapped to his belt, and Lyra put on her little rucksack with the alethiometer and the letters from Will’s father. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike a substitution cipher, it doesn’t replace any of the letters in the original message. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“My dear son, my dear Ben, my dear friend who becomes a man today, I want to tell you something,” the letter began. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady who sewed those letters several days ago tsked over the task. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure I shall. Get on with your peach and don’t talk with your mouth full. I’ve got a lot of letters to write after dinner.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She showed this letter to Hatsue when it was folded and ready to go in its envelope. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His letters always smelled like prison—like bleached floors and the vague hint of sour milk. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Please? I promise I’ll tell her. I just want to write a few more letters to Marcus. Before she makes me stop. You know she won’t let me write to him.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I immediately whipped out a piece of college-lined paper from my English folder to write him back: Dear Martin, thank you so much for your letter! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I am sincerely sorry this letter couldn’t bring better news,” an editor said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Traces of his blood and hair would be discovered in the next letter from Billy Boy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In the last letter we’d gotten, he said he wasn’t sure what would happen with his parole. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His letters told me little of his day-to-day life, which I guessed to be frustratingly dull for such a brilliant wizard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s only when I get tired that the letters jump,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure which “it” he meant—Momma’s letters and now her interference, him acting like a spoiled baby and not opening my gift, or Nan and our next move. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“They wrote boring in giant letters. I don’t know how long you’ve been lying there, but if you burned...or tanned...or whatever...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

A week later, a fat letter came from Wisconsin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I promise you, I will have the entire fee in a few weeks,” I said, next handing him Caitlin's letter as proof. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Our identity had been reduced to three letters: I DP. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The owls circled the tables, looking for the people to whom their letters and packages were addressed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She had flung a letter at me the morning before, as I poured out her coffee at breakfast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He is an old family friend. I have a letter for him in that envelope, asking him to take you north.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His handwriting was messy, slanting across the page, the size of the letters varying, the color of the pen changing. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Our letters are like flocks of doves, released from under our hats. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letters simply informed the people of Mattru Jong that the rebels were coming and wanted to be welcomed, since they were fighting for us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When his letters failed to arrive, nightmares dogged her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And yet, when the half-forgotten, hoped-for letter finally arrived, she had already made up her mind. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

As Burnham wrote this letter, his sons were near at hand. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“So we hustled back over to the office, right? Dad had Gates write out a letter giving me special permission to play soccer at Tangerine Middle School.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him how Jeth had rit a letter to the President and got an anser back. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote letters to my friends who were still in Kakuma. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles had never before had a letter delivered at the farm in his life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I made so many mistakes that I was forced to melt down the error-filled slugs and retype them with excruciating slowness, digging my teeth into my inner cheek until the letters became Yiddish once more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some of these letters might be short and some might be long. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Shortly after I published my first autobiographical essay seven years ago, my mother wrote me a letter pleading with me never again to write about our family life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’d tell him about my missing letters and demand he open up the mailbox so I could check for a false bottom. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I dutifully started pointing to the letters, but Bran brushed my pencil aside and pointed to the letters himself. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teacher’s writing on the board, but the letters don’t make sense. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But despite many telegrams and letters sent to him, Gary refused to bargain. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

My father replied to the Taliban the next day in a letter to the newspaper. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes I have had a letter from him by express.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Did Trotter know—she hoped not—about the crazy letter? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Back at the youth hostel, she wrote a sincere letter of thanks to Patti Sokoloff on an old-fashioned piece of airmail paper and posted it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“We are trying to get him to come. All loyal citizens are writing letters.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom probably needs our help. We need to see that letter. Now, not next week.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hungry Joe unpacked his bags and rewrote the happy letters home. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Stella ran her fingers gently over the round black letter keys, pressing the S for Stella part of the way down, watching the type bar rise up toward the roller. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Char’s hand was large and round, the letters evenly spaced, each fully formed—completely unlike my crabbed, spiky writing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is that I did write to Lio after I found his letters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our aunt and our great-grandma should be rocking on this porch together. Not sending poison pen letters back and forth through you.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The letter was destroyed, but its final paragraph is inside of me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In writing his letter to this new Lord Cheldthorpe, 03-01 seemed most sanguine about the prospects of His Lordship’s acquiescence and imminent financial gain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He took a letter from his pocket and tossed it on to the table. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I hold the letter out and he tucks it into his breast pocket. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In second grade, my dad got a D in penmanship, which is how you make your letters. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

From his cell Holmes also wrote a long letter to Carrie Pitezel, which he composed in a manner that shows he was aware the police were reading his mail. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But that’s exactly what brought on this letter—much more than Bessie’s insistence that I write to you about Ph.D.s and acting. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

But while she was eating, her eyes went to the letter and the tears came again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lively letter from a friend described William as “the epitome of the dapper and dangerous man.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A one-woman publicity machine, she sent out indignant press releases, as well as letters to the government demanding a public accounting. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had Momma’s way with the sounds of letters. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter, with its small, black, single-spaced words and sharp edges, spoke of a great injustice. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Writing a letter of complaint about mournful music didn’t seem like a good deed at all. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Here’s something I thought of yesterday: maybe my letters weren’t getting through to you at Aunt Maureen’s. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He posts that letter and then writes another the same day. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Watts Hill, Jr., chairman of Home Security Life Insurance, and a member of one of Durham’s leading families, defended the head of Operation Breakthrough in a letter to OEO director Sargent Shriver. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the light of a candle, he composed a letter, saying everything as briefly as possible. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Harry could see three letters addressed in green ink. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

With each dump, she reminded herself of all the clues from the letter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He and Babulya had heated discussions about every individual letter, it seemed. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was a little hard to tell that it was an ET sweatshirt, though, since both the letters and the sweatshirt were the exact same shade of purple. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The letter is dated nearly two months ago, only a few days before Katherine and I were sent here to Summerland. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Thank you very much for sending the nicest letter in my life. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to drive her crazy by writing the whole thing in capital letters. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Zhenya wrote a letter home five days after her squadron’s first flight, her tone was full of enthusiasm. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I sound out the letters of two of the words on the cover: “Thomas Harriot.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The black type blurred, the letters swimming into one another, and then changed to a bright red, the red of fresh blood. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“On the other hand," he said slowly, “you always were a crafty dog. And there are a lot of letters there just for a bottle of wine. What about it, sweetheart?" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then write the correct letter name above each note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I had rinsed off my blisters and started a letter to Joana. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Now that I have your interest,” the letter stated, “I want to tell you the real reason why I wrote to you.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jon Snow read the letter over until the words began to blur and run together. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you happen to know anything about a letter?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

On the way to the train station Claudia mailed two letters. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her letter failed because she couldn’t conceive of the profundity of your problem—she couldn’t fathom the pressures brought to bear upon you because of environment, intellectual frustration and a growing tendency toward isolationism. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took one of the letters off Maxie’s stack and read through it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stopped reading and writing letters for migrant workers, but still helped them in other ways. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Talk to her, Dana,” he said once he’d brushed aside the matter of my letter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She also sent Anthony a letter, which she wanted her to sign, inviting Douglass to speak at the upcoming National Woman Suffrage Association meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Letters were so few, and on every other occasion that Jethro could remember, any letter received by one member of the family had been read and discussed by every other member. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every so often Mami received a letter from her with a money order, or a package with the clothes my cousins in the United States had outgrown. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wrote letters to doctors in England, spent his evenings reading casebooks at the library, gave up eating meat on Fridays in order to appease his household god. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The first letter of each word spelled out fifteen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She quickly returned the letter to the puzzle book. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If you tap it just right, you can peel it back enough to find a message etched underneath, with the tip of a key or maybe a stolen West Wing letter opener. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Others played their hunches: addresses, license numbers of passing cars, any numbers on letters, telegrams, laundry slips, numbers from anywhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to tell an adult about the letter eventually.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Weariness and sorrow freighted each page of his letter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to talk but couldn’t, so I tried to trace letters on my hand, thinking I could spell out a question. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When her mother carried the steaming cup upstairs, Abra opened the incinerator end of the gas stove, put in the letters, and lighted them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

JonPaul took my letter when I found him near his locker, but as I turned to walk away, he said quietly, “I gave your concert ticket to Greggie.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered that the letter mentioned the silver dollar, fishing lure, and skeleton key. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Several months later, once he decides she is ready, the magician writes a letter of his own. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She wrote to Obinze about the books she read, careful, sumptuous letters that opened, between them, a new intimacy; she had begun, finally, to grasp the power books had over him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Neville Longbottom had been sent letters from all the witches and wizards in his family, all giving him different advice on what to choose. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Below that, in more modest lettering, Fine Food. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She knew he would squash them immediately, or insist on going with her, or sending a letter first before going to the house, and Maya wasn’t interested in any of those options. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Only in late January did my suspense end, with the arrival of a letter from Washington: I was sacked. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I fold up the letter and stick it in my pocket. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if Pastor Fisher had written this letter specifically to me! While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of several justifications for his letters, for he always felt a great need to write to his friend when he was bewildered or sad. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The letter quoted the section of the fellowship award stating that the fellowship was valid only for work in the designated institution. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I could just make out the name along the prow in moss- covered letters: CSS Birmingham. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They know when the examinations for cops, firemen or letter carriers are coming up. They’ll always put a voter wise if he’s interested.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever read any of Alexander Hamilton’s letters to John Laurens? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

At last he would put the letter away carefully and begin his brooding again, trying to recall out of his past some telling fact that might help him in getting his pension. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t tell us where he was in his letters. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chest feels clogged as I watch them unfold her letters, skim their fingers down the pages of loopy cursive. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could always tell Martin's letters from the rest of the mail. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He invited King Joffrey to send an envoy to the Iron Islands to fix the borders between their realms and discuss a possible alliance. lyrion read the letter three times and set it aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her letters had always been precious to me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The next thing we knew, Proud was back, and we got a letter asking for cattle to pay for a murder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new invitation, designed by Ashima, the English translation lettered by Gogol, is the only thing that isn’t a leftover. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sporadically, Bobby would select a letter at random and reply with a personal note. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She would do just about anything to get Evan back to the way he was before the letter. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“How romantic, a last letter. And do you think he will honor it?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In Piper’s room the next day, she brings out the special duplicate carbon letter paper her mom uses. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the page, in pale curly letters, were the words Abigail Ellis. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

So I told her about the ring and the ruined letter that had come with me in the skiff. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Jasón had said look at the letter carefully, draw it on the tablet, or on the sand of the playground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finding herself unable to read more than individual letters, she fetched Muriel. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Prisons were usually named after places; their buildings, after letters of the alphabet. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was obvious from the letters he had received from them that the Kansas troubles'1'1 would have to be settled with guns. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I prefer the girl branded with the letter I for ‘Insolence.’ Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main thing I had hoped for was that under this bright wrapping paper there would be a letter from Jermaine. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Jacob bends his head over the brown letters. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

That month I wrote a very simple letter to General Willemse, the commissioner of prisons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I write my name inside the cover, concentrating on each stroke of each letter to block out Noah’s yawn, Lina’s complaints, and Madge’s groans. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She held up a letter so they could read the green ink address: Harry made a grab for the letter but Uncle Vernon knocked his hand out of the way. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then she opened her rosewood box wherein were the letters her husband had written to her in courtship and since. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why weren’t you watching the parade? And what about writing that letter to the governor? In support of that preacher over to Brockway?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Georgia Boy reached out his hand and I placed the letter in it. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, it didn’t substitute each letter with another letter. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You probably memorized the colored letters when you were a baby,” she says. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her father reports that no letters have been delivered or collected in three days. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They learned to write their new address: 18434 Winslow Road Up, those two little letters ensuring that their mail ended up in their apartment, and not with Mr. Yang downstairs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This guy needs more than just a letter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry’s letter, from Connecticut, was as stilted as a cryptogram from the western front. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Several more letters were exchanged, as Pendleton groped for an honorable exit. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“How did you know there was a letter?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see an outline of a heart, with the letters K B etched inside it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Thursday, Trey and I both wore black T-shirts with white letters: black brother. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“So be it. Sal Lockton, it is the order of this court that you be branded on your right cheek with the letter of I in punishment for your crimes against your lady mistress.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she could ask further about posting them, Diana took the letters from her hand. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Holy Bible is written in swirly gold lettering on black vinyl. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

CBS and The Mercury Theatre received telegrams, phone calls, and letters that supported some of those accounts. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Hill’s Guard was printed in large, elaborate gold lettering on the back of their witch’s cloaks. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We just sat there, me staring at the fuzzy red letters of the school, and Calista rubbing my back in tiny circles. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

They’re white, with big maroon letters that say root for rosa on the front and team rosa on the back. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Hugo felt stupid for thinking he could fix it and especially for imagining there would be a letter from his father waiting for him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

There were six thousand letters to date and only nine of them abusive. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid the whole box of letters across the table to her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I will be working in the school office, filing papers, stapling letters, that kind of stuff. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

This formed the upright part of the letter T. Charlotte was not satisfied, however. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

We kept it on the same shelf with Caitlin's letters and used it to listen to music on holidays and weekends. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

This way Mr. Broks can read the letter without suspecting a ruse. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I also recruited into service the worn-out alphabet blocks my mother had used years earlier to teach us our letters. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

All the letters that represent zeros are in italics, so if someone knows what I’ve done, they could decode this. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I quickly delete the letter, run up to her room, and take the phone. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Not if the letter is registered. Valentin’s always reaches his family. They write and tell him so. Concha takes his letters and registers them. She speaks English well enough for that, he says.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“How many letters you must have occasion to write in the course of a year! Letters of business, too! How odious I should think them!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I got a nice letter from Charles Lindbergh, who thought that my flight around the moon by myself must have been similar to his solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuesday, my black T-shirt read in white letters: black brother. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He reminded Harry in every letter that whatever might be going on outside the walls of Hogwarts was not Harry’s responsibility, nor was it within his power to influence it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I picture her at the kitchen table, coffee in one hand, holotack in the other, punching in letters. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to write her a letter, “one with a punch and also some things in it to make her sorry for what she’s done.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Harry rolled up the letter and slipped it inside his robes, wondering whether he felt more or less worried than before. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If I write a letter for my mother, would you give it to her? Leave it at the house, I mean.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The last letter he has from her is six months old and begins: Why don't you write? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The letters MS—for Mississippi, her grandmother’s home state—were engraved on the outside of the bracelet. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If the spinner is spun one hundred times and the letters recorded, the probability that the word cat or warm will appear is very small, but the probability of some word’s appearing is high. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Amaya? You don’t want your letter? It’s from the General, I believe.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

To end up with twenty-six letters to match the alphabet, they skipped any that were repeated. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The brilliant young attorney fumbled through a stack of papers, felt his pockets, and finally found the letter in his briefcase. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no date on the letter so I couldn’t work out when Mother had written the letter and I wondered whether someone else had written the letter and pretended to be Mother. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I removed the letter from my brief case. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The one she doesn’t use for work. And maybe the letter’s on that. Or we can use that computer to get to the cloud, where she might have saved it.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Free Mending and Buttons,” said the lettering on the window. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mentally she re-read the letter which she had already read so many times. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

After the first three sentences, nothing in the rest of the letter made any sense. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The ground floor of the hotel was a maze of public rooms, all of them named in gold letters on the doors. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Once a year she dumps the letters onto her bed and goes through them, devoting an entire day to her parents’ words, allowing herself a good cry. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I started putting down any word that came to mind that had some of the bigger letters in it. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And he whistled happy as a robin as he went to his own room, and he sat up for an hour more writin’ letters and tearin’ ’em up and writin’ again. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my many letters, I have heard nothing from you. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Barbara used a Caesar cipher, which replaces each letter with one farther along in the alphabet. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When he gave me that envelope on the street, I told him the letter could only court bad luck. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Apollo himself inscribed the petals—some say with Hyacinth’s initial, and others with the two letters of the Greek word that means “Alas”; either way, a memorial of the god’s great sorrow. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catch-22 required that each censored letter bear the censoring officer’s name. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In early April a long letter arrived in Franz’s post-office box bearing a South Dakota postmark. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucking my legs up, I balance my note- book on my knees and write, in slow, careful letters. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t have school, I could stake out the postal box and solve the mystery of the missing letters. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Harris and Watkins wrote letters to editors complaining they’d been quoted out of context, their story sensationalized to “distort, misrepresent and terrify.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He held it close to his face and squinted at the letters. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Finally, I pull a crumpled letter from my skirt pocket. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

While the other girls gossiped and said good night one by one, Cora practiced her letters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Would you mind, very much, if I left a little letter of my own for your Edward?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But they stopped when they saw Marina and Militsa, and asked permission to mail bundles of letters their companions had given them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Her letter was like a handrail fixed to reality, one I could reach out and grasp when my mind began to spin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When Elizabeth Cady Stanton found out about the marriage, she wrote Douglass a letter of congratulations. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They were probably admiring his nameplate, Victor thought, a handsome black shiny sign with his name engraved in gold letters. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then, very soon after, I received a letter. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scrambled to gather the letters, my face flushing, but it was too late. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

After a minute of confused fighting, in which everyone got hit a lot by the Smelting stick, Uncle Vernon straightened up, gasping for breath, with Harry’s letter clutched in his hand. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She signed the letter, All my love, Lorraine. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I will always cherish the memory of the graduation ceremony in 2011, when the university presented me with an honorary doctorate of humane letters. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

An ornate letter S, inlaid with many small green stones, glinted dully in the diffused light shining through the tent’s canvas roof. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But he wouldn’t listen when I brought up the letter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Someone who could see the letter—history—the world—from a different point of view. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I slow, my fingers straying toward the letter to the Emperor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I read the e-mail six times before the letters form words and the words form sentences that I can understand, but, even then, the meaning of all the words taken together eludes me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Mother, You have not answered my letter of some months prevyus. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ten years ago, when Anatole received that first letter stamped with the new, official seal of the Presidency of Independent Angola, it looked like dreams could come true. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole time the letter was being read, your father and I sat silently while our parents had this type of show. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

If one person points the needle of their compass at a letter, the other compass needle will swing and point at the same letter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But now I couldn’t focus on how amazing it was, not with Marcus’s letter taking up so much space in my brain. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When Mandel got the letter, he called a meeting with one of the doctors, and accused them of being overly sensitive because of their Jewish ancestry. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She felt like she’d been dropped onto the page, among the letters, or like the book had somehow drawn the Current to them, as if it were all preordained. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, To inspire us in our new writing project, Ms. G gave us a letter she received from Miep after her trip to Amsterdam. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I am almost tempted to write a letter to my sister. You know—‘Having a perfectly splendid time here in jolly old Hill House....”’ The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Returning, the others wave, go back to writing letters home, relaxing, hanging out. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wrote Winnie two letters about a particularly beautiful tomato plant, how I coaxed it from a tender seedling to a robust plant that produced deep red fruit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were, indeed, but both she and the boy knew that the real reason she was forced to hand the letter over was the fact that she could not read. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, quick as a lightbulb flicking on, Barry could see a letter hidden in the drawing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He saw his name written in tiny cursive letters—your own name always stands out—and hidden in the chorus of a Smiths song. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

His letter to Rice began, “I have on hand a great project for the World’s Fair in Chicago. I am going to build a vertically revolving wheel 250' in dia.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And now, after this last death, he writes Theo a letter filled with quotes from the Bible. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I don't want to have to think about secret rooms or letters written in code or the fact that we were down to having only one parent, and now she's gone, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The letter was from Mr. Paul Rosendahl, director of guidance and chairman of scholarships at Santa Maria High School. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“How will you reach him? He sails with a crew of pirates somewhere on the wide sea,” I said, pointing to the letter. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But the letter he wrote to her afterward is lost. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s ‘normal,’ right?” the boy asked me as he stuffed the letter into the back pocket of his jeans and headed to class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The letter was written with a purple pen on hotel stationery in remarkably neat handwriting. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell his daughter that I did not like her letter at all. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From about eight o’clock, he would work in his study for an hour and a half, when he would take a break to listen to Emma read letters or a novel. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled it from the shelf, noting the dark gold lettering on its cover that Ekon had also described. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

For Jethro there was nothing to do but send the letter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that did not lessen the shock of having their books, papers, and letters seized by the government. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He writes like a sensible man,” replied Emma, when she had read the letter. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“I was just leaving,” he says, handing me a purple letter with gold writing on it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Over each one hovers its name in gold letters, along with its starting bid price. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went to my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother, and asked her to write a letter. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The letters not only provided irrefutable proof that the children had been with Holmes but contained geographic references that allowed Geyer to plot the broad contours of the route Holmes and the children had followed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you get my letter?” she asked, and added, almost in the same breath, “You look almost frozen, you poor man. Why didn’t you wait inside? Did you get my letter?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

You see Theo writing a letter—and you can see words on his shirtsleeve. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mami stood there watching, as I picked up the pencil, carefully tore a sheet from my notebook, and, in labored script, wrote, “Dear Tata, I hope when you receive this letter...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Monday never responded to any of my letters. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I reach for the letter but don't pull it out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I worked through the Old Testament next, then I read Dad’s books, which were mostly compilations of the speeches, letters and journals of the early Mormon prophets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I just don't mention that they're not my old letters and schoolwork. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“A letter? Why, there’s twenty-six of ’em—which one do you mean?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The letters didn’t pour in at the level experienced by Hollywood stars, but hardly a day would go by that several pieces of request mail did not arrive at 560 Lincoln Place. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I shuffle through the papers until I come to this letter: I know the provenance of the blusher mushroom that you ask after, but what you do with it must not be tied to me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Theresa took it and studied the title, printed in tall orange letters with black shading. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At another point in her letter, Miss Kenton writes: 'I was so fond of that view from the second-floor bedrooms overlooking the lawn with the downs visible in the distance. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Emily played around with rearranging the letters, thinking maybe it was an anagram. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I face out toward the big barn they have as a garage, and I write it in imaginary letters twenty feet high. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The solution was six letters long, and Pigpen was six letters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But as they sailed down the river, heading home, they were met by a messenger carrying a letter. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I folded the letter and put it under my mattress. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked through the box and tried to find another letter. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Next, I slipped my finger into the opening of the letter from Justin. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The word was written in big, red neon letters that flashed on and off. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He has a letter, but he does not hand it to her directly, instead putting it down on a table by the door and saying something to her, as hushed as the rain. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The nearest one is decorated with red, white, and blue streamers, and a huge banner that shouts “FIREWORKS” in bold letters. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose you could look at this as a confession letter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My letter had gone instead to a new chairman, who took a more active interest in directing young people. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” I said, but the word came out tight, like the letters had been squeezed together. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A letter and two photos tumbled out, and Grace caught one of the photos before it could hit the floor. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The first was a copy of a letter from Dr. Barnes to the school superintendent and each of the seven members of the school board. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

If you want, you can use the stuff in this letter. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine further that each of the 2.2 million Philadelphians is a letter to be delivered to the mailbox whose label corresponds to the number of hairs on his or her head. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were engraved on our brains from constant repetition and the painful results of not following them to the letter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

With my journal and Marcus’s letter in hand, I ran down the hall to my room. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Five months later, when asked to complete a short profile for a Who’s Who of notable American women, Elizebeth sent back a long letter. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I have known many slick, sharp-looking hustlers, who would have you think they had an interest in Wall Street; privately, they would get someone else to read a letter if they received one. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only he had run two yards farther to the left, he might now be sitting in the trench over there and writing a fresh letter to his wife. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to mail her letters to the farm since the post didn’t deliver to Hotstack and I had to trust that Mother wouldn’t open them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

More than a thousand letters were mailed out to American Legion posts and other civic and fraternal organizations. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A tall white guy sits in one of our kitchen chairs facing away from me—DETECTIVE written in big yellow letters across the back of his dark blue jacket. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I drew closer to look at the letters formed by her pen. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May we take my uncle’s letter to read to her?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

For each letter he drew a picture of some creature, a hawk or a pig, and printed its name below the letter. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was preparing letters and lectures about the flying saucers, the negligibility of death, and the true nature of time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt bad that I had to leave the real purpose of the letter unspoken. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I will send a letter of my own," he told the onetime maester. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“We’ll write them a letter and tell them to look at the base of the statue for an important clue.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Grandpa got a letter warning him to be on the lookout,” Kendra added. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ever since we had received our admission letters, we had worried about being in the same class as those three. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier, I had just written letters in the sand. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A solicitor’s letter informed her that the freehold of the bungalow was now hers, irrespective of the position she held with the Tallises. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She painted them very plain, with great big block letters and a picture of a clock. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The b is capitalized. You wouldn’t usually capitalize the first letter of a color.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent says they will have to have patience with each other, and keep writing letters, until they can see each other again. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t know you worked. He said you never mentioned anything about that in your letters.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I will find where truth is hidden,” he said darkly, tapping the letter. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And now, a year later, I was in my kitchen holding my acceptance letter and wondering if he had one too. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Thou hast not minced words in thy letter.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He ripped open the letter, and shouted, “It’s from Sirius!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Trey wore a black T-shirt with white letters: heritage is lit. what s yours? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know when we’d get to talk on the phone again, but we agreed to keep writing letters. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The casserole slid into the oven like a letter into a mail-box. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Vincent barely mentions it in his letters to Theo, even though he often does write about the mill, and their walk to it. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You seem a little busy,” Brandon said, glancing at the letter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That summer, on his last day in the Brookline office, he wrote three letters to George Vanderbilt, each saying pretty much the same thing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I wrote, “They’re letters to my son. I wasn’t able to send them to him while he was alive. Now he’s dead. I don’t speak. I’m sorry.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z