“What great monster of the deep do you strive against, little Ophelia?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

About thirty yards from the nearest monsters, Bob turned to face Percy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We don’t know any monsters. Just ... look, just move aside and let us in. We don’t have time.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I uncapped Riptide and tried to swipe at the monster as it carried off another deckhand, but I was way too slow. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Percy knew that he’d killed a lot of monsters, but he’d never really thought about it from the monsters’ point of view. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Also, we’re Changing Woman’s grandchildren, but mostly because deep down we believe in the Holy Beings. Your grandma looks like she needs you. I’ll see you around, healer of the water monster.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I also have the largest collection of captive sea monsters in the world!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

By said, “Don’t sweat it, punk. The way I figure it one or two of them stupid little monsters ain’t a real high price for you to pay to get someone to play with you.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A few monsters, a couple of human horrors to suit the present company?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It is written that the old shall keep to the comfort of their beds! second priest: It’s a bad habit, beloved friend, this wandering about at night when monsters prowl. third priest: Senility. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. Well, you can’t even call in that favor. The rules specify that no animals may drain the poison. Apparently, it can turn them into huge monsters that eat everything around them.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They never played lord of the crossing again, but they played other games—monsters and maidens, rats and cats, come-into-my-castle, all sorts of things. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had faced a whole army of monsters. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

At first she cackled softly and ran at the indistinct shadows of barrels and wheelbarrows, pretending they were monsters rearing out of the mist, but she was too accustomed to caution to dally for long. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

How long before some gruesome monster devoured her? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

At Troy he rescued a maiden who was in the same plight as Andromeda, waiting on the shore to be devoured by a sea monster which could be appeased in no other way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was flushed and sweating, his eyes wide and darting back and forth as if he expected a monster to leap from the shadows at any moment. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Japanese, though, like the monster beings in our old stories, preferred to strike in the darkness. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely that was the flash of the monster’s claws! In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I explained quickly about the monster orientation class. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe one of them tells the monster, and it hides even better than it’s hiding now. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

What would it feel like to glide by the monster, all in black, like Sausun? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A horrible flailing monster of a noise comes out of me and then the whole disgusting night wants to come out of me too. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The news from abroad, events in the world of sport, the latest reappearance of the Loch Ness monster. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Could she find the room with the monsters again? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure if it was from yesterday’s head injury, Phorcys’s special effects, or his sister’s lectures on nauseating sea monster facts. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas yelled out as he watched every extended arm of the monster immediately retract and clasp onto Gaily’s arms and legs, making escape or rescue impossible. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

She stared at it as though it were an exotic monster from the depths of the sea. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel woke up the next morning and the monster in her stomach immediately chomped down. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Belet left me to direct others away from the monsters and destruction. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

What kind of monster is this that they want. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to brag about this encounter, like a knight errant bragging about his coolness as he unscrews the spike from the monster’s heart and breathes life back into the fiery nostrils. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Sorry. I’m not used to riding water monsters.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The gun quickly acquired the nickname “Krupp’s Baby,” although one writer preferred to think of it as Krupp’s “pet monster.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“That monster will be burned to a crisp,” Peach Fuzz said in a dangerously low voice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"You've been talking about me. And calling someone a monster isn't very nice. It's dangerous, actually. I cannot have anyone in the kingdom saying those types of things about me." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He roared in challenge, then sprang from the middle of the monster herd and landed eight meters away, on top of the old stone well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe, she thought, it wasn’t longing but fear, and this was his idea of a monster. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In one speech,*for instance, he accused an enemy in short order of being a “monster, ” “funeral pyre of the commonwealth,” “butcher,” “scoundrel,” “most foul and inhuman monster,” and “gelded pig.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Eight of those screeching, short-armed monsters had appeared to snap at the eight flying pterodactyls. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I thought I had escaped the monsters, that I’d left them locked up behind an electric fence. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then he shakes his head and goes, "I know a real gun when I see it, you little monster." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

This whole time I thought Daddy was the monster. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I hope that was a monster I just killed. I was a Shakespearian actor in college! Picked up a little swordplay!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The mist retreated and he was back in his grandma’s yard again, the monster still sitting on her office roof. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

What was it about being Orange that turned people into such monsters? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Fyrian fluttered back up to his perch on the monster’s head. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The monster is just waiting to gobble us up!” shrieked Digdown. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Around the camp, Coach Hedge had rigged all sorts of trip wires, snares and oversized mousetraps that wouldn’t stop any self-respecting monster, but they might very well bring down a senior citizen. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Where the hell had Jimmy gotten this monster? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He looked like a sea monster—some mythical beast, part fish and part dog. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Now they were in the middle of the open sea, completely on their own, sailing to the Mare Nostrum, where all the scary monsters and nasty giants had come from. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Only a monster would give a living child to the flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The one who had stirred up the bone ships, the iron monsters, the hullbeasts, the brand flies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Removing the monster was the best way to protect the people you loved. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The last thing he needed was another harmless mortal who turned out to be a monster. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I explained the hero and monster boroughs to them all. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Tonight, he needed to ask the water monster how the communication stone worked. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“But Mother, he’s a monster,” I said, wiping water from the scar on my forehead. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, in the darkness, I felt hands grabbing me and heard a monster roar. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poison spewed everywhere, melting centaurs into dust along with quite a few monsters, but Mrs. O’Leary weaved around the serpents head, scratching and biting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Devils and monsters did, as did mortals, by the thousands and millions—that’s what they were there for. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seven figured if she ever did get into a fight, she’d just use the sombra spell, which made shadows look like monsters, and scare her opponents away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I said Cathy was a monster it seemed to me that it was so. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"We will find Unferth and torture the wretch until he confesses! He's out there in the fen somewhere, drooling over the monster's arm, mad and bad and—" "I was coming to that," Beowulf explained patiently. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nope. There’s an arrow by the front door. You could toss that at the monster.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When the monster gripped Harry’s shirt, Conor felt the material against his own palms. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Teresa said: “Oh, Mother, I’m so glad you’re back. He’s been having nightmares and shouting about monsters and cats; and when I talk to him, he doesn’t hear me at all.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because we’ve got other problems. Michael Yew just called. Another army is marching over the Williamsburg Bridge. The Apollo cabin needs help. And Percy, the monster leading the enemy ... it’s the Minotaur.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

How could mortals be working with a monster? The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The burst vein sealed itself, but nothing remained of the monsters except a row of scorch marks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Still, as the monsters got nearer, their voices didn’t change in tone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All you have to do is tell the truth, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Zoe would want me to ask about Artemis, but Chiron had told us the monster was even more important. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It looks like one of the pictures they use for psychological testing, or some strange beast, a monster. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if there was some monster living in this basement? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

And he heard the monster’s voice say it with him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Certainly not the white monsters on the other side of the exhibit at that very moment, pushing their greasy snouts against the window, sneering and hooting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This time the monsters did not frighten her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“They should know by now that I am not a monster. Would you like me to talk to them?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every spot of turbulence was scarier than a Greek monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

When Frank yelled, “Fire!” they sailed through the air—a wave of death cutting through the six-armed monsters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He looked back at the sand dunes and then noticed that the water monster wasn’t leaving any footprints. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It crashed into the monster, knocking it over in a tangle of legs and ropy appendages. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t have borne hearing Chacho call him a crot or seeing him shrink away from the presence of such a monster. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the countries scrolled by, they crossed mountains, wonders of the world, going faster and faster until monsters appeared far below them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Okay, fine,” Redemption continued, “but monsters must’ve looked like something at some point. The angels had to identify them, right?” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Charles Beckendorf, senior counselor for the Hephaestus cabin, would make most monsters cry for their mommies. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was taught in school: how the monsters had maintained power for such a long time; how the angels had removed them, making Lucille what it is today. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“They can smell monsters. Isn’t that right, Tyson?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But she hesitated to kill any monster when it was so helpless, even Arachne. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They both connected, sending the last monster plummeting to its death. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, we probably just appeared on the smell radar for every monster within five miles. We’d better get moving.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hide under the bed from the monsters that are inside of me? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

—Yeah, but if I hafta open ’em real quick— like if it was a fire or a robber or a monster or something—I could see what I needed to see. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My back felt sick because it was toward the monster who gave away toys. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he came running and chased the monster away. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

That’s when he became Moses the monster, Moses who made the other slaves quake, black terror of the rows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“We have come too far to turn back now, Meera. We would never make it back to the Wall alive. We go with Bran’s monster, or we die.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The gods were in the Midwest fighting a huge monster that had almost defeated them once before. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Folks said that Hessian soldiers were fire-breathing monsters who walked about with swords drawn and blood on their chins. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Combined, the noises sounded like a monster straight out of hell. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was a stupid comparison, anyway—hollowgast were scarier, and probably deadlier, than any movie monster. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Leo had had a lot of practice dodging mechanical monsters, which was good, because the golden serpent was fast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Pop’s going to shout ‘monster’ when he sees how dirty you are.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I thought there was a monster inside the tank!” I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Already taller than Conor’s window, the monster grew wider as it brought itself together, filling out to a powerful shape, one that looked somehow strong, somehow mighty. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The lights of the monster shone brightly, casting an eerie yellow glow across the stone of the open West Door, where the Griever exited into the depths of the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I have to make sure that monster never shows her face again, no matter what. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry...I’m such a monster nerd! I’m sure you know all this, being the son of Poseidon, and all.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He passed by Bryant’s receptionist—attractive, with waist-length braided silver hair—and then the inspector’s secretary, an ancient monster from the Jurassic swamp, frozen and sly, like some archaic apparition fixated in the tomb world. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She reminds me of a monster from the storybooks our nurses used to read to us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He hears me, and he stops snapping, growling at the monster outside, and runs, jumps into the tub. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

And they had to get away if they were going to escape the monster—although she was starting to doubt that there was a monster at all. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Once he turned a corner and ran into the tail end of his own monster mob. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You let my daughter escape, old man. You drove my wife to madness. You killed my monster and made me the laughingstock of the Mediterranean. You will never escape me!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The metal is called Celestial bronze. It’s deadly to monsters, like Imperial gold, but even rarer.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Jam tried not to think about whether the monster had entered the room like that before, with velvet feet and a secretive heart. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The monsters shrieked and flew after their eggs, frantic to save them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I could no longer distinguish people from monsters. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We careened out of the Lincoln Tunnel and back into the rainstorm, people and monsters tossed around the bus, cars plowed aside like bowling pins. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She was so nice about it, Percy thought she must be a monster in disguise; but Hedge pulled him aside and assured him that Esther smelled like a normal human. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The open field,” one man says, “is safe from the Youns’ crushing monster.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t notice? Look around. Those iron monsters seem to prefer us older kids for some reason. Nobody knows why.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But wherever the mûmakil came there the horses would not go, but blenched and swerved away; and the great monsters were unfought, and stood like towers of defence, and the Haradrim rallied about them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ever since the Kerkopes had stolen it in Bologna, he was scared he might get belt-jacked again, though he doubted any monster was as good at thievery as those dwarfs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He lifted his sword to parry a Cyclops’s club, then stabbed the monster in the leg, sending him backward into the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“The cook looked away. As did I. “‘You selfish monster!’ screamed Mother. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the dream I started thinking about all the monster barracudas and sharks that lived on the reef, and what a bad thing it would be to tumble overboard there. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cole struggled to move his arms, his legs, anything to escape the white monster, but his body refused to move. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Frank’s archers shot gryphons out of the air and caused chaos in the main body of the monster army across the chasm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He could feel the monster, holding him up and letting him stand there. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

This woman wasn’t any more right in the head than the last guy they’d found, and he wouldn’t be surprised if she really did think monsters were living under the beds. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The water monster lay down and tilted onto his side, moaning. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I screamed, waving the jacket, running to one side of the monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Wart took up his position in the circle round the monster’s lair, and knelt down on one knee in the snow, with the handle of his spear couched on the ground, ready for emergencies. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the Cyclops disintegrated—and stayed disintegrated, thanks to Death—Percy leaped off his hellhound and slashed wildly through the other monsters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I will be listened to! started the monster. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I must be off,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

While they traverse the Labyrinth, Widget tells the story of the Minotaur in such detail that Bailey keeps expecting to encounter the monster around every turn. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“They are the progeny of my wife and, thus, my responsibility. I may be cruel, a monster, and a murderer, but I do not shirk my responsibilities. Nor should you shirk yours as the eldest.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I no longer feel any allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despise being one myself. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Nailer clutched the rail as the monster roared in. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if Yedsha would give her the money immediately, or if he would pay her once he took the monster to Kiev. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“We need spiders to weave the sash for First Turkey,” said the water monster. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“They called you a monster and then laughed at me for having a monster mother.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Coyote, who became curious and envious, watched the water monsters and their influence over the rising and falling of waves. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

His strength returned and he realized there was an alternative to being the vile monster he feared. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Frank shot arrows at the monster’s eyes with no success. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Desperately, I threw it at the monster’s face. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

How good and thoughtful he is; the world seems full of good men—even if there are monsters in it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Two days after leaving Venice, Hazel still couldn’t get the noxious scent of eau de cow monster out of her nose. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘Four years with no monsters to fight, no battles, no stupid prophecies. Just me and Annabeth, getting our degrees, hanging out at cafes, enjoying California -’ ‘And after that. Annabeth kissed Percy on the cheek. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The monsters made a semicircle around a young guy in Greek armor who was hacking on a straw dummy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He heard a strange rumbling, different from before, and it took him a minute to realize the monster was laughing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I felt a mighty power fly along my arm; and it was without surprise that I saw the monster cower back before a similar movement made spontaneously by each one of us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It is a true story, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s fine if we show you to him, she said, and we can tell him you’re here to hunt a monster, but I don’t want him to know it’s in his house. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And then one day the invisible man decided, the monster said, its voice ringing in Conor’s ears, I will make them see me. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He said, “Would you be so kind as to spread the moon sand and stardust? We’ll start with the water monster lullaby.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Thalia rolled out of its way, holding up Aegis to keep the monster at bay, and I ran for the gift shop. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Once they could get Redemption out and safe, Jam was perfectly fine with running as far away from the monster as possible. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I’m not a monster, I’d told her, back when I said I would never hurt Oak. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And if Pet was right, and there was a monster there, then it meant no one knew about it, no one had caught whoever it was, and Redemption was still in danger. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The first of the iron monsters ran up to us, only to have its eyeless collar head removed by a single powerful swing of the hammer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The servant had called the monster in the pit something other than “my lord”... some special name or tide. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got the monsters part, and I suppose I’ll grant you beauty. For your lovely face, if not for the seraphim,” she added in a tease. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“War is a monster,” he says, almost to himself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was Rasalas, the beast of the north anchor, and it wasn’t the true monster. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If the Grande Dame of Death sees you as a monster, what a monster you must truly be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She recalled what Annabeth had told her about the Athena Parthenos: its magical aura both attracted monsters and kept them at bay. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We can kill the monster—and save Frank!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But in that moment I knew exactly what I had to say to get the monster on my side. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The water monster scratched the wall beneath his window. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s say there are monsters,” I boomed into the near-silent mountain city. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

What kind of dad let that happen to his kid, even if his kid was a monster? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the monster. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The monster’s front talons were wrapped around his arms like steel bands. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The monster tensed, gave a surprised grunt, then—snap! The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen a monster do that before, but I didn’t have time to wonder about it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Most of it was filled with a monster blister. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t really see what happened afterward, except that Amos rammed into the Eddie guy like a monster truck and they both fell down to the ground next to me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The water monster ran on the spine of a large sand dune. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She pulled the black book back to her, leafed past the terrifying portrait of the dead thing, and drew the candle closer to read the descriptions of various monsters. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jam was born after the monsters, born and raised in Lucille, but like everyone else, she remembered. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

If there was anyone who knew what a monster was or was not, it would be Bitter, the daughter of one. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Think about it. Our memories are wiped. We live inside a place that seems to have no way out, surrounded by bloodthirsty monster- guards. Doesn’t that sound like a prison to you?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was no escaping the monsters, not even on this island, no bigger on a map than a grain of sand, protected by mountains of fog and sharp rocks and seething tides. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When I looked back at that monster—he had to be at least seven inches taller than me—he was staring at me like I’d said something about his sister. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The monster sucked it up happily and shambled along. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In Ravkan stories, monsters waited to be woken by the call of heroes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He wondered if they could sneak around the monsters, but when he looked left and right, he saw more campfires in either direction, as if the ogres had surrounded the property. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They fought shadows and monsters; they blew up cities and kingdoms. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The distressed man explained that “Mars had cracked open and great tanks of steel had fallen in New Jersey and great monsters had arisen.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even in a world of gods and monsters, Annabeth couldn’t believe a new warship would be haunted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One hundred and fifty years ago, the monster began, this country had become a place of industry. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then as the dark hole stood before him and the stench came out to meet him, like a clap of thunder the thought of Frodo and the monster smote upon Sam’s mind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Though the marsh had a look of lush maternity, Toomer had taught Ben that the marsh was a monster. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most demigods died young at the hands of terrible monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The monster’s huge muscled form loomed over the rest of the thugs, its doglike muzzle snarling and showing its teeth to scare back the hungry people. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In whatever direction they ran they might be running straight to the monster; if they stood still he might at any moment emerge from the maze. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, yes, Percy Jackson. Poseidon was my father. Medusa was my mother. After Medusa was changed into a monster by that so-called goddess of wisdom...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He asked God’s forgiveness for having spawned a monster. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the last monsters were mopped up, Percy’s friends started gathering, forming a ring around the giant. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And her swamp monster was sprawled out on the floor, snoring prodigiously. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It turned back to Valley, who hit and slashed the monster’s leg, bobbing and weaving like a boxer. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then the water monster’s snout poked out, and his forehead. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I can’t ignite it without sunlight. I need you to light it for me,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

You must tell the truth or you will never leave this nightmare, the monster said, looming dangerously over him now, its voice scarier than Conor had ever heard it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had hardly put a morsel to his lips when the hateful monsters darted down from the sky and in a moment had devoured everything and were flying off, leaving the intolerable odor behind them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was considered folklore—that the river monsters even existed, let alone that their pink blood was harvested as an elixir of immortality. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“And hold on. He will try anything to get rid of thee. Whatever he does, do not let go. Force him to tell thee about the monster.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even in the heat, that running felt good—hand in hand, all out, a group of shirtless monsters just behind us. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The Ma—the brain behind the iron monsters has been sending wave after wave after us. It plays for keeps.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He’d fought lots of monsters before and never felt bad about dissolving them, but this was different. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be better for this,” says one of the other monsters. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She knew he had doomed her to change into an ugly little monster. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Hermes made it sound pretty ridiculous—hordes of monsters going up in the elevator twenty at a time, listening to "Stayin’ Alive." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were thousands of them, and as they emerged, the Titans monsters got jumpy and started to back up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We thought she was dead, but when we reached into the box, she came to life and climbed out looking like a sparkling monster!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s risky. I won’t say it’s not. But sepsis is a far bigger and far more likely monster.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“There is nothing to fear but fear itself,” the captain announces from the helm, “and the occasional man-eating monster.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"You may be the Lord Commander's pet, but you're not the Lord Commander . . . and you wouldn't talk so bloody bold without that monster of yours always about." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Satyrs were having trouble finding new demigods and bringing them to Half-Blood Hill because so many monsters were roaming the country. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He would gladly throw himself at any monster, god, or giant to keep his friends from being hurt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The other monsters went crazy, charging the convenience store, then running away as the rainbow light burned them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I’d ever loved anyone, and I wanted to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You really are a monster, I thought, pressing a fist tight against my stomach. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“The mother says it’s still her babe, but the father came through here just yesterday. Looked as though he’d lost everything. He said the child is a monster, and his wife has gone mad.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he finally stopped, he found the monster watching him quietly from outside the wreckage. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“So you do this every summer? Fight monsters? Save the world? Don’t you ever get to do just, you know, normal stuff?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She saw evidence of the Romans’ recent battle with an army of monsters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if she’d gotten lost or been overrun by monsters or what. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Only one way to find out,” says the monster disguised as my father. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

If the other kids at their school haven’t yet decided that they must either be dumb as a rock or a monster, then it’s just a matter of time. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then again, monsters didn’t travel the same way as humans. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Mom’s not really that much of a monster,” she said apologetically. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

For suddenly there had swarmed up from those round chambers underground a ghastly troop of monsters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parson refused to believe the Apothecary could help, said the monster. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure how they would pull off a rescue if scalding the monster with salt failed, but Seth was right about one thing—they couldn’t just abandon Grandpa. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever bedded a monster before? Now’s as good a time as any. Out of your clothes and onto your back, if it please you. Or not.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

How had I turned into such a monster? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There, behind my truck, was a monster Jeep. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, a bubble would swell and burst, disgorging a monster like a larva from an egg. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“That hammer might come in handy next time those iron monsters come ’round. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

What we now think of as the essence of Sesame Street — the artful blend of fluffy monsters and earnest adults — grew out of a desperate desire to be sticky. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And seen that Chacko had disappeared and left a monster in his place. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Most people are going to have a hard enough time accepting that we’re not monsters, without reports about us maiming innocent people,” Clancy said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I see no better option. But there will be many monster attacks. I would feel better taking a third person. That’s the optimal number for a quest.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And it was for this that the monster came. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I ran to one side and uncapped Riptide, hoping to draw the monster’s attention. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Small men who looked lost and sad. Not monsters at all.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that some monsters are good,” Percy said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas yelled out as he watched every extended arm of the monster immediately retract and clasp onto Gaily s arms and legs, making escape or rescue impossible. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You will never find the monster you seek,” Artemis said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Would not such a man be our monster, and are we not related to him in our hidden water? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of celestial bronze is hateful to most monsters. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I want the monster out of there. Him and his wet nurses. You cannot leave them in that same tower as the dead girl.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I just so happen to know where there are quite a lot of monsters.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Besides, joining the legion is better than being chased through the wilderness by monsters. I’ve got myself some new friends. Maybe together we can turn things around for the Fifth Cohort, huh?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Shadows of blankets, beds, and clothes looked like monsters. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Nathan cleared his throat and began to sing the water monster lullaby. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

All that stands in the way of our assessment of our sixteenth- and seventeenth-century ancestors as cruel, barbaric monsters is what they produced in art, poetry, architecture and music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The monster knelt down so its face was close to Conor’s. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

In a minute all that was left of the man was a frayed mess of veins and entrails hanging from the monster's mouth. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since his imprisonment, Noris had moped horribly, as if Nelson were a lost love instead of “the monster” who had tortured her all her childhood. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

People say he was a monster, but he was not one. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Open up, the monster said, its voice as clear as if the window wasn’t between them. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And besides, she would trust anything her mother had to say about monsters. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Its patchwork appearance reminded her of Frankenstein’s monster, which led to a terrible thought. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I told her that the Emperor Nero, from Rome, had a giant sea built where he could keep sea monsters and have naval battles staged for him. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every monster in the audience drew a weapon or extended its claws. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

How many broken lives and secrets did that monster hold in its bowels, Magdalys wondered as they stepped up to it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Soon the monster had completely forgotten the Argo II. Hazel kept stabbing at its head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One, a thick, burly monster of a tree with warts, came down with a high, thin wail that sounded exactly like a baby crying. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The monster came with him, matching him step for step. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Moneekroms had been invaded by one of the Swarm monsters. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He kept eyeing my mother, who was now retreating slowly downhill, back toward the road, trying to lead the monster away from Grover. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

What could she do against a monster like the one below her? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Monster dog or no monster dog, he had to get back home once more. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Percy remembered his dream of the dark chamber, the evil buzzing voice of the monster called Her Ladyship. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The bog monster, my birthday, could all be in your records. You don’t know anything about me.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A wall of darkness slammed into Kampe, sending the monster sideways. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was never established whether it had really caused the death of the birds, but the newly married women did not bear the predicted monsters, nor did the intensity of the heat decrease. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. Just wondered if you’d seen the large iron monster heading your way. Looks like the ones you’re pummeling now, only ten times bigger? Maybe gives the orders?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck, and all the people turned into monsters. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As we got closer to the monsters, the sound of Charybdis got louder and louder—a horrible wet roar like the galaxy’s biggest toilet being flushed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the fact that I bought them all monster cookies from the cafeteria didn’t hurt my cause. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iron monsters didn’t just react to stories about them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He looks like a monster in a film and it makes me laugh but he pulls at them and grunts, Uck, uck, and tears come to his eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Some part of me knew she was right, but I was doing so well, I wanted to destroy every last monster. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She might not even have to convince Redemption, because he’d be right there looking with her, so he’d know how to recognize a monster; he might even tell her everything right away. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Black exhaust enveloped her, and civilization became this monster that snarled across the sky. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thandiwe nodded, and the guard flew off to join a squadron that was buzzing around the bossling’s head, hammering blows that didn’t seem to faze the monster. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Tell him it was deformed—a monster! Tell him anything! Just keep my baby safe!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the monster was real at all then that had to be the reason. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She saw a huge cavern filled with monsters—Cyclopes, Earthborn, and stranger things—surrounding her and her friends, hopelessly outnumbering them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I think you took it out too soon,” says a monster wearing my mother’s face. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The face and body may be perfect, but if a twisted gene or a malformed egg can produce physical monsters, may not the same process produce a malformed soul? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As for the houses, they looked like wooden monsters, hunkered down along on either side, waiting for me to look away from them before they would grab me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to meet that monster again when they reached the bottom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He even wondered who was at fault: him or the monster? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Halfway up the door were three little flat monster heads guarding the doorknob. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Swooper fluttered up from his branch and screeched, “It’s the monster!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Oh, I have heard of it, the monster said, putting its huge branch hands on its hips. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And he felt the monster’s voice again, like it was in his own head. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Stories are the wildest things of all, the monster rumbled. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

All the monsters with any sense must’ve been taking siestas in their nice cool caves. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t sweet-talk a monster into anything else, when all it does want is monsterness. Good and innocent, they not the same thing; they don’t wear the same face.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

From above, in eagle form, Frank saw no monsters on the far side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She saw crimson firelions and great yellow serpents and unicorns made of pale blue flame; she saw fish and foxes and monsters, wolves and bright birds and flowering trees, each more beautiful than the last. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He could introduce them to Devin, who would have an easier time learning the water monster songs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, Dad said: They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I got some filthy monsters crossing my waters too.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was not that he was actually invisible, the monster said, following Conor, the room volume dropping as they passed. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He lifted the spear above his head, braced his feet—felt them sink into the disgusting blubber—then thrust the spear down and into the monster. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So it was that I determined to look again, to try to rediscover this monster land. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still a prisoner, a secret monster. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’d waited up for a long time after the monster left, but had still fallen asleep before his grandma came back. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby rode her fetterling up to us, flipped off of it, then pummeled the iron monster with sap. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

If these people learned that there was still another monster out there—something worse than the Shetani—he wouldn’t just be expelled from the Sons of the Six, he’d be rejected by his people. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

This was back when Baltimore County was filthy with shamblers, and sometimes I would hunt them in the dark, just another monster slinking through the deep shadows. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In those days, when monsters were not just myths and legends, that was the way many lived. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“This is wonderful. I’ll let Darkness know,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Jason had secretly hoped to visit the ancient site of Apollo’s Oracle, maybe get some insight into his personal future, but if the place had been overrun by monsters . Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When its frills unfurled around its head, Annabeth couldn’t help but think what a regal and amazing monster it was that was about to kill her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Why she would risk breaking the rules to look the god of love in the face, because she feared he might be a monster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The image of the monster in Jam’s head became even darker, the corners of its malice shadowed and sharp. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Everyone is beside themselves about you having to live in the same place as that monster.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After their encounter with Kymopo-what’s-her-name, the Argo II limped through the Aegean, too damaged to fly, too slow to outrun monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The monster withdrew and returned with more food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“That monster who keeps his son’s heart in a pot? Anyone who consults him is an idiot!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now we can eat peanut butter sandwiches and ride fish ponies! We can fight monsters and see Annabeth and make things go BOOM!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“One of those people? As in, I'm not a monster?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Percy scanned the cliffs and boulders, alert for more monsters, but nothing else appeared. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could still feel the grip of the chasm monster around my chest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care—as long as I got the monsters away from the engine room and gave Beckendorf more time. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Trying to interlace, like a clutched desperate prayer, but again, I feel like the hands I am lacing are not my own, like I have borrowed them from a twelve-fingered monster. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He saw a shadowy figure weaving between the trees, a monster. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The only sign that the monster had ever existed were two green sword points sticking through the cracks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When Perseus arrived the maiden was on a rocky ledge by the sea, chained there to wait for the coming of the monster. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she isn’t lucky and so we hear the clicking of the monster’s teeth, and the clacking of his boots. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“But we know all about monsters. We fight them too.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

This seemed way too modern and creepy—a monster using a mobile phone. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“And beautiful and full of monsters,” she reminded him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It is time, the monster said, for the fourth tale. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The margins of the Greek world continued to remain dark, narrow, and filled with sea monsters, giant gold- digging ants, and men with faces in the middle of their chests. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The worst of it was veiled, the same way the Mist veiled monsters from mortal sight. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This thing we were riding wasn’t a monster or a wreck or a whale— “It’s a U-boat!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Even here in the Underworld, everybody—even monsters—needed a litde attention once in a while. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A month ago, Rowan would have denied that he could ever become such a monster, but now he wasn’t so sure. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

All of his wonderful neighbors—they looked wicked as monsters. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

"That was your doing. You changed everyone into monsters." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I withdraw the offer and go back home looking like a fool. You stay here with that monster Heleen.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Beowulf had come to some good now, and those same court-wits had to eat their words when everyone learned what he had done against the monsters in the land of the Danes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes were torn, burned, and splattered with monster slime. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He imagined Gaea laughing at his weakness—a demigod too softhearted to kill monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

You did, the monster said, but you also did not. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of other monsters poured out behind them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The bulk of the monster army was on the opposite side, howling in frustration and throwing whatever they could find, including each other. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

No hand had checked their progress, and they had gone native now, rearing to monster height without a bloom, black and ugly as the nameless parasites that grew beside them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Human youth, why should I not find a different assistant to aid in this water monster’s recovery? One who I know and trust? What makes you special, human youth?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"The age of heroes has long passed. This is a time of monsters and monstrous deeds." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The point is, the borders are sealed to keep mortals and monsters out. From the outside, mortals look into the valley and see nothing unusual, just a strawberry form.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had lightning eyes, and was not a hero or monster but lived on an island off the coast of Victarea, the hero borough. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I also knew which rooms contained monsters, and where all of the weapons and treasure were hidden. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now there were two Titans, with several thousand monsters for backup. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Demigods like Percy were still responsible for carrying on Roman traditions in modern times—fighting monsters, serving the gods, protecting mortals, and upholding the memory of the empire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A monster of a man he had been, huge and shaven-headed, with rings of gold and jet and jade around arms thick with muscle, and a great hawk tattooed across his chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I am convinced that there is a monster living inside his body. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the problem with shamblers: one little slip and everyone you knew was a ravenous monster. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Princess Andromeda was chained to a rock as a virgin sacrifice to stop Poseidon’s sea monster from devouring everything.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but the Nemean Lion wasn’t the monster were looking for.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Glaucus called up to her, “Maiden, I am no monster. I am a god with power over the waters—and I love you.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the more powerful a demigod you became, the more you smelled like a monster’s lunch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The monster had its forelegs on our chests, holding us down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“When Anansi gave us the Box, you hadn’t even punched the sky open yet. The iron monsters were still scattered and weak.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Sing the lullaby, which you learned with the bow guard. Then we’ll start the two water monster songs, and then we’ll go back to the protection song, which you learned without the bow guard.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She’d given the monster a simple order, and it had obeyed, returning to the jungle without a second glance. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her spirit had reinforced the magic borders of the camp, protecting it from monsters. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“By the time we arrive, there’ll be too many monsters to fight.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The flames grabbing for me like a hungry monster. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And to make matters worse, bears have an instinct that drives them to attack when a creature runs away, especially if the creature running away is a mysterious, sparkling monster. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And propped against the sofa was his magical sword, Backbiter, glinting strangely with its half-steel, half-Celestial bronze blade that could kill both mortals and monsters. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Frank had the same expression as the monster catfish head—wide glassy eyes and an open mouth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The monster in the scene threw their roof after them, barely missing them as they ran. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Shah! I don’t know nothing about raising water monsters.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He stabbed a telkhine, and his black Stygian blade absorbed the monsters essence, drinking its energy until there was nothing left but dust. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s just going to break on us,” he warned, still caught in a dream of monster waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Frank knew he had only seconds before the monsters trampled or poisoned him, but he couldn’t think. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Whenever neighbors or relatives came to talk about the bad things white people were doing, it was like adding height and weight to this monster that lived in my mind. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I could smell the thing—a sickening combination of wet sheep wool and rotten meat and that weird sour body odor only monsters have, like a skunk that’s been living off Mexican food. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Otto—a boy who’d faced monsters and ghosts, and who now lived in a frozen eternal day—understood there was Logan County strange, and then there was too strange. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The armies of the dead clashed with the Titans monsters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Hopefully he is destroyed for now, but monsters never truly die. They re-form over and over again, and they must be hunted whenever they reappear.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“He was a monster, but he wasn’t the one who killed Yakov.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Out of the sea there rise storms and monsters, but no evil powers: evil is of earth. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the gorgons swooping down, cars swerving as the monsters passed overhead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“No. He was not. I’ve been too slow to see the signs. I must hunt this monster.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes. There is always at least one good one—monsters, Titans, giants.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He quickly reviewed the first three water monster songs and as much of the protection song as he knew. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Institute knows ways to stop a monster virus before it ignites an explosive chain of lethal transmission in the human race. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the monster said, I am here and stepped over his grandma’s office shed in one easy motion. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The boy hurried out leading a sleek monster of a horse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some rottweiler, some monster that Satchmo wasn't sure was there or not, but decided it was so. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Only you have the ability to kill the monsters.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Heard that it’s right powerful, but with things the way they are, the iron monsters and them being stubborn, it’s liable to be months before we can try again.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The monsters had glowing red eyes, sharp beaks, and vicious talons. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If the Sea King could calm the waters, the monsters would stop coming to shore. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was surrounded by a glittering cloud of dust—at least I thought it was dust, until I realized it was a swarm of mermen trying to attack the monster. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The madman’s single-mindedness would be useful in a monster fight. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper grabbed her sword and rose, prepared for a flood of monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I divided the kids up into either heroes or monsters. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure what that means, but thank you nonetheless,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The crowd of monsters inched forward, snarling and gathering their courage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

You never split up when the monster’s after you. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

With two cars side by side, we held monster derbies down the dirt road. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Forget monsters and ghosts—what if there was another hole in the floor? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I reach into my drawer and pull out a purple folder where I drew some of the little monsters in the story. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He imagined hordes of monsters descending into this valley. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But Lucille, the mayor and the council and everyone who came together to take away the monsters, those were angels, not these, she signed. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Because I think I’m becoming a monster, too. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Six of the monsters were yoked like oxen, pulling a two-story-tall siege tower fitted with a giant scorpion ballista. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were some time acquiring a stove and when they did find what they wanted, a silver-scrolled monster with floriated warming ovens and a front like a nickel-plated tulip garden, they had trouble getting it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the past few years he’d seen a lot of things: destiny, prophecy, magic, monsters, fate. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Though I feared them as one would fear monsters, I didn’t let fear panic me, for I hated them more than I feared them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll what? Stomp your little paws again? Go ahead. The Thicket is gone, remember? Whatever magic was in those thorns burned away when the iron monsters attacked.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At least a dozen mortal guards stood on the balcony, plus two monsters—reptilian women with doublesnake trunks instead of legs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They scrambled toward Frank’s position, pushing and hacking monsters out of their way until they stood shoulder to shoulder with the comrades, arranging themselves in a square formation. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“There was a time I admired the Hundred-Handed Ones. Back in the days of the first war. But people, monsters, even gods change, young Cyclops. You can’t trust ’em. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She cared for the goats and cared for the chickens and cared for her grandmother and her dragon and her swamp monster. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The next direction shall be of your deciding,” Darkness said to the water monster. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Inside were pictures of young maidens doing hunter stuff, chasing monsters, shooting bows. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Annabeth had told me about a monster crab—something about Hercules crushing it under his foot? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She charged the monster, and for a second, I thought she would run him through. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There’s a soothing rhythm to pushing the wheelchair, and now, in the lull it offers me, the monster’s face reenters my mind. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The monsters heads turned sideways, as if worried about her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The division between the countries was going to destroy everyone before the iron monsters could! Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He didn’t belong in this multitude of monsters any more than the Minotaur belonged in Penn Station at rush hour. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Okay, monster expert, then what do you suggest we do?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She gallops through the first ten pages, the story coming back: worldwide curiosity about what must be a mythical sea monster, famed marine biologist Professor Pierre Aronnax setting off to discover the truth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Slowly at first, the water monster lurched forward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

At home I could try to put my monster in my bedroom closet and slam the door. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Pikes, the man of ten thousand faces, a fury, a smoke, a blue fog, a white rain, a bat, a gargoyle, a monster, that was Pikes! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monster closed its hands and the mist descended again as the prince approached the sleeping farmer’s daughter, his knife at the ready. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I think that makes you more of the monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I raised this monster from the earth. I’m the daughter of Pluto. It’s my place to kill him.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed listening to the waves on the beach, and the owls and monsters in the woods. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Would she know when it happened, or would she not find out until she was mobbed by monsters? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“What if you’re already a monster?” she asked in a whisper. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The remaining iron monsters screeched at this new enemy, and they thundered past us to attack her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And so they followed her—the ancient swamp monster and the Perfectly Tiny Dragon—into the wood. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“There could be beasts or monsters back there,” said Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He even expected it to be monstrous, but perhaps there was no preparing for one’s first monster. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He would writhe and scream and howl until the monster retreated, satiated for the time being, leaving Joaquin wrung out and exhausted, beyond comfort, beyond punishment. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His parents pulled him back toward the exit, straight into the park ranger, who stood, paralyzed, gaping at the monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Those cow monsters...the katoblepones that poisoned you...I had to destroy them.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Let me tell you a story of when I went walking, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Yet somehow the monster seemed to know she was there. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I gave it a good swipe with Riptide and cut a huge gash in its flank, but the monster just creaked and groaned and kept on going. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have spent the past two days in chains, underground, slaving for a monster. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Would I have the courage to face that monster with nothing but a spear? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“D’you know, on our first afternoon I thought he was a monster when I heard him shouting at the twins by the swimming pool.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Abandonment has opened the door to the dark and ugly basement where the monsters have been waiting. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I'm between the ghouls and the monster, he thought. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Like how a dragon isn't really just a big slimy fire-breathing monster, it's a symbol of nature or something. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my sword, but before I could strike, Tyson ripped the monster’s grading machine out of the floor and threw it at the Sphinx’s head, ruining her hair bun. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nathan mounted the water monster and they were off into the desert. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He felt the monster place its hands on his shoulders. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

A group of iron monsters broke off from the marina fight and chased after the Midfolk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Snuffy greeted them with the openhearted good humor and warmth he usually reserved for rattlesnakes, gila monsters, and the bubonic plague. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I could see it outlined, though only in parts, as if someone had just started drawing a monster with ink and anger. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

These water monsters governed the torrents of this water world and kept the waves tranquil. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Percy, I don’t know. Traveling in Tartarus, fighting monsters here...it’s never been done before. Maybe Bob could help us kill a giant? Maybe a Titan would count as a god? I just don’t know.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His moods have so followed the doings of the Count, that the coming destruction of the monster may be carried to him in some subtle way. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I am not a thug, gangster, hoodlum, nor monster. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

Does this mean I have to come forward and prove that he’s a monster? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The idea that the maze was regenerating itself, honeycombing its way under the earth again and providing a spacious new home for monsters...that didn’t make him happy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He brought them to the water monster’s mouth, remembering how two nights ago he had blown on the sweetgrass to ignite it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He remembered getting in trouble one time because he had turned a cross-section kidney and some skeleton legs into a kidney monster and scared the nurse. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

How many monsters had he killed on that bridge—two hundred? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There came a point when Harry stopped trying to fight back, when the blows from the monster were too strong, too many, too fast, when he began begging the monster to stop. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And that tall monster that sits beside the highway to West End, past Turtle Lake. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d come face-to-face with maelstroms and sea monsters, been in more battles than ships twice her age, and survived them all. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

About fighting demons and monsters, saving princesses, and going on adventures with his best bud, Enkidu. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Every moment he was a different monster, each more horrible than the last Looking at his face would’ve driven me insane, so I focused on his body, which wasn’t much better. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

What monsters will creep from the darkness and steal my rationality? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Where monsters crawled out of their dark places and were found dead in northern villages, or were somehow reborn in the soft little bodies of human babies. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She looked out not upon a moat teeming with monsters or guards marching back and forth, but on streets indifferently paved with cobblestones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“He was tired of being a half-rotted monster, you know. He practically begged me for lips and eyeballs.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was terrified and probably thought I was some alien monster. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

I say, elation flickering in me at the news I will be nowhere near the monster for the rest of the day. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“And the little ones are restless. We’ve no time to talk about those smelly monsters of yours. ” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

You always knew that the next monster you fought could be your last. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The monsters growing out of their bodies were washed away by the rain. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Now we won’t be the first one to get crushed by the monster,” I say and Chou nods in agreement. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For my younger brother’s sake,” Yitoo said, “I will show you the shortcut we water monsters use to travel between the worlds.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Roman eagles can hunt demigods by their magical scent even better than monsters can. This ship might conceal us somewhat, but not completely—not from them.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Percy drove back the first wave of monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Witch,” the monster murmured, his mouth still half-submerged in the thick waters of the swamp. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She was not squeamish, though, and deftly caught spewings that were sometimes babies, sometimes monsters. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The monsters are your friends? The ones that want to eat my children?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As the maddening laughter continued, each whirling object suddenly contorted, enlarged, ballooned, stretched, shrank, into all sorts of grotesque, shifting monsters, all of them attempting to swallow me up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Nico had mentioned a legion of Gaea’s strongest monsters guarding the Doors on the Tartarus side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had a monster for a half- brother. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

We’re two sad and angry women, about to wreak vengeance on one unsuspecting monster. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I’m lunging back for the bridge, willing to leave no one to those monsters, when he yanks me back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Swords were honed, shields polished, helmets daubed with grease so that the monster should not seize them easily to bite off their heads. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were trapped between a monster and a fully armed helicopter. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A dozen monsters were sucked into the vortex and disintegrated. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That radio silence was full of imagined monsters, like a broad empty space on a map. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So I know what a monster is, Jenna, and it’s not me, and it’s not you.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“You hate me, too, you big monster,” the sailor screamed at Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the iron monsters in the clearing grew still for a moment. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“On imagination. A lot of times they turned out wrong. For example they wrote about Venus being a jungle paradise with huge monsters and women in breastplates that glistened.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Inside the bookstall I traveled to mysterious places to meet ancient beauties or terrible monsters. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last things the poor monster saw were Mrs. O’Leary’s teeth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I have had as many names as there are years to time itself! roared the monster. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

As long as the target is a monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, the monsters turned and fled—about twenty left alive out of two hundred. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The monster was about to finish me off, but Grover somehow dug himself out of the junk pile. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Make sure you cover that nasty tower with every wild monster you can imagine, Sierra,” Mr. Jean-Louise said. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They wanted her to be a cannibal, a witch, a six-armed monster—the characters from their grandfather’s stories with which they populated their games. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The bees poured down the monster's throat like a stream of honey, in pursuit of their queen. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gotcha,” he said, as if monsters were a perfectly normal thing for a police sketch artist to be drawing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She was thinking about her nightmare—Thalia’s tree splintered by lightning, Gaea rising on the hillside and unleashing her monsters on Camp Half-Blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Huge Greek medallions showed in spots of light upon its façade, above a dark labyrinthine pattern in the stone, and I propped her against the stoop with its carved stone monster. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Scylla entered the water she was changed into a frightful monster. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above them, robot monsters are destroying a village. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He strapped Hazel’s sword to his belt, morphed his backpack into a quiver and bow, and raced toward the piazza where he’d fought the cow monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I got used to the morning fog over the beach, the smell of hot strawberry fields in the afternoon, even the weird noises of monsters in the woods at night. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Daddy will explain. Come, he is blowing up monsters.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

More monsters kept appearing - karpoi grain spirits swirling out of the grass, gryphons diving from the sky, lumpy clay humanoids that made Jason think of evil Play-Doh men. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I tried not to think about my nightmare or monsters or the shadow at my window. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I became a monster today, and decided to kill them, one by one, they would become aware only after most of the flock had been slaughtered, thought the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At forty- four, Linda seemed, by contrast, a monster of flaccid and distorted senility. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going anywhere with that monster,” Augustus said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was a monster here—how was anything supposed to even seem safe again? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The morning was clear and bright—perfect for a picnic or a hike, or pretty much anything except fighting monsters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The light hit the giant squid, and the monster dissolved like food coloring in water. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He slashed the monster to dust, but the damage was already done. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As blue as tyranny and thrall and monsters in the streets. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He saw the jungle, the blood on the leaves, the eyes of a monster coming toward him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Other smaller forms darted through the clouds, circling the monster. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

On his green-blue armor, the decorative faces of hungry monsters seemed to blink in the shadows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was his soul’s mahalath, remaking the monster as he had in his dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Met Pou,” I ask a comrade uncle curiously, “what is this crushing monster?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I landed next to them—sword in hand, within striking distance of the monsters heart. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The water monster coughed hoarsely, like there was phlegm at the back of his throat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Because every second I stayed with them was another chance for them to discover that skip tracers and PSFs weren’t the real monsters of the world. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A person’s jealousy is a bit of a thrill until it becomes a monster. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This was bigger than just one hunt, just one monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know I had to get away from a monster. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It is time, the monster said again, for the fourth tale. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The form of the monster on whom I had bestowed existence was for ever before my eyes, and I raved incessantly concerning him. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, he had made a monster out of me by spreading rumors and just being his terrible self. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

In another room was an even longer table on which figurines depicted the princess traveling on a ship past familiar locations, accompanied by whales, dolphins, and sea monsters. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Please, don’t stop rubbing,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If that was true, now that it was free the Athena Parthenos might be attracting even more attention from the monsters in Tartarus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She thought she saw caves filled with monsters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aimee takes a step back, like I’m some monster who might lash out at her next, which kills me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“We will wait for the monster to step into it.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“A week, Eugene, they will stay a week. I do not have monsters that eat human heads in my house!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Moon Girl’s right. You don’t want to tangle with those monsters. You never know when their animal side will try to take your arm off.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Celia hangs charms over the doors to keep out monsters,” Matt told Maria. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exposed to too much heat or pressure, the stuff would explode with devastating impact, and of course it was deadly to demigods as well as monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in Greek combat armor—sandals, kilt, and greaves, a breastplate decorated with elaborate sea monster designs—and everything he wore was gold. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

How could it feel both right and wrong to not tell him the monster was in his house? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Seven had to try to stay calm, even though the monster was mere toadstools from them now, and she was beginning to think their task would end them before they could even begin it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She taunted one of the bulls into chasing her, then turned invisible, completely confusing the monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And there were no NPC villains, monsters, or aliens for me to fight, so there was no treasure or magic items for me to plunder. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you hear me? No matter. I won’t leave you with that monster.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You might know it by the name the pale people forced upon it. The San Juan River,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I went to court yesterday and there still making me seem like a monster, but I’m not. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even the monsters came out of the picture books that Mo had given her before she knew the alphabet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Tyson picked up a boulder and threw it at the monster, smacking it between the eyes, but the snake just recoiled and hissed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But as soon as the giant was in range, he shoved the tree straight down the monster’s throat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It heals monsters, but you do not belong. Tartarus will not heal Percy. The pit hates your kind.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Speak the truth! the monster said, its voice stern and terrifying now. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

People are going to start lining up to look at her as if she were a monster,” Nivea said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hercules, whose life was one long combat against preposterous monsters, is always said to have had his home in the city of Thebes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when it looked like we’d left some pursuers behind, another three or four would lurch out of the water like the unearthed remains of prehistoric monsters. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My chest tightens like there's a monster trying to stuff its hand between my ribs and squeeze my heart until it bursts. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The skulls were huge, the jaws shaped like monster bird beaks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was exhausted—fighting undersea monsters had used up what little reserves I had left. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“A baby water monster in my cornfield. Never in my life,” Nali said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He buzzed toward the ancient swamp monster’s face, peering into those large, damp eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

These twin brothers were Giants, but they did not look like the monsters of old. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monster smiled again, looking even more wicked. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She knew that poverty could be a different kind of monster, always lurking and waiting to consume. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Did you get chased by a monster with someone else?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They collected around the Sphinx’s paws, grew roots and branches, and began wrapping around the monster’s legs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He took the full force of the monster's pull—and still held on. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel believed in monsters, but some of the descriptions were so wild, she had thought they must be just ridiculous rumors. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“All right, Nereus. Tell me where to find this terrible monster that could bring an end to the gods. The one Artemis was hunting.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He sat up and saw a water monster staring at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Nathan opened a bottle and poured water into the water monster’s mouth. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“What kind of monster do you think it is?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Even my grandfather, who’d filled my head with stories of tentacle-tongued monsters, had realized images like these would give any kid bad dreams. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She leaped aside as the monster struck, pulverizing the ground in front of her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Frost giants and ogres, trolls and monsters of every kind, all were frightened of Thor’s hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Everybody in the Greek world—god, monster, or Titan—was related to one another somehow. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Who am I? the monster repeated, still roaring. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

His jaws clamped down on one, his claws swiped at another, and it looked like a silver tornado whirled in the clearing as the metal monsters disintegrated into broken links and rust. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“It is okay. I will be a good monster. Then you will not have to be mad.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Middle school is turning me into a monster. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t mean anything, Ginny —” said Harry automatically, though the monster was roaring its approval of Ron’s words. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I pretend out loud that I’ve built him a majestic castle, describing every brick and barrier and weapon that will protect him from the monsters outside. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When I come to, Ma tells me that Kim and Chou were also sick and had the same nightmares of being tracked down and killed by monsters. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the offspring of Minos’ wife Pasiphaë and a wonderfully beautiful bull. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, to our left, a hundred monsters cried out at once. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The first mate, she reads, struggled furiously with other monsters which were climbing up the sides of the Nautilus. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You tried it once, and look what happened. You turned yourselves into monsters!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Convincing Uncle Jet to have the ceremony might turn out to be more difficult than helping the water monster. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew the rumors: Luke and his army of monsters were planning an invasion of the camp. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Why would Lena tell us to open a door with a monster behind it?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Just in case something bad did happen, you can’t blame yourself. All you did was open a window. If those monsters did something bad, it’s their fault.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could have brought you what I stole directly — You? the monster said in scorn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My parents were asleep down in the streets somewhere while a monster army surrounded the building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The jaws of a drakon skull encircled the trunk, as if the oak tree were the dead monster’s tongue. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The monster veered off, but the other gryphons were losing their patience. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The water monster arched his scaly back and placed his arms onto the side of the mobile home to raise his head up to the window. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She wanted to jump over the boulder and slash the monsters to dust with her knife...except she didn’t have it anymore. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even so, all the monsters took a step back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The parson had two daughters, the monster went on, who were the light of his life. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

It is time for me to tell you the first story, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Not an indignant, violence-seeking monster, but a human being, honest and raw—trapped in this house with us, and scared to the bone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If I died, would the monsters go away? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Roz, you must have saved half the island with your lodges! And to think we used to call you a monster. I’ll repay my debt to you if it’s the last thing I do.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter how many monsters come at you. Fight bravely, and we will win.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He and the other boys run around in the mud; large extra feet of clay stick to the soles of their boots, leaving tracks like monsters. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not a monster! I’ve never done anything to either of you.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I mean, there is medicine for humans, but I’m not sure if it’ll work for water monsters,” Nathan said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then they saw, lurking in the haze of the Paris rain, a monster. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Apparently, the monster was sated after its meal; it allowed itself to be herded back to the tunnel, its thick body moving side to side in a lazy, sinuous roll. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was terrified of that monster of strangeness they called the capital. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the myth about Andromeda and how she had been chained to a rock by her own parents as a sacrifice to a sea monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only monsters left were his own undead Romans, standing in a stupor with their weapons lowered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The forest animals fell silent, and from their hiding places they watched as a sparkling monster stomped past. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But outside my monster could keep growing, as I never had a way to capture it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A monster with the face of Death stood at his elbow. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But “dead,” mingling with the churning and bubbling noises in this room, strikes a blow like a hammer to my chest, and the monster of grief awakens, clawing at my eyes and throat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

To England, then, I conveyed her; a fearful voyage I had with such a monster in the vessel. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The being your people have hunted for the better part of a century, the one they’ve named a monster, was not always so.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had never seen anyone take down such a huge monster single-handedly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Back at the Night Zoo, she’d seen a monster, a beast filled with rage, but she saw something very different now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You just lack perspective. The predator is always a monster to the prey. To the gazelle the lion is a demon. To a mouse, the eagle is evil incarnate.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But sometimes he chased us—his fat arms out to the side; his fat fingers opening and closing; his legs stiff like Frankenstein’s monster, like the mummy dragging its foot; growling; laughing- crying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paint a girl confronting the monster under her bed, who really isn't so scary after all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Since facing down the cow monsters in Venice, Frank had barely thought about his fragile lifeline. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The lesser monsters kept a respectful distance from the Titans, so there was enough empty space to maneuver around the Doors; but Percy was keenly aware of the snarling mob at his back. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Being chased by witches and warlocks, battling monsters, even defeating demons, was nothing compared to the task of facing the reality of our father’s abandonment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The stuff was deadly to demigods as well as monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His path had been stolen from him, by a monster. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mark looked at her sadly—he’d assumed the monsters were the infected people down the street, but now he realized he was wrong. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Not a monster, not even a beast, but a living creature. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The first task was draw-ing steadily nearer; he felt as though it were crouching ahead of him like some horrific monster, barring his path. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Otto took a second to translate: Our siblings have joined that monster. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“If those captains found a way to leave their monsters behind, they deserve whatever peace they find. They deserve resolution. And the beasts...well, they deserve each other.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Whenever a monster disintegrated for no apparent reason with a surprised look on his face, I knew Annabeth had been there. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It happened almost every night, and every night more demigods straggled over the property line with the satyr guides, usually with some nasty monsters pursuing them, but almost all of them made it through. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pedestrians woke up and stared uncomprehendingly at the monsters and zombies all around them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The monster army was enough to make anyone despair, but Hazel realized that something else was going on with Percy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was more like a monster deep in the bowels of her belly, roaring and clawing to get out. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Here is the end of the tale, the monster said behind him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Håkon had gathered some stones and was throwing them at the monster, trying to distract it away from Ivan while staying away from it himself. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You hunted us! Sent monsters to kill us!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She waved her other hand at the monster. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I had to drag the iron monsters away from Miss Rose and get the others to abandon the ambush. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Would a water monster have phlegm like Nathan did when he had a cold? Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Or had the Ice Court been built in a time before Grisha had come to be viewed as monsters by the Fjerdans? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I continued, “let’s say there are monsters.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“The Hunters are your enemies. Forget them and Artemis and the monster. That’s not important. You just concentrate on finding and saving Annabeth.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She was “fed up with the little monster,” or so Beatrice overheard her say on the telephone. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became a much beloved king, the monster said, who ruled happily until the end of his long days. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The other monsters backed up in stunned silence, making a circle around us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a frightful monster and the contest was severe, but in the end the god’s unerring arrows won the victory. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had not just his book in our house, but a monster collected by Mr. Darwin himself. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The jogging trail erupted in Greek fire, incinerating many of the monsters instantly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth trembled as she stood before a monster of a man with shaggy dark hair and a beard streaked with white. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A millisecond later, the monster’s head slammed into the tree and the impact nearly knocked my teeth out. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Leo saw Annabeth sprawled on the floor of a dark cavern, holding up her bronze knife as if warding off a monster. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A monster of a mango tree grew in the courtyard of Namwon Prison. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” the monster said, “it’s Ross and February. What are you supposed to be?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was just a regular kid, not some painted-into-life creature whose entire purpose was literally to catch monsters. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Luke always pictured them with monster scales and fierce claws because of the number of times he'd been cautioned, “You don’t want the Willikers to see you.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am scared of the monsters and run and run to get away, but no matter how fast or how far I run, I can never escape them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scanned the crowds of tourists, wondering if they were regular mortals or monsters in disguise, like those eidolons who’d chased them in Rome. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I ask, loosening up now that the monster is gone. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I slashed with Riptide, a good strike to the flank that should’ve cut the monster into Meow Mix, but the blade just clanged against its fur in a burst of sparks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The monster pressed its face close to the window. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow, some way, the monster was in his grandma’s sitting room. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

They were skirting the well in the middle of the square, trying to give the cow monsters some distance, when Hazel stumbled on a loose piece of cobblestone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And then he came to the parlour where the great idiot monsters lay asleep with their white thoughts and their snowy dreams. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am far more than just one tree, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

There it was, monster, in black and white, in a battered dictionary in a great city library. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Chiron,” I said, “you don’t have any ideas about the monster?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

He heard a muffled explosion and saw a green flash of light inside the giant pink lampshade of the monster’s body. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The story, said the monster, is not yet finished. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And why not lump in the rest of us dumb-as-rocks monsters. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“But this is groovy. Capitalism plus publicity equals monster commerce.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what the big, fuzzy duck monster was?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“My brother and I, we don’t like monsters.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wondered if this was how monsters felt when they were defeated—bursting into dust, helpless and formless. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Rufus didn’t even mind being the Nazi dinosaurs most of the time and it was O.K. playing with him because he didn’t cheat and didn’t try to steal my plastic monsters. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m very glad to meet you. I suppose you’re a lord, or a warrior, or a war-leader, or a bard, or a monster. Though we haven’t had any monsters for a long time.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When they got there a group of men were already pulling the monster off the sharpened stakes they had set in the bottom of a pit covered with dry leaves, and it stopped lowing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The trick-or-treat group was a milling mob of devils, witches, tramps and monsters. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank explained what had happened with the ghostly legion and the army of monsters—how Nico had used the scepter of Diocletian, and how bravely Jason and Piper had fought. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He flew over the city—now completely empty of monsters—and headed for the house of Triptolemus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The new one was ferocious and his aides were veritable monsters. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped I no longer looked like the monster who’d frightened her. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

You’ll never tell him you knew the monster was in his house all along? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mam& always said Patria’s sweetness could move mountains, and monsters, obviously. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been devastating for him to find this out, this petaled monster, his trainer, the man he trusted so much, so completely, with his very flesh. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It’s like what Sausun described in the basement of Dad’s house, this feeling of wanting to grind the monster into the ground. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It could deceive humans, even demigods, into seeing monsters as harmless animals, or gods as regular people. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After he killed the farmer’s daughter, said the monster, the prince lay down next to her and returned to sleep. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

But now she was a prisoner and secret monster who could spy on the life that she could never have. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

To offer the dead body of Bessie as evidence and proof that he had murdered Mary would make him appear a monster; it would stir up more hate against him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It took her more than an hour to find the low narrow window that slanted down to the dungeon where the monsters waited. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I walked farther down the line to the photos from the necropsy, the shark twisted into the rocks like a huge white sea monster washed up from the pages of an old story. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“A monster, a maiden, a sylph of the ice. You kissed me, whispered stories in my ear. You sang to me and held me as I slept. Your laugh chased me into waking.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her fur was matted with mud, leaves, pizza slices, and dried monster blood. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That shouldn’t have been possible.The camp’s magic boundaries didn’t allow monsters to cross past Thalia’s tree. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As yet there were no human beings; but the world, now cleared of the monsters, was ready for mankind. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did you fight so hard against made-up monsters, but do nothing about the monsters in your own house? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This giant was smaller than a lot of monsters he had faced, but something about him made Percy’s skin crawl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The monster burst into shadows that fled into the corners. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You never played with toys much when you were young. You were always out in the yard making up these strange scenarios and fightin’ imaginary pirates and monsters. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then, with an angry roar, the monster closed his fists around my mother’s neck, and she dissolved before my eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if she were a holographic projection. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And when I have finished my three stories, the monster said, as if Conor hadn’t spoken, you will tell me a fourth. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t mind too much because walking around in the dark with zombies and monsters jumping out at you is not my idea of a good time. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“She asking about angels and monsters and things,” Bitter called over her shoulder, her voice a blend of amusement and pride. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Grief and remorse, compassion and duty—all were forgotten now and, as it were, absorbed into an intense overpowering hatred of these less than human monsters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And said monster is 100 percent right behind you, ready to devour you in a single bite if you move. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Why should I see an assassin as anything but a monster? I brought her here to do my bidding, not to meddle in the life of my son and empire.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Their captors displayed them to the cheering horde of monsters, then turned to face King Porphyrion, who sat in his makeshift throne, his white eyes gleaming with malice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But this time, I’m more frightened than furious, because I’ve seen the monsters out there—and I suspect I’m going to see worse ones before this whole thing is over. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“As long as there’s a snack bar without monsters.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I will offer my sands and support. In return, if I ever need assistance from either the water monster or the human, I shall expect them to help me.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Just heard about them in monster class at camp.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Holy could you entrust your child to that monster? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was elevated and completely covered; no way could he get the monsters to funnel through it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It didn’t touch the interior, but in a flash most of the smaller monsters around it were incinerated. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When the clouds parted, the passengers glimpsed giant creatures, turning in the sea, that looked like monsters. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

A Titan strode toward them, casually kicking lesser monsters out of his way. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She’d had such a difficult time herself accepting that there could be a monster in his family, how would he take it? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A real creature was much better than the monsters he’d imagined. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He must have some weak spot. Every monster does." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She smacked a carnivorous horse in the snout with the butt of her sword and sent the monster stampeding through the crowd. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it was some other monster that was attacking people. “How many monsters d’you think this place can hold?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“And like you just said, them monsters ain’t letting no one get close enough to try,” he rumbled. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Calling her here might kill her, or turn her back to her natural state as a fierce monster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He switched on a flashlight, woke up the young captain, and told him he had a monster toothache. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s just curious about the ship. Maybe—” The monster’s tendrils lashed across the deck so fast, Leo didn’t even have time to yell, Look out! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was not wrong, the monster said, It was only a thought, one of a million. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Like the monster it had once commanded, it might have lain dormant there for centuries. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was one of those cartoon monster smiles, where the monster rubs his hands as he thinks of something dastardly. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The people gathered their pitchforks and torches, of course” — his brief laugh was darker now — “and waited where Carlisle had seen the monsters exit into the street. Eventually one emerged.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Lightning shook the world. We threw many rocks. The Titans and the monsters almost won. Now they are getting strong again. Kampe said so.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to disintegrate, the way monsters usually do. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She shredded the little orange stick monsters into pieces with her furious chopping. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If the monster is in the house of Redemption, it said, then it is probably a family monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Some kind of monster—someone who could do whatever you wanted, because no one was capable of stopping you? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In essence, the tribe was asking us whether we shared its feelings; if we refused to join the church, it was equivalent to saying no, to placing ourselves in the position of moral monsters. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still, monsters didn’t usually let themselves get destroyed so easily. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I have bested a thousand monsters with my bare hands.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The monster’s shadow passed in front of the shop. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of the bear, thought of Bigfoot and every monster he had ever seen in every fright movie he had ever watched, and his heart hammered in his throat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly sat, never taking her hazel eyes from the diminutive monster before her. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“To make sure we don’t produce any lab monsters?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“The worst monsters aren’t in the trench, they guard it. The monsters come before you get there.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to look upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

And these were monsters, rearing to the sky, massed like a battalion, too beautiful I thought, too powerful, they were not plants at all. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly I saw monsters, but there were some human mercenaries in combat fatigues and demigods in armor, too. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The shrimp monster. The Argo II—is the ship okay?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

No monster with a chicken head hung in the branch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“The first thing we must do is isolate the half-blood Thalia. The monster we seek will then come to her.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There were shields with monster bites out of them, and swords bent in the shapes of daemon heads, and a bunch of taxidermy, like a stuffed harpy and a bright orange python. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

With a few mild threats, the manager quieted the front rows and then glanced down the row in which the isolated figure of Ignatius rose like some great monster among the little heads. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our agent got close to the lightning thing and then some monster startled him and the old Weed shriveled. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“David, I won’t let you turn yourself into a monster. And Tally’s made her choice.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Trying to comb it now would enrage the monsters already in my head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They won’t listen, Jam! They said the drawing was just a drawing. That monsters aren’t real anymore, that I was confusing Moss.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There were no rules, no prophecies, no destinies—-just the harsh wilderness and a bunch of animals and monsters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

After lunch it was on to creative writing, where Boobie spent a few minutes playing with a purple plastic gargoyle-looking monster. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe these mestizos have to secretly cut off their hairs with little machines to keep from turning into hairy monsters. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A month before, he’d rigged a Greek firebomb in the bathroom of a tour bus that was carrying a bunch of monsters across country. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The thought of her still plagued his mind almost as much as the monster, but for an entirely different reason. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes. It fell from somewhere long ago. Maybe mortal world. Maybe Olympus. Anyway, monsters steer clear. Mostly.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When they looked back, the monsters were only a few yards away—dozens of them surrounding Thalia. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was still figuring out how to interact with water monsters. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He realized he wasn’t just shouting at the monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Closing the tear in the sky, defeating these iron monsters—that is only the beginning.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Thor threw his hammer at it, but the monster was already gone, vanished into the cold gray waters. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was a hulking monster and it was only a few feet away. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Death goes back to normal, and the monsters lose their shortcut to the mortal world.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A brutish monster with a pronounced underbite and plates down its spine hurled a wardrobe across the room. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His thinking was limited to devising a way to kill a monster which was threatening to kill him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She'd put a monster slice on a piece of bread and call it a sandwich. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The collar absorbed the rusty stains of the monster's skin, and shone brighter than ever before. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It not easy to get rid of monsters,” she said. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Agents and monsters move in blurs around me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He gazed around him at the horde of monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After running away from home, she’d spent a few weeks surviving on her own, living in alleyways and hiding from monsters until Thalia and Luke took her under their wings. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sea monster fell into a smooth glide just below the surface, the dark water skimming to either side as they flushed along the river toward the bay. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They started down the hall in the direction Arya had come, past the room with the monsters. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I can tell that the monster is still filming me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She wanted to live in that moment—free of monsters and gods and evil spirits. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Or that I battled monsters big and small, with powers I didn’t know I had, with gods I didn’t know existed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Through here,” boomed Wednesday, and he led them through the only exit, formed to look like the gaping mouth of a huge monster, its sharp teeth ready to rend them all to slivers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The identification of the monster is a crucial part of the hunt, little girl. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He’s a monster; lord! they complained to me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were heading south down Seventh Avenue, hiding from the monsters on the streets. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

This will be the wild black world at the bottom of the sea, a place meant only for monsters and ghosts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Bathed in shadows, the traditional home structure resembled a sleeping monster. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Not just for us. For everybody we love. The Doors have to be closed on both sides, or the monsters will just keep coming through. Gaea’s forces will overrun the world.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

You called me a monster and a freak. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“And it’s taking the stories your monsters hunt down and hoarding them, getting stronger. Soon it will take over and make you a victim.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Use it only for emergencies,” Chiron said, “and only against monsters. No hero should harm mortals unless absolutely necessary, of course, but this sword wouldn’t harm them in any case.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She felt that the monsters from her creches did not belong under the same roof. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monsters vanished, and the sun was shining on Meggie’s face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The parson’s house was still before them, and Conor saw the yew tree next to it awaken into the monster and set ferociously on the parsonage. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“People can be monsters. Whether it’s just their actions, or whether it’s who they really are, it doesn’t matter. The result is the same.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to study it, of course,” I said, wondering what on earth I would do with this monster. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Annabeth had a bronze knife that she reserved just for monsters and people who messed with her stuff. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Of course you are afraid, the monster said, pushing him slowly forward. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was not often that my siblings had true fights, but when they did, they were monster, one-on-one fisticuff affairs, and Helen had picked the Mount Everest of fighters. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that this person related to me was a monster. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The monster stomped around the interior of the house, crushing every piece of furniture it could find with satisfying crashes and crunches. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

There weren’t many things Jam knew about Pet, but she knew she would be safe with it, no matter what unseen monsters remained veiled in Lucille. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I decide I’d rather be beaten with an oar than sit in the dark ’tween deck waiting to be devoured by sea monsters. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Water monster, I am lost and am trying to get back to my paternal grandmother’s mobile home. If you help me get back, I’ll do whatever I can to heal you.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You don’t care if I’m a monster? If I’m not human?' “ Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Private Latimer had become a monster, and he must have guessed this was so. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We pretend we re a pair of daredevil explorers who’ve discovered a giant prehistoric monster in some distant jungle and we've brought it back for the world to see. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. And they let a monster come in the house and up to our door pretending to be Grandpa.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“He would make a monster of me,” she whispered, “a butcher queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the zombies were helpful just by standing in the way, blocking monsters and taking fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The monster flew off the edge of the Cliff. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The monsters with masks that look like my parents are there, and now a creature with Mackenzie’s face is there, too. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Valdez, how many harmless monsters have we met? We should just aim the ballistae and see what happens!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Because, like Mr. Ram said, that’s what the monster is, just a husk with nothing inside. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He needed all the monsters in Venice, and he had to keep the ones behind him enraged. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He thought of the strange old woman, the secrets he held on to, and a monster—it always seemed to lead back to the monster. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Nope. But then I thought I'd stick around for you. Seriously, once I started watching the game? Man. Now I know what the hype is all about. You're a monster out there.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Politics. He doesn’t care about murder. He doesn’t care that it’s his fault Princess Rhyia is dead. He doesn’t care, Jude. He’s never cared. That’s what makes him a monster.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You were built to kill monsters like this. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

‘You ain’t got no sense. I don’t even like that Frankenstein. She is a monster.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And then she met my eyes and said, “He could see the monsters.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The monster stared down at the knife that had just run him through horn behind. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But if I didn’t hold on, I was sure I'd fell off right there in front of the monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to scream at the monster below him: Kill me or go back to your hiding hole! The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The monsters hit bottom and broke into dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But it was no monster, only a boring old bus, doing what boring old buses always did—letting off passengers at the bus stop. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m not crazy! This boy jumped out of the hole and the monster disappeared.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s only a dream,” Conor said to himself in the backyard, looking up at the monster silhouetted against the moon in the night sky. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Frank pointed his sword forward and, from the golden eagle standard, tendrils of lightning swept across the enemy, turning several hundred monsters to toast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And so this was the mirror in which Lazlo knew himself: hero, monster. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I knew LJ was going to try to get me to go away for a minute so he could steal a bunch of my monsters. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door broke open, and the monster spilled out—right in front of Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I work on my Ibo report and peek out the window at all the little witches and firemen and brides and monsters. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Our innocence had been replaced by fear and we had become monsters. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Besides, monsters could smell demigods—especially powerful ones like Percy, son of Poseidon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Throughout the valley, thousands of monsters wailed and roared, clashing their weapons and bellowing in triumph. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The “enemy,” a Khmer Rouge soldier or a wild beast, a monster or a ghostly man-creature, comes after me with knives, guns, axes, machetes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a hideous rainbow of pastels, like the tentacle of a Lucky Charms-colored sea monster. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time, when stones were soft and stars were bits of dust, I loved a monster. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Large shapes rusded in the shadows—monsters that were stocked in here as a challenge to the campers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jam wasn’t sure how deeply Redemption bought the Lucille line, that there were no more monsters. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Percy gazed at the endless horde of monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At the Cyclopes’ feet, a red vein in the ground burst open, spraying the monsters with liquid fire from the Phlegethon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He’s a monster, so if I want to do a very bad thing, he’s not going to judge me for it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Celestial bronze shields along the rail were enchanted to ward off monsters, and their onboard satyr, Coach Hedge, would have sniffed out any intruders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But Diderot’s peculiar chapter also serves as a warning: with its dream framing, its monsters and its allegories, its linguistic slipperiness, it conveys a sense of difficulty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“A bounty on our heads...as if we didn’t attract enough monsters already.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She dodged one set of slashing fangs and tumbled under another, weaving through the dragons heads as she ran in our direction, gagging from the monsters horrible breath. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then, seconds later, several other monsters followed close behind their companion, whirring and clicking as if celebrating their victory. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I love her a thousand times more for her sweet pity of last night, a pity that made my own hate of the monster seem despicable. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Last time he rode the water monster was fun and he had been wondering if he could do that again. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“She can see through the Mist. She saw the monsters before I did.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The monster dog would tear us both to pieces. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Just look at my sweater, you disgusting monster.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if that would have been the real way to let them kill So I told those monsters that I would never ask to go against what his conscience told him was right. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are worse things than being invisible, the monster had said, and it was right. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were only a few monsters lurking in this dungeon—a gargoyle, a skeleton, a zombie, some asps, a mummy, and the evil demi-lich Acererak himself. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I needed to remind myself that the mortal world was still out there, away from all the monsters using me as their personal punching bag. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You were there when the real Brer Rabbit was taken by iron monsters. Before I punched the Bottle Tree, I might add. So you can’t pin all this on me.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“He drinks until he turns into a monster. Mom just gets drunk and pretends nothing has happened. It’s like a bad dream I can’t wake up from.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A monster sounds like it would be a magical creature. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Not monster movies. My sister, as usual, belittles my chosen medium. Want to know the tide?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Of course there were still monsters, Jam thought. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, child. Angels aren’t pretty pictures in old holy books, just like monsters aren’t ugly pictures. It’s all just people, doing hard things or doing bad things. But is all just people, our people.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It seems like a profanation of the word to write it in connection with such a monster, so asked him point-blank:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I ran for the nearest stairs while all around me monsters and demigods shouted orders and strapped on their weapons. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Because how could a boy beat a monster? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She looked away and I remembered Jay saying, She’s a monster. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

This humongous monster of a man had the voice of a six-year-old. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Heroes get hurt. They . . . they die, and the monsters just keep coming back.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He stopped because the monster had reached down a hand and plucked him into the air. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure your grandmother is a great weaver,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Frank swung his bow and smacked the monster down the hill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if the monsters would break out any moment through the wooden walls and grab me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms across her chest and gave her swamp monster what she hoped was a hard look. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“But promise me you will cry no more before these monsters. We will never cry again.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know that is not true, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

They came round and poked at the monster's head with their muzzles. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reyna’s dogs would snarl in warning, but the monsters didn’t stop to fight. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She could mention “the lamp of destruction” the way a pirate who had tamed a sea monster could casually say, Oh, you mean ole Ralph here? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The hollow, mad eyes of the monster were full of malice. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Outside in the dark, the snake monsters restlessly patrolled the hillside, spewing fire and poisoning the grass. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I mean, the agents are amazing, taking down monsters more than twice their size, but every time one falls, another appears out of thin air to take its place. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Percy had no idea where the monster was taking him, but he was pretty sure he wouldn’t like it when he got there. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

You failed no one—monsters are the ones who do the monstering, not you. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Besides, Jam wanted to be sure that there actually was someone dangerous in his house—not like Pet-dangerous, which felt like a righteous-sword-of-fire kind of danger, but old-school dangerous, monster dangerous. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But maybe black holes weren’t the monsters we made them out to be. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Nico smacked it with the scepter of Diocletian, and the monster veered into a wall. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She’d burdened him with emotional baggage he didn’t need, and left him so dazed they had almost gotten killed by a giant shrimp monster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Anyone who saw such a monster as good was no better than dirt, in her opinion. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

That hill was always a monster, but we glided down the other side. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The whole crew sat on deck, without a storm or a monster attack to worry about for the first time in days, and ate ice cream. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The iron monsters behind the throne were unanimated and camouflaged to look like part of the statues. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It came out of the water beneath us, hissing and clanking like some giant mechanical monster. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been anticipating a huge dangerous monster, but the Ophiotaurus does not bring down the gods that way. He must be sacrificed.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel like a hero, and, well...he didn’t feel like a monster, either. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That beast, that monster, had taken so much away from him: first his father, and now his chance to be a warrior. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The prospect of the monster being at the open house is high. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I wondered what happened to it after my run-in with that monster machine.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He is the father of monsters, the author of woes, the sly god. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Spoils of war were often left behind when a monster dissolved—sometimes a tooth, or a weapon, or even the monster’s entire head. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had heard enough about Grendel to know that the monster could not be killed by strength alone. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came upon him asleep and fell upon him, pinning him to the ground; and with his fists—he had no other weapon—he battered the monster to death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because this wasn’t the monster he was expecting. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He described him as a cross between a billy goat and a female heretic, an infernal beast whose breath scorched the air and whose look brought on the birth of monsters in newlywed women. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His father wasn’t the monster he could have been with the power he held over his slaves. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

More monsters kept pouring in from the side corridors, while gryphons wheeled overhead, undeterred by the crumbling floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All he could feel, all he had felt since the monster revealed itself, was a growing disappointment. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I slashed up with my sword, heard a sickening shlock!, then a hiss like wind rushing out of a cavern—the sound of a monster disintegrating. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I'd always imagined the dead as some kind of monster: mouth gaping as they came to eat you. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And just as there are physical monsters, can there not be mental or psychic monsters born? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our concerns are aligned in this: you want the safety of the child they call Redemption, and I want the monster who threatens that. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The monster burst into a million goldfish, which all swam off in terror. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was still irritated at the monster’s story, from the cheating and twisting way it went, none of which was any help at all. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

If they couldn’t make it follow their shadow monster, they would scare it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“They said she was a monster and a class enemy.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Nico’s feet, two puddles of darkness stained the pavement—no doubt the remains of the cow monsters that had chased them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All the newly formed monsters were crawling and hobbling in the same direction—toward a bank of black fog that swallowed the horizon like a storm front. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Seriously, these monsters and gods were thousands of years old. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"I shall put you in the sock and lower you down on to The Grand High Witch's balcony. But we must hurry! Any moment now that monster will be returning to her room!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Whatever this mystery monster is, the General said it would come for you. They wanted to isolate you from the group, so the monster will appear and battle you one-on-one. “He said that?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Now I found out I’d nearly destroyed the Northwest U.S. and almost woken the most horrible monster ever imprisoned by the gods. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If I collapsed out here, my body would be dinner for a monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were messages from demigods, nature spirits, and satyrs all around the country, writing about the latest monster activity. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The cheers of the other covens faded, and silence grew around them until it was a bloated monster waiting to pop. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The monster hunched over, snuffling my best friend, as if he were about to lift Grover up and make him dissolve too. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I can’t take my focus from that door—like when I was a kid and was convinced there was a monster in my closet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby peeked over the big toe and sucked her teeth at the sight of the defeated iron monsters. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I found a list of monsters in Anansi’s notes. I think I know what this is.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The yew is a healing tree, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“If we can’t get up there, that hole will keep growing, and those iron monsters from the bone ships will keep boiling out of the Burning Sea!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The creeping monsters turned back into the chair covered in clothes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut, but I couldn’t pull back from the images that came next—the lines of marching, muzzled monsters. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It became three-dimensional, a towering monster glistening with fresh paint, long arms stretched out in front of it as it raced back and forth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Look at this—I drew a giant monster rabbit!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The monster squeezed him until he cried out. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The other monsters were finally driven from the earth, but not the Erinyes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fleet of trucks with monster wheels, followed by other kinds of trucks—food trucks, vans, carnival rides on eighteen-wheelers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The monster, who has the whole Qur’an memorized, has been invited to say a few prayers and then disappear upstairs so the girls can “relax.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Yitzchak the butcher is a monster. All he wants is a nurse for his children.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should have felt some relief, some happiness—the iron monsters were gone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Like the Richter scale, the proposed index would be logarithmic, so what follows is a little detour to review for the innumerate those dreaded monsters from high school algebra: logarithms. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giants disintegrated in twin columns of flame—a sure sign they were monsters, all right. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Enough! Iron monsters are coming back here, and they’re just the first wave. According to the Ridge’s Amagqirha, there could be a big war.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He had a bad feeling that if those monsters made direct eye contact, he might get a lot worse than nauseous. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So this was her, the monster who had kept him for three years in the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“We’ve seen this hole in the sky. If it is indeed fueling the violent energy that is coursing through these ‘iron monsters,’ we would do well to continue as we have been recently. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Muhammad told Amu to ask the monster to lead prayers at the mosque? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Even the baleful green of the monster's eyes seemed to dim before it. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have known these great ones since my earliest childhood, have lived among them, camped and slept against their warm monster bodies, and no amount of association has bred contempt in me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had almost decided she was being paranoid when the first monster dropped to the ground only five feet away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Two and a half more years until I could get free from this panopticon they called high school, these monsters they called people. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’d forced her family to cut short their vacation, agreed to go to a horrible school, and flown a helicopter into a monster battle just to see me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“So we chuck one right down its throat,” Coach said, “like you guys did with that shrimp monster thing in the Atlantic. Light it up from the inside.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She knew without seeing him that here was no monster or shape of terror, but the lover and husband she had longed and waited for. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve wasted enough time with the protection song. Tonight, we need to get started on the water monster songs. After you sing the lullaby back to me.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She’d complained loudly and often that rope climbing would never help her defeat a monster. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It happened so fast it was like watching a laser beam rather than a monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then a monster came out of the trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He imagined some hapless monster terrorizing a random demigod in Kansas, only to find itself surrounded by several dozen carloads of heavily armoured Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The fish may be monsters, and you may be afloat on a doomed vessel—a pirate ship, perhaps—unaware of the breadth and the depth of the peril it sails upon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And for her, the monster is firmly on the good side. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Beyond their farm were monsters and giants and wolves, and many times Thialfi walked into trouble and had to outrun it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It said the monster was in Redemption’s house. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I saw monsters patrolling the upper decks of the ship—dracaenas snake-women, hellhounds, giants, and the humanoid seal- demons known as telkhines—but we zipped by so fast, none of them raised the alarm. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“No, to read them. Ma says you’ve got a hero called Hercules who killed a big old monster that had a hundred heads that grew back when he cut them off.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

In this uncomfortable position, he imagined returning to the house and finding it consumed by a violent column of orange flames, reaching skywards like a snapping, hissing monster. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The mountain shook with a horrible rumbling, as if the monster were laughing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I shouted, then belted the iron monsters clear off the ramp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He threw his sheep bone, which bounced harmlessly off the monster’s forehead. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the monster struck a blow, Conor felt the sting of it in his own fist. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The trees wrapped around the monsters, strangling them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Their Noise washes down the hill like a flood let loose right at me, like a fire, like a monster the size of the sky come to get you cuz there’s nowhere to run. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Frank wasn’t sure how the monsters could tell he was harvesting their favorite food—maybe they just had an excellent sense of smell. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for the little fact they were torn apart from friends and families and trapped in a Maze with a bunch of monsters, it could be paradise. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, a monster and a witch wandered the world. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Something had disturbed a monster it had taken all the gods to defeat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said, “were in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we're trying not to die.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A strand of silk shot from the monster’s spinnerets and attached itself to a tapestry on the far wall. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She pointed to a pair of statue lovers, a man and a woman with their arms around each other, turned to stone by the monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re so strong, Beryl. To think of attacking that monster with a pitchfork.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the monster as it licked its lips. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And that, the monster said, is not the truth at all. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. And he said, ‘Soon we shall have the most important monster of all—the one that shall bring about the downfall of Olympus.’ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She brandished her spear, and forked lightning slashed through the monsters’ ranks; but as the hellhounds fell, more took their place. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The monster actually grazes my arm as he says this. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“And beautiful and full of monsters,” he agreed, and he knew then what he would tell her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I really could do with some fresh, clean water,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I spin around to remove the shambler’s head but its skull explodes, the monster falling back to the ground. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The monster is there on his own, fitting wires into the sound system. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But the iron monsters couldn’t get a grip on any of the pages. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“The poison used on Thalia’s pine is something from the Underworld, Percy. Some venom even I have never seen. It must have come from a monster quite deep in the pits of Tartarus.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He fired over the side at the creature’s body, lodging arrows in the chinks of its shell; but that only seemed to annoy the monster. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But at least they were not tormented by storms and freak monster waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He reached a hand up and grabbed a thread, flicking his wrist up and throwing monster back in Ivan’s face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a decent punch, nothing special, just something to give me more room to operate, but the metal monster shrieked in pain and staggered back like I’d landed a haymaker. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as the legion destroys Camp Half-Blood, the monsters will turn on Octavian and destroy the legion.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Nothing, he just got worried when I said monsters, but it’s cool. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I do not know how much they see through the Mist. I doubt it would matter to them if they knew the truth. Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She clucked her tongue and blew the monster a kiss. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The biggest girl was valiantly trying to ward off the monsters with a straw broom while the rest of the kids cried or screamed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The monsters crowded so thickly around Frank that he could barely use his sword. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We are all monsters,” Hannah said, “because we are letting it happen.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was made of metal, with rusty teeth that sank into the coyote’s back leg like monster jaws. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The winged goddesses spiraled above, preparing for another sweeping attack, and Brer kicked high into the air, trying to close off the hole the monster had made in the Thicket’s wall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The book’s glossy cover showed a photographic montage of Greek temples and smiling monsters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The monster may be able to do some menial chores. Any suggestions as to where such a beast should be kenneled?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She knew about her grandfather, the monster that caught her grandmother. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As we walked, I saw that monster pine tree ahead of us. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

According to a newspaper report, he was building a huge monster rocket called the Saturn. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"When I created the monsters of the deep? The fings you don't even know about? Were you there?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Triple feature, be fun. Jelly says if the monster don't win tonight he's gonna tear the movie house down." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw no approaching monsters—nothing but the stark gray wasteland. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I trap monsters in mirrors! I know a lot of things! Now hop to!” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Long ago, the monster said, before this was a town with roads and trains and cars, it was a green place. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Given how little time you had to learn the water monster songs, Wind Being and I are honestly surprised.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She says it softly as though afraid of waking a monster. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no, please don’t send me away! Don't leave me alone again, there are monsters!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Once we snared Anansi and convinced him to close up the tear in the sky, the gods and heroes could work together to defeat the iron monsters once and for all. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ugly monsters twist themselves around dark spaces filled with angry green eyes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“She asking if those angels are monsters, if Lucille angels are good.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He was starting to feel nostalgic about the monsters he’d fought in Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m here for Pond. He’s a water monster, too, and he’s very sick,” Nathan said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As he swung his trident, the river responded, making a funnel cloud around the monster. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He has no shield, Jon reminded himself, and that monster sword’s too cumbersome for parries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had faced a lot of bad monsters over the years, but she hated empousai more than most. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I get frightened myself when I think of close friends who are now at the mercy of the crudest monsters ever to stalk the earth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Give me something to take away the monsters,” Cole said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I’d never been scared in the forest before, though I knew there were plenty of monsters. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But she’d never realized that a few kilometers upstream from the dam, the stately band of silver became a snarling monster. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Do you? the monster asked, standing above him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

My father has noticed an ad in the paper, for an atomic radiation monster insect movie. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She bit the monster’s throat but couldn’t make a dent. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Enough jabbering about rules and monsters,” Grandpa said, standing up. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I have a plan! Can you slow down the monster?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Percy hoped so, but the Underworld seemed to bring out the worst in everyone—monsters, heroes, and gods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Laomedon promised, but when Hercules had slain the monster the King refused to pay. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the monster barreled past, I drove the broken horn straight into his side, right up under his furry rib cage. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He only wanted to get home to his family, and people are making him out to be a monster.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“How many insults from your father can you stand, Percy? You think he’s grateful to you? You think Poseidon cares for you any more than he cares for this monster?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am not a "what," frowned the monster. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

In songs, the hero always saved the maiden from the monster’s castle, but life was not a song, no more than Jeyne was Arya Stark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The water monster shot a quick look at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was equally disturbing to think of that monster Brum as some kind of father figure. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You, Jam, begging for the life of a monster, pleading a plea to the hunter.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When I was a kid, I assumed that El Cucuy was a hideous monster that hid under the stairs, not an actual person. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wished that Cate could come and take me away from them, back to the only people who would ever embrace me for the monster I was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lena didn’t seem to need help with anything, but she also wasn’t being imprisoned by a monster. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They could be hiding a monster, but my gut tells me that what he’s hiding isn’t so nefarious. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Even her parents hadn’t believed that, and they knew about monsters, they had grown up with monsters. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a monster, a horror from a nightmare, but Thomas knew it had to be a Glader, someone who’d completely lost his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Laughter erupted from the monsters, but immediately Riptide appeared in my hands, and some of the voices in the crowd turned nervous. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Was he being hurt right now by the monster? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She knew he agreed there was a distinction between no more monsters and no free monsters, but she didn’t know if he would believe there was a loose monster that needed to be hunted down. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I thought you said monsters don’t care about mortals. That sword of yours—” “Yeah,” I said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The monster paused for a moment, and then with a roar it pounded two fists against the house. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the ship’s starboard side, another part of the monster rose from the water like a submarine. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Powell was on his feet and had attracted the attention of one of the monster robots by the simple expedient of pounding the machine’s thigh. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Not to mention, she’d probably get eaten by a giant wolf monster. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

His physical self might be plummeting to his death, or surrounded by monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We crouched in the shadows, but the monster wasn’t paying us any attention. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ask the monster what was going to happen then, but he didn’t dare. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Is like a monster to me, and if I hear it in a dream, then I know is rime to wake up and listen to the rooster. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you think “monster island,” you think craggy rocks and bones scattered on the beach like the island of the Sirens. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Never invisible again, the monster said, finally letting up, its huge branch-like fists curled tight as a clap of thunder. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The monster stays here. We must decide what to do with it.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“These iron monsters are killing us slowly,” the big man said grimly. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He addressed the kitten in his palm, maybe so the other monsters wouldn’t wonder who he was talking to. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the subway, we imagined we were delving into the netherworld to fight monsters and to commune with the spirits of our ancestors. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When you kill a monster in Final Fantasy, it makes a sound like a groan and disintegrates into sand. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

You could have held on for longer, the monster said, but you let her fall. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

All I thought about was the monster coming to life before my eyes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If there is anything I can do or offer,” Devin said, “please let me know. I’ve healed many people but never a water monster.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“So everyone is scared to get in the water, and suddenly you kick off your shoes, Amir agha, and take off your shirt. ‘There’s no monster,’ you say. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

An entire phalanx of Cyclopes charged forward, knocking smaller monsters out of the way. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A monster TV glows in a corner, and there’s a pool table and exercise equipment. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Beowulf stood firm, holding the monster in a grip so tight that it almost made his own big fingers crack and the bones poke out of the straining flesh. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

A.M. said, “That monster made an offer that many of our brethren couldn’t refuse. Clock Watchers need something to do. When time is frozen, there aren’t many options.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Piper kept glancing over, afraid she’d see a monster’s face peeping in, or the water cannibals from her grandfather’s old stories; but all she saw was an occasional school of herring. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She’d stayed in a bad relationship with a gross mortal guy because she thought it would save Percy from monsters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If she thinks me such a monster, I'll play the part for her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Sparrow, I’m not going to ask you to perform, I’m not that much of a monster.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

No monster had ever withstood a direct hit from my sword like that. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had no weapon stronger than a sword to fight off monsters and reach the Land of the Dead. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And monsters. And this stuff about the gods.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Why, you are not a monster at all. You are a chimney. A chimney with no house.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The monsters we’d been pursuing reached the Titans line and were absorbed into the new force. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s my fault the monster came after us,” she said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Five minutes ago, this monster nearly ripped Luke’s arm off! So you’ve put Tara on it?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The evil aura radiating from Tantalus was as strong as any monster I’d ever faced. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not the same when the monsters are gone. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Don’t forget about tackling the monster, a small voice adds. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Bran tore his eyes away from the monster. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She didn’t think she could sleep, but a full day of fighting monsters in the summer heat had taken its toll. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He had overcome all sorts of monsters and hardships with his quick wits. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the army of monsters got thicker and angrier. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Otto focused on the creature, which was large enough to be a monster, but not really gruesome like a monster. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I just stood there, frozen in fear, as the monster charged her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If all monsters had to hear that song about liking piña coladas and getting caught in the rain, no wonder they were in the mood for carnage when they reached the mortal world. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His thoughts were all of water monsters, of giant serpents, of demons, kelpies, and sprites... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Frank turned himself into an elephant and stomped through some Cyclopes, and Dakota held the golden eagle high, blasting lightning at any monsters that dared to challenge the Fifth Cohort. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The country around was beset by a frightful monster, the Sphinx, a creature shaped like a winged lion, but with the breast and face of a woman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the monster in the thick glass carboy, with its freakish eyes and multiple limbs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And now Pet was telling her that one of them was a monster? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Tearing at him, clouds of them, the awful, ripping, thick masses of the small monsters trying to bleed him dry. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was going to have a great sleep ’cause even though a monster had gone and snucked hisself into the story, I didn’t care, nothing could hurt me now. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“With monsters attacking me every three feet? Are you kidding?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Even if the monsters ignored the mortals, that noxious gas couldn’t be good for anyone to breathe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The waves rose in growing fury, each overtopping its fellow, till in a very few minutes the lately glassy sea was like a roaring and devouring monster. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

We made up stories about how they’d given birth to monsters in attics. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shuddered and touched the scars on his own face—livid marks made by Grendel's claws—as he thought what the monster would do to that simplicity. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, monster. If you’d be so kind as to drop the tree in the water, we’ll take it from there.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were covered in drawings, which wasn’t unusual for her, but these symbols I recognized: Greek letters, pictures from camp beads, sketches of monsters and faces of gods. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The monster staggered around, and I realized we were still in danger. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

One million people walking in the streets on their way to work looked up into the sky and saw the monster hovering above them, and started running for the nearest subway entrance to take cover. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

"You Starks are as unnatural as those wolves of yours. I've not forgotten how your monster savaged me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The monster raised its maw, bellowing in pain, and Leo threw his Greek fire straight down its throat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At least now they knew monsters could be killed in Tartarus...though she had no idea how long Arachne would remain dead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily, the forest animals would have run away from the monster. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I am forbidden to sing water monster songs,” Wind Being said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Centuries passed and he was still the same, a frightful monster, shapeless, huge, his eye put out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you speak the truth, the monster whispered in his ear, you will be able to face whatever comes. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

My pint-sized group made monster faces on tennis balls. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Nyame, like a sun flare that leaped from spot to spot, sent iron monsters flying into the bay with blasts of white-hot energy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was a crash as the second monster knocked down the parsonage’s front wall. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as their host threw the bolts, the cow monsters bellowed and slammed into the door, making it shudder on its hinges. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

People started by believing the victims, and once this was apparent that it was safe to report monsters now, more and more people did so. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The cat could’ve been a demon or a horrible Underworld monster in disguise. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She’d never liked monster class—reading Pliny the Elder and those other musty authors who described legendary monsters from the edges of the Roman Empire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She remembered what the man with the yellow beard had said, the day she had found the monsters. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You little coarse monster, what do you think of me now?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Thandiwe whistled, and the Ridge guards peeled away from the iron monster and fell into formation behind her, everyone lining up on the same rail. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Another skull loomed ahead, the biggest monster of all, but Arya did not even slow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They used to be the police and teachers and judges and even the mayor; yeah, the mayor used to be a monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps. But the monster at least must be destroyed. We have agreement on that?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

After their coupling, said the monster, the prince remained awake. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“No!” he shouted, squirming some more, but the monster held him tight. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The exploding vein had given the monsters pause, but it wouldn’t be long before they remembered: Hey, wait, there’s seventy-five gazillion of us, and only two of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Conor whirled around, and his face looked so furious, so pained, that the monster actually stood up straight, its huge, leafy eyebrows raising in surprise. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I glared at the mosaic—little tile explosions destroying tile monsters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I make the Go-do-feesh swim in the sea and then get eaten by a big sea monster. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She’d burned the tip of a stick in the fire and was using it to draw ash figures on the floor, images of the monsters we’d seen. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If I could just keep the monster distracted a little longer .. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course she would be on a first-name basis with the monsters. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mandy would be desperate if she knew I hadn’t eaten in three days and if she knew I was under the thumb of a monster like Hattie. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

If ever there was a night for monsters to be out, this was the night. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three monster crows sat in a row, where Moran had last been. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Since it wasn’t specifically a water monster song, the people around him shouldn’t be in danger from it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

No teachers turning into monsters and trying to kill me with poisoned cafeteria food or exploding homework. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was left over from her dream in which an unseen monster made its way toward her small fishing village in Japan, and she was expected to do battle with it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“No, we can’t leave until reinforcements come. The monsters will rip this place apart.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Four large iron monsters spread out in front of us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Nearly all of the traps and monsters described in the module could kill me easily. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“People helped me, then they turned into monsters and laughed at me.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

By reading and typing text, you made your way through the virtual world, collecting treasure, fighting monsters, avoiding traps, and solving puzzles until you finally reached the end of the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now, for the hundredth time, Matt thought about why anyone would create a monster. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At my Lord Zeus’s command,” Artemis said, “my brother Apollo and I shall hunt the most powerful monsters, seeking to strike them down before they can join the Titans’ cause. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Underground air always smells like monsters. Probably doesn’t mean anything.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They were very unfortunate young people, but they were far from being monsters all would shudder to look at, as the oracle had told Oedipus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But who would marry that monster Yitzchak, who leaves his precious children outside like yard goods? Besides, the ribbons will look beautiful in your brown hair.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The Nazis are monsters. How can they get away with torture?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The monster mother went down the tree to the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Jam had turned away from him slightly so he wouldn’t see her sign “family” and “monsters,” so he didn’t understand where Ube’s concern was coming from. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She usually avoided the monster, but now she sent a cluster of her moths winging nearer. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, fool magic runs in my family, and my father used it to defeat a bunch of monsters and marry a princess.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The tenth labor was to bring back the cattle of Geryon, who was a monster with three bodies living on Erythia, a western island. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darkness and the water monster were looking at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Like everyone else - monster and demigod alike - they froze in horror and watched as the whirling column of earth erupted from the top of the next hill, and Gaia appeared in all her glory. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Why then, my dear,” the monster said calmly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s like a monster in my gut—eatin ’ me up from the inside out. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By Jove, she’s forgotten her dinner!” cried the unconscious youth, poking the scarlet monster into its place with his cane, and preparing to hand out the basket after the old lady. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cleaned the monster slime off her knife. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Out here, they're bigger than me, growling on the roads like monsters with huge eyes. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Frank stepped in front of the monsters, hoping to keep their attention. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He returned to the beings of land, eager to begin learning the ways of the water monsters. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As if, Brian thought, they could hide from the little monsters. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, most monsters were regrouping, shaking off their confusion. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s one thing to hit jumpers over other eighth graders; it’s a whole other thing to score on high school monsters. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa had no choice but to explain about heroes and monsters. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After the excitement of getting lost, running into the water monster, and seeing Devin, Nathan had completely forgotten about the horned toad that stole his seeds and very rudely called him fat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As the monster’s hands gently but firmly guided him toward his mum, Conor saw the clock on the wall above her bed. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

With no way to service a utility stretching across the heart of darkness, the engineers watched the monster’s tail crumble as fast as the front was erected. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monsters backed up, but there were at least twenty of them. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Alisha took her monster to a Broadway show, and I met up with them afterward. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The creature that was lurking somewhere in the castle, he thought, sounded like a sort of monster Voldemort — even other monsters didn’t want to name it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the battlefield was silent except for a few fires burning, and a few retreating monsters screaming in panic. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The rotted corpses of fish and of whales, of seals and sea monsters, will wash in the waves. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The gods had been monsters, and had deserved to die. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The monsters’ siege tower was still hurling explosive green fireballs into the streets. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“If Frightful doesn’t come by then, I’ll have to be a chicken monster again.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Jam’s voice faltered when she told him about Pet’s mission, the hunt for a monster in Lucille, and for a second the truth wanted to wing out of her mouth. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Did this mean that the water monster’s pain had grown? Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She would yell Don't kill us when the monster’s fondest wish was to kill them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Or my swamp monster,” she added after considering it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“That’ll have to be adequate. The water monster song is of higher importance right now. Make arrangements to ensure you are prepared for the journey,” Darkness said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Conor stood breathing for a second, thinking about the broken clock, about the scratches on the hardwood, about the poisonous berries dropping from the monster onto his grandma’s clean floor. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Basically it looked like a chair on a deep-sea boat, that you would sit in if you wanted to hunt shark or marlin or sea monsters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

This force washed out the monsters who worked in public spaces, allegedly for the public, but it carried farther, into the homes and schools. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Jason had killed so many monsters and saved the world so many times that the idea of him sweating a driving test seemed ridiculous. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And in the end, what I discovered was that both of my parents are monsters. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But the monsters attention wasn’t on the Fleece. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Amazon queen shouted: “To my sister’s aid! Destroy the monsters!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The water monster is sick. He gets dizzy spells and nausea. Is there anything you can*think of that can affect water monsters?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He faintly felt the huge hands of the monster pick him up, forming a little nest to hold him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He would sit on my bed and tuck me in, and then he would start telling me a story, leaving gaps for me to fill in with heroes and monsters. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I ripped my eyes away from the monster, which was batting at the Ridge warriors near its head like they were gnats, and looked at Ayanna. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

What, you reckon Slytherin’s monster can duel?” said Ron, but he, too, read the sign with interest. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Colored stone tiles representing different armies and sea monsters shifted around as the forces changed position. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I am a monster for doing this to him. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Percy poured on speed, but he could hear the gryphons closing behind them, and now the monsters were really angry. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The crowd has backed away from the monster in the pit. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Nina Zenik spent a year in Kerch trying to bargain for my freedom. I’m not sure those are the actions of a monster.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But to his “field” slaves, he was a monster, whose preferred punishment for those who tried to run away was what he called “Derby’s dose.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The monster fixed its pale yellow eyes on Frank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard of such folks, deviants who believe that some kind of enlightenment exists in watching the moment a man becomes a monster. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

That monster will be burned to a crisp. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Barry stared in shock: It was a house, pushing through the water like a monster. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was getting confident enough to sing the water monster lullaby on his own. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s say there’s a new monster. Something...something that doesn’t want your money or treasures. It doesn’t want to eat your children or dreams. No.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You’re a monster. What kind of person tries to get someone arrested at their own funeral?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Soon we were building our own monster wagons, called chigiri-giri, that resembled something like a go-cart in America. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe her plan was messed up, but Jam hoped that once Redemption got over the shock of seeing Pet, he would be excited about looking for a monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t just a monster on the loose—there were witches working with it—working against them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Beowulf was bruised and bloody, and his cheeks were thick with slime off the monster's body. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for Bellerophon riding Pegasus there was no need to come anywhere near the flaming monster. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Love was the most savage monster of all. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This was where monsters went when they died. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The monster is on a low beanbag chair in the corner, using a laptop. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A sudden, hard wind swirled up around them, and the monster spread its arms out wide, so wide they seemed to reach to opposite horizons, so wide they seemed big enough to encompass the world. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Whatever held Anya’s arm pulled her away from the screeching monster. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A great stone monster with wide-spread wings stood with its mouth open and you could still see a bit of piping at the back of its mouth, out of which the water used to pour. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Between his feet are two glyphs, one resembling a stovepipe hat with a U painted across the front, the other looking vaguely like a smiling pet monster from a Japanese cartoon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Just as the army of monsters came over the hill, a Sopwith Camel swooped down out of the sky. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You knew! You knew and you let him near my babies, you monster!” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Thandiwe took a step forward and her arm trembled as she raised it to point at the iron monster. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The tunnels were big enough to accommodate large monsters, even giants. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“A lot of hopes are riding on you. So just. . . kill some monsters for me, okay?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I move over to him, even though the last place I want to be is anywhere near the monster he rides. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She drew her sword and slashed the monster down. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was hoping to see him disintegrate, but this monster was much too big and powerful “Get Annabeth!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

After strangling sea monsters and running over gorgons in a police car, Percy wasn’t scared of gangs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Bianca,” I said, “we came here to help you. You and Nico need training to survive. Dr. Thorn won’t be the last monster you meet. You need to come to camp.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The monster didn’t look up from its movements. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I hate rips in the world. Let’s go bust some monster heads.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“As you once feared me. We are all someone’s monster, Nina.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s why I couldn’t do anything about the monster before. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Iron monsters sprinted in our direction, and though they were still some ways away, I could tell their numbers were greater than before, back in the Drowned Forest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

These monsters, she was fairly sure, had never left the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That mountain rose like the shadow of a monster against the dark sky. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Streams of water ran down the sides, like someone was continually pouring liquid over the monster. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Cringing with fear, the monsters of Ignorance turned in flight and, with anguished cries too horrible ever to forget, returned to the damp, dark places from which they came. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The monsters charged after me, barking and growling. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I pushed through a crowd of monsters and jumped off the side of the ship—toward the water a hundred feet below. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Empire doesn't send those silver-faced monsters on just any raid. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Annabeth doubted that hiding behind a boulder would do any good when the monsters caught their scent. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked away from him, back at the approaching monsters—they were only a few feet away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She tackled me as the monsters teeth snapped above my head. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The monster is going to lead Ramadan prayers. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Just the year-rounders would be here-— the ones who didn’t have homes to go to, or would get attacked by monsters too much if they left. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Big black beard, huge muscles, and armed with a gigantic ax, fighting hordes of monsters or legions of demons. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Brer Fox roared before he disappeared beneath a wriggling pile of iron monsters. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

You think I tell you stories to teach you lessons? the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Fox’s attack took them by surprise, so he was able to dispatch several bigger monsters before they knew what had hit them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Frank was so pleased to be holding her hand, the crowds and the heat and the monsters suddenly didn’t seem so bad. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

No. The child they call Redemption is important to you, and you are important to the hunt for the monster in the house of Redemption. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The monster just gave him that evil grin. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

What stood before me now was no refuge from monsters but a monster itself, staring down from its perch on the hill with vacant hunger. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He was , from He felt like , and if the monsters caught him, he’d be Then he thought about Annabeth, the only part of his old life he was sure about. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When we get close to the base, I look closely at all the soldiers, hoping to catch the monster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panicked monsters surged backward If the bag really had been full of Greek fire jars, we would’ve all blown up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The monster changed the shape of its hands even further, making the nest of leaves Conor was lying on even more comfortable. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Victims tried to peel the flies off, but whatever type of poison those flying iron monsters carried, it was potent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Standing just where the path split into three lanes was an enormous shadowy monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was no other monster, there never had been. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Without any advice from me, he lengthened the rocket to two and a half feet, a monster. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Even now there are monsters roaming loose around the netherworld and beyond. They're causing a lot of trouble." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Have you ever had a dream where you see a monster but cannot move your feet to run away? Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water monster stood on his hind legs, leaning against the wall. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The floor space was barely big enough for us, and those three other guys were monsters, anyway. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was worried that the monsters would come after me, and thought the island was the only place I could escape them, like he had as a kid. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Yet each resident had hidden terrors that lurked like sea monsters in the murky bottom of an unfathomable lagoon. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I worried as more and more fetterlings rushed to enter the battle, but the giant just kept swinging blow after blow, scattering monsters to the trees. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t even bury her proper, just let the water take the boat and the body and both would be consumed by sea monsters. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't believe I'd come this far, lost Tyson, suffered through so much, only to fail—stopped by a big stupid monster in a baby-blue tuxedo kilt. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That is believed to be some sort of monster, which the Heir of Slytherin alone can control,” said Professor Binns in his dry, reedy voice. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The people felt uncomfortable but safe because there were the seawalls to chain the senseless monster in his bed. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

His thick tresses floated loosely around his head like the black tentacles of a sea monster. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Running away didn’t make me feel any less of a monster. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I do not often come walking, boy, the monster said, only for matters of life and death. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There were monsters to hunt; that part was understandable. But Lucille has changed. This one has to have the wrong place.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Shinálí, what did you mean that a water monster told you to tell me ‘Enemy Way’?” she asked, driving the truck on the undulating dirt road. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Frankenstein is the name of the doctor that created the monster, not the monster itself.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If it was full of anything, it’d be snakes and maybe a swamp monster or two. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

If so, will I make a monster out of him? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My parents ran toward me, dodging monsters and zombies, but there was nothing I could do to help them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I brought down the blade on the monsters enormous backside when out of nowhere another sword blocked my strike. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Percy remembered what Frank said about the monster attacks getting more frequent. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We ran through the jail yard and out the gates of the prison, the monster right behind us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Just when its grip seemed to loosen, another monster curled around my right bicep. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I wept—strong monster with teeth like a shark’s—and I slammed the earth with such force that a seam split open twelve feet long. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was a monster, supposedly, and these dungeons were spooky, and she just wanted to figure out which door her key opened up, and she wanted to get out of there. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Chiron calmly aimed arrow after arrow, taking down a monster with every shot. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in there was a lady who dispensed a Death Mist that might hide them from monsters—a plan recommended by a Titan, one of their bitterest enemies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

While the rest of the monsters ran around in confusion, Frank pulled his bow and rained arrows on them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Yah! There shall be no helping any water monsters tonight! Or any other night for that matter! Be gone!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They grit their teeth and wince when the monsters throw them against the mountain, but they always, always get back up, retie their red scarves and laugh. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that I wasn’t going to let these monsters invade my hometown. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We’d hung out here in his chat room for a few hours the previous evening, watching old Japanese monster movies. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The designs on this water monster were very different from Pond’s. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Once the Stolls had passed, we forged deeper into the west woods where the monsters were wilder. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And if they used animals, I imagined they wouldn’t hesitate to use parts of a monster, especially one that they thought was a threat. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When I saw him for the first time, he looked like a monster with a bloody face, a swollen eye. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s like he’s come to life because the monster he’s built has come to life. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“My father has defeated monsters stronger than Sigurd.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Piper could see the edges of walls and the tops of columns, but no monsters . . . yet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The same Bitter who wouldn’t let Jam get a pet had gone and called up a monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Moss stood up and ran his fingers along the doorjamb, trying to find any indication of how this monster was wired. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Each monster was about the size of a cow, with a bowed back like a broken-down horse, matted gray fur, skinny legs, and black cloven hooves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Soon, Nathan could see the entire water monster in the moonlight. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Anyone here think I'm a monster? That's such a strong word. Usually reserved for creatures in fairy tales. Not princesses. Not future queens." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They jumped and fled a ways down the path before it must have come to them that the charging monster was only two feet tall. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The demons, monsters, and giants were furious at his presumption and banded together to drive him out. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie did not dream of monsters that night—not even a spider scurried through her dream. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Even though it walked and talked, even though it was bigger than his house and could swallow him in one bite, the monster was still, at the end of the day, just a yew tree. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“All those monsters,” I said, “all the Greek gods— they’re real.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Of course the mythical monster is present in any number of shapes, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will go and see if any of these monsters believes in food.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m helping it to gather plants with healing abilities. And it wants me to find some yucca root. It says you’re the one that’s been healing the water monster.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“The monsters still lurk here, too,” he said. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When the monster had completely turned to dust, the lions and the Hermes statue looked around in confusion. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of the monster either, not since the attack on Harry, even though it was supposed to be time for Conor to tell a story in return. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And they gazed at themselves in it, side by side and hand in hand, and they beheld neither gods nor monsters. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And if, as a boy, Hagrid had heard that a monster was hidden somewhere in the castle, Harry was sure he’d have gone to any lengths for a glimpse of it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell Darkness to have the diagnosis meeting during the full moon. You know, full moons are special for water monsters. They make us stronger and our songs more potent.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A wild crimson blot was crawling upward rapidly along his shirt front like an enormous sea monster rising to devour him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Not unless he wanted to become Dr. Frankenstein’s monster,” she replied with a laugh. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The door flew open, and Dale leveled a shotgun at the monster with the underbite. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you think you can hide from me, you ridiculous monster?” she bellowed at the swamp. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Of the many fearsome beasts and monsters that roam our land, there is none more curious or more deadly than the Basilisk, known also as the King of Serpents. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At once, he was a little boy again, staring at a monster as it towered over his father’s body. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The monster lived in a cave, and he was going in there to find it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It woke up old Okechobee and the monster began to roll in his bed. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then the monster leapt forward to make Harry see. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think a tank could take out that old monster,” he agreed with another laugh. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And don’t go talking to too many people about this, now, you hear? Most people get real sensitive about monsters.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I asked the Holy People to remember me and help keep me safe on the ocean from the monsters that hid beneath its surface. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conor had felt what the monster was doing to Harry, felt it in his own hands. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Hi. Uh, I’m trying to help a friend, who is a water monster,” Nathan said, doing his best to not squash the spider even though he desperately wanted to. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t doubt it. Everyone wants to get a look at the Titanic. Even sea monsters.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“How do we find out who the monster is?” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The woman became nothing but a monster, vengeful and inhuman. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In life, the monsters win, she told herself, and now it was the Hound's voice she heard, a cold rasp, metal on stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Everybody is building monster houses now, and they are all dressing up,” Soros said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“But you did the right thing. I mean, stopping the Jacks. They were terrible. They were monsters.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I could never be that kind of monster,” I tell him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“All clear. No snakes. Just some regular old monsters under the bed, that’s it.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When Frank glanced back, he had at least two dozen monsters on his tail, but he needed more. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The young mouse was confronted by the wide-open eye of the monster staring directly at him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then the hands lifted the squawking monsters in a liquid vise grip. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the macrocosm of microcosm me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Giants, the fourth race of monsters, sprang up from his blood. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

How hard could it be to heal a water monster? Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh shut your beak, you little monster!” he muttered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He walked back to the party, practicing the water monster song in his head. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Leo caught a glimpse of his friends in a losing battle, yelling and slashing at the monster’s nose hairs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were four mesarthium monsters, one to each of the huge metal blocks positioned at the perimeter of the city. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As soon as his blade hit the monster, the katobleps disappeared in a flash of blood-red light. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It had hurt her too much to be alive then, hurt even more to give birth to Jam’s mother, whose existence was the result of a monster’s monstering. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

By the time we got the cover off, monsters and more security men were swarming the deck, pushing aside tourists and waiters with trays of tropical drinks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But she was chasing a monster,” I protested. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Brer said the Golden Crescent was the first to be ravaged by the iron monsters,” she responded. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You monster! I bet you thought it was great fun. You must have found their cries and their struggles quite entertaining.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan held out his pinkie and then realized that water monsters couldn’t pinkie promise. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

So it was now, as I looked at the bright-colored projection of monster America. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If monsters were below, they’d ignore mortals, waiting for some nice juicy demigods to come along. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The monsters crowded forward and slammed into one another. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There’s almost no blood on her, but her lips are already blue and the whites of her eyes are completely red, like a ghoul from a low-budget monster movie. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s say there are monsters. Let’s say they exist. We say this because it’s true. Is it true?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

This was Redemption’s house, Redemption’s brother to protect, Redemption’s monster to fight. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Things had happened so fast with the monster attack, Leo had almost forgotten. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was once an invisible man, the monster continued, though Conor kept his eyes firmly on Harry, who had grown tired of being unseen. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

That fellow was called Minotaur—a monster kept in a crazy maze by some fellow named, well, I couldn’t say that fellow’s name if it was tattooed to my tongue. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She beat a gong and shouted, “I am a reactionary teacher. I am a reactionary monster.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shape-shifters put on jet packs and follow the monsters to an asteroid. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

A young dragon had appeared in Harlem, and a dozen wood nymphs died before the monster was finally defeated. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Paul’s own at-home technology was relegated to a black-and-white television he had in his room, and on which he watched local channels and monster movies. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The bigger the monster herd got, the more mortals would get pushed aside, knocked into the water, or trampled. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

You will tell me a fourth, the monster repeated, and it will be the truth. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The child—the one they say is a monster?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re telling me a green shirt will make you invisible to monsters?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He sliced through monsters until he was ankle-deep in yellow dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They say she was a good woman, not the monster the soldiers portray her to be. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do all the monsters go through the House of Hades?” he asked. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The giant iron monster opened its mouth wide—wider than a mouth should ever, ever open—and it bellowed, allowing a maelstrom of brand flies dripping with green venom to erupt from its mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

No doubt Will Solace thought Nico was a monster now, for letting Octavian kill himself. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what kinda monster you are, but I’m pretty sure you ain’t bulletproof.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jam felt even more sure that her decision not to tell Redemption the monster was in his house was the right move. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The Builders had boarded up the gaping holes left by the monsters who’d carried off Gaily and Adam. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The monster set him down abruptly, almost dropping him to the earth, and Conor stumbled forward. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There are too many people, and monsters hate crowds.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the circle around him opening wider and wider as the monster told the story of all that he’d done for the invisible man. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

A monster, warped by others, bent on revenge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But they were slipping from his grasp, and she was getting heavier and heavier, the nightmare monster pulling harder and harder. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The monster seemed to grow before Conor’s eyes, getting taller and broader. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Romans would be the main course at a monster dinner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And the last thing Conor remembered was the monster’s mouth roaring open to eat him alive. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was trapped on a godforsaken island, alone, and mauled within an inch of his life by a white monster bear. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

According to Arachne, the malicious thoughts of monsters had eaten away at the shrine’s foundations for centuries. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Corcorans were thoughtless but this was unconscionable; those monsters, I thought, those imbeciles, they just went off and left it here all by itself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Were . . . well, it’s hard to explain, but we re monster fighters. Where’s your family?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I have become the monster of monsters, he thought as he watched it all burn. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“So, we should have a diagnosis meeting for me?” the water monster said, turning to Darkness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He fluttered away from the hand and buzzed to the other side of the swamp monster’s great head. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Now that, said the monster, is how destruction is properly done. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I was pretty sure it led here. Some powerful monster scent... She must’ve stopped here looking for the mystery monster. But we haven’t found anything yet.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Before the crowd of monsters could fill the empty space, Percy motioned for Bob to lean in. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

High John danced between the iron monsters, tangling them up as they lunged at him and leaving them twisted in rusty knots, juicy targets for my hooks and uppercuts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling I was looking at something half formed, a monster so old it was from the beginning of time, before shapes had been frilly defined. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I remembered what Annabeth had said so long ago on our quest: The real world is where the monsters are. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And she couldn’t even kill a monster—a monster, she told herself— without feeling like a monster herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Becky brought back tales of sea monsters chasing the British fleet and a two-headed calf born outside Philadelphia that portended all manner of disaster. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could also hold his own in the ring and almost knocked out that monster Carter in the intramural matches last year. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the others knew what these were for, and they all thought privately that Beowulf had gone quite mad in having them venture, thus equipped, against a monster that could breathe fire. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, the image of Octavian’s monster did not match the regal, grieving queen, deeply mourning the loss of her great love—a man toward whom many Romans still felt strong loyalty and affection. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Is he? asked the real monster behind him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“His mother was very clear—” Xan began, but the monster interrupted her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Daddy wasn’t the only monster in my life. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But maybe being a monster was my calling. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It could be nothing. It could be just another Loch Ness monster.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole ravine was full of monsters—column after column marching south, so many and so close, Hazel was amazed they hadn’t heard her shouting. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And you have worse things to be frightened of, said the monster, but not as a question. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

It is not your fault, the monster said, its voice floating in the air around him like a breeze. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He pushed through the crowd of dead Romans, shooting down monsters until his arrows were spent, slowly making his way toward his friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Beowulf believed he could put a stop to it simply by slaying one monster. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they plummeted, Jason saw a vast army of monsters spread across the hills - cynocephali, two-headed men, wild centaurs, ogres and others he couldn’t even name - surrounding two tiny islands of demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“No monster,” I said, feeling a little better, to my own surprise. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing back, I got my first clear look at the monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She thought about a future when the giants had been defeated, Gaea was asleep, and they would live happily together—no jealousy, no monsters left to battle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If the room with the monsters had been dark, the hall was the blackest pit in the seven hells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At any rate, I was pretty sure nobody else realized we were dealing with genuine man-eating bloodthirsty monsters. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her cabinmates threw javelins, most of which broke, but some lodged in the monster’s teeth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“This one should be dead, yet she’s not. The monsters you fight no longer return to Tartarus when they are slain. Some mortals who died long ago are now walking the earth again.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It rolled over in bed when he got home before sunrise: a green-eyed monster lying next to his young, inscrutable wife, but then Zizmo would blink and the monster would disappear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then he would spend the rest of the week recovering from a monster hangover, waiting for Thursday to arrive again. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His body radiated its own sort of gravity, causing the other monsters to lean towards him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He tossed his drakon meat into a hanging pot that seemed to be made from an old monster skull, then picked up a ladle and began to stir. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I slid the movie into the machine and watched the car turn into monsters by myself. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All the citizens left after the iron monsters attacked,” Brer continued. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The entire boat lurched sideways, throwing monsters off their feet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

If no monsters were visible, that just meant they were hiding, waiting to spring a trap. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“God, you’re naive. I guess this explains how that League woman was able to trick you into thinking you were something less than a monster.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Just because I no longer believed the monsters were real didn’t mean I was better, though. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“And Alfhercht calls it a monster because he doesn’t know any better. If it is, we’re going to set it free.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I plunged Riptide deep into the monster’s left eye. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her mission crept back into her head: her job was to figure out where a monster could be in all of this. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The sea was dark, but in the moonlight he thought he saw a glistening object floating near the monster—maybe the unconscious body of Frank Zhang. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Immediately the monster’s snarl turned into a brilliant smile. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ron and Harry shouted together; their spells collided and the monster was blown backward, its legs jerking horribly, and vanished into the darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It bounced off the lion’s side, but that was enough to get the monster’s attention. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The monster rose ten feet out of the water. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m going to decimate him for linking me and the monster so effortlessly. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He felt confident enough with the lullaby and the first water monster song, which he discovered allowed him to move water around like he was telepathic. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The last time those otters had seen Roz, they had thought she was some kind of monster. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t dare approach her now, not with her looking at me as if I were a monster. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A magical force called the Mist obscures the true appearance of monsters and gods from their vision, so mortals tend to see only what they can understand. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a monster, you know. I’m one of the dangerous ones.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Hold tighter. Your grip is loosening,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Conor could see raggedy teeth made of hard, knotted wood in the monster’s open mouth, and he felt warm breath rushing up toward him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

You do not write your life with words, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“This is what remains of my water,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But, for all its impressive discipline, the Twelfth Legion looked pitifully small, a splotch of demigod valour in a sea of ravenous monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was a rustling through the monster’s leaves, like the wind stirring them in a long, slow sigh. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

What if he was some monster, taking them to the other monsters to be devoured? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But not this moment, the monster whispered, still close. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When Daniel turns to face him, it looks like he’s been playing monster dodgeball in gym, which sounds terrible, but is actually a lot of fun. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It is time for the third tale, the monster said from behind him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

How many young men fear that there is a monster inside them? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

“Percy, the monster’s power is considerable. If the Titans were to steal it, or—” “You can’t,” I insisted. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A monster came up from the water and his horses, terrified beyond even his firm control, ran away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan crawled out of his window and hugged the water monster, who backed away. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

About a hundred more monsters marched behind them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes caught the swamp monster’s eyes, and they sparkled like stars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I’d never really understood what half-bloods “smell” like to monsters and satyrs, but I knew that your scent could get you killed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The massive pink pork monster landed with a thud, cracking the sidewalk. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you have to be the monster to survive,” he says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

One of the stone bridges collapsed, but more monsters kept pouring over the other one. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ephialtes stumbled away from his control board, clutching the spear as he began to crumble into monster dust. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, in the space where his legend was gathering up words, monster was surely among them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They decided to take a detour round the place where they had seen the monster tied up, and marched away through the darksome trees without a thought of danger. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the fingers of the monster so it could pick its nose, then stuck his own fingers into its mouth. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half-bloods try not to use cell phones if we can avoid it, because broadcasting our voices is like sending up a flare to the monsters: Here I am! The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Why did you do that?” the water monster asked. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

No. The full force of the monsters attention was now pouring over me, freezing me in place. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If they looked up criteria, it could be like getting a guide on how to find a hidden monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“What sort of monsters will be out tonight?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The vampire who wanted to be good — who ran around saving people’s lives so he wouldn’t be a monster ... Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, as the four badly shaken Egyptians turned loose of each other and tried to regain their dignity, the monster and the box-man leaned on each other and choked with fiendish laughter. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The candlelight beneath Lady Isobel’s face made her look like a monster. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a water monster egg—my little sister,” Pond said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A really gross one with a monster and a chain saw. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I will stay, the monster said, its hands still on Conor’s shoulders. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I am not a monster. I am a robot. And I am harmless.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to step back slowly,” I told the monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is not Grandpa, but some stranger is safer than being a mark for the monsters of lightning all around. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He looked down and realized he was crumbling to dust, like all the monsters he’d ever defeated. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In Midgard they would make their homes, protected from giants and monsters and all the dangers that wait in the wastes. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

These changes are perfectly normal and happen to all young monsters. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Every time the monster moved, Conor could hear the creak of wood, groaning and yawning in the monster’s huge body. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

By the time the other monsters overcame their confusion, the Cadillac was half a mile down the road. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then the water monster smiled and said, “Not all humans. Throughout the eras, some have aided us.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They were so far away, it took Annabeth a moment to realize she was looking at an army—thousands, maybe tens of thousands of monsters, gathered around a central pinpoint of darkness. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The monster shook his fist, and a baseball cap fluttered to the ground. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

What shall I destroy next? it asked, stepping over to the second monster, and in a terrible blurring of the eyes, they merged together, making a single monster who was even bigger. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sky god fought with the fury of exploding stars, and, as a lone god, he was targeted by most of the iron monsters. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It sent two messages: one, that I was the son of the Sea God; and two, monsters would stop at nothing to kill me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Packs of hellhounds prowled the plains, baying and snarling and attacking any monster that dropped its guard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They’d done their best to tear apart entire structures, things that made monsters. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I was using Blanka, who is a monster with a hairy chest. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I mean I understand. You think Susie is a monster. But I can’t stand to see people, or animals, or even monsters, in pain.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I had been given to understand that the Night’s Watch defended the realm against such monsters. No one mentioned keeping them as pets.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Lots of monsters. But underground smells like that. Monsters and dead milk people.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, the monsters kept their distance, waiting for Tartarus to act. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The man pauses; his oversized head moves ponderously left, like the head of some shortsighted, dull-witted monster. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, continued the monster, it was a kingdom, small but happy, for the king was a just king, a man whose wisdom was born out of hardship. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Every time I’m around you, some monster attacks us. What’s to be nervous about?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The undead just shuffled among the monsters, causing momentary confusion, but that wouldn’t last. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And then he yelled as he flew through the air, lifted and thrown by the monster as it continued its slow advance toward Håkon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They had gathered at the starboard rail to stare at the dozens of weird shaggy monsters milling through the crowds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Marcus had a monster of a game, leaving it all on the floor. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We water monsters are forbidden from sharing our songs with humans,” Pond said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sheed tore his arm from the monster’s grasp and pleaded with Mr. Flux. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I settle into my nest with a bag of candy corn and the blood-sucking monster. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The gargantuan monster trying to crush people on the upper floors looked around and let out a roar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But first, you must pass a test,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Human beings were banned from the Third World because First Woman had kidnapped an infant water monster. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The monster will be there, pious and smiling, pretending nothing happened. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The next time I saw her after that, she told me, “You see, I was pretending to be a monster, and I became a monster.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the monster held Harry’s arm behind his back, Conor had felt Harry’s muscles resisting. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The monsters swooped down, shattering the glass roof of the car, and the entire train toppled off the rails. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I looked up into his face, looming close above me like the monster on a movie screen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean it. Especially from a monster like Luke.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Because no, it would work, it would, that was the whole reason the monster had come walking. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was unmoved by the sudden appearance of the most livid and undernourished monsters in her room, or by the knock of devils and vampires at her bedroom window. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of her, the monster of a building with iron bars. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what kind of monster Dr. Thorn was, but he was fast. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z