When she stood by him in line to march in at eight-thirty he smelled bad—like his britches needed airing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He told his dad it was to help take care of his mom, but the truth is that Mac needed Bobby just as much as Dottie did. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They needed to know which foods were nourishing, which made you sick, and how to use others as cures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, ballooning is not an exact science, you know. Besides, you might be needed here.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

That I needed to be held; that I wanted to die . . . but who could I run to? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My hair needed a bit of a trim, but was shoulder- length and straight, as was the current fashion. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

How I had tricked her into telling me what I needed to know to rob those houses. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason this caused my chest to fill with more sadness than I could bear, and I wrestled myself free, claiming I needed a drink of water. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once loaded, the Penny Doubled Challenge required a player name, and then the user needed to select their rules. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew babies sometimes needed a little whack to get them breathing, but I didn’t think I could bring myself to thump this precious little life. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He did that until he needed to be hospitalized. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The boy told him then that he needed to get to the Pyramids. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were loyal to their employer and needed to keep their jobs to support their families, but they were sympathetic to our cause. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Dr. Mann will suggest much later—that maybe she was trying to say what she needed to say without saying what she needed to say—doesn’t occur to her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lanre was always where the fight was thickest, where he was needed most. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The last thing he needed was for a bunch of upstart sophomores to start thinking they were God’s gift to rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They needed shaves and their hair was wild and uncombed. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It lasted only a moment, but that was all Smith needed to notice something unusual. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Cari could afford to shred things before the day was even started, but he needed the luck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The large-eyed beauty of the women, the singing, the flowers, the bright colors, and the crying, were what he needed now. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had sense enough to know my daddy really needed me to be home working the garden. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“But I thought you said you were going to the movies tonight and you needed the money and all!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The clearing up certainly needed a lot of work, but it took less time than Sam had feared. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He needed those leaves to hide him on his way to the Sports Family house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to find a campsite and shelter before dark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to know if Marcus was telling me the truth. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The neighbors took up a collection because Pilate and Reba had spent everything getting Hagar the things needed to fix herself up. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to move, to run or jump. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

You said there were a few people you needed to see and that we should meet up later. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

What it needed was a subtle but significant change in presentation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the fourth day, I had everything I needed to survive: a stone-lined fire pit, a shelter for my lute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You weren’t going to get her. And we needed a new truck. I’m not a do-good fool—like them.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then she would tell the doctor when he made his rounds what needed adjusting or things like that. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Giver needed a successor, and he had been chosen. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to get the hell out of Dodge. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He’d needed two points in the last few weeks to pass English. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When it was decided that people needed to die in order to ease the tide of population growth, it was also decided that this must be the responsibility of humans. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Of course, the B was actually butter and the T was probably tuna—I really needed to stop letting Nana pack my lunches. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t know it was yours. We just needed a place to hide.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And maybe Rosie knew Joseph needed her to be like that right then. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He needed to be Duke and go meet a puppy named Tater Tot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But then the time came, perhaps ten thousand years ago, when we needed to know more than could conveniently be contained in brains. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was obvious to any outsider that Cange needed some kind of community health system, but the place was so desolate that it was hard to know where to start. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And then he knew what he needed to do. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody said I had hair so nappy I needed a rake to comb it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She seemed to think she needed to have it all finished up in the next week or so. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We just needed more time, and we’d be ready to rock the talent show. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“For being forgetful? For needlessly troubling the good people of lost and found? I wish they would. Did you get what you needed?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In the storeroom was everything needed for baby care, and medicines of all sorts, and even biscuits and various kinds of juice. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

What was needed was not just new machines but also a new language for discussing machinery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I told her that I needed to straighten something out first. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed time to think, a taxi would be too quick, as would a bus, what was I afraid of? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Right then, he decided that they needed a home. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She told them I was sick and that I needed rest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

—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

They wanted her, needed her, the fire, the life, and Dany gasped and opened her arms to give herself to them ... A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They had six arrows each and would be able to fire and mark them all before they needed to frighten the rabbits back by walking about to collect. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A national recession was under way, steel orders were reduced, and Coalwood was producing more coal than the steel company needed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another car had pulled into the garage and they needed us to get out. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She doubted Thanatos even needed to touch her to kill her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He needed to think about his children who were still alive, because he was honor-bound to think of the living before the dead. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to stay there, with Mark, by his side. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Until now we had simply taken what we needed to eat. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The next day after school, Jesse went down and got the lumber he needed, carrying it a couple of boards at a time to the creek bank. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

For traits such as hemophilia, this was straightforward: one hardly needed twin studies to establish heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Which means that in the suburbs and exurbs it’s hard to generate the critical mass needed to ignite truly bad behavior. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I just needed to shut up and get the heck out of there. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I decided we desperately needed to find out the location of the nearest bomb shelter so we could get there fast if we needed to. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If they needed her to baby-sit on Saturday nights or any other nights, she was supposed to be paid extra or given more time off during the week. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to view their job as mostly to listen and bolster us as needed inside the four walls of our home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This token infestation is harmless and is actually needed in order to maintain a population of beetles as protection against a future increase in the weed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her family desperately needed that seventy-five cents that she earned each day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boats and river taxis were moored, men sitting with their oared skiffs and tiny scrap sails, waiting to ferry anyone who needed to move into the Orleans beyond. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

That's how she made extra money for food and Christmas and things that we needed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He knew how to deal with Edmund, now; firmness, he had decided, firmness and directness, that is all that is needed, and then they are happy enough; boys are very simple animals. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I needed money so badly, and I was worn out trying to figure out how to get my life back. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

As much as she hated to admit it, the sad truth was that she, Kaira, needed El Genius. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Pascal doesn’t come anymore to play because his older brother died and Pascal is needed at home. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have a view of the front door or the garage from my bedroom: for that, we needed to sit in the family room. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Farid said the owner had told him that Kabul had been without electricity for two days now and his generator needed fixing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Crocodile Guts, the njuzu, and Mother had been with her when she most needed them, and she couldn’t turn her back on them now. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow we needed each other to keep going. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And her mother needed burying, though I didn’t relish another trip back to the public square. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not think now of how much strength was needed to climb and run; the fear of capture made him forget even the cold, forget even that he had no strength left. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to open it but my hands were so cold, my fingers weren’t exactly doing what they needed to be doing. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Inej had predicted that the Menagerie would arrive late—Tante Heleen loved to make an entrance—but they still needed to be in position and ready to move when the time came. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Amari knew they needed to travel in the safety of darkness. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Håkon had at some point grabbed a sword off the rack in the middle and held it, ready to stab anything that needed stabbing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A feeling that maybe I could find the answers I needed, even if they couldn’t. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But also feeling like Krystal needed to know that, because it was time. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

When he went to Permian in the tenth grade, he was mainstreamed into regular classes but could get extra help when he needed it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed all the feelings to stop boiling like a pot of dal and be cool enough for me to taste them. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were barely touching, but that was all she needed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was still irritated with her brother about the invitation, but she needed him, she wanted a share in his freedom. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“She provided only as much information as you needed to meet the goals of our experiments,” says David. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Mom. I get what you’re saying. But this bonobo would be dead or missing another finger by now if I hadn’t bought him. He needed to be in your sanctuary. And now he is.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And I know you would do the same for my children if they ever needed it.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And so it was not so difficult to see why Father Mike decided to flee his marriage, and why he needed money . . . . . . none of which, however, could Milton read in his brother-in- law’s eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Monkeyman had the heart to help me when I needed some help. If you don’t have the heart to help him that’s cool, but don’t try to finesse it off like it’s no big thing.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for that, you needed your parents' permission. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I needed something to calm my nervous twitch. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He paused, considering, and at last he said, “You don’t know why I needed the money.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was all my sisters needed to know. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Insulin injections encouraged Woolf to gain weight, and to manage his diabetes he needed to consume regular, high- protein, low-carbohydrate meals—meats were recommended—which also added pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The verbs would come in due time, but until then I needed a comfortable place to hide. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It is warm and cheesy and just what I needed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Although he did not yet realize it, Washington was beginning to act like an intelligence agent: He found people who either knew what he needed to know or could find out. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still needed Egypt’s wealth to finance his army. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I’d have liked to walk her home, but I really needed to go. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was designed to be unfinished, so that lean-tos could jut out as they were needed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But I won’t be going to the planet. The Chancellor made clear my service is needed here.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

After the war, the army gave back the Gypsies’ horses, and the goats, no longer needed, disappeared again into the forest. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I asked her if she was okay, and she said that she needed to be alone, so I went up and finished Naked Lunch. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

No submarines attacked us and we were kept busy on board practicing our code and all the other skills we needed as signalmen. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sigurd needed Håkon’s blood for his powers, and if blood was best in the new sun, then dawn would be the best time to spill it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Because Lulabelle needed to know the truth. She needed to go back to Chicago where she belonged.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“In Havana, if I needed a cup of sugar, all I had to do was knock on your door.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mama and I both tried to explain to him why we needed to shut the dog up, but Little Arliss was too mad to listen. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was remembering the odd way Raven had greeted them—asking if they needed anything in that really formal way that made James joke about her being a butler. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Jule knew she wasn’t telling it the way it needed to be told, but she was telling it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her friends grew afraid of her, for every time she showed up on a visit it was because she needed something. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly after we moved into the depot, Mom decided that what we really needed was a piano. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rolf, unmarried and simple in his tastes, closed up most of the house, but when Aron needed a place to study he gave him a large room and helped him with his studies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could think in peace and escape into my own world when I needed to. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She stayed in the shadow of the curtain wall whenever she could, so the sentries walking their rounds on the ramparts above would have needed to look almost straight down to see her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was no running water, no electricity, and nothing to buy but the pipes and wires needed if you wanted to live with plumbing and electricity. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"He was intelligent, spellbinding. I knew in my bones that here was an opportunity to do some work. I needed only some kind of pretext to make contact with him." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He even stuffed the macrobiotic jerky in his coat pocket, in case he needed to threaten any more killer whales. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was a mother to me if I needed one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t need to do that quite as much as he needed to count, but the exercise still brought him some comfort. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The last thing they needed on this quest was paparazzi taking pictures of all Frank’s epic fails. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All he needed was a messenger, someone to tell his wife that he was alive. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In order to make that happen, I needed to send an updated passport photo to the Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was housed in the Pakistani embassy in Washington, DC. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The old lady next door needed help moving boxes? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Never wanted to do anything where I needed one. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Martin needed the money way more than I needed another pair of stupid earrings. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He needed no lamp to scrutinize the thing before him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Roz’s friendly demeanor needed some work, but it was a start. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Raymie needed to do a good deed, plus she needed to make up for the bad deed she had just done. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

A youth pastor named Jonboy used to roam around the buffet with a group of high school kids, smiling for the old ladies and asking if any of them needed work done on their lawns. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She concentrated on it, mentally letting the ocean hands know where she needed to get. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But that Saturday morning at home, as he laid out his tools and the pieces of an antique clock that needed fixing, he could not stop thinking about the monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister hated her nose, too—hers was smaller but more rotund than mine—and my parents agreed that something needed to be done about it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry to say that there’s still something stiff and severe in my drawings, and I think that she, namely her influence will be needed to soften that.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it’s high time he went, for he is ready, and as soon as he is off, I shall turn soldier. I am needed.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had gone to San Francisco for the books he needed and had written for a number of separates. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t he know that what the army really needed was a chance to win a battle? George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank God, because she made me feel like I needed to be a better person just through her existing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I desperately needed his sympathy, but he offered none. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Richard Mellon Scaife, the publisher and heir to a banking fortune, bought an extra house, too; he needed it for the staff. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Before I could decide, I needed to get to know it better. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Booth needed rest and would happily have spent a month with the Garretts recovering from his injury and regaining his strength. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We made our comeback together. I guess me and the Biscuit both needed those first two races, but we are ready to meet all comers now.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d say, “I never needed a dishwasher in the Philippines, did I?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Rowan picked up an ace, which he needed for his hand, but discarded it anyway. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He needed to dig deeper to understand where the lure of technology fit on this continuum. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Whenever Conrad and I pleaded with them for new crayons or toys from the five-and-dime, they said we needed to control our wants because God would take care of us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to kick her under the table, but she wouldn’t understand why he needed her to be quiet. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

What he needed was help—some encouragement, some guidance, anything to bolster his resolve. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know about the others, but I was needed. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t seem to know about it,” Ellsberg said, “and it was obvious he needed to see these.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then the last thing anyone needed was a bunch of infected soldiers running through the streets. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He would have thought that by sitting still they would have hardly needed to eat. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The book title was Get to Know Your Local Library. Dr. Zinchenko meant we needed to get to know this library. This also explains why she wanted us to read those Sherlock Holmes stories.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The party badly needed people and Severo was anxious for a seat in Congress, so they had no trouble convincing the downtrodden voters of the South to choose him as their candidate. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what I needed in terms of support. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

One of the guards, an aging man with thinning hair, saluted a second time and said, “Captain—you’re needed.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now, as one of God’s servants, I could provide spiritual and tangible comfort to those who needed it, without regard to color or religion. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If she thought I needed kindness, it wasn’t a good sign. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Often this meant making a trip into downtown Washington, but sometimes she had to travel much farther to get the information she needed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Probably so Snow and his inner circle can make a last-minute escape to some presidential bunker somewhere if needed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I noticed the same thing. I worried she might be suffering. I thought maybe she needed us to save her.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“If he said he needed it for his job...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know rabbits needed help with that.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

After the truck is gone, Axel replies, “Ray needed it.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He called his wife, and told her he’d had a conversation that had changed his life, and that he needed time to figure things out. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You are a pretty girl,” Aunty Onenu said, nodding, as though being pretty were needed for the job and she had worried that Ifemelu might not be. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Everything we had, everything we needed, was in those bags. Were not getting to the Heart of the Jungle or finding the Shetani until we get that stuff back.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Now she was out not only her wage, which her family needed, but also the twenty cents for round-trip bus fare. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He needed to be there, because even though I loved the Delta countryside, that wasn’t what I’d been missing. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

More work on this provocative thesis is clearly needed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know why Coach needed so many gym bags. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He only wanted to give me the time I needed to wipe the tear away. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I was angry, because I missed my squad and needed more violence. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I rubbed down the horses at night and rattled the sheet of tin backstage when we needed thunder onstage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Because of her father’s government position, and the grocery store that her mother ran in the downstairs of their home, Grandma Nellie always had what she needed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We needed to interview more students, in other words, before writing them off. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

One day, after everybody had been to visit the Collaborative Classroom at least once, Mr. Terupt decided we needed to discuss our group experiences. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He’s playing football for Penn State but he needed the summer to get his grades right to play football. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to try one more time to get her to change the rules. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I was on my mom’s until primary three, then my dad said we needed to get our own passports,” Osahon said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

All I needed to do was call him. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

That was the first and only really vital thing we needed to know. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To their left, somewhere in the distance, Percy heard rumbling and creaking, like a huge machine needed oiling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was just getting started and I needed time. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why the State felt they needed a militia to guard the entrance to the prison on the night of an execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“We did tell you so. Erik did need help. He needed a doctor’s help.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what they needed—a piece of wreckage to keep them from sinking. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Lending a coat to a friend who needed to save face with his mother and father could be normal, Shin thought. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She still needed to tell her about the camera. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Held me like she knew I really needed to be held. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And they needed fuel; for Strider said that Frodo must be kept warm, especially at night, while fire would be some protection for them all. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Minnie was an asset now, an acquisition to be warehoused until needed, like cocooned prey. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

You just needed to jiggle the lock to get it open. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Twigs scratched against the high windows, as if they needed to be let in. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We needed to make the complexity of the case and the multiple ways that Walter's rights had been violated coherent and understandable to the judge. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The schools were all identical, because the same construction code was copied and pasted into a different location whenever a new school was needed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That was all she said, and that was all she needed to say. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He needed to remember it when he woke up scared in the middle of the night. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He had heard that a ranch needed a foreman. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had needed something that would explain Freud’s technical terminology, that would clarify the various shades of meaning the German words had—and he had found this dictionary of psychological terms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She never broke down, but that split second when the truth of the matter flashed across her face was all I needed to know it was there. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday, you almost had me convinced that you helped me because I needed it.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I pretended to drink at the water fountain, but what I really needed to gulp down was air. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

For humans, they were noxious weeds that needed to stop growing. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I needed more than that for my feature articles for Interplanetary Press. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Alex walked down from his home to Forty-second Street Thursday morning around the time he would have left for school, far earlier than he needed to, but he couldn’t risk missing the bus. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Or sometimes they needed information from people for reasons she could only guess at. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn't that I was jealous that they had rich relatives, I just didn't think Smitty needed to be flashing his new stuff every minute. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He had needed her, Tyrion realized afterward, as she lay quietly in his arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His people, both soldiers and civilians, were certainly going to be needed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Grossman needed to cut away more dead tissue—he felt that the wounds still weren’t clean enough for a skin graft. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Still, a much bigger part of me felt certain that I needed this hallucination—this dream—this thing—to disappear. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Someone has to know. He needed help, right? You can’t just disappear.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He needed his own to watch his back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for having us. We needed so much to get away.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed a new deal, but he was all out of ideas. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I needed the loan....I told him it’s so I can finish my degree at the university.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As Dede walked up the driveway, assessing what still needed to be done in the yard, the boys raced each other to the door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were people who bought and sold horses—exactly what I needed. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Once they no longer needed her, what reason would she have to stay in East Texas? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d come up with a plan, and he needed to put it into action. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I was becoming aware of smells again and I needed a bath. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed them to see her as hard-working and responsible, as someone ordinary, someone without secrets. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He needed to expose Seabiscuit to a similarly unruly gate horse and inure him to the sight of it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would tell him I would do whatever he needed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was the only one I let myself cry in front of, because she was the only one who never asked what was wrong, or if I needed anything, or if she could help. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I kept the note vague-— I told him we needed to talk about the other day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told the woman for whom I was working, a Mrs. Bibbs, that I needed an allday job that would pay me enough money to buy clothes and books for the next school term. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A quadruplet code would have 256 permutations—far more than needed to encode twenty amino acids. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

He stayed out until midnight in case somebody needed an emergency ride. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley told him he needed to write smaller, or else they'd run out of paper real quick. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I could follow the ball good and all it needed was for somebody to announce it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You never truly know what you will or won’t do until you’re going through it. We needed food. Welfare could help us get food.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

If he was to become the girl in the pink fluffy jacket, he needed to be clean-shaven. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continued to practice regularly with the hope that spring would mark the end of a successful oyster season and give us the margin we needed to continue her trips to Salisbury. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like he knows we really needed to talk about something else. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He needed privacy for this thing he was discovering about himself: a place to test it in secret, to weigh his own fear for what it meant. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He said he would cover whatever was needed. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama said we needed to get that milk out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure your mother said I needed to pick you up at three thirty,” Dad says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

We were committed to providing services, housing, job training, life skills, counseling, and anything else people coming out of prison needed to succeed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ivy took a step forward because Layla was still her sister and sisters needed each other when things like this happened. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I saw them together, like I told you, but you wouldn’t have taken me seriously if I’d just been some girl on the train. I needed—” “You needed!” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement felt foreign to me, but we needed to know. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

To divert him, I asked a question that I needed answered anyway. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Impatience is a fire that rages in clouded minds, and I needed to be clearheaded. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then Vaughan telephoned the new Osage County sheriff to say that he had all the information he needed and that he was rushing back on the first train. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Walter’s case had needed it more than most. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

According to Hutchison, Boukreev “was bent over, retching, about a hundred feet from the South African’s tent. When I asked if he needed help, he answered, ‘No! Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had met her last night, and she had told me to let her know if I needed any help, of course. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Articles claimed that "at least a score” of people needed medical care for hysteria and shock, and that "many were injured in the widespread panic” as they tried to flee. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

"I thought you'd gone off to sleep in there and needed waking up." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

If the Web was devastatingly efficient at displaying maps on a screen, it needed some fine-tuning when it came to capturing the scale and feel of a place. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew where Mum kept the salt and vinegar crisps hidden and I needed some. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It needed but a moment for her to stoop and pick the lovely thing up, but that brief pause brought him abreast of her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because it made him realize that as much as he needed his family, another family probably needed him more. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

What I needed to hear was “I’m OK,” but what I heard was nothing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The two complaints were not helping the old firebrand Malcolm X image any, nor were they generating the local public interest that was badly needed by his small, young OAAU. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I said, “I needed to sit down and be quiet and think.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

TRW desperately needed programmers familiar with the particular software the power station used. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I pulled on long cotton pants that used to be June’s and August’s white shirt, which needed the sleeves rolled up about ten turns. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday before the bubble gum got into it, it had looked as though it simply needed combing. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Davis said he needed to stop by the house, and I was going to wait for him outside, but Daisy shoved me forward so hard I found myself walking alongside him. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, intending to pray again for the help I so desperately needed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea was that a Marine needed the energy from that food to go into battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luma knew that for the Under Thirteen Fugees to compete in the Tornado Cup, they needed an intense week of practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

More than a hundred years later Galileo still needed, when writing in Latin, to use convoluted phrases such as ‘unknown to all astronomers before me’ to convey it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I just needed to wander the woods. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You know, Wolachu,” he said to me, tapping his lip with his long forefinger, “that Golden Rule and those other things that Jesus Christ said people needed to live by?” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When have people ever needed me for anything? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But the last thing Fig needed was an agitated doctor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I vowed to return to it someday, if only to see it restored to the home my friends needed it to be. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

After she hung up with Zeitoun, Kathy did what she knew she shouldn’t do, because clients no doubt needed and expected to reach her in the morning. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I could read and write, but I knew none of the skills needed to survive in the unfamiliar, perhaps hostile lands that lay beyond the fields and folds of our little parish. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shin did not know it, but to pass safely through the fence he needed a device that could shunt the flow of current from the fence to the ground. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

If I was going to help, I needed to practice. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I feel mostly relieved and a little embarrassed, because I feel like I made it into a bigger deal than it needed to be. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Although the family did not return with as much rice as they needed, Omakayas and Two Strike Girl became such good friends that, ever after, they called each other sister. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The people were desperate for a leader, for someone to tell them what to do. I vowed that I would give them what they needed and that such destruction would never happen again.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A girl needed to preserve some mystery, even from her omniscient Dadi. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One of them was holding a shiny paper card shaped like an apple that said she needed a follow-up visit. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I needed another word that rhymed with gooey, chewy, and screwy,” I explained. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The more they gave him, the bigger the world felt, and Joaquin needed a fence, an edge, something to keep him from falling off the face of the thing. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

How all self-made men found what they needed to know in bookstores. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He helped all who needed his help or asked for his time. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The last thing Sam needed was to be reminded of what faced them on the morrow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Did I have the sum needed as deposit for the passport? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only needed a few shirts and anything else I could find. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“And they really said they needed me more than I needed them?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had never had to try to make a pleasant impression on a stranger before, never needed anything from a stranger before, and did not remember ever asking anybody in the world how they were. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d said she needed a break, and both Aloe and Jam understood completely. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was a hot, muggy day, and I realized suddenly that the mare had been sweating excessively and needed water. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In it Newton not only put forward a theory of how bodies move in space and time, but he also developed the complicated mathematics needed to analyze those motions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Find Sansa and bring her to the audience chamber. Her voice may be needed." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Funny thing to think of, but I still remember thinking they needed some axle grease. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day he might want to bite someone in the leg, and for that you needed teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Emily slid her books into her locker, lingering longer than she needed to while slams and stomps and shouts filled the hallway. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

People from other countries could come to learn how to speak English and get the knowledge they needed to manage their businesses. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Stalin was screaming for the bomb, and Soviet scientists still needed more information from Los Alamos—they needed final reports on how the atomic bombs had been made. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms were sore from turning the crank, and I had purple ink all over my hands, but we needed the copies. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might as well have been a blues song, the way it asked a question that needed an answer. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

People needed to work faster than the weather and to keep pace with machines. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“So, Lucy-on-the-TV. What do we need to talk about? Too many people have needed to talk recently. Normally it ends with someone hitting me.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He decided he needed to make absolutely sure that the people of the Soviet Union were loyal to him—or at least, that they behaved in all ways like loyal people. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I hate that there are things—trivial things, like why she needed a newspaper clipping about a cookbook author who’d be visiting the library—that I never knew to ask Lucy about. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And any books on previous impossible tasks were housed in a forbidden section, which you needed special permission to access. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Oasis Circle—what if I needed to get there? Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was dropping things and eating food that belonged to the newly married couple and started in to worrying everybody that the deweys needed a bath and she was going to give it to them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel felt willing enough, but Fiver needed persuasion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana had had a hard time sewing the thing so the hen's legs could poke out where they needed to. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The point was to keep a list—a numbered list—of all the things he needed to Google, because to Genie, the more questions you had, the more answers you could find. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Because Mexican racing officials were not bound by the mandate that every horse carry at least 100 pounds, they could give Seabiscuit 130 while assigning other horses fewer than 100 if they needed to. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women were placed in small boats similar to the ones that had taken them away from their homeland; fewer boats were needed to unload the surviving slaves than when they had started out. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could tell he needed his glasses very bad. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

With those two thoughts in mind—neither of which really gave me the sort of lift I needed—I left the lunch bar and walked rapidly back to school. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But still, he was her Care and he needed her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I must have gone headfirst into a tree and knocked myself out. I woke up in town this morning. “That’s the other reason I needed to come back,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The state was dreamlike, as if the hysteria had freed me from a fiction that, five minutes before, I had needed to believe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That’s a fivefold increase in the size of the group, but a twentyfold increase in the amount of information processing needed to “know” the other members of the group. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian stood in front with a knife and a Beanie Baby lion, just in case anyone needed to consult the god of cutesy collectibles. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I, on the other hand, needed to climb the ranks in the Fishery quickly so I could earn money working on my own projects. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

More bronze wires shot from the orb, intuitively sensing what Leo needed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even though I wasn’t sure where I was heading, there was a journey I needed to take. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This reminded Quaker Stevens that he needed nails. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the pregnancy advanced they were becoming a single being, they were becoming more and more integrated in the solitude of a house that needed only one last breath to be knocked down. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her soul needed Dreamer’s Weep, and she needed him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If the church stash is low or lacks a needed size, he gives away the few shoes and clothes he owns. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The image of Paul standing in the hallway kept flashing in Sergio’s head, and he needed it gone. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

This small prompt was all the excuse I needed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Mama needed to return to Akira, so Hanako got to work draining the tub water, cleaning the tub, refilling it with the pump, and starting the fire beneath it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bigger crowds required clearer facial cues, which was something I needed to work on. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon Sass went off to the village to get medicine for Hari, saying she could not trust a girl my age to get what was needed. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly, she knew exactly what she needed to tell Ruthie. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was sort of like putting stuff into different drawers in my mind and then remembering which drawers I needed to open and when. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first, some effort was needed, and he had to make many passes; but now, she seems to yield at once, as if by habit, and scarcely any action is needed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I needed to remember I was in sixth grade and not in eighth grade, and I was not the hero who was supposed to be going to the rescue all the time. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The Castlemans were now in hushed conversation with Auntie Harrigan and did not look as if they needed assistance, but Mama raced over there anyway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Is that the one thing I still needed to know?” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I needed a few more minutes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He dared not look at Hooper again, and he needed to get himself warm, too. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She needed a sandwich board that said, America is my country too. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"You gave me help when I needed it," Jon Snow said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Take what they needed, leave what they could., Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, engines of the kind we needed were now available, but they were expensive. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My job was to stand there, shake hands, and throw out yeses and noes as needed. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some walked on prosthetic legs, others needed canes or crutches. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

From there, he sighted the advantage he needed: midway down from the mill walls, where the field began to flatten out, a purple granite slab shouldered out of the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She needed to come up with a brilliant rescue plan. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Like she was some helpless child who needed tending. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It needed an oil change and the brakes squealed—and those were just the things I knew to watch out for. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t leave the bike and run—he needed that bike—and he couldn’t ride on the flat tire, so he threw the bike over his shoulders and started jogging. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She was now a fast and expert operator and they needed her in the day when the traffic was heaviest. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that when she needed the bear she would be able to call on the bear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was far more angry than he needed to be. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This flat stone was what I needed to hold up the funnel and finish my fireplace. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We moved because, like, my dad got sick and needed the doctors here.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She sensed when a guest needed more tea before the guest did, expressed herself by filling his cup, thought in terms of matching, balancing, connecting, completing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it needed thirteen hours to cool down fully. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I needed advice, and I couldn’t wait until I saw Holly again. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Whatever was given by Black people to other Blacks was most probably needed as desperately by the donor as by the receiver. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sent to shed or bam or field whenever he was not needed in the tavern itself. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded so simple, but it was what C.P. needed to hear. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us weren’t needed, so they escorted us to the river followed by the chosen ones. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There were things we needed to talk about. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He unbuttoned his seersucker jacket, as though he needed greater body freedom for the discussion. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to be purified, she told him, and only a terrible penance could do that. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We only needed it to stay above water until we paddled away. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we needed their permission to do something, we often sent Deborah to ask. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If only Lourdes had had a gun when she needed it. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe—just maybe—she would give us the clue we needed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Pipkin needed no further persuasion and they set off together, over the grass track, across the turf beyond and down the escarpment. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed me a piece of paper with the things Dad needed from the hardware store and a twenty-dollar bill. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

What a thing to see at a time when I needed it so badly! Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But first, he said, there were a few things I needed to know. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sister Inez said his mind needed time to recover from his terrible ordeal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the new High group, unlike all its forerunners, did not act upon instinct but knew what was needed to safeguard its position. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They needed to line up support from leading community members. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was all that was needed to send Nali into tears. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

By including the Interzonal games, the book would acquire some needed bulk and, presumably, be more valuable. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he really cranked it up, concluding as follows: At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Each was furnished with all it needed to grow. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All we needed was just to move the hogs along to where we wanted them, and Old Yeller already knew how to do this. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Because I was needed at home to do the work." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The poor needed education, jobs, and decent housing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Axel doesn’t make it to his house, not even back to the big red barn, but places aren’t always what is needed to feel home. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I tucked a handkerchief into one of the big pockets of my funeral dress, just in case I needed it later. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

If ever we needed one of your jokes it’s now . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He needed to renew his strength after being awake for almost twenty-four hours. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to be able to catch energy and hold it, storing precisely the needed amount and releasing it in measured shares. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Army needed nurses, she was sure of it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Elmar could be friendly when he needed help, but afterward he would always remember that he was a squire and she was only a serving girl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One of the guards dropped the portable spotlight, and all the man needed to do was pick it up again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Amari learned quite a bit of English from the boy, who seemed to know intuitively what she needed to know. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head of a wolf pack needed to be trained, and who better to do this than Amaroq? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he left her room, after pointing out a cord on the wall that she could pull if she needed anything, Kira looked again at the robe displayed on the table. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed a little sister like Frightful needed vegetables. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she needed was to be left alone. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Finally he said, “You know, Stella, when I was eleven, I had to quit school. Grandaddy needed me to work in the fields.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“General Coleman is waiting for us. We needed to be in DC fifteen minutes ago.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

But I needed to know that she was still out there—that there was one more person in the world who remembered me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For anyone with even a little brains, no experience was needed, especially if one had any knack at all with people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said I didn’t want Shawn in prison but that some type of intervention was needed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

What they needed was a big one, and they waited. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

If she was going to live as the Eskimos once lived, she needed a home, not just a camp. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A majority of tenants, young mothers, said that what they really needed was help in forming a day-care center in the project. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like the empty shells of locusts left on tree trunks, they were no longer needed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bitter always needed to organize, to tidy up, and right then Pet was an explosion of loose ends she couldn’t ignore. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

What he needed from Eastman was its industrial expertise. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Most sergeants were more like support personnel, there to set you straight when you erred, but mostly to help when you needed a hand. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he needed Lyell’s guidance, because distraught as he was about this as well as his children, he could not make a decision himself. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad told Mom she needed to ask her mother for the money to fund the cyanide- leaching process he was developing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I just needed to get out of there. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But maybe if our parents hadn’t forbidden us from seeing each other, I wouldn’t have needed to steal her away like I did in the first place. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But before anything could be done, the men needed to rest. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“He was going to a river, and he said he needed my blessing. I gave it to him. Of course I did.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the photograph and from what Violet could remember from the coffin, the girl needed her ends cut. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed his stories, for the times when he told them were the only times I truly forgot myself, forgot how hideously ugly I was. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Lovey’s sighs and curses when she needed a rest saved Cora from asking. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I needed to talk to you about something,” she says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wondered why Calista had never told me she needed bottle caps before. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hunters killed what the community needed to replenish supplies of meat and hides. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Some girls weren’t able to attend school because their families needed them to work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That seemed to give her the license she needed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t earn it. It come from selling the calf. I was only going to bury it—till it was needed.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He needed more beer to keep him loose inside and to make his stomach feel better. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas forced himself to eat; the way things were going, he needed to make sure he’d have strength to deal with whatever insane thing came his way next. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was only one service he might be needed for. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They had to work out details like the specific placement of the memorial, the exact length needed to fit everyone’s names, and the thickness of the granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was also sure that a search had been started for us, not fully understanding that a war was on and that all the ships and aircraft were needed to fight the U-boats. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he bought a new desk pad, that, like a real father, who needed to make a real living, he might apply himself to the doctorate on which the future of his children depended. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he knew I needed the comfort of his presence because he sometimes let me go along with him and carry his tools. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She had a walker as well, but only used that if she needed to move quickly, like at school when they went outside for recess. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“But you’ll probably be hearing from us soon. We may be at war with the Russians in another year or so. You fellows will certainly be needed again then.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to write all this down somewhere. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We needed coupons for everything, not just food. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many more would be needed in the near future. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But his medical license had saved him from being sent back to Greece; America needed physicians. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter if these Osage needed their money to pay for education or a sick child’s hospital bills. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Never before had humanity so badly needed its music to share the burden of anxiety, and composers everywhere answered this plaint. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The Hideout was there when I needed to get away from my parents’ arguments. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

We all needed to eat in the morning. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But when I looked at the sketch pad, all I had were puzzle pieces of the shark, when I needed to have a complete portrait. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

All he needed was to call Kathy, who would call a lawyer. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The sexton paid no further attention to him, but crawled off down the path for another body, or for anything else that needed to be scavenged. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand why I needed help, because it seemed to me that you should wear heavy boots when your dad dies, and if you aren't wearing heavy boots, then you need help. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he needed to save his energy to be a good teacher. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

That he was a very important dentist and was needed in Isfahan. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The slow pace of withdrawal was necessary, he explained, because American forces needed to stay long enough to ensure an “honorable” end to the war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was just what he needed to do his report. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They needed a more reliable source of power. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Priddy needed was a blanket legal order that would authorize him to sterilize a woman on explicitly eugenic grounds; one such test case would set the standard for a thousand. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Now that he was “all grown,” as Gran put it, he said he needed his weekends to relax. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I begged her to take me with her, but she said I could not miss school and my father needed me and besides, she had to go alone. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But those possibilities did not occur to me when I needed them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t really know where he was going now; he just needed to walk—anywhere. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I copied him around the time I turned thirteen because confusing Mateo Thoughts surfaced and I needed tons of Mateo Time to sort through them. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I needed to get up and defend myself. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The General bought more than I needed in the house. There was nowhere to put this one,” Aunty Uju said, a general statement made to nobody in particular, a way of shrugging off thanks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He finally stopped trying around four-thirty, finished up whatever he needed to do, then woke his sisters. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She needed all her focus on the newcomers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When Elizebeth explained that she needed a job, the librarian told her about a millionaire who needed help with a mystery about Shakespeare. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was the first person I had ever known who really needed my help. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was happy that in addition to my mom and sister, Akhi had also made it to this competition and was able to provide me with the support I needed on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

What she needed most was an evening dress to wear at her singing appearances. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

And she wanted to know everything: how Rachel and I got together, and what my feelings were, and whether we needed her to drive us anywhere. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There were guards standing in those doorways, distracted maybe, but all one needed to do was turn his head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For the first time, the coach looked down at my ankle, like he still needed some kind of verification. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Father suddenly remembered he needed to stomp off and do some very important thing or another, and to make a long story short, they didn’t stay for dinner. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said only what needed to be said. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She needed to go home, to the house on Dart. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But Avery Jenkins’s letters, handwritten in print so small I needed a magnifying glass to read them, convinced me that he had been very ill for a long time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If he emptied his backpack, then he might be able to carry whatever he needed to bring with him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He had done this many times—just reached out and grabbed something— in the hope that by accident he might come upon the very piece of information he needed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She needed a better view of the room. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to be cast out, but she needed to understand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But that had been over a year ago, when there were more wealthy foreigners around with fancy watches they needed fixed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She needed a steady man who could marry her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other parts of the house were old, too, but had been added later as needed. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She firmly believed that her son needed a voice of authority to scare him back onto the right path. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Because we had made changes in the code, we all needed to make sure everyone was well briefed. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much had happened that he needed time to think. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“We had a town hall meeting for students who needed to talk about it. I went,” Lee Lee tells me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mother wore that same faded cotton saree every day—she needed a new one made of silk to wear on holidays. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

When they stepped out of the World of Insects, Kelly said she needed to use the bathroom. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She was in control of her thoughts, and that was all she really needed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I needed to take me another long hot shower. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We remembered Hernando de Soto, who was the first European to explore what is now the southern United States, as Hernando de Soda: It was so hot down south that he needed a soda. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Yes, Cora needed to keep better guard over her thoughts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She needed to urinate; she urinated too often these days and she kept forgetting to ask Doctor Patel if her medication was the reason. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I kind of panicked and started shaking him, asking him if he needed help, but he pushed me away, told me to leave him alone, so I did. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

After all, it was rich in exactly the kinds of resources the Nazis needed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had everything that he needed in this life, including a great deal of food. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Lyra didn’t want to look, but Will went to see if the man was still alive and needed help. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She needed to do something so impressive that it would overshadow any rumors about her birth—something so incredible that no one would dare speak ill of her family. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

An infection—probably typhoid fever— had left her so debilitated the year before that she had needed twenty-four-hour nursing care for months. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she asked if I was in any danger and if I needed to stay at the compound. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed information about the wedding and none of the people in town seemed likely to talk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He needed me, and I needed him to need me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then that Saturday she called, saying she needed to talk, that she had something important to tell me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico started to speak, but whatever he needed to say must have been too terrifying. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He blinked twice at Y. Then O, then at L...and I needed no more letters to finish writing YOLANDA. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple figured she’d get anything else she really needed on that second trip. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

One needed a handle, a lever, a means of inspiring fear. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

It was strange to walk through town with nothing she needed to do. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“All that is needed is a piece of rope.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But she also knew that I needed to go. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I needed to get out of Bethlehem, out of my skin, my skull, and the ghost of my family. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to create a portfolio of current events articles and show how they related to stock prices, and to get the back issues. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

After a few months at Birkenau, we were told Auschwitz needed workers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Who would have thought old men needed to be cautioned too; told and warned against seeing, smelling or even hearing her? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We needed Miss Peregrine—a whole, healed one—the Miss Peregrine who would know just where to go and how to get us there safely. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dasch figured since he was the leader, he could order the others on his team to do what was needed. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But the assignment was not a complete failure—Hairwoman runs the drama club and she recruited several new members based on their performances as to why they needed an extension. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

For some time, I had needed to go to the bathroom. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She said I was under great strain—and I needed rest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony needed to agree to certain conditions and meet certain demands if he expected to have her full cooperation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Their mission was to decrypt the entire First Folio, and they needed another assistant. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

All her life, V had counted on having her words available to her whenever she needed to use them. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She needed to lie down more and more often as time passed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The airport brought jobs, and the people working those new jobs needed places to live. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Just as Father needed to talk to Zuraiq’s mother, my brothers and I argued that we needed to talk to Zuraiq. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was the openly gay son of a pastor from Pennsylvania, and I met him through a mutual friend one day when we needed a ride off campus. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Here I was so needed, and there was so much to be done. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I needed authentication from the Attorney General," said the Warden. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"Mo always said you worried too much. Told me I needed to make sure you didn't go gray before high school." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had advanced ten thousand dollars of the seventy-six thousand needed. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to reach great success in the world, James knew he needed a more rigorous college education. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She needed to think about what had just happened to her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I most forgot he was still alive! Amos Woodwell! Yup, he give me a hand when I really needed it, way back when.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had a sunburn and he needed a shave. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But friends and relatives fanned their outrage, and convinced them that those responsible needed to be held accountable. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the boys who needed to be nice to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now they learned that they needed official permission to treat every MDR patient they found. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Aureliano, for his part, found in her the justification that he needed to live. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Catherine bought the things she needed for the baby, up in the town. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He's lying down sleeping. He will be here when he is needed.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I needed to get us back to how we’d been just a few moments earlier. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

His card didn’t work, but he needed to catch that train. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She was always there when I needed her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Her hands lay on top of the armrests as if they needed a place to sit after a lifetime of clenching, and in fact, she seemed to be settling into stillness, quietly and crankily. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Gold was needed in New York City right away. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think he needed to hear that his words were literally feeding my soul at that moment. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For all those other jobs, you needed some college, but not to become a correction officer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I figured out the key to Capricorn’s heart, so I could do what needed to be done for his own good. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

People of all ages and colors used the streetcars to get where they needed to go, yet another way in which the living and the dead were not as different as they might think. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Not only would she be regarded as a hero, she would prove once and for all that she could do everything alone—that she needed no one’s help. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The day before the strike, I was driving Ida and her twelve-year- old son home, and I mentioned that I needed her to wash and press some shirts for me the following day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to beat Jackson back down so she could slip out. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not quite understanding how, he knew what he needed to do. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But on the other hand, I knew what I needed to do. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was as if it drew in on itself, gathered the momentum it needed, and then began to grow. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to make a few bad decisions and have a few boys break her heart. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

One man called out, “But Reb Boruch, why would they billet soldiers here if they are needed elsewhere for the war?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he could find his way home; now he would not get lost; now he could hide when he needed to, and move about safely. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Whatever this place is, it has not needed to be as pragmatic as our city. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was about to make a joke about how good that was, because someone needed to teach him some manners, but then I saw the look on his face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It seemed they weren’t prioritizing the governance of the country or the fact that people needed jobs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Now she just needed to get past him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though he no longer needed to drink to forget whatever it was he could not remember. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He explained how he got his break — how he kept his eyes open until one day he met this guy who needed somebody he could trust. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed a break, and she was thrilled to learn that Lucretia Mott would be joining them. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

That jog to and from the library nearly did me in, but Sunny needed her fix. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“If any text appeared which needed solution, it was our business to solve it if possible,” she later said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When he had first arrived home by ship one week ago, he'd needed a cane to lean on. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He had hours of work left to do, but he needed a break from the heat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

We just needed to help get them into those rooms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Macy probably needed someone to talk to about this as much as I did. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

For once, that little boy was quiet, as if he could tell I needed his good behavior. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was just no easy way to get the number of faded orbs they needed in time. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know I needed the money until after the banks closed,” I said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll only be a minute,” Fezzik said, because there were some things you did, no matter what, and when a friend needed help, you helped him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that the colonel only wanted to know if he needed permission from Farmer to smoke his cigarette, if that was what happened in a democracy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She said that they needed to put down a real root system to achieve their potential. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The roof was nearly complete, although Arturo pointed out a few areas where sunlight filtered through, which needed to be patched. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Seven years later, a childhood friend reappeared at the moment I most needed him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Privacy is hard to come by on the road, and they needed it as much as I did. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“She might not have needed saving if we hadn’t locked the thing in with her,” Harry reminded him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was not the sort of love he needed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Thoros always needed a new sword after a melee, but Robert had been fond of the man and ever glad to provide one. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Our house was often full of relatives from Shangla who came to Mingora when they needed to go to the doctor or do some shopping. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he knew I needed to make friends with the three of you.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Around 1921. The owner of the castle where he was buried needed money and put him up for sale. And we bought him.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He said that the two workers were kind enough to stick around and make sure we all ate and that we needed to return the kindness. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She needed time to wrap her mind around the idea of doubling the size of her family. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She made food that needed washing before it touched a knife, pot, or pan. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Caroline hadn’t needed much charming to begin with. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Luma felt needed, and couldn’t help but notice how much better this kind of work felt than running Ashton’s. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She’d been so certain that was where they needed to go. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We needed food, a job, a more permanent place to stay. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If we needed to stop, we found a gas station or a nice colored family to open their home to us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years earlier, before her marriage, Anna had taught school in Lynchburg, Virginia, but she lacked the credentials needed to teach in Philadelphia. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“They needed the cash,” he tells Mami when she’s paying the bills and worries that there’s not enough in the bank to cover them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I told Mr. Bykovski I was building a rocket and needed a washer or something welded to the bottom of a tube. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We hung out for a few, and then Tim needed to get going so we headed out the door. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We weren’t people who were grieving, or who needed to be taken care of, or who were to be pitied. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She was so close now to having the money she needed, and when she did, she would surprise Diana by signing the petition. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t know how to farm on that scale,” Drew told me, “and we needed a lot more land—fast.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"I had to pay off a few debts and I also needed new tools, but here, these are for you." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think they needed to hear about my evening at the Cramps’, so I skipped the fun with the fundamentalists. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I just needed to tell my friend something,” I said, backing away from the line of moving men. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If a subject interested me, I could usually recollect what I needed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

There was more than reasonable doubt, added Nels, but reasonable doubt was all that was needed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was so salty that I needed two bottles of water to get the taste out of my mouth. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She needed someone wise and sensible to help her sort things out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the nephew of the preacher Ob had needed so desperately to find looked on Ob’s heartbroken face and saw his pain and he reached out and put a hand on Ob’s shoulder. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

More money than anybody in the world needed for seven months or so away from home. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four guards were the only ones left inside the castle, for the Prince needed no spectators to the events that were soon to happen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“If I needed somebody to criticize me around the clock, I could’ve brought T. Ray along!” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I needed to think about was the algebra quiz I had first period because I hadn’t studied much for it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The newspaper office was right across the street from the gin, and so the apparatus could be used when needed to receive cotton orders and check market prices. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because he really needed the gunpowder or perhaps because he had to stay on friendly terms with Morris, the financial genius of the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted while Calista ripped, because all zombies cared about was eating brains, and I needed to practice. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

They knew that to get anywhere, they needed to work with the powerhouses in the city who held the keys to jobs, housing, and social services. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It looked like you would have needed mountaineering equipment to climb it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all rubbish. They want to scare me. Since when have students needed somebody to tell them when to riot?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to get us the things we needed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to unbutton his coat, and I waited to take it from him, but Dora called me from the bathroom to say that she needed my help drawing a mole on her chin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Actually, there seemed to be a lot of people who needed comfort these days—especially the eighth-grade varsity runners, who were taking the Salisbury Park race way too personally. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He figured that to keep the lights on, the house warm, he needed to work at breakneck speed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the most literal way I needed to find my feet again. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She needed help, and I refused to give it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was no end to their work, the river of slaves that needed to be driven from their hidey-holes and brought to the white man’s proper accounting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It suddenly hit her that she really hadn’t done her job as Elder, hadn’t told Ben all the things he needed to know. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

One thought filled my mind: I needed to get home. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had a bottle of water in the bow of the skiff and that was all he needed for the day. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We needed someone to help clear the air and bring some understanding to the turmoil happening all around us. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even the geographical knowledge that one needed in transferring the war ffom one part of the world to another was considerable. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was, after all, his crop as well as mine that needed cultivating. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I have to hope that they got the information they needed with Len, and when we go out again, we'll be alone. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The office was starting to fill up with kids, and Dr. Johnson was needed elsewhere. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the most important information that needed to be conveyed was about humans, not about lions and bison. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the orphanage, she’d play with the kids and point out any who needed medicine or medical care. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was useful in order to bring him money for Kamala, and it brought him more than he really needed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told her to go on ahead. I think she needed a minute.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m only here because Cotton kept me here, and you needed help. Now that you’ve separated him from the Maafa, I’m taking this bus to the end of the route.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But the fact remains that when a ‘hit’ is made, the atom gives up about twenty times as much energy as was needed to break it. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

All Em needed was a microphone, a stand, and a spotlight. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You and Mother will never understand. I was waiting for Miriam to grow. I knew she’d understand. She was the only one. I was counting on her. I needed her.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t sprinkle it on anything, but I had it in case I needed to. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But after a while he became convinced that if he was ever going to do anything in Milagro besides vegetate and play the fool, he needed mobility. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized I needed to finish what I had started. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I climbed down from the loft to see if she needed anything, but she just shook her head, watching as Mr. Beautiful galloped up and put his head over the railing to be petted. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She needed to get back to New Orleans, hire a boat of some kind, and return to the house on Dart. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He hid the whetstone, so they had to hunt for it when the blades needed sharpening. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those little girls needed them, but I, I — “Join them, go to the airport, try there,” the guard said, waving me away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want to contemplate the possibility that the man had needed help and had not gotten it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I needed her to see me—how great I had turned out without her help. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It needed doctoring, and I had not one clue about what to do. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I probably needed time to get over my father’s death. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to the Alewife station, we hurried onto the platform and went to the other side, where the train we needed would pull in. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In other words, what the tetanus intervention needed in order to tip was not an avalanche of new or additional information. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

For starters, no one knew exactly what nutrients they needed to survive, or how best to supply them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even though he knew perfectly well what lived out there, he still didn’t want to think about why he needed weapons to go mto the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Count Olaf had not left them very much money, but the children were able to buy everything they needed. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had “unfinished business” there, and I needed to deal with it head-on. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to process my loss before I could answer any questions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Mama said the airplane was a special chart plane the Underdowns sent for us to get all our stuff that needed getting and fly on out of here. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to be at the station before seven. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Milton needed one more badge and he could have been an Eagle Scout,” Lefty said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I needed a replacement for my lost canvas bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you probably weren’t expecting me, but I just needed to come. I wanted to talk with your Mamá. I had hoped...well, that she and I...” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

If any national plan for ending slavery was to succeed, Virginia needed to be in the vanguard. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Stuart decided that he needed advice on such an important matter, so he started uptown to find his friend Dr. Carey, the surgeon-dentist, owner of the schooner Wasp. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

As though Nero even needed it, when he could just make gold any day of the week. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t going to be caught caring about this, or needing it, the way I had needed the majorette position. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary had wired me $200 so I could pay for my expenses and buy things I needed. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We needed it to find out how high our rockets flew. But it’s unlikely we could teach ourselves calculus. We need your help for that.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She needed them close to her, and she dreaded the morning, when they would leave her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse needed the work badly, but the track was just too muddy to risk it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a total lie—but they needed a reality check, and they wouldn’t call Mamá to confirm my story. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His hair needed cutting, and it was dirty. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But before the new genre could become a universally addictive sensation it needed to undergo some fine-tuning, particularly in its choice of instruments. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There was a towpath on the western side of the water—Malcolm’s right—but it needed clearing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I needed reassurance I would get it from Woody or Chizu, or from Mama, who had more of herself to give by this time. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In here, we had all we needed for gaiety. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked out everything I needed at the store, and stood in line at the checkout. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

A doorman asked if he needed help with his luggage, but Armpit told him no thanks, showing that his backpack was all he had. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But neither her beauty nor his size and strength would serve with the men whose ships they needed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She needed a blanket, a compress, a sedative tablet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Seems that whoever wrote this needed a new typewriter ribbon,” he said; but that was not what he was thinking, or I was thinking, or what he had been about to say. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His grandmother had not needed to grow her favorite herb, arigbe, because it grew wild everywhere. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Had she been any lighter-skinned she would have needed either her mother’s protection on the way to school or a streak of mean to defend herself. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The things that needed to be said were said between them, and Kabuo pushed off into the night. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I would not have my sister thinking she needed to starve to stay with me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy gave the astrologers the information they needed, and Newton explained Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He needed an engineer willing to go to Chicago and supervise the construction effort and thought he knew just the man: Luther V. Rice, assistant engineer of the Union Depot & Tunnel Company, St. Louis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She needed both the sun’s rays and the magnetic field to plot her course. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The plan was to just pay for the stuff we needed, but it turned out this old white guy working the register was a straight-up racist. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still more sensitive experiments involving even larger quantities of matter will be needed to test them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had anger all built up inside that he needed to release on someone and I was a ball of emotions just looking for someone to love me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We walked back down the path together, and Javi, because he was Javi, just instinctively knew I needed a hug, so he looped his arm through mine and squeezed me close as we walked. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not that Jayme needed to hear that; she says when her friend came out to her, it didn’t even dawn on her that it was an issue. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We needed to head back the way I had just come. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He needed no less than a rebel version of the Underground Railroad that transported runaway slaves north to freedom. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tommen needed the Faith behind him in the battles to come. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was a liberal, for Christ sake: If they needed fresh bodies, why not draft some back-to-the-stone-age hawk? The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed help only her parents could provide. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He was an honest man, and there was nothing that needed concealing from him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I couldn’t save the whole thing, obviously, but there was something I needed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Order in the rows, such as it was, needed to be preserved, and there were things a white man could not do. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We were headed home—home being the strange-familiar city of Washington, D.C., with its white marble and clashing ideologies, with everything that still needed to be fought and won. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But there was the important matter of the house that we needed to buy. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the bayou, knowing that Sandy needed me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

All they needed was to see Matt’s long spare shape coming down the street and by the time he got to the porch they were ready for him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He knew that sometimes she just needed to blow off steam, and he let her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I told him I would do whatever he needed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At last one group of plants evolved which combined all the qualities needed to survive. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I had promised Mama I would be home early, but I needed someone to talk to in a bad way. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But he needed Dasch to talk and give them the whereabouts of the other men. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

What was needed was a complete new beginning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He just needed to backtrack along the trail and then head west. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I know about his melancholy, his ambition, his desperation, the corners of emptiness in him that needed to be filled. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The older children were “hired out” by the master, Edward Brodas, to farmers who needed slave labor but who could not afford to buy slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he needed a midwife or a locket portrait to convince him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Easy-Bake oven kit had everything needed to use it, including pans and powdered cake mix. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A heavy feeling overtook Seven as they crossed, maybe because them being here, gathering all the supplies they needed, meant they were really doing this. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Problem was, he needed cash to make them happen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She drew him a map on the back of a mauve flyer, which advertised a chicken roast to raise money for a young girl who needed a new kidney. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I told white audiences that we needed them and did not want them to leave the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came into my life just when I needed him to. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She had to figure out some way of letting Ben know that she was here, that the boys were with her and that they needed food. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally’s stomach rumbled after a whole day without food, but the first thing she needed was water. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It used not to be an excuse you needed to resort to.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then maybe she would hide the skin there, deep in the hollow of a tree, for when she needed to spread enormous white wings. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were also the boys who needed the Fugees the most. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He’d obviously reached the same conclusion as Mark—this guy was on edge and needed to be handled with care. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

You needed medicine and weren’t well enough to get to the pharmacist? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He had to stay in the hospital, because he needed some surgeries that would allow him to breathe and swallow. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The crowd needed a few moments to process the news. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He told everybody that if they wanted to stop AIDS, they needed to look closer at countries such as Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Because she said she needed time to prepare. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The gods had not churned the ocean by themselves—they had needed the help of the asuras, the demons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look around and muse at how I would kill myself in here if I really needed to—I’d have to crush my head in the toilet seat. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A familiar buzzing grew in my fingertips, the sign that a story needed to be let out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I concentrated on happy, safe things, like the zipper on the back of Mom’s dress, and how Dad needed a drink of water whenever he whistled for too long. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘No! For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I knew what direction we needed to go. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She fielded the computers’ questions and needed a strong-enough command of the math to tutor the women through any weaknesses. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Daddy has the biggest mouth of anybody I know, and if he said to be quiet, I needed to be quiet. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Horton had a network of support crews waiting at road crossings and other strategic points and so needed to carry nothing but a bottle of water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

My teachers were nice, most of the time, but they would’ve needed X-ray vision like Superman to see what was in my head. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It’s here because someone thought it might be needed. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The last thing they needed as they flew a magical Greek trireme into a potentially hostile Roman camp was a middle-aged satyr in gym clothes waving a club and yelling “Die!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I could see how my boy needed time and space for a story to bloom in his mind, because at any age what comes before sight is a conjuring. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t pregnant, but they needed vitamins and minerals, too. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he made one of these promises, he’d look at me as if he needed me to approve what he was doing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of supplies that I needed for the trip: more clothes, a better knife, flashlight batteries, a compass. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He needed to get moving again, make up some time. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They each needed to vote, to speak out, to challenge the rules of crowned kings and royal princes. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was the end of her day, and she needed the rest of the bus ride to let some quiet settle in. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said the life jackets were cracked and the boat needed a paint job. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t afford to buy a dozen eggs at a time, but you could buy two eggs because that’s all you needed that morning. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Another gene encoded an enzyme that was needed to break down lactose into parts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I needed to be able to think clearly. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a smile was all you needed to make them stop and buy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He knew he needed to do a better job of navigating the world, but he didn’t know how. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I turned my pillow over and over for the coolness, thinking about May and her wall and what the world had come to that a person needed something like that. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the better she functions, the better a singer she is, the more I am needed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They just needed to get Finn out of the kitchen so they could ask. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Jule needed clothes; she had the Visa gift cards, and she knew what looked good on her, but she hesitated. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

How could he just vanish like that when she needed help? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

For a long time I needed to hold on to the memories because they made me angry. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of times, I only needed to serve up a sad face and she would back down. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Was it possible that if Emma hadn’t had Finn to think about, she might have needed to tell herself, Don’t let me cry. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Blame the girls for dragging me along. That’s the only dying they could agree on. We needed to help you or you’d mess things up.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

How many irate mathematicians are needed to get you to change your mind? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Howard was driven to distraction and needed something to keep himself busy. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Business was so good, he told Myrta, that he needed her help managing the store’s books. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Never knew references were needed for a job. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I needed that breath so I could give the girls a piece of my mind. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You probably needed to come for the same reason I did.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She argued that women—black and white, Southern and Northern—needed suffrage and all the rights and protections of citizenship. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It took me a while to realize that just being on the move wasn’t enough; that I needed to reconsider everything. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before I'd called her, I was already trying to figure out how to convince Slash that we were meant to be, but my mom had given me the clarity that I needed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I needed someone to help sort all of this out. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You could calculate exactly how many power cells were needed, and sieges could be extended for up to eight hours. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Thought we needed something a little more exciting this year,” said Daddy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would sleep outside, sometimes lucky enough to be near the walnut tree; swinging in the tarp they kept there for when they needed it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, I decided I needed some fresh air. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” he called back, louder than he needed to, but he wanted his gratitude to cut through the stink that was flooding back over the humming of the dogs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But both Helm and Girard knew that one more element was needed if the hospital was to succeed: a full-time physician. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“I just knew I needed to protect myself.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had learned from experience that she needed about a third of her players to be well-adjusted kids from stable families. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In the schoolhouse, Mentor, the schoolteacher, gently tutored a mischievous eight-year-old named Gabe, who had neglected his studies to play and now needed help. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

All that’s needed to identify them as different from a regular pair of lenses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The tingling had built to a furious itch that needed to be scratched, and I was too upset to hold back any longer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Penelope knew she needed to make an exit, as quickly as possible. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe I needed to walk around the supermarket instead. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

That the school needed a better way to keep up with me so I don’t fall through the cracks. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But I’m also ready to toss the table if needed.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have much light left in the day and needed to find them before dark. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They were big and mean-looking and exactly the type we needed to avoid. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Pictures, books, pots, pans, a set of four blue-and- white bowls she hadn’t needed but had bought for fun, a window fan, a baseball mitt, scarves. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he said he needed it for his job...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If they are kept primarily inside a barn, you should provide a container of grit for them to eat as needed. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He needed to make only the short­est of lunges to be on top of me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

If the Doors of Death needed to be sealed from both sides, how could they do that unless someone stayed in the Underworld, trapped? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Resonant and inevitable, like the dull toll of an iron bell, confident in the ability of its peal to reach all those who needed reaching. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But King needed time to reflect and strategize without Johnson’s notorious arm-twisting. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She needed it to fall asleep when she got back from her shift over at the Uline Warehouse—twelve hours straight, so who could blame her? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Root realized the Coast Guard needed its own code breaker—and it needed one fast. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She needed a cool cloth for her head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the walk out here, I’d thought about what I needed to tell her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The red stripe above his brim needed more detail. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My instincts told me to run like hell, but I worried that maybe she needed help. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But we needed to stay together because we had a better chance of escaping the day-to-day troubles we faced. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I thought my mother just needed a break. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They hadn't liked that, and neither had her arm, but she'd needed the other to drag the toddlers: their two little hands gripped in her one, slick and slippery with sweat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Cate had told me that I needed to divide my life into three acts and close the first two behind me—but how did someone do that? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The sea and perfect peace—that was what he needed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Regardless of Lilya’s fashion sense, the bottom line was that her feet needed to be protected from the below-zero Russian winter cold. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure what she was looking for, but she needed to see Mia in person, to look her in the eyes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t shy, but I also wasn’t sure I needed any of that messiness in my life outside school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I needed to hear it said out loud. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. All right. I got it,” Jill said, standing like she was ready to fight or run, whichever she needed. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She needed warm food in her before she could face anything colder than the morning breeze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

New board members needed to be appointed by the Pulaski County Board of Education. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were just a few more questions he needed to put to her before he could allow the matter to be setded. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

But now she needed to make something else happen. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The entire population, except those needed for essential jobs, is required to attend. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We needed no more incentive than that to perk our step. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

That way, she’d know where to find it if, for whatever reason, she needed the book again. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

They argued about where to sketch hay bales, the pig trough, and Templeton’s nest, and whether they needed to paint the Arables’ kitchen at all. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I needed to see architecture as the blood sport that it truly was. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Jonathan knew he would not be able to carry him for all the miles he needed to go. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Good thing she didn’t have, like, a mermaid back there. He would have needed a bigger piece of wood and more skills.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

For Thanksgiving weekend my parents needed a break from me and Sammy, and we needed a break from them. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It needed to be washed, but at least it wasn’t long or straight. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Except I couldn’t figure out who was a criminal here and why anybody needed a alias. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Now all I could think of was how much I needed her. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to buy you good food, medicine for your fever, and things to shore up our shelter and make it comfortable. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He needed a drink of water, not only to relieve the dryness of his throat but to ease the tension of his neck muscles. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To pray, monks needed to know the time and the date. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She just needed a bunch of switches, a blackboard behind her 2 x 2 e 5. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

How in his near destitute state he was able to obtain the needed money is not known. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad said he needed more pasta sauce, so I figured I’d borrow a bottle or two,” he explains, avoiding the important questions, as he always does. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her back was hurting her fierce, and I was to carry the cod and halibut needed for a fish chowder. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When someone needed help, Sean was the guy who showed up, sirens blaring, arms pumping, black bag swinging in his big capable hands, sharp eyes taking it all in. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The vote was close, but he thought he saw a path to the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She felt my environment needed to change and my options needed to expand. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to think of anything other than what we’d been about to do when I looked at him, but Charlie needed me, so I tried to pretend Diego wasn’t there. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Father took my hand as if he knew I needed the support, and we started toward the demon house. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, however, it gave him the freedom he needed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he needed something he didn’t have, someone would surely be able to supply it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Until she saw me, though, the pain and grief only needed to exist in her mind. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

In Wang Lung’s country a man, if he had a roll of good wheat bread and a sprig of garlic in it, had a good meal and needed no more. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Just the looks on the faces of the prisoners already there told me all I needed to know. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew then that this was exactly why we needed to learn more root. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If there were ever any half-bloods who needed to worry about that, it was Thalia and me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

If I’d pushed that button when I’d had the chance, I wouldn’t have needed to stand outside in the cold night, begging the aliens to save me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

How would I narrow down all of these results to the one Susan Thomas I needed to find? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I could not use a net of kelp, because that needed the strength of several men. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to keep his addled attention on my questions. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

If he had known about the Deathly Hallows, he might not have needed Horcruxes in the first place. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One only needed to look at the earth’s relatives, the sun and the moon, to know that. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another important skill I needed to work on. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She would read it in a week; she needed a week to gather her strength. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We needed zone 12; we were in 20. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Most of all I needed to hear my mother and father speak to me in a moment of seriousness in broken—suddenly heart-breaking—English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to take it, gently suggesting she needed it more than he did. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She didn’t care that she had only a few months to beat the other Champions—she needed sleep. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I knew exactly where I needed to go and what I would have to do once I got there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But he needed much better accuracy than this could provide. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He took small breaths through his nose; his pumping heart needed oxygen desperately. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“No sorry needed. It will torture her to know she’s doomed. So what about the black cat phone number? Any progress?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was clear I needed more supervision during the day, and Mama found another baby-sitter, who took care of a number of children. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

‘Not he! When his tools have done their task he drops them. But you must go dangling after him, dawdling and talking, and riding round twice as far as you needed. “ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The last thing she needed was to be sick in front of them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And I was convinced that what they needed to make them complete and grown-up in their living was the inclusion in their personalities of a knowledge of lives such as I lived and suffered containedly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, she will,” Fern decided, and that was all I needed. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m shooting a fiftieth anniversary party this evening, and I needed to be out the door five minutes ago.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Those who had changed their allegiance during the battle needed only to swear fealty to Joffrey, but the ones who had fought for Stannis until the bitter end were compelled to speak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some top-ranked managers went out of their way to keep the most productive women on the job by giving them the flexibility they needed to take care of their families. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He scarcely needed an invitation to stay supper; and before he went away, an engagement was formed, chiefly through his own and Mrs. Bennet’s means, for his coming next morning to shoot with her husband. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The year before, an inmate had broken a bone in his face and he’d needed six stitches. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shorty needed more than a minute to start breathing semiregularly; then he tilted a little onto his side and heaved and flopped back again, his eyes fixed on the starry sky. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for him too, because he was a weary traveler who just needed rest. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I believe God is in everything that happens, and maybe he allowed Jerome to forget those papers so he would be there right when I needed him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Powell,” I said, “he’s dying”—as if anyone needed to point that out. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The doctor told her she needed to avoid stress completely, so we decided she should stop coming on research trips with me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen was in the honey house washing a new shipment of mason jars, a job that belonged to me, but she’d volunteered for it, seeing how badly I needed to write everything out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said she needed to get as far away from Mom and Dad, and probably the rest of us, as possible. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to think up a whole new escape plan. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know you needed to study,” he said simply, “I didn’t think you ever did. I thought it just came to you.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And over the years when you have needed us, you have always cried “Krik?” and we have answered “Krak!” and it has shown us that you have not forgotten us. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“What is it you needed to look at?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I needed to get out of the house,” I say. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Once in a moment of thoughtlessness I asked how he would contrive to pay all his staff when the hospital was finally established, for it was certain many people would be needed to run it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she needed to borrow a cell phone? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Charlie didn’t put up a fight when I led him inside and got him out of his work clothes, which probably needed to be burned. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

However, she still had her thoughts and her words, and for the moment that was all she needed. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It took longer to reach our great-aunt and cousin but we needed to cool down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I needed to smell the sweet, nutty steam. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Then I saw you were sick, and I thought you needed help.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t believe the American people needed to know. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Shush, shush, I can’t pick you all up at the same time,” she said to the crying children, who all needed to blow their noses. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was all he needed to see to start devising plans. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You will have cause to reconsider your choices soon. Oh, I like that one. No changes needed here.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Cloth was getting scarce, and leather, because the Continental troops needed them for clothing and shoes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always said she would teach me everything in the world I needed to know. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Chief Mpondombini greeted us warmly and we explained that we needed the requisite travel documents from the local magistrate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they all just needed a little time to themselves. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I complained quite vociferously about our clothing, affirming that we did not want to wear short trousers and needed proper clothing including socks and underwear, which we were not then given. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble was that lazy daisies needed French knots for their centers and I hated making French knots. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half hour of that time was filled with a speech from Dad, explaining to Javier and me how we needed to stop squabbling, be kind, and work hard. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“My friend Daniel says his mom could lift a car off him if she needed to.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Rather than squabbling over sites, he lectured, the different factions needed to recognize that for the exposition to succeed, everyone had to work together, no matter which location the directors selected. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I just needed that stupid kid with his stupid balloon to get out of the way so I could see who Diego was talking to. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I liked your life. My parents knew, I knew, I needed to get out of this place.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Without a degree, Jesse would likely remain in a cubicle in an office tower, fixing and maintaining the computers of people who didn’t like them but needed them. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed it to prepare him for this reckless endeavor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And in the end, I hadn’t needed to show her anything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

What Roscuro wanted, what he needed, was not the cloth, but the light that had shone behind it. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He told us what he thought we needed to know and nothing more. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hoover needed White—one of his few experienced agents, one of the Cowboys—to resolve the case of the Osage murders and thereby protect Hoover’s job. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She reminded him that we were going to church that night, but he begged off, saying he was tired and needed to catch up on sleep. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I thought about following her again, questioning her until she admitted that something was going on, that she needed help, but I already knew. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Which reminded him—he needed to check the trap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It never occurred to me that attending school on Ludus was something I needed to keep a secret,” I said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The only place I needed to go was up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And if she wanted to continue living, if she wanted to be wild again, she needed to be with her family and her friends on her island. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Although Snail was happy in his work as a trader, and was always able to buy all the food that he needed, he longed to do what Tortoise did. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He preferred to pay for what he could with the coins that he found each week, and he tried not to steal anything he thought people needed. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You said at the last camp meeting that the med stuff was low. He didn’t want to take any medicine, in case someone else needed it.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When danger suddenly approached, he needed only to protect himself from a few of his subjects, but if he had had the common people hostile, this would not have been sufficient. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

A loved one, a friend, or a neighbor had accused them of causing the death of a child, A few other people agreeing with these stories was all that was needed to have them arrested. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She followed the boy, steadying him, when he needed it, with her hand and her reassuring voice. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as luck would have it, and Will sure needed some, Claire walked right out her front door. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then it was after sun-up and everybody not needed went home to rest up for the feast. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The bell no longer sparked, but it was too loud, and whenever she needed to go to the toilet and rang it, the echo reverberated all over the house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The truth of the matter was that he needed office help desperately. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d go to Manhattan, find Harrison Weed, and somehow get what she needed to know about her family from him. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Thomas certainly couldn’t sleep, even though he knew his body needed it desperately. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Because of my condition, when I was her age my parents tried to hide me away. I didn’t get the medical help I needed until I was grown and the damage was difficult to reverse.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When I told him what I needed and why I needed it, he was not only willing to help, he was eager to. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed money to stave off my debt to Devi and pay my upcoming tuition. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know if Pocock had talked to Ulbrickson, or if Merton Hatch had simply messed up in some spectacular way, or if Ulbrickson simply needed someone else at number seven for the day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

How could the people who owned such rich farms, such beautiful furniture and gardens, modern bathrooms, and electricity to run refrigerators have ever needed to come take over the Soviet Union’s peasant huts? A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

How could anyone go this far down the rabbit hole without realizing they needed help? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Someone in the audience yelled that she needed another shot of heroin. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I needed to do this, before he killed anyone else important to me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Chemical fertilizer was needed to grow hybrid corn because it is a very hungry crop. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Decisions for us were not made on whether we wanted something, or even needed something, but on whether we could afford it or not. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If there was ever a time that I needed, for once, to control a conversation with him, it was now. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Yes, thieves and pickpockets were very skilful; one needed to exercise the utmost care. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first he was terrified that they needed so many weapons, but he was relieved to see that the vast majority of it was covered with a thick layer of dust. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was stuck because she wasn’t thin and athletic like her father had tried to convince her she needed to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They needed constant watching, and Fern and I had nowhere to go but the back and front porches. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

“I sent word to Vancouver that I felt that I had the thing really cracked but that I needed a Cantonese interpreter.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But anything she needed she called on me and got so bossy I couldn’t stand it hardly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her hands together, as if I needed a lesson on hygiene. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

If our family ever needed luck, it was now. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And being alone was just what I needed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was the thing I needed most, for my friends to understand. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then he gave instructions that the open car wasn't to be taken out under any circumstances--and this was strange because the front right fender needed repair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I never cut school, but today I just needed a break. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I had some things I needed to discuss with him,” I said. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But your mom needed me, didn’t she, Mr. Cutiepie, because someone went and spit up all over her uniform and she had to go change.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But the training she received at Aunt March’s was just what she needed, and the thought that she was doing something to support herself made her happy in spite of the perpetual “Josy-phine!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he meant it wouldn’t be much longer until the end of the school year, that when we were out of high school he’d have more freedom to do what he needed to do. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I really wanted to ask what Hera had meant—about the choice Annabeth needed to make. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Both. I did see that Branwell kid take care of the baby a real lot. Like I told you. He was always changing her whether she needed it or not.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fd told them to start their homework and Fd be back in exactly twenty minutes to help them if they needed it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom had begged him to stay longer, but he claimed he needed to be back on campus for some obscure reason he never disclosed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The nurses and doctors always asked how I was feeling and if I was hungry or needed anything. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I needed, therefore, to question an adult who might know everything, and between lightning and chickens, I could slip in a question on kittens. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He needed to purchase a fleet, perhaps as many as fifty, but certainly no fewer than twelve, eight-oared shells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, Francis would look disgusted when my daydreams kept me from observing that he needed my help to keep the model from collapsing as he rearranged the supporting ring stands. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I stopped my excruciatingly slow exit from the kitchen even though I needed to get out of there and take a shower if I didn’t want to be late. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She reads the first few lines: I just needed to put down into words how it felt to see you with the guy I know is Will. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Since our machinist needed at least three days merely to turn out the more simple phosphorus atoms, I went back to Clare after lunch to hammer out the final draft of my genetics manuscript. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They were all there, save young Ella Mae, who had departed while John was still on the floor—she had a bad cold, said Praying Mother Washington, and needed to have her rest. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

We would be told our fates when our captors decided we needed to know. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two people were needed to sing the song “Hero,” but I never told anyone that I could sing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If Mrs. Someone-or-other was having premature contractions, she needed a bath in ginger to increase the supply of oxygen to the uterus. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was the orthodontist to see, and I needed new legs made every nine months or so as I outgrew them. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Fred, who had been such a friend to me when I had so desperately wanted one, needed one, at Auschwitz. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the nurse—not Aisha but a red-haired woman whose name escapes me—walked in with a syringe in hand and asked me if I needed a morphine injection, I said yes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Odein, who had a car, would pick her up and take her where she needed to go. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I needed to know how to be informed about something and not completely clueless. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Helen, as the first witness to be called, needed to prepare her evidence in the presence of Duma, myself, and Farid Adams, who would be examining her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pacing back and forth with his palms on his head as if frustrated that he needed to make this speech and, yet, wasn't making himself understood. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I think I just needed to cry it out. Can I go to class now?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We were surprised to see how easily they got her up, but of course there weren’t any holes in the hull or other damage that needed patching. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He needed to split some more logs, so I watched him take an ax to a bunch of dried alder. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had flat ground for easy driving, and I just needed to follow the edge of the hills. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed you, so I could let go of me, completely. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He got the block he needed and ran untouched down the left sideline for a touchdown. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But first she needed to learn how to twirl a baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I needed a cooking job since the restaurant I worked at closed,” he said, and paused his chopping again, holding the knife still above the sliced chilies. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That made me think about the fact that Papa read the paper every evening and that it always needed to be folded and placed on his chair. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I needed another dose of the fearless, flying Styx. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The number of animals that needed to be dealt with was staggering. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember saying once that if I needed help, I might ask you?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A group of other boys were staying just out of range, knowing they could outrun me if they needed to. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She needed to stop smoking, take her medications, walk for exercise, come back in a month. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I just needed to be alone for a little while, I guess, and I couldn’t think of anywhere to be, so I just started walking.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She knew when I needed to be alone, and I knew when she needed to be alone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he couldn’t overpower Woody, so he told him that he needed to change the paper towel stanching his wound. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as the coast was clear, he sent their report, outlining all they’d learned: Mr. Curtain called the thing to come the Improvement, it was coming very soon, and Messengers wouldn’t be needed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Toward this end, he wrote, certain obvious flaws needed immediate attention. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“New teacher,” said Harry, who got to his feet, too, in case he needed to hold Ron back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“My dear, nothing can comfort me like this,” he answered, with a falter in his voice, and both arms round her, as if he too, needed help, and did not fear to ask for it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly I was mad and frustrated and I knew he was going to tell me that I needed to be patient. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The priest laughed, said he had never seen the likes, that the child was a regular little Baptist now and hardly needed a priest. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted, no, I needed to make that call. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Failure in any one of those essential respects can doom a marriage even if it has all the other ingredients needed for happiness. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was a fugitive from the school, and I needed to get back. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A parent needed to speak with her in the office. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

In die afternoon, toward evening, with his face smoke smeared and his sldn red from die heat, he finally began to think ahead to what he needed to do. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to perform at a level that would satisfy her director’s high expectations—and her own. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Leo didn’t hold out much hope that they could find what they needed all in one place, but they had to try. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As George got older, he needed more paper, for he wrote stories to go with his pictures. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to learn how far I had moved from my past—to determine how fast I would be able to recover something of it once again. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond this, I wasn’t much needed, and that suited me perfectly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Said he needed the money for a bus ticket. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was always that way, discoveries happened because they needed to happen. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed that bread to live, and I was going to take it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I needed to fly,” said Grumman, “so I summoned you, and here I am, flying.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had saved thirty-two Zim dollars and needed sixteen for stamps, which would set me way back from returning to school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She said that she needed some autumn in her life. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because I needed it, not because he deserved it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The new doctor could not come out from San Francisco after they had explained why they needed him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not that she would expect something expensive; it was that he needed to give her something as much as he needed to eat when he was hungry. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

A camera that could see a message and let the people on the ground know that Kaitlin needed help. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As population densities rose, food production became increasingly favored because it provided the increased food outputs needed to feed all those people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it gave me all the elbow room I needed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I needed to use the toilet, I could just jump up and run to the bathroom. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were holdfasts and farming villages along the road south where he might be able to trade the mare for a fresh mount when he needed one, but not if she were injured or blown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He decided he needed to go public about the calls and to respond to the charges of selling out. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He took a step back as it swung wide, giving Mark a clear shot if he needed it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I needed one touchdown to break the record for TDs in one season. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The list for Richard’s party was ever expanding, and no sooner had they finished readying one room than another needed to be prepared for yet another guest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Whatever his boy needed—protection, distraction, affection—he would have offered. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In order to keep those vats boiling, a great deal of wood to burn was needed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Me and Jay raced to get all the ingredients she said she needed while she added wood to our cast-iron stove in the kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

All I needed was a little fresh air, and I didn’t want anyone to come with me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In my sleeping state, I would have needed decades more, perhaps even centuries, before I found the power to resurrect Alcyoneus myself. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I did not want to be too far from my family in case they needed me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

He needed to smell better than the lunchroom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Briony waited to find out if she was needed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps someone needed help and hadn’t gotten around to placing an ad. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some people needed the operation more than others. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She would always charge fearlessly to Flint’s defense if he needed her help. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he explained that that was what he needed advice about. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I think I needed to know that I was from somewhere, that my home was as beautiful as any other. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was, he said, teaching them to sing a new song, for which privacy was needed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And I knew then, somehow, that I needed to end this conversation. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

To stand by me when I needed her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I needed something to stop up the opening so Yeller couldn’t get out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came back, she needed cheering up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Okay, right. I hurt my foot last night. I’d passed your barn, and I needed a place to stay, so...Look, I’ll go.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He almost needed an adrenaline shot to come out of the coma. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We needed the Mexican girl, each in our own way. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I really needed this dog more than anything in the world right now. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

We just needed them to get out and vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She needed a proper comal or at least a cast-iron skillet, but the tortillas were still delicious rolled up warm with sugar and a bit of cinnamon and salt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost 5 A.M., and I needed to take Ben home. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It leaned like a drunk who needed the wall to hold it up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

First things first after jumping from a train: you needed to check and make sure you still had what you jumped with. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Turned back and in a quiet voice said to the man, “I was hoping she could help me contact my wife. I needed to talk to my wife.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the River broadened and grew more shallow; long stony beaches lay upon the east, and there were gravel-shoals in the water, so that careful steering was needed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Our mother needed her first thing Monday morning to box up things for the Salvation Army truck that was due by ten. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Thanks to him, I now controlled production, sales, distribution—I had everything I needed to lock down the bootleg business. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She took me with her because she needed someone to translate. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Drifting on the water, the Corona bearing down on him in the fogbound night, he figured he needed less than thirty seconds to haul himself up his mast. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I asked him something I had needed to know since we made that first nothing place years before. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He calls her his fairy godmother, because she showed up just at the moment in his life when he needed somebody to let him know it was okay to be himself. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

What is urgently needed is a direct attack on the problem. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I hoped Elle wasn’t one of them, because if Drew was the kind of guy she liked, I needed to hit the free weights. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A lord needed men about him he could rely upon for honest counsel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We needed most of the meat and hides for ourselves. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cold air that rushed in gave Gerald the fresh breaths he needed, but it also fueled the anger of the flames in the apartment and in Jordan Sparks. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tony, by contrast, was desperately trying to give his little brother information he thought he needed, the kind of information that Tony never got. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She knew Adam wasn’t going to ask about how she was feeling, or wish her a good first day back, or see if she needed anything. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But when I needed to talk or cry, Mary Kate was always there to listen. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

To test the distance of the spiral nebulae, a class of intrinsically much brighter variable stars was needed to furnish a new standard candle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she could find it again, if she needed to, despite what the angels might think. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hear it, but I knew she needed to tell someone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She thought it needed to be done to give me a fair chance at a normal social life. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The only thing he had needed was the key. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

If I wanted a better future, I needed to change the life we had. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have needed to look at my packet. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And yet the deed for which he is best known needed no courage at all, no effort, even. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to tell Doc what was happening. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her father thought the only contribution he needed from her was for her to nod and smile and look flawless—like their family was supposed to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She knew she needed one, and they needed one, but she would rather just sail along, dreaming, not caring where they were going or when they would get there or what they would do there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where all other plants have shed their leaves, the sage remains evergreen, the gray-green leaves — bitter, aromatic, rich in proteins, fats, and needed minerals — clinging to the stems of the dense and shrubby plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I calculated my exact biorhythms and I needed 7 hours and 47 minutes of rest every night. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The only reason Noodles and I knew this is because Brother cut Noodles's and Needles's hair, and lined me up whenever I needed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“We needed a central laboratory devoted wholly to this purpose, where people could talk freely with each other.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He powered on the TV and turned up the volume, way louder than it needed to be. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were keeping something the demigods needed—something in that bronze jar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Randolph in his own roundabout way had come over to support ratification, so he needed to counter Masons apprehensions about slavery. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to risk waking the old woman fully and inciting her anger, but Ophie desperately needed to know more about Clara, and this might be her only opportunity. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We needed to block it with something stronger. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They still needed the bicorn horn and the boomslang skin, and the only place they were going to get them was from Snape’s private stores. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The train tickets wouldn’t be cheap; they needed the money. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each time the artist adds another line, a new leap of the imagination is needed to incorporate that line into the ever-growing mental image. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to see Dalian, this Bangalore of China, firsthand, so I kept moving around the East. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe I needed to write something about this. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For in my heart I needed to go, and the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She told him that she just needed to find herself, but it was a lie. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I tell you, he was always changing her. Whether she needed it or not.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He admitted he needed to take occasional breaks from the intensity of the clinic, but mostly these time-consuming excursions were to set an example for the doctors and nurses who worked beside him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

By then Cora only needed the candlelight for company, having collected the particulars of her prison. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This was a dictionary so huge you needed both hands to manage turning the pages and making the book stay put. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After seeing both countries firsthand, it seemed like Ivette was the one who needed to survive. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It needed scraping, and cleaning, perhaps, but nothing more. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to save his energy for the people who counted. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

That is what Lucas and Nina needed, and the woods let them make it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I told them I needed to go with you to the doctor because you’re afraid of needles and your mother is busy working a luncheon buffet at the hotel.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to find Imogen, but it could wait until the next day. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They had decided that to reach the coast, they needed him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Domestics were suddenly not needed anymore in households for which they had toiled for decades. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw my letters to her both as love letters and as the only way I could give her the emotional support she needed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he went ahead anyway, telling Goober what he needed to know. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he needed was for the world to butt out. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I just needed to laugh about something or else I’m going to start crying. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nobody needed them, and nobody needed anything like O-Hall again, either. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe I needed to put her back in the shower. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We could become doctors because female doctors were needed to care for female patients. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Soon she started barking—a sound slighdy louder than an artillery gun—like she needed to go for a walk. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He laughed at jokes, shook hands, smiled, and whisked coins off the bar as if he truly needed the money. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everything gleamed, reflecting the moon so strongly he needed no lights to land. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then got just what he needed: The bird let out a loud call that, according to the National Ornithological Institute, is unique to that particular species. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The only thing Gaea needed was a willing sacrifice—a soul to be consumed for Alcyoneus to awaken. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You gave my science project pizzazz. It needed pizzazz.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Other than our chores in the house, we had all the time we needed for our homework and sports practice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t look like you needed a job that day,” Love said skeptically. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Immediately I felt that I had found a way to tell Granny that I needed proof before I could believe, that I could not commit myself to something I could not feel or see. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, on Tuesday, July 22, President Woodrow Wilson, who had been reluctant to intervene in what he chose to regard as a local matter, decided he needed to take action. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Early every spring I took the canoe to the sandspit and spread fresh pitch in the cracks that needed it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the fact that I survived physically, that in a time period well into my fifties I never collapsed or needed time off to recuperate, is something I am inordinately proud of. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you needed to trash the performance,” Dante said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As a new coach at the foundation, Akhi needed to prove he had what it took to turn regular athletes into champions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Sentences needed to be spoken slowly when a child addressed his mother or father. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as you were better, I needed to do more than just dream about finding a school where we could both study. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘It will be more needed where it is bestowed,’ said Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Three times a year, scythes meet at a great assembly called a conclave. We discuss the business of gleaning, and whether or not more scythes are needed in our region.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I figured that was all the therapy this boy needed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I swear, with the blood I was losing I needed a transfusion about every other day. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Where were the Marines when you needed them? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Babou had just got his new phone. He needed me to help him with it. Babou is not very good with technology.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She held Moss with a tenderness he craved, that he needed more than anything else in the world. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The kid could find a vein in the dark if you needed that kind of help. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to trust me. We needed to go to Boston. We’ll make up the schoolwork. Everything is fine. I promise.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because he needed a haircut his face looked thin. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Because you needed it,” he said, and his words pulled a silence over them both. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Of course it could be she just needed to talk to somebody who was kind and understanding. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Germany needed any and all men for service. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He had come only once before, when he took the goat and the cat back to Laguna and stopped to see if Tayo needed anything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He never had a blown tire, never ran out of gas and needed twelve grinning raggle-tailed boys to help him push it up a hill or over to a curb. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I saw a problem that needed fixing, I generally just handled it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

By some accounts, his marriage, already ailing before Frankie’s death, was staggering, and maybe he needed to get away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who needed a rooster in the morning when the Alabama sun rose early and bright to ruin my plans of sleeping until noon? Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

We just needed to make enough trouble for Bruiser and his crew that they’d lose interest in hassling Joey and Grandma. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stealing might be wrong, but if it helped our family stay together...I wasn’t so hungry that he needed to know about it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to be sure of his temperament as much as his stamina. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Frank walked right behind her—not because he felt particularly brave, but because he wanted to be close if Hazel needed his help. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

S’meggs needed all the help it could get in the egg drop competition. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She needed to be in London the next day. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’d needed supplies bad and was out of credit at the store and hadn’t had near nothing to eat in days, so Pap had axed Miss Tanner for some work. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

"Not because she needed something else to care for—no dog can take the place of our baby girl—but I read this thing about emotional support animals." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was already training twenty-five to thirty hours a week, and I needed to put in more like thirty-five hours a week. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Nor with the media, who needed sensation and since no deaths had occurred would give it only passing mention, like a footnote in a thousand-page book. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Convinced that rowing instruction needed to be more scientific, he pored over anatomy books and physics texts. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m your best friend, Silas. What kind of friend does that? I wasn’t there for you when you needed me. Best friends don’t do that. No matter what.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He needed a gang, and not just any gang, but one that needed him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He needed help to bring in the rest of Marva’s things, he said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The talk where he told me everything I needed to know to get my sisters and me safely to our destination. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She looked at Ash, who was closing the front door, and added, “Unfortunately you are not invited; my aunt already has a lady’s maid and you are not needed.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always when I needed to clear my mind, I went over to my bedroom window and looked outside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maurine, the boy was in jail and scared. Now, I got in trouble once or twice as a boy. Curtis is a good kid. He just needed someone to help him out.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless they needed attention, and she turned them every three or four hours. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I needed to get to the southern edge of the city, where I could locate the river and trace along it until I reached the village of Ikwa. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had always been accustomed to rely on Fiver and now, when he really needed him, he was letting them down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed the money, and he was disappointed he couldn’t go to war himself—for William Faulkner was a pilot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A rocket solves this problem by carrying everything it needs with it, not only fuel but also the oxidizer needed to mix with the fuel and cause it to burn. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was a problem that needed his attention, he sent an assistant. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’d walked right in and made the deals I needed to. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt like he needed time to think about it all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hoped the bag would give us the extra length we needed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He laughed and told my mother that I needed a laxative and I would be fine. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I needed some fresh air,” I tell him, which is indicative of how nerved up I am. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t keep on giving Matt foxglove, though. It’s much too dangerous. I needed something that would make him sick, but not too sick. Then someone told me about monarch butterflies.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after that weirdness today at lunch, I needed band. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This was the meal that would give him the energy he needed to escape. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But now he wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The road to the stars was a rough one, and the Apollo team needed no reminder of the risk. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Identifying a place on one sleeve that badly needed repair, Kira moved that section of the robe into the frame, which held it taut. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley didn't give him any more words, thinking that he needed to save his strength. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"When I saw the invitation in the elevator I suggested to Mr. Hoo that he call the judge to see if she needed hors d'oeuvres; and sure enough, he got an order for six dozen." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after, Mama told them she felt we needed to call an ambulance. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the light outside grew gray with the approaching dawn, Klaus had found out all he needed to know. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She needed a new plan to get her sister and brother-in- law together. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted Ralph's recantation to sink in, but I didn't want to hesitate too long because we needed a lot more. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But he now needed a pass before he could begin canvassing for a job in the white world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still couldn’t imagine why he needed all that muriatic acid, but would he keep that much around if he really was the acid thrower? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And when Luke needed money to pay the electric bill last year, after days calling it “camping” so the twins wouldn’t worry, Coach paid it without question. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

This proved to be the only motivation I needed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They really needed to start focusing on The Game and not all this other monkey junk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

More literary output is needed from professionals in this area. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I told him as much as I thought he needed to know,” Celia says as he drifts past her, moving to inspect the Carousel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Smith needed a little Howard image control, but he was on his own. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erasmus did not help with the move this time; he was not needed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All it needed was to heat up and for a scattering of kernels to brown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The extra hands were sorely needed in the fields. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was restlessness in the air now, as if we had all packed everything too quickly and too well and we needed something else to do. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

To save their jobs, and probably their lives, Soviet spies needed a second source to corroborate Hall’s report. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mary had a friend, Eve, who needed a babysitter for her three children on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I needed to tell you something,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her voice sounded nasal, as if she needed to blow her nose. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Stonesnake seemed to know where to put his feet as if by instinct, but Jon needed to be more careful on the broken, uneven ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Not that I wanted or needed any mothering. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fear in Cas’s eyes was all the answer Diana needed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“They took us where they needed us to work,” he said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before the crew could begin painting, Mr. Jackson said they needed to develop a game plan. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

We needed something and we needed it quick. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But in its second year Del Mar needed a boost; daily attendance averaged just six thousand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That no one, not even Cecile, needed to have their way so badly or was so selfish. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t deal with Mom until I’d had coffee and a shower; I needed time to figure out what to tell her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“His mama gave the boy to me,” said Mrs. Owens, as if that was all that needed to be said. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I had already forgotten what I needed to do. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

No replacement could be found; what draft horses remained were needed to pull the wagons that held their food and fodder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I paid cash, but I needed spending money, so I got a work-study job at the school. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I just needed time to gather one breath. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t fathom how a bear had gotten into the cage, only that I needed to get away from it, so I pressed myself hard against the bars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was his first major public speech that wasn’t a church sermon, and he needed to inspire this crowd. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I had grown used to thinking readers somehow needed my column. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is doubtful that Ernest needed a reminder of the neutron effects on the body; more likely he needed constant goading to take the appropriate precautions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m so happy for you, Melody! You really needed this! And, yes, we’re gonna have to find a day so you can teach me some fashion sense!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

If she needed more money, she was expected to raise the funds herself. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t explain it, but I needed it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But his body needed the rest and wouldn’t allow it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But he understood why they needed him to comply, so he agreed. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I already know what it says. I just needed it for legal reasons.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Piper put some charmspeak in her voice, which maybe wasn’t cool, but Percy needed to be able to focus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But perhaps some of the enslaved people had the personal pleasure of realizing that they had knowledge that the plantation owners needed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

You only needed to look at them to see they had lived totally different lives from hers. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were a few small towns as well, but I needed someplace larger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"We'll want horses. Swift and strong. The fighting will make remounts hard to come by. A goodly supply of gold will also be needed, for those gifts we spoke of earlier." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By the time they reached the museum, she no longer needed an argument. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bill didn’t try to make sure that I would see him next year if I needed anything. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to tell Keeper about her family, about being banished, about her talk with Robin, and how with every day that passed Ivy was more and more sure that she liked June. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She needed a proofreader, and when Lori was just seven years old, she would go over Mom’s manuscripts, checking for errors. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t believe how he’d broken down when his friends had needed him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The man scoffed, his shoulders up in a shrug, and he looked about the audience as if he needed validation that Kaisha was absurd. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But more importantly, I needed my computer, so that I could scour the Internet to try to catch up on my own life. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They didn’t really make eye contact, and after ten minutes of saying we were sorry and telling them we were there if they needed us, we went back home. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He needed to find whatever it was that had made Bri go back to the basement. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The platform would take days to build, though, and Nhamo needed a place right now. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to see firsthand how competitive bidding worked. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Chiron said we needed to hurry, so I let him give me a ride on his back. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was then that Ethyne realized that she had learned all that she needed from the Sisters of the Star, and that it was time to go. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

No one even needed to get out of the car. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He next spent five weeks tramping about the modest hills of Snowdonia and the English Lake District to learn what he thought he needed to know about climbing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But for all that to happen, Haley needed a winning idea—and fast. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe there were parents like them who had a child like me, who needed a gentle tap on the shoulder and someone to tell them there was hope. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Caton had gone begging to Mr. Dubonnet, and the union chief had unbent just enough to let him build me the nozzles, casements, fins, and nose cones I needed for my display. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Father and Leah went away on the airplane we just needed to lay on down awhile. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one of them was going to help me prove the thing I needed to prove: that Franny had been stung by a jellyfish. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But even if he did, she needed him there. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Kermit also worried that he would regret not going, especially if his father needed him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The words she needed to say dried up on her tongue, and she sat by him numbly until he asked for another helping. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instant scalping. . . but dragons had no hair . . .pepper breath. . . that would probably increase a dragon’s firepower . . . horn tongue. . . just what he needed, to give it an extra weapon . Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Outside the window Jacksonville looked like it needed a fence around it to keep it from running out on ether’s bosom. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He knew that Kappe was not only relying on him but, perhaps more important, needed him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Polly huddled in the wagon, wishing she knew a way to vent the anger that she needed to expel. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five security checkpoints stood between the elevator and the room I needed to reach. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I figured out that she was bound to see Nathan again because there was more work my mother needed him to do. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He said he needed to come to my stronghold to give me something. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But it was as if his eyes needed help from his ears—he needed to hear his father’s words to believe he was real. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food needed to be wet, easy to chew. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And every year he increased the allowance she needed to manage her own household there. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got it,” Chuck replied, his voice chipper, as if thrilled to be needed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The last thing I needed was to walk back into the pod all boo-hoo again, so I sat there staring at the table until I could look her in the eye. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had kept the truth of that from Penny, but she needed to understand how things stood with their master. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I said the only place I could think of, because I needed comfort and friends. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

What it needed was a good combing and I had no comb. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mind remained sharp, but she needed an assistant to read to her and to help her with her writing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“My mama needed this club. She needed the money.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“You okay?” he asked, even though he knew she needed a doctor and stitches and a real bandage, and she needed them as soon as possible. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She borrowed a book from a student when she needed to refer to one. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was gonna practice coming off the blocks, because it was where I needed the most help. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But he’d looked for Dorian in his rooms, and he hadn’t been there, and he needed to tell him that things weren’t as they’d seemed when he walked in on them earlier. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After several hours I began to get a feel for the place, an understanding of which way I needed to go. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As intelligence gathering increased and improved, Tallmadge decided that his agents, along with Washington himself, needed secret identities. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Parker said they needed foster homes because they were too young to stay at the center on their own overnight. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And the last thing Julie needed was for him to wind up in the fourth floor stairwell, unable to climb another step. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I needed to move into Harlem completely and make enough money to stay there and be cool and wear the fancy dresses and the clothes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the cereal shelf there needed to be five of every kind of cereal, even the nasty ones that taste like dirt until you put sugar on it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Later on he learned to manage these fits, but he was left with a short temper, which needed very little provocation to blossom into terrible attacks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Lee had asked him to bring her the book she needed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t mind that Dr. Zamborska still thought of her as his baby-sitter and actually was pleased that he felt that he could still call on her when he needed help. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But suppose two people needed to be friends. How would you make that happen?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A tad sweet, but sometimes sweet was exactly what I needed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Greenglass said it wasn’t ready—he needed a few hours to write up his report. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to root out anything that would have a problem with losing atmospheric pressure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear he no longer needed the bear. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He needed more money; if he did not get more than he had now he would not know what to do with himself for the rest of the day. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In eight minutes, she and Leo needed to be at the Doors of Death to let their friends out. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A new house, away from Myrta’s parents, might be all the couple needed to end their growing estrangement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It had been a long time since she had shed even a single tear and she was astonished to see how badly she had needed some sign of tenderness. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she could get on the wrong flight, he was sure he could get on one going in the direction he needed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She was convinced they needed Damasen’s help, but the giant had turned them down. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My head was spinning with what needed to be done. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing, for sure, she needed her ends cut. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed a shave, his stubble like slivers of ice. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he needed was a heartbeat for that one quick step and he was gone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

All that was needed was to substitute for the original promise a warning that it would probably be necessary to reduce the ration at some time in April. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Each part had 25 points to add up to a hundred and I needed 16.25 out of each part. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He knew exactly what he needed to do. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

More and more buildings are needed to accommodate them, so the city is expanding into the countryside. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Even though the FBI needed Dasch to plead guilty to keep everything a secret, it ultimately wasn't going to matter. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He thought he needed protection from the U.S. government, which just might have him assassinated instead of extraditing him and bringing him home for a costly and unpopular trial. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly needed some discrete information to put in my brain, to push out what was there, so I pulled a record out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And Dad kept saying I just needed more discipline. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I needed to get out of that house. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When we got there, the host, that old guy who’s worked there for about a billion years, asked if we needed a table for four. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He needed to save the area around the hole for when his hole was much deeper. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He'd told me a while back that this would be my last visit with him, that I'd done all the work I needed to do here. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

To play the part she played—the perfectly natural, slightly ridiculous American fond mother—an artist was needed. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

A full moon falling on the snow lit up the world—who needed electricity? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Besides, I sort of needed a little vacation. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Hineses’ file noted they had too many children and needed a waiver for Luke and me, which might have been one reason they sent me to the other home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He had four other kids at home who needed looking after. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He had not been back to Nigeria in years and perhaps he needed the consolation of those online groups, where small observations flared and blazed into attacks, personal insults flung back and forth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The world as a whole might not be black-and-white, Jim, Ophelia, and Paul thought, but there were some situations where it was perfectly clear what needed to be done. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I told him that I needed to get my father’s advice. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bleachers also needed attention—they sagged, peeling paint like leprosy on the benches. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed ten or twenty dollars, needed it badly, but I had come in without first deciding what to say. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He needed the extra work—it’s not like they handed out jobs on street corners—and his bookie scared him more than Clyde did. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was going the opposite direction now, the direction I needed to go, and it was coming toward me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Just the drums and the Colored Boy Scouts passing out explanatory leaflets to white men in straw hats who needed to know what the freezing faces already knew. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they stood between the teeming crowds of people and the increasingly sensational cakes on display, searching for some way they might possibly be needed. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I am terrible. But I just needed to see you today.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I remember how she used to come home crying, but tiying to hide it, because she had lost a job that she needed so much. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized how badly I needed to hear this, and how important it would be to hear this from my mother. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But he needed the income, and he stuck with it. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I needed to nip this in the bud. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Scientists seeking a step-by-step guide to the novel science of artificial radioactivity needed to study Lauritsen; those seeking a foreshadowing of the new science’s possible harvest consulted Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Alex looked through the rest of the apartment, in case there was anything there they needed to take with them. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She needed Pilate’s calm view, her honesty and equilibrium. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could see them siding with Anatole, that it needed more talk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scads of new laborers were needed to churn out nearly eighteen thousand engines in two years. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“She asked. No, correction. She begged. She said she needed me. She was scared. And I figured that no matter what I thought about the whole thing, she is my daughter. My only daughter.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Like a turtle, I pulled back into my shell, conserving my courage and my words until I really needed them. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I needed was more trouble on account of independence. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meantime in the living room, the volume of Trotter’s voice told Gilly that Walter Cronkite had called it a day, but she no longer needed to rush. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like the way she said that, as if Tyson were a big disease we needed to get to the hospital, but I followed her down the alley. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She hailed from a small farm where she was often left to her own devices, save on those nights when the master needed company and she was forced to drink the cup of vice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“There was something I needed to do,” Conor said, but she was already pulling on his arm. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Couldn’t he see how badly I needed to get away from that awful house? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s okay,” I said as I grabbed the rest of the ingredients and organized them in the order I needed to use them. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Cora retreated into its shadows when she needed a break from the faces. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

No one in the political leadership of the early American republic needed to be reminded who Catiline was. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then as the ages passed and people no longer believed that the earth needed blood to be fruitful, all that was cruel in the story would be dropped and in the end forgotten. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she needed was a little battalion of her own. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Letters and phone calls from him indicated that he was doing well on the practice field, but needed frequent cash infusions to keep his wardrobe up to college standards. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, he had runners bringing me the messages I needed to send back to the ship. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lita made it no secret she thought our world’s leaders needed to swallow their pride and figure out their differences. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I knew I needed to get back to Nan but didn’t feel like I could take a gift and run. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

In the end, those kids collected five times as many paper clips as they needed, and founded a world-renowned Holocaust museum. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was a Saturday, and Granny took me along to her other gardening job in Pretoria, the capital of apartheid, because she needed help. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe we needed each other because being a third of something was never enough. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wondered who she needed to call so badly. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

If ever a man needed angels, it was that man. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Dinwiddie needed someone rugged enough to plunge into the wilderness, yet wise enough to deal with those clever French. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe you needed a porter,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lara had always needed to talk for her parents, I thought, and so maybe she never learned how to talk for herself. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Our lives wouldn’t have needed saving if they hadn’t stuck us in that blessed cage!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now I needed to write Marcus and tell him about my plan. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I told Rachel about the Labyrinth, and how we needed to find Daedalus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

After Henrietta checked into the hospital, a nurse drew blood and labeled the vial colored, then stored it in case Henrietta needed transfusions later. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

What the program needed was some frame of reference, some central point on which to build. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The sleep had done what I promised him it would—it had given him the rest he needed to face a new day of marching. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And how, each time, Blancaflor was the one who gave the prince the tools he needed to complete his challenge. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was my best friend and I needed him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Virgil spent his hour with Ms. Giegrich, learning about numbers, and Valencia spent her time with Mr. King, although Virgil wasn’t sure what Valencia needed to learn; she seemed pretty smart. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Farid had also shown him the kind of earth he needed to rub on his face to darken his skin. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I held my breath, praying that neither of Jesse’s parents needed clean sheets or towels. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Companies needed to be defended against lawsuits from rivals. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I would not be so certain, Clytius. Hazel’s friends simply needed a little time to reach her—time you have given them with your boasting and bragging.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We sat silently until the gate swung open and Amaka came out, walking close enough to Papa-Nnukwu to support him if he needed it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Local contractor L. S. Gaillard worked hard to make the needed repairs to the church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She needed only to memorize the address, because she already knew the name. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A soldier alerts my mother that she’s needed in the first- aid station. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I said that the American black man needed to quit thinking what the white man had taught him—which was that the black man had no alternative except to beg for his so-called “civil rights.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At every meal she would beseech him not to be selfish and to remember that his little sister was sick and also needed food, but it was no use. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I already knew the answer, but I needed to hear it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He needed someone to talk to so as to avoid thinking about the possibility of war. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To segregationists, blacks hadn’t yet proven themselves decent and responsible citizens; they needed to earn the privilege to live among whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the Agricultural Revolution opened opportunities for the creation of crowded cities and mighty empires, people invented stories about great gods, motherlands and joint stock companies to provide the needed social links. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just me and Mrs. Baylor—and Oscar, who probably needed to be walked. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We decided we needed three hours to do everything. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But then, it seemed as if the Indians had been helpful to the settlers as well, so I didn’t see why they needed civilizing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

You kept to yourself unless you had some kind of emergency and needed another man’s help. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As he said, his two unmarried daughters were so ugly that they needed big dowries. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets of Berlin, many of which were still lined with abandoned homes and devoid of pedestrians, provided Blake with the cover he needed to hand off such precious—and treacherous—cargo. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I have to say, it felt really good to give all those coats to people who really needed them! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

What America and the world needed was a hard man. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma allowed my sister to stick to her like glue because she knew Adria needed that security. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It needed to exist in its own bubble, as long as they could stay just beyond its outer edge, peering in. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I will, if it’s needed. We thought we’d try the snow coat first,” says my mother. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I left Martinez's near my bunk, in case I needed a suit in a hurry. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t figure out what she wanted to draw, only that she needed to draw to keep back all the thoughts. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With parmesan cheese on the pasta, that was all you needed and you could eat three bowls and still crave more. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At this critical moment, when they needed to escape Maryland as quickly as possible, they did something unexplainable—they did nothing! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I needed an escape, I had one. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was still higher than Moch wanted to row, nearly a sprinting pace, but it was what he needed to stay in contention. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Of course, I imagine real scholars will take an interest in Weep now, and amateur records won’t be needed. Still, it’s not bad work. You should be proud.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She had a feeling that the child needed that comforting refuge even more than she did herself. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But many of my mentors told me that if I really wanted to understand the changes going on in American and international policy, I needed to understand the global economic system. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We were going to do the seventh and eighth grades in one year and were then going to do the ninth grade the next year, making up any work we needed along the way. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’d wanted to be a warrior, believed that the title and rank would give him something he wanted, needed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

All you needed was luck and cunning and boldness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I knew then that I could handle whatever needed to be done while Papa was gone. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why else do you think I wanted to join the King’s Guard? I needed a living, yes, but I could have done something less...life-threatening. Some of us need adventures.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

You could imagine the Brown Pelican standing over the Black-Backed Gull at the moment when the gull most needed him and saying that maybe the sky won’t be lost after all. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had a pile of saucers in front of him, and he needed a shave. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

More to the point, they outstepped everybody so completely that when they needed tough competition they were forced to dance with themselves. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, that’s certainly not what I needed to hear, and not only because both friendships didn’t survive. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She needed to talk to someone, outside her sisters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To attach the butterfly collar to the shirt you needed a back stud and a front stud. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, Mark Antony needed all the encouragement Cleopatra could give him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Like a lot of women, your granny needed help. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

To do this, he and his men needed to remain passive and peaceful—no matter what. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It meant providing medicine in the places that needed it the most, and no place was needier than Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Ivy gave her the pillow to use however she needed, but she barely looked at Ivy, mumbling a thanks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My eyes had long-since adjusted to the darkness, and I needed only the frail moonlight to guide me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, his patients needed him, and he continued to work at the hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their fears that they would not have enough to survive as a nation had led them to war so they would be able to control those things they needed. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she returned to us in January, Grandma was even frailer, and she needed to be on oxygen all the time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We could grow almost everything that we needed right on our farm. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if that was too long, but he claimed he needed at least that much time to make a thorough study of the island’s bird colonies. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Walowick, a Polish lad with dimples who looked like he had more teeth than he needed, looked up from his magazine, flashed a smile, and went back to reading. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My team won. You happy now, Silas? Is that what you needed to know? Fine, now you know. Now get out of my life!” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I breathed deep, slowed the game down in my mind to the speed I needed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I felt that the process needed to begin, and that I had neither the time nor the means to communicate fully with Oliver. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like he needed to be in the mental health clinic. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She could open it and riffle through the pages and find the answers she needed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was just one problem he needed to clear up. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I bought Mom an antique silver cross, but finding a gift for Dad was harder; he always said he never needed anything. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He only needed to reach Kathy and she would knock down every wall to get to him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I thought about all the people who had sacrificed time, money, and energy to build the grand old church and to furnish it with everything they needed to worship God as a community. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He needed a PR win—not at home, where the reoccupation of the Rhineland had been immensely popular—but in London and Paris and New York. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Kira says, “Living on my own but still close to family was good for me. I needed that.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I needed them to promise I would always be protected, even though I knew it was impossible. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

If she needed to, she would wear all her clothes at the same time, in layers, until she found a job. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, I needed to talk with her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He needed to rest for a while, and not think about the story or the ceremony. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pursuit of knowledge, he main-tained, was a worthy objective in its own right and needed no external validation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her daughter in Jamaica was having some kind of problem and Mrs. Baylor needed to send her some money. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In a house, you could go into your room by yourself when you were mad or needed to cry. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The clerk was calling to let me know that Judge Norton had ruled in the McMillian case—she needed my fax number to send me a copy of the ruling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Wilson didn’t explain to Poulsson why German physicists needed heavy water. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he needed proof that this was a necessary action, it greeted him that morning at the steps of city hall. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

In the ER, she’d tried to give the doctors the information they needed without seeming too knowledgeable, without making them suspect that she was an unlicensed midwife. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

What Nazario offered them in return was something their union didn’t cover, that if their sons and daughters needed legal help one day, he would be there. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I reached between the seats and jerked up the handbrake, but it only slowed the car when we needed to have stopped dead fifty feet back. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There’s the natural gas in the fertilizer and the fossil fuel energy it takes to make the pesticides, the diesel used by the tractors, and the fuel needed to harvest, dry, and transport the corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Sandy could be exhausting to be around, because she needed to be the center of attention and was always yapping away about herself,” remembers Jane Bromet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few days prior we had two carts and three horses but some German soldiers we encountered had taken one of the wagons and two horses, claiming they were needed for the war effort. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But then I thought about the fact that he was living in his car, and maybe he needed to make sure he was safe at night. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I needed to get outside now, before the girls rushed headlong into another nightmare brought on by a lack of caution. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And if one of the gypsy mothers really needed something, if she gathered the courage to say, “What papers?” would they just make something up? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I needed to find a collection of trophies in Sector Seven. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but wonder if this is like Soojin deciding she wanted to start carrying a purse last year and insisting that I needed to join her. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But maybe God intended for me to sleep in that morning, needed me to stay home, as He counted on all of the day’s events spreading out just like He’d planned them. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the stepfather, a truck driver, was frequently on the road, and her mother, who was mentally ill, often needed the young Della to care for her. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize how much I needed him to hug me until he wrapped his arms around my waist and drew me against him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I ordered a milk shake and two plates of fries and needed to ask for a second bottle of ketchup. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not scared,” she said, like it was a bitter word she needed to spit out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The girls told me this process was what needed to happen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She did not resist him, because he needed her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I just needed to know he was okay. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Coupons are needed for everything, from flour to shoes, and yet the Nazis continue to press for war donations—more woolen clothing for the soldiers and German marks to buy cannons, tanks, and airplanes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he hadn’t needed a great gang, just one he could make great—one that needed him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I said, “Yes, ma’am,” but I was thinking what I really needed to do was get back to South Carol-liney, where folk don’t act so strange and uppity. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

While in high school I accepted that I was living in a void, but now that I was heading for college I needed some fresh air and fresh thinking. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Their air was going stale inside their space suits, and they needed to plug in right away. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rode two-headed donkeys because they frequently needed to change direction. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I just needed to get it evenly spread out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There were some things I needed to learn.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We needed to shock their systems, see their responses. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But I needed to get to Trebon soon, while things were still fresh in people’s memories. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I needed that word to tell me who I was when everything else was coming apart around me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sigurd might have needed a special place to do his bloodletting. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

To Moseley, the fish bones suggested that the ample protein on the coast allowed people to go inland and build irrigation networks to produce the cotton needed to expand fishing production. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It needed a new muffler that Pa said he didn’t have money to fix. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sensing that she needed companionship, George Washington curled at Jessie’s side and did not once attack her feet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Pinch needed quick treatment, and most of Nokomis’s medicines were back at the cabin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, they needed another man to wait on table and sing in-between. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly you needed two sets of laws to explain the behavior of the universe–quantum theory for the world of the very small and relativity for the larger universe beyond. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Imaginary friends don’t come of their own volition. We are invited. We stay as long as we’re needed. And then, and only then, do we leave.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When they had what they needed they started down Valley Boulevard, traveling east. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

They had a girl my sister’s age and a boy my age, so their books were the ones we needed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the very least, with the benefit of sleep and sunlight, Jinny knew what she needed to do next. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If there had been any weary Hobbits around, looking for somewhere to melt the One Ring of Power, they wouldn’t have needed a volcano. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

What we really needed was a light, for the ducts, at night, were completely dark. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She could think of nothing she needed from a man. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Shady thought Jinx needed to learn a trade, so he set about doing some welding. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

More people were involved; more conversations needed to be had before even a small decision could be made. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it almost seemed like Mom had superpowers, taking care of everything Finn and Emma and Chess needed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t enough to buy even a quarter of the food that seven people needed. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

We coordinated with the Secret Service to make sure our tilling wouldn’t disrupt any of the sensors or sight lines they needed to protect the grounds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They just called Olympus with an Iris-message whenever they needed something. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was gone quite long, so I followed to see if he needed assistance. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Atal was excited by this idea, and they hauled in their net at once and began to gather what Mary needed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Anya had a knife in her pocket already—she had been using it to craft the sukkah’s walls—and she figured that was all she needed for gathering branches. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now that she was alone, she realized how much she needed Ana Diaz. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even Zoey knows why I needed to do this today. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He needed further time to study the pieces on the chessboard, to figure out a strategy for his Olympic endgame before he even began to move pieces around. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They may simply have needed extra lime for the island’s roads. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claimed he needed a place to hold all his master plans. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the House, the measure fell nearly one hundred votes short of the total needed—with 174 in favor and 204 opposed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They also needed rope, but at this point Tad didn’t see how anything they’d found could be used to make a stretcher. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Lawrence recognized that their accomplishments added luster to the Rad Lab, and, accordingly, gave them as much freedom as they needed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The only reason I’d taken the job here was because I needed to appear normal. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

"Sure you do. Remember how we used to hide here? Remember the night my momma died and you stayed with me, told me you were gonna stick with me? Sure needed you that night." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

You only went there if you needed to buy an AK-47. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I needed to shut up about five minutes ago. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He needed to see her phone again, to force himself to read the horrible words again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He needed to know where his father stood. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might say to my own credit, as I needed every bit of credit available in those days, that I did not rejoice over Caroline’s misfortune. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left most of his body in the water for a quick escape if needed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was enough to have learned that love was the unexpected weapon, that it was the knife I’d needed to cut through the Kevlar I wore every day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He felt that he no longer needed to run away, at least as far as Hooper was concerned. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was clear he needed help, but he was genetically predisposed to refuse it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Of course, they would have needed to keep him alive. Harry, throw down the imposter’s cloak — he’s freezing. Madam Pomfrey will need to see him, but he seems in no immediate danger.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I tried to write my wife—I needed to write to her, to give her my news—but I found I could tell her nothing. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s motion—that sweeping kick of his boot through the doorway with its conflicting messages of goodwill and threat—had reminded him that he needed to protect his boy. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

All he needed was for the doctor to come on with that medicine. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

A match race featuring Seabiscuit was just what the track needed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong knew that whatever he said next would be important, and it needed to be true. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

My feet felt like raw hunks of meat, and the jacket I’d needed when I first left the house was now tied around my waist. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mom wanted to prepare the chicken the way she always did for us, with her sauces and spices, and she tried to convey the ingredients she needed to the caseworkers. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

That was all you needed to know to pass Invariant Subspaces. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ralph needed to know what his limits were, and his impulses, what evil and what good he had it in his soul and hands to fashion. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this, he needed equipment to manage intense radioactivities and, as a capstone, a nuclear reactor—the one nuclear technology that had eluded Lawrence’s grasp. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

All my mind and body wanted to sleep, but I needed dry clothes to sleep in. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He never had many watches to fix, and when he finished he would fool around the house doing any little job that was needed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Come to think of it, I actually would be missing class for the play if Nora still needed me—if Cal hadn’t been such an adorable disaster onstage. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After the divorce, Dad decided we both needed to toughen up, that we needed to learn to stand on our own. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made him realize he needed to make choices about who he wanted to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what I could do, but I wanted to be there at the bridge if she decided she needed my help or if she just wanted somebody to talk to. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I needed the wound to set first,” she says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he was dying, word spread throughout Hayti that he needed a blood transfusion. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were more concerned with price—it should be affordable—and that it have the number of rooms they needed, including a study for Charles, as well as quarters for servants. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, seeing my surprise, he says, “Hey, credit where credit is due. It might not have been the best way to say it, but Alexa needed to hear it, whether she knew it or not.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I knew that now, after punching Chas the night before, and I still really felt like JP and I needed to have it out some more. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

To win World War II, the United States needed to recruit thousands of new code breakers, and the majority of the hires were female—about eleven thousand women in all. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She needed air, and she needed to move. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He needed to buy a pile of new gear, he explained, because he was going to Alaska. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was what she needed to concentrate on as she moved forward. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

What was needed was a revolution, a reversal of the ancient, brittle roles we’d been playing out since my childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some cities sent steamers and ladder wagons, others sent badly needed hose and fresh firefighters. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not long ago it was proved that Dwight D. Eisenhower was descended from the royal line of Britain, a proof if one were needed that everyone is descended from everyone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were going to force me to go fishing with Byron and Joey the next day and I knew I needed a ton of rest. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but you guys needed me too after your future-wife comment. It took away the pressure. Same with me and Arthur.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And throughout the meal, the doc parents were both trying to talk to us, but our feet were twitching and we needed to get outside. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They said they needed some time to try to figure it all out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Once again, Kepler’s future looked uncertain, and he needed to draw on every resource he had in anticipation of another move. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

So I needed to get to the key as quickly as possible, then get the hell out of Dodge. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If I was somewhere and they needed help, that’s what I did. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to scale up to allow for the second reflection, Brunelleschi’s board would have needed to have an area of four square feet, not one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He needed to get through the mission and off this island before he faced the Whisperer again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of him staggering up the stairs to our apartment told us all we needed to know. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We needed as much objective evidence as we could find to confirm the truth of what Myers was now saying. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Nina claimed it had something to do with glands, but Kaz didn’t care about the specifics as long as she showed up when he needed her and she paid Per Haskell his percentage on time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She needed to be Hyacinth the Brave: a Girl on a Mission to Save Her Home. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Jinny tried to remember to invite Ben along anytime she was going to show Ess something new, but that sort of thing tended to be unplanned, to happen when it needed to happen. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z