She and her mom wrapped their arms around me and helped me calm down. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I’m worried your mom is mad I’m here.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“What?” my mom asked as we emerged back into the sunlight. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Taryn’s mom stuck a few candles into Ivy’s giant stack of pancakes, and they all sang “Happy Birthday.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Your room is such a mess,” my mom said, looking at the clothes, both clean and dirty, strewn across my floor. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I knew I wanted to do something special for my mom. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t look at Qareeb, so I turned back to my mom and said, “I’m sorry.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My mom turned my cheek with her hand so that I would look down at her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

My mom looked like she was about to say something, but then she stopped herself. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

"You live close enough to walk?" his mom asked. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Her mom seemed to know that something was off, but she didn't push. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“So did my mom and her coworkers at the Department of Creature Control. I think it went out to the entire Bureau.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mom looked me in the eyes, but I didn’t see my mom anymore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Robin smoothed her hand over Ivy’s wild hair that her mom hadn’t braided in months. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s mom closed the front door with a sigh. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Definitely,” my mom said, staring at them through our front window as they moved in. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I could hardly hear anything but the thump, thump inside my ears while my mom cleared her throat and made her final case for La Cocina. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I placed my mom’s phone in my shirt pocket, next to the photo of Aaron. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A good daughter, one of Ms. Gruwell’s favorite students, and now I have an amazing new friend—but I’m lying to my mom, Ms. G, and Zlata. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I'm there by myself for too long, the house becomes some kind of time machine, teleporting me back three or four years, listening to my mom and dad fight and scream every night. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As he was eating the second, his mom wandered in the kitchen. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Felix was freezing, but his mom didn’t seem to notice the temperature. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you keep those photos of Milly hidden?” her mom suddenly asked her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A little later, Liyana’s mom stepped into the doorway of her room and smiled the motherly smile that says, “I know where you are and I remember being there myself.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom doesn’t believe in divorce. She gets really upset every time I mention it.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Zion stood there, looking all shy as usual, with his mom. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She told her secretary, Ms. Clark, to call my mom and keep an eye on me, like I’m the one who needs to be watched. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you see yourself as a cashier at the Dollar Store?” mom retorted. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His mom used to complain that she felt like she lived in a cigar bar. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t think anything of it until I hear my mom calling me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I have one that’s for sale, too,” my mom added quickly. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When she saw Sierra and Robbie coming down the dune, she offered the saddest, most genuine smile Sierra had ever seen on her mom. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Your mom and I talked it over,” Dad said. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Images of their mom began to make Gregor ache with sadness. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mom mixed ground beef, spices, and bread crumbs for the meatballs. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d always felt adored by my mom, so I was unnerved when she called me over. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I know that Dad’s crazy for my mom, but sometimes he’s totally clueless about her feelings. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He knew he needed to get home before his mom showed up and embarrassed him in front of all his friends. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mom, when she’s at home, she loves to sing in Spanish. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

"I can tell that something wrong," his mom said at dinner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I paused and took a quick peek at my mom. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“He directs plays and found a girlfriend at his work. A beautiful actress from one of his productions. My mom decided we needed to get away from California and my father...so here we are.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

My mom rolls her eyes and shifts back into drive. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

That makes all the love go out of my mom, like air out of a balloon. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Malik kisses his mom’s cheek, says something about hanging out with Shana, and walks away from us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He looks like he's regretting convincing his mom to play. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Okay, but we can’t stay long. Your mom will be mad if you miss speech.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got to the restaurant, and Mari said my mom had gone home for the day. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“But then my mom found out that my dad still hasn’t gotten a turkey for tomorrow, and she kind of forgot to be mad at me anymore.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I go over to my mom, Trey, and Kayla, and this grin seems stuck on my face. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The daughter would be right there, but the mom couldn’t say, “Don’t talk to those boys!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When Olga died, Lorena’s mom asked for a picture of her so she could pray for her soul, but I thought it was too bizarre, so I pretended I forgot. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’d make so much that I could buy my lunch using other kids’ money and keep the lunch money my mom gave me for pocket cash. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One thing I respected about my mom was that she never left me in any doubt as to why I was receiving the hiding. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When Benji walked into the kitchen after school, his mom was sitting at the counter with her hands wrapped around a coffee mug. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a tingling in my limbs, a sensation I sometimes felt when my mom talked about my dad. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My mom and I asked the cashiers in the supermarket, the lady in the dry cleaner’s, and the man in the eye shop across the street if they knew anything about him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She’s not as decked out as my mom, but then, she’s the guy’s mom, and it’s always the girl’s mom who is more invested, has more to lose. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I’m hiding it from my mom, Ms. G, and all of my friends. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Every light looks pretty on your hair, my Bella,” her mom says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, sweetheart!” my mom calls after him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

To my left is a balding man who is bowling with an even older gray-haired woman—his mom, maybe? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It was easier to remember his face than it was to remember my mom’s. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My mom applied for a license to be able to operate a business on the property. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Dad’s taking Pigeon to his track meet, and my mom has the wedding. I have to stay home with Candy.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I tried to convince my parents to go to the Fourth of July fireworks on the National Mall, but my mom said we could just watch it on TV. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Once, my mom mentioned my name and after a pause Sra. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Now I just eat in my room by myself. My mom’s hardly ever around so it doesn’t matter anyway.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say anything about any of this to my mom,” Natalie hissed to Chess, Emma, and Finn as she turned to lock the front door. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mom said Mr. and Mrs. Bykovski were always asking about me, how I was doing in school and so on. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fang was always sort of embarrassed, but pleased, by the gifts from my mom. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And Heidi had to bring it back to my mom, sobbing, apologizing. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s this new stuff my mom’s making me wear,” I say, breathing a sigh of relief. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“So, if I take you and Penny, your mom and dad, and me, that’s five. I wonder who else we could take?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

My mom places our camp-issued lunches on the compact table, sniffs the air, and rubs her nose. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then my mom pulls out my dad’s old driver’s license. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“My mom says he could survive if he made it outside.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s about getting your mom back,” Natalie said, her voice ringing with certainty. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He’s always known part of her resents their mom for the position they occupy in the world, for not having a normal life, for taking herself away from them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, you know my mom is the world’s worst housekeeper.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"I fall behind in school," my mom explains, continuing the story. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He started by telling her about the morning of the accident, how his mom had gotten him out of bed because he’d slept through his alarm. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Oscar may be the cook of the family, but Alex’s mom was the one who grilled. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Finally she says, “We are so not telling my mom.” she announces. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We’d told mom we were heading east when we lost her at the seniors’ home. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad shared a glance, and then the detective spoke to me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gently took her hand and led her to the door like this was homecoming, prom, and the only problem was his mom bothering them for one more picture. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock at the door, and my mom peeks in. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I had not wasted the talents and opportunities God gave me, and I’d tried to be, as my mom put it, the best Simone I could be. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There’s a universe where I stayed home and packed like my mom wanted me to. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And my mom’s going to be back soon.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If there’s one thing to know about my mom, it’s that she doesn’t stop. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My mom looked at me sternly and talked in a tone shed never used before: “Percy. Tell me now!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My mom digging under the couch cushions for quarters. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

How could my mom tell me I was pretty when she'd looked just like me and had gone through plastic surgery to change her face? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep during not one but two movie nights with my mom. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The world my mom and dad said was out there waiting for me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When it was mine, I made my mom wash it constantly so I could wear it as much as possible. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"Will you tell your mom I said good-bye? I don't want her to think I'm rude." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“You know, Brightbill, when we first saw your mom, she was packed in a box and surrounded by soft squishy stuff...” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He already told my mom that the best thing for Charlie is a special school. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Never in a million years would I have thought my mom would be the one to back down from anything, so I was completely shocked by what she had just said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I said Scout and Jem should be nicer to their mom because she is probably dying of cancer and one day will not be able to come back and fix them breakfast. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fight with his mom and Ricky temporarily masked the bottomless anxiety he always felt. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I realize I don’t know exactly what my mom did during the hours we were at school, mainly because in the self-centered manner of any child I never asked. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Ell give some money to my mom to pay bills and stuff, and so she can go back to school.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can imagine the look of horror on my mom’s face if she were listening to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But I move aside and they step in and my mom closes the door behind them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Eleanor wasn't diffusing, but she was using the conditioner Park's mom had given her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She was the only person other than my mom and dad and brother and sister to buy me two presents. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mom walks by and stops at my door, nearly spilling her coffee. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t say it to my mom, she said it to me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I only like to wear black hijabs and my mom says I'm depressed. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“We’ll figure it out, sweetheart,” my mom says with a reassuring pat of my hand. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It took longer to get to his other grandparents’ house, his mom’s parents, who lived in the Bronx, than it did to get to Jersey. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

After Amanda and her mom drive away, I start to walk home. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Every weekend, while she waited for her mom to come home, she would concoct a story: her mother was a spy, an ousted princess, a sorceress. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Matt and his mom and his dad and his little sister—just like in a commercial. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

His mom made him get roasted chicken and a plain baked potato. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Vern was losing his mind, but he still remembered my mom. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“My mom says I can have my birthday party there,” Windy says when the commercial is over. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A mom who made him take a shower every day and a dad who helped him with homework. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad both went through college without the feed. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby’s mom came in yawning and wearing a fluffy purple bathrobe that swept along the floor behind her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

If he’d wanted to see my mom all these years, he would have. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My mom borrowing toilet paper rolls from work. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My mom looked completely caught off guard by Aunt Tuti’s praise. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She recognized them from the stories she’d heard and the artifacts her mom had acquired for the museum. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

None of the invited kids had wanted to come, so her mom had lied to protect Aru’s feelings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

According to my mom, astrology is two steps away from demonic possession. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her voice is so quiet compared to her mom’s. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The mist shimmered, and there was my mom at our kitchen table, laughing and holding hands with her friend Mr. Blowfish. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My mom was the problem child, a tomboy, stubborn, defiant. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I wondered if it was better than the food at my mom’s funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mom likes to make fun of his career as a jarhead—his “extraction missions,” because technically he worked as a military dentist and never actually left his base. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But his mom looked like they were speaking in a different language and she didn’t know what was happening. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom thinks it’s safer. Why are you crying?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t going to get into the whole cussing thing with my mom. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I know Marcus is a good kid, Ms. Vega,” he says to my mom. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Spring break. Any day. I can borrow my mom’s car and drive us up there, and we can stay with my cousin’s friend. It could be like a whole road trip.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

At least I hope he does for my mom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mom's journey across the globe started when she flew from Tehran to London to spend a couple of days with her brother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“How are you? I talked to your mom earlier. I wanted to make sure you guys got home okay.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He worried my mom and her brother would form an unholy alliance and do whatever the hell they wanted with the understanding that neither would report their dalliances to their parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sneaky’s mom gives us a look like she kinda believes us, kinda doesn’t. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Theresa has been so busy with Rocky, she hasn’t figured out this is Al’s mom. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When people heard my mom’s warning, they said, “No, you must be wrong. You’re overreacting.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My mom helps me up the steps to the trailer. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

At sixteen and a half my mom found out I was cutting classes with my twenty-one-year-old boyfriend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When we finally found him, my mom approached the door and asked if my dad lived there. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“And you see my mom once a week for an hour.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Of course not, her mom had her class. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure Julia’s mom made her take chorus, but Isabella loves anything creative. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Hazel, baby,” she began, and Hazel never would have asked if she’d known how sad her mom would look. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My mom ran her fingers through my hair, and rocked me back and forth, even though I was standing, and she said, like a poem, “You’ve got your father’s eyes and my nose.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This one is from my mom," he said, holding up a box. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

"God, don't write that, my mom might find it." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But I think of what Sheriff Sanders told my mom and dad. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Dad hesitated, and I knew I couldn’t bear to hear him talk about it, not here, not in front of Mikayla and her mom. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m furious that you lied to us—to me and your mom. Do you understand that?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I told them both that the other one was taking me to the hospital this morning, but I actually just took an Uber here from the corner a street over from my mom’s new place. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the old cooking notebook my mom made for me sandwiched between the can of sugar and the can of flour on the counter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The white boy’s mother nodded at my mom and said, “That’s right, Mary.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

To give everybody—including his mom and dad—one hundred dollars to play with. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Did my mom and dad tire you out?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My mom made sure everyone had drinks and then she got busy, week after week, making her special party food—ham sandwiches on white bread with the crusts trimmed off. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My mom starts to talk, but Nora puts her hand up. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He searched up and down the street for his mom’s blue car. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The genes I got from my mom and dad. And my luck, well, I don’t where that came from. God, maybe.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

With a chime, the 3D image of Suma and her moms projects between us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t look for my mom or find out how my dad died,” Tagoe says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, seeing as how they think our mom is basically a demon for giving all of us up, I’d rather not get their opinion on how I did the same thing to Peach.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It’s still on my birth certificate, but at school, my mom thought it’d be easier to go by her last name. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“No, thank you so much,” said my mom. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” my mom says, looking at us, then back at Rhonda. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When Deb and I were really little, we draped blankets over chairs while our moms sipped tea in the kitchen. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Because I know when my mom was sick, we...” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

My mom smiles a little too brightly as she hands a plate and glass off to me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Even though my father was the major sports fan, he told my mom that fencing was not in his repertoire. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to offend you, Petra or J. T. or whatever, but my mom says that’s against nature and God.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The face is a big plastic Hello Kitty, and her mom calls it “a travesty.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mom was shouting something about divorce, when she finally looked over and saw me pouring ketchup on my flatbread and taking a bite. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My one saving grace was that my mom never spoke ill of him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Good point. My mom said we leveled up in whiteness because of the trip.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I knew Lucy in a way my mom never did, and it’s hard not to feel like I carry the heavier burden because of that. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Apparently all Puerto Rican moms were the same, even if they weren’t your mom. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

That picture was taken about a month before my mom told me she wasn't supposed to be in America. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad were both out of medical school and had already moved to Isfahan, to the house I told you about with the jasmine garden and the birds in the walls. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care how you think you feel. You’re sick. Really sick, okay? You need to call your mom and go home.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bryson's father came in his room after his mom and told him the same things, minus the part about video games. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I used to think my father was a coward because he left my mom when she was pregnant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I was sleeping over Chris’s that night. And, y’know, after dinner, his mom sent us to bed, and all of a sudden we hear all this noise coming from the hallway.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

She would smile and pose, and when the time was right, she would show everyone what a joke this was — what a joke her mom’s life was. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“My family, I guess. Especially my brother Diego. And my moms.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her mom did need paper and art supplies. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As her mom takes the photograph, it might look like she’s standing perfectly in the middle. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t old. My mama—mom made it for me.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My mom is taking the opportunity to write a book about addictions and young people. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Why didn't my mom bite the bullet and enter into a fake marriage to get us green cards faster? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The teachers stood only after my mom did. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When they announced my sister’s name, my mom uncoiled into applause. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom makes these beautiful paintings,” I say to her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We’re crossing the lobby on our way to Yum Li’s when I see Candy and a woman who must be her mom coming in through the front door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When I leave Sandy and the tent, my mom catches me trying to sneak back in through my window. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Frank had been thinking about his grandmother and his mom, wondering if they might appear to him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“And I heard one of the moms say he is ‘over the fence and long gone’ from his mom drinking too much when he was the size of a peanut. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours before I leave for work on Monday afternoon, my mom asks me to fill a prescription for her, because she’s scared the pharmacy will be closed when she gets off work. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The way my mom and Carmen spoke Spanish so easily to each other made me wish I could speak it better. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My mom pulls me closer and grasps my hand tighter. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

With the group’s money and the money I had been saving, I bought my mom some cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, my mom and dad were those stereotypical teen parents. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My mom would bring home boxes that white people had donated—picture books, chapter books, any book she could get her hands on. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Usually when someone got a little hurt and Alex’s mom came running down the basement stairs, telling everyone it was time to go home before someone got really hurt. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I mean, his mom died when he was a kid. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Maya’s mom is holding her hands so tight that Maya can feel her wedding ring branding itself into her skin. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mom wanted me to cook with her? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then, the day before our Christmas party, she found out from one of the other moms that Auggie had not been through the same kind of admissions screening that the rest of us had been. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

My mom strapped Robin into her car seat, and we climbed into the minivan. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was a time when my mom desperately wanted one of these houses. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I pull on the hem of the vintage X-Files tee I liberated from my mom’s closet years ago. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She didn’t tell him his mom was nice, or pretend that she hadn’t just seen the definition of dysfunction. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Marcus had convinced my mom that I had to come party. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

My mom took out her phone and began texting. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I told Katie that my mom was on her way back to school with my trombone, so she didn’t give me the dirty look right away. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They met in New Jersey, close to where my mom was going to school. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mom’s voice pops into my head: Take a breath, Layla. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

At the end of it, though, her mom gives her a big hug. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Admitting Shoji is better off without her is admitting she's not the best mom. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her mom had become some sort of genius double agent since she hooked up with Richie. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I look away from the window and over at my mom. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And she and her mom often drove hundreds of miles to cheer me on at gymnastics competitions. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her mom gazed at her, lips pressed together, and Hazel could hear all the things she was not letting herself say. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Luckily for Grace’s mom, Grace was easily bribed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He’d been talking about it off and on with my mom since our money was stolen. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The mom situation always became a conversation about why I have two, but never about why I don't have a dad. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Or something. I don’t know what you’d call it either, I guess. But it’s wrong. And you shouldn’t sugarcoat it just because your mom thinks you should.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My mom locked herself in her office for an hour. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I already told him that part,” my mom said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Her mom seemed to favor blacks and grays, sometimes browns or olives. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I guess that’s what happens when people find out your mom just died. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her mom tapped her nose gently with her finger. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

One such visit, when I was around fifteen, resulted in a conversation that went something like this: “Cullen,” my mom said to me as Aunt Julia backed out of the driveway. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sneaky’s mom’s been calling her, but no answer. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“My mom’s going to think I ate all of those,” I tell her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Once, I tried to appeal to my mom. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat there, Rob’s mom holdin’ back tears, and my folks didn’t even bother to show up. / should be the one dead, not Rob. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom has already rushed into the house. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Park's mom pushed him aside and laid Eleanor's head firmly back into the sink. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She wished she could ask her mom about it, or even her dad. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“My mom used to think he was brilliant,” he answered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My mom had this gift for putting people at ease, treating each person she met like she’d known them for years. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mom wets a washcloth and wipes down my face and hands. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

With Mom, that means a guilt-laden experience with many allusions to her struggles as a single mom. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She asks about them every time I see her, because I made the mistake of mentioning them to my mom, who mentioned them to her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They take a seat, and my mom fills our plates. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“If you come home like that, it’s almost like a disgrace,” Reggie’s mom says now. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We have an hour and a half before our plane leaves, honey,” my mom says, but Charlie ignores her and tells us to hurry. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I should sit here for a moment and prepare myself for whatever it is my mom is doing to that room, but I don’t. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Luke grabbed his mom’s arm and she laughed nervously, tapping him on the hand like he was one of the boys, not wanting her to leave for work. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“So, your mom and Brent are setting up,” he said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I figured, let my mom pry him off me. ’ Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom likes to sing when she’s stressed,” Daniel says, like he can’t help himself from adding ideas to Ms. Dale’s list, or whatever it is she’s writing on her desk. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, Kyle,” his mom said when he hit the kitchen. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ll see you two over there. Remember, I promised your mom: no getting fresh.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They kissed Summer’s mom and then circled around to me and Ximena. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

My pops used to hit my moms like that. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Brandy has told her that or if she is just doing the mom thing. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think my mom and I have figured out how to cope together. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much else, so he put a handful of cereal into a plastic bag and set it on the table just as his mom hurried into the room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I had thought we could borrow those fake arms again from Emily’s mom. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Dill, please don’t. This is not fair. I’m not staying. You leave. Leave like me. Leave like Travis’s mom.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I knew my mom was trying to guide my dad out the door, probably thumping him on the leg with her purse. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Mostly because they don’t care what I do. Seriously, I told them I was going to see Jack the Ripper. My mom said, ‘Have a good time.’” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“She asked my mom to talk to me about how you just made a mistake and went there so you could drink and dance and stuff. Is that true?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The half-man eats goats. When he first showed up on the beach, they paid him goats to work heavy crew. My mom told me he could eat a whole goat in three days.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Braviary wouldn’t yet look like his bald eagle mom or dad. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In all the times I received beatings from my mom, I was never scared of her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t care, who will? Your mom probably got you that box, right?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom humming along to pop music on the radio even when she doesn't know the lyrics. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Thanks so much for joining us, Edie,” Amelia’s mom says as we arrive at my house. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His words ring in my ears, but all I can see is my mom hunched over, trying desperately to calm down enough to say something. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Whenever I took a bath, my mom would say, “Here comes Hurricane Jackson,” because I made such a mess. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His mom led Laura Friendly to the counter and offered her a slice of apple or pumpkin pie and a glass of wine. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know your mom wouldn’t rob a bank. Tyrell knows that, too. He’s just having fun.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sierra wanted the answer to show up before her mom did. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“My mom has a bunch of my baby stuff in the attic that he wants. Mom says I can make some things for the baby too. To help out.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mom and I had different ideas about how Jesus worked. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She did not want to argue with her mom, not now. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then Amelia’s mom and brother come downstairs, and we’re ushered out the door and into the car. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom rushed out to see what was wrong. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“And his mom is making him go to therapy,” she adds. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She usually saved talks like this for her mom. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yeah, but your mom didn’t come to ALL of your games, JB says. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t blame her for wanting attention,” my mom said, and then to me added, “but that doesn’t make her well-being your responsibility.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I asked her what she’d told her mom, she looked at me and sighed and said, “The truth.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My mom is no help because I can’t do anything wrong in her eyes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mom walked over, holding Jeffrey’s hand, and kissed my dad. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe as a mom she had favorite babies. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mind your manners, young man,” the mom said with her eyebrows raised. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I yelled out to Grandma, ‘Is that my mom?’ Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shoot, some even have to be moms before they actually are moms. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

My mom grabs my arm and tries to pull me away. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know he has to be worried, and I do feel very bad, but I need to go to 5545 Mariendahl Road, or I’m afraid I’ll never want to try to find my mom again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was little and saw my mom’s eyes glassy with tears, but I didn’t quite understand. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Really? Because I think it’s kind of ugly. My mom picked it.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” my mom says, taking Charlie and me by the hand. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

From the time we got into the car to the time we came home, my mom literally did not stop talking. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge’s mom had always been there when she emerged from the mummy dream, throwing off her covers. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Your mom says you want to talk to me,” he says, smiling. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My dad tries to temper my mom’s voice by adding his calmer tones. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Jessie waited at the table while Mark’s mom finished making dinner. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I remember telling this to my mom, and she explained that some kids might feel “uncomfortable” around Auggie because of the way he looks. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Are you sure your mom is around here?" she asks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

How he would sit with his mom waiting for a cut, watching everything Brother would do with the clippers. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I had a picture of my rabbit and another one of my dad and mom getting hugged by a giant chocolate Kiss at Hershey Park. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mom starts lecturing him like he’s one of her students. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Everybody had a good laugh, even my mom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And she could get ready at Park's house; his mom would love that. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I need a mom who doesn't look at me like I’m a worn-out piece of furniture that doesn't match the rest of her house. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I thought I filled out the form right. I thought for sure we’d get approved for assistance—” my mom starts. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Your mom said that your dad was leaving this morning.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Josh was his father's son; he was already at least seven inches taller than their mom—and three inches taller than Park. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“My mom and her parents are in New Hampshire—my sister moved there when she was thirteen and goes to Dartmouth now—and most of my dad’s family is in Jamaica.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Now when my mom calls me her “trophy,” she means that I am her most valuable possession. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing?” my mom asked, buckled into her seat belt in the front. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“So...who are you, anyway? Do you know my mom or something?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He said I wouldn’t understand, but that he just didn’t love my mom anymore. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Later, as I shoved the book into my bag, I found the balled-up flyer Selena had thrown away at her mom’s dance studio. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“If my mom smells me reeking of booze, she’ll lock me up in my room until the dystopian future arrives. That is, if we aren’t living in one now.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His mom looked past her at the darkness, the pelting rain, the whipping wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My mom placed the set on the coffee table. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“My mom made great meatloaf. It was my favorite.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure the only female lips Sean Russell Flaherty had ever touched besides his mom’s were flickering images on a computer monitor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I want to be the first to see Al Capone’s mom waiting at the dock at Fort Mason. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about what Hesda had said, about how hard it was to yield, and I figured maybe my mom was finding that out. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That shot was my mom’s favorite picture of me—I liked it, too. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His mom says, “You’ve been so nice to host him. We felt we should contribute. He must be eating you out of house and home.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We drive in silence for a while before I say, “My mom’s a total nut. I’m sorry.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you’re just not as funny as you used to be,” Grace said, but she knew her mom would know she was joking. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Especially my mom, she didn’t want me to play a gay role. It made her pretty uncomfortable, but she got over it.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"I don't know about any girlfriend," his mom said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I saw your mom and your sister in the next room,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rivera didn’t say anything to that, and I wondered whether she believed my mom or whether knowing that I’d been grounded had somehow ruined her image of me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to refocus, when I saw my mom crouched over the sink next to me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My mom had explained to him that the concert was going to raise money for his treatment, that he should thank people for coming, that he should behave himself like a gentleman, blah blah blah. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he scooped up some ice cream and flicked it on my mom’s jacket. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her mom captured all of this, laughing along with them, and with every click of the camera, Emily’s nerves eased. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Alex had gotten a rug burn so serious his mom had to take him to the doctor the next day. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

After Darren does the check-in with Imani’s mom, and he heads out to the gym, it dawns on me: I have four full hours to just be me! 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

But I didn’t look like a tornado to my mom. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Ah, this car,” her mom said, to no one in particular. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My mom’s still smoothing down my hair as we watch a new video, my dad sitting on his plastic-wrapped chair. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I plead with my mom about the rule, but she refuses to budge. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been carrying this ever since I saw my mom at Grand Central. It’s an Athenian coin.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When my mom came to pick me up, she asked me if I wanted to stop by Pizza Hut on the way home. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure I got everything right, but I had my mom look it over, just in case, and she said she was very impressed with my work. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even eat my sandwich, and my mom made my favorite because I think she knew how sad I would be with everyone gone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Why did my mom want me to stand? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My mom focuses on the road and doesn’t say anything. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“My dad won’t let my mom use them,” he confessed—which was probably the weirdest confession I ever heard. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The twins both perked up at the mention of their mom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

No, his mom had always been like that, talking to anyone, thinking that the universe took care of you, as if all you had to do was ask nicely. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

As we pull into the crowded school parking lot, I spot Maddy and her mom carrying signs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Aru could feel her mom attempting to get the words out before her shoulders slumped. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His mom had dropped him off early—no chance he was going to be late. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ask my mom if there’s Wi-Fi in Puerto Rico and she says yes but she doesn’t want to be using her phone while we’re there. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Last night. After I saw you and your mom. He was at Charlie Valentine’s house, sneaking around the yard,” Finn continued. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And then when my mom and Jeffrey sat down at the table, it was like some kind of normal family moment or something. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just do. You’re my mom and I do. Anyway, you love me and I’m messed up in the head for life.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crystal’s only answer is to glare at my mom and keep squeezing her hands together. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We pretended the little boy who walked in with his mom had telekinesis. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

So his mom drove him thirty miles to try out for another club, and now the most dangerous player on the rival soccer club also happens to be your best friend. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t have a mom, and I started my period all by myself, and I needed you because I can’t talk to Daddy about boys, but you weren’t there!” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I’ll feel better if I hear my mom say she belongs here, with us. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“My dad actually had two kids way before he met my mom, so my brother and sister are both in their twenties. It’s like having four parents. I don’t recommend the experience, by the way.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Words that make my dad slam his fist on the table and call my teacher to shout about setting up a parent-teacher conference, and my mom to go out and buy fruit. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I've been alone since those two men put my mom in their car. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was three months earlier, the summer of 1997 to be exact, when my mom told me that we were putting our beloved home on the market. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I say good night to Alejandro and get in my mom’s car. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His mom called me at three thirty in the morning. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I had a picture of my mom in this frame next to my bed,” I tell him. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But since the divorce, would it even matter to my mom if he got hurt? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A plastic ring that came inside a plastic egg for their mom, and she would wear it all day. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O'Leary tried to turn in a circle to find my mom, knocking all the pictures off the walls. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Was that your mom? The woman in the car?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

My dad introduced Sookie to my mom in high school and the three of them became close. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

And the only pair of sunglasses I could find were my mom’s bright orange ones. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On an easel next to the podium is a poster-size picture of my mom and my dad taken back when my dad had hair and when my mom was skinny. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

My dad was already sitting in his spot as my mom placed meat loaf, mashed potatoes, peas, and salad on the table. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Are these houses very old?” asked my mom. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But in the mornings her mom tried to explode very quietly, so that the people downstairs didn’t get annoyed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were so many things I wanted to do but couldn’t, like hug my mom, or be less jealous of Annemarie, and I didn’t want this to become one of them. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You don't really do things on your own. I'm worried you're going to spend the next few months hiding out in your room not talking to anyone. Plus, you know, your mom.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Right. I know your mom. From Friends of Lake Erie.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My mom had the widest, funniest grin on her face. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I walked into my mom’s room and kissed her good night. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My mom reached over and touched me on the wrist and said, “You’re safe.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom, in a sharp, no-nonsense black dress and pointed heels, jaw set. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My mom had never hit me before, but I think I deserved it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the car my mom asks, “How was your day, Junie?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

My mom has told me she would love me no matter what, but when it comes down to it, will she, or will she be like some of my friends and leave? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“How was your day?” my mom asks him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

I could tell this was something he really wanted to know, but after he said it, he instantly got weird because he’d said “dead people,” and now my mom was one. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Safer’s mom stares at my sneakers with a funny expression until we get to the lobby. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It simply reminded him of his best memories—building things with his mom in her workshop; sitting in the sunshine with his friends at camp. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I screamed when I saw that man’s face at the window, and my mom woke up when I did. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Martín and a few of the cooks arrived as my mom and I finished cooking. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm okay. Tell them that I'm fine, and tell my mom and dad that I'm sorry about... that they're hurt." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom had been shot by a man I despised. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I saw Finch at this group I go to. I’ve been going a while, even though I don’t really need to, but my mom is, like, making me.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mark’s mom was almost never not crying, though she cried without making a sound. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We’d come every week after my mom died,” she went on. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“My mom wanted me to bring you some of her sancocho.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My mom makes scrambled eggs with bacon and cheese. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“You remember how I told you about me and your mom meeting up in the city? About how happy we were?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

My mom reaches over and rubs my neck. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I was talking to a mom at one of the hockey games, and she told me that it’s awesome. Her son took the class a few years ago.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He still hadn’t seen her face, and he hadn’t figured out until she spoke that she didn’t have the same last name as her mom, and her real name was Natalie Mayhew. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mom takes a deep breath and sprays the kitchen table again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The new girl's eyes were darker than his mom's, really dark, almost like holes in her face. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It made her think of Mini and Boo, her mom, and all the incredible things she herself had done in just nine days. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I cradle Hector in one arm and give him the bottle with the other, just like my mom does. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My mom wakes me up earlier than usual the next morning with a serious expression on her face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I get into the kitchen, and my mom’s setting the circle table Auntie Idris keeps in the kitchen, and my dad’s stirring a pot at the stove. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Kyle was seriously glad he and his mom had played so many games of Trivial Pursuit—with the original, extremely old cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

These were mostly my mom’s books, but Dad opened them every once in a while to learn about the things he dredged up while scuba diving. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hameed's eyes are glassy and tired, reminding me of my mom. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At first he thought it was his mom, and he stood up quickly—too quickly. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I guess if you’re going to be born with an illness that requires constant care, then it’s good to have your mom as your doctor. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Vern wasn’t planning to be on the boat. I think they collaborated on the idea, but your mom was gonna execute it.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning, my mom came in to wake me up before my Hulk alarm went off. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s what my mom calls the hairpieces we use. Princess hair. They cost a lot, about five or six hundred dollars.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It turns out that Mother Nature is a lousy mom.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s for you,” her mom said, and Grace knew that her mom was all too aware of the envelope’s return address, the adoption agency’s address. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The Amish girls were handing out wood-handled carving tools and all the kids were sitting at picnic tables surrounded by the moms who were helping them. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You better get some sleep if you’re going to start school tomorrow,” his mom said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Her mom lets me in, but she says, "Stand right there," and she runs—really runs—and brings me a long white terry cloth robe to wear. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what his mom would say about certain girls he knew. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom and my grandmother started talking and my mom told her why we were there. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mom drives to visit the cemetery of people she loves. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But now the food has run out, and three months have passed, and my mom doesn’t look like she plans on walking into the kitchen to cook dinner anytime soon. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

My mom looked over to me and motioned for us to leave. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He mom admitted once that she did just enough so people wouldn’t talk too badly about her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She looked back to see her mom jotting something on a notepad. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I have to start supper for my mom.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It drops big brown fronds everywhere, and my mom says it needs to come down. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

If there’s a God guy out there like my mom believed, I hope he’s got my back right now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I never thought I’d get such a golden opportunity to talk to his mom. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My mom has reinstated my Internet access but only during the school day. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I used to say to my mom, “I think Satan burns tires in Hell.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As long as she was okay, I thought, nothing else my mom could say would matter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Except that after school as I waited for my mom, this girl, Ileana, came up to me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Betsy’s mom read them out, and we took turns trying to spell them. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And it was home for my mom until her parents earned enough money to bring the family to the States to fulfill my grandfather’s dream of a theology degree from an American university. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her mom had already insisted on pictures with Matthew before their dad drove him to the high school. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I popped off the lid, and all of a sudden it was my mom with the ESP, because she swung back into the room, hands on her hips. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Usually, my mom would tell me to eat my dinner, but tonight, none of us has a single word to say. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It was like she was going back to being with my mom and remembering everything about it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My mom had a subscription, which meant I could access information. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When they got to me, Abuela let go of my mom and took my hand. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

I looked from my mom, staring at her computer screen, back to Calista. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mom is the hero of this whole story, in case you were wondering. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Kyle had gone to his mom’s house in California, so I didn’t really have anything to do outside. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her mother didn't thank her. park They were shopping for Christmas dinner, and it was taking forever because it always made Park's mom nervous to cook for his grandmother. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My mom got one soon after she married my dad. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My mom usually gives them whatever change she has in her pockets or a dollar. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Pick up, sweep aside—same difference in her mom's world. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My mom hands me Hector and heads out, and I look up to find Crystal eyeing me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

They moved far away after my mom moved out. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

My mom and I walked into the restaurant and waited for the rest of the family to arrive. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about what could be bothering my mom when she interrupted my thoughts and slowly began to talk to me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Marcus's mother owned the salon Pia went to whenever her mom made her get her hair done, which was mainly for holidays when they would have to go to her grandmother's for dinner. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I said, “Okay, maybe I’ll ask my mom to make me a baloney sandwich one of these days.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt alarm rush through my mom’s body. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

My mom once told me that she always knew what my cries meant, each one a little different: hungry, a wet diaper, tired, wanting attention. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Will you deliver our newspapers?” my mom asked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He gives my mom a sad and wounded smile, and unlike the story he’s telling her, the smile is real. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mom tosses me a final wan smile—I love you, but I remain disappointed—and shuts the door. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My mom must be having the same thoughts because she’s slowing down. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Faith had been freaked, but Stan and his mom seemed pretty used to the whole deal. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He and my mom are holding hands, and I catch them looking at each other. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I am nice to my mom,” I say tersely. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Grace heard her mom swear very softly behind her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Even though Erlan’s mom was right outside on her cell phone. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then—I don’t know, maybe my mom’s right and there’s nothing but ghosts everywhere in Louisiana, because I swear it’s like someone just up and comes and whispers an idea in my ear. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Even though I couldn’t see her face, I could tell her mom was sort of smiling. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mom wrote to my gran, asking her to send the price of a train ticket, about thirty rand, to bring her home. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“My dad”—he juts his lip out—“my mom”—she nods, all smiles—“and my sister, Sarah”—she reaches out a hand. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mom wanted to know about my grades. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I found beer in your mom’s closet, in her room.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It sounds like something personal, Moss, and I’m sure your mom has her reasons for not sharing.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His mom is the head of the parents’ association. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I am sooooo sorry about that message my mom sent,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I give my mom the please-just-stop eyes while Shay mimics the word “sweetheart” in a baby voice. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

My mom gave me the list of books and sent me off to class with a kiss and a hug. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mom had asked me if there was anyone else I wanted to have over tonight, and I’d thought about Rachel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But Jessie was really going at it, and if he didn't protect himself at least a little, he was going to end up in the emergency room and that would upset his mom. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was proud, I think, to know that he’d turned things around, that he’d saved our fortunes, and that he had tugged my mom back over to his side. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I keep watching Sandy for a second, thinking about everything I heard my mom and dad talk about last night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Every time we go to see my Aunt Helen’s grave, my mom and I like to talk about something really great about her. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“How are you doing, though? Is your mom okay?” he asks. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You take too much aspirin,” my mom tells me, and hands me a bottle of Tylenol. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to punch him, but I met my mom’s eyes and I understood she was offering me a deal: be nice to Gabe for a little while. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My dad held my mom’s hand and never took his eyes off Abuela’s picture. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s parked illegally,” my mom said with an innocent, slightly mischievous grin. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad agreed that with the money from the sale, they’d be able to build a world-class gymnastics-training center from scratch. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Still I don’t feel like going to sleep, and when I hear my mom get home I tiptoe past Bryce and Aurora and push open the door into the main room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My mom also had a soft spot for strays; she’d always leave the door open for friends of ours who had nowhere to go, especially around the holidays. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mom loves technology, always embracing the next new thing. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Music was something my mom and dad loved almost as much as they loved each other. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It’s like she wants her mom to know I’m weird. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And now the kids in the village are saying, “I’ll go to school to buy cows for my mom, like Lekuton did.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we finish using our AffloVests, Stella hangs up to give her mom a call and to check in on her friends in Cabo, vowing to call me back in time for our nighttime pills. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My mom spins around to look at me, her blue eyes piercing, voice biting. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ve made it clear I want cremation, but my mom doesn’t believe in it. ” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Eleanor couldn't tell her mom about the bus situation anyway, because her mom had already said that Eleanor didn't have to ride the bus. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When my mom makes a scene in public, it makes my skin crawl. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I man-cried, or how I thought a man should cry, which is to say I just made my face look tough and angry when all I felt like doing was bawling for my mom. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What can we do for you right now?” my mom asked. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He dusted his face with flour and put on one of his mom’s flowered aprons. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He left the door open, and Eleanor could hear him talking to someone, probably in the kitchen, probably Park's mom. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I had slept near him, in order to assist him as quietly as possible to the bathroom when he needed to hurl chunks, for his sake and for my mom’s. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Each fall Petra’s mom bought the same color socks for all seven of them so that, in theory, there was always a size that fit. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

A man around my mom’s age steps up to give a welcome speech. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The first time I met Holly’s mom, I was seven years old, and Holly and I had only known each other for a few months. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Some were given to me, some to my mom. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“What is that supposed to mean?” my mom said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When my dad left us this last and final time, my mom earned her Realtor’s license, but because the housing market is less than booming, she part-times at a bookstore. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was my mom who was always harping on her, but this sort of feels like maybe Lucy got the last word. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Daniel’s mom and dad sell the store to an African American couple. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I tell my mom and dad and Auntie Idris that I want to sneak a closer look and that I’ll be right back. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Stay with me. Stay in California. You don’t have to move back in with your mom and your uncle.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One Saturday night after dinner, Park's mom was sorting her Avon shipment on the dining room table while Park and Eleanor played cards. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Easy-peasy, she had thought, and then gone upstairs to rummage through her mom’s closet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mom stopped pacing and watched me carefully. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s been a long time since her mom has looked that way. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Joaquin was making it up, but he had pictured those features every time he had thought of his real mom. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then one day Hazel went over to Jack’s house to find his mom in the easy chair, except she wasn’t there at all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to go back with a car for George and me, and then we’ll take the truck back to your mom. She’s with Ray.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Before driving away, we saw Jeffrey’s mom standing at the front door to his house, waiting for him—and she wasn’t wearing pajamas. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The light catching her mom’s face as she stood at the kitchen sink, unmoving, the water running over the untouched dishes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You move in with Michael if you want,” Fuchsia looks up at her mom from where she has tucked herself farther into the corner of the kitchen. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Mayor, stay where you are,” my mom said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And I was so happy because it made my mom smile. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mom works at the hospital, so I’ve been in enough of them to know what it feels like when you’re inside of one. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Davis, are you all right?” my mom asked. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She said that when he and her mom met, he’d just crossed the border, so he was the freshest kind of mojado. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, my mom was always the one putting the big smiley face on everything. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mom had ordered me to help him with his homework. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I say that I’m sorry, and my mom looks satisfied. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

My mom was Kitty Hammer, and as I implied before, if that name rings a bell, you’re probably a big-time tennis fan. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Now I’m five foot eleven and a half inches—as tall as my mom and a good two inches taller than my dad. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Earlier. The last time we tried to get to...wherever this is. He spoke in my mind and compared me to my mom. Called me deceitful like her. It was so weird.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their mom even sat down to watch with them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I want you to see the way my mom spread her stuff into his side of the closet, how it looks like his suits were never even hanging there in the first place. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I have to get back to my mom and dad on the beach. They’ll be worried,” I say. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

That night, I cried on my mom’s lap. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

While he’s gone, I text my mom to tell her I’ll be heading home soon. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mom got the calm that came with the ritual, so I’m not going to tell her about this. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t think my mom got the whole guy thing. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Later that night, as I was lying in bed thinking about what we’d read in Ms. G’s class earlier, I began to think about my mom in the other room. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I heard the music before that,” her mom had said. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She’s knocking her rings together, topaz, I think, like the kind my mom once pawned when she wanted to buy Olivia concert tickets for her thirteenth birthday. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

While Lorena fiddles with her phone and begins playing her horribly sexist rap songs, I walk over to the altar her mom has set up in the corner of the living room. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Let’s talk about our mom,” he said, and he didn’t care that now he sounded rude. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Sophie,” my mom said quietly, “no one will be able to save those bonobos. Patrice and Clement are off looking for them, but it doesn’t look good.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “It’s better for me here. My mom really can’t handle being a mother.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Usually, we went to her apartment after school, and her mom gave us cookies, the vanilla sandwich kind with chocolate in the middle. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s what everybody says. I think I look more like my dad, though. Jeremy is the male version of my mom, basically her with short hair.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“My mom gave me this to give to her—she says it’s the best thing to eat after you’ve had a tooth pulled.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And my mom got me another ball eventually. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

It all seemed too easy, Benji’s mom just pulling money from her wallet without a second thought. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

My dad would have lied to me the whole time, I think, but my mom convinced him that I should know. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He hugged my mom and shook my dad’s hand and said he wished things could be different. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My mom is like, ‘Oh my God, Ashton, please tell me you can’t see this wrinkle by my chin.’And of course I can see it—it’s, like, the size of a river. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

You know, if you get bored you could always write a book, like Vondie’s mom did. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“James,” my mom says, and makes little brushing motions. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"I think you look really good with bangs," his mom said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I figured my dad was going to give my mom a blow-by-blow of the awkward fencing lesson and all the reasons I should never go back. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We had girls from military families, girls from immigrant families, a teen mom, a girl who’d lived in a homeless shelter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Now we see where your mom gets it from.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Charlie takes my dad’s hand and together we walk around the enormous hotel as my mom stays several paces behind. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My mom started to say something, but I got out of the car and ran, hoping the redheaded girl wouldn’t see me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“This is precisely what my mom fights against. She would insist that you stop, and you work for her, so you have to,” I said, waving my hand at him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"My dad is the boss tonight. My mom is the sous chef. Our job is to stay out of their way." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry. I didn’t want you to know. About my mom, about any of it. I got scared and I...I panicked. I—I don’t want to be alone!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Really it’s okay Ms. Singh. Thanks for letting me call my mom.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid if I left it at home, my mom would throw it in the trash,” she says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mom narrowed her eyes, but instead of pressing, she sat back in her chair and said loudly, “Well.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do something more for my mom. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked me out of the game in the first five rounds and started bankrupting my mom and Paul. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Weird how this memory flashed through my mind as I raced the boat down the creek and into the river, my eyes sweeping back and forth across the water, looking for Ben and his mom. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The next morning when I get home, I find my mom upstairs in Lucy’s room. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I was late to school this morning because we had just come home from Washington, D.C., very late at night and I wanted to tell my mom everything we had done. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It sure must be nice having a mom who owns a candy store,” she said this morning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She has a nice mom and an awesome television. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting one of the dinners my mom had left in the freezer, and an envelope with my name on it fell out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“My mom has me punch a pillow at home,” Daniel says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her mom pulled her hand back and took a bite of food. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She never thought he'd try—and she never ever thought her mom would go along with it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And my mom was a soccer mom times ten, always picking up someone from practice, dropping someone else off, fixing a uniform, or cheering someone on from the sidelines. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Her mom smiled at a book of poetry. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I thought about the moms and the magazines and the everythings, and the thought made me nervous, especially if it includes TV. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My best pal’s mom was back to her usual self, cooking away. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake’s mom was stomping her feet on the risers in total “We Will Rock You” rhythm, leading the thunderous crowd. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Moss had once asked his mom if they could move to another street, anywhere that wasn’t just a few hundred feet from where Morris had collapsed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hoped I ended up looking like my mom. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s the logo my mom uses on all her websites,” Finn said, pointing to a tiny purple butterfly at the bottom of the page. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Baby Tell and Mama Sweetie were like sisters to my mom, and mothers to me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

"Okay, well . . . good," her mom said, folding her arms, still whispering. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

First her mom thinks Alicia and her dad are ganging up on her to play a practical joke. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But when my mom told the doctor about the big concert, he had agreed to discharge Jeffrey with another specific warning to rush to the E.R. if anything didn’t seem right. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dance circle expands when my mom joins in. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I found my cell phone in my bag and, while sobbing hard, I called my mom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I talked to the principal, and I talked to my mom. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Two of those hours were spent watching one of those corny, romantic, mushy-mushy movies with my mom. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Like most immigrant parents, my mom and dad made it abundantly clear they had high expectations of their offspring. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go back upstairs yet, so I text my mom. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Manuela’s mom told me about it in the laundry room, so I enrolled you.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but my mom’s too tired to look into it. She works two jobs.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Had we known that you would be left out of your friend group, we would have gotten you a cell phone earlier, Junie,” my mom said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It sent Toby back in time, when his mom was still around. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The family needed a radio, an oven, a refrigerator, and it was now my mom’s job to provide it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For breakfast we had waffles and bacon and eggs, and her mom looked at me curiously when I said, “But where’s the rice?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The power is both my mom and dad running through it, through me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel like I’m living with two completely different moms. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Your mom’s office is all the way downtown, forty minutes away at least, and your dad’s is even farther. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her mom raised an eyebrow at Grace as if to say, Do you see what I’m dealing with here? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I asked, because he never got out the car except for the time he had to ask my mom if I could go on the newbie dinner, but that had been weeks ago. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I thought about how my mom had smiled at me, how she told me that she was home preparing spaghetti and meatballs, how she even supplemented her original bogus meal with garlic bread. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Honey, we just got here,” my mom says, sounding annoyed. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He already had a mom he was close to—she wasn’t going to try to take that spot. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I saw Sam and Patrick at school today, they both agreed that my mom has very good taste in clothing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Workers from the nearby stores on their half-hour lunch breaks, moms out with their kids, old people who didn't want to be cooped up in their houses all day. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I just, yeah. I just wanted to tell you. About my birth mom.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

To stave off the impending marriage argument, I ask my mom about the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was out in the hall, arguing with the doctors in Philly on her cell phone. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear him in the kitchen later, talking to my mom. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Your mom and I love each other, and if we lose you, we’ll go through it together.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I think of my mom and Decca and Kate, and then I hit the opener, and up goes the door, and out I go into the wild blue yonder. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I told your mom that the whole thing is my fault. You’re off the hook.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Why do you always have to be like my mom?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mom is halfway up the stairs, but she turns around to catch my eye. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The mom, Mrs. Parrish, looked old enough to be a grandmother. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Okay, my turn, my turn,” her mom said from the driver’s seat. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“We’re not going to Disney,” my mom continues, “but we are going somewhere. It is...Drum roll please...” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Even though people tell me I’m poor, my mom makes the best food in the world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When my mom died, I remember Maggie teaching my dad how to do my hair. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I say, thinking Muhammad would get so excited if Mom joined something with Saint Sarah’s mom. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

His mom did not like to eat food that was suffused with GMOs or not organic or a whole bunch of other phrases and words that Nathan didn’t really pay much attention to. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Tears rolled down my cheeks as I kissed my mom good-bye. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He thought he saw his mom's pupils widen, but he was probably imagining it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She’s a regular mom who happens to be our cooking teacher. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if my mom will ever sleep well again. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My dad handed us two egg sandwiches and gave my mom a to-go cup of what smelled like café con leche. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My mom ran down the hallway to the kitchen, where she discovered the kitchen on fire. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

People always assumed my mom and dad were like other divorced parents, who fought over everything, but they were actually friends. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I put down the debit card Mom had given me—Daisy never had any money and my mom let me charge twenty-five dollars a week as long as I kept straight As. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thursday night after dinner, Park's grandma came over to have her hair set, and his mom disappeared into the garage. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it’s your mom who censors his mail, right? Couldn’t I just drop a letter in the stack of already-censored mail?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I convinced my mom we should stay at the hotel tonight. It’s already paid for, and I told her you picked up my homework from last week.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

A minute later, I heard the intercom say to the mom that her boy was at the information desk. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

With her fists curled at her sides, Millie turns to my mom and says, “I forged my mother’s signature.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Paralleling my mom’s insistence that I attend Riverdale because John F. Kennedy had once gone to school there, she was won over to Valley Forge when she heard that General Norman Schwarzkopf was a graduate. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Nurse Holyfleld listened to what I had done and then gave me a little paper cup with some mouthwash that tasted like the stuff my mom drinks. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘At my mom for sending me on that horrible quest in Rome. At... well, pretty much everybody. Gaia. The giants. The gods for being jerks.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Cinder could see her gravestone from the window of the fourth-floor unit he and Miss Fran had lived in together, five doors down from where Cynthia lived with her mom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Like I have to pick all of these undershirts back up because otherwise he’s just going to take it out on my mom. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I talked to your father,” her mom continued, and Hazel’s eyes snapped to the long gouge she’d made in the table when she was seven and wanted to play Excalibur. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Monday’s mom wasn’t the sweetest pie, but she wasn’t bitter greens either. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad failed to point out that writing wasn't exactly the most stable career, either. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

So, my sister, brother, dad, mom, and I each had to go in a different car to make sure nobody got lost. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I look at my mom to see if she realizes she’s quoted her, but if she does realize it, she doesn’t show it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I told my mom I wasn’t going back until they let me switch math teachers.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Look, me and my mom and shoes, it’s not a good discussion.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was bad enough I had to depend on my mom to drive me to my battles. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Listening to the sound of her mom's voice has me on the verge of tears too. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His mom named him Sir because she wanted people to show him respect. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about the Byrd thing? My mom wouldn’t ever—and I mean ever—let me call her...” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My mom peers out the window over the sink. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was stupid, but I resented him for going on that ocean voyage, for not having the guts to marry my mom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

After you’ve seen someone else going through that, it feels kind of crazy to complain over not getting the toy you had asked for, or your mom missing a school play. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And then in a move that’s remarkably similar to old, competent mom, she retrieves some duct tape from a drawer and sits down next to the basket ready to do some reconstructive surgery. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When my mom was alive, I’d gone to church more often. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, the door opens, and it’s Dad and Kristina’s mom at the same time. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My words echo through the air, but even then, I’m not sure my mom hears them. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

After a little while, my mom came into the room. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

One day, he asks his grandmother, “How did my mom get to the United States?” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

That meant that my dad was married to someone before he married my mom. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her mom had told her to wear socks, too, but they looked ridiculous with Eleanor's Vans. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Hmm,” Grace said, which is what Maya’s mom usually said to her dad whenever he was talking about something that didn’t interest her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His mom wiped his eyelids with a Kleenex before he had his picture taken. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t know what will happen to any of us, but you could never end up like your mom.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I caught myself before my fourteen-billion-year-old teenage atoms let my mouth say something horrible—that Tracy wasn’t my real mom, even though she was the only mom I remembered. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until much later that my mom had a few glasses of white wine and told me what happened to her sister. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

Nick’s parents are there, too—Abby’s mom is chatting with them while her dad and brother check their phones. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He gives me a mirthless smile and walks toward my mom. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Rivera, calling my mom to tell her that the heat was out and to ask what they were supposed to do. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My mom snaps me out of this memory. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“My mom put me on those as soon as I turned thirteen. She couldn’t deal.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We’d huddled around the phone in Abby’s mom’s office for the conference call, fought off some serious giggles, and ended up answering the questions without sounding totally clueless. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“What’s he mean about how even his mom could be jiving him, Dad?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And there was a time when someone else knew and my mom didn’t. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You know that video you made of your mom, where she’s standing at a sink, washing tomatoes or something? It’s on your YouTube channel.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he’s one of my mom’s students. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I stood at the saltwater spring, rubbing Chiron’s coin in my hand and trying to figure out what to say to my mom. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You must have just seen someone who looked like my mom,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They only stop their shrieking when my mom pulls into the trailer park and slows down for each of our final turns. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Your mom called late last night. Your aunt had a very serious stroke. She’s not going to make it.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My mom’s most recent success had been to get a forested island set aside as a bonobo preserve. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But now, Hera looked like a regular mom. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Brandy's mom leans outside and calls to her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Our Volkswagen was always breaking down, and my mom would take it there to get it repaired. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I watch my mom work until the day she dies. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I turn from the Suits to my parents; my mom is sobbing into her hands, and my dad looks like the house is burning down around him. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The analogy my mom used was that there were now two male lions in the house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I turned my head to the side and watched my mom. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I loved how relaxed my mom always seemed in Belize and how her accent would come out stronger when she talked to Grandma Caye. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Here’s the thing: at some point I hope my moms will wanna listen to music again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You mean he wants to take me away from my mom?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He said, “Mom’s been shot,” and my mind automatically filled in the rest: “Abel shot mom.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Curling black hair and brown eyes and brown skin, the kind that’s “got a pinching of the Creole in it,” as my mom likes to say. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

My dad spent most of that last year at LSU skipping classes so he could be with my mom, who wondered why getting a degree didn't actually require attending lectures. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Kiko!” my mom shouted, running to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I just sat, listening to the muffled sounds of our moms from the other room—low voices and sniffling and even, once or twice, what I could have sworn was laughter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Then I can use it to call my mom.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And her mom just showed up at school?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

An actor from one of my mom’s shows, maybe? The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I told my mom when I got home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I remember when my mom helped me pick out this chair. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

We eat it at the actual dining table on our parents’ wedding china, and my mom brings out the manger scene centerpiece that rotates like a fan when you light a candle beneath it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I had to take my mom out for a drive before she’d let me go out on my own. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“But I bet your mom would get one for you.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since there is no money coming into our family, my mom had to give up the apartment we rented. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aunt Tuti practically crammed the Tropical Tribune into my mom’s face. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Well, you see, I suddenly realized that if Mother had been different, if she’d been a real mom, our relationship would have been very, very different. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His mom pretends to be annoyed but slyly asks for intel later. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My mom leans over and kisses my forehead. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My mom and Jeffrey were down in Philadelphia, but they were due to get back in time for the concert. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom is the nicest lady in the world. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Moss had been lucky enough to score a decent locker last year, though his mom wasn’t happy with the rental cost. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I sneak a peek at my grandmother and can see her eyes shining with tears, her hand holding my mom’s tightly, but I can see that she is smiling. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, you need your mom, even if she drives you crazy. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Then right after Carl vanished, my parents split, and my mom took off.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My mom was eight and a half months pregnant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I thought of my mom and my dad. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That’s when I found out I left my key on the bulletin board, so I just lay down flat on the porch to hide from the bad kids and waited again for my mom. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my mom made it a point to take more days off. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Eleanor hadn't consented to another full-on makeover, but Park's mom was always trying new eyeshadows on her or messing with her hair while she sat at the kitchen table with Park. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I get ready for bed, and like usual, my mom comes into my room to kiss me good night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

According to Twig, she and her mom had a huge fight in Paris. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“This is why you need to find our mom,” Maya said softly. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Okay, so my mom has maybe said the Lord’s name in vain two times in her entire life. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“So, I talked to my mom about the program,” I tell Dr. Katz, the sunshine pouring through the windows, covering everything in her office with a hopeful gold. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“If your mom wins the lawsuit, will it be Alan’s fault, too?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I longed for that, for feeling absolutely nothing, and then I realized that was what my mom craved too. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

You have to tell your mom you aren’t in a ditch. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mark and Linda would be his mom and dad whether he called them that or not. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My sister Brandilyn and my mom came with me to Paris because this was my first time competing for Team USA, plus it was Paris! Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There would be times I wouldn’t see my mom for days, even weeks. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, my mom said, “You know what, Simone, do what you want.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

From my moms and Diego and our apartment and the levee. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So,” my mom said, “what did I just say?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I squeeze out the opposite door and climb into the passenger seat next to my mom who’s still frozen at the wheel. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I could see my mom getting red when he said that, and I started to get a little worried that she might say something. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurry to slip the tank over my head before my mom can barge in to help me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

You may know her as the mom from Stranger Things, but in the nineties, Winona was the "it" girl. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Moms turned to me and said: “See, Miguel agrees with his mom. A sundae sounds good, doesn’t it?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My mom isn’t part of any of those memories though. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We get to my mom and she introduces us to her coworkers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Another thing my mom would say is rude. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I find it difficult to describe what I mean, but the word “mom” says it all. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In an instant, his mom’s face transformed from angry to sad. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in a while, Sierra was struck by how much her face resembled her mom’s: that sharp chin, her full lips. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He promised he would ask his mom about his financial situation, and then he'd get back to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When I finally pulled away a bit, I looked at my mom and pleaded, Please don’t call my school. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom’s not annoying too many people yet. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It’s a betrayal to Aunt Pooh, but it’s a way for my mom and Trey. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A McDonald’s had opened up just two blocks from our house not long after we moved to Highlands North, but my mom would never pay for us to eat there. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mom is trying to get words out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Is that what your dad said to your mom when he caught them together?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Eleanor went to shake his mom's hand, but she waved them in the air, like sorry, my nails are wet, a gesture that Eleanor didn't seem to recognize. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Her mom was insistent that somewhere out there, just waiting to be found, was an ancient object that might help them defeat the Sleeper once and for all. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he came into our home, he immediately fixated on the house as a monastery, the bathroom as the most sacred monastic cell, and my mom as the Abbess. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Cas gave her mom a smile, then looked out the car’s window. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We decided my mom’s sister, Aunt Diana, or Auntie, as we liked to call her, would be the perfect person to pitch our business proposal to. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Mr. D,” said Justin, pulling him by the arm, “come meet my mom.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The glass bottles of vinegar and hot sauce that my mom kept on the shelves inside the refrigerator door rattled. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

So me and my mom kinda stay out of each other’s way. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom says he has to learn to walk again. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“We told you everything our mom does,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But then I shut my mouth, because I don't think it would be a good idea to boast about the things we've done just yet in front of my mom, Auntie Seema, and Max's parents. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But I guess these moms had a whole job just taking care of their kids, which is why I didn’t belong there, otherwise my mom couldn't work. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom is meticulous and extravagant in her record keeping. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One day I was getting a hiding and I thought, Man, if only my mom hit me like this, and I started laughing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My dad glared at my mom for a second, then emphatically put his feet up on the coffee table, something that my mom hated. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In Petra’s kitchen, her mom was making cheese sandwiches and talking to her dad. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Joe’s mom is going to help us. And if you want, you can be part of it too.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When my mom had decided to keep Isaac, I was so close to writing her off. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Almost as soon as the driver left the house to take me to my mom’s workplace, we were stuck in traffic, inching by a barricade. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Meredith had steamed and readied clothes for me, my mom, and the girls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My mom was already up from her seat, reading intently over his shoulder. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Emily’s mom pushed their front door open, revealing their own staircase. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She would’ve wanted to take a selfie with it if her mom hadn’t refused to buy her a phone…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We would sit in a row in the back room—my mom, my sister, and me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Our uncle was always scavenging our refrigerator for leftovers that my mom would toss if she got to it first. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And didn’t he say all that weird stuff to your mom in second grade?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I look at my mom, and there are tears in her eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It takes doubly as long as it has for everyone else, but finally my mom says, in a not-so-impressed tone, “Well, that wasn’t our usual fare, but it’ll do.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

“That’s enough dad sleuthing for today,” my mom says, rolling our suitcase to the stairs. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

It was getting hard to keep track of her mom’s comings and goings. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There’s something hidden there that looks as though it’s wrapped in layers of that plastic wrap stuff my mom uses to cover leftover food in the fridge. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“My mom and dad had a teacher called Miss Butt,” I said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was different than he was with his mom. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A few years back, Dalton’s mom had left him for a loser with nice pecs and a soul patch, who she subsequently kicked to the curb a year later. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Cooking is practically magic to me, and my mom is a wizard. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I turned around and found Sean’s moms jumping up and down in excitement. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Ivette s mom probably thought I really was sick, but all I was doing was replaying the entire scene with Manuel over and over again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nali still assumed he was homesick and had been missing his mom. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Hard to believe it had been only six weeks since he’d left his grandmother’s house—six weeks since his mom’s funeral. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her mom had gone to bed when she got home. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My mom has always said you just ignore mean people because they are only trying to get a rise out of you. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

And Mouse was the one they'd send to knock on their mom's door when they heard bedsprings. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As Dale is getting her in the car, we gather our stuff and load up into Amanda’s mom’s van. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Madeline,” my mom says, “Mr. Waterman tells me that you’re late on your architecture assignment. Is everything all right, baby girl?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s beautiful,” my mom said, staring out at the ocean. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was weird, I thought, knowing your mom wanted you to have a disorder. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the three Marshes came upstairs, my mom had put out rice and beans. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It stinks when family betrays you. It happened to us, too. I think it was my mom’s cousin who turned in my dad.’ The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When she had finished half the food on her plate, my mom looked at my dad and said, “Aren’t you going to tell him?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was one of those heavy, cast-iron skillets that my mom had gotten from her mom who’d gotten it from her mom.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sometime in the future, long after his mom has died, he’ll fall in love with a Jamaican woman and marry her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every year my mom has a party for her and she turns ten again. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, that’s what happens when you tell your child you don’t want to be a mom anymore and drop her off at her grandparents’ house.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My mom said she was going to do some research, and promised we’d discuss it at dinner. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I wonder if all moms do this—try to make the terrifying seem mundane. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I wonder if we’ll go to the hospital today and tell them my mom hurt herself. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They are about to walk out, but my mom returns to me, grabs my hand, and motions for my dad to take the other. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Would you please come inside already?” my mom tells the boy. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

My mom looks at my dad, his eyes fixed on the road, and then she joins in. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“My mom can be pretty critical,” I said, and Carmen laughed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, Annie kept her promise to fix my school pants, but her mom helped. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But there came a point, maybe around the time I was eleven or twelve, when my mom stopped sitting in fitting rooms with me or brushing her teeth while I was in the shower. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“But what will we do with a car?” my mom asked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The guy looks at me like he can’t believe what my mom just said. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Her mom sucked in her breath, then straightened the car and joined the slow-moving group in the far lane. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But is Natalie really trying to help us—or just trying to get back at her mom? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mom walked up to the construction worker and told him he had no right to park his vehicle there. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Rob’s mom smiled, then closed the door softly behind her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my mom was stubborn: After she lost her second son, she insisted on moving to Mutare, into the one-room shack that my dad shared with another man. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

María selects some music from an old jukebox in the corner while my mom and Charlie take seats on one of the high tables in the middle of the room. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She comes back into her room and starts screaming at us that she forgot—forgot about her mom, of course—so she takes the flowers, drives off campus, on her way to—what?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I want to be near my mom. I want to be near to her,” he says over and over again until the fog in his mind lifts. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My mom and Abuela loved each other so much, but there was always this kind of friction between them because they were so different. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At the time, there was a little cow that had lost its mom. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

While in the trunk I could hear my mom screaming. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At home, there was her little brother yakking it up, Jen and her mom arguing. words of others at bay. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“My mom. You have to tell her with me. Or just—be there. You don’t have to, but will you?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You learned some new stuff about your mom and sister? And what the heck does Carousel Carl have to do with anything?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said my mom, kind of dangerous sounding. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom and my brother are near the sanctuary door, paying more attention to us than to Pastor Eldridge. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“And anyway, you know your mom. I’m an excitement addict.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mom says my sister was standing by herself, shivering. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My mom stares into the four cups of tea at the counter, entranced by the little milk eddies she stirs up in each one. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I think your mom hates me,” he said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

One time, not long after we moved in, Amy and I were sitting in the grass in her backyard and she asked me, “Ibtihaj, how come your mom always wears a scarf on her head?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And he likes the real sugary kind., the ones that make your teeth rot, at least according to my mom. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Your mom’s name is on every single one of them. They look like reports,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

And when we turn the corner into the elevator bank, there’s Jordan Rylance, coming back to the studio with his mom in her awful faux-leopard coat. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"No girlfriend, no," his mom said, folding her arms. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My mom, however, was a rebel, and, fortunately for her, her rebellion came along at the right moment. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As my mom took her seat, I was still trying to figure out the best way to start this conversation. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“We did time together for about six months in this one placement, but then our foster mom found out that she was gay so she kicked her out and took her back to the agency.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“That was my mom’s. She sold it a long time ago.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

His mom is also wearing a shalwar kameez with beautiful floral embroidery accented with gold jewelry. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My mom was furious with him because he’d cost us a whole tank of petrol, which was enough to get us to work and school for two weeks. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But that’s probably because her mom lets her do whatever the hell she wants. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Soon, his guilt for bringing up college and excitement over getting his mom a gift she didn’t immediately hate had both worn off. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My mom couldn’t take care of me at home and be violently sick at the same time, and my grandparents were away, so the ’rents couldn’t dump me with them again. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom, being obsessed with every breath I’ve taken my whole life, took me straight to the hospital to run some tests. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Thursdays are my mom’s short shift because it’s trivia night at the Pizza Pit and Ricky likes to work the floor himself those nights. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My mom helped with the wedding and went to Ellie’s church and learned about Christianity. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The front door closes and I step back to wait for my mom. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ben and his mom look at each other; they’re saying something without saying it. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

My mom looks the other way and gives them names. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Always. When I was growing up, we didn’t have anything, but my mom understood how much school meant to me. She cried when I told her I was going to marry your father.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Hina would quietly give my mom this little victory to assuage her concerns. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

If I’m trapped there and my mother is trapped there too, then that just means I have my mom. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for your time,” Mrs. Henkle says to my mom and me as she hands Billy his jacket. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“No...well, yeah. But that’s not what I’m talking about. My mom promised me an epic birthday party if I got straight A’s. I told you that.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mom gave up the pretense that we’d ever own a house or even find an apartment with more than one bedroom. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the clang of a spoon against the bowl as my mom mixes the barbecue sauce, the second-to-last step before the bites go in the oven. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And his mom would call out from wherever she was, In here! Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Right. But out of its own ashes. That’s the part my mom cared about.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She exhaled and sent a ray of power out from her center felt it blitz along beneath her skin and then enter her mom on one side; Robbie on the other. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Jessica’s mom drove her over, but instead of dropping Jessica off and leaving, she came to our front door and accepted Mom’s invitation for a cup of coffee. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Maribel and her mom climbing into a truck similar to the one they had climbed out of seven months earlier. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And her mom wouldn’t have to be away so much. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Sohrab’s mom leaned her head back to look me up and down. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Lemures go back to Roman times. They hang around a lot of Italian cities, but I’ve never felt so many in one place. My mom told me...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I wish I could give him the magic hour at Castle Lake when he was a boy with his mom. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I bet my mom died in childbirth.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to describe what Auggie looked like to my mom, but she didn’t get it until the school pictures arrived in the mail. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Somebody, probably her mom, had hung a flowered sheet between the refrigerator and the toilet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Your mom’s working. What are you going to eat for dinner if you don’t eat with us?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There is no cure for ICGC, but treatments include making your mom and dad proud. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s the reason my mom won’t let me get a dog. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Candice was still getting used to her mom’s small afro—it had barely been a month since her mother had cut off all her hair in order to go natural. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, you’re right, but my mom always talks about how much she wanted a room like mine when she was little but never got it. I don’t want to hurt her feelings.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The rumor at school was that Garrett’s mom had a breakdown after that. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Why doesn’t your mom get a real job?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Close to eight o’clock that night, the phone finally rang and when my dad, who answered it at my mom’s terrified urging, hung up, he shook his head. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me feel particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Later tonight at dinner, he’ll say something to my mom in Korean in the voice he uses to complain about Americans. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally my mom put an end to the conversation. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come on. It’s not that bad. She’s just being your mom.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Deborah had been shot in the head, but she survived long enough to say the heartbreaking words to my mom, “Hold me.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had emailed him a few times from her mom’s phone, but he never replied. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When my mom was home, I would come home for lunch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sighing, Nicole’s mom ran a hand over the thickness of her thighs, the roundness of her bottom, and it was as if Nicole could feel the shame in her own body. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And are you going to tell your mom, too? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She winks at my mom as if neither Kareem nor I are present. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was right afterwards that I got my mom to call up his mom to invite him over, and pretty soon Fang was at my place every day after school. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I so badly wanted to turn to my mom and say, “You see? This is why God wanted us to stay home.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Mrs. Butler,” Berry said, coming over to my mom with her arms out for a hug. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There are rich Spinneys and poor Spinneys and regular Spinneys, but there ain’t no swamp Spinneys, and my mom’s family never let my dad forget it, believe you me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom was all, ‘Come on now, pretty girl. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to head over to a friend’s house to use their computer to Skype with your dad,” my mom says. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

My mom takes our hands and we start toward the reception area. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My mom was so upset that she took me shopping for new clothes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I told my mom and dad I'd been offered a sailing job, and had taken it and that I might be moving to New York. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Turns out the dad wasn’t even home and the mom was out running errands. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was like my mom had forgotten my name. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I was very little, we had my mom’s mom, who always had candy, and my dad’s mom, who always had cookies. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Gone out on a blind date that’s been engineered by my mom.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom already called, Mr. Jay. You’re heading up to Birmingham.” I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a second, I wonder if she knows about my mom meeting with her dad. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I remember when I walked out with the team for the qualification round, I heard my mom’s voice yelling, “Go, Simone!” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But if he did win, and he did get ten million free and clear, he would buy his mom a house. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

One day when my mom was driving around, she saw a warehouse across the railroad tracks. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And my mom smiles because she knows if she was a kid, she would have wanted to stay up and watch, too. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He watches the guests watching his brother, Mena resting her head on Lucas’s shoulder, Oslo holding a cigarette lighter in the air, his mom wiping happy tears from her eyes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My family piled around the large table as my mom brought out food from the kitchen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Plus, my mom teaches at the university, so the tuition is cheap. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he ever got in trouble and his mom got mad at him and called him by his full name to come into the house. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Sheryl’s full Filipina and looks more like my mom than I do, with tan skin and black hair trailing down her back, swingy like in a shampoo commercial. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I sat in between my mom and brother since my dad was off getting a better camera angle. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or, at least, an evil one who looked like her real mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mom had died the summer before and I missed her. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the recipes had my mom’s notes in the margin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to pick up the phone whenever my mom calls, no matter what. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed rude to be looking at Brandon’s mom right then, when she felt sure Ms. Jones was really talking about someone else. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we move whenever my mom finishes a project. New places give her new ideas.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the girls think it’s unfair favoritism, since her mom is a former principal dancer, but I’ve never felt that way. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My mom tries to be very upbeat about her job search. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When our special mass was over, I saw Mop’s mom and dad. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen my mom take one of our injuries so seriously before. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about Paul and my mom, how she smiled and laughed more whenever he was around, and how Paul had gone out of his way to get me into high school. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When my mom comes in from work, she turns off the TV and I can feel it coming. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I got home I told my sisters and my mom about the party as we sat around our big wooden kitchen table. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My mom first said that to me when I was in the second grade and my best friend won the Mini Princess Contest at the New York State Fair. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Honey, please,” my mom says, grabbing my hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“It made me start thinking about maybe finding my mom. Our mom.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Calder’s mom, Yvette Pillay, had short hair the color of an apricot and a jingly laugh that made other people laugh even when they didn’t know why. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He bares his gums, revealing perfect, peppermint-Orbit-white teeth, and his mom licks both her thumbs and smooths back his eyebrows. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“My mom doesn’t let me have ice cream more than once a week. And it isn’t free, but we get it for half off, I think,” I tell them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When my mom had her Catholic-Church-lady friends over, I felt like I was suffocating. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He pulls straight into his garage and takes the spot where his mom usually parks. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was in those days that my mom noticed that nobody could say my name, Khosrou. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He watched his mom mash potatoes with a masher as big as her arm. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Before you criticize him for discouraging me from Christian theology, keep in mind that he and my mom had negative experiences with organized religion. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Moose,” my mom says as if she’s just now noticed I’m here. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And then your mom said they’d been discussing ‘terrible things’ at the town meetings. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The collection of centennial quarters Toby’s mom had given him before she split. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ten weeks to the day was all it took for my mom to officially move into Gabriel’s bedroom. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

According to my mom, we couldn't mess with our brows until we turned fifteen. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My dad generally got home a few hours later than my mom, but as a rule she never ate dinner without him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, as a matter of fact. Do a better job than your mom too. Though don’t you dare tell her I said that.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You just can't stand this, can you?" her mom said quietly, angrily, stepping into the room and shutting the door behind her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My hope was that they’d grow up to be bright and energetic, optimistic like their father and hard-driving like their mom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My mom took the flute, and the other business owners watched carefully. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Finally my mom said quietly, “Mayor, finish your chicken.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“He is adorable,” I say, feeling oddly relieved, “but your mom is never going to let you get another cat. You already have three.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

An African-American board member—Jimmy Kyle’s mom—asks me why I chose nobody’s perfect. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My mom looks at Kareem’s mom, then raises an eyebrow at me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It may not be as filthy as it was in my mom’s day, but that water will still probably make you grow a third eye or have mutant children when you grow up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hear my mom in the other room, waking up my sisters. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The noise from my mom’s television stops abruptly. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My mom was sitting at our kitchen table with some ... guy. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My mom and my brother bust their butts so I can eat and have somewhere to lay my head, and what do I do? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“How was your first day?” my mom asked, stopping in front of me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There are three emails waiting from your mom, all written in the subject lines. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

My mom's all proud of me for being smart, but most of my homies don't know I'm on the honor roll. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but my mom and dad aren’t my birth parents. They adopted me when I was a baby.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean your mom and dad family, but your uncle and aunt and cousin family? The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Another year of my mom doing nothing but working and taking care of me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I've been trying. But my mom is watching everything I do. I have to bring my laptop into the bathroom so I can buy stuff online.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

My plan from there was simple, if terrifying: Head up the Congo River to Mbandaka, and then skirt past the city to my mom’s release site. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They regularly shared photographs of my dad with my mom, subtly pointing out that he was single and that they'd make a great couple. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I think my mom had a fairy-tale princess crisis when she had me,” I say. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He wasn't just losing his sister; he was losing his surrogate mom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My mom still doesn’t say anything in response. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

After his second puff, he said, “Your mom would know.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It tasted delicate and floral, like one of those expensive rose-flavored cakes her mom brought back from her Paris trips. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I looked at my mom as she scowled. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“No you don’t,” said her mom, shooting a glance at the house next door. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My mom started me on a strict vitamin regimen and refused to let me be alone, even for a few minutes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I set down my bag on the thin bed of grass and tossed some change in the coin thing and dialed my moms. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Where Ellen is long and lean, her mom is compact and curvy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I was the champion of the Maryvale sports day every single year, and my mother won the moms’ trophy every single year. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The dictator, a.k.a. my mom, bought my outfit. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A woman who could have been an Oklahoma mom opened the door, joyful and alive like she’d just walked out of the ball pit at McDonald’s. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’m guessing my mom wasn’t given a first look at this before it went to print. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was only then that my mom looked at me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“And Lydia’s not from church,” his mom said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Leo remembered special Friday-night dinners he and his mom used to share at a local seafood restaurant in Houston. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She ran into the living room and hugged her parents, almost causing her mom to spill wine on the couch. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But ever since, my mom went out of her way to eat blue. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to get to know my mom. I only knew her through photographs.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was going to ask more, but then I heard Sohrab’s mom let out a cry and charge across the sea of Bahramis separating her from her target. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“And I’m sure you were very productive,” my mom says, I press my lips together. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Twig loves her dad more than she loves her mom—she always says so—but I don’t know why. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Plus,” she continues, “think of your mom. Mrs. Kluck is already on her back for everything. If we do a good job with the recipe, it will make your mother so happy.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cramp had given me plenty of time to sort myself out before he’d called my mom back into the office. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. All biologists want to know why. Just like your mom and Fred,” he said, ripping another sack of ugly from the inside of a fish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it was to myself or my mom or everyone, but with each passing day, I feel more and more like I have nothing left to say. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We need to head to your mom’s hotel. See if there are any more magical jelly beans lying around. I want to get my parabola on, too.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

With my mom it is different—having to wonder what I’ve missed with her is a whole other kind of empty. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“You kids today—anything more fitted than pajamas is formalwear. My mom used to put me in a jacket and tie every Sunday for church.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As I looked down at my mom and dad, it dawned on me that a house doesn't make a home without the people who live inside it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My mom used to cook dinner every single night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I stole my mom’s credit card,” Twig explained. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The bonobo barely noticed as Patrice took his blood, he was so fixated on my mom. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I sort of remember our mom,” he finally said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She showed me some of her mom’s artwork. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Hmm. Why don’t you talk about it with your parents tonight? I’ll call your mom tomorrow to talk about it with her, too.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My mom, sitting near Hector on the bed, dodges to the left to avoid being whacked by her strobe light phone. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m only asking because it’s my brain and I need to know and I’ll see my mom and she’ll want to know too.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No cameras around to catch the cuss words that fly or to see the mom with the baby on her hip who begs them for food. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I think your mom would be happy to know that you’re doing something you really enjoy with friends,” Mrs. Hidalgo said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes are wide, looking all around us for the danger, but there’s just me, crying on the sofa as my mom hands me a glass of water. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The camera swings back to her mom, who grins. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She just smiled at Mikayla’s mom, and something passed between them that I couldn’t understand, and then Mom and I had this beautiful, magical plant for our greenhouse. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Riveras started going to the same Mass as us, and afterwards my mom usually invited them over for lunch at our house. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It helped her to forget about her moms hard words. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mom told me it was like there was a big group of people holding hands in a circle, and she was never let in. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It was the same one O’Dell’s mom had made for us nearly three years before, a little tattered but still serviceable. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And besides, my moms used to still like talking to me about school or stuff that was happening in the news or how our days went and all that. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad have nothing to say when I get up from my seat. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

His mom folded her napkin and placed it on the table. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Really. She hates my real mom, and by extension, me. The whole holiday ski trip, she was nagging. ‘ Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He said he’d asked his mom a thousand times what she’d said to me that day but that she refused to answer any of his questions, that she’d shut him out completely. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ishtar had taught her war like other moms taught their kids cooking or soccer. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then there was the fact that the Sleeper knew her mom—and Mini’s family. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Turkey and stuffing. Gravy. Disaster movies. My mom drinking too much wine. Green bean casserole.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her mom was cranky at breakfast and gave Hazel a talking-to about snow shoveling and maturity and accepting responsibility. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My mom knew he had left suddenly, loudly, in the middle of the night. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Howard was busy helping some other kids so I just went up to Harold’s mom. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he and Digger’s mom have been fighting a lot. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad knew how to get things done. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

My mom bought me pink hair paint and I wore a blue sequined minidress and leather jacket. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then he gave my mom a little white card with phone numbers on it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I want to, but my mom will hear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When they were young, my mom and dad lived in neighboring villages that were about a day apart by foot. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“A brother is to help you,’” my mom said. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As he marches off, hair flying, I realize my mom’s wrong. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“We just don’t want you to get hurt the same way again,” her mom said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Why are you eating that?” said my mom. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Your mom is going to love this,” I said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

My mom only ever set foot on campus to sign the papers for my registration. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I tell my mom I’m staying at her house. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I ever tell you I used to hustle pool at my mom’s bar?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I ran to my mom, and she got him to stop. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Like, his parents were divorced, but his mom would come down from California and live with them on some weekends. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My mom is there now, and I say to my dad, “It’s not his fault.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Lydia waited for her mom’s footsteps to fade and turned back to Dill. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Axel knows about Willow, because that’s the kind of sad that a mom can’t hide, not like she was able to hide all this. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He sent some updates to his mom and his friends. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I got up to pick her up and hold her to get quiet the way mom does. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When my mom came home that night from work I was alone and scared. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks more like his dad than his mom. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s like looking at the edges of my mom’s eyes. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When people on television talk about walls and documents, I never thought they were talking about my mom. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mom’s knuckles are white from gripping the steering wheel. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Honey,” a mom says to her daughter in a loud whisper. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“My mom and I are going along to help.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His mom was thrilled to take her picture. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Just a few years ago, my mom was the one waking me up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then my mom, who has a keen sense of smell, started going around the kitchen, sniffing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When the cards stopped coming again, it wasn’t because my dad thought my mom was dead. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her mom and dad stood in the entry hall smiling up at her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The images changed...revealing her mom standing at the doorstop of a house Aru had never seen. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth pushes her glasses up her nose and gives her mom a blank expression. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Fighting my mom, fighting other kids, fighting the world. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Aimee promised my mom that if I ever needed more than she could give me, she’d bring in help from other coaches, and even take me to train at other gyms. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But the day my mom floated into my room, she was anything but miserable. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My father acted quickly, as he knew a woman as beautiful as my mom with such a naked love of the faith wouldn’t be on the market for long. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

God, you have to love how my mom isn’t friends with my friends’ parents. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We got home, and my mom made me some tea, and my dad asked me if I wanted to sit and watch the game, and I said yes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess it’s your decision. Will you promise me you’ll call your mom and talk to her about it?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“In your baggage theory, your mom is one of the bags that gets damaged?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom threw my dad out of the house last year. He never got sick.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He’s “escorting” us away from our whole life, and I don’t think it’s my job to make him feel comfortable about that, even if my mom is giving me the death stare to silence me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t started packing, but her mom had. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a small manila envelope on the kitchen counter, glaring against the white tiles, and Grace looked at it and then at her mom. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about his mom and dad, and how their lives would never be the same after losing their young son in such a violent way. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Deb’s mom sounds like a TV announcer, cheerful even when they don’t want to be. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Pithy s mom screams for her, then gathers Pithy into her arms. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Izzy. I just wanted to talk to you about your mom.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s just for her dad. Not for Edie or her mom.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s enough to make a person cry, but I ain’t cried since the day my mom died. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess your mom was always the one to call first, to invite me over for things.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Light from the hallway pours into my room as my mom opens the door. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“So my mom...my mom’s taking Haley and me to Bye Bye Birdie opening night,” I say softly, breaking the silence. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ll go change,” I said, but my mom insisted there wasn’t time. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She seemed like she was done, but then she added, “I loved your mom since I met her.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It didn't matter how often my mom told me I was beautiful, because I knew the truth: I had peaked in sixth grade. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then she let out another big sigh, this time probably the breath of a worried mom. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He’d pleaded with his mom earlier in the week for an upgrade to his wardrobe. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I knew my mom was watching, but it didn’t bother me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

He could barely rely on his mom long enough to get to practices and meets, let alone a trip to a state that seemed halfway around the world. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After she was gone, my mom found Mrs. McCraw’s knitting bag. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t too long after that that Hazel’s mother sat her down and explained that Jack’s mom was sad, that she was sick with sadness. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Because if he was being completely honest, he wasn’t sure this would be happening if his mom hadn’t told Annie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Each week, I took a little money out of my mom’s wallet. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My mom got close to him on this trip. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Like my mom, she's got a light accent, though hers sounds very different. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it’s because Emily’s mom is right about pressing charges. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The two moms greet each other and—holy moly—they really hit it off. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

At the time, my mom was just fourteen years old. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Still, I probably would have turned around if I hadn’t seen my mom and dad and grandma waiting at the front door. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later I’m parking my mom’s conspicuous Mercedes in front of the Idle Hour. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was Arab and had really light skin, and my mom is on the darker side. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

My mom had me wear it to school sometimes, mostly on days when I didn’t have gym class. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It’s the first gift I’ve gotten from someone who is not my mom or my dad, and I plan on keeping it preserved on my nightstand, pretty paper untouched. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mom flicks on the lights in my new room—good Lord, it’s too many lights in here. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I really do. My mom never lets me take cookies to school. She’s way into healthy food.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then he saw me and scowled, and I stopped feeling sorry for him, even if his mom didn’t seem very nice. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

This time, her mom was away, playing her cello at another wedding. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

My mom is scared of their unnatural foods. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m so—sorry,” I hear my mom stammer. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Over the next two days, I open my mouth at least twelve times to tell my mom that I’m entering the pageant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I stand up and thank Safer’s mom for dinner. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There is a knock on the door, and before we can scramble off the bed, your mom pops her head in. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When I got there, my mom and brother were standing by the chairs that bad kids sit in while they’re waiting to get reamed out by the principal. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think my first memory of my mom is her carrying me on her shoulders through the mall. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re practically screaming Fuchsia’s name, and I’m tempted to jam one into my jacket pocket, but my mom’s too close and might see me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When I run out from the kitchen, neither my mom or my dad calls after me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad told me about you today, and I have to admit that I’m kind of in shock, but excited, too. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mom finishes speaking to whoever she called and hangs up the phone. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I watched the news unfold on TV with my mom: Trayvon, a black high school student, was walking home from a convenience store when a man named George Zimmerman began following him, deeming him suspicious. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But the oxford button-downs he wore underneath the blazer were all two sizes too big because his mom couldn't afford to buy new ones every year. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

My mom kept insisting that they take a statement and open a case, and they actually refused—they refused to write up a charge sheet. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“There is going to be a prayer at the mosque tonight for the victims of the bombing. We’ll also be doing a fund-raiser. We want you to come,” my mom says. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My mom turns to me with this incredulous look on her face. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I watched Connor and his mom sitting at a table together with my mom, talking and laughing. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She thought of her mom back home in her art studio in Providence, scarred and shorn and still beautiful, full of fierce belief in the rightness of her daughter. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Vanessa’s mom doesn’t think it’s as funny as I do. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Your mom called. She said it’s time for you to come back home.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And my mom said a lot of encouraging things about how I was doing so well this school year and maybe the doctor would help me sort things out. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m signing up for chess club. My mom’s making me. She says it’s important for critical thinking or something.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Hazel,” my mom said, but I unscrewed the cap and sipped. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

My mom was forever trying to rein me in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A mom was getting out of a car with shopping bags from the kind of store that gives big square shopping bags. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“And McCoy and her mom think it’s a bad thing. They think you’re...impeding her potential, or something. And they really don’t like it.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

One chose getting a Christmas tree with his dad; another had decided on baking holiday treats with her mom; several were going to focus on vacations with relatives who lived up north. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Honestly, when I saw that look on my mom’s face, I practically ran over to Biff and hugged him myself. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute and twenty-two seconds—I watched the time tick by on the clock on the wall—my mom said, “Well, what if you don’t find anything?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I must have drifted off, because I didn’t hear my mom calling my name until she was standing over my bed, shaking me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Because I never thought before about being a mom as something you had to try at, like math or spelling. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

For a second I wondered about my mother’s mom and dad. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s why her mom had told her so many stories. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wish my mom could have one minute of ease and peace, and now I’ve taken it all away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

That Ray married my mom a third time—or that she married him because, according to my sister, she thinks I need a dad so badly. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I want to tell him about Isabella’s mom not allowing her to have a boyfriend or something, but my mouth won’t let me say it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Like I said before, some kids when their fathers drink, they bust up the house or hit their mom or worse. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But you have lint on your—” her mom interrupted him, reaching for his shirt. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I envision a skinny, buck-toothed version of Kareem, running around with his mom, shrieking with laughter. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And all I would do is look through my mom’s old cookbooks—not that I was cooking anything—and try my best to go to sleep. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was a BBG News special report on Zimbabwe that my mom had taped. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they would dress more modestly, like in a knee-length skirt, and say proudly to my mom, “Look!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But I can’t show him everything because a little later, his mom calls him inside to get his room in order so he can sleep in it tonight. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Since it's just my mom and me, Auntie Seema, my mom's best friend, is the one person we turn to when we disagree. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she talked to Kareem’s mom and if they are planning something. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to come with you?” asked Aru’s mom. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Mayor, go to your room and start your homework,” my mom ordered. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

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

The old mom who would climb into her car and step on the accelerator like she meant it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mai uses Dell's cell phone to tell her mom to come home early. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“No, miss. I’m looking for my mom. She’s doing a talk here.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He longed to be back to wherever that was, to run to the mom and dad he hoped still lived, somewhere, missing him, searching for him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, honey,” her mom said when she saw her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His mom gave the school bus driver an apologetic wave. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to live anywhere else but here, with her mom. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Them telling my moms what happened as she stood with the phone cupped to her ear in the kitchen, crying but at the same time looking sort of relieved, too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"You go where you want," his mom said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I’d been considering the idea that the encounter had been some kind of hallucination, but there was confirmation—even Tucker knew about Celia’s mom. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My mom looks at me over the coffee mug Eleanor and I gave her one year on Mother s Day. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Just got a text from my mom,” he said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When I get there, Finch makes me crawl up the fire escape and climb in the window so I don’t run into his mom or sisters. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then there was a school where my mom taught music classes for free until they let Natalie in. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were coming home from church, a big group, my mom and Andrew and Isaac, her new husband and his children and a whole bunch of his extended family, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mom says, “It’ll be here before we know it, and I’m not ready. I don’t think I’ll ever be ready.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was hoping my mom and dad would say “no way.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And Clint’s mom, it seems, is excited about the slime store—something about a birthday present for her niece. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I trip, then shuffle, eyes down, over to her mom. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

You find the small empty space you remember, behind your mom’s long dresses hanging in their filmy dry-cleaner plastic. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

My grandparents wanted to adopt her, but of course, Shanon’s mom wanted to keep her daughter close. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t I drive, Tom?” said my mom. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Your mom’s staring at her phone right now. You don’t have to keep acting mad.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe my mom will be running late. She runs late sometimes.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But I can make out the lump beneath a mound of bedding that’s my mom. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought showing your mom was part of the idea!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The next morning I check messages on our home voicemail, the landline my mom and sisters and I share. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know if he was messy or clean, and if he was nice to his mom when she was around, and if he arranged his CDs by any particular order. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My mom’s face turns pale when she sees the pisa y corre getting farther and farther away from me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“For my mom. She has insomnia and buys a lot of stuff online, then returns it.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Alex takes his feet off the pedals and glides past the massive, Italian Renaissance Revival façade of the Capitol, the building where his mom went to work every day when he was a kid. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s convenient to have a mom who is an English teacher. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Muhammad’s kids to go against the family, for my mom to reject her own blood, another conversion has to happen—from sayyed to najis. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could even help my mom out after I graduate. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“My mom did. Grandmother thought that’s what got her killed in Afghanistan, in the war. Mom tried to help some of her buddies, and...I don’t know exactly what happened. There was a firebomb.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“My mom loves Mamou,” he said, and his squint was back. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Her mom had lived with only half of her heart for eleven years. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then my mom sold the house and put that money into the business as well. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But when my mom walked through the door shortly after, she pulled me into a hug and simply whispered, "She's gone." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His mom wanted him to take a nap, but he kept shaking his head no when she suggested it, so we just let him sit there half asleep in the chair for a while. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Here,” I hand Dr. Minerva the check from my mom. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had to fight to convince my mom to get the Narnia books for me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mom and Annie’s dad, who were sitting behind us, just laughed. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rivera repeated “Thank you” anytime my mom gave her an opening, and finally my mom wrapped up by telling her our unit number and encouraging them to stop by anytime. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Sneaky’s mom gives him an allowance, plus money on his birthday and at Christmas. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Brunelle came from poverty in a nearby village, and was so good at her job that my mom hoped she would one day head the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Back to your mom’s house. She made me the best breakfast this morning after the time we had together last night. Her maple syrup tasted just as good as she did.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He scooted over toward me, and then added, “His mom told us before the trip. I’m sorry he kept it from you. I’m ... I’m sorry, Hazel.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I thought she would just cry herself to sleep and then drive to visit her mom the next day or something. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, it hits me: if I knew my mom in high school, I don’t think we’d have been friends. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Lauren was stroking their mom’s hair, holding the towel to the underside of her temple, and Maya forced herself to think straight, to not cry, to figure out this problem. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

To my mom, the most important thing was always education. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My mom beams up at him from the couch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Before my mom could react, Wilfrido put his arm around her and took a photo. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When this place was first being built, my mom and Lucy used to drive through here every few weeks with me in the backseat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But then again, how could she not talk to her mom about it? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for my mom, he would have missed a bunch of deadlines and fallen behind in the whole process. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I was still a bit wasted from the after-school drinking binge with the widow, but if my mom noticed, she didn’t mention it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I come up from the dip in the backyard thinking about Matt and his mom. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Thinking about the shopping day I had with my mom. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I understand. I’m sure your mom will too.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I saw that in one of your mom’s photo albums a couple of weeks ago and slipped it into my bag when Jupiter went to the bathroom,” she says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then my mom would say, “Mongo. Let Mongo get out.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya asks, hanging on tight to her mom’s hand, like she could levitate and float away. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Miles!” my mom said before I even said hello. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Smarter than I ever was," her mom said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As we pulled up to the front of his school, my mom poked me on the arm and pointed toward the windows in front. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“My mom will die if they catch me.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The reason we went to three churches was because my mom said each church gave her something different. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My father told my mom that Bijan was a great Persian knight tasked with helping farmers whose crops were being attacked by wild boars. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Who else would understand your mom’s research paper?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She already dislikes her mom because she thinks she wears way too much makeup and dresses like a teenager. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ben hands my mom a plastic bag and pulls out a changing partition. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I saw my mom running toward me screaming, but couldn’t hear her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I glance over at my mom, but she trains her eyes down on her project. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Him: Today is our mom’s birthday, but Noah barely knew her. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And so we planned it, and I was all ready to go that evening when the phone rang and my mom tossed it toward me in the kitchen. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s nice she gets to spend time with her mom,” I said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Where’s your brother?” my mom said as she sat down across from me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She may not have liked the books she’d had to read for school, but she’d loved the stories her mom had read aloud to her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A few weeks ago Olly’s mom had explained that his dad was going to be home for a while until things were fixed at his work. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I didn’t want to leave my mom—children are supposed to run toward their mothers for protection, not away from them. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I loved my mom so much, I thought. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When I was growing up, my mom spent a lot of time trying to teach me about women. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Now she’s less likely to actually punch someone since middle school punishments equal getting suspended and having to spend the day at home with her mom, but that’s probably for the best. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

So my mom was at a spin class with her ‘girls,’ he said, holding up quotation fingers. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

"It must be weird having a goddess as a mom." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My mom sat beside him and handed us pieces of pistachio cardamom cake. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her mom taught on those days and had to get in her practice hours early. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you know who these two are? Where they live? I’m sure Brandon’s mom will have questions.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m picking your mom up from the train in forty minutes, so be back for dinner by then.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Rivera finally said something to my mom about how I’d been over there when I wasn’t supposed to be. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think your mom wants my whole messy family in her house,” Ivy said. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His mom entered, holding a brown paper bag. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Her tiger paint smears and her mom yells at her. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Robin went to Kylie’s birthday party yesterday,” said my mom. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When I look at the screen, I see about five million missed texts from my mom, but there are also two messages from a number I don’t recognize. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I wish Lucy or Ellen or even my mom were here to see me in my red and white Harpy’s uniform with Clover City’s prized possession resting atop my head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Hagoshjj. Whatever it is, just leave it be,” Nali said in a tone that was similar to the one Nathan’s mom and father used when they talked about adult things in his presence. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Felix wore a dark suit and his Nike Flights and stood next to his mom and sister, smiling until his cheeks hurt and his bottom lip felt like it might split open. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad listens when I tell him about Alicia, and about her dad and mom, and he doesn't shout or splutter or interrupt me or anything. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rings and my mom says what she always says: “Tell Ben I’ll be down in a minute.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The other cooks and chefs, including Martín, were scheduled to come in a little later, so my mom and I were at the restaurant alone. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“You must be Jessica’s mom,” the PT says with a smile. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I suddenly wonder what Mrs. Montgomery would say if she saw my mom and Mrs. Hameed together. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as Sohrab saw the lettuce, he let me go and ran back inside, talking to his mom in Farsi at warp 9. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We were playing soccer in the courtyard while I waited for my mom and sister to come down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And another for my mom, because at this time, she was my favorite and she’d feel left out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

His mom, his dad, a friend, his school, a hobby. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Can your mom and dad get you a new T-shirt and a pair of jeans whenever you want?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

My mom would have felt the same way if it was my nose that was cut off. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s a trouper, Georges. You know that about your mom, right? She’s amazing. Really strong. Everything is going great over there.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The following day, I took my note to the post office along with extra money my mom gave me that morning to buy an envelope. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I remember that my sister went straight into the bedroom to sleep and my mom cried as she told Ellie what happened. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

One half is clear for my mom’s car, but the other side is stacked with boxes of props from her shows over the years. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s late,” my mom says, holding the door open impatiently. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Digger’s mom is too afraid to do anything,” I said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe her mom was hoping the cave-troll house was just temporary. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He rarely got angry at him unless my grandfather said something mean about my mom or sister or made a scene in public. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and hugged first his dad and then his mom, who held on to me too tight, like Gus used to, squeezing my shoulder blades. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It sucks. My mom spends all her time on this website LostConnections writing him notes he’s never even going to see. Totally pathetic.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t understand why her mom was acting like this. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t at all that Connor’s mom couldn’t stand him, as he had said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When my mom and Enrique walked over to us, my dad took my brother’s bag out of his hands and patted him on the back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t learned to use your mom’s talents yet, have you? Well—that spear will give you some breathing room until you do. You get three charges out of it, so use it wisely.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Like my parents and Jack’s and Summer’s mom all like and get along with each other. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“My mom always says I was born thirty-five years old and that I get more middle-aged every year.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t make eye contact with the guard, or with me or my mom. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

That was the last thing I wanted to do, but my mom had this fragile look in her eyes—a kind of warning, like if I pushed her too hard she’d start to cry. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, Liz is probably not used to hiding a stowaway from her mom. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mom’s voice trails off because we all know what could’ve happened. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His mom was standing in the doorway to the kitchen. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He steps to my mom and takes her free hand in his. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The morning after I came home, my mom washed my hair. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember when my mom decided Natalie was going to stay ten. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the hearse, idling in front of the church, and thought back to the last time my mom had asked me that same question. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He already knows about Frank’s mom and dad, and his too-loud uncle. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Well, my mom is a single parent, and we almost never hear from my dad. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached for one, but my mom said, “Khosrou,” and I sat back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Grace’s mom crossed her arms over her chest. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I'll probably work extra hours at the bookstore once school is over. Trust me, I'm not going to be sitting at home with my mom feeling sorry for myself,” I say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The version that my mom cooks for me contains only white beans cooked in chicken broth. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was the youngest of the lot, but when my grandmother was pregnant with her, she debated whether she should terminate the pregnancy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Are you allowed to say no to your mom?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom and Steve want me to be wearing all the preppy clothes, the khakis and the polo shirts with the collar and whatnot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never seen you make out with my mom,” I snapped as I missed another shot. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get into the whole thing about my mom or the fact that my dad was gone for the week. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A shorter woman, probably his mom, comes behind him and says something in their language. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I was grateful to my mom for going to bat about this; with my dad refusing to attend, my fifteen minutes of fame would have been pretty lonely without her and Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the lesson, I realized that I couldn’t tell my mom that I had made this deal with Mr. Stoll, so I just ripped up the check she had given me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to eat something,” Mark’s mom said quietly, squeezing his dad’s shoulder with one hand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He dug it out of his pocket and checked the number: his mom. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

And my mom hardly ever raises her voice at either one of us. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

If I had any visible bruises from my fight with Drew, my mom would freak. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t one anywhere near here,” my mom says, flipping through the brochure. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I also respected the fact that my mom never let my dad eat alone. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she imagined she was home in her own bed, the hum of her mom talking on the phone in the background. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She made her mom buy two of things and always had one waiting for me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I still miss my mom a lot. I try not to think about it, but sometimes it just hits me.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

All I wanted was heated-up leftovers and Sports Center with my mom after I finished my homework. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I was out with my dad, helping him with a few jobs when we ran into your mom at the gas station. I guess they went on a few dates in high school.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

James’s mom held her palms up and shrugged, like she was saying, “What can you do?” and ducked back into the kitchen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I wish I’d seen her alive, if only to have a memory to share with her mom, now that the memories of her daughter were suddenly finite, things to be collected and hung on to. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I would be a teen mom and a virgin. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My mom walks around in a fugue state. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom and dad are good actors,” said Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"I just never thought of my mom going off as well," she said. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My mom once said that if someone gets shot, try to stop the bleeding, but there’s so much blood. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well, did your mom bring your bathing suit, my friend?” my dad asks Charlie. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The next day he dropped me back at my mom’s house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mom was a biologist and the resident shark expert for Massachusetts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But my mom adored her father, the charming, charismatic Temperance. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we had moms signing people up.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her mom hadn’t asked too many questions after that lie, and Grace hadn’t bothered to explain anything beyond the basics. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I used to think she was the second-best mom in the entire world, until she fired my mom and I decided to hate her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I turn around to find my mom close behind me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My mom has taken off her green hat and her green coat and she has begun to make supper. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pats my mom on the shoulder and sits down at the head of the table. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

His mom released her embrace, and he hugged his dad. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

How can I tell the story of who my mom is with just a few words? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As he transformed his bed back into a couch, his mom’s cell chimed. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was happy that in addition to my mom and sister, Akhi had also made it to this competition and was able to provide me with the support I needed on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“My mom told me all the moms thought he was so handsome,” I said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

My mom stomps down the hall in her pajamas. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

My dad’s the one who stayed home with me when I was little so that my mom could get her teaching degree. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Stephen’s mom seemed to be the loudest opponent. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I hope we don’t see anyone we know,” my mom said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My mom even texted me asking if I wanted her to bring my favorite winter hat to Hina’s so I would have it for school. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Not that the nurses and my mom didn’t warn me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Right now, Axel wonders what the mom is thinking. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t see what happens next because I pull away from my mom and I’m running. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was seven and made the colossal mistake of asking my mom to bring my favorite Indian dessert to school for my birthday. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

"You can have one of my school pictures. My mom has tons." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“You girls okay in there?” her mom shouts, and we can’t stop laughing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

That's when I had an epiphany: when my mom and aunts praised me for being hairless...they meant by Persian woman standards. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Would the older generation of great-aunts and great-uncles think she was a bad mom? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We wandered the halls quietly, or my mom would come out and shush us with eyes gigantic like, “Don’t make him angry.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, maybe I could call your mom and ask her permission. I could explain what happened?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Her mom had always been next to her while Bridge pictured the open sky and persuaded herself that she could move her arms and legs whenever she wanted to. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

For a second I considered bolting into the kitchen to try to figure out why I was losing it in front of my mom’s goddaughter. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Just ask my mom, who would give anything not to be forty-one. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"But you just got here," my mom said, disappointed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I think you and your mom are more alike than you realize.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When my mom just purses her lips without saying anything, Crystal stands up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As my dad explains it, I never once cried, but my mom did all the way down Interstate Five South until exit 1 7B. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

My mom usually didn’t bring my dad up unless I asked her to. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Your mom. Your coach. Your teammates. Everyone else. But none of them seem to care that they’re disappointing you. They’re actively hurting you,” I said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My cousins are black, my mom is black, my gran is black. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mom sits down where Connor was before and starts rolling silverware into napkins. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

His mom had finally bought him one last Christmas with some of the back pay she’d received after convincing some doctor that, seriously, she had a repetitive strain injury. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Max has a future,” his dad said, while his mom sat silent. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then my mom got caught helping the underground church and got a fatwa on her head, which means the government wanted her dead—“oh-no” face! Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sick of playing chess. And my mom won’t say no to me helping people.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Hector drops my mom’s phone and starts crying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now, looking back, my mom thinks my grandmother went through bouts of clinical depression. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

"Sara joon," my mom replied, "why would you even want to make things work with someone who says they don't love you?" Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

One night in November of his third-grade year, after it got cold but before his mom put up the holiday decorations, Katherine came over. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I have ways of getting back at my mom when she annoys me.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But there are more sinister things you can do with a mom- met. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It seems like every week there is some kind of terrible racist incident happening in this country. What did your mom and dad say?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Arturo”—my mom shot both of us a look—“I don’t want to hear it right now. Okay?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“We would never hear the end of it,” my mom agreed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, ugh. But still, the question is, do you like how things are going with your mom or do you want to try something else?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mom’s shoulders hunch down and a little excitement drains out of her face. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to help my mom all the time with her recipes, which were passed down to her from her mom. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Right,” I said, impressed at how easily Trevor lied to his mom. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe my mom was willing to sacrifice so much for me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mom makes cream puffs like they had at Akh Tamar and someone always asks what kind of store-bought whipped cream she used. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her mom wouldn’t let Maribel actually go anywhere with me, so she and I just sat on the floor in the bedroom she shared with her parents and talked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My dad and my mom got on a conference call with the credit card company first, and then with the airline. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My dad takes my mom’s wrist, gently pulling her back to the table and her seat. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“This is like the time my mom told me having an imaginary friend was as good as a real friend,” he said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he asked about her Christmas, Eleanor told him about her mom's cookies and the movies, and how Mouse thought The Grinch was about "all the Hoots down in Hootville." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When her mom said all this, June made a face and pulled on my arm. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Gabe took a break from his poker game long enough to watch me lug my mom’s bags to the car. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Distraction. You’re so busy worrying about the Divergent—like my mom—that you forget to worry about what the leaders are doing. It’s just a different kind of mind control.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mom stretches the Velcro on the new diaper into place. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My mom tilts her head to the ceiling and raises her hands to prayer position. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Before I can say anything, my mom goes, “What does that have to do with anything?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

That reminded Aru of the mom at school who’d gotten banned from the library after tearing out certain pages in books just so her kid’s rival classmate couldn’t do his research. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I guess my sister saw me stretching out my shirts on the back of a chair and told my mom, and they figured it out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Whenever her mom found money, she tried to spend it on things Richie would never notice. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And how he got that bear-slaying uppercut that he only ever used on single moms. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Canton made a funny face at his mom, and she made one back. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Walk so long I know my mom and dad must be getting worried, but I can only hope Auntie Idris is keeping them nice and distracted. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I’m praying that my “you better stay low and not respond to anything” mom doesn’t see it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My mom’s eyes fill with tears that don’t fall. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But sometimes—when the angle is right and Shoji doesn't notice I'm looking at him—I can see our dad and none of our mom at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had lost his mom in the war in Afghanistan, and he knew how empty the words I’m sorry could sound. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It forgives all of us—my mom, my dad, and my sister. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My mom stops, her chest heaving from the climb. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom and I weren’t the only ones in Headmaster Clarkson’s office that morning. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“They even took my sweet mother’s diamond ring, which I’d given to your mom. It’s a tiny stone, but it was big to me for what it meant to me to have it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to have him blow himself to smithereens on account of it would clearly be the end for his poor old deranged mom. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” my mom said, “it would take more than eating a mouse to spoil this day for me.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

My mom had no time for my whining. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s a small thing, but it’s enough to remind me that my mom is more than the pageant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“But mostly, it’s to make my mom happy. She really wants me to be a star. I think she’s the one who wants to be a star.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I felt my mom’s arm circle my shoulders and pull me close as I gazed up at the cloudless blue sky. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But today the boys didn’t seem too upset that their no-nonsense mom wasn’t here to keep them in line. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Next to her, Grace’s mom leaned over and gently pressed down on Grace’s knee with her hand. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“My mom had that talk with me, too,” I said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Bryce, quit it!” my mom yells, and both of us are soon on our knees picking up packages of paper plates and paper cups covered in hearts and containers of heart confetti. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Not to put you on the spot, but my mom’s been talking about making you a homecoming mum, and I wanted to make sure that wouldn’t be awkward or anything.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Grace glanced at her mom, the roller-coaster train climbing farther up the track. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mom and I look at each other. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

At home, after I’d put the girls to bed and sent my mom back to Euclid Avenue to get some rest, I called Barack on his cell. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My parents would be there to help—my mom bought a giant book about college scholarships for me—but the work of earning that scholarship would fall to me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy to just say it, to make them happy, to finally be the kid with a mom and dad who kept him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I said, “What do we do?” to my mom in Farsi. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Adam’s mom decided not to press charges against Grace, which was nice of her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mom even saw it in person once. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mom started counting Nat’s age this screwy way a long time ago. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. I’m still not feeling great. My mom’s taking me to the doctor this afternoon.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And then I notice the messy knot of dark blond hair sitting next to my mom. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Her mom kept going on and on about how this kind of thing happens all the time. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

You took care of your own messes, her mom always said, plus she still had to clean up the blood. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He was wearing an old T-shirt of Eleanor's and a pair of corduroy pants that their mom had cut off into shorts. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My mom said she helped my dad find a new apartment—“a perk of being in real estate, I guess”—and they both laughed, which frankly I thought was weird. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After all the years of not knowing anything about him, this would be the day I would find out why he left my mom. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, she'd know that he was pleading because it would make his mom happy, not because he thought there was anything wrong with her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I guess the mom had been searching for the little boy for a long time because she came running up to the information desk, and when she saw the little boy, she started crying. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, my mom knocks and walks in. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Hey, my mom said you can come over for a sleepover tomorrow night,” Windy says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I live with my father and Arfy, my dog. My folks got divorced, and my mom doesn’t live with us anymore. It’s lonesome without her,” confessed Brad. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Where this sort of thing doesn’t happen,” my mom adds. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s sad. I think it’s a beautiful name. I think it fits your mom just right.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But my mom had never talked about anything like that. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

So my mom would take us to the local grocer at the corner to seem like we were walking around the neighborhood doing chores. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Travis parked his red Ford pickup behind Dill’s mom’s Chevy Cavalier. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You’re so tall!” her mom says instead, clasping Maya’s hands in hers. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mom squeezes my hand and puts her head on my shoulder. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My mom bursts back through the kitchen doors. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even now, even though Ms. Morales wasn’t his mom, he was tempted to round the corner into the kitchen and tell all. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even when her mom died, she seemed really sad, not angry. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

My mom walks over to me and puts her arm around my shoulders. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The fact that someone had dared to make her mom miserable only made Aru angrier. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“My mom drove me nuts with her citizenship test. She doesn’t know even the basic facts, like each state has two senators.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She’d been alone since she was ten, when she begged her mom to stop sending her to stay with Grandma Huberman, the religious nut, who told her God could see into her wicked, wicked heart. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Your moms are going to pick you up this afternoon. They assumed you wouldn’t be ready to join them this morning.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause before my mom turned to Carmen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If I hadn't told her my name, and that my mom works for the university, if she had no way to trace me, I'd just walk away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the teachers told my parents they had to feed him more, so my mom started giving him extra sadza every morning from the night before. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

My mom never told me any of the details of the crime—only that the victim was someone Marcus knew in college. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted to talk about the house, not her mom. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mom always bragged that hers was the tallest and strongest of the bunch. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her mom didn’t really know the extent of the things kids at school had said to her when she was pregnant. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Ten days after their wedding, he had to return to school, while my mom waited to get her visa so she could join him in Louisiana. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You know, I don’t really like seafood. But he says his mom used to make it, so I try to eat it. So I have a grammy, too.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I could see right away that my mom had been crying. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He checks off my mom’s ID and looks at me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Besides, if Park's mom had opened the door right in the middle of a big, awkward kiss, she'd hate Eleanor even more. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

"I never saw much of your mom after they got married. He made it...difficult for your mother to have any friends." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mom would never come here, because she would never be seen in a swimsuit. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I know what my mom would say if she could see this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I guess my mom got some automated message on her cell phone later, though, because she calls Frank’s TracFone from the restaurant and asks him to put me on the line. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Some woman from her work had a litter of kittens she was trying to get rid of, and my mom ended up with two. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We’ve been in the blazing sun for a few weeks, and yet my mom is a ghost. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It blocked the entrance to the patio, and my mom called the towing company to have it removed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Your mom will be less likely to give you a hard time about it if you at least try.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Of course I will. She won’t even be mad, I bet. Your mom isn’t the mad type.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

My mom is sitting at a booth with Hector in her lap, folding cardboard pizza boxes. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My mom takes my hand before I can run. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Amelia’s mom walks with her cell phone held out, determined to document everything in pictures. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

All that meant was my mom really had been squeezed into nothingness, dissolved into yellow light. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Alone in the house with my mom is the last place I want to be. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I was playing video games when my mom called me to the door. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My mom was the only person in the room with hair long enough to comb. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing his mom and sister smile made his appetite come back. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I was glad for my mom and dad because I think it was me who was making the house sad. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

If my mom is trying to convince us that this building that looks like it’s about to crumble is going to be “super fun,” she’s officially lost her mind. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cook starts talking, and my mom pulls over to the side of the road. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We can check his computer,” his mom said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

My mom died of cancer, which was no big secret, but hers died from a drug overdose. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom cringed and said, in Farsi, “Is this really what you’re going to wear?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her long hair is thick and dark, and her body is still slim, unlike the other moms in the neighborhood who are shaped like upside-down pears. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Your mom, of course, took this as an opportunity to pass on some of her ‘treasures.’ The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“She and her mom are headed right this way.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Of course my mom was already at work, so I walked out the door with my water bottle filled with O.J. and vodka and went to school like it was an everyday thing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was a single mom too, with Meg’s dad being held prisoner halfway across the universe. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’m so busy thinking of how proud Lita would’ve been, I barely notice my mom motioning to my dad as we walk up to the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Emily’s mom is a lawyer, and it seems like she wins all the arguments in their family. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My mom takes my hand and guides me to a seat next to my brother. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

This is my sanctuary and these three—my birth mom, Sunnie; my twin brother, Mars; and the illustrious Freddie Mercury—are my spiritual guides. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My mom said, “Of course. Yes. That’s a great school. She’ll be very happy there,” and smiled a little too big. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think his ears are so big,” my mom said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“How have you and your mom gotten along this week?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t going to say anything bad about my mom. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When my mom heard what Martha had said, she sat down with my coach. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

How June finally answered more questions right than her mom when they watched Jeopardy! last night. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And, sometimes, between steps, I thought about my mom, and how she’d have no one to pull the blankets up on when they fell asleep. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My dad was working for the same nursery he works for now and my mom was an actress. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s nice,” my mom said, and she turned back to her computer. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Huh? Yeah. I think my mom was kind of scared to come. You know, ’cause my dad is American. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. Let’s keep it small, shall we?” my mom says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam’s mom is very pretty and tells great jokes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom used to tell me this Chinese proverb. Eat bitter—” “Eat bitter, taste sweet,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My mom talks about how she couldn’t even have imagined cell phones when she was a kid and now everyone has them. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“But my mom’s a good person,” I said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“He told me about being in juvie and about how he got sent there for beating up his dad to protect his mom, and I accused him of smashing the windows in Marcus’s car.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then around four, when Becca’s mom called her to come home, the other three of us went to my house to check on the eggs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

That was the first of three times the school made my mom take me to a psychologist to be evaluated. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was a thing her mom did that she never heard of any other moms doing, and Ivy loved it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“How was your day?” my mom asked, after I walked in and dropped my backpack on the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Doug’s mom let us eat in front of the TV in the family room. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

His mom stood beside him holding a huge chocolate cake on a tray. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I cut my hair, my mom didn’t even notice. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Her mom gave me Dri’s new mobile number, but I didn’t call it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diego had just gotten his license and he begged our moms to let us have the car for the day. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I reach down, tug a flower from my mom’s flower bed, and twist it around in my fingers until it’s limp in my hands. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Or what they’d say about my moms and how she feels about me now. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was feeling a little out of breath from all the standing, so I said, “I’m gonna go sit,” and then the elevator opened, revealing Isaac and his mom. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I mean, about the music, but also your mom. She’s getting involved.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My mom scoots over from her seat on the train to take off his headphones, but he leans away. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My mom is smaller than her in every way, but you wouldn’t know it from the way Carla’s shrinking away from her. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom is still trying to fix me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the year he traveled throughout the United States and Europe while Frank and his mom stayed home. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Is that what you dreamed about? Your mom and dad?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

About how I thought his mom was dead but then she wrote him a letter and then he punched kids that he didn’t even know and ended up in a police car. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Lorena’s mom even dreamt about it the night before he left, so she knew something bad was going to happen. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“My mom said to stay away from you because you might be dangerous.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Must be nice. My mom might work all the time but she’s got the neighbors trained to keep an eye on me. Whenever I sneak out I know she’ll hear about it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If I had money, I wouldn’t have to fight with my mom in a grocery store about school supplies. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

That took ten years off my mom and I got restricted for another month. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Richard’s friends knew his mom ran a tight ship—no disrespect, no talking back. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her mom had to climb up the ramp to get her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And that surprised me, because mom nails weren’t supposed to look like that. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So what are we going to tell our parents? I’m pretty sure my mom already has the wedding invitations picked out.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you know where I put that magic unpacking wand?” her mom asked. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“My mom used to make me chicken soup,” I offered. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I just can’t imagine my mom ever writing a student council election speech for me.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z