单词 | needed |
例句 | 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 Since Mustafa got the permission he needed to try out and made the team, he’s been extra good about getting his homework done and taking out the trash and recycling without being nagged. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The next morning Deborah’s hives had gone down some, but her eyes were still swollen, so she decided she needed to go home to see her doctor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They were to be locked in empty shower stalls on Q-gallery, and for that they needed keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People kept bringing them to me: animals who had been orphaned and needed a home, animals who had been rescued from African markets. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z When I passed Dad my stack of carefully wrapped boxes, he protested that he needed and wanted nothing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When Allen needed glasses, Mr. Pepper bought them for him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “The designers of the hotel figured we only needed electricity for that and the stoves. Cursed bureaucrats!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Sort of like Hamlet, who, more than anything, needed to find a home—because he sure couldn’t find himself. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z "The Drowned God needed a strong oarsman, I fear," replied the stocky man with the white streak in his beard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So when the Nazis said they were moving us to Sachsenhausen because the camp needed workers, none of us believed them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z When a Coalwood mother told her son maybe he needed to “straighten up a bit,” it was usually in a direction he didn’t necessarily want to go. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Once again, I’d failed to save someone who had needed my help. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Didi was the kind of woman who needed a man, they said, and all young boys need a dad. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She had pursued his prosecution with a strange ferocity, while Jack turned away, vanished into his Ministry the moment he was needed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If I needed or wanted to work out at six o’clock in the morning or ten at night, Jake would be there, no questions asked and ready to work. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She desperately needed love and reassurance from a responsible caretaker. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z There was no conversation about why she brought me there, or what she needed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I know,” I said, and I believed it wholeheartedly, but I needed the reminder. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He could fetch the whetstone when the blades needed sharpening. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Orrison boy stopped by. Wanted to know if we needed any mutton.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “He said he needed the money for a bus ticket. But you don’t know where it was he wanted to go?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I got that out and hooked that up so that there wouldn’t be as much pressure on the other pumps and there would be a backup if it was to be needed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine that we needed more than two. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd figured that, on its own, my score would mean nothing—I needed someone to compare myself with—and so Hugh came along and took the test as well. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z If I say it myself, Harry, I’ve always been able to charm the people I needed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I know I shouldn’t be surprised, but I didn’t think any of us needed to justify our feelings on this new pilot security program at the school.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Oh, I know that Martin was a warrior mouse, but those were wild days when strength was needed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z If she wanted to ensure their safety, she needed to meet Octavian’s requirements, and Octavian required her to stay alive. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It seemed natural that they needed each other, as all good sister cities should, but instead they had spent most of their histories trying to prove just the opposite. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her only source was the church, and if that community' lacked what she needed, she had no other options. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She needed rest, badly, and though she joked with him about dying of sleep deprivation, she was, in fact, afraid. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This oil was the only thing needed to perform the ritual, that and the holy authority resting in my father’s misshapen hands. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brill and Ellen were glad because they could drink strong cups of tea all day in the kitchen and no longer needed to preside at nursery suppers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Since we had no air-conditioning, they explained, we needed to let the air circulate. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I needed the wisdom of someone who had long been married, such as Elnora. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They had to stop at every floor for her to catch her breath, and she needed to use her inhaler twice, sometimes three times, before the climb was finished. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The field was an ocean of snow that needed to be crossed—but there were no other footprints in it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He wore a pearl earring and had a face that needed to make a choice—either shave or grow a beard. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z They were available whenever I needed to talk, and back then I needed to talk quite a lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He and Cleopatra needed to take time to discuss critical affairs of state. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “He was going to look after him, see that he got taken care of, and got what he needed for his work . . . He was going to teach him how to do the best for himself.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They needed to believe they’d done the right thing and that it made sense. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Much better. Just needed a stretch, I guess.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We needed time to rest before we were ready to go into combat again. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just twice. The second time I came, she waited until Mrs. Janssen was gone again, and then she said there had been a notice in the newspaper and that she needed my help to escape.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It is possible that the invention of antibodies evolved from the earlier sensing mechanisms needed for symbiosis, perhaps designed, in part, to keep the latter from getting out of hand. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I know that haste is needed, yet I cannot choose. The burden is heavy. Give me an hour longer, and I will speak. Let me be alone!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Today on the highway,” she said, “Gaea told me that she needed the blood of only two demigods—one female, one male. She—she asked me to choose which boy would die.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z What I really needed was to meet somebody coming south who could tell me if they had seen Katz, but there was no one out on the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I could tell he was tired, eager to head upstairs and get some needed sleep. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was a book that would have information on the Shetani, information about the Greater Jungle and everything he needed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She quickly discovered that these women needed help—mostly in understanding paperwork. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z No one had ever told me Dad needed me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He and the greater part of his men were across the river, working on Pharaoh’s new addition to the Great Temple, shaping and fitting stones as they were needed for the walls. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I could add more if I needed to. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Alice Paul needed to do something bold to recapture the headlines. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Then there was a baby on the way and we needed more space. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z To marshal large men who were not all that much younger than him, and in many cases just as strong willed, he needed every advantage he could get. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z School was free, as was reading when the books were from the library, and the only thing needed to play basketball in Harlem were sneakers and a game. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The door opened, and there was Lizzie, just wrapping a red shawl around herself—a shawl that, needed about as many patches as the house had. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I needed to find Artemis, and I needed to figure out what the doomsday creature was. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z This proved impossible, as he couldn’t stop puzzling over what Malfoy was doing that needed lookouts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Mom never left work early unless I was sick and needed to be picked up from school, and even that didn’t happen very much. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I think...this is just what I needed to face the others,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I needed time to clear my head, so we took the long way home and stopped at one of my favorite canals. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As for the dog, I always got my pets at animal shelters, so I called the Wasilla shelter and was told—perfect, really—that they had a three-legged border collie that needed a good home. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The covered wagon was the hearse for anybody who needed one in that part of Banks County. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Whatever she needed those batteries for wasn’t as important as her trying to win more money. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “It ain’t written down anywhere how to respond to a thing like that. I tole Dee, I said, ‘You needed to get away for a while, and then you come back.’ Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He needed a way down to the highway—fast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z On his own console he dialed for a creative and fresh attitude toward his job, although this he hardly needed; such was his habitual, innate approach without recourse to Penfield artificial brain stimulation. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I also needed my teachers to keep my attention from straying in class by calling out, Rich-heard—their English voices slowly prying loose my ties to my other name, its three notes, Ri-car-do. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the party I had been very careful about leaving food out because I needed every mouthful. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Will needed to get home before dinner or his mother would be worried, and then really angry when he showed up, because she had been so worried. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z She needed him to hold it together long enough to get Cari in the ground. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It is better to settle these matters in the courts than on the streets, and new laws are needed at every level, but law alone cannot make men see right. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The holidays were important, and the discipline needed to pay for the pleasure of annual generosity was relatively painless. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Emma was distraught as well, and, unusual for her, had become so undone that it was Charles who took over and gave all of them the emotional support they needed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You seemed like you needed a sad day,” I told her, through the pinch of the hug. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He only needed a few more pieces, and he would have called all this attention to me.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The news stories always put me right back into my pity pot, though, showing me again and again that I needed a bomb shelter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, because he’s the boy. I suppose it’s not that different with a girl, but I needed to know how it felt to be a small boy looking at his mother.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z All Eliza needed was one friend and she could probably have handled the teasing. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The rest of the report didn’t go into the plagues, but it told me what I needed to know. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I said, glad that Arul had finally agreed we needed to do more with your bead business. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He needed to occupy his mind with something. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The aunt then asked me if she could have her son write to me because he was in prison and needed a lawyer. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Besides, my displays and charts for Indianapolis needed work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, yesterday and the day before they needed someone else to do all these challenging tasks while they found another drudge to replace her. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z To keep that from happening, the United States needed inside information about the plans of South America’s Nazi sympathizers and the spies who were working with them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Sometimes Chris would mind the kiosk himself if the man needed a break. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z If the world needed someone as pathetic as me to save it, we were better off dead. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But I needed to stick with my mother, even if I doubted the intentions of those men. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z To keep American science in full flower, he asserted, what was needed was “a more leisurely and normal research environment.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I needed to get him on board before the back door was destroyed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I walked back to school alone and convinced myself I needed to do everything in my power to get over Evan Parker. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It wasn’t enough for them to look, though; she needed those guns trained away from the gate. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They needed to get their act together, learn how to wind an alarm clock, get out there and get to work. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had given her something like his beating heart once, because she needed it, and because he knew she would keep it well. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Although she might be puzzled by these differences between man and woman, she knew them and accepted them and needed them. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed that feeling back, even for a moment—the sense that something I did made a difference. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I already knew what his problem was, but I needed to make sure before telling him or I’d get hit with a fine. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I needed some facts, and I needed them pronto. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I just needed to get a better handle on where we were and what was ahead of us. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z And she kept my sister at home because she needed help with dinner. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He had to, though, which meant he needed to go back to the house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He usually took his pay in trade: flour, coffee, spice, dried beans, and canned goods; or put it on account for a day when we needed more than lobsters would buy. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Something about it had really freaked me out, and I didn’t think the others needed to know that. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z So if he needed more individual time, that was fine with him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z How many farmers were there who needed to buy feed? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I have handled a number of business matters for Monsieur Lefèvre of late and I have put in a strong recommendation, but you should do whatever is needed to secure the position.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z With more time on her hands now that the children needed her less, Emma found a passion that brought her into touch with the world outside of Down. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He even forgot why he needed to forgive her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t know, until they arrived, that they needed work permits, which they couldn't obtain. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I knew there was something there that needed to be heard. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because the crystal was dirty. And both you and I needed to cleanse our minds of negative thoughts.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Jamie needed only to point his fingers to poke his sister in the ribs. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Francisco Pizarro, now governor of Peru, was learning that to avoid outbreaks of feckless violence he needed to keep his men occupied at all times. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I knew from my previous discussions with Ben that you needed money or brains to get into the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “She was not as stupid as some I have had, and better company, but still perhaps her going was for the best. She was not what I needed.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra needed to get rid of the young king. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I think about why she might have needed to make a swift marriage, what she might have had to hide. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z By five, the director had everything she needed. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I needed to talk to her about Bodega. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t have been much more than six when Mrs. V figured out what I needed. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I needed more, so I turned to my mom. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Matasaip strode from hut to hut telling everyone to be calm and not to lose time packing things that would not be needed. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And what about that time I didn’t come over when you needed me to? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z If Hoover was intimidated by the sight of this monstrous Texan, he didn’t show it: he told White that he needed to discuss a matter of the utmost urgency with him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes she got tunnel vision and forgot about what other people needed, even Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He shook his head and said, “But there were things I needed, too!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Knowing that every great scientist needed a spark of inspiration, I opened my book 101 Kids’ Super Fun Science Experiments. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “It just needed a woman’s touch!” she yelled sweetly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He needed to call a half-dozen relatives, to let them know he was alive. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mom started acting like she really needed to straighten one of the pictures on Chess’s wall, above his bed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When I dyed chunks of my hair bright blue, those drama queens almost needed to be put on stretchers and rushed to the hospital. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He wanted to protect his house, and after Katrina passed, he realized he needed food, and couldn't walk to any stores nearby. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I met his eyes, to see if he needed to be rescued. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Her tender look was all the affection and support I needed, and as she departed she turned to me and said, “Uqinisufokotho, Kwedini!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not wanting to admit how much I needed it, I sought for something else to say. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He would yield very soon, because he needed to know that his theory was right. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I felt like I had something he needed, something he needed badly and didn’t really know how to ask for. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z By the time De Vreede reached Amsterdam, Maria needed rest and care. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She and Levi opened their house to them if they needed a home-cooked meal, or simply a place to go when they felt homesick. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Gramps was just as glad, he said, because he needed his wits about him that evening. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z They couldn’t have needed to stretch more than I did through those nine hundred miles—although Vonetta’s legs were growing longer. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Yes, there were mistakes, some fine-tuning needed, but it was perfectly legible, and, more important, perfectly understandable. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to give them away, so I held up a finger, as if to tell him I needed one more minute. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He needed to let Jason and Piper and the others know he was okay. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was stupid to claim that he needed time to think things over when all he was doing was hiding from a truth he already knew. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I looked at her a long time, but couldn’t think of anything to say, and ran back down the three flights to the garden where Sally needed to be saved. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed to leave, to escape the house and party and all those artificial people, but the front was crowded, so I stumbled onto the patio, where it was quieter and I could breathe. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The problem was that math seemed so boring; his brain never needed urging when it came to reading or writing. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z They needed the goat milk to make the cheese and to add to the bliny batter itself. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He placed his hands along the sides of the podium, preparing to speak, but his face froze and he gripped the wood frame as if he needed it to hold himself up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He was smiling and suddenly close to tears because they had come when he needed friends most. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z What the kid Renault needed was a stiff jab to the jaw and another to the belly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “My career needed a fresh impetus, and perhaps a European stamp would help.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I almost didn’t do the show, but then Sam told me she really wanted me to play Rocky, and I guess that’s all I really needed to hear. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z A look from her mother let Stella know she needed to disappear for a bit as well, and she was glad to do so. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He found what he needed and hurried back, but not so quickly this time, so as to protect what he carried. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Keeley had needed four teammates to best Charles in the past June’s escape game, which was played inside the silly game maker’s even sillier new library on its opening weekend. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z There were tables and charts he needed for various things, like the ratio between the curvature of the propeller blades and the revolutions they produced. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian and I decided we needed to make the fire even bigger and went out to collect more wood. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The prisoners in the camps would be reassigned from now on as each camp needed workers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z But now I needed to protect him against this man. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I tried to convince my parents that I needed an expensive dress—two hundred dollars—to wear to the event. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It was nice to eat fresh corn and just pick it as we needed it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What I needed to know was, where did she put all of the letters? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Maya had all the support she needed in that particular arena, and she was grateful for it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Their aunt was saying terrible things when they needed blessing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were only so many hits to the heart I could take before I needed to step away. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He and Kathy needed to fly to Phoenix to gather their children and drive home, and the only way he could do so was with his driver’s license. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It needed a good injection of lip- smacking innuendo. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was telling her what she needed to do. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z The younger men leaned back on their stools with their knees wide apart, taking up all the room they needed, and were quick to yell out what was on their minds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Just doors that needed to be closed and new ones I’m so glad we opened. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Not that they couldn’t read. They just needed to learn a different way, that’s all.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z When Frank glanced back, he had at least two dozen monsters on his tail, but he needed more. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And I’m sure it took every bite of the tongue to stop them from telling me I needed to fix myself up. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He needed to stay out of the hot sun like everybody else. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Groves needed to quickly gather a team of the best scientists in the country— and he needed to pick someone to lead it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t beat Carver by myself, I needed the whole team coming out strong. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The hanging globe lights, which lined the edge where the ceiling met the wall, cast a heavenly glow over his room, but Moss needed more. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “After we ran into the jungle, I told you we needed to stop, to reevaluate our plan.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z One guy showed Jule how to work the motor and how the oars fit on the edge of the boat, just in case you needed them. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And, anyway, it didn’t do any good to tell him not to cry because he needed to cry. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z To see the Spirit Bear, he needed to clear his mind and become invisible, not to the world but to himself. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They needed a place to share their hurt and confusion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z That made it easy to line them up correctly and spot the patterns they needed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He demanded to know why you needed to be finished since there was nothing wrong with you to start with. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I found her dignified ritual riveting, but when the spell was broken I realized that I needed to get going myself. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Here, at least, some of the Beast Rider brotherhood would help me if I needed it. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I still needed to explain to her why I’d missed our lunch date. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “But, you know, I thought Deen seemed funny, at the end. Unhappy. Did you notice that too? Maybe he needed to go away.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z How panicked I felt before I convinced myself that he’d just needed something from home and gone to get it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “The lady said you needed me to take your trash down.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Since we had never retrieved the car—or any of our stuff—from the failed Grand Canyon expedition, the first thing Mom needed was a set of wheels. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Music education in the U.S. began after the Pilgrims and Puritans arrived, when ministers realized that their congregation needed help singing and reading music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Today, I got up hours earlier than I needed to. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I was exactly where I needed to be to convince her, but suddenly I felt bad. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The corn needed hoeing, and Lurvy didn’t find time to hoe it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Suddenly I had strength again, now that I needed it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then it came to me that all I needed to do was go to work. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, anything, but I just needed to tell him what that was. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Fittingly, then, it was Alice who gave me the push I needed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He needed more patches, he said, so he had to go out and buy another six-pack. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z To the adult I am today, my mother needs to say what she would never have needed to say to her child: the boy who faithfully kept family secrets. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole truth is that I needed a ride. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He would not have needed to ask it, require it, of me. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z He seriously needed to keep a pack of Aloe Vera Kleenex in his armor pocket, because that nose was wet and red and pretty gross. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The baker caught her by her hair, and the midwife began shouting about how apprentices with nothing to do but spy needed a beating and more work. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z JonPaul’s workout was the last thing I wanted to talk about, when I had so much I needed to ask him about Tina. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He needed to thank her for his new hat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Jeanne spoke for Jacob, saying what he needed to say but could not. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The little bit that he saw told him what he needed to know. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z A pilot needed to be chosen and given special training. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If only he could somehow approach Melisandre unseen . . . he needed but an instant's access to her cup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her wrists were bound and his grip on her was tight—probably too tight—but he needed this to be convincing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His black tunic was unbuttoned at the top, and slightly wrinkled—and his short hair needed a combing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z To explain what kept atoms together, other forces were needed, and in the 1930s two were discovered: the strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He needed to find the one person left whose clarity never failed him, and unless he was out of the state, iMilkman was determined to find him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. de Klerk, he said, needed to show his supporters that his policy had brought benefits to the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They needed clear skies to get a good look at the explosion, but far more worrisome was the danger of spreading radioactive fallout. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But if she was telling the truth, she was giving us answers we needed to pay attention to, even if we didn’t understand them right now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And I still needed to memorize my lines for the tryouts. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I thought about how often this was needed in everyday life. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Up until this year, nobody thought she needed help. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z This was magic, and she needed to get out of the river before the magic ran out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I’d convinced my mother, as frugal as she was, that I needed a computer for school. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mark Antony needed money to pay his men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes she’d get the sleep her body craved, that she knew she needed, even though she wasn’t trying to stand out at school, just survive it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He needed the fury of the villagers to help him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I told you, but she, uh. Well, when she fired me, she told me that if I wasn’t a thousand percent serious about you, I needed to break things off.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And no use just sitting there twiddling his thumbs till they needed him to hand up powder. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Shake it off and focus on doing what needed to be done. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I needed another and heavier spear, also a larger bow and sharper arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Something else is needed to get from sunup to sundown: a balm, a gentle touch or nuzzling of some sort. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z So this time around, I needed a reliable way to fix my position on Mars. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aliens who etch little hearts into stone in the middle of the California desert. Of course, Occam’s razor. Go with the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions needed. Vandalizing aliens it is.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I needed time to catch up with myself—and catch up with life on the plantation. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I pay attention. And, Ophie, you helped. You listened. That was exactly what they needed,” the boy said before turning and walking away. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Since 1988 he’d been working hard to make a go of it as a freelance photographer, and he hoped reaching the summit of Everest would give his career a needed boost. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He needed a way to defeat that fear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As soon as he’d recovered enough from his surgery to travel, Gey began contacting cancer researchers around the country, asking who was doing research on pancreatic cancer and needed a patient to experiment on. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She remembered spending an hour looking through the catalog in camp when she needed to order a new pair. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z All I needed were some lemons and a place to set up shop, and the money was sure to pour in. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Alright. I just needed to hear it. Needed to know I hadn’t gone all crazy.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure I needed to take them with me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z My seat belt needed to be buckled even when we stopped. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He needed the support of the federal courts. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z "She said she needed to go see you. But you're here. It sounded urgent; she was upset when I told her I couldn't go right away." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He needed a new campaign that would get him out of Rome, away from the gossip and the ill will. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Thomas realized how badly he needed her company. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z One thing she knew for sure: June needed Ivy just as much as Ivy needed June. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It needed someone far more daring than he. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Two columns of about a hundred rosewood pews stretched beneath a vaulted glass ceiling that let in so much light that no candles were needed during the day. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I gave them away because—because a girl needed them more than me!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I said it because he needed it, but I felt hollow. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Claudia rushed in again with another explanation, “He had this beautiful daughter and she needed this operation very badly and you...” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something he needed to do, a thing that scared him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z After almost twenty-one months of campaigning, attacks, and exhaustion, this was it—the last thing I needed to do. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Male teachers were for classrooms with rough and rowdy boys who needed a firm hand to keep them in line. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I could feel their pity as they scooped artichoke dip with chips intended for my imaginary friends, but they needed pity more than I did: I wasn’t disappointed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z There was no one around to tell us stories and make us laugh at times when we needed it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z As Gideon and I sat for a spell, just the two of us, right there on the train tracks, I told him the story I’d needed to hear. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In a workout three days earlier, Sea- biscuit had needed 1:48 to negotiate a mile. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In 2006 he wrote to the judge who sentenced him, saying he wanted to pay back the money he stole and needed to know who to send it to. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z You are told by prosecutors that you are needed to testify against one of the defendants in a recent drug bust. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “They wouldn’t have needed to if it wasn’t destroyed in the first place.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z And if I’d been starting a band right that very minute and needed to give it a true-to-life name, it would be All Hell Raining Down on Kevin. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This job was very important, for obvious reasons, and you needed to trust your hitter. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They had simply sent her here because they needed a place to put her after her failure as a Birthmother. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even at that age, I knew what he needed more than the professionals did. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z If only life were like a Jules Verne novel, thinks Marie- Laure, and you could page ahead when you most needed to, and learn what would happen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was a house that needed painting, one that seemed to cry out for habitation and laughter beneath its roof. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The noise momentarily stunned me, and all I could think about was that the backs of my legs were sticking to the leather and I needed to pull my dress down over my knees. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z What was it you needed me to see? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When she taught it to us, she said we needed to learn other styles of music outside of rap. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He was determined to persuade Mullet Fingers that he was someone to be trusted, that he hadn’t come to interfere but rather to help, if Mullet Fingers needed it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It is in times like these that this news column cannot provide the needed comfort and solace. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She'd needed my help so much in those early years that I sometimes forget just how much I rely on her now. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z If I got into trouble and really needed protection, it would probably be the network of phone calls initiated by Reverend Young that would set off a rescue and construct a web of safety. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So she needed me in the back row, and I think she knew it. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But I needed to go to the bathroom, one more time. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Even if he did study his hardest, would he be able to catch up on the math he needed to solve the problems on the exam? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t have needed an F. Lee Bailey to get him off, at any rate. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We needed to know exactly what we had if we were getting close to Espanola. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z If I was going to continue to campaign like a candidate, I needed to be supported like a candidate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My body needed it the same way it needed air. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z How the stranger knew their maneuvers was definitely a mystery that needed solving. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was easy to tell the children—only one page was needed to cover them. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Axel swallows, tries to remember what it felt like to be brave enough to say the things he needed to say before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I needed to look at his work schedule, and he’d left his laptop on, because he’d run out late for a meeting. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the end of his scientific articles, there was always a plaintive sentence about how much more hands-on, real-world research needed to be done before the decision tree could be used in clinical practice. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Everyone needed a partner to plant: one person made a hole with a stick and dropped in three com kernels, and the other person dropped in three beans and covered up the hole with dirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just like Painter Chen and his magic paintbrush. It needed the skill of a master.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Her stepmother had never locked her in the cellar for more than one night, for she needed Ash to work. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Vonetta didn’t say a word about it, but Fern went to Big Ma to ask why Pa and Mrs. needed to have a baby. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He needed someone to keep house and cook, and a servant cost money. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She needed to forget me, and I guess she did. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed to get back to my clothes, which were lying in a heap on the floor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Guiteau always had an excuse to explain why he couldn't repay a debt and needed to borrow again. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The last thing they needed was for her to catch a cold. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He decided he needed time to think what to do. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The volunteer police reported that escaped turkeys had attacked a passing Amish buggy and driver, so we all needed to keep an eye on our turkey pens. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I just needed to be there with him in the sunshine, planting tiny seeds in the crumbling earth and willing them to flower. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z By 1948 both species had become so well established that no further importations were needed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We did very little interviewing now, he was so busy on telephones elsewhere; but it did not matfer too much because by now I had the bulk of the needed life story material in hand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At once excited and disturbed, Hahn needed help. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I fed a fireplace once with seventeen pages about a man who needed to be mutilated. I described the torture lovingly.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z All in all, they were beautiful, and I could’ve stood there for hours gawking, but I needed to do something. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She no longer needed to win Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics for the scholarship money. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Cora and Caesar needed to arrive under the blanket or else blindfolded, he explained. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My mother and sister were asleep, and I needed to slip into bed as quietly and as cool as possible. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Then Ralph climbed up the trap door to the roof, returning to report that the building really needed a turnbuckle or something to keep its corners from falling outward. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “When a man’s kidneys stop working altogether, there is no way for him to live. He needed medical attention two years ago. Too late now.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Sizwe decided we needed a dance crew to show people the steps to the songs we were playing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Witchcraft has entered you, but it can be driven out. I will provide the sacrifices, as many as are needed. You know this can be done!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I desperately needed to share this information with my friend. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He needed ten dollars though, and Mama didn’t have the money. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But one final piece of the jigsaw still needed to click into position. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I found a Tribal midwife. After I’d attended a few dozen births with her and learned what I needed, I poisoned her. “Then one winter morning, I felt the pains. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then she thought that what she really needed was the lacquer without the wood, but she quailed at the idea of making another sheet; how could she make it flat without a backing anyway? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘Because I come seldom but when my help is needed,’ answered Gandalf. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I needed to get some of my classmates to join me so I didn’t look like some fringe radical—which I wasn't. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z At this juncture, Armstrong felt what was needed was a man of action. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I needed her right next to me, I thought, bodied up, but off in another world. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Irwin saw what Smith could do with a horse, and he needed as many good horsemen as he could find. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was fortunate that it needed no repair because Kira had no threads to match. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He needed to call her before she started worrying. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But I also couldn’t imagine how they could help us if we needed them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I needed to say this now, or I’d never get it out. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I started to worry I wouldn’t find what I needed and was about to give up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get her what she needed most—hot baths, a warm bed, steaming bowls of Cream of Wheat before school in the morning—but I tried to do little things. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We had long suspected a clamp-down was coming, and the Congress decided that certain members needed to leave the country to strengthen the organization abroad in anticipation of the time it would be banned entirely. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He needed to put her in a category of Strange as soon as possible so that he could disconnect from whatever was happening in the room. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I needed to punch something, but there were no gloves, no punching bags nearby. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He smiled at Margaret and asked if there was anything else she needed to know. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You needed to be a psychiatrist to prescribe Prozac. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She knew he needed the time to think and sort things out, so she didn’t bother him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When I came home each day, I would check the mail and intercept any letters from school, answering those that needed answering and discarding the others. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Ned Stark had never needed more than a single Mow to take a man's head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It could be very dangerous, he was told, and they needed as many cops and soldiers as possible. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He’d worked at a hatchery before I was born, but the work at that hatchery was seasonal, and once I was born, he needed to make more money. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There was a lot to say but nothing that needed to be said. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z That was a full point higher than I needed in order to qualify straight to the Visa National Championship in August. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I finally noticed that they were always there: waking me up, tucking me in, ready to listen, checking whether I needed anything. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I hung it on pegs inside my entrance, and because it was bigger than it had to be, I would cut off pieces now and then when I needed them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent all our time in her office, where she slept most nights instead of the bedroom she shared with Pullum—they fought a lot, she told me, and needed some peace. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I needed Rain more than ever to ask her why a school would have anything to do with that. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It was a busy night, and he’d be needed in the bar before long. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I meant to become her governess once more, but I soon found this impracticable; my time and cares were now required by another—my husband needed them all. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She handed me four quarters and told me that we needed a gallon of milk—which we really didn’t need but I’m not stupid. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If their quest was going to succeed, they needed these Romans, which meant getting to know them and building some goodwill. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I don't generally mind it when he stays out with his friends, but he's due back for supper, and I sent him because I needed those things. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It felt heavy enough for me to know I could send it down to the other end with force when needed, but light enough that I could deliver it with the finesse it deserved. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z And that was all we needed to say to let Seanie know it was okay. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At the same time, he said, they would be ready to help us if we needed it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘But we needed you. I did not know what to do without you.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The fires needed constant vigilance, as did family needs. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z What was needed was a piece of pure fantasy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They needed additional armor to reach the Kingdom of Death safely. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So Hazel stood and gathered herself for another day of the things she did not do and the things she needed to learn, when a voice burst through the air. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “How could I do that? How could I desert him like that? He needed to be looked after.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It needed also a sort of athleticism of mind, an ability at one moment to make the most delicate use of logic and at the next to be unconscious of the crudest logical errors. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It took most of the day to buy the stuff we needed for our apartment. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Tired of denying my own needs because someone else needed something more. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I told my parents I was fine because somehow I knew they needed the lie even more than I did. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He knew who she was, and he seemed confident that I only needed to be “old enough.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Tori opened the front door, said that she needed about ten more minutes, then told Candice that Brandon was shooting hoops. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Olmsted, however, believed that all he needed was a good rest. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And she knew he needed some of her guidance. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was slow and boring but familiar, which was what I needed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Bunderson explained that he needed the papers “just in case” he would need to deal with something while Reggie was away on his upcoming mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The system, known as servi-cha, or service car, was invented in the late 1990s by government and military elites to milk cash from traders who needed to move themselves and their goods around the country. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The last thing she needed was to barf in front of the whole town. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I needed to get out of the house. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He felt, looking out at the muggy darkness farther away, as if he could float, and all he needed to do was to let himself go. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I did not think, I did not even think to think, what Mama needed to be forgiven for. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “And so you came to find that it was not too poor, but the one precious thing I needed,” whispered Jo. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A crowd of students still milled about on the front lawn of campus, but Reg had wanted to give himself extra time to get inside, just in case he needed it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z You must know all the while that it is there, but until it is needed you must never let it emerge into your consciousness in any shape that could be given a name. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z From it rose a flight of stairs, taking their time in their rising, taking all the space they needed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a bachelorette party, and the bride was perfect, just what Jule needed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was powerful enough that Dandy wanted to move back to Georgetown, even though as a young man he'd needed to escape it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Once Everest was determined to be the highest summit on earth, it was only a matter of time before people decided that Everest needed to be climbed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z If a piece of jewelry or a building ornament was to proclaim its owner's status, as the Inka desired, it needed to shine. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After I left the prison, I’d fetch the water and head back to Wall Street, passing by the Golden Hill Tavern in case Captain Morse needed me, which he never, ever did. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The theory of relativity says that the rocket power needed to accelerate a spaceship gets greater and greater the nearer it gets to the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Figured you needed a break from the mustard. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They needed him to be careful, so that their son would be safe. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Burnham, however, believed from the start that the fair’s workers and visitors needed a better, safer supply. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A similar but more classic calculation of this type was made by Archimedes, who estimated the number of grains of sand needed to fill up the earth and heavens. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared at us like he needed help. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The fair needed twice as many, he said, and greater scrutiny of their work. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His word was law, and if you needed a little legal education, then those brass knuckles were just the right teaching tool. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She rushed to his side, thinking he needed help. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z "You secured the princess. You did what was needed. Plus, it seems our favorite knows just where to go when lost. She ended up in the right hands." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I needed a credit card to buy it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We could catch most of the pigs we needed to mark and castrate without ever getting in reach of the old hogs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm checked the canoe over from end to end, taking his time, letting his hands rest on it for longer than he needed to; it calmed his unease. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Worse luck, he told her, for she badly needed punishing. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He needed saving; therefore, she would save him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z If Ollie and I needed to, we could knock on a neighbor's door, pretending to borrow an egg, and one of them would probably let us in. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I needed to think about what I’d say next, carefully lining up my words like rows of even masonry, so that there could be no misunderstandings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z My father only went up to the second grade because his father, my grandfather, needed help farming and taking care of the cattle. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But maybe...maybe if it was something big enough and fierce enough, maybe it could help her get where she needed to go. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The hard swallow, the drowning eyes, something that would give me the feeling I needed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Public education as to the nature of the chemicals offered for sale is sadly needed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But what if my mother or sisters needed a doctor? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She needed to be there if he needed her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Bigger Thomas has entered a plea of guilty. It seems to me that sixty witnesses are not needed.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In 1844, she gave birth to a second son, Henry Brewster Stanton Jr., and decided that she and her husband needed to settle the family in a home of their own. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Before, I wasn’t sure why I needed to come here so badly, other than to feel close to Gram. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Principal Rivera said Posada represented Mexican people and culture, but what she didn’t tell you is that he represented all people, especially the ones who needed a voice and a way to be heard.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Webb turns but doesn’t say anything, and just like I needed Zoey to say something the other day when I told her, I need Webb to say something, anything. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Blaine needed what she was unable to give and she needed what he was unable to give, and she grieved this, the loss of what could have been. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Levitt construction crews needed just one day to put up an entire house. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He got a good lawyer, who continued to lean on the court about the fact that he had children at home who needed him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And she started to get mad at me because she needed time to come back to the store to buy that present for her secret boyfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t have a mom, and I started my period all by myself, and I needed you because I can’t talk to Daddy about boys, but you weren’t there!” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z His voice was rough and gravelly, like he needed to clear his throat. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I sometimes went out to sit with him, even though Mother held it against me, saying he needed his solitude. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the day was windy, all the guideposts she needed to orient herself were readable. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I had some planning to do, but before that, I needed breakfast and a bath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was glad because the river was the outward sign and he needed the outward sign to have the Spirit, and he needed the Spirit to know he was safe. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They “needed some time apart” to figure out if they wanted to continue living together. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Our concert was only a month away, and we needed the extra tightening-up work. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was wondering if you needed a boy,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Iris needed an orbital path, and nobody knew when it would launch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But more than language, and more than money, and more than a house—he knew he needed an axe kick strong enough to cut down a bear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She remembered that the Rusties didn’t use hoverstruts; every building was squat, crude, and massive, and needed a steel skeleton to keep it from falling down. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z What I needed, I suppose, was some sort of final confirmation, something to carry with me after she was gone. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On May 23, he spoke to T-Mobile and was told he needed to fax the subpoena to a legal compliance agent in T-Mobile’s Law Enforcement Relations Group. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Bobby Thomson hit a home run off Ralph Branca to win the National League pennant at a time when I needed the Dodgers to win in the worst way. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He insisted he needed a little time alone and sat in a corner of the archive room with his head in his hands. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He just needed a nudge getting past it. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z And in doing so, I gave him the weapon he needed to break me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Because she’d come out here into the dirty world, maybe she needed to take another shower before she started work again. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Hodge and Foulke thought they and their colleagues needed to see and discuss many more fever cases before putting a name to the disease, especially such a terrifying name. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The pond was full of naiads who liked to drown people, which meant she needed a sturdy boat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He needed a win, as did the country. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I only needed a few more points to be declared a winner and move on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He was a man who needed plenty of space, a vast terrain in which to operate. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z If we lost our cattle, we’d be in a lot of trouble because we’d have no way of getting rum and the things we needed to run the store and the tavern. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If his mother was right, then his family needed to be gone an hour ago. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Fabiola, our father was making a drop for Q when he got shot in the back of his head. He wasn’t dealing or nothing. He just needed some extra cash, like everybody else around here.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Once in the truck, Walter told Myers he needed him to drive because Walter's arm was hurt. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If he needed to tell her something, he would. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement given when needed. An act of friendship. A passing smile.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z They invited us to stay in their home as long as we needed to, but Hamameh wanted to find her relatives in Amman. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z When the two pieces met, they would form a critical mass, the amount of material needed to get a chain reaction going. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He needed someone to manage his firm’s ongoing work while he tended to the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Larissa’s life Elsewhere would be quiet and serene as befit the Old; she would not welcome the responsibility of nurturing a newchild who needed feeding and care, and would likely cry at night. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z We needed to have another meeting with the district attorney, Tommy Chapman, but this time we’d be going in armed with a court order to turn over police and prosecutorial files. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Why hadn’t Mom taught Emma, Chess, and Finn everything they needed to know about the alternate world from the very beginning? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Briony wanted to get back to Hardman, but Cecilia needed to tell her what must have gone through her head many times lately. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “The last thing this county needed was Traft Martin on that so-called Dawson County Council of Defense.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Cora needed no advice on the virtues of perseverance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For safety’s sake, they all agreed that Hoover would be told only what he needed to know about Elizebeth’s results. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then Loretta wakes up and stretches like a cat, yawning so you can practically see right down her throat, and she says, "I guess I needed that." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Usually I was the one saying we needed to get out of Sutton and see the world. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was a long time since it had needed to leave the glittering hoard it gloated over. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He needed more power—not for his own ego but for the sake of the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And suddenly I just need to hold his hand more than I’ve ever needed anything in this world. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d said he was sorry for believing Dad, that he wished he’d done more to help me when I needed it, and that from then on, I could count on his support. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes you needed Dari and his way of understanding. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The team could lose, in fact could be beaten badly, but Ben wanted and needed a credible game while under the dispassionate gaze of college scouts. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was just thinking that all he needed was for Dumbledore s pet bird to die while he was alone in,the office with it, when the bird burst into flames. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He needed to buy tortillas, too, but not there. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She left the radial lines alone, as they were needed for support. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He was so strong, he needed no knife to behead chickens or rabbits. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This was unhelpful, as they were still tending the horrible skrewts and needed their wits about them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “There, there. You don’t have to thank me. You only needed to see it in the proper light.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Stopping now, at this moment, before I’d gotten to the most important things that needed to be explained, was impossible. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, that was a little more than we needed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z All I needed to do was raise another forty dollars and I’d be able to get them here. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The only other thing he really needed would’ve been a TV with some fighting on it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z ‘Are they here just because it’s wetter in this place and so causeways and canals are needed?” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I’d memorized it in case I needed to call it at any point, so I gave it to her. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He needed some way to tie it in place so he could work from it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z There were just a few more questions he needed to put to her before he could allow the matter to be settled. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z It was only a matter of deciphering what they needed to find. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z What she needed, Briony told herself yet again, was backbone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I imagined her voice dancing on the air and drifting out of the opened windows to help anyone who needed to hear her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I guess I felt like crying too, but the little ones needed her most. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever the soldier—even after all these years—the man had a plan, and he needed help. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When she knew how long you’d needed a night-light after your father moved out? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Kendrick begged his mother for the latest Jordans, and she spent three hundred dollars on them because Kendrick “needed a victory.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I take it you don’t think a football player can like art?” he asked, shoving a piece of metal to the side before turning back to see if Cas needed help. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When Henrietta’s cousin Emmett Lacks heard somebody at Sparrows Point say Henrietta was sick and needed blood, he threw down the steel pipe he was cutting and ran looking for his brother and some friends. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Zeitoun didn’t gamble and had never had a drop of alcohol, so when his own shifts were over, he went back to work, helping whoever needed it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Some sign that the immense world would accept him and give him the long time needed to think all the things that must be thought. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed a hole for the nose to fall into. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus far, they’d been good about giving each other privacy when they needed it, but this... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He took down the doors and oiled the hinges—whether they needed it or not. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Or wait for her to tell me what she needed? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I needed to get her out of there. There was a woods about a mile away from our house, and we were going to hide there for a night and then get a bus.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I needed to get as far away from them as I could, at least until the trilling inside of my head died down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z After a few days, however, my mother sent word through a friend that she needed at least one of her children to be with her. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Chess needed to hear Mom say, “Everything’s under control. Don’t worry.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z People called it when her grandmother’s assistance was needed—in a birth, maybe. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I had a club I found in one of the huts, but I needed a bow and arrows and a large spear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow he needed to rouse the engineers of America. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She suspects he takes his hearing aids out on purpose, to get a little needed distance from the sound of her just being and breathing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Bald as an egg, but she needed a shave. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Just what we needed. Now the Hill has its own guard?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Lynn needed to stop to adjust her grip more and more frequently, and finally, the blanket slipped out of her hands. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The tray went on a small marble-topped side table and she knocked the top of the egg off for me with a pretty silver spoon as though I were a baby and needed feeding. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Our online store was growing rapidly, and my sisters needed me to be more than the face of the company. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z For this he needed explosives, or guns, or hand grenades. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Brass ribbons tinkled like water and made me realize I needed to use the bathroom. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But I also knew that Ben needed me to keep breathing into him. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Even though I'm glad to hear this, it doesn't hit me until after we step inside his little cottage on the edge of the grounds that this is what we needed. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was just too big, but I only needed the probe itself. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There’d be a cool spell come sundown, when the mosquitoes would fly in so thick that the air would grow dark with them, then at nightfall, it turned so cold that we usually needed blankets. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Actually, she needed to hear the whole book again, even the terrible parts, dear Nancy’s killing and the death of Sikes. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Boots had grown bigger, but also fatter—Aurelia loved to feed him and she gave him more than he really needed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z There had been a phone number, too, but Izzy knew a phone call would not give her the answers she needed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Two days later, on July 7, the Oker family received a letter from Henry Gordon stating that he no longer needed the apartment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Nope. I asked if she wanted to, but she said she needed to get home or something.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And the second was just how much I needed food to give me energy, because what Coach meant by long run was run a million miles. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Maybe the dog needed him just as much as he needed that dog. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Obviously, she’d had a lot she needed to get off her chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But for weeks after, all we needed to send us into violent outbursts of laughter was a whispered “Preach it.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His central theme was that no new African nation, trying to decolonize itself, needed any political system that would permit division and bickering. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Fewer people were left in the city, and fewer still needed help. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z When I could talk again, I told Farid what I needed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He needed peace to clear his troubled mind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z |
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