"Thank you. May I see your canteen please." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I left out the vision of May Castellan, because it was too disturbing to talk about. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of the blackboard was filled with more rows of figures, each headed by the name of a month: February, March, April, May, and so on through July. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“May I go out to play?” she asked. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally get through the busy line from a pay phone Janice says May is losing it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fainting spell had broken up the Daughters of Mary and sent May to the wailing wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the end of May, almost June, before I got back on the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Lords and ladies, on behalf of my fellow thespians, allow me to wish a happy Christmas to one and all. May I present: our first tableau.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

When we got off in Cape May it was the first time in three weeks I had been on land, and I had sea legs. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I think I like that one. May our enemies be cooked with the condemned.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There was now less than a week before the election on May 25, and I was a nervous wreck. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother could find out the details from May Belle after he was safely up the road. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

May Belle turned expectantly to Jesse, so he crossed his, too, trying hard not to feel like a fool, crossing his heart to a first grader in the middle of the playground. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

‘May I make a copy of your insurance cards?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The 125th Guards operated in the German region of Prussia, flying aggressive missions along the southwest of the Baltic Sea from January to May 1945. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When Burkhart’s trial began, in late May, White found himself in the midst of an even greater crisis. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The types of tests that Hartshorne and May used are quite central to their conclusion, so I’ll identify a number of them in some detail. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuesday, May 7, and Wednesday, May 8,1935 All I think about is telling my mom about 105. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I enroll them when I get back?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he decided to show it to May Belle, he would have to explain the joke, but once he did, she would laugh like a live audience on TV. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

May this letter be in the strictest of your confidences, Father. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, the first day of May, Maeve joined me at dawn. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was standing there with the night-light casting its small brightness when I looked down and saw the claw-footed tub wearing the red socks May had put on its porcelain feet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘May I ask why you do not wish to go to Egypt?’ he said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon that the funeral home came to pick up May for the burial, bees buzzed around the front-window screens. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard May start to hum “Oh! Susanna.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nelson told me confidentially that Mother and Ruth May had kibáazu, which means that someone had put a curse on them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in a booming voice, the great Paqo spoke directly to Inti: “May you always remain as young as you were on the first day, giving light and warmth forever!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

In May 1992 Hall and Ball led six clients to the summit of Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

May I remind you this is a very powerful witch. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

In May 2009, the Supreme Court agreed to review the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I should like to stand up in Sunday school now and ask: May Africa talk back? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now that my phone’s back on, I keep trying to call Yule May.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ruth May was now getting rashes all over her back and was hot to the touch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them was too surprised to see May Belle come screaming toward them at recess time. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“May I ask what that cretin nemesis of a policeman was doing on the scene?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have come here to say good-bye to Ruth May or so they claim. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes indeed! How are you? Good morning! Salutations! Very pleased to meet you. What is your name, please? May I have your name?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

And with the previous day’s tests in hand, Hartshorne and May could compare the first day’s answers to the second, and get a good sense of how much each student was cheating. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to a couple of the famous May balls at Oxford. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“May I go out to my trough and see if I left any of my supper? I think I left just a tiny bit of mashed potato.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

On the second day of May, as she came out on Wethersfield landing, a trim little ketch was already tied up, fresh-painted, with clean white canvas and not a barnacle on its hull. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“May I cut in, sir? “You look plain pretty, Scout,” Henry said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“The May before college started. Maybe that was a mistake. Anyway, it’s done.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We left Base Camp at 4:30 a.m. on May 6 to commence our summit bid. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen was going to sleep in the extra twin bed, get the bottom drawer of May’s dresser for her stuff, and have the bathroom at her fingertips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For evidence that few lessons were learned from the mistakes of May 10, one need look no farther than what happened on Everest in the weeks that immediately followed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In May, 1862, she boarded the Atlantic, a Government transport, headed for Beaufort, which is located on Port Royal, one of the Sea Islands, off the coast of South Carolina. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I interest you in this climbing tree?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at Ruth May, who seemed to have no inkling they were discussing the fate of her life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in California it does not ordinarily rain at all between the end of May and the first of November. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now for the business at hand. May I see the key?” she asked, opening her purse. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Because I’ll be twenty on the third of May and I’m still a virgin.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t find any spark left in Ruth May, I was afraid I might panic, or cry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May your hands always be stained with blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

What if the Nazis ban the Karl May westerns, what if they call them un-German because they are set in the American Wild West? The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the evening of May 2, Mr. de Klerk made a gracious concession speech. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During a rally on May 4 to support workers seeking an eight-hour workday, a pipe bomb exploded in Chicago’s Haymarket Square, panicking both the demonstrators and the police, who opened fire. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“Moo—oo, ” she said, looking for all the world like another May Belle with her big, brown droopy eyes. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“May we, Mother?” asked Meg, turning to Mrs. March, who sat sewing in what they called ‘Marmee’s corner’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

May sank down onto the floor, crying and looking so hurt inside I could almost see soft, red places up under her rib bones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the price had gone up, and he found he would have to go over into every one else’s dollar to make up the full amount for May Belle. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

On the first Monday in May 1903, black waiters arrived to begin work at a popular lunch counter only to be told to go home, as the manager had abruptly declared them “incompetent.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I know. It’s May’s wall. She made it herself.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got Ob and May after all those years of having nobody, that was my idea of dying and going to heaven. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she added, “May you walk with the angels always.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever this was, it had been Ruth May’s project for a very long time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That May there was a blurred photograph in the papers of a landlord in Palghat who had been tied to a lamp post and beheaded. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they came to the stop, he grabbed May Belle’s hand and dragged her off, conscious that Leslie was right behind them. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

In his own memoirs he had selected May 15, 1776, as the most decisive moment, because that was the day the Continental Congress passed a resolution calling for new constitutions in each of the states. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Hilly’s watching her maid, Yule May, refill our tea glasses. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Lady Constance decisively, after a pause, “Miss Lumley. You are certainly everything I had hoped for in a governess, and more. May I offer you the position?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In her arms, crosswise like a load of kindling, Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May his Three Thousand Years be full of joy,” Rekh said gravely. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I am a convicted prisoner, serving five years for leaving the country without a permit and for inciting people to go on strike at the end of May 1961. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In May 1944, Hitler ordered that all Jews in Hungary be deported to the camps, crowding them so much that conditions became even more intolerable. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Father Cham had told her, “May that bird always provide for you,” Thirty years later, the widow claimed the chicken still laid an egg every day. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Mary crowned with dying sweet flowers on the first day of May. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I pack the small green suitcase just for myself?” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask who it is who has been kidnapped or possibly murdered?” the woman said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Pan American jet which took me home—it was Flight 115—landed at New York’s Kennedy Air Terminal on May 21, at 4:25 in the afternoon. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yule May easy to recognize from the back cause she got such good hair, smooth, no nap to it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Celine stepped over the side of the boat and put a hand on Ruth May’s head, then stooped down and looked in her eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We share a prolonged celebratory drink, and I say, “Here’s to you, Mr. Doorman. May you live another year.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They were the rainy stars, supposed to bring rain because the time of their evening and morning setting, which comes in early May and November, is usually rainy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham had advertised the first contract on May 14, this for the Mines Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When school let out in the middle of May, I began getting up long before dawn to go crabbing. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Curse all of you. May your pitiful water monster never regain its former health!” it yelled and made a mad dash for the fire. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Since this was an annual holiday, instead of working everyone attended the May Day celebration and fair at the cathedral. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured from mine. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

May wanted me to go and stop it but I admit I couldn’t. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I meet the owner of this place?” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

May didn’t allow rat traps in the house, as she couldn’t even bear the thought of a suffering rat. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning of May 14, even Richard is up and ready before sunrise. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

As long as I’m carrying Ruth May piggyback through my days, with her voice in my ear, I still have her with me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also likes walking around, too, “especially in late May when the weather is perfect.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After a minute, though, she drew back and pulled May’s head to her breast, and it almost seemed like she wanted May to listen now for her heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May we take my uncle’s letter to read to her?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

May had to have a banana every morning, and this banana absolutely could not have a bruise on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If May Ling could choose, don’t you think she’d choose to stay with her real mother? The mother who gave birth to her?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was Tuesday, May 19, 1964—my thirty-ninth birthday— when I arrived in Algiers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the best part is that now, instead of going back to San Francisco or Cape May or wherever afterwards, all he has to do is go upstairs to his room. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“May we look at the windows first?” said Michael, hopping excitedly on one leg. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

One morning in the middle of May, I awakened to hear Timothy taking great breaths. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

May always liked the weird ones best, the ones you couldn’t peg right off. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“May I get the children’s adoption papers and passports from my office?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the only time I ever think about Ruth May being dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 21, 1917, they made a secret trip to Chicago, where a rabbi married them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the coroner’s questioning was over, Bigger heard Max ask, “May I direct a few questions?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s when the harpies will come to eat you. Now, good night, cousin, and dare I say it? May the gods go with you.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I am lost,” said the Wart “Funny thing that Now I have been lost for seventeen years. “Name of King Pellinore,” continued the Knight “May have heard of me, what?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother bathed Ruth May with a washcloth as if she were a baby. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In most places, spring comes around March or April or even May. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It happened when your mother was a teenager. May caught her killing a roach with a fly- swatter. She said, ‘Deborah Fontanel, every living creature on the earth is special. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could only stare at Ruth May’s bare left shoulder, where two red puncture wounds stood out like red beads on her flesh. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I have some more?” said the Pea. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Kaisa dismounted from her horse and asked, “May I ask you for some water for my horse?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only one of us who’d had the nerve was Ruth May, who marched right up and voted for Jesus so hard her pebble struck the cross and bounced. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’d done, she said, “May Jesus protect him,” and made the sign of the cross. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now is the month of May, which marks the end of spring and promises a full and fruitful summer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“May it not frighten her terribly? It is unusual to break into a lady’s room!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She would say, “Heavenly father, I command you to bless Uju’s mentor. May his enemies never triumph over him!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Astronauts were big business, particularly since American Alan Shepard had been launched into space on May 5, 1961, three weeks after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen’s voice drifted from the kitchen window, followed by May’s laughter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May it be your offering to the Mother who bore us all. Drink, and let Her bless you, and replenish your strength.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After the Independence cut off our stipend and all contacts with the larger world, it seems God’s plan called for Mother and Ruth May to fall sick nigh unto death. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must not have noticed because she was looking at me with those kind eyes again, saying, “May I ask a few questions?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"May I take a picture?" he asks, his voice and hands shaking. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I could tell she was afraid Jack Palance trying to integrate the movie theater might ruin May’s okra feast. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I supposed it was May, who didn’t need a reason. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

May as well tell all the bad news at once. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Although by the end of May Day I look like someone dumped a huge basket of trash on top of me. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Chizu, her calm shattered, was yelling at him to slow down, Mama was too, and May was screaming. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She starts chanting, "May I tell your fortune? Step up, and me and my wise parrot will tell you what the future holds!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I could hear music coming from the truck radio, Sam Cooke singing “Another Saturday Night,” then May calling across the yard to Rosaleen, something about getting the sheets off the clothesline. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled May’s head to her so it rested against her shoulder for a minute, and then she lifted her sister’s face and pressed the towel to May’s forehead and temples and along her neck. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that point, he and Hansen were still on the Step; and at 4:43 on the morning of May 11, when he next spoke to Base Camp, he had descended to the South Summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If Ruth May had been feeling up to snuff she’d have already climbed aboard and started jabbering with the Fowles children in probably all those languages plus French and Siamese. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the simpler case of lexical ambiguity, an individual word has two meanings, as in the headlines Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted and New Vaccine May Contain Rabies. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

One evening in early May, I finished my homework and came into the kitchen to find my parents sitting at the table with a man I didn’t recognize. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In command of the cookhouse was the imposing figure of Evanda May Calimar, a lady of color and, as it would turn out, an awe-inspiring cook. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

On May 3, Eisenhower authorized a false cover story. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Late on the night of May 28, we were awakened by shouts and fierce knocking on our cell doors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask a favor, then? Can I use your Netbook?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry to disturb you at your pleasure, my lord,” said Jaime, with a half-smile, “but I am in some haste. May we talk?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In May 2009 the American Civil Liberties Union, several breast- cancer survivors, and professional groups representing more than 150,0 scientists sued Myriad Genetics over its breast-cancer gene patents. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Miniature versions of the marvelous life May Ling would have with the McCulloughs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We are confident,” said Edward Lim, “that the state will see fit to return custody of May Ling Chow to her biological mother.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

August and June pulled May to her feet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to talk to you some more, if you don’t mind. About Sing. May I come in?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the word BIRTHDATE, I wrote May 11, 1918, which this girl insisted was the same as three months after the Chinese lunar new year. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t work. It was fun. May I keep the notes I made?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

April passed, then came May, the month of Mary. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May put an aluminum saucepan on her head and slid two comic books down the seat of her jeans in case of a whipping. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he retired, Scooter has been living in a rooming house in Cape May, New Jersey. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The play was going to open at the Rose Theater in New York City on the last Friday of May. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You come over here and you gonna get wet,” May said, echoing Rosaleen, and she came after us, pitching the contents of her skirt across our backs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She relished reporting the Fourth of July Toast: “John Adams. May he, like Samson, slay thousands of Frenchmen with the jawbone of Jefferson.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“May was with us,” he said, with the same certainty he might have used telling me it was February. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

So, in May 1956, he placed an ad in the Ohio State Penitentiary newsletter: Physician seeks 25 volunteers for cancer research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When I remind Safer that I haven’t ever actually seen Mr. X, he tells me not to worry, that I will recognize him because he is the only person who wears all black in May. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, mighty Thor,” he said, “for showing us your seminal receptacles. May you rest in peace now.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She phoned my office one day in May to relay the details of a visit. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“My parents woke up to the Death-Cast alert on May tenth.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Traditionally, the members of the senior class invited their younger brothers and sisters to the Commencement Dance, held the night before the Junior- Senior Banquet, which was always the last Friday in May. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"You know, Turtle, you may be right about putting our money in the stock market. I remember the will said May God thy gold refine. That must be from the Bible." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

In it were a dress and a coloring notebook of Ruth May’s, pieces of our hope chests, my bow and arrows. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako asked, “Is it all right? May I take a bath?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before the monsoons hit in May, we have to endure April, our hottest month, with temperatures often reaching no degrees—so hot that even the children stay indoors to avoid the sun. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May shrank back through the narrow passage between this brief fabric of light and all the rest of what there is for us: the long waiting. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May the Lord have mercy on your soul.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the night of May 17 he scaled the grandstand and slid out onto the roof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cradled and lifted the head to rinse it, taking care not to get the soapy water in Ruth May’s eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We regularly meet twice a year in front of the Bolshoi Theater on the second of May and the eighth of November.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The day after May failed to make her appearance, the day after Ob trudged miserably one way while I trudged miserably the other, was what they call in English class the denouement. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Love, May August laid the note down and turned to June. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 5, 1990, nearly fifty years after Lilya’s disappearance, Soviet Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev signed a decree honoring her as a Hero of the Soviet Union. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

May came in with a burst of bloom in hedge and field. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

From the beginning, Hall had planned that May 10 would be our summit day. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their match was to begin in May 1971 in Vancouver, Canada, on the beautiful campus of the University of British Columbia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Charles. May I have my hand back? I need it to flip over this final card.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“The first day we were here May told us that April died.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day after the election, May 19, was a Sunday, and a mass meeting that had been planned for weeks was held at St. Joseph’s Church. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was May but it was pouring rain as though it were November. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a good- looking watch. May I see it?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I have your attention, please!” said the biggest goose. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s lovely. It’s the first really good camel’s hair I’ve seen since the war. May I ask where you got it?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

When May stepped back into the room a few minutes later, her eyes zigzagged from face to face. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the middle of the afternoon, the first week in May. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She hobbled to the bed on her crippled legs and picked up a copy of the Masses that carried a lurid May Day cartoon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

May sang the song in the kitchen when she rolled dough or sliced tomatoes, and August hummed it when she pasted labels on the honey jars. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monday, May 27,1935 As the day of Nat’s interview approaches, my mother behaves as if her nerves have rotted and fallen apart like old rubber bands. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sad news met her at at Vevay, for the heat had driven them from Nice in May, and they had travelled slowly to Switzerland, by way of Genoa and the Italian lakes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May his soul rest in peace,” Papa said, crossing himself. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

May’s blessings: I am counting my blessings tonight and thinking about Kay and how she never got to hear her mother’s voice. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was early May and the monsoon hadn’t come yet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not just that I don’t know Yule May well. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if she hadn’t been burning up she could have kept her head, but she was so hot, so exhausted that Thursday in May, she wasn’t prepared, she had no defenses. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

On May 21, the phone rang in my hotel room and Sister Betty said, “Just a minute, please—,” then the deep voice said, “How are you?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May choked out loud and made a horrible face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Majesty,” Pinmei said, her quiet words loud in the silence, “I did not finish my story. May I tell you the end?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“May his spirit haunt you, Basta!” he said in a solemn voice. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“May we go now?” asked the dog, whose sensitive nose had picked up a loathsome, evil smell that grew stronger every second. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the beginning of May, when the grass grows really fast. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He is afraid he won't live to his thirtieth birthday in May. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On May 18, with a full moon shining at 2:00 A.M., the Boss decided it was time to go. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“May I help you, ladies?” he says with a fake deep voice as he holds the door open while we walk in. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The special school board election was set for Monday, May 25. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t find either one of the twins but did catch sight of Ruth May fixing to executrate her second swoon of the day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She touched his shoulder and mumbled softly, “May the Good Lord keep you on your journey, Son, and may He watch over you.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I wish I could ask Pascagoula more about what Yule May said, but Pascagoula called this morning and said she had a problem and wouldn’t be coming in until this afternoon. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Agents could confirm that the gambler had been at one of the speakeasies drinking with Bryan and Anna on the night of May 21. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I had a million more questions, but May had started humming “Oh! Susanna.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of ant lions and “Mother May I.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the white general election of May 1987, the Nationalists won an overwhelming majority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Woo,” it says at the top, and below that, “June May,” who was born in “California, U.S.A.,” in 1951. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning was damp and dewy, cold for May. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was growing colder, unseasonably cold for the middle of May, and the fog, though not heavy, was rising off the water, thickening imperceptibly, and obscuring the lowcountry in its passage across the land. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m right here, May Belle. You think I’m gonna let you fall? Here.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“May you prosper too,” I whispered, hardly able to speak, for his words had left me defenceless. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May his luck keep him in classes and us in drinks.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Aunt May gardened, and when she said it your mind would see some lovely person in a yellow-flowered hat snipping soft pink roses, little robins landing on her shoulders. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Farmer’s bus pulled into the Greyhound station in Anniston, Alabama, on May 14, 1961, it was met by an angry mob armed with clubs, bricks, iron pipes and knives. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Moss spooned out a fishy mixture, I pleaded as cutely as possible, “May I pretty please have a bowl of cereal instead?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She continued to live in this fashion, spending the winter in Canada, and the spring and summer working in Cape May, New Jersey, or in Philadelphia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cry out, “Mother May I?” and the mothers crawl forward on hands and knees, trying to eat the dirt from their babies’ fresh graves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then tomorrow—after the Reverend Young would have connected Ob to May and everything was finally set right—tomorrow we were supposed to drive to the capitol. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Things stayed fairly quiet in Philadelphia until May, when General Sir Henry Clinton took over command of Philadelphia from General Howe. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jubilee, I think this is some of your best work. Louisa May Alcott said, ‘It takes two flints to make a fire.’ Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely lovely. May I have the griffin I shot?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Paris peace talks opened in May—and went nowhere. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In our seventeen months in Kilanga, thirty-one children died, including Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was Big Chief Ndu they were talking about, or “Mister Undo” as Ruth May calls him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuesday, May 28,1935 The next morning I feel my mother watching me as I rinse my cereal bowl, search for my history homework, put on my socks. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time Alex had been at Port Authority it was May, crowded with hysterical people trying to escape. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The May 1937 deadly explosion of the Hindenburg airship in New Jersey. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It could snow in May or be very hot or both in the same day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“May I help you?” the woman said to me, barely glancing up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It’s still too early to stop for the night, so we fish and gather May apples for dessert as we follow the splashing stream downhill. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My daughter’s frightened. May I get her, brother?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’m going to have enough time to learn all the songs. May I record the songs on my phone so I can learn them faster?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Pa set his jaw, steepled his hands over his plate, then said, “God, thank you for this good food. May you bring such bounty from our own earth in the months to come. Amen.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what happened to May Castellan? I mean—” “I know what you mean,” Thalia said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

May my present path, my new life, start from there! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

May Belle wiped her nose on the back of her hand. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ruth May with the eyes of an Easter morning. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d lie there a few minutes, enjoying, in a way, the strangeness of my situation; then I’d groan and drag myself up to get Ob and May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He thought for a moment, and then said: “May I have three days? I shall clear them away.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

We’d watched the men from the ambulance bring May back from the woods on a stretcher, then listened as the two policemen asked August and June all sorts of questions. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask why he'd been at May Castellan’s house that night, and what had happened after he caught Luke. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was there, on Tuesday evening, May 27, with 4,500 people looking on, that Ernie received his diploma. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our season ended that first week in May, not so victoriously for the Burnt Mill Creek High School Pioneers. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Same day—Tuesday, May 28, and Wednesday, May 29,1935 I’m in bed, listening to the sound of my mother crying and the deep even rumble of my father’s voice trying to comfort her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look who checked this book out on 26 May ’64!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She hasn’t visited me here since Christmas, but she promised she’d fly home in May to see me for my birthday. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

May nodded to June to keep on with the music and took Rosaleen’s hand, pulling her to Our Lady of Chains, so even Rosaleen got to touch Mary’s heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Marlena? May I come in, dear? I need a word with August.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The rainy season in Sierra Leone falls between May and October, with the heaviest rainfalls in July, August, and September. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When Hartshorne and May began to look for patterns in the cheating, some of their findings were equally obvious. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some unknown reason, however, no Sherpas left the South Col ahead of us on the night of May 9. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I ought to go over to Hilly’s and ask Yule May myself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Stanley was still trying to remember how many days there were in May and June. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I want to be here, on Tuesday, in May, sitting in the red- topped booth at Sunnysides, watching Cordelia as she delicately slurps the last of her milkshake up through the straws. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

May sounded so normal and happy right then, I couldn’t imagine how she’d gotten the way she was—one minute laughing and the next overrun with everybody’s misery. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I?” she said with her arm extended. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Twenty days after they lost Annie, on May 13, a new child, a son, Horace, was born. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could I ever forget May 17, 1954, the day the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

April advanced to May: a bright serene May it was; days of blue sky, placid sunshine, and soft western or southern gales filled up its duration. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the 17th of May the Supreme Court announced the decision to condemn the “separate but equal” philosophy of education. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mother said, Fine if you want to get sick like Ruth May go on ahead, make your own bed and then lie in it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In anticipation, the government banned all meetings and gatherings for May i. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Think of the sound of water over stones in a cold stream, and the sound of wind through green trees on a late May afternoon in Central Park. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

August, May, June, and Rosaleen were supposedly over in the pink house in their rooms lying under the fans with the lights out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing Ob did when the afterlife antenna came around again was to take him out into May’s empty garden. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

One warm spring day in May of 2007, the Medicine Hat Tigers and the Vancouver Giants met for the Memorial Cup hockey championships in Vancouver, British Columbia. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In May 1869, the leadership of the American Equal Rights Association gathered at its annual meeting in New York City. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

One night in May, my uncle and I sat on the balcony of his apartment. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The members of Marina Raskova’s regiments would meet—and a dwindling few, now in their nineties, still do—in front of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, in May and in November. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

"May the Lord of Light shower you with blessings on this most fortunate day, Princess Daenerys," the magister said as he took her hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I reached for August’s hand, but she had turned right and was moving along the bank, calling May’s name. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the funeral home men drove away, August and Rosaleen walked up to the coffin and stared down at May, but I hung back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As May neared, I found myself hosting more scraps of fabric than budding leaves. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was May Belle yelling from the other side of the scrap heap. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

The ball took place on a Saturday night in late May on the tennis courts of the Mica Country Club. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I thought about the sad little pictures of Hermes taped above May Castellan’s sink. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Elementary and middle schools could put the January through April-born students in one class, the May through August in another class, and those born in September through December in the third class. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

May I express the condolences of the entire community and . Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

August was giving me time for now, time to be by the river and do what I had to do, the same way she gave herself time there after May died. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one change: Complying with Riddle’s wishes, they would schedule the race for Memorial Day, May 30, not September. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

August had May’s note with her at all times, tucked in her pocket or slipped under her belt if she had on a no-pocket dress. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the gale of May 10, though violent, was nothing extraordinary; it was a fairly typical Everest squall. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As April turns into May and May into June, the leaves shrivel, the trees turn brown, and the river streams dry up. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late in May, the government staged countrywide raids on opposition leaders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I have this. Yes. Stay out of the street, please.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Con set his teacup gently on the ground and said, “Madam, you are undoubtedly a wise woman. May I ask how many years you have lived here in the Great Wood?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t be surprised if May’s wailing wall outlasted us all. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Now, my dearest court, cast your coins before I reveal the favorite. Let us see if we've picked the same Belle. May you always find beauty." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday, May 23, a few days before the end of the school year, Miss Scalapino took me by surprise. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I crossed my arms over my chest and held on to my own shoulders, thinking of Ruth May’s sharp, skinny shoulder blades under her little white shirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May all the doors you face in life swing open and never smack you in the butt as they close!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At 8:32 A.M. on a Sunday morning, May 18, the north side of the volcano collapsed, sending an enormous avalanche of dirt and rock rushing down the mountain slope at 150 miles an hour. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But at last one of those he wounded prayed a prayer and it was answered by the gods: “May he who loves not others love himself.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope they have a girl, six or seven,” said May Belle. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

And when May died, he figured out what it was. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May’s sickness stayed with her, but Mother began pulling herself together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lord, May Belle, I was shaking like Jello.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When they sat down, May Belle was still screeching about her dadgum Twinkies over the roar of the motor. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When I asked August why May was coming through the front door in her coffin, she said, “We’re going to sit with her till she’s buried.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother used her own reserves, without stealing the life out of Ruth May or anyone else. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May the blaze and blast be glorious, and the universe welcoming. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I had no choice, since she and Ruth May and I were thrown together by caste, set apart from Leah the Huntress. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It doesn't seem like you need any work done. May I take a closer look?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I am called Dulcet. May I take you, Boots? You would care for a bath?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For example, headlines in the San Francisco Chronicle for May 15, 1910, include “Comet Camera as Big as a House,” “Comet Comes and Husband Reforms,” “Comet Parties Now Fad in New York.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The May apples were ripe, and I stuffed on those as I went through the woods. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As May Day of 1936 approached, it was voted by the union membership that we should march in the public procession. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t home anytime before the sun went down that day in May. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“May God have mercy on all of you,” the doctor replied. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And, Lord, we ask your blessing on this soul, who was with us such a short time. May he rest in peace.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His chances seemed to improve again on May 10, when the FBI revealed the bugging that’d been done, at Kissinger’s orders, on the phones of his assistants. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was early May, but we had driven back into winter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In April and May of 1940, Hitler’s armies snapped up western European nations including Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and finally, in June 1940, France. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

May would be the first out, standing in the living room and talking to the distressed bat: “Poor little feller. Must be scared to death. You never meant to come into this old trailer....” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

May perform field lineman, switchboard operator, or other communication duties. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like universities across the country, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh holds its spring commencement in May. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just like June was June’s month and May belonged to May. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May I express my sincerest apologies for the illness of your mother, our queen," I say with a bow, and kiss two fingers to place at my heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I am his messenger. May I take a message?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I texted Augustus because I knew he was in school: Still free May three? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wished more than anything we could bury May in a beehive tomb. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one disdainful suitor added this: “May his fortune grow an inch for every inch he bends it!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our stores are still intact, save for the Anacin tablets taken by our mother and the thimble lost down the latrine hole by Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask if this represents a new price bracket for you?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning, May 3, hundreds of children skipped school and met again at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In May, we announced the suspension of talks with the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As recently as May 2008, one could find a brief introduction to the organization’s criminal justice work in the section entitled Legal Department. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ob talked about what a good wife May was and all the sweet things she’d done for him—for us—while she was living. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

May you grow old in this place, B.J., is the curse I beam out at her when I am finally permitted to leave. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure when it sank in that May had gone off to some un-reachable place inside herself. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time May would be there kneeling with the flashlight batteries burned out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shut his eyes and remembered her smiling at him and telling him with a wink what her blessing from the old monk had been: May your courage never falter. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He’d no* more than lie down on the floor to paint than May Belle would be after him to put an arm back on or snap up a dress. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He shut P. T. in the shed, and the dog’s whimpering reminded him of May Belle and made his headache worse. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

In May, the company announced that its big new coal-preparation plant in Caretta was complete, and all the coal from both the Coalwood and Caretta mines would henceforth be loaded into coal cars over there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“May as well sit down. I’m going to begin at the beginning.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, beta. You’re growing up. Hina was right. You are a wonderful young woman. May God grant you a long life and every happiness.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Around the first of May I think it was. What they used to call May Day.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the murky press of daybreak on May 20, Pollard took Seabiscuit to the track, jogged him around to warm up, then walked him to the training track and into the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All spring the gossip had been about little Mirabelle McCullough—or, depending which side you were on, May Ling Chow—and now, at last, there was something new and sensational to discuss. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Hold the flashlight on May for me,” August said to her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opposed the May Day strike on the grounds that the ANC had not originated the campaign, believing that we should concentrate on our own campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then May arrived with its warm weather and blew away what little power he had left. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

May is not exactly warm in the Catskills. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the kitchen across the hall Kit could hear the voices of the family as they sat cozily about the fire that was still welcome on these cool May evenings. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was May Belle who came to tell him in the bean patch that people were moving into the old Perkins place down on the next farm. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Cape May, New Jersey, was their next stop. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

"Next, strings. May I have my violins, please?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Spouse abuse, sexual slavery, and multiple excommunications from the Church of England all figure in Puttenham’s revised biography,” as the above-mentioned Steven W. May sums it up. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He called the mystery woman at 2:30 on May 29. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In May 1991, when I was sixteen years old, the rebels drove the president out of the country and set up a new government that was friendly with Northern Sudan. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m the tallest midget in the world. May I help you?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yule May look me in the eye and I can tell then she know what I’m about to say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Please excuse me, grandfathers. May I be allowed to clap hands?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In second grade, I was prepared for my first Confession, which took place on a Saturday morning in May. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In late May, my parents, siblings, and I all came together in Rwanda for Adele’s wedding. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The night was dark and, for May, cold. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the same way I did right after May died, only multiplied by a hundred. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trial of all the conspirators, including Mary, began on May 9, and 366 witnesses were called before it was over at the end of June. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“My son, my greatest pride ... my poor May ...” He sounded so devastated I didn’t know what to say. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“May I tell you my plan? May I illustrate for you how we can make your dream of becoming a princess a reality? “ The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Your father. Ast! It is the son of Thutra, my departed friend. May his Three Thousand Years be full of delight.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

May these, as we go to still higher energies, in turn be found to be made from still smaller particles? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leslie came and leaned over May Belle, putting her hand on the little girl’s thin shoulder. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

As you can tell, Mrs. Baker had me reading The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark for May—which I think was punishment for taking off April. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

May Belle at six was already too wise. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hartshorne and May, in other words, had set up a sting operation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That should have been no surprise, as Ruth May appears to be capable of leaping tall buildings with the force of her will. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I have one little sound as a souvenir?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask, sir, if you’re going to trade something in?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Their faces concentrated on Ruth May the way a lens concentrates sunlight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May and Adah and I stayed out of it, us still being adequate vessels for a good licking, the last we’d heard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May as well make them easy to pick up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So in May 1916, she started to look for work again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ruth May is not the same Ruth May she was. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May they defend His Grace against all threats.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On Monday, May 17,1954, in the case of Brown v. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She said that she was going out to attend a Crowning of the May Queen at some church, but since it isn’t May, I tend to doubt her veracity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have I reached the Sinclair residence? May I please speak with Miranda?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Why not? May as well make a real mess and make it worth all the stress!” he said with a laugh. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“It is a very distressful thing,” he wrote, “to walk into a yard in May and not hear a bee buzz.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But when she told them she wasn’t exactly sure whether Luke had been born in May or June, that set the voices positively buzzing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“May I see your papers, comrade? What are you doing here? What time did you leave work? Is this your usual way home?”—and so on and so forth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And mine, I think, is to leave my house one day unmarked by whiteness and walk on a compassionate earth with Ruth May beside me, bearing me no grudge. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Confusion take this shouting!” exclaimed the magician, stamping on his hat “May Castor and Pollux.... No, not again. God bless my blood pressure....” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pundits’ predictions were proven totally wrong when the first news issued from Curaçao that May. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“May chicken pox afflict you if you lie. Who told you it was my sister’s body that you saw? Who told you? Do not lie here. Cholera will strike you dead.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was Sunday, May 24, 1959, the day before the election. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expedited work was finished by the end of May, and a vast circular building near Strawberry Canyon originally designed to house the world’s biggest cyclotron became the headquarters of an entirely different project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Now it was late May, and when Tayo went to the outhouse he left the door open wide, facing the dry empty hills and the light blue sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May is surprisingly stubborn for a child of five and unwilling to miss out on any kind of a spree. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for one of the papers and read aloud: “‘On May seventeenth, Ronald Taylor jumped into the Arctic Ocean yelling “Sea unicorn!” and he startled a narwhal. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a lot of conditioning, the jockey might be able to ride in May. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The combination smelled like honey in the warm early May air. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He went up on his own at 11.32, 24 May, and was due to come down at 12.02 the same day. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amy preserved a discreet silence, but there was a conscious look in her downcast face that made Laurie sit up and say gravely, “Now I’m going to play brother, and ask questions. May I?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could hear Ruth May’s creepy pet mongoose scurrying around under the table looking for somebody to drop something. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lancelot said coldly: “May I remind you about your own conduct towards the Queen?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see her in my mind’s eye—Nurse May- inga, the source of the virus in the United States Army’s freezers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wishes, according to Maeve, could not be touched until after May Day. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not until May were the men harvesting the best of the crop. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The term originated from an army report of May 24, 1861. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded her of that game, Mother, May I? Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

"May we help you?" asks the lady behind the door. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"May I be excused, please?" she recited stiffly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Gradually they crept forward, closing their circle around the table, and there they remained for a very long time, staring at Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then she had to go back to giving Ruth May her sponge baths, so that was the whole show. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, it was worse than the grown-up talk he was used to, because all his parents ever talked about was the corn harvest and bills and the likelihood of frost at the end of May. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

May the Communists light up the house on a girl’s birthday. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I meant the first dance. May I have the honor?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a temporary assignment, but on his twenty-first birthday, May 1, 1878, he leaves The Hague. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

May the gods look kindly on the beast that is to kill me. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit had been a very late foal, born at the end of May 1933, but in January 1935, half a year short of his actual birthday, he was deemed a two-year-old, officially eligible to race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 28, following two and a half months of prodigious effort, a high camp was dug tenuously into the Southeast Ridge at 27,900 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She is wearing her dress for the May ball. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tell her yes and look at May, her face as yet wrinkleless, so round, her full cheek pinching her narrow eyes, the color and curve so durably Korean. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the fifteenth of May, while David was in his last day of school in the eighth grade, his uncle Owen died in a drugged state resembling a coma. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mother, may I go and see? May I?” she cried. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"May I have flutes, clarinets, oboes—I don't suppose we have any bassoons? Ah! But there is one! Come up, come up!" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Herrod had been up on the South Col from the evening of May 9 through May 12. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As they came up into the May morning he hopped over the ditch and skipped into the long grass as blithe as a squirrel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May the blessed Saint Margaret care for her in Heaven,” he said, crossing himself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I figured May must’ve made it to heaven and explained to my mother about the sign I wanted. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday morning, May 7, I was awakened by the slam of the front door and Mother Lois calling out to us from the living room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we’d first gotten back to the house after finding May, August had met both policemen and then sent me and Rosaleen upstairs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May God show them astronauts and their families a mercy.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was May and our Hot Seats were over for the year, but on some days we still gravitated to the studio after school. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The widow Richardson looked up, shading her eyes in the May sunshine. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

May I ask again when your visiting days at the convent are? Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I stared at the line on the floor, at May’s face turned toward mine, eager for me to say something, but I couldn’t think what to say. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Karl May is Hitler's favorite author, you know. Hitler likes the Wild West, too." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

In May, the Eminent Persons Group was scheduled to see me one last time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually cruelty inspired Ruth May no end, and I was just desperate to help her get her spirits back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The end of May they stood out from Madeira and headed south. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, I told her about the vision of May Castellans house. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Not one woman in Bethlehem ever asked me how Ruth May died. Did you know that?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask to what these questions tend?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Judy smiled the kind of smile May Belle did in her sleep. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The sound carried on the breezes while we huddled together and watched them lower May’s coffin into the ground. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Westinghouse only began building its pavilion on Tuesday, May 2. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He had some studying to do—it was the end of May and there were finals—but he decided to cook dinner. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Olmsted recognized that Burnham’s forces could not possibly finish patching and painting by May 1 and that his own work would be far from complete, but he saw clear improvement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In early May they sighted the loom of shadowy mountains off their starboard bow. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May the Drowned God bless our swords," the priest said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The discussions were cut short by a memo from Secretary of War Stimson, which Oppenheimer distributed in early May. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I inquire how you were employed before entering the Army?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

After May 1940 the good times were few and far between: first there was the war, then the capitulation and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Father said, “What were you doing shimmying up that tree in the first place, Ruth May?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May Belle screamed with delight and started running for the road. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

They slept there every night from the beginning of May to the end of September. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In fear for my life, I said, “If I default . “May the all-seeing God strike me dead where I stand.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Or May or June, or Black Madonna Honey, and I wouldn’t be sitting here talking to her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I say, miss, that I have utmost confidence in your success in this hard land.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

"I came here on May 24," he said aloud. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Footage of Bebe Chow holding a picture of May Ling at one month old, pleading for her baby back. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I bet I even know what ring Yule May’s talking about—Hilly’s mother gave it to her for her eighteenth birthday. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It is May now and the rain is coming down. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen liked to say May was a bona fide candidate for the nuthouse, but she still took to her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only hoped May was feeling all right about it, too. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For a while, May Castellan had many talents. She attracted the attention of Hermes himself. They had a beautiful baby boy. For a brief time, she was happy. And then she went too far.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was Ruth May who hollered out in her puny little voice, “Bird heaven! He’s went to bird heaven, Mr. Fowles!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

More to the point was that Linus Pauling was coming to London in May for a meeting organized by the Royal Society on the structure of proteins. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Ruth May didn’t want to eat and said she couldn’t stand up right because she was sweating too much.The truth is, neither one of them was taking a healthy interest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With two young boys to feed, and two more soon to follow, Fannie May must have been alarmed by her husband’s career choice. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up and walked over to May. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I interest you in this climbing tree?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

That day, May 21, Mollie had risen close to dawn, a habit ingrained from when her father used to pray every morning to the sun. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Much gratified, Jo rushed back to tell the good news, and Amy looked both touched and surprised by the report of May’s word and manner. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

May my people understand the resemblance soon so that I can return to them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

May’s arms were crossed over her chest, wings folded in on themselves, a pose I did not find flattering. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I help you?” she asks, startled by Lourdes’s drifting eye. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘May you have joy of the sight, my good dwarf!’ said Gandalf. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

May God grant me the strength to always live by this creed. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes. sir! May I use the whole notebook?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dinner: May or may not be a hot meal. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I can see that. It’s May. It’s warm out.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of May 8, Richard Nixon announced that American planes had begun striking industrial targets in and around Hanoi. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The formal document assigning the island to Tycho was signed by the King on 23 May. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“People will never make that mistake. Without a doubt you operate the most dismal bar in the city. May I interest you in purchasing a hot dog?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” repeated Stuart, “if it rains, it rains. My canoe is a short distance up the shore. May I help you over the rough places in the path?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was determined that Goran Kropp, a young Swede who had ridden a bicycle from Stockholm to Nepal, would make the first attempt, alone, on May 3. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

So no bath for Ruth May that day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Love always, Charlie May 8, 1992 Dear friend, It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow this year May Belle needed something special. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know yet. We’ll have to plan it out very carefully, but I promise you, May Belle, we’ll get her.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“May I?” he asks before carefully touching the fabric of her skirt. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Predictions of another riot came fast and furious in 1919 and 1920—warnings to expect a bloodbath on Labor Day, on Halloween, on May Day. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“May I offer you both some sup and drink that we might be better acquainted?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

May we look at whatever he brought here with him? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If you gave the same group of kids the same test, under the same circumstances six months apart, Hartshorne and May found, the same kids would cheat in the same ways in both cases. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leah pulled Ruth May’s shirt on over her head and stuck her tennis shoes on her feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what really drove Rosaleen crazy was May catching spiders and carrying them out of the house in the dustpan. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent my time in the honey house with August while Rosaleen helped May around the house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t be thinking about my own problems when Yule May is in jail, but I know what this means for the book. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My father recovered slowly, and it was only at the end of May that he was able to return to his teaching. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know nothing about it. I just wanted to tell you what Yule May say.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then, on Wednesday, May 1, he’d departed Base Camp for the top. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

One issue, Life magazine’s “The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week’s Toll,” with photographs of the 242 men killed the week of May 28 through June 3, 1969, deeply upset him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Momma never sent the babies out to help, although if he worked it right he could usually get May Belle to do something. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You look as beautiful as ever. May I come in?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I crept across the grass, back to the edge of the woods, to May’s wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

May 8: A US Navy seaplane begins the first transatlantic flight, making stops in Newfoundland and the Azores before touching ground in continental Europe in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 27. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In those days of May, before the story from France was fully understood, before the bombing of the city in September, London had the outward signs, but not yet the mentality, of war. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

May the gods go with her, she thought as she returned listlessly to her supper. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In May of that year, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, was killed in his hiding place in Abbottabad, just a stone’s throw away from our military academy. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As Jefferson put it, “May we meet there again...with our antient Colleagues, and receive with them the seal of approbation.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’d planted them back in November, and by May I had scores of fat glossy pods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But January 17, in my selfish heart, is Ruth May’s only. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I speak to you?” thunders an officer. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then came the rest of us: Ruth May with pigtails flying behind her, hurrying mightily because she is youngest and believes the last shall be first. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello. May I help you?” said the receptionist, parting the glass. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Leslie couldn’t include her in their activities, but that was hard to explain to someone like May Belle. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“May and I sleep out here sometimes when we’re harvesting honey round the clock,” August said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 8 both Hall’s team and Fischer’s team departed Camp Two and commenced the grinding ascent of the ropes up the Lhotse Face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Gently she laid Ruth May out on the table, spending a long time arranging her arms and legs within the sheer cloth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, in the last week of May, Professor McGonagall held him back in Transfiguration. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Without even thinking, I asked, “May we get the books from our American families?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

That first night in it with Ob and May was as close to paradise as I may ever come in my life. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

In May 1949, Stalin capitulated, and the Soviet Union suspended its blockade. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

May I show you the way to the glade? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think anything was written on the May page,” he says. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But at last he said, "May the gods forgive me. Choose your men." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

May I introduce: Mama Frank, the children’s advocate! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A film crew videotaped Reggie’s entrance into jail on May 8. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“May I have a moment alone with my brother?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

"May I leave you with a bit of a riddle, Lord Tyrion?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She moved Ruth May to her own bed while we moved the big, heavy table out into the center of the front yard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May’s condition pitched suddenly into decline, as inexplicably as it had earlier improved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May had not had a crying jag since June performed her tomato-throwing fit, and we were all holding our breath. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure it’s out of grief for Yule May, but I suspect she also knows the book is over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But Ruth May was shrouded in so many misty layers of mosquito netting I could barely make out any semblance of a dead child inside. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask your name? You’re a friend of Franklin’s sister, I take it?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

On May 6, 1961, he had traveled to the University of Georgia to deliver one of his first major talks as attorney general. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We have not done much of anything since, except to miss May and hurt. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

They all picked up the refrain, asking again and again in a rising plea: Mother May I? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May and the boys were upstate for the week at their house on Cayuga Lake, and he said he wasn’t in the mood to eat by himself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chizu and Mama and May had quit trying to control him. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask why? Or is this something else that wasn’t intended to embarrass the new minister?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

May the Thunderhead help us all, if we ever need that escape. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It seems not very material whether evergreen trees are transplanted in April, May, or June...’” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Cambodia’s tropical climate is dictated by the monsoons, which bring heavy rain from May to October. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m here today,” Bennie said, “to honor the memory of Vincent Charles Jackson, my brother. May he rest in peace.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I used to threaten Ruth May’s life so carelessly just to make her behave. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I send the word to those who wait?” he asked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told her a month ago I asked Yule May, but I didn’t. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

May 10: The first race riot of what will become known as the Red Summer takes place in Charleston, South Carolina. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“They take their sacred vows of poverty to heart. May God always look kindly on him and his kind.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

This design was thought too similar to the United States flag and on May 1, 1863, a second design, nicknamed the Stainless Banner, was authorized. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

If I was engaged in conversation, he was supposed to say, “Pardon me, Delphine. May I have this dance?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

My name is Ruth May and I hate the Devil. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the first taste of oats ’n honey, I fall into “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I curse you. Three times, I curse you. As you’ve murdered me, may your hands always be stained with blood. May death be your only companion. May you—” He breaks off abruptly, coughing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"May I keep them? They don't eat much." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All through May no one went anywhere without special permission from the SIM. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By May the weather grew warm; June was hot and July hotter still. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her body that had carried and given birth to Ruth May last of all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came away from the January negotiations,” Kissinger later noted, “with the feeling that we would have to bomb the North Vietnamese again in early April or May.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When I came home from work on a Sunday afternoon in late May, I looked into the woods and saw Charlie sitting on his newly finished Amazing Octagonal Deck, binoculars in hand. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Beats me. Don’t care. May I have another dance later?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In May, they moved from Samos to Athens for more celebrating while they waited for the army to join them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

They did not even have Ruth May yet, but did have a female dog that howled, Our Father still likes to say, Like One Too Many Sopranos in Church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what the borrowed line is? May I have it?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But on May 24, 1955, the newspapers said the Little Rock school board had adopted a plan to limit integration to Central High School. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask the two of you to hurry at your lockers this morning so that I may have a word with you before homeroom?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s because May takes in things differently than the rest of us do.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May said June almost got married one time.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I have your name?” she asked, politely. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She passes me a tissue, says something in Hebrew, then translates, “May God console you. I’m so sorry to hear this, Elisheva. I didn’t know. Can I do anything for your family?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“What about Yule May? Have you... talked to her recently?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"May your winters be short and your summers bountiful," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But the May 31 meeting was the first time that the idea of a demonstration was placed before a decision-making body of the US government. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The worst gleaning Citra witnessed took place in early May, just a week before Vernal Conclave—the first of three conclaves she and Rowan would attend during their apprenticeship. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mother bit her fingernail and studied Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their eyes left Father and came to rest on Ruth May inside the drenched cloud of netting on the table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our senior prom song was ‘We May Never Pass This Way Again,’” Darryl recalls. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ruth May just had a little tiny cup, which I knew she would resent because it made her seem more of a baby. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Celeborn said: ‘Kinsman, farewell! May your doom be other than mine, and your treasure remain with you to the end!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Not many people change schools in May,” I said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“May your feet bring you to where your heart is. Godspeed,” Fiona called as they waved. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day is sunny and almost too hot for May. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

How could little babies smaller than Ruth May speak this whole other language so perfectly? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May I suggest that from now on, we simply make a special point of communicating important information during the course of the normal working day. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I met chicks who were fine as May wine, and cats who were hip to all happenings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d maintained that Ruth May was still too young to take the responsibility of accepting Christ, but in truth I think he was holding her back for the sake of pageantry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But May says they watched over her anyway. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“May we look at whatever he brought here with him?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“May I ask you something?” he says as she looks at a collection of detailed figurines waiting patiently amongst curls of wood to be housed in their proper clocks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The temperature was dropping faster now and there was surprise in the May chill. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I get the sardines? I know where I can get four baits too.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I counted on my fingers the days since May had told me about my mother staying here. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They say that Mister Monday himself is counted amongst your admirers," said Louisa Thorn to Victoria Forester one afternoon in May, in the apple orchard. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

On May 24, 1252, laborers began clearing the actual site for the new cathedral. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

August stood beside Our Lady and folded May’s suicide letter so it resembled a tiny paper airplane. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May all the kings of Karhide live as long!” he cried. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Look not too far ahead! But go now with good hearts! Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was an early evening in May, and the cotillion experience was long behind her, but Lily was sharing, with her new friend, the travails of her past life. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When I wobbled back to Camp Four around 7:30 Saturday morning, May 11, the actuality of what had happened—of what was still happening—began to sink in with paralyzing force. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

May you sleep through the sound of snoring and May you never spill hot tea on your friends. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

One afternoon in May of 1936, driving a filly around the far turn of California’s Bay Meadows Racecourse, Neves was on the lead and looking like a cinch to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the end of May before the Silacci boys brought the news that the salmon-pink blossoms of the azaleas were breaking free. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, May 22, Gold ate breakfast at home with his brother and father. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on May 24, 1955, I read that the Little Rock School Board had come up with a new plan to put the lid on integration to Central High School. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“May I send them in to see you after you’ve left?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Then the pleasures and sorrows of his life will belong to him again. Until then, some of them fall to me. May I request that you come to your point?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

On May 9, Ulbrickson held another head-to-head contest between the two boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Something new, Edna?” exclaimed Miss May- blunt, with lorgnette directed toward a magnificent cluster of diamonds that sparkled, that almost sputtered, in Edna’s hair, just over the center of her forehead. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe gave the same alibi Rose did: on the night of May 21, 1921, they had been together in Pawnee, seventeen miles southwest of Gray Horse, and had stopped at a rooming house. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

May Ling had a right to know her own mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“May we declare the evening a success yet?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the night on the back porch, rehearsing questions, nervous about what stories Yule May might tell about Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It’s unclear when Fischer actually left Camp Four; perhaps as late as 1:00 a.m. on Friday, May 10. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But in May of that year this man lost 800 colonies after the state had sprayed a large area. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Usually, getting a new student in May meant something bad—like the kid had been expelled from another school because of drugs or fighting. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Janice figures there is no longer anything to do except stay with May and wait. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I come upstairs?” she asks, fidgeting with the edge of her shawl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Before last light on May 8, Germany’s most fanatical boy soldiers were prisoners of war. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see why May needs to know about this,” June said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had begun a month or two previously, in April or in May. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen bent over May and spoke in a loud voice, trying to get through to her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To hear is to obey, but March is fairer far than May,” said little Parker, making a frantic effort to be both witty and tender, and getting promptly quenched by Laurie, who said... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There really aren’t very many. So May Ling has no dolls that look like her, and no books with pictures of people that look like her.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had worked at the dam for about a year when his time at secondary school came to an end in May 1999. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She said, “May and June and I take our mother’s Catholicism and mix in our own ingredients. I’m not sure what you call it, but it suits us.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

August took Rosaleen’s hand and pulled her over, then went on holding it, the way she used to hold May’s sometimes, and it struck me that she loved Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The May Day parade in Cleveland spawned even greater violence, where mounted police and soldiers in trucks and tanks clashed with Socialist marchers who were sympathetic to the Communist cause. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Rose Dear and May were eight and ten years old then. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is a story I do not like to tell. But May Castellan saw too much. If you are to understand your enemy Luke, you must understand his family.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And Hestia’s words about Luke's mom kept coming back to me: May Castellan went too far. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Her Grace is not... she ...” “... is dead. May the gods grant her sweet sleep.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before May and June of 1962 Bobby seemed to be gaining strength with every contest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t even know where she’s laid out at, May Belle,” Mr. Aarons said more gently. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the first week of May 1943, the Norfolk Journal and Guide published an article that would call to Dorothy like a signpost for the road not taken. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It happened again in May of 2008, when Taylor and Jayme got a zip line, which was a wire you attached across an open space, like a yard, suspended from two high points. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On May 22 he tested both boats again, rowing two miles at a racing beat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As May came back into the kitchen, August said, “Let’s enjoy our meal,” which meant Jack Palance was not a lunch topic. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every one of these children could execute giant steps, baby steps, scissors steps, and a few other absurd locomotions invented by Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 18, he awakens to find that someone has stolen his right shoe. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I know it was late May because each day he dropped a small pebble into an old can that he’d found on the beach. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

May your ears never ring with the call of duty. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“But—” “Just me,” said May, turning to face us. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I offer you some old clothes? And sweets?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

May would tell strangers where she was from, and I would see her glance up at the sky with a sassy kind of grin on her face when she said the words “Deep Water.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Hello, this is Bryan Stevenson. May I help you?" Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, Miss Jo. How does Amy get on?” asked May with a conciliatory air, for she wanted to show that she also could be generous. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Skeeter gone carry a copy up to the State Pen to Yule May. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“May Belle, would you like some new paper dolls?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“May you thrive in your work and encounter many good things on your path in life.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On May 23 Conant summoned to Washington all the program chiefs— Lawrence, Briggs, Compton, Murphree, and Urey—in the hope of settling on one or two separation methods and scrapping the others. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was May, remember, and the wandering men had only recently taken to the roads, now that the warming months let them spread their blankets by any water course. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A sign at a health club will announce, “I’ts party time, on Saturday 24th May we are have a disco/party night for free, it will be a ticket only evening.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

On May 4 Seabiscuit and War Admiral were brought out on a grassy lawn before a pink flowering hedge to pose for an army of photographers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the autopsy, after the police made her suicide official, after the funeral home had fixed May up as pretty as they could, she came home to the pink house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m getting her out of that place when I turn eighteen in May, and I need the money for her, so...so she has something, you know? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In May they had finished building the big medical center over on what had once been grazing land, and they left the carcass of the old hospital in the center of town. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Going into the American Classic in May, I’d already posted two all-around firsts in earlier meets, and one all-around third. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“When April died, something in May died, too. She never was normal after that. It seemed like the world itself became May’s twin sister.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But something in a corner of his head clicked, and he jumped up, pushing past Leslie and May Belle. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

MK’s first car bomb attack took place in May of 1983, and was aimed at an air force and military intelligence office in the heart of Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May I have everyone's attention? Thank you. Please listen very carefully to what I have to say. "We found the answer to Sam Westing’s puzzle, now what are we going to do? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the end of May, Pip. To-morrow is the first of June.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Joyce Ann would have screamed, but May Belle made a face. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Another of Dad’s favorites is “Come What May,” which my mother sang to him and womb-me during a shower they took together before her water broke. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, on May 10, 2004, the Justice Department reopened the investigation into the murder of Emmett Till, and his body was exhumed, identified, and examined. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

May was on the other side of the porch running clothes through the rubber rollers on the wringer washing machine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

August and June scooped their arms under May’s body and struggled to carry her to the bank. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Yes, I can believe it. May the gods curse him.... He was never the same after his quest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

To do my best to stay alive until May 29. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Munich at 8:35 P. M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Under a long list of herbs, there was a notation next to the entry for mugwort: “May be used sparingly for lucid dreams.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse wanted to put his arm around her the way he put it around May Belle when she was in need of comfort. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s traditional to wish on the first of May, but people stop by throughout the year. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The attorneys for the United States made repeated references to the May 1954 decision. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I spot an old friend—Little Women by Louisa May Alcott—and grab it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe she had seen the signs back in May during that visit. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We came to Manderley in early May, arriving, so Maxim said, with the first swallows and the bluebells. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

With the government’s permission, such a meeting was scheduled for May. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the end of April and into May, a team of sixteen editors, reporters, and secretaries worked twelve-plus-hour days going through the thousands of pages Sheehan had brought back from Boston. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After nearly 17 years in London, he returned home to Philadelphia on May 5, 1775, in the wake of the scandal over the Hutchinson letters. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That very day, Singleton wrote another subpoena, took it to Baird on Tuesday, May 8, and got it off to T-Mobile. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, May 25, at 9:50 a.m., Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She even put him off after the bus pulled away, pointing her head at May Belle as if to say, “We shouldn’t discuss it in front of the children.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Passage to Africa during the fair-sailing season—roughly, May to October—would have put the seasonal winds behind the ship’s sails. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

And it was in May that the most dramatic of the fugitive slave cases began to unfold in Boston. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May God protect you,” he says, making the sign of the cross the way my grandma does when we leave Mexico. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every May brings Atomic Bomb Awareness Month to Camillo Junior High, right after the greening grass and the yellowing forsythia. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It is Gypsy. It means ‘May your life be as long as the hair on your chin.’ Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I could be with this guy” In April, after many more nights of online interaction, Gary decided on another visit in May. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was a weekend in May and hot. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lord, however, may or may not be aware that our mother assisted this miracle by forcing Ruth May to eat the same pills twice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man rested a hand on Ruth May’s head and listened very closely to everything Mother said, nodding thoughtfully in a way that was quite complimentary. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May’s broom could barely keep up with it, and our oil heater could scarcely hold its own against the drafts. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jean Miele’s advantage began with the people he was with on May 6, when the lining of his right coronary artery ruptured, cutting off the flow of blood to his sixty-six-year-old heart. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

On May 31,1910, in the wheat and cattle country of Cardston, Alberta, Rose was midway through her labor with George when her husband interrupted the doctor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You May Be a Coconut If…You find yourself inside a delicious candy bar. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

On May 21, 1919, the new House passed the suffrage amendment by a vote of 304 to 89, more than the required two-thirds. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He resides in a remarkable bamboo cage as tall as Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May we go inside? We don’t like to talk on the street.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She would keep playing here through May, they told her, and then get onto a team in Charlotte. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was no finer young man, said the people of May- comb, than Henry Clinton. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ruth May fell back into bed with her hair plastered to her head in a dark sweat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exposition was to be a warm-weather affair, set to run from May through October. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

May 8 was their fifteenth day out from Elephant Island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The process of indemnity was scheduled to be completed by May 1991, and the government also agreed to review the Internal Security Act. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Animals and birds hightail it outta here every May first. Wishing Day, you know.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Who you think you talking to, Aibileen? A monkey? I might as well go work for the KKK. And you know I never take Yule May’s job away.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Two weeks ago, Aibileen told me that Yule May, Hilly’s maid, might help us, that she shows a little more interest every time Aibileen talks to her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

May rocked back and forth, slapping her arms and scratching at her face. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I happen to know Ruth May doesn’t even swallow hers all the time: once I saw her hide it behind her side teeth when she opened wide to show Mother it was down the hatch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were the self-same chickens Ruth May had chased around the house that very morning before church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen was setting the table in the kitchen while May dipped down in the grease and brought up the golden brown kernels. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Especially to gentlemen,” added May, with a look which enlightened Amy as to one cause of her sudden fall from favor. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tousled Ruth May’s head and shook my hand in the Congolese way, with his left hand clasping his right forearm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told Rachel to straighten up because right now she had her hands full with Ruth May sick. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Pardons, my lord. The message is not for you either. It is marked for the eyes of the Lady Catelyn, and her alone. May I approach?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’d told him exactly what happened from the time May answered the telephone to the moment we found her in the river. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To collect snails. I must be getting along, monsieur. May I please retrieve my cane?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She would be walking home from school on these May afternoons and suddenly she would have to think of something quick. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The roaches will follow this out the door,” May said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of girls were standing about May’s table, admiring the pretty things, and talking over the change of saleswomen. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May I at least know your name, then? One does not often meet a man with so disarming a manner." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

May 25—So this is how a person can come to despise himself—knowing he’s doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May whispered, “Donald Duck and Snow White, they got married.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May this movie be the ticket to your Ivy League futures. You’re all A-list in my eyes.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My sister Adele was due to get married at the end of May, and I was going to be a bridesmaid. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Ocean and I had two and a half months of perfect happiness before my dad broke the news, in the beginning of May, that we’d be leaving town as soon as Navid graduated. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

May Ling would fall asleep, milk-sated and warm, in that cozy crib, snug under a hand-knit coverlet, a wall of crib bumpers shielding her from the hard slats of the sides. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It struck me what a wide world of difference there was between our sort of games—“Mother May I?,” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they all had their heads down except May Belle, whose eyes were wide with terror. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Which meant that I would have to get married in May or early June. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not one of us looked at Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May Belle would tell Daddy, so it wouldn’t look as though he, Jesse, was a bragger. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

A little after noon on that Saturday in May, the shoppers pushing their grocery carts in Heinen’s heard the fire engines wail to life and careen away, toward the duck pond. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rit said, “May the Lord be praised, it’s an answer to my prayer, to my prayer. May the Lord be praised.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Same day—Wednesday, May 8,1935 When my mother comes in, Natalie’s button box clattering against the sides of her purse, she sees me with the beer. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day in May she came home from school and went directly to her knitting needles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All Ob and me wanted to do when we lost May was hold on to each other and wail in that trailer for days and days. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

On May 30, 1942, one thousand British planes attacked Cologne, Germany, leaving the Rhineland city in flames. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t, but I’ll be here when you do. I might sleep up there in May’s room, but I’m not going anywhere.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I see your tickets, please?” the security guard asked again. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Hurds had sold their sloop but kept the tender, and one day, late in May, Turner borrowed it to row his mother over to Malaga Island, carrying with them a pot of violets. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

For some reason I felt exactly like May’s spirit was hovering in a corner of the ceiling hearing every word, even though I wasn’t speaking out loud. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After fourteen minutes and a lot of bad music, a voice says, "Hello, this is Renee. May I help you?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So if Ob says May was here, I figure she was. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

To tell the truth, the rest of us spent nearly as much time watching June and Neil as we did seeing May into the next life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

May I,.. say a word to you, the members of the bereaved families? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The first twin said, “S’meggs?” and the second stiffened and said, “May the best egg win,” before they took their cereal and walked away. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Shortly before ten A.M. on May 7, 1896, after a breakfast of boiled eggs, dry toast, and coffee, Holmes was escorted to the gallows at Moyamensing Prison. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“May I take the liberty of asking your ladyship whether you left Mr. and Mrs. Collins well.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

On May 21, 2009, after leaving many messages, I called again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, one more thing. May I see that wonderful CD you’re playing?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Emma could see only the date above that bubble: It was for Tuesday, May 12. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

May had been gone a whole five minutes when August got up and began to pace. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May’s well go on with Shad and save the Lamb the trouble of redemption.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t fathom May taking the trouble of dying just so she could go to Ohio. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

One day in May the army announced that it had sent paratroopers into Mingora in preparation for a face-off with the Taliban there. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

May said that her mother—May always called her Mommy—heard that awful water coming and jumped out of bed, running for May’s room. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the month of May alone, unions across the nation battled with employers in 413 strikes and lockouts. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“May I do that?” asked the Wart, inclined to be bloodthirsty. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the source of the Nile was not found for another 2,000 yea In May, Caesar left Egypt for Syria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“May I walk with you a ways, Mr. Goodspeed?” he asks. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Vernal Conclave, which was to take place during the first week of May, was less than a week away. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I recalled his leadership as we marched down the streets of Birmingham that May in 1963, when the pressure from the firefighters’ water hose had torn off part of my hair. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true Ruth May gave us a bad scare, but he reminded Mother sensibly that a child can break an arm in Georgia or Kansas City or anywhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a great deal is known, therefore, about where he traveled after departing Las Vegas in May 1991. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our retreat had been planned for May, the month of Mary. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I get a drink of milk? I think there are a few drops of milk left in my trough.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

June shouted May’s name and plowed up the riverbank into the dark, followed by Rosaleen, but August moved slowly now, carefully. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would catch her sitting beside the coffin leaning her forehead against it, and you could tell she was doing more than saying good-bye to May. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We waited for the wind to blow from heaven while I prayed silently, “May Allah bless us. May Allah bless us. May Allah bless us.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I know May herself believed in spirits from the next world. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bebe watched the light in the bathroom go out and, in a moment, saw the light at the back of the house—May Ling’s room—go on. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

May 20—I’ve been fired from my job at the bakery. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In May 1938, Time magazine called him “the brightest moon that has risen over Broadway in years.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Helda, on May’s orders, kept the Korean foodstuffs down here, the earthenware jars of pickled vegetables and meats, the fermented seasoning pastes and sauces, strips of dried seafood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yule May, Miss Hilly’s maid, setting in front a me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The young woman at the reception desk inside the foyer of the main building looks at Alicia, takes in the whole picture, and then says, "Miss? May I help you find someone?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May is so intent on winning Hide and Seek, or any game for that matter, she would probably go ahead and burn up before she’d ever yell and give herself away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ladies and gentlemen, now the moment you’ve all been waiting for. May I have the final decision from the judges?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He took my hand, and we kept walking, stepping over May’s wall, walking into the woods without speaking. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should have known. May I ask where the money comes from to support this decadent whimsy of yours?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s so ... May,” August said, and she lifted up the note and read it to us. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Relations deteriorated after this, and in May, I persuaded the ANC of the need for me to make a visit to the king and Buthelezi. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I described May Castellan, and the weird moment when her eyes had started to glow and she talked about her son’s fate. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I said, “Put more wood on the fire, it is Christmas. No one will be searching these mountains until May Day.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May he rest in peace,” Mama said quickly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She would come home and say, “Well, I did my duty. May the best man win.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

On May 2, 1952, a Friday evening, she and Gosling had exposed a DNA fiber to X-rays overnight. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was the growing season, May or June, and they had food to spare. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

May the next traveler not tarry and keep moving up the line, all the way to liberty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

On the morning of May 6, 2002, Jerome and I drove to the courthouse. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Was that really what mattered to him right now—the condition of Ruth May’s soul? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jo couldn’t resist giving that little slap, but May took it so meekly she regretted it a minute after, and fell to praising the great vases, which still remained unsold. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I have your attention please,” Principal Fitzgerald’s voice comes over the intercom. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Same day—Wednesday, May 8,1935 We go to the parade grounds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Hazel, I have received word via the Genies that you will be visiting us with Augustus Waters and your mother beginning on 4th of May. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ruth May is all she cares about: poor Ruth May this and Ruth May that! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May all your stories be glad ones, and your roads be smooth and short.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Scarlet banners with the hammer and sickle emblem of world revolution were lifted, and they fluttered in the May breeze. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Things are getting so expensive—even basics like flour cost so much that it’s hard for poor people to afford simple bread. May Allah have mercy on them.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Before he reached the door, the sunny afternoon was shattered by May Castellan’s terrified scream. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Interim Committee met with its scientific panel for the first time on May 31 at the Pentagon, with Groves and Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall in attendance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Every night Mirabelle McCullough—or May Ling Chow, as some pointedly chose to call her—was a featured story on the evening news, always accompanied by photographs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Uncle Ob and Aunt May from West Virginia visited, and they knew an angel when they saw her and they took me on home. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Same day—Monday, May 27,1935 When I get home, my mom is doing the dishes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither chronological nor alphabetical but it rarely varies, unless Ruth May gets distracted and falls out of line. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On this first really fine day of May she sweated under her starchy uniform. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But the eighth-grade varsity runners weren’t anything compared with my father, who really needed some comfort because of what the Home Town Chronicle reported on May 3. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The experience was not lost on the painters, and doubtless some of the sketches of the “Prelude to the Great Storm” will grace the R. A. and R. I. walls in May next. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It took a while, but by the first Saturday of May, spring finally decided to stick around. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"I've never wanted anything but to be a player, ever since the day I crept into the theatre at Blackfriars and watched The Lady of May through the crack of the door." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

May Belle’s one living grandmother was in Georgia and never sent her anything. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The rapid conviction, sentencing, and execution of the Lincoln assassination conspirators concluded the trial that had lasted through May and June. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds and smells of the tantalizing May afternoon drifted in through the window. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even May’s death had not ruined the river for me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the first rain in May. It’s good luck to get wet by the first May rain.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Indeed, I never stopped being sorry that we weren’t going there, but I did feel better one day in the middle of May when my father said we were going to Kuling early. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In early May she had written to her sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But this one time each May, on the day of San Isidro, who was the patron saint of all farmers, they opened the small adobe church in town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never witnessed a play, except for a few short interludes played on the bed of a wagon in the town square at May festival, so I had little idea of what to expect. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. There’s only five of us left. May as well say good-bye now, anyway,” she says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our discussions centered primarily on a new date, and we agreed on early May. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ob behind me all alone in that old trailer full of sleeping whirligigs, and me on this black road, and both of us needing May so much. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Ruth May was exempt from hope chest, but was allowed to lie in a hammock with us and make cat’s cradles out of yarn if she promised not to run off and break something. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May lay in two feet of water with a huge river stone on top of her chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the last thing I wanted was to follow Rosaleen and watch her tuck her clothes into May’s dresser. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul told Nate that he’d been in the army for more than eighteen months, and stationed here in New York City since May. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, choiceless, she went, leaving husband, sister, Rose Dear and May behind, and if she worried, the blond baby helped soothe her, and kept her entertained for eighteen years, until he left home. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a Friday evening, the day before Prim's tenth birthday in late May. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“May I suggest a simple, harmless fairy tale, then?” the lead actor said, with only a touch of condescension. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

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

Kiyo and my sister May and I enrolled in the local school, and what sticks in my memory from those few weeks is the teacher—not her looks, her remoteness. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

By late May, the wild bleeding hearts and the rhododendrons had bloomed, and the fragrance of honeysuckle drifted down the hillside and into the house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The black work force in Chicago had fallen from sixty-five thousand in January to fifty thousand in May. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mother decided we should move Ruth May’s cot out into the main room so she could be with us in the daytime, where we could keep a closer eye. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it was that Sticky stepped in front of Reynie and said, “May I go first, Mr. Curtain? I’ve been looking forward to this ever since my last session.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout this time of loss and salvation, Bwanga had remained Ruth May’s most loyal playmate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May the Lord keep and preserve all of you.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same old May, except her skin was pulled tight across her face bones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had faith in every single person she ever met, and this never failed her, for nobody ever disappointed May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Studying the recipe collection that May clipped from magazines and kept taped on the refrigerator. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet he isn’t Hiram Wallace,” I said to Call one day in early May. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were gliding away as Ixtali said, “May the Great Mother be with you in all your travels, and don’t forget to pick the flowers.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was sure they’d pictured May’s last moments, too, but I did not see horror on their faces now, just a heartbroken acceptance. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Rukku makes necklaces—like you taught her to—and sells them. Only, we’ve run out of beads. May we borrow some more, if you have some?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I got a First of May here. Fresh from the crate. Think you can use him?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“She was supposed to get married to somebody else a long time ago,” said May. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May a tree-climbing ghost, the squeeze of a small hand on your arm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was so much to do if all were to be ready for the double wedding that was set for early May. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“May I, Father?” he asked, and without waiting for permission, he placed the wood in its braces, barring the door behind them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And she say yes, and I tell her, ‘My name is Bebe Chow, I am May Ling’s mother.’ Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He helped May Belle wrap her Wretched little gifts and even sang “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” with her and Joyce Ann. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

May Belle was watching him with her big, solemn eyes. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I had been collecting money for a month when I saw Black Dog lounging in a doorway, staring at the May rain. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 7, 1945, one week after Hitler’s suicide, Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Americans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘I remember that he said: “May you have joy of the sight! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen May and Rosaleen were working on pancake batter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I love the color blue—the real bright blue like the hat May had on at the Daughters of Mary meeting. And since coming here, I’ve learned to love bees and honey.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall’s team, it was decided, would share a summit date of May 10 with Fischer’s expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“May I?” she asked the nurse, then reached to drape the shawl across the patient’s shoulders. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

On May 7, Singleton called AT&T’s legal department, another pester. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“May I help you? Do you need something?” she asks, and the sound of her voice is like Esme’s—all sweet and let-me-help-you. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And now rejoice, oh, ye faithful, for Ruth May has risen, but she has the naked stare of a zombie and has lost interest in being first or best at anything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went in the first load, with Mama and May and a back seat heaped to the ceiling with dishes and lamps and bedding. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 17, after resting for just two days at Base Camp after coming down from Everest, Anatoli Boukreev climbed alone to the summit of Lhotse. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Just misguided. May Allah have mercy on them.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He’s a First of May and he’s with me.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I ought, but I don’t,” thought Amy, as her eye went from the bright page to May’s discontented face behind the big vases, that could not hide the vacancies her pretty work had once filled. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

August knelt down in the water and shoved the stone off May’s chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained he’d have to stick with moss and pine needles until the first of May. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A lot of the time she spent curled up on the bed with Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the other children got wise to Ruth May’s bossy ways and drifted off, one boy stayed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I speak with you for a minute?” a voice just a few inches from me asks. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“May have at one time. But not no more. I hear the insurance folks been down talking to her brother.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Much obliged. You’ve improved immensely since then, and I congratulate you. May I venture to suggest in ‘a honeymoon paradise’ that five o’clock is the dinner hour at your hotel?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May the storm pass over us, and leave us hale and unharmed,” he said, and knocked the drink back. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Only once I realized I was looking around for Ruth May, wondering whether she was warm enough or needed my extra shirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That summer she worked in Cape May, New Jersey, in a hotel. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hilly,” Miss Skeeter say, “did Yule May tell you I called?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"I came to you to talk about Matilda, Headmistress. I have extraordinary things to report about the child. May I please tell you what happened in class just now?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I don’t quite know what Crawley was thinking of, having you shot like that, but I suppose it was the easiest way. May I introduce my colleague, Mrs. Jones.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He views Leah’s bow and arrows as a positive development in our household after so many other discouraging ones, such as the death, for all practical purposes, of Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

First thing I saw when May switched on the light were those shelves and shelves—seemed every wall was covered with them—of whirligigs. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

"May I get you some more coffee, Miss Brent?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“May I ask what this concerns?” she asked me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, sir? I will be happy to give you information about your Sears product. May I have the name and the model number, please?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have in my hand four lengths of rope of the sort fishermen use for mooring lines. May I ask you to inspect them, please?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not when we married, carefree, drenched in bliss, on an oddly wintry May day seven years ago. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked up the stairs to the room she’d shared with May. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the night of May 10, 1933, in many German cities, university students and Storm Troopers carried flaming torches and marched behind trucks and oxcarts filled with banned books. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

On May 17 Compton sent Bush his panel’s unanimous report on the Briggs committee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And while Our Father was preaching the gospel of poisonwood, his own daughter Ruth May rose from the dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask, are you good with weaponry?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then, in May, the Soviet Union orbited Sputnik III, weighing in at a whopping 2,925 pounds. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finished waiting for May and finished waiting for all his grief to dry up and leave him. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was the real message of the march that sultry May afternoon: We are here, and we’re not going away. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Already, on the walk from the station, the May sunshine had made him feel dirty and etiolated, a creature of indoors, with the sooty dust of London in the pores of his skin. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

"May I count on you not to do this again?" she asked. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We shall be ranked among those nations who have shown themselves careless of appearances,” wrote the Chicago Tribune's Paris correspondent on May 13, 1889. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If he went home, either his mother was after him to do some chore or May Belle wanted him to play Barbie. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The clouds came racing over the ridge from the south as they had on the May evening when Hazel first climbed the down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘May come in useful, if you think of getting married, Sam.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I went to bed on the evening of May 10, it was still snow-ing and blowing hard. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

ONE NIGHT, toward the end of May, a warder came to my cell and ordered me to pack my things. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if Ob does go, goes off to be with May, then it’ll be just me and the whirligigs left. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

In May of 1984, I found some consolation that seemed to make up for all the discomforts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My relief is bitter, that it took Yule May’s internment to bring us to this. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Upon setting out from Camp Four on May 10, each client carried two 6.6-pound oxygen bottles and would pick up a third bottle on the South Summit from a cache to be stocked by Sherpas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was not present at Ruth May’s birth but I have seen it now, because I saw each step of it played out in reverse at the end of her life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was stunned to see he had Ruth May over his shoulder, like a fresh-killed antelope. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've decided to head for Alaska no later than May 1st, but I've got to raise a little cash to outfit myself. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For several afternoons under the gathering clouds, all of us—including the generally above-it-all Rachel—played “Mother May I?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On 18 May, however, the Jesuit astronomers threw a party for Galileo. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was May fifth, but it didn’t have to be. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was nearly the beginning of May, but still the icy water pierced Cole’s skin like millions of tiny needles. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The faraway look of her eyes must have been the muntu of Ruth May, chained to this briefly belligerent child through forelife, life, and afterlife, peering out through her sockets. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May it last for thousands of years, Until this tiny stone will grow Into a massive rock, and the moss Will cover it deep and thick. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could look after the boys if he and May went out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So here we are now, two months later in the heart of dark February, with May slipping in, Ob slipping out, and Cletus and me just grabbing at anything we can save. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

To emphasize that point, the students scheduled a march and demonstration for election day, Saturday, May 18. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, I am very ill. It is my stomach. May I take the rest of the day off and visit the infirmary?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I help you?” she asked as if she wanted to help us right out the door. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Adah and Ruth May helped unpack and set up housekeeping. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was off balance, but he fell, not into the stream, but with his chest across May Belle’s legs, his own legs waving in the empty air above the water. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When they returned to the shell house on May 4, he set them to low-stroke work, still trying to smooth out the last few technical glitches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“May I?” she said, and when he shrugged politely, she took one herself and offered another to me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Same day—Monday, May 27,1935 We stay outside for the longest time. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

May you travel this path to the end. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all we had was Aunt May’s worn-out copy of Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care, which she had reached for every time I threw up as a child. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A toast,” Lefty said, “to our youngest brother, Moon Shadow, the son of the brilliant Windrider. May Moon Shadow work hard. May he become rich soon. May he return home even sooner.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several people who were on Everest last May have told me they’ve managed to move beyond the tragedy. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“May I have it, Amir jan? I would very much like to read it.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soon we were off to Sutton’s by way of May Company for a little shopping. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“So I talked to the Genies, and they are in total agreement. They said Amsterdam is lovely in the beginning of May. They proposed leaving May third and returning May seventh.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen’s muumuu was sopped and plastered to her body, and May was catching water in the bowl of her dress skirt and tossing it up across her face. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening in May, when we’d been saving our money for almost nine months, I came home with a couple of dollars I’d made babysitting and went into the bedroom to stash them in Oz. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The May sunset was red in clouds, and there was still half an hour to twilight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tonight I came to visit your father. May I return to see you?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

On May 5, after pausing for four days at the bus, he resumed his perambulation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How could I after all the fuss?” began May, but she did not finish, for Amy’s voice came across the hall, saying pleasantly... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is my daughter, Brianna, the student who was assaulted. May we have a moment of your time now since you won’t return my phone calls?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"May your voyage be attended by white birds," he said, tears trickling down his cheeks. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We wouldn’t hurt it. May I try it on? Mother lets me try on her necklaces and I never hurt them.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I walked across to Mary Beth Shortz and I said, “May I have this dance?” and she said no. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I live downstairs in 5A. May I please ask you a few questions?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the twentieth of May, Yutar handed out a dozen blue leather- bound volumes of his final speech to the press and one to the defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was saying, “Good morning, Mrs. Tuck. It is Mrs. Tuck, isn’t it. May I come in?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granny was too feeble to walk across the block three times a day, especially during heavy weather, so May brought food to her in the barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a note in the box, too, which Mrs. McCullough had eventually convinced the social worker to let her read: This baby name May Ling. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The onset of his chronic migraine headache had also incapacitated him for much of May. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

May Belle was standing in the kitchen door watching him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Not this time, May Belle. Leslie and I got something we gotta do just by ourselves today. You can carry my books home and tell Momma I’m over at the Burkes’. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then Selitos spoke, “This is my doom upon you. May your face be always held in shadow, black as the toppled towers of my beloved Myr Tariniel. “This is my doom upon you. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One Saturday evening at the end of May, Barack took me out on a date. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to speak, to reassure her, I imagine, for he loved Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped over beside August, letting my elbow touch her arm, needing the weight of her next to me; and there was May’s flashlight, shut off and sitting on the wet ground. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were falling on each other laughing, and there was May, dead. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Does May Ling have any Asian dolls—that is, any dolls that look like her?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The second was the night of May Day, when she found me in the bleachers by myself, with a bottle of Jack Daniel’s in a paper bag. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

On May 17, 2010, I was sitting in my office waiting anxiously when the U.S. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

August, though, turned off the television and studied May, frowning. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I help you?” he says as I close the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The first of these acts of violence took place on May 8, 1919, in Charleston, South Carolina, after a fight between local blacks and sailors stationed at a nearby naval training station erupted. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

May’s grin dissolved, and out of nowhere she started humming “Oh! Susanna” like her life depended on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in early May, Westerberg received another postcard, this one from Alaska, with a photo of a polar bear on the front. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I help you?” says the hotel clerk, looking up as the bell above the door announces our arrival. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Taylor insisted, “You gentlemen are standing together. May I suggest that you move at least to the shelter of the trees?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scott Singleton's case notes show that from late March through April and into May, he hunted down who Reggie had been texting on the morning of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

May always said that once she got with Ob, her mommy and daddy could rest easy, and they finally flew off to that big church picnic in the sky. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

We went around not bothering to smile, even in front of May. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A day arrived, he popped the question: “May I come over to your place? Can 1 see what you’re doing?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a lot of things made sense to me: May Castellan had tried to become the Oracle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

May is a source of our word maybe, and that’s a good clue to how it’s used. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had not occurred to me that there would be frost in the ground in May, but then, I had not been on a mountain before. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not seem to register what May was doing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May pointed and held up four fingers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “You won’t let them put May in the bank window, will you?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pro-republic sentiment won with 52 percent of the vote, and the proclamation of the republic was set for May 31,1961. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

June scooped up handfuls of water and drizzled them slowly across May’s back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the silence I heard May’s breathing grow loud and a little ragged. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife, May, didn’t dress him or buy his clothes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily said we’d take Daddy’s car and go down to May Company or Broadway Department Store later that day, then she’d take me to the beauty school to get my hair washed and straightened. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

May God bless you for the earnestness with which you have tried to seek out what is right; may He guide both of us in that search during the days ahead of us. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and I were the only occupants of the parlour: Diana was practising her music in the drawing-room, Mary was gardening—it was a very fine May day, clear, sunny, and breezy. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I came to see if I could do some work in exchange for them. May I see the repairman to ask him this favor?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I think about Yule May setting in jail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“May I speak to you for a moment?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

On the night of Thursday, May 5, officials of the National Cordage Company, a trust that controlled 80 percent of America’s rope production, placed itself in receivership. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

May fixed us bologna sandwiches nearly every single day. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun came up, as it had every day since the end of May, bright, hot, and unrelenting. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Besides, this was the most exciting occasion that had happened to us since Ruth May fell out of a tree, which goes to show you how fascinating our life was. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 10, 1940, the Nazis entered France, and six weeks later, France surrendered, leaving Britain alone to fight the Germans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Been-tone Sog. You will be missed. I thank the Lord for your time here with me. May he shine his light upon you for all of your days.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Law, my phone was disconnected cause I’s short this month. You talk to Yule May?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“May your ancestors guide you. And remember—all of Alke is with you.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“May I help you?” asked the woman, peering in. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the cot, the cot I now hated with a passion because it had driven her to May’s room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May you always find beauty, Your Highness," I say. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I felt embarrassed and returned to combing out Ruth May’s hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, in May 1933, he took off in his tiny airplane and set a course for Everest by way of Cairo, Tehran, and India. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

On May 9, 1893, he got out another of his postcards and addressed it to a man named W. F. Cooling, in the Staats-Zeitung Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The next important mushroom hunt would be for the morels, in May. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We were in the parking lot behind May Company, standing beside the car. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“May I be excused now? The children are waiting in the nursery, and it seems we have much to accomplish before the holidays.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She attended the prayer meeting for Yule May that Aibileen hosted weeks ago, but she belongs to a different church. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was midway through September when Ruth May made her inroads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May the little Singer have lunch with Thomas and me?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The response deadline is May first, only days away. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

On May 6, Eisenhower and his advisers doubled down on their cover story, as reporters in Washington began asking questions about Khrushchev's accusations. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If the government failed to call such a convention, we would call a countrywide three-day stay-away beginning on May 29 to coincide with the declaration of South Africa as a republic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 15, 1796, Washington sent Hamilton the first draft” of a retirement address—no amount of persuasion could change his mind this time—that would announce his departure from public life. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“May I hope, madam, for your interest with your fair daughter Elizabeth, when I solicit for the honour of a private audience with her in the course of this morning?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Of course we have to pay the bus fare to get Yule May back up here on the weekends. Eight dollars. I ought to take it out of her pay.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And thus, shortly before noon on May 29, 1953, did Hillary and Tenzing become the first men to stand atop Mount Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she was smelling for May’s scent. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May it prove them false, like bad coins,” Hamlet replied. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The first Friday in May he received communion, tortured by curiosity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Her medicine. She doesn’t need it so much for pain anymore, Aunt May says. But she still needs it.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In May 2016, the last surviving member of the Mercury’s War of the Worlds team died at age ninety-nine. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

"May I introduce you to my firstborn, Princess Charlotte," the queen says, "heir to the kingdom of Orléans." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On May 2, 2002, the Circuit Court of Jefferson County served me with a witness subpoena in the State of Alabama v. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We watched from the screen door as May cut past June and Neil. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I take it back to the cottage?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But Ruth May was careless, and the rest of us were also, to some extent, and made tracks over each other’s tracks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Jackboots were too many, with their tanks and flamethrowers, and the revolt was over by May and the people were herded to the last of the trains and the ghetto was no more. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

In May, Louie was leafing through a newspaper when he saw a story on the Compton Open, a prestigious track meet to be held at the Los Angeles Coliseum on May 22. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

And there were May and Rosaleen running through the water sprinkler, barefoot and fully clothed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the beginning of May, and it seemed the monsoon would never come. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A fin as blue as the sky on a perfect day in May. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“May I help you?” came a voice from behind him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I entered I heard a woman’s voice say: “May I help you?” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

On May 23 he had seemed so uncharacteristically narcotized in starting-gate drills that a bystander had remarked, “You’d swear he was a dull-witted lead pony instead of the high-strung animal he is.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother, father, and I were going to stay in a hotel overnight and start across the continent the next morning, May 24, in our new Dodge. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Grace,” he said, “it is so good to have you back. May I have the honor of presenting our newest member of the Kingsguard? This is Ser Robert Strong.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘May he bear you well and to better fortune than Gárulf, his late master!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I thought of the Belgian doctor who’d set Ruth May’s arm, and I decided to believe Ruth May herself was somehow involved in this gift. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now she’s mad. Oh, dear, I wish I hadn’t asked you to speak, Mama,” said May, looking disconsolately at the empty spaces on her table. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In May, Lucas was hired for three stupid jobs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We made it back to May Company on time and found Mrs. Abbott in the juniors’ department, where she held up items of clothing for Jennifer’s approval or disapproval. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

First in May 1920, and then again two months later, he boldly and unequivocally predicted that a serious Communist revolt was about to take place throughout the country. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Official propaganda films like He May Be a Communist warned Americans that their neighbors might have thrown in their lot with the Reds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s certainly unusual. As for your friend, you have my sympathies. May his memory be a blessing.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He remained in Minneapolis until May 1886, when he left for New York City, planning to take “a part of the material there,” and to leave the rest in Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Just before we reached it, Addison said, “May I introduce you to the finest peculiar animals who ever lived!” and the trees parted to reveal a small graveyard filled with neat rows of white headstones. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

On May 11 Smith began the third phase of starting gate instruction. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yule May comes out in her white uniform, says, “They all fine, went to bed good,” and she slips out through the kitchen door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“May I go and help carry the things to the poor little children?” asked Beth eagerly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, May 9, 100,000 demonstrators spontaneously took to the streets of Washington, DC. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then, finally, on May 13, 1607, seventeen days after we first landed in Virginia, our explorers bring us the news we have been waiting for: They have chosen a place for us to settle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I think you could, dear, and I think you ought. May I speak quite freely, and will you remember that it’s Mother who blames as well as Mother who sympathizes?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

May’s passing had just made him look more scarecrow than ever. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

During a May conference at Caltech honoring the visiting Niels Bohr, he alluded to the lightweight neutron while describing the disintegration of eight heavy targets, up to aluminum, by deuton bombardment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

On May 23, he spoke to T-Mobile and was told he needed to fax the subpoena to a legal compliance agent in T-Mobile’s Law Enforcement Relations Group. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But it’s always puzzled me. May I ask you?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

May would tell Cletus and me, if she was here right now, that it’s okay to grab for something or somebody that’s being swept away from you. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I tolja he just gone off somewhere,” May Belle said quietly and stubbornly as though she had repeated it often and no one had believed her. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

So to survive year-round, I would have had to save enough, in the months between August 1999 and May 2000, to accumulate the first month’s rent and deposit on an actual apartment. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother couldn’t have learned the roach trick from May, I thought. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

May go back and work for a friend I have in South Dakota if he can use me. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a key member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and had heard I was opposed to the May Day strike. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May Deanna, the Huntress and Protector of the Young, bless and keep you this year. I bestow upon you this golden arrow as a symbol of her power and good graces.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The first round of talks with the government was held over three days in early May. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she would give May Ling her bottle and put her to bed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"You kissed me when we were younger. You kissed me beneath the pledge-Oak, on your fifteenth birthday. And you kissed me last May Day, behind your father's cowshed." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Three excruciatingly long, hot nights later, with still no word from Yule May or any other maids, Stuart comes over, straight from his meeting on the coast. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I think about Yule May, sitting in a jail cell writing this letter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On the drizzly afternoon of May 3, about five hundred protesters gathered outside the Capitol. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There had been a succession of professional ball teams in town since May 24,1890, when the Seattle Reds took on the Spokane Falls Spokanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

September through May, I went to public school in the morning and to heder, Jewish school, in the afternoon. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

When the car stopped in front of her daughter’s house, Moon Orchid asked, “May I get out to meet my grandchildren ?” “I told you no,” said Brave Orchid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, she mentioned something about Yule May, but then she said she was late and had to pack up the car.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When psychologists actually try to verify this claim, however, their answers sound like the Hartshorne and May conclusions. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

May we suggest this student pursue a career with nonliving things in place of a career in poultry. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was not until late July that we received a reply from Mother and Grandmother to the letter Father had written them in May. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"These honors are all so unexpected. May I have some time to consider? I need to tell my wife . . ." "Yes, yes, of course, tell Catelyn, sleep on it if you must." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They had left to follow the ambulance in the honey wagon, wanting to see May’s body delivered safe and sound to wherever it was going. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

May and the boys are on their way down from upstate. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His position near the back of Fischer’s group on the morning of May 10, retching his guts out, seemed to indicate that something was seriously amiss. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They had visited briefly in early May, just before embarking on the ship. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Rosaleen, afraid this situation of jilted love might be unfortunate enough to send May into one of her episodes, but she was intent on my pancake. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess that was just as well, because I was looking at the tomatoes May and Rosaleen were slicing and rehearsing in my head how I would say, So will you have some tomatoes, June? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, what exactly will you do to keep May Ling ‘connected to her birth culture,’ as you put it?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One May afternoon, I sat near a window at the west end of the queen’s gallery, trying to decipher the tortured wit of his latest letter. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“May I come if I carry the picnic basket?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask what my assignment will be?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

There they remain from May or June until fall, feeding on the bottom detritus. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

All he needed to know was that he and Toby would have a place to go once they stepped off that graduation stage in May. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was quite a long silence before she said, "May I tell you a story?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“May I come in now?” a male voice asked. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

One entry, for May 16, 1895: “My birthday. Am 34 years old. I wonder if, as in former years, mother will write me....” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

About a thousand years before Europe discovered toothpaste, Khosrou stepped onto a magic carpet that shined brighter than a meadow in May. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“May I keep you company before you guys get going?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Then finally he gave a great sigh, and we knew May had not come to him. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time she didn’t even recognize him and would ask “May I help you?” when she noticed him standing by her side. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m very sorry, Moddom and Mister,” he said politely, “but we close at Seven. Rules, you know. May I show you the Way Out?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“May I ride with them?” she asked the paramedic when she could speak again. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

May I remind you that Tom Creighton died for the Union cause, that he died in battle, where a man fights his opponent face to face rather than striking and scuttling off into the darkness ? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we squatted down we could see, alongside Ruth May’s wide blue eyes, yellow blossoms of cucumber and squash peering out from the leafy darkness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too bad May Belle’s girl came in the wrong size. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I had a fully formed memory of my mother kneeling and talking—praying, I believe—to a bottle of antibiotics when Ruth May was so sick. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “Ruth May, sugar, you don’t have a speck of business with the Jeune Mou-Pro, so when you see them, why, you run on into the house.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But May just stood there, calm as she could be. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As lost to me as my sister, oh, sweet Jesus, Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How interesting. May I inquire: Is your father a police officer in our fair city?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I must consider this. May I inspect these ships?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before we split up I say, “My birthday is next month, May twenty-eighth. Mrs. Malloy said I could have a sleepover. Want to come?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

May be doing many things other people don’t know. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ruth May, honey, it’s all right,” I said. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the Gang of Five: May we all sprout wings and fly. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the regiment was given an injection of pride and spirit when, on May 4, 1943, they were awarded a new name. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I thought about May Castellan, alone in her kitchen, baking cookies and making sandwiches for a son who would never come home. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The closing parenthesis, at the end of the palindrome that was Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A thought occurs. May I speak with you in the foyer?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“During the first weeks she boarded at a distance, but later, from about the 1st of March until the 15th of May, 1893, she occupied rooms in the same building and adjoining my offices.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was always set for failures since May died, and I was set for this one. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

If you start at the northern end, at Mount Katahdin in Maine, you must wait for the snows to clear in late May or June. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of May 9, Henry Kissinger sat by the pool in Key Biscayne, Florida, where Nixon owned a vacation home. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

May it serve its purpose well, my feeble effort, and preserve my Child from the pitfalls of this world and bring her safe to her father’s arms in Heaven.’ The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

In early May, less than a month into their wartime service, she told William she would marry him. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mom and I took the train into New York City’s Penn Station on an unseasonably cool day in May. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“May I have a lock on my door?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Recall how she could draw the birds to her with butter and song. k_-/o we pursued our duties and pleasures while the end of May came. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

May Belle had her eyes all squinched as though Leslie was some strange creature in a zoo. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The following information is only for family members of female residents of New York City who have been missing since Wednesday night, May eighteenth,” a woman’s voice intoned. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

On her twenty-first birthday in May, Sophie said goodbye to her parents and boarded a train for Munich, where she would finally join Hans at the university. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

On May 28 he wrote in his diary, “This will be a last effort, and I feel successful,” and then headed up the mountain one more time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Am I alive only because Ruth May is dead? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Yule May say it before I have to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Once, May injured a bat by mistake, crushing it when she opened a window it had roosted on. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was May and brisk, almost cold outside. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His teammate May 2 jumps on his back with joy. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Social life, whether it was the crowning of a May queen, the eulogy to a dead president, or an all-night dance, could be held nowhere else. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

May came in with witch hazel and cotton balls and began to clean up Rosaleen’s stitches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were so full that what we needed was a nap, we went to the parlor and sat with May. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I got finished early in the honey house, I went to the kitchen and watched May and Rosaleen cook, but really I was there to listen to June play the cello. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got an opening I said, “May I be excused? I’d like to go find my bedroom.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, but I need to know. What happened to May? She said something about Luke’s fate, and her eyes—” Hermes glared at me, and my voice faltered. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When Lawrence visited Y-12 in May 1943, less than three months after ground had been broken, the sight of the transformed valley left him spellbound. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I never expected May to be back with us, and now that she’d stopped by, the least I expected of her was that she’d be able to make up her mind. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And that’s when it all started with May,” she said, then looked at me like she was trying to decide whether to go on. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May I present Lady Camellia, the favorite," she says with a curtsy. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

To this day August and June wonder how our lives would have been different if one of them had answered the phone instead of May. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, you would be surprised by how many people died in the killer skunk attacks of 1919, including poor Billy Snagglehook, May God Rest His Soul. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

May dropped her cotton ball on the table and left the room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May we have a word with the major?” asked Hosea Williams. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hilly’s tall, thin maid, Yule May, is folding dough around tiny sausages. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I can’t say that Ruth May was even there with us, in that instant. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It ain’t May yet. This month still got an ‘r’ in it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May my hands fall from my wrists before I kill an artist like yourself,” said the man in black. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“May it be mine,” the reaper prays, “beside Demeter’s altar to dig the great winnowing fan through her heaps of corn, while she stands smiling by with sheaves and poppies in her hand.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept on doing this for several minutes, then put the cloth down and tapped May’s cheeks with her hands. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Plumbers were set to strike again on May 3, when Ellsberg was scheduled to appear at a Vietnam War protest at the Capitol Building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I thought this might set May off, the tragedy of a spilled drink. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He patted May Belles hair and yanked the twisted sheet up to her small chin. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

In May of 1863 news came from the East of another Union disaster, this time at Chancellorsville. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

May the Lord open, Janine would have replied, tonelessly, in her transparent voice, her voice of raw egg white. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At May Company, we followed Jennifer’s mom around the shoe department while she picked up one shoe after another, turning it this way and that. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But most amazingly, most miraculously, now Ob is insisting that May was, is, right here with us. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Some days. Right now I need to visit the east hayfield. May not be back until late.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

On Saturday evening, May 7, 1892, McElroy loaded a special train with pipes, picks, shovels, and three hundred men and set off for Waukesha to dig his pipeline under cover of darkness. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“This is her daughter, Sophie. May I ask who is calling?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was cool for May; I was thankful for the warmth that came from the steadily burning logs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I thus welcomed Herman’s suggestion that I go that spring to the Zoological Station at Naples, where he had decided to spend the months of April and May. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But in May 1944, Nina was transferred to the women’s concentration camp at Ravensbrück in Germany, and from there was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

On May 21, 1963, it was announced that Valentina Tereshkova would be the first woman in space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Technically, May is spring,” Summer answered, “but if she wanted to sit here, we could make an exception.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Just before dawn on the first of May, a young woman approached me. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

August will roll away the stone, and May will come up for air, and we will go back to the house and get her dry. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I sit here?” asks an older man in a dark blue suit. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

As Hilly tells us the story of Yule May, she makes a big circle with her finger to indicate a huge stone, the unimaginable worth of the “ruby.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I ask him how May and the boys are doing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The graduation ceremony was on May 12, a Saturday. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were coming back to the Boniface Estate in May. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“May peace and calm descend upon your gut like a gentle mist on the gurgling river rapids.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

To amuse Ruth May I’d told her they looked like lions with six legs and were huge, as big as her left hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In accordance with the sentence of the court, Smith and Hickock were scheduled to visit the warehouse six weeks hence: at one minute after midnight on Friday, May 13, i960. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May Ling’s parents, as we all know by now, came from Guangdong. Or perhaps you know it as Canton? Have you ever been there?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"May I interrupt your reading? I got something very special today," Gramps said. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She is walking down Fulton Street in her mauve velour jogging suit, past the shabby May’s department store with mannequins from another era, past shuttered shops and bus-stop benches draped with sleeping bums. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be able to move out of Rose’s house by May at this rate,” Mama told Ophie a week later, on their ride home. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“She really is clever, Barbatos. May I take her powers, pretty please?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

May’s funeral turned Ob and me into temporary sort-of socialites, and we never really got the chance to howl and pull our hair out. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“May we find strength in your love, Lord.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At the sight of the three of them nipping and rolling on the carpet, exhorting each other with socially useful phrases such as “Pass the salt, please!” and “May I take your umbrella?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was a warm afternoon in late May. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

But nothing could keep them back once that owl disappeared from my eyes and I knew as I had never known before that I would never, ever, see May on this earth again. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

On May 6, the prescription was still hanging on the kitchen cabinet door. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

May 28, 1918, the attack was begun after one hour of artillery preparation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

How can I reasonably survive beyond the death of Ruth May and all those children? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain's face was as green as the sea when he came bowing up to Theon and asked, "May we make for port now, milord?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“May I have a moment, please?” he asked. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

May I ask why you don’t charge them less rent for fire-traps and check that against your charity budget?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't want that Hound picking up two odours at once. May I take this whisky. I'll need it later. Christ I hope this works!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Mrs. Richardson had found Mia’s parents, the case of little May Ling/Mirabelle was still in the news—if anything, even more so. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is May 14, 2000, a Sunday when many churches in Mexico celebrate Mother’s Day. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“May I introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?” said Dumbledore brightly into the silence. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“In late May, when I was headed home to the farm for the summer.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“May I have the spaghetti and meatballs, please?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Boy21 keeps his eyes on his food until it’s gone, which is when he says, “May I take Finley back up to my room?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day after May didn’t come to us, Ob didn’t get out of bed. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their leaves grew so strangely enormous Ruth May could sit still under them and win at “Hide and Seek” for a very long time after the rest of us had stopped playing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You listen here, May Belle Aarons,” he whispered fiercely, “I catch you following me again, your life ain’t worth nothing.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sat alone in my narrow room, watching the sun sink slowly in the chilly May sky. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, thinking about Yule May in jail, and Miss Skeeter without any friends left. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The Son mutters, “May you never bear fruit again,” and instantly the fig tree withers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the couch Brenda, too, was complaining, but the only sound that really entered his head was that of May Belle whimpering. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But when he opens the envelope, the enclosed note reads only: May I make additions to it? The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We should kiss them one by one and say, We are sorry, but something strong and lasting had to do this for May, and you are the chosen ones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the screen door slammed, May collapsed in Hermes’s arms and began to shake. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I awoke early on May 11 to clear skies and the relatively warm temperature of twenty degrees Fahrenheit. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it was. But one thing May was right about is that it’s our time to live. It’s her dying wish that we do that, June, so we need to see to it. All right?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before dawn on Sunday, May 12, Stuart’s oxygen ran out. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The formal opening, however, would not occur until May 1, 1893, to give Chicago more time to prepare. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It’s May in the middle of the English Countryside. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had planted the rhododendrons, too, not at all for their brief, dramatic show of colour in May and June, but for their dark green, leathery leaves and toughness of stem, their substantial look. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The story had its start four years earlier, in May of 1792, when Washington approached Madison to help him compose a valedictory address. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I get out of bed every morning, at least I’m still alive and not dead like Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May be unstable? There’s no may about it. Not that it matters. Soon you’ll be no more than a cloud of radioactive molecules.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I must have; otherwise, how could I even recognize love when I saw it that night between Ob and May? Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day on May 11, his friends and teammates incessantly begged him to make an effort to come down under his own power. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Odysseus, in pleasure at this courtesy, gently said: “May Zeus and all the gods give you your heart’s desire for taking me in so kindly, friend.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don’t have to be ashamed.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I knew Ob’s silence was connected to May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

May 21 was supposed to be a delightful day for Mollie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he said, “May you never step in a snake's nest.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I thought about May Day, when he hit me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I took Ruth May outside to get some sunshine on her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May the gods go with you on the morrow, Snow. You bring back that uncle of yours, you hear?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

May Belle either tried to push in with him and Leslie or sulked at being left out. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

In April, May and June, most of the speeches made in Congress concerned Kansas. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rugby season started in November, so playing on the team was a year-round commitment since it didn’t end until May. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On May 20, Father lost his bet and had to give five jars of yogurt to Mrs. van Daan: the invasion still hasn’t begun. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

On May 20, a team of FBI agents raided a Maryland hotel room where a man named John Anthony Walker was staying. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And poor little Ruth May picking up burnt grubworms and putting them straight in her mouth because her own parents can’t keep her fed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to send a recording of your playing to get in. I called. The deadline for applications is May first, so there’s still time.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother staring at me, holding Ruth May in her arms, weighing the two of us against one another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening in early May I returned home from work and found my two youngest sisters waiting for me by the gate. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I give you a ride to the train?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

On May 17,1954, she was still enrolled at the Winchester Avenue School in Monroe, North Carolina, her hometown. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“May I go in and see Mama?” she asked humbly, feeling like a stranger in her own home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the middle of May, the steam explosions had stopped. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“May I come in, please? Or shall I be a bother?” he asked, advancing slowly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would brush May Ling’s hair—which was straight when dry but wavy when wet, just like her mother’s—and coax her damp limbs into pajamas. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was before the disastrous May when the Allies fled, retreating to the French beaches, before the siege that was the Battle of Britain, before the thunder and flame-filled nights of the Blitz. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I reached the lodge at Gateshead about five o’clock in the afternoon of the first of May: I stepped in there before going up to the hall. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

What Hartshorne and May concluded, then, is that something like honesty isn’t a fundamental trait, or what they called a “unified” trait. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

May I ask who it was you were addressing by that name?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though he had been made with a great piece missing—one of May Belle’s puzzles with this huge gap where somebody’s eye and cheek and jaw should have been. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Out there in the May morning she could hardly talk for laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“May I take your coats, Mr. and Mrs. Mason?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But May's warm temperatures triggered a new crisis. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We ate standing in the kitchen holding paper plates, saying how much May would have liked everything. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grabbing May by the shoulders, she pulled her up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our mother loved spring and summer,” May said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

May used to laugh about moving here to Deep Water, West Virginia. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He usually does missionary work in other countries during the summer, but in May he twisted his ankle during a Spartan Race, so he’s keeping busy teaching us chemistry. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I . . . It’s May Day and I want to march,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the small beam of light, August plucked out the tiny green leaves stuck in the plaits in May’s hair and tucked each one into her pocket. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came only to seek a flower for my—my friend. I must go now, Ancient. May your ka be joyful.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I remember that August made a move to answer it, but May was closest to the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In May, a Honduran had a fractured right clavicle. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

May was the best person I ever knew. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was one for every day, from May 31, 1963, to the worst day. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think I must have got old and heavy when May left us. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their first sight of it, on May 29, left a vivid impression, wrote George Wilson Pierson, Tocqueville’s principal biographer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When McCandless ventured beyond the bus in early May, his pictures show that he headed north, downstream along the Sushana, the opposite direction of the cabins. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice muffled, his words mumbled, Sticky said, “May I make the decision tomorrow?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We had May to brag on us both. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of May Day I received printed instructions as to the time and place where our union contingent would assemble to join the parade. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the float in front of Washington’s shell house, Evanda May Calimar, the crew’s cook, waved a frying pan over her head, whooping and urging the boys on. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Max—from Rebecca. May 17th,” written in a curious, slanting hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the night of May 16, 1977, police cars and a truck pulled up outside of the house in Orlando West and began loading furniture and clothing into the back of the truck. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 5, 1968, he boarded a plane, took a window seat, and stared out at the lush green country he was about to leave. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

On May 17, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren read the Court’s unanimous decision in a collection of school segregation cases brought by the NAACP. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May usually fell asleep, open-mouthed in the heat, with her hair plastered down across her sweaty face like the poster child for fever. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma said, “May God have mercy,” and Ma Charles shook her tambourine. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In the first week of May a powerful storm dropped an ocean of rain on Chicago and again caused the Chicago River to reverse flow. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When I am almost ready to give up, I come upon a trampled and routed garden of May apples. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing more was said about Dresden that night, and Billy closed his eyes, traveled in time to a May afternoon, two days after the end of the Second World War in Europe. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He straightens up and asks, “May I walk with you, senorita?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did so via an affidavit notarized in Berkeley on May 4, the day of Bush’s return appearance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“But I'd like to know what you decide. May I come back tomorrow? About midday?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The convention in Salem was followed by an even larger women’s rights meeting in Akron, Ohio, in May 1851. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

At the petition drive on Sunday, May 10, my job was to greet the cars as they drove up and bring the petition for them to sign right up to the car window. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

June played with her eyes closed, as if May’s spirit getting into heaven depended solely on her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rob decreed that Tuesday, May 7, would be a rest day, so we got up late and sat around Camp Two, buzzing with nervous anticipation over the imminent summit assault. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She kept saying, “Delicious! May I please have some more!” all crazily, until people were laughing at her instead of at what everyone was doing to me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great Odessa land auction took place on May 19, 1886. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

May she go to the devil with her chattering talk. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May remained listless while I explored my thoughts and finished up her braids. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see Rosaleen and May through the kitchen window finishing the dishes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel said, What are we going to do with those? and Mama said, Take them of course, Ruth May will have to and all the rest of us when we run out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you I’d be there. .. . Yes, nine o’clock on the morning of May 6.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"May I give my cousin a quick tour before the bell, Dr. Williams?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When it faded away, she dropped her head straight down onto May’s soggy chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to stay close behind her, but even under the weight of Ruth May she was sinuous and quick in the crowd. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ruth May, what is it? What! What did you see?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May Torah be a fountain of waters to all who drink from it, and may it bring to us the Messiah speedily and in our day. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Like when Gale and I used to imitate Effie Trinket’s “May the odds be ever in your favor!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Boys tease the girls and call out, May your mother have an accident Abroad in the loo. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She pondered over the shocking contrast between the life of a field hand in Dorchester County, Maryland, and the life she had known and enjoyed in Philadelphia and in Cape May, New Jersey. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

August, June, and May called the statue “Our Lady of Chains,” for no reason that I could see. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But May Belle was grinning at him, propped up on one elbow. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But the pastor, the Reverend I. L. Anderson, insisted, and the meeting drew a crowd of several hundred people on the evening of May 14. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did this mean if I told May about T. Ray’s mounds of grits, his dozens of small cruelties, about my killing my mother—that hearing it, she would feel everything I did? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May I suggest a compromise, madam?" he said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

And now, if she plans to stay a while, May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

It notes that in May of 1844, Morse gave a public demonstration, sending a message from Washington to a train depot in Baltimore. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On Monday, May 29, the first day of the stay-at-home, hundreds of thousands of people risked their jobs and livelihoods by not going to work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Yule May, she probably the most educated maid we got in our parish. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s right, May. Let all that misery slide right off you. Just let it go.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at May’s face and felt a wave of nausea. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second fellowship was not for the customary twelve-month period but explicitly terminated after eight months, in the middle of May. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When May died, Ob came back to the trailer, got out of his good suit and into his regular clothes, then went and sat in the Chevy for the rest of the night. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

They scrambled to a ridge and looked down the other side at a white Colonial house—May Castellan’s place. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And by the end of May, the boys were again turning in phenomenal times on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But the next morning it was dead, and we buried it in May’s garden. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He loves the feeling of losing himself in the action, the same way he feels when he reads his brother's Karl May adventure novels, which are also set in America. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since the 1890s, the first of May, known as May Day, had been celebrated with parades, many of them organized by the labor movement. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Cowslips are a delicacy among rabbits, and as a rule there are very few left by late May in the neighborhood of even a small warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “It was May who got my mother started saving roaches, wasn’t it?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And look at this," he said, uncovering photographs taken by the Coast Guard launch in Cape May. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

That morning, May 2, 1963, I woke up and dressed for school as usual. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

May Belle smiled and snuggled down under the sheet. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ruth May had the bizarre idea that our neighbors desired to eat her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask what you are doing, sir?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“May I have a caramel apple?” she asks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Russians come for them on a cloudless day in May. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“May I have a word with you in my office?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“May I ask why you are abandoning your education?” said Mrs. Weasley. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My sleep is visited by Ruth May and the many other children who are buried near her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wednesday, May 1,1935 The next week I do my best to stay away from Piper. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet: “I was down in the valley,” he dared, “I was by myself down there. I won’t never forget. May God forget me if I forget.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

That really is the kind of thing Ruth May would do, just for the attention. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up and reached out my hand and said, “May I have this dance?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I just wished May had turned around and come back from heaven the way he did. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was charting out with Janice his April and May schedules of meetings and speaking engagements in the expansive war room of his Flushing headquarters. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was supposed to be our first interview with Yule May and even though I know that’s not going to happen, I’ve decided to come anyway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And in May 1972, Nixon pledged that American and Russian scientists would work together in a biomedical exchange program to find the virus. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I warned him that if he failed to call the con-vention we would stage the country’s most massive three-day strike ever, beginning on May 29. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Love always, Charlie May 2, 1992 Dear friend, A few days ago, I went to see Bob to buy more pot. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up Ruth May and dusted off her cheek. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When finally I felt I could speak, I whispered to him, “It’s been so hard missing May.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had graduated from college in May and was thinking about going to medical school, but he wanted to see the world before committing. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jennifer’s mom was taking us shopping and then on to Sutton’s, the cafeteria located down the street from May Company Department Store. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The subpoena ordered me to appear in court at 9:00 a.m. on May 6, 2002—to testify on behalf of Bobby Frank Cherry! While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s brand new, a First of May. Handled himself real well at the cooch tent.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ruth May had attempted to convince every family member in turn that she could lift a full water bucket by herself with her one remaining unbroken arm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has sent May and the boys and a helper to their other house, upstate. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 7, Khrushchev once again climbed the podium at the meeting of the Supreme Soviet. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May marvel-eyed with a hand cupped over her mouth, I have willed myself to forget, forget, forget, and not forget, for those eyes will see through anything, even my dreams. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t risk opening my mouth to speak of May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Where were you on the night of May twentieth?” the detective goes on. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Yule May lick her lips, look like she imagining it, telling what it’s like to work for Miss Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“A sort-of boyfriend? Is it like a time-share and you get him for a couple of weeks in May and November?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I liked this about May, since it reminded me of my bug-loving mother. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May didn’t seem to have strong feelings one way or another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She yelled up the stairs, “June, come down here. I found a note from May.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ride outside, next to you?” she asked. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go out to the garden and pick some fresh tomatoes to go with our lunch?” she said, then waited till May was out the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In May 1937, the German passenger airship Hindenburg carried ninety-seven people across the Atlantic Ocean from Germany. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“May I see your pictures or are they private?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

"May the gods have mercy on us all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But on May 18, the shadow of academic disaster fell over the crew. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When Pearl was born—on an unseasonably warm May afternoon, at the hospital, after fourteen hours of labor—Mia took the birth record card from the nurse. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"May they battle long and hard, and the Others take them both!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But Ruth May was not up to snuff, so she was being quiet, hanging on to Mother’s hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a trace of cunning in May, and you could depend on her not to overthink her answers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it always so chilly in New England, even in May?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me for disturbing you, but we are arriving at Ashton Station. May I remove your luggage from the train?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I was there on the last Wednesday afternoon of May, a cool and blue day, when Mrs. Sidman came in with an envelope and handed it to Mrs. Baker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“May all your children fall sick! May you outlive every one of them! May the gods heap misfortune on your head!” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following dawn the sky was pink and orange with May’s morning light. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Fate did the same to Ruth May, in the opposite order. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After our stopover in Cape May we came right up the New Jersey coast. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Living in a trailer full of May’s empty spaces. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

On May 5, a property owners’ association convened a raucous meeting, exhorting white residents to hold the line against the threatening wave moving toward them out of the Black Belt. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“May I have some scissors? Oh, where are my scissors?” said Moon Orchid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Philadelphia’s Temple Twelve was established by the end of May. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yule May my cousin,” Pascagoula says over the whir of the machine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Namba had perished on the South Col, just twenty minutes from shelter, assigned to a summit party, and on May 16 he reached the top without supplemental oxygen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

This was the end of May, but it was chilly in the old house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1852, she went back to Cape May, New Jersey. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He died in May and now it is the second September since. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Of the four times I’ve summitted,” he explained, “twice it was on the tenth of May. As the Sherpas would put it, the tenth is an ‘auspicious’ date for me.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In May, there was no water in San Francisquito Creek, just a few spots where puddles had been trapped in some of the deeper depressions of the bed. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It is the adult beetles, emerging from hibernation to feed in late April and May, that transmit Dutch elm disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

One afternoon I watched him shout at his wife, May, for what seemed ten straight minutes as they sat inside their white sedan. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos gazed and said: “May Zeus, the lord of Hera, make it so! In far-off Ithaka, all my life, I shall invoke you as a goddess, lady.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This,” he said, “is an honorary fire alarm key. May you be ever vigilant!” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May the gods forgive us, then. We will ride at once." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Galileo delivered the manuscript to Riccardi in Rome in May 1630, but in June he had to return home because an outbreak of plague spreading south into Italy threatened to reach Florence and disrupt communications. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She will put down that burden, I believe, on the day she hears forgiveness from Ruth May herself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she said, “After Ruth May you were my youngest, Adah. When push comes to shove, a mother takes care of her children from the bottom up.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness And every gain divine. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wept quite openly that Friday in the second week of May when Israel was born. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“This is my doom upon you and all who follow you. May it last until the world ends and the Aleu fall nameless from the sky.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had counted on a rest after May 1 but realized now that the intensity would persist until long afterward. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“The next available viewing will be Thursday, May twenty-sixth, at eleven-thirty am,” the voice said, its tone changing with the specific time and date. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“May the new year bring peace and liberty....” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“May I offer you a drink?” he said. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t able to protect Mother and Ruth May from getting sick. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

May Belle lifted herself up sleepily from the double bed where she and Joyce Ann slept. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“May I offer you a glass of Tokay?” he said. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the crew raised their glasses of stout and rum to Christmas carols and toasted “To our sweethearts and wives,” the answer came back, “May they never meet!” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

In May 1942, we had our first taste of the even worse suffering to come. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“May the Lord open,” I answer, the accepted response. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bernard Lafayette, at right, stands with five other freedom riders at the closed door of a Greyhound bus in Birmingham, Alabama, May 19, 1961. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 19, having traveled no farther west than the Toklat River— less than fifteen miles beyond the bus—he turned around. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s only getting worse, they say. May snow, even. Get in and I’ll give you a ride.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

May Belle sat down again as though slapped down by her mother’s voice. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Howard Hunt had his wife call the Watergate Hotel to rent a banquet room for the night of May 26. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“May it always get what it longs for.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In May 1664, Hooke was a candidate for the post of professor of geometry at Gresham College, but lost out on the casting vote of the Lord Mayor. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

That would be about right—me and May the only two who couldn’t lie peaceful on the bed for five minutes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe she talks to Ruth May more or less constantly, begging forgiveness when no one is around. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I take your coats, Mr. and Mrs. Mason?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Sleeping in her braids for sweaty days and nights on end had creased Ruth May’s dark blond hair into shining waves like water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see two maids I don’t know with other families, but not Yule May. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We stored them in the musty shed across the parking lot from Scanlan, stacked atop one another from September through May, nesting grounds for spiders and the occasional rat or garter snake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

On May 17, it had taken him a doddering 1:49 to negotiate a mile, a time even slower than Seabiscuit’s. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, in May 1949, after nearly three years in the displaced persons camp, we received word that our immigration request had been approved. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But May 11, 1956, the day of the trial, was finally here, and it was a sparkling spring morning. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

For the physicists of the atomic bomb program, Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945, complicated the moral and ethical issues connected with the device they had invented. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Too bad! I was looking for someone to give this to. May I take it to your sister?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m caught up, but it’s now or never if I want to graduate in May.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

While she smoked, she murmured my poem “Rocks” from May's magazine. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

High wind rakes the summit of Everest, May 12. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now the hoodlums were mounting a last-ditch effort to get us out of school before May 29. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To May’s great delight, Mr. Laurence not only bought the vases, but pervaded the hall with one under each arm. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

August knew, too, but she put her ear to May’s chest, listening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odysseus looked at him and said: “May you be dear to Zeus as you are dear to me for this, Eumaios, favoring with choice cuts a man like me.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the last days of May the deliveries of medical supplies increased. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When we added up all our forty-four pounds together, including Ruth May’s—luckily she counted as a whole person even though she’s small—we were sixty-one pounds over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both Reb Saunders and my father were quite ill on the day in May when word finally came that the war in Europe was over. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

That first night in Block 16, the rest of us squeezed into the second room—Granny, Lillian, age fourteen, Ray, thirteen, May, eleven, Kiyo, ten, Mama, and me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to the honey house, it was deserted except for Rosaleen, who was gathering up her clothes so she could move up to May’s room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was May and brisk, almost cold outside. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually May didn’t watch, but one night she joined us, and midway through she started to hum “Oh! Susanna.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janice, who arrived here early this morning, is now inside the house with May and the boys. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon we’ll all be in Ob’s Valiant, traveling like wise men to Bethlehem, looking for that star in the sky that might point us to May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We left the Boniface Estate on the first of May,” said Nicodemus. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next May, the president of the society remarked parenthetically that the past year had not yielded any particularly noteworthy discoveries. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

May says, “My husband wants to speak with you, actually. Not today. Tomorrow, maybe. He wanted to ask you about how Eduardo’s family is doing. He said he hasn’t seen you in a few weeks.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the side of May I never wanted to forget. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After 18 May the Ptolemaic system, which had survived for more than 1,400 years, was fatally wounded. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Everything in it was gray—no, not quite everything: something glinted on the floor, something the color of an ember in a nursery fireplace, the color of a scarlet-and-orange tulip nodding in the May sun. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Ob must have thought that by talking about May there in that place, painting her before Cletus’s ignorant eyes, he could flood the garden with the vibrations needed to draw her to us. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“May she have a life full of love and happiness.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

On May 8th, I went to the Justice Building, signed up for my tesserae, and pulled home my first batch of grain and oil in Prim's toy wagon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was May before we had as many as twelve divisions in the field, and summer had come before our troops began to move across the sea in numbers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was glad May Belle was absorbed in the TV, He didn’t want her waking Momma up before he got away. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

His note said, May your convalescence be brief and your rejuvenation be powerful! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“May I ask why?” her mom said without looking up from her laptop. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Then watch your words. May I remind you I am a selectman in this town? I am no traitor!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, May, honey, you go on out to the wall and finish your cry,” she said, pointing her to the door and giving her a nudge. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, naturally, on May 7, which was the anniversary of the German surrender in World War II, Mr. Nossik dressed himself up as a Gestapo kommissar. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hilly’s maid, Yule May, is so shy I doubt she’d want to help me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

That was back in May, in the last week of Life Drawing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a windless day in May when the Russians arrived at the farm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even one called May, which had more little spinning parts than any of the rest of the whirligigs, and these parts all white—her Spirit, he said. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t I know how it is on a fine May night? Wasn’t I young, meself, once and not so long ago as you might think?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The event started on Friday, May 11, with a panel discussion with the Mercury 13 women. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think putting black cloths over the hives will help May get to heaven?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

May I be free to plan to visit you at the convent next Saturday afternoon, July 6, between 3 and 5 o’clock in the afternoon, dependent upon the schedule of trains between Montreal and Toronto? Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It did seem peculiar, but still—“Well, May Belle said .. “May Belle? Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

So standing there in that bleak and empty garden listening to Ob make May alive again, that seemed to fix something in me that had needed fixing ever since the funeral. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a couple of seconds, she goes, “Hi, this is Midtown School of the Arts. May I speak to Mrs. Jayda Jackson, please?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

From the middle of May to the end of July he paints almost forty scenes of parks full of bright colors and thick paint. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

For once he had no words to instruct our minds and improve our souls, no parable that would turn Ruth May’s death by snakebite into a lesson on the Glory of God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How about books? What kind of books do you read with May Ling?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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 few days before the end of May he told them he was going to the ranch to stay. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen, May, and August had returned to the business of being water nymphs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 10, there was still no word. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May was right here with us, just now. I swear to God. I felt her, Summer, all up and down me like I’d just poured her in a glass and drunk her.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“May I see the plates again, please, doctor?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I know,” said May Belle, her eyes shining. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

At dawn one morning late in May came the lookout’s, “Land ho-o-o-o-o!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When she came home she said, “Well, I did my duty. May Obama win, because if it’s McCain, I will shoot myself.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We stood there in May’s beloved and practical garden, and Cletus searched the handout for some good words to say to bless the whirligigs that now had a place to spin and fly and live. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir Charles? Oh—Carlo, of course. Yes, he did. It sounds fascinating. May I see it?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was arrested and tortured on the order of Pope Alexander VI and finally burnt alive in May 1498, on the very same site in Florence where he had lit his infamous Bonfire. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In May he graduated from the architecture program at Columbia. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

May 10—I asked Professor Nemur about it, and he insists that I’m an innocent bystander and there’s no reason for me to become involved in what would be an unpleasant situation. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

August would calmly send May out back to the stone wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right over here,” she answered, pulling back the covers on May’s bed, the pink-and-brown afghan May had crocheted with popcorn stitches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night as he started to get into bed, leaving the light off so as not to wake the little girls, he was surprised by May Belle’s shrill little “Jesse.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But, then, Durham had been one surprise after another ever since the twenty-four-year-old Fuller had arrived on the evening of May 3, eager to begin his job as a community organizer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s kept that poor man strung along for years. May drizzled batter on the griddle in the shape of a big L. “This one’s yours,” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have seen his anxiety because she winked at him across Bill and Judy just as he sometimes winked at May Belle over Joyce Ann’s head. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Departing their high camp at 1:15 on the morning of May 17, two Ladakhis and three Sherpas soon came upon the frozen bodies of their teammates. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The guard is relaxed once every nine years, on May Day, when a fair comes to the meadow. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The courtroom was packed on the afternoon of May 11. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Despite the warm May weather, both girls were wearing topcoats over their shorts. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I had thought maybe he would never find out it was his arrest that sent May to the river. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By May, when the strawberry harvest started, she was only a few weeks away from giving birth, so she did not join Papa in the fields picking strawberries for Ito. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

May’s head was angled to the side, and her eyes were fixed on a cross-stitched picture of a birdhouse that hung on the wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were trying to outwit Death on this trip, rise above it, penetrate the blockades it put up between us and May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday, May 4, 1970, the students were ordered to disperse. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

One night early in May Nat got a good lunar observation and worked out their longitude. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In May of 1992, Herman Miller started doing what they call use testing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

One warm day in early May, while I was walking, I heard voices coming from the trail ahead of me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the radio in our company car the classic rock station notes the season by playing “Maggie May” several times a day—It’s late September and I really should be back at school. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year on the first day of May, people come from all over town to adorn me with scraps of paper, tags, bits of fabric, snippets of yarn, and the occasional gym sock. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They smiled at each other trying to ignore May Belle’s anxious little voice. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

At four fifteen in the morning on May 9, Egil Krogh was at his desk in the Secret Service command post across the street from the White House. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

May the syrup spills glue your feet to the floor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

May walked over and stood beside me, and I could smell nothing then but the pomade on her hair, onions on her hands, vanilla on her breath. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t realized that by trying to take the job, May would be driven mad, plagued with fits in which her eyes would glow green and she would have shattered glimpses of her child’s future. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Molly is wearing her heavy winter coat because, though it’s May, this is, after all, Maine. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"May I?" she asks, and takes my hand. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She smoothed her hands down the front of it, looked at the clock on the stove, and reached for an old white vinyl purse of May’s that she’d inherited. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 12, 1840, the newlyweds boarded the ship Montreal, bound for England. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But on May 1, 1919, with a number of the marchers carrying red flags, violence marked the parades in New York, in Cleveland, and in Boston, where a policeman was stabbed and killed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Believe me, when the letter came in May 2001, I was very happy. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In May, she made a triumphant flight on purpose into enemy territory and back. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Until they can read well enough for textbooks, I must teach through the use of example and imitation. May I demonstrate?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The little girl sitting on the floor with Ruth May said something in their language. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dwindling bail fund made many adults reluctant to participate in demonstrations, so King, himself finally out on bail, organized a children’s march on May 2. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We made Ruth May stand in one spot, and chased the chickens back into the nest box to roost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain said, “Well of course, sir. But the boys are tired. May take a while. And I sure need that ammunition.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May it bring you great fortune,” he said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The dawn was chilly, but there was little wind now that it was May. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was spring break. That would make it April, May...” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good-bye, my dear. I pray God I may never see your sweet face again. May He bless and keep you!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Will you shut up, May Belle? You’ll have everyone in the whole house woke up with that big mouth of yours.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Malachy whispers that Michael shouldn’t get the ashes because he won’t be making his First Communion till May and it would be a sin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On the first Sunday in May 2011, I went to dinner with two friends at a restaurant downtown, leaving Barack and my mother in charge of the girls at home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“May I speak with you, Elisheva?” she says, tipping her head down so she can stare at me disapprovingly over the tops of her glasses. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He is the size of Ruth May when last seen alive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night that May, he climbed the coliseum fence, dropped into the stadium, and ran the stairs until his legs went numb. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

"The will said, Sing in praise of this generous land. The will said, May God thy gold refine. America, Angela, America! Purple mountain majesties, Angela. Whoopee!" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must be one ’em folk that believe it’s bad luck to take a bath in May, June, July, or August plus any month that’s got the letter r in its spelling. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

January 21 then deftly passes the puck to his teammate December 20—wow! what’s he doing out there?!—who shrugs off the onrushing defender May 17 and slides a cross-crease pass back to January 21. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Ruth May was the first one among us to get her way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worry that I might have been indecent to them, yelling insults as Ruth May sometimes did when she was delirious with malaria fever. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will keep my promise. May God go with you,” he said, moving away with reluctant steps. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We gave the government until May to meet our demands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When May died, Ob and me had to talk business with the funeral parlor, religion with the preacher, and make small talk with dozens of relatives and people we’d hardly ever seen before. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my pillow over and over for the coolness, thinking about May and her wall and what the world had come to that a person needed something like that. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patent-leather shoes with buckles, a cheaper version of which we got only at Easter and which had disintegrated by the end of May. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in early May, we hoped, the approach of the monsoon from the Bay of Bengal would force the jet stream north into Tibet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If we stopped long enough, we’d join a few of the Young Saints from the bus for games of freeze tag and Mother May I? until it was time to reboard the bus. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Now you’re misquoting the Bible phrase that became the first Morse code message transmitted in the United States on May twenty-fourth, 1844!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

May 11—After all this thinking and worrying, I realized Alice was right. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Father and Ruth May both, as simple as that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A passport is truly what’s American. May it serve you well.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

By the final tally, after the two days of marching had ended in early May, more than 2,500 people had been arrested. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“May the peace of God be with you,” she says, her voice low, “even in the midst of trouble.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"How do you do. My name is Officer Martha Pagett, and I'm from the school and truancy division of the State Department of Children and Family Services. May I come in?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask you where you are from?” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“May I hope, then, that you will give this matter higher priority from now on? There will be little point in our meeting after tonight unless we have that memory.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Ladies and gentlemen? May I have your attention, please?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Then she says, “We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. May Allah have mercy upon Soheil and grant him the highest place in heaven.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“May I come in?” said a faint, uncertain voice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning—Monday, May 13—I left the tents at first light and walked two and a half miles through the deep cleft of the Western Cwm to the lip of the Icefall. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

At issue was a bill introduced by Representative Andrew J. May of Kentucky and Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado following a presidential message to Capitol Hill. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I think May would have loved it, too,” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May I have a look at Hector's file?" she asked. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In May 1902, Anthony spent a week with Stanton in her home. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Something caused May to see parts of Luke’s future, and Hermes understood what would happen—how Luke would turn into Kronos.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And then, finally, on a bright Saturday morning in May, Edward and Abilene and Mr. and Mrs. Tulane were all onboard the ship, standing at the railing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“May as well be hanged for a sheep as hanged for a handkerchief.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Daughters of Mary showed up each day just before lunch and sat in the parlor with May through the afternoon, telling stories about her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One cannot write how sad one is nor find solace in pouring out one’s heart on paper. May I come to you soon?” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Although I hadn’t had a seizure since May, the night of the perigee moon—which was now one hundred million miles behind me—I felt disconnected and drained. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

May 8—Even now that I have learned what has been going on behind Mr. Donners back, I find it hard to believe. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“May is the one who started calling it Mary Day,” said June. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fair was pronounced a success, and when May bade Amy goodnight, she did not gush as usual, but gave her an affectionate kiss, and a look which said ‘forgive and forget’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

May we not call them the ghosts of departed quantities? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He gathered them, counted them—there were a dozen from Poland, another dozen from other places in Europe—and took them out the door into the surprisingly wet and chilly May air. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Anthony had already made plans for the Eleventh National Woman’s Rights Convention, set for May in New York, and she wanted to move forward with the meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

By the first of May, 1302, the transept and most of its vaulting was complete. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

The May 31 discussion unfolded against that backdrop. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I glanced over at May, but she didn’t seem to hear over the washer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t worry so much,” May said, rocking the baby. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z