“There’s a pig in the next pen and he’s enormous. I’m afraid he’s much bigger than you are.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Luis is next to me on the other side of the cooler. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

By supper the next night she had finished cleaning everything but the living-room chandelier. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

So the next time Mama worked outside the house, I was sent to my aunt Nancy, my father’s sister, who lived in downtown New York. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The people there would feed her, and when they thought it was safe for her to go on, they would tell her how to get to the next house, or take her there. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It goes slowly through the city. We’ll run next to the car for a few feet and then climb inside.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

To hang up the phone and fall back to sleep, wake up the next morning believing my call had been some crazy, late-night, Chinese-food-fueled dream. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t lift them to take the next step! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he stacked the pale slices neatly next to the frying pan, he looked over at his son. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

From that time on, my clothing was washed on one day of driving and dried on the next. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She died in 1882, at the age of sixty-three, and is buried next to her husband. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember what I’ve told you: if you let people walk over you once, expect to be trampled the next time. Okay?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The next batch was Junior and two others. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The next day, I walk across the park to the place Sammy tells me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Ben stopped the wagon next to the open hole near the iron fence, then climbed down and walked to where Nehemiah the gravedigger was waiting. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

If no one’s home, she’ll have to go back to the stop and wait for the next bus, which could take a while. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We were so busy watching Anthony, no one noticed James T. had walked up to Frieda and asked her to dance, but Frieda said she’d dance the next dance with him. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The next day I actually felt like eating. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman standing at the rack next to me has her clutch in her right hand. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And judging by the fact that there were no men sitting next to her in the pew, her dad wasn’t around either. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“This is September. Harvesttime would be wrapping up soon and then there would be nothing till next spring. Most of the crop goes to the owner anyway.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit on the gravel road next to them but no words are exchanged. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the next drawer and felt a surge of triumph. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Lunch period was long past; it was almost eleven thirty and now Aimee was hungry, but she had to find her next class. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

A new bubble, still separate from the others, sat next to his right paw. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When they came, he read them from cover to cover and then I got them next. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Natasha and I are sitting cross-legged against the wall next to the stairwell door. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu smelled the harshness of local gin as he lowered himself next to the boy and thought that perhaps he was a stunted man and not a boy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I go into the next stall, lock the door, and unwrap my sandwich. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The very next night, after they returned from Kobe, Hanako lay in bed and thought of Kiyoshi, and she wasn’t able to fall asleep. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They re sitting next to each other, and I'm across from them, and we’ve managed to get the booth back near the bathrooms where no one really bothers you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“And I’m not sure why Spares are even allowed in businesses. My Drascal will be bringing it up in the next town meeting,” she sniffed. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m up one day and down the next day. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But next time, he’d be smarter about where he kept the stash and how often he moved it around. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Even though it is morning, the sky is still dark with clouds and there are lights on in the next house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I sit on the ground next to the chiminea, staring into the flames. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Matt had run ahead with Branch, and they returned to her, excited, announcing that the destination was just around the next curve. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I watched, along with many others, as his father's helicopter circled the air above Fullbrook again, hovering with its deafening noise and menace, and descended slowly to the football field. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I asked Aisha for a mirror when she placed the cup of juice on the dresser next to my bed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kalyani sat on the bed and absentmindedly patted Lenin, who was asleep next to his tiny grandmother, sucking his thumb. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next day or two, as more casualties trickled in, she learned how to clip an artery and pump up a plastic splint and shoot in morphine. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled and kind of waved when our eyes met and then he walked down to sit next to me, our legs hanging over the side of the dock. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You forgave faults, found perfection, fell madly; then the next day the sun came up and it was over. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He asked for the next cassette to be played. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The officers stacked it on the table in its own pile next to Nasser’s. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At first it looked like a routine hassle: An inmate refused to sit next to the one adjacent to his assigned seat. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that, of course, is their next question. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Professor Binns had been very old indeed when he had fallen asleep in front of the staffroom fire and got up next morning to teach, leaving his body behind him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Some chickens had gotten into the office from his house next door, and the maid was chasing them out with a broom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, Shin hopped a coal train bound for nearby Musan, a mining town on the border. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Amaka was in the bedroom, lying in bed, listening to music with the cassette player next to her ear. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there, my arms hanging limply at my sides, unsure what to do next. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

This would be my home for the next six months. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning, he posts the casting choices on the wall outside his classroom. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The next day, at around the same time, I let myself IN. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next few days pass by in a fog. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Our next workshop, no one understood what my sublimated love sonnet was all about, but Rudy's brought down the house. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And for the next thirty seconds the whole City held its breath, waiting for the end to come. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard everything that happ—” Buttercup began, and then she said “Oh” because she had never been next to a dead man before. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I remember was the sun warming my cheeks, a seagull squawking overhead—and something moist splatting in my hair. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Grandma and I woke up the next morning to a bunch of neighbors on the front lawn taking pictures of our house. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fischer, playing brilliantly with the black pieces the next day, won his first game ever against the Russian, a former World Champion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Come next Monday, I won’t be the only student with a clear-cut victory. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

But the very next day, he visited Alvarez’s lab to witness a demonstration of the phenomenon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He lies down next to me, and I run my fingers over the flames wrapping around his rib cage. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She spent the next two years as a courier, go-between, and manager of World Tourists, Inc., a travel business run by Golos that was actually a front operation for the Soviet Union. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama said that since it wasn’t written on, Francie could save it for next year and mail it to someone. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever upwards, sometimes stopping spreadeagled against the surface as he figured out his next movement, taking full advantage of every crack and joint in the wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And sitting next to G.Z. is the last of us twelve girls, me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Perhaps kids thought, If I chicken out of this, I’ll be the next Jason Taylor. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Today and tomorrow and the next day and all the other days as well would be nothing but punishment and pain, unhappiness and despair. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, I’m sitting in front of the television set watching the twelve o’clock news. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Teaching the music or arts of that culture is the next step. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The next day we spent taking stock and repacking our gear. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

An orange neon sign guided me to the Sunset Hotel, which is located next to a bar. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next two were small, nervous creatures that looked like battery-operated plush toys. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

For right now, since summer camp at the Bureau is still canceled until next year, I’ve decided to put my thoughts and energy into something else. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

On her way to work the next morning, she took it to the Gathering Hall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She takes me to the Thai market the next day to shop for material. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I come home, and Biddy sitting next to that pile of eggs. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I press the key to bring up the next page. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When we stood next to each other in the school yard that morning, our stars and stripes echoed the flag waving from the pole above us. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The next day classmates swarmed around her when she pulled up to Booker T. Washington High School in her cousin’s car. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“I forgot to tell you, but Victoria Lyons invited me to Hannah’s birthday party next weekend.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Saturday night party had already started, in Putnam House next door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was the woman next door who was chatty one moment—inviting us children to our first “sky movie”— and shut up the next. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bantu speak of “self” as a vision residing inside, peering out through the eyeholes of the body, waiting for whatever happens next. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That’s my room,” she said, pointing at a closed door, "and my bathroom,” pointing to the closed door next to it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley tiptoed through the mess of papers and sat on the floor next to her notebook. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The two of them sat at opposite ends of a long glass table in the room next door while Mr. Grin served smoked salmon, then some sort of stew. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You think we care? All I care about is my next meal. And ... maybe something nice dropped in our laps today. A little surprise for me and the boys.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I must have passed out again, because the next time I opened my eyes, the woods were darker and the air was cooler. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She sat down next to Sam and stroked his face. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

His shirt was inside out He slid his plate onto the table and slumped next to me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Between one commonly named boy and the next, I rushed forward and emblazoned, sometimes with a terrible screech, the details of my re­birth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then Emily suddenly starts to shove herself into the space next to me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When I went to school the next Monday, people were cold shocked. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Look at the shapes on the wall next to the door. He says to look carefully.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, immediately after breakfast, Brave Orchid talked about driving to Los Angeles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol savors each mouthful, aware that for the next eight months nothing will taste quite the same. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The farther we rode, the less houses there was and the more buildings until the houses quit altogether, leaving one building or store or shop after the next. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

One cartoon from the era depicted a wealthy couple standing on a roadside next to its dearly departed vehicle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I surprised him with that because he didn’t know what to do next. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In my next life, I’m coming back as a mountain goat.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Or quell the loneliness he felt being moved from one relative to the next? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The yellow light of the room stands next to me as I happily look down at the stories of those cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

‘When the sun comes up, we haul in the extension cord until the next night. The building won’t see nothing.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Thomas found himself sitting in a chair, worried and anxious, sweating, facing eleven other boys. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“They’re upset. Because it was inside the school, not outside. There’s going to be a parents’ meeting next week about it at school.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Wart copied him carefully and wondered what would happen next. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew by some instinct before I saw it what was going to happen next. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jenny is asleep, and I watch her breathing in the seat next to me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Soon’s we were in, he put the sawed-off shotgun next to the door and looked ’round. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We bought boiled groundnut and ate it as we conversed about what we were going to do the next day, made plans to see the space for the talent show and practice. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The kid sitting next to me gave me a puzzled look and asked, “Are you trying to say something?” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She found an overhanging rock next to the roots of a spruce tree that clung to the side of the gorge, and settled herself beneath it to look around. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wexler turned up the heat in her apartment and kept the windows open for the next three days. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel someone next to me and turn to see Suma at my side. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Over the next days, however, the roster of tasks grew longer; and I perceived that this was to be my lot. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the carriage moves along in what seems to be a circular pattern, Bailey can hear nothing but a soft creak and the sound of Poppet breathing next to him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I can almost feel Jamie next to me, looking at things the way I do—with too much focus on what’s least important, which to us is the most important of all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The headless one lands next to the remains of a joint. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

For the first time since entering the tomb, I wasn’t sure what to do next. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“What I heard is that they’re going to unveil it at the festival next weekend,” Lucas said, standing up as well. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

These machines were discovered by the police the next day abandoned in a dry arroyo on the western edge of town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When me and August were still friends, I was doing okay in science because August sat next to me and always let me copy his notes. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She heard Gleeson Hedge in his room next door, humming a military song—“Stars and Stripes Forever,” maybe? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Strange as it may seem, Mrs. Granger, the sixth-grade teacher at Wilson, was responsible for the next phase of the Egypt Game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, she loved it. She was a great player. Her daddy wanted her to be the next Althea Gibson. Of course, back then we didn’t have a girls’ tennis team. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning, we picked up my dad, who had bought another hundred dollars’ worth of Twinkies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Connor gets up from his seat and slides next to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They should have put her crochet needle in the box next to her, and yarn so she’ll have something to do in Eternity. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

If your mother is in a good mood she might even give you tuppence to go to the Lyric Cinema the next day to see a film with James Cagney. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He points for Carlos to sit in a chair next to me. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She crumples next to her child, both writhing in the snow until two bullets join them in death. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to get to the SunTrust Building. It’s right next to the Asparagus.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The strawberries in the field next door smelled so ripe that I would press my nose through a diamond of wire to sniff the fragrant fruit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“And I have a thing at school next Friday,” I add. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When Bridge walked into first period the next morning, there was a sheet of paper face-up on every desk. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

One effect of these laws was an increase in the prison population, over the next twenty-five years, of 560 percent. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Augustus Waters, noted charismatist, is embarrassed to sit next to a girl with an oxygen tank.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

This kid from my school named Eddy Strap and his parents delicately ate some of the mini-quiches that were plated perfectly next to the mint juice. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I determined to buy a compass in the next town, but there wasn’t any next town on the road I was traveling. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How is it that these heroes get beat up all the time, and in the next issue, they’re back for more?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mama and Baachan would need two of the boxes for work in the fields the next day, so she stuffed the three boxes as full as possible and put them into a basket. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The men next to the butcher harrumphed and walked away, while the blue-eyed man swung his bags around and left the store. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But as I grasp for it, I know it’s out of reach, even though David is right next to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The next case housed a Canyon Diablo meteorite, one of many fragments of the asteroid that created the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I took the next train and was relieved to get to Union Station. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He went the next day into the town and to the house of the merchant and he said, “My daughter is thirteen years old and no longer a child and she is fit for marriage.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

All I have to say is, "The crowd loved you!" and it's unnecessary to speak for the next couple of hours. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Because right next to my name, but in the other column, was hers. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She went to stand next to Papá in front of the kitchen door and clung to his arm as if to show that she had possession of him now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Papi sits on the chair next to my bed, reading a Spanish newspaper. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mr and Mrs Wormwood looked forward enormously to the time when they could pick their little daughter off and flick her away, preferably into the next county or even further than that. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then, anticipating my next question, he said, “He died of wounds he sustained in a battle against the Comanche in the Oklahoma Territories.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

His car was right next to the curb. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Hazel’s mother bundled her off to Adelaide’s house. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

So at lunch recess the next day, Meryl Lee and I spent a lot of time not saying anything—until Meryl Lee said it for us. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Teenagers, like my girlfriend, Ashley, sure, they could be here one day, holding your hand, looking deep into your eyes, making your heart go boom-boom-boom—and be gone the next. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

If I had had the slightest idea of what she was going to do next, I would have tried to stop her, but I hadn’t. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

One second I’m in the boat, the next I’m underwater. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It w'as a dull pop, a sound drowned out by the dishes being washed next door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You have to grow up, Merci,” Edna told me when I sat next to her in class one afternoon, still sweaty from the game. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when I come home, the wasp is dead. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But just to make sure the attention didn’t stray too far from her, Vonetta became Little Miss Ethel Waters and practiced the next day’s retelling for Ma Charles. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The next word tasted foul on her tongue. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The first thing I did when I got to school the next morning was check the announcements board where the talent show roster would be posted. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

My grandfather and I are in the kitchen the next day after school, and he’s complaining about my mother’s cooking. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

At one point, Salva found himself in a line of half a dozen people, all in an identical pose—bent over, holding their stomachs, and waiting for the next wave of nausea. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time I glance over, a few minutes later, Ben has a hand tight around his crotch, the fabric of the gown bunched up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They redesigned the spacecraft, fixing flaws that had been exposed by the disaster and redoubling their focus on every possible detail of the next nine missions, each a step in the stairway to the Moon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Ben’s ranch; Sabeen’s home; how even Brooklyn, one part to the next, is different. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. I’ll get you back next time. And we have enough for some iced tea!” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We’re sitting next to the fountain and Daniel’s holding my hand. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

By the next morning it was obvious that a great deal more than rain had been carried into the stream. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then it was time for me to go, and I reached for the door and was telling her we’d have to talk more the next time we met. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

After they had come through the bridge together, she had helped her ashore and fallen asleep beside her in the undergrowth, hoping that she might have recovered by the next day. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The universe, it seems, is on my side the next morning, because when I wake up in the body of Megan Powell, I also wake up a mere hour away from Rhiannon. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The guy at my right has already chosen his friend next to him, so I turn to Lauren. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The loud knocking on her front door the next morning filled her with relief. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Over the next few weeks and months, Joe began to learn to fend entirely for himself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So I went to school the next day and walked right up to Gordy the Genius White Boy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was the golden ticket, because Martha Karolyi would select the next artistic gymnastics women’s senior and junior national teams based on the results at Nationals. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Kamau had said it would happen over the next few days, but he hadn’t said exactly when the warriors would then head into the Greater Jungle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He forgets to remove his mask when he leaves, and when he finds it discarded in his town house the next day, he cannot remember where it came from. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What the hell’s going on?” someone asks as we stand next to the posts. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But we always harvested a good amount for the mule and the pigs and some to set aside for seeds for next year. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why both traps are right next to a group of boulders.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I said, sitting next to him on the bed. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning they would set foot to the great and terrible Elmuthaleth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Ben is doing an oral report on Prometheus this Friday. You’re doing one on Pandora next Monday.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Wheels were spinning inside Charles’s head as he plotted his next moves. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I go to the computer as soon as I wake up the next morning. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He brought God into your everyday life in a way that made you think heaven was right next door. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day she found her husband, who had also miraculously escaped. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the dusty or muddy streets you would see small two- story wooden homes next to six-story brick office buildings. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The General died the next week, in a military plane crash. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“And you really want to sit next to him, in that hot arena, with everyone all jammed close together?” asked Claire. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he was so violent that Flo had not managed to wean him properly by the time her next baby was born. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Must have, because that’s where I wake up the next morning, in my own bed. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Tonight they'll take me down there for my special operation. The next time you see me, I'll be new and improved." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Members of the theater troupe stopped in their tracks at this outburst, and glanced from Klaus to Count Olaf to see what would happen next. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

As the other trainees come in, they do everything in their power not to sit next to me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Several cardboard boxes of busted laptops and computer parts sat in the corner, next to a rack of old car batteries and a modified exercise bike I’d rigged up as a recharger. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I hope when my parents come to visit over the next few days, my breathing is a little less labored. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder which card will end up in my letter box next. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We receive next to no information about what is happening. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I suppose she took marks off for your shoulder. Mr. Crouch came next. He shot a number nine into the air. “Looking good!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I want to be average, but I also want an A. I have to think about colleges for next year, and they will want to see more than my SAT scores. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She moved to stand next to Koffi at the pond’s edge, nudging her shoulder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The next day, my tenth day in the hospital, I was moved from the ICU to another room. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She showed up early at Richie’s arraignment the next day and took a seat right behind the defense table. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tiptoed into the large closet I have next to my office. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The headmaster sent my mom a letter the following week, making it official: I would not be invited back next year to Yancy Academy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Let me call the next one Bigger No. 2; he was about seventeen and tougher than the first Bigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tossed and turned under the woolen blankets, and Mama told me the next day that I was muttering in my sleep, though she couldn’t understand what I was saying. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, for one thing, sir, you and the good Lord better hope no lightning strikes around here in the next six months!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he’s done by next September that’ll be only five years. Including his master’s! Of course, he was able to transfer a lot of credits from China.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came to tell us the next morning that all was over. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He stood next to Esperanza, who waited by the closest set of doors. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

During the next two weeks, Mama cooked outside on a makeshift stove using rocks and a comal Dona Lupe had given her. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everything you do in our culture, you are preparing for the next stage. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next few minutes we watched as Selena twirled and dipped and stomped along to the music, always with a big smile on her face. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was late and I had to go to school the next day. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She held a rifle, her finger resting next to the trigger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Our next important chord is chord IV which I have marked with a dotted line. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Favonius set them down in the middle of the ruins, next to a broken column the size of a redwood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She listened, and she heard what he said: “My wagon stands in the barnyard of the next farm, right across the way. The horse is in the stable. The harness hangs on a nail.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day a long-cultivated ambition was to blossom and fruit. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt fine the next day at school, until Daisy and I were on our way to the bank. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Art and Jetta sat across from him, the triplets at the next table over. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I picked up the bucket to fetch more water in preparation for the next crisis. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked her up to rock her, her hot tiny body spooned next to mine. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I want her here next to me, giving me the tour. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

On his next visit, Chief was his usual garrulous self. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For the next few weeks the Coloured warder came almost every night with tobacco and sandwiches. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words drift off as he opens the door at the far end of the car and steps from this train car into the next. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Finn watched Darla dance from one customer to the next, doling out food and drinks and extra ketchup. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The next time I woke up it was just starting to get light and somehow I was in the front seat and Momma was in the back. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day Fadi stood with his father in a grocery shop in Little Kabul, watching long, flat sheets of freshly baked bread, nearly as tall as he was, emerge from the oven. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew, Audrey Mitchell was making her way up the aisle, cutting her eyes from side to side searching for a seat. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The next day, September 13, 1909, Marx & Haas locked out all one thousand union workers and gave their jobs to nonunion people. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

The next day it had stopped raining, but a thick white fog had lowered over the house. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Early next morning, before the other two were awake, Harry left the tent to search the woods around them for the oldest, most gnarled, and resilient-looking tree he could find. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Gregory the jailer and those who were consigned to his domain did not laugh or smile or clink glasses with the person sitting next to them. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Personally, I am not convinced that the school should reopen next year. The death of the headmaster at the hands of one of our colleagues is a terrible stain upon Hogwarts’s history. It is horrible.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Nok's staff stood propped against the door of the stall next to them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The next night, I lay straight down on the bed next to him. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister, Ruth, sat next to the coffin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Akira, sitting next to her as he’d asked to do, had a look on his face of terror-delight, as if a part of him liked this wild ride and a part of him didn’t. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He caught another one on the very next cast. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

After a while, the old woman fell silent, though she continued to sit near Omakayas, pondering what she should do next. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

That meant not thinking too far beyond my next meet, yet preparing every minute for the big event. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And yet, what else could he do but try the next place, and the one after that? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She jerked her thumb at the next table, where Ainsley, Liana, and a few other girls were sitting. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning he entered his office in trepidation and waited to see what would happen. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I got up, placed his hand on my arm, and walked him slowly back to the chair next to Gus where I’d been sitting. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

But technical expertise counted for next to nothing on Everest, and I’d spent less time at high altitude than virtually every other climber present. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I started studying for my spelling test the very next day, Tuesday, which was two days before I normally started. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My dad sat down next to her and balanced his elbows on his knees, tenting his fingers and staring through them to the white floor, to the radiators along the baseboards, to what? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Late the next morning he sat sewing in the room upstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She clenches her fists next to her ears and then opens them and raises her arms. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Lizzie was found the next day just 150 feet from the front door, but quite dead. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get off early from the squadron one day next week and take you. But I got something big planned for this morning,” Bull said, looking down at his watch. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm sorry to hear that. The cities won't do well in the next few days,” said Granger. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing Mamá acting so coy and proper on the sofa next to Special Agent Gonzales had been enlightening to say the least. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And next to it, in equally pristine print, Judith Beheading Holofernes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One break we sat next to a young sexer blowing smoke rings. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Martín and Brian sat at the bar area next to the kitchen to watch TV, flipping from MMA to basketball to hockey to baseball without settling on anything for more than three minutes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But the light of the short day was fading, and on the next rise of the road he could make out the thing, tower or tree or whatever, no more clearly than before. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Which means that if l win the next Trial and if she wins the final Trial, she could force me to remain Blood Shrike against my will. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The next day I go to Cuddledown and look under the kitchen sink. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I hurried down a path that led past the dorms and into the next quad. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I smell Emery’s flowery perfume before she’s even sitting down next to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When she rounded the corner, she saw Ivan sitting against the outer wall with his knees drawn up to his chest, the staff on the ground next to him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Five minutes before each bell, he’d rise like the dead and shuffle on to the next class. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

High-Tech liked to sit next to him while he read. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When she opened her eyes, Ba was standing next to her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Amber's desk next to mine in our lesson room at home: her quill, ink pot, and handwriting ledgers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And next all the intercoms in the house are wailing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Hie next time the image was whole, I scrambled to the button and slammed it with my hand. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In Gym, we had a lecture on the rules of badminton, the next torture they had lined up for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Usually I take the stall furthest away, next to the window, but I let Carlos have it. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He lay down next to me on the bed, and after a while I went to sleep. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I slept very little that night, kept awake by my longing for my home and by Hari’s coughing in the next room. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they were living in this house, while renovating their original house on Dart, and renting out the other house next door. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He half expected Wylan wouldn’t follow, but he could hear the merchling behind him, breathing hard, a low whistle in his lungs as they pounded toward the next stack of barrels. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

People did that whether they were sitting right next to the phone or not. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The heirs listened to the lawyer read the next document, but their eyes stayed fixed on table eight's answer: Otis Amber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I receive a cup, lean to the side to pass it, and the woman next to me says, low in my ear, “Are you looking for anyone?” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled up next to the window and saw a familiar face. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning they boarded carriages for the journey south to Jackson Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Bad luck, mate, but you’ll pass next time — we can take it together.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I end up next to Martin, and flash him a smile. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t of thought that air could feel any different from one place to the next, but it did. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was thirsty, and no one came when I rang the little bell Betty Jean had put next to my bed, so I pulled on my robe and crept down the hall. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In late morning, the Nesci Brothers Circus train pulls up on a siding next to ours. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Bueno. You sit in the front. Arturo, please get in next to your wife. Mayor, you go on the other side.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Now, sitting next to her, David seemed very real. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’d read my son the book on his bed and then lie down next to him for a minute. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked frantically for the next four hours. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The next day when I saw Peggy at school, she avoided me, even outside of class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then the time and frequency for the next broadcast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

On the next play I switch it up and launch a three from downtown. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Must be creepy, wondering if you’ll be the next kid to go.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next evening, while sitting with Kim outside on the steps of our hut, I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At school the next day, when everyone replayed the events of what happened the previous night, that’s when I found out who had called. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The next one who missed a shot would lose the game. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next day he watched the clouds gather on the west horizon; by the next morning the sky was full of low dark rain clouds. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Tataba’s body next to mine in the pew, meanwhile, was a thing gone dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he took over the care of the case himself, saying that he would watch this night and the next and would send me word when to come. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Once you had done this and got into your bed, you were not allowed to get out of it again until next morning. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama would remove her apron before sitting down next to August. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Row after row of students, each one unlike the next. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll let you know. But I can come down here again next week, maybe.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I would expect next year’s Hunger Games to be quite unforgettable. That reminds me.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It started one day when I was playing with some other kids on the tank parked next to the armory. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed up and made another attachment, right next to the first. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Go stand next to Dave. You are what this is all about,” she said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Had she gotten all the money and all the food and water the next day, before leaving? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

What if the only free seat is up in the front next to the bus driver? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Frankie turned and spotted a body covered in dust and debris next to a classroom door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But neither of them was sure what to do next. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The next week, another postcard: “The maples have turned to gold, and willow leaves float along the creek.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He showed Darissa to her seat, the one right next to mine. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She writes the number in the little green notebook that lives in the cabinet next to the antibacterial ointment, then flips through twenty-four weeks of humiliating recorded weights. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The matches are lying next to the silver candlesticks on the table. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do my best to keep them upstairs the next time you have company. I wonder what four sets of leg irons would cost?” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

What comes next is the quietest hour of the day; when they’re all asleep, there are no disturbances. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The next day, after Cheetah left for work, a moving van pulled up to the house. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The next day, Mom calls Mr. Creed and then goes to pick up my assignments. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suggests I come to his next First Friday cocktail party, his monthly hipster soiree. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Standing next to Uncle Leang, I have to tilt my head back as far as I can to see his face because he is so tall. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the truth was, he hadn’t the slightest idea what to do next. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She set the three-wheeled model back on the dresser where it belonged and arranged the wheel chip next to it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I knew I couldn’t help but fight back against the next person who attacked me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought his hands next to his ears, thumbs touching the lobes, looking as if he were straining to hear Allah replying. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And as he passed every other occupied hospital cell the man inside stood next to his bed and yelled, "IN!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She did something odd, which was she sat on the bed next to me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the door behind me and sat on the carpet, fed her five treats, one after the next, the way we used to do when Ben and I were thirteen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They sat down next to each other on the folding seats, two blankets wrapped around their shoulders. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The most effortless way a germ could spread is by just waiting to be transmitted passively to the next victim. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took the book bag next, opened it, shook it, pulled it inside out, and dropped it inside the bag as well. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Clara asked, pausing in the midst of touching the baked goods next to her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say more, but I could feel Nan straighten next to me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I told you you’d get tired waiting. It’ll be five months more before you can even see a sign, and it’ll be at least eight months more before she throws the colt, about next January.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next five or six hours we walk mostly in silence. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The doors of the next two carriages were shut. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never forget the next look that had come over Newt’s face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The next step is to search the neighborhood. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I jot it down, amending it to ammonia, and pick out the next letter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And then the next and the next and the next. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We reconvened the next morning in the art room before classes. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“And it’s just awful what happened to your friend the other day,” Rebecca added, returning with the hot sauce, which she dropped off next to Bits. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But if you are told that you have a 10 percent chance of dying within the next year, you might worry a lot more, perhaps even choosing to live your life differently. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

After a minute, the teacher from the classroom next door, Mr. Harrison, poked his head inside and said, “Everything okay in here? It sounds like a stampede of yaks.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

So the next day, our coaches brought in five standing mirrors. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Not a chance. You make enough money tutoring after school. It’s my turn to earn some cash. Besides, I want to squeeze in some soccer practice afterward. Tryouts are next week, remember?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Right beyond it, next to the Jade River, is my home.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The colonel lifted the box of matches, took one out and held it poised against the striking surface, watching with glowering eyes for the chaplain’s next sign of defiance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

What shall I destroy next? it asked, stepping over to the second monster, and in a terrible blurring of the eyes, they merged together, making a single monster who was even bigger. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Now, he had scrambled over the third gate, and he was in the field next to the one that belonged to Warings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I scale it, one sucker at a time, until I’m on top of it, right next to the section of wall that got all soft from a leak awhile back. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Jimmy and three other men in our second class had been chosen to be the new instructors who’d stay behind and teach the next group of code talkers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat cross-legged next to Annabeth, picked up a cheese sandwich, and nibbled at the edge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Jesper was next, panting from his run back to the crossroads. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One man he recognized, walking past the fountain toward a truck parked next to a couple of cars. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He sailed on a Saturday, so I was able to see the Whitlaws on the very next day. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next several days, Deborah called Hopkins again and again, telling the switchboard operators, “I’m calling for my cancer results.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When I opened my eyes next, I saw that I was in a green room with no windows and very bright lights. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The news that Ron had been poisoned spread quickly next day, but it did not cause the sensation that Katie’s attack had done. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The next day he called again, to my relief. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Uriah, at the table next to Will and Christina’s, lifts his hand to wave at me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

God, I hope Dad’s driving them home tonight, wheeling into the side yard sometime between now and the next school year. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They were a group of eight girls, one prettier than the next. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I was keenly aware of the fact that I needed to hoard my resources to save for next term’s tuition. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You think about curling up next to her and letting the day slip away on fast-forward. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I figured if somebody lit a match next to her, she’d be in serious trouble. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve set up a child’s cot for her next to his bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roast turkey with cornbread dressing and watercress and wild onions that Little Arliss and I found growing down in the creek next to the water. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time he nosed at the steer and then the two of them trotted over to the other bull. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And it isn’t about magic, or some idea that maybe God is looking right at you, or an angel is sitting next to you, or anything like that. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning I came to breakfast in my pajamas. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We slip into the alley next to the building and walk to the back, where Marcus told me he would be waiting. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I reported for duty and began taking tickets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maria’s whisper sounded explosive next to Matt’s ear. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As in: If me and JB try out for JV next year, the Reggie Lewis Junior High School Wildcats will be starless. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Hugo slept on the sofa and left for sea the next day. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One second I was at the top of the stairs and the next I was at the bottom. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I enlisted. In the Marines. I leave for boot camp next week. Camp Pendleton, near San Diego.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The next day, the Fashion Minister waits in the main salon for me after my first beauty appointment. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He got excellent exam results and—here’s an amazing coincidence—at the age of fifteen he actually found himself sitting next to a boy who would grow up to become prime minister of Great Britain. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The next class was on a Saturday two months off. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The next day, Evelyn stands among the pieces of Jeanine Matthews’s portrait in the Erudite headquarters lobby and announces a new set of rules. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Come here,” she said, tapping the bedcovers next to her. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The next time I go over the hill it will be as a buck private, and I just know it won’t be the same.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When the next song ended, everybody applauded once more, and Harry saw Ludo Bagman kiss Professor McGonagall’s hand and make his way back through the crowds, at which point Fred and George accosted him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There it was Sunday already, with only seven days left in the week to get ready for the next parade. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Can you do me a favor next time, though? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next few moments seemed to drag on and on. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A small potbellied stove took up one corner, and next to it was a dry sink under a window that looked out to the sea. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I push myself to my feet, make it to the next room, and practically fall onto the bed in my clothes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

From the next to the top step she could reach “Sarsaparilla to Sorcery” without stretching. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Before he goes in, I take my opportunity, walk inside the room, and retrieve all the cards from the drawer next to the bed. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He couldn't see any of the others now, but of course he'd be able to as soon as he got round the next bend. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The housewife who sat across the kitchen table from Harriet, listening, felt as though she were traveling, too, and so was reluctant to let her go on to her next stop. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that I wasn’t raising my hand because he would say, “Anna, get ready. I’m calling on you next.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

They sprint next to a fence, then along a narrow path on a cliff above the creek. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The next day, Saturday, we all in the house, the whole Leefolt family plus me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In the next shop, I stand alongside Sophia and her ladies while vendors parade around her with fabrics and dress samples. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When they know they’ll be beaten going from one gang area to the next when they walk to school—that’s living in a war zone. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Frank liked being next to her, imagining he was her bodyguard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The schoolhouse was next door, a long, single-room barn of a building raised on concrete stilts. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When they sit next to each other, I notice how opposite they are, Christina dark and lean, Will pale and solid, but alike in their easy smiles. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

So drawn in was I by the events on the stage that it seemed less important to me to copy down the lines than to find out what these people would say or do next. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The potion rippled, and the next memory appeared. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone gets quiet as they wait to see what will happen next. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I asked if I should carry on with the diary next week. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

By the end of the next day, he had to limp along one-legged with an arm around Gendry, and now he couldn't even do that. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I slipped two twenty-dollar bills in my next letter, and asked him to use some of it on postage. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Over the next three years, the Nazis passed a series of laws called the Nuremberg Race Laws. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

As Genie was about to start searching the next question, his Googling was cut short. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Heat tears through my chest, and I smile as I grab the next bar. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There's a little girl next to me, bobbed mousy brown hair, strawberries on her dress collar. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Everyone who’s participating will meet in the boys’ gym next Monday, right after school. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The colored man next to the professor waves at the crowd uncertainly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"Thank you for the wine. We will speak again. When you see me next at council, be certain to treat me with your accustomed contempt. You should not find it difficult." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They had to cut the chains before the next group tried to take the elevator, but they also had to make sure the Titans were as distracted as possible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We all fell right into bed, because we had to be up for our regular eight a.m. training the next morning. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The next day, they went to a hardware store and bought putty knives and steel spatulas, and the decon team went to work chipping the walls and floor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doha sat next to Sunjin and put an awkward arm around his shoulders. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I rolled onto my side and fell asleep next to her. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I did not see Ada Taylor that day or the next one either. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Although we continued to hope the German army would soon be defeated, we couldn't begin to know what would happen next. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

We got off at the next exit, quietly, and, switching drivers, we walked in front of the car. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“There’s cheese in the bin next to it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Before she slept that night she burnt up every one of her head rags and went about the house next morning with her hair in one thick braid swinging well below her waist. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He shook off the churning panic as he knelt down next to Kaitlin and took her hand in his. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I lie down on the floor next to him so I can hear what he’s saying. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Nor was it on the next list, or the one after that. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I was planning to go to Seattle in the next few weeks, and, to be honest, I’m not sure if your truck can make it.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The vet and Crenshaw prepared to change busses at the next stop, and upon leaving, the vet placed his hand upon my shoulder and looked at me with kindness, and, as always, he smiled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was a real sin to confess to the priest next week. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once night had fallen, I sent Bongo on her next mission. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She must have believed him, because he was shipped out the next morning. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The girls’ basketball team practices in the next building, so they come here for lunch. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Leo’s eyes fixed on a supply crate next to Hazel’s feet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The first days of the new year were frightening because without Minnijean we realized any one or all of us could be next. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finding one of these copies had to be the next step. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mini made a little swirling sign of He’s lost it next to her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They would, in the next weeks, ease into a lasting friendship. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The next time I saw Charlie Kahn, after the night he hit me, I was stopped at the APlus for a candy bar. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

That night at the mess 1 sat next to the priest and he was disap-pointed and suddenly hurt that I had not gone to the Abruzzi. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

After changing my clothes I went next door and found Mr. Gatz walking up and down excitedly in the hall. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

A young woman pushing a baby buggy was the next to go past. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Mom sat next to me, hands folded in her lap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Sure the boys got off, but you can’t tell me the next peckerwood who’s got lynching on his mind isn’t going to worry just a little that he might end up in a courtroom.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia says, appearing at the locker next to mine. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him what we should do next, but he was asleep again before I could say a word. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See, it’s alive,” he said, and right that minute, at a window next door to us, a woman yelled to her son down on the street. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She passes me the bowl of milks and a whisk, then goes to grab the cooled cake from the wire rack next to the stove. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When we got home, I tapped up my iPad to finish a paper I had due the next day, the last day of school before Christmas break. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I think I can make out a glimmer of light on the horizon, but the next it’s gone, just a trick of the eyes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Every witch there knew what had happened next, and neither Will nor Lyra dreamed of it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I sat on the bus next to Heather, my other best friend, who was a year older and lived two houses away from me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Picking his way among stacks of magazines and a couple of book racks, he stood next to a bulletin board. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The next shot was fired by the Washington Post. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was dose to the next clue. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But Grover didn’t answer that day, or the next day, or the next week. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next bus started to come down Lee Avenue. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

One moment Grandma was confidently offering assurance; the next, Hugo was destroyed and Seth and Grandma were captured. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Follow me out to it. Stay low in the water. Don’t let him see you. When we reach the wreck, we’ll look for our man and decide what’s next.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I glanced over at her as we walked on to the next house and saw her beaming with pleasure. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She didn't want Tina, or anybody else, to catch her with her head down. park It felt wrong to sit next to somebody every day and not talk to her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The next morning he helped her dress and undress her Barbie at least thirty times. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I dropped by Too Bad’s and we played a game of marbles. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, I put on the yellow dress I’d just finished and the black heels Dedd had passed on to me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went next door to borrow a thermometer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

To hear Delly describe it, I had next to no friends because I intimidated people by being so exceptional. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

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

“Mrs. Torrance,” he said, his tone defeated and afraid, “I just don’t understand. How can they do this? They killed someone. What are we supposed to do next?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The next moment, not altogether by accident, he allowed himself to become separated from her by a small knot of people. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And books all over the floor, some stacked in piles, some wom-looking, some brand-new, some splayed upside down, some sliding off the pink bedside table next to the lamp with the orange fabric shade. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I am trying to decide if I should turn in my paper, knowing Mr. Daniels will probably think I spit it out in two minutes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Stanpole sat down next to me and put his capable- looking hand on my leg. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to be next time, but now it’s tomorrow. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will eat from a tray in the next room,” the doctor said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

New York held no further interest and the next morning I left for home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alby’s next words came out in a wheeze, as if every one of them would take a week off his life. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My mother placed my first trophy next to a new plastic chess set that the neighborhood Tao society had given to me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night I went to sleep listening to Rattling Brook and when I came down to breakfast the next morning, Mrs. Jordan told me that my mother was in the hospital. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next shot showed the famous real estate tycoon Heath Huxley chuckling, “Thanks for doing our digging, kids.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s mom led her to the couch and sat down next to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Since yer pa passed, our close friends Ben and Cillian have been helping me out since theirs is the next farm over. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Framed next to the picture was a photocopy of a handwritten journal entry. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The next night I looked, but no new fish came into the pond. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Laura and Mary always said: “No, dear, you can’t go this year. Perhaps next year, if you are good, then you can go.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They watched the van headlights emerge on the slope of the next hill: two fingers of light groping their way along an invisible road in the dark. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I catch Sandra’s eye and point to the spot next to me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, in her next letter Grandmother had wanted to know how come we could suddenly afford to pay for double the mail load. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I open my eyes next, he’s gone, but there’s a stack of clothes on the bed beside me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look away toward the dark window when she clears the place next to me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Here,” he said, and stepped next to me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I see a father put his arm around the little girl next to him and pull her closer. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A girl next to me whispered, “That’s you! He’s talking to you!” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth without any sense of what I would say next. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now those Marines were back on Hawaii, resting and training for their next mission. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he opens them again, he says, “Actually, standing next to you makes it feel as high as Everest.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In 1662, he moved again, to the University of Messina, but in 1666 he became professor of medicine in Bologna and stayed there for the next 25 years. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The next day, Tehlu set off to finish what he had begun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I went to bed that night exhausted and exhilarated, the hummingbird nest in its neat glass box on my dresser next to my hairpins and ribbons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

After my Pilates class last night I asked Tara if she wanted to go to the cinema with me one night next week, then if she’d cover for me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time we found an empty house we were disappointed, but hopeful and excited that the next day would be it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Some talk show begins and Dad snores through it all, right next to me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next night, the moon, like Turkey’s future flag, was a crescent. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If I stayed in one place for a whole school year, without Chiron or my friends around to help me, would my mother and I even survive until the next summer? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

After the interviews, he rounded us all up, including my reluctant mom, to travel to Burundi for the next round of interviews. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Me the sports fanatic, me the game freak, me the only ten-year-old in Illinois with a hate on for the alphabet wanted to know what happened next. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There would not be another one till next year. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And by the next autumn, a quarter of the riverside blue willows had hummingbear nests in them. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I guess what I’ll miss most are the wasted opportunities to live my life and the lost potential to make great friends with everyone I sat next to for four years. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I woke up the next morning, there was a message from Violet waiting in my cache. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The election is next week and we have much to accomplish.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to quit fretting but still missed on two of the next five stones I chunked. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The snow stopped, but the temperature really dropped the next few days, so that getting up to zero seemed kind of hopeless. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Go into the next room and stay there until I come for you.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The first page featured a map of the entire continent of Eshōza; the next page featured a map of the Greater Jungle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He appeared to be in no hurry to join me, and instead spent the next five minutes mingling with the patrons, basking in the glow of his victory. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She sits next to me on the sofa. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes, they are. We’ll be looking at some lovely examples in our next lab.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"I'm just sayin', it ain't that deep. You run, then you hand the stick to the next person. Then they run." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I lower myself into the chair next to her and about give her a heart attack. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Over the next ten hours, they will watch performances by two other high school drama troupes, have dinner, sit through a two-hour musical, and attend a dance. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The next day, after my father returned from the factory, we told him what had happened the night before. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I think of Johnny’s strong arms, the stripe of white sunblock on his nose, the time we were sick together from poison ivy and lay next to each other in the hammock, scratching. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly, pausing before each step to gather strength for the next; her hands kept up a slight, shuddering movement like the nervous flutter of a bee on a flower. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I know for a fact that with roses, you could chop them off at the ground with an ax and next year they would probably come up all that much better for it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The merlins were released every winter and new ones caught again next year. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the order that we entered the room: Fern first, me next, and Vonetta last. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we went for the next visit, we waited for a long time; but my mother never arrived. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He vowed to find them once again on the streets of the capital city, and next time, he would be ready. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was considerable partisanship among the family as to the desired sex of the next baby. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly we’re back on the side street next to the hospital. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

One moment there were solid wooden walls and the next moment it had fallen with the cracking of wood and the tinkling of glass and the screams of people inside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next moment, however, the burning in his belly died down and the world began to look more cheerful. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In the entryway hung the required portrait of El Jefe, except it wasn’t our old one of Trujillo as a young captain that used to hang next to the Good Shepherd. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lefty Lewis came out with a big glass jug filled with orange juice and sat down next to me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even though Gram lived her whole adult life in New York City, she was buried back in Unity Valley, next to her mother, my great-grandmother. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

First thing the next morning, I marched across the street and rang the bell. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The next Thursday afternoon, Mom drove me over the mountain to the McDowell County Science Fair in Welch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So I knocked him down—I had to—and raced off, and the next thing I heard was this dreadful squealing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I’m just saving up info for the next time I report to you?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally he drifted to a stop next to Percy, who stood on a ledge jutting over a deeper abyss. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I could have said I was looking in on a girl I used to babysit for, or who used to live next door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then she woke up the next morning and felt better, and had to admit that she did believe it, maybe just a little. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Officer Williams nodded, a grim smile on his face as he moved on to his next Navajo victim. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still too icy for the bus to run the next day, but we rocket boys didn’t try to cross the mountains again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Call Dr. Sandler tomorrow. I’m due for a physical anyway. Make an appointment for me next Saturday, if he has an opening.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood and moved to the next cow. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The next day, at five minutes to six, Chester was about to begin the last public piece he would ever play in New York City. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His blue seagull’s eyes dart from face to face as the English instructors appear onstage next. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We lie next to each other in silence all night, looking up at the impossible mind-blowing awesomeness of the universe, and I don’t think either of us sleeps a minute. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The commissioner of education of the state of New York smiled as he read the next question. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was a month late, which meant the peas would not do much if it turned hot—not many to eat, but surely enough for seeds next spring. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They talked every second they were sitting next to each other. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when I came downstairs, my parents’ bedroom door was shut, and Dad was sitting at the kitchen table, by himself. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With every bit of effort he could muster, he focused only on the next seconds of his life. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

This was just part of becoming who I needed to be next. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of them saw what happened next, but there was really no need to see. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

For a while she even held her breath until she reached the next lawn, just as she did when the school bus passed a cemetery. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Over the next two and a half years, the tape machines picked up nearly four thousand hours of meetings and phone conversations—including an excellent record of the president’s imminent showdown with Daniel Ellsberg. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And next to the Tower, the words, “She is here, she is here, she is here.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The team went out on the floor and Ducky found me and sat next to me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then everybody climbed into rickshaws, the younger children sitting next to their amahs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held my breath, wishing with everything in me that my name would be next. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The next day in school I gave Mary Elizabeth the gift that I drove to buy her. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, we should have gone to the movies the next day, the twentieth, and taken my mother to distract her. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost control of the next pitch, and it was wide. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Beside it was a breathtaking picture of his sister Elsie, standing in front of a white porch railing next to a basket of dried flowers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Pri is sitting next to a girl and they laugh and talk as if they are more than friends. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ivy stood next to her, breathing in and out, but the panic was filling her up. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Chief paused to stare at one of his ringing cell phones—four were placed on the table next to him—and then ignored it and leaned back on the sofa. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A front-page headline in the Chicago Tribune the next day read simply, “The Phenom.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Jack said the person had found it playing Book Scavenger and thought it was Mr. Griswold’s next game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the early days we needed a place like this where we could paddle and play about because my youngest sister was only one, the next sister was three and I was four. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the next few months, she developed a much broader purpose. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t wait for me this morning,” she says as she sits down next to me, sounding hurt. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a fool. You’ll find out whether Earth exists when relief gets here next week and we have to go back to face the music.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

About fifty yards away from him, the grass was being flattened by the still invisible quad as it made its next charge. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The next morning Maa brought out the silver earrings she had worn as a bride. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was especially thinking about my steer, number 534.I knew that on the next day, he was going to be sent to the slaughter-house. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My friend who was sitting next to me was crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The other passengers ran into the next car, except for two women who remained riveted in panic. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the time I can’t even be next to his stinking drunk self. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, as they broke their fast, she apologized to Septa Mordane and asked for her pardon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The next day after class I turned in my revised paper to Miss Bell. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The evacuation was postponed to the next day. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It worked, and streams of juice the color of mangoes stained her face for the rest of the day, and the next day, and the next day—until, I suppose, those skin cells wore off. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nok's father and Mark were working together to organize an election the next month. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Nhamo didn’t need to forage for a few days, but she found herself following the troop anyhow the next morning. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time he is home for the weekend, his mother brings it up again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then too, compared with the women at The Maids, my Woodcrest coworkers are an enthusiastic and outgoing bunch, though the faces tend to change from one weekend to the next. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We agreed how weird it was that Tamika now lived in his old house and how sweet it would be for me to finally beat her at the next science fair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the sofa next to him and hold up my seerah book. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

By the time the Icelander left Grossinger’s the next morning, he felt that Bobby was on the verge of agreeing to play exclusively in Reykjavik. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was like hearing a phrase from a catchy song: I couldn’t stop myself from reciting the next line. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s just no point talking to a Petrified person,” she said, and they had to admit she had a point when they’d taken their seats next to Hermione. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The next day, she showed her Martian to Tab and Emily, feeling shy. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t blame her, but it was hard to feel too upset on a nice day, with her next to me, knowing that I wasn’t really saying good-bye. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I untied my shoes and placed them next to me—bottoms up, of course—until I finished my math. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The next time Roy levered himself up to peek into the room, Dana was glowering at him through the window. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, President Johnson declared a Christmas ceasefire in Vietnam, and the bombs stopped dropping. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then Helvar was standing next to Nina, aiming into the maze of crates beyond. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Since Tobias has planted himself on the grassy corner of the park, I rush over to the end of the sidewalk and stand next to a No Parking sign. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He would do this for the next fifty years. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘I refuse to sit next to that beastly thing!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a thumbtack and hang the picture next to the drawing before sitting down on my bed and grabbing my pocket notebook and pencil off my bedside table. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The top two boats in each heat would advance to a final contest of four boats the next day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She dropped her backpack to the floor and sank into the booth next to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The teacher holds my hand and takes me to a chair next to a girl with night hair. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

One day she was at work, the next gone, with no clear explanation for her abrupt departure. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’ve left two stories with a newspaperman, and he’s to give his answer next week,” whispered Jo, in her confidant’s ear. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too early when Amakas movements woke me up the next morning; the room was not yet touched by the lavender rays of dawn. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I remember standing in the entryway next to a row of suitcases. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Where possible, the tournament director alternates the colors, so that a player will play with the white pieces in one game and with the black in the next. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Diamant went with me to the market the next morning to use some of my savings and buy something that could be sold for profit in the shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was scouting out new friends to be with for the next twenty-eight days. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, the next time there’s a Quran competition, I’ll be ready. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“And next week is midwinter break, so I won’t see you all for a while. I hope you stay warm, happy, and healthy during your time off. Take care and have fun.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

By the next Thursday, Mama was still in a good mood, and she had both me and Jay working for her in the kitchen from the time we got up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I tottered to the edge of his bed, pulled my legs up next to his, and leaned my head back against his shoulder. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

"That's what this shell's called. I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The next Trial will take place in seven days.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” he hollered to the next one in line, a boy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day the doctor decided that Finny was not yet well enough to see visitors, even old pals like me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most dramatic departure was by Officer Mendez, whom I had sat next to against the wall one night at the Academy while waiting for pay phones. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes my hand and walks to a room next to the living room. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And that wins respect so you can say yes next time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He felt his entire future, indeed his entire character, depended upon the next few moments. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he asked the manager, one of Momma’s girlfriends, to keep an eye on us, and he went to the cash advance place next door. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He sat perfectly still as she thumbed his neck, the line of his jaw, and a spot next to his mouth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The next day after summer school I ran into Amber walking with her friends. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Something fell to the ground next to my foot. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was clearly distracted because there was a pile of VHS tapes on the floor next to the box. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning, more news about the crash came in. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her feet go forward and her heart ba-bamps the next day, too, as she walks down a red-carpeted corridor of the US Capitol. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I thought he felt it too, a connection, the possibility of deep friendship rooted in common experience: being afraid of the next attack, not knowing when it's coming. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A solid performance in Tunisia was the next part of our strategy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, you be sure to give him my regards. Tell him we missed him at last night’s service and we’d be pleased to have him come next week at the same time.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He brings me ice wrapped in a dish towel and says that next time we’re having fun, I should tell him if something is wrong. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When Faith stepped out of her car the next morning, I could barely look at her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And he’d of thought to gather piles of wood when we first got there, instead of keeping just enough ahead for the next campfire. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

One thing was sure, I was there for one reason and one reason only, so Bodega could have one of Vera’s relatives there next to him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I let Dustfinger sleep on the sofa, and came down the next morning to find him still searching the bookshelves. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Of far greater concern at that time, of course, was my own future, for on that night all that consumed my thoughts was the fear of the next day’s injections! Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

With someone from the United States embassy living next door, the SIM might not bother us anymore. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I was to find out later that he lived in the tenement house next door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, why not wait for all this stuff to die down? Coach will have you be a starter next season when all the seniors leave.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He’d then briefly discuss that session the next time each patient appeared for psychoanalysis. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to sleep,” she said, walking into the room next to mine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning I blearily awoke after two hours of sleep, bundled myself onto one of the wagons and proceeded to drowse away the morning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning, we’re all sitting together around the fire pit, waiting for the potato soup to reheat—my parents, Manuelito and Hermelinda, and some little cousins who have wandered over for breakfast. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I would like to read a few more pages . . . but I was overly fatigued . . . but Mr. Crusoe was facing all sorts of dangers . . . but. . . in betwixt one thought and the next, I fell asleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they are done, the old man and the boy pull the cart to the next pile of garbage. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another time Miles, who sat next to Jack in homeroom, swiped Jack’s worksheet off his desk, crumpled it in a ball, and tossed it to Julian across the room. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My next job is to figure out where I can build a fire, either by day so he will not see the smoke, or by night so that he will not see the flame. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The next words I heard were: “Try two and a half, shorty.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We were all charged with sabotage, and scheduled to appear in court the next day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abbey checked her watch and announced that we had exactly eleven minutes to get home or else we’d be grounded until the next century. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Sir, I’m delighted to hear it, and on my next social visit, I promise to bring you some. That’s okra.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was playing his first coffeehouse gig the next night. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She motioned me to sit next to her in the rocking chair. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the novel developed over the next year, and as my own ideas clarified, it became apparent that the chapter had no proper home in the larger narrative. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosewater was on the next bed, reading, and Billy drew him into the conversation, asked him what he was reading this time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day went exactly like the first. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uhmma places my certificate in the middle of the coffee table, next to the Korea Times newspaper. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The car was parked in the lot next to the hotel, and Maten had left a cooler inside, full of the foods her husband liked. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And I’m going to sit next to him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the next day or two, as they went on, borne steadily southwards, this feeling of insecurity grew on all the Company. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She forced herself up to her knees and reached for the next crate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Personally, I’d do the safari, but yeah, you can choose. But you need to come to the next meeting and join the club,” pushed Anh. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

For the next hour, I watch Tiny as he runs around the theater like a rampaging lunatic, mumbling to himself. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mom sat down next to me and ran her fingers through my hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The next night a dozen frogs, together the size of a pair of year- old babies, jumped from the ceiling. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

American leaders fervently believed in the “domino theory”: if one country became Communist, the country next to it would fall to Communism, then the next, like a row of dominoes, rapidly knocking each other over. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s also not lost on him that being father to the notorious swastika vandal isn’t a good look for the guy who’s trying to find investors for Dino-land and turn Chokecherry into the next Orlando. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Roy traded seats on the school bus to be closer to the front door. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gardner wrote our names next to each other on the board and asked all the pairs to pick a country from a list he handed out. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The next morning, in Hamburg, the boys awoke at five and struggled to unload the Husky Clipper from the Manhattan in a hard, driving rain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The soccer ball rests next to a folded black T-shirt from the stage crew. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The next day, I'll go back to collect the cells and get the data. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dad went on, “And then how are you going to feel when you see this boy in your class the next day?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I sat down next to her and picked up the picture, squinting at it so my eyes wouldn’t see it too clearly. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The next few days bring a flurry of activity as the event is planned. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In the corner next the window facing him was a small, dark man looking out at the snow. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent the next several minutes talking about what we’d do on a trip like that if we ever went on one. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you,” he said, pointing to Amari, “get up and help her! Hurry! I’ll ride to the next plantation for more help.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the next canasta gathering, Mami’s friends all count off the families they know that have left the country. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The white-noise machine under the window dulled the beeping of the monitors next to the bed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In a way, Harvey’s story belongs in the next chapter. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She promised him she would not, but all the next day she passed in weeping, thinking of her sisters and herself unable to comfort them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning Uhmma and I wait in the car in front of the police station. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He is sick with terror, and he does not know what to do next. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long snowfield lay between them and the next gap, and on crossing it they discovered a crevasse so deep that “two battleships could have been hidden in it,” as Worsley said. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Aech picked up the next line: “The heart and the brain and the body...” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Loki sobered up the next morning and thought about what he had done the night before. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I can feel the tension in Gale’s muscles next to me, fear an altercation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Here you must stop and look carefully ahead and slightly up, for the next hold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They spent the night at Vatete's village, and early the next day they moved on. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Tuti was real quiet but would let out occasional shrieks and wails so loud, the next church three miles away could have heard her. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As I pulled up next to their vehicles, I could see the group standing around in front of the Suburban. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The professor smiles a little and inclines his head in the direction of the mayor and the man sitting next to him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In the next, casks of salt beef, salt pork, salt mutton, and salt cod were stacked ten feet high. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The next expert uncovered another easel on which there was a picture of a big black bug. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was peevish the next morning when we met our pilot. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The next day, at the crack of dawn, the old man was opening his toy booth when Hugo approached. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I was thinking next, but I ran into the kitchen and grabbed a carton of eggs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I avoided the empty chair next to Mike in favor of one by Angela. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A breeze came in the night and we heard the men of the anti-aircraft gun on the next roof talking. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The moment one shot has been approved, we move right into preparing for the next. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tim squeezes her hand as he runs past her and on to his next class. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"There won't be a next time! What kind of guy expects a girl to cook for him the first time they meet?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she crawled along a beam till she was directly over the next pen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be in total control of the outcome of the game, so when I lost I was the only one to blame, and I could train harder to do better the next time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And it was nothing at all next to those whose wait would be in vain. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Not just because it has always been a fantasy of mine to blast our neighbors with my paintball gun—but because whether my dad knows it or not, I saw what was coming next. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“No, no, silly boy,” said Fleur with a tinkling laugh, “I mean next summer, when we — but do you not know?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I guess you got a point. But next time I say you’re totally beast—* “Just shut up,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins gazed up and down the street as if deep in thought, and then, suddenly making up her mind, she snapped: “Fishmonger!” and turned the perambulator in at the shop next to the Butcher’s. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

None of this, of course, was supported by so much as a grain of actual evidence–nothing so wrong could be–yet it was geological orthodoxy for the next half century. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

America's nuclear gambit had kept Stalin in check, but the crisis in Berlin underscored the need to anticipate the USSR's next move. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next page was a letter from Father to his bailiff. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I motioned for Frankie to stand next to me so that we could both put ours ears against the receiver. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

To me, one looks pretty much interchangeable with the next. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lower my earmuffs and slide in next to Deb. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her locker had been neatly stacked with textbooks when Lacey opened it, I remembered, as if she intended to come to school the next day. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sit down in a chair next to the empty desk, my hands clasped between my knees. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Axel wants to believe he knows what happens next. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The divide between this car and the next seems immense, a great span over eternity. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t really have to go to class for the next week; that’s school policy. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

One day it might be the man next to you at roll call who is torn apart by dogs. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I’m almost at the doors to school when someone beeps from the parking lot. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning I pried the can open. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When a singer came on next, uninterested listeners twirled their dial to find an alternative...and tuned to The Mercury Theatre just as the Martian emerged from the cylinder. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

You know I’m always honest with you, so I think I should tell you that I live from one encounter to the next. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The building next door to it, the social hall of our Islamic Center, was trashed and marred with graffiti. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I raise my hand again, but Mr. Griffiths calls on Justin next, who saunters up to the front of the room and crinkles the edges of his paper as he starts speaking. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I rearranged a few things to make room for Dad’s favorite picture, the one of me crouching next to the shark with my sketch pad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning I tried to catch some fish that I could see in a nearby stream. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the age of twenty-two he returned to Glasgow University to take up a professorship in natural philosophy, a position he would hold for the next fifty-three years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Stanley, who sits next to me, holds a boy baby, with brown skin and a few tufts of black hair. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sally!” he cried, squeezing himself through to the next car. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Mews was one of the most important parts of the castle, next to the stables and the kennels. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day JimmyTrotter told Miss Trotter he was hopping over the creek to watch more of Apollo 11. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

This one walked with soft feet like she’d drifted in from the next world and no one had the good sense to send her back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flickered across the picture of the young girl next to the picture of the Goddess. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lauren was in that class and sat in the row next to me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And the next morning Nels had come yet again, carrying a manila folder. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though the porter had a flat next to the gate, no one disturbed him after the closing hour. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Whatever the title, each cover shows a picture of the same pretty blonde girl next to my grinning big brother. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We waited for Clarence or Bullet to tell us what came next, if we were taking them back with us or leaving them here or...I didn’t really want to think about any other alternative. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Not only are you getting extra chores next week, but you will each write a letter of apology to Mr. Beiderman, and you will also confess what you did with the prospective tenant. In person.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Over the next seven weeks, he and his staff would try to change that. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There he is, the next president of the United States!” said the emcee of the rally. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those would have to come from the next tree over — I’d have to climb back down, go up the other tree, and hope I could reach across in the rain without plummeting to my death. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her next plane was a Skysleeper, where the “hostess gave me hot chocolate and cookies and tucked me in with two blankets and two pillows.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He noted that and hunted cautiously for the next question. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Upstairs in his office there is a brass Ganesha sitting cross-legged next to the computer, a wooden Christ on the Cross from Brazil on a wall, and a green prayer rug in a comer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca sat down on the edge of the sofa next to me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There had been an armed robbery in the block of flats next to theirs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I knew this from the brownish faded photograph of Livonia and Slim Jim Trotter that sat on the china cabinet next to an all-watchful Jesus. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could tie a rope around this island and pull it next to Zimbabwe,” she told Mother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His backpack lay on the seat next to him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The repaired alarm clock rang at six o’clock the next morning. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, we did have a chance to talk as we sat next to each other on the ground of the prison courtyard sewing and patching up shabby old mailbags. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A kerosene lamp, turned to its lowest, was right next to him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tap the screen to read the next entry. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She showed me a pad of paper that was next to the display. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the coming days and weeks, Laila would scramble frantically to commit it all to memory, what happened next. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The class remained quiet, watching her and waiting for what was coming next. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I ended up standing next to a man who looked familiar to me, but I couldn’t place him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Looking down below, he aimed next at the big barrel down there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The next day I prepared to go out again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The first sight I see when I open up my eyes the next morning is the glum upside-down face of Chou against the background of cloudy skies as she tugs at my hair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No problem. I’ll be in the conference room next door if you need me.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Government and military leaders gathered to discuss the next question: Was it time to accept the Potsdam Declaration—and unconditional surrender? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning I’m at Violet’s, ringing the bell. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I knew he didn’t have the faintest notion why he was doing any of it, but he said, real impatient, “You ain’t got to tell me but once’t, Will Tweedy. What’s next?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I needed her right next to me, I thought, bodied up, but off in another world. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next three years, the hard disk of his memory slowly began to be erased, beginning with the most recent information and proceeding backward. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I spend the next two classes on the verge of tears. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I'm right next to him, and I do what my mother would have done. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what happened to me next. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Complementary colors, the brothers read, when they are placed next to each other, reinforce each other. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Phil and Gay returned from the next mediation and told me that it was over. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He tells me to sit down, says that we’re not far from the next stop. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settled into his pillow, my head next to his, and we watched his African dwarf frog swim back and forth from the bottom to the top of the tank. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Two pomegranates rested in the crate perched next to the onions and apples. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The next minute, I swear to God, I would be picturing her in the pink house, or out by the wailing wall, stuffing her burdens among the stones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning I come in and find Miss Celia at the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But the room above the arch was empty, lit only by a lantern set on a low table where a book lay open next to a little pile of whole walnuts and cracked shells. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I could see his black eye and swollen jaw the next day. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They agreed and then parted for the next period. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Or what if I'd slept right through one short day and into the night of the next? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, sleep sneaked up on him, and the next thing he knew he was dreaming of a tapping, a cruel dream of a pigeon tapping on the window. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Tendai felt—very slightly—that the She Elephant might not be as bad as she seemed, but her next action drove that idea out of his head. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t figure you out, Jones. One minute you want me, and the next minute you don’t.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They waited, watching the moving clouds reflected in the lake, while the bush next to them whispered in the breeze. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The next afternoon, June 14, seven days before the solstice, our train rolled into Denver. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The next time I raised my head, Lissa was reading again. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Will next became aware of things, it was completely dark, and his hand was hurting more than ever. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So long I must have fallen asleep, because the next thing I know it’s getting dark outside, and there’s a knock at my door. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The next day, after another restful night on the boat—to which, once again, Richard Parker had returned—I was able to walk. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Him and the Preacher stood next to the stage. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The Baker girls and their mother settled on the bench next to our court. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

No, but the next step I couldn't make, so I've remained in the hole. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we were just standing there, and the rain was still drizzling like static, and I didn’t know what to do next. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Some roofs were gone, while the next door house was not only intact but the fence and shed as well. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would I do the next time I felt the urge to talk to my friends during a lesson? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

That’s a direct quote from Ross’s dad, who has come to stand next to them. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Gotta go wash my hands,” she said as she left her hag on the chair next to mine. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I felt his body right next to mine and his breathing got stronger and stronger. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next month was the wedding and it turned out so good! 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting right next to Henry but he acted like he didn’t see me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt surer the next day, late in the afternoon, when he finally woke up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

From the rear, where he always sat, having read somewhere that the seat next to the driver was the most dangerous, he watched his mother’s wild and inexpert shifting with disapproval. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved past Mother, looking at the piece of paper tacked up, fluttering next to the dead man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her helper Mary Nell stands next to her, handing her notes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the rabbi will let us reschedule for next weekend.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Dad even said I could hang out at home again the next day if I wanted. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

"This is actually a rare and valuable artifact passed down for generations. Lancelot used it, so did Sir Gawain, and for a time the Black Knight kept it on a chain next to his heart." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If I die,” she murmured, “maybe I’ll be born again when the Rosen Association stamps out its next unit of my subtype.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Are we on again for next weekend? Midnight movies? For real this time?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Carmen had popped up right next to my face and scared me so much that I accidentally launched a few peas at Martín. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I shuffle to the back of the room to sit next to Mitch. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The next step is to dip the wire frames in the muck. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes there were piles of them, built neatly in rows of four, one level turned this way, the next level turned that way, so they would stack evenly. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the smug Robespierre had any inkling what the next few months would bring. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When my mother finally emerged from her room the next day, it was as if all the joy had been drained from her body. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A new book for you, he says, reaching into the bag on the ground next to him. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He whooped and leaned far over the rail as the ship plunged into the next wave trough, then surged skyward again. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard because I don’t know who’s going to…you know…get me next. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Next time...if there ever was a next time. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Most of the girls around me nodded their heads in agreement, as if they weren’t insulting the next five years of their own education but somebody else’s. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Father sucked in his belly, sucked back the words that would have come next. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And next to her, her brother and sister nodded. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was curled up next to her on the couch, because Dad was working late, so he couldn’t get mad about ice cream in the living room. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up in my bed the next morning, disoriented and panicked, as if I’d had a nightmare. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Two girls with jump ropes, a boy doing a handstand, a man with long arms and legs spinning a basketball on his finger, a woman standing next to a younger girl stirring a pot. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Three dead men in uniforms sat slumped over their desks; each had a loaded rifle next to him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

What did she want, sitting there so large next to my head? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, it invaded Burma; a few days later, British Borneo. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I punched a finger into my chest, hammered in the next four words. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Turtle paused in a pretense of letting the heirs mull over her last words, trying to figure out what to do next. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dropped the jar of quarters they’d been counting and rushed around the corner to where Calder’s parents were watching TV in the next room. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

One midnight she decided, up in the sweltering loft, I am going to survive—and the next midnight she was in the swamp, tracking after the moon in stolen shoes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mom helped me take off my coat, then sat in the seat next to me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then, as the truck pulled away, he added, “So long, Arfy,” to the dog sitting next to the driver. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

And that evening, while he was playing, a brown leaf, the first leaf of the fall, blew into the station and landed right next to the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The big grassy area next to the main building. Across from the walkway.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as the man with the transistor radio and broom left Room 5, Ralph squeezed under the door and ran into the next classroom. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled my eyes at him and grabbed the next box—Froot Loops. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Woodhull then grabbed the podium, shouted out a motion to adjourn, and urged everyone to go to the Apollo Hall the next morning for a meeting of a new political party. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes darted from one scene to the next, to the superhero in the purple outfit and red cape. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A series of chariots drifts along a shiny lattice of cables, lifting well-dressed people from one balcony to the next. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And the very next morning they got rid of the dead man in his tent! Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The burn is a sure sign that I’m on my way to my next high. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Four stands in front of the board and writes a name next to mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The next time, I thought, it could come up behind me while I was running the machine and simply bite my head off. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Followed by Dr. Constantine, Poirot made his way to the next coach and the compartment occupied by the murdered man. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You make sure you practice ‘Für Elise’ for your recital next week, and Lily, take care of your sister.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He moves over, and when I sit down next to him he claps a hand on my shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Marvin Bell, our junior class president, who sat next to me in Miss Kellog’s class, asked me to be part of it that year. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

This is all quite fascinating, but over the next six pages the paragraphs jump around between descriptions of the Cossacks’ way of war and still more exegesis of Clausewitz. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The next day, Mom said she heard a light knock on our front door, and when she opened it she saw Calvin running off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The room was quiet Then Sister Mukumbu announced free time for the next hour. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin flew the next day to Ohio to live with the Dye family. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Over the next few months, I visited townships all across the violence-racked Vaal Triangle south of Johannesburg, comforting wounded people and grieving families. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After several hours the others had still not returned, and the next morning, when there was still no sign of any of them, he remembered the names of the poles. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It’s as if our family tree looks like a set of high-voltage wires strung across a field from one steel tower to the next. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when a high school teacher asked students to list their goals for the next decade, she wrote, “having a college degree” and “not being married.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

We were practicing a walk-through of the exact paces Kwang would take the next day. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the very next corner, deep inside the dense, impenetrable shadows of a narrow, winding side street, he heard the mysterious, unmistakable sound of someone shoveling snow. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The rest of the day glides by Thankfully, Marv gives me the next few hours off, so I go home and sleep some more. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

At breakfast the next morning she pronounced the porridge inedible. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

So, I have to assume he’s either vomiting in the butterfly house or passed out next to the vulture enclosure. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He caught Roy Lee ogling the girl next to him and threw a perfect chalk strike to the boy’s head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the next ten minutes, I managed to anger or amuse most of them, or so it seemed, by trying to enforce my hopelessly outdated porter list. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our rooms are next to each other and are identical. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I overheard Mom and Dad talking as they were getting ready for work. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

One minute Van Andel was alive, the next, he was dead. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The next morning she devised another task for Psyche, this time a dangerous one. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

What came next for Barack, though, was a series of lucky twists. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget,” called Maudie, walking backwards away from Francie, “I called for you this time and it’s your turn to call for me next time.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after that, Laydee’s manager called to talk to Dill about Laydee’s recording one of his songs on her next album. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Open next to foe brown, light, perfect cream puffs so that they wouldn’t get soggy! The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We Navajos would just stand and wait for the next thing we had to do. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m checking you on your next one,” I said. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mae and Birdie were still snoring when I woke early the next morning. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He starts at eight in the morning and doesn’t get back to his lodgings until late—often one o’clock the next morning. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It’s impossible for me to be all smiles one day and venomous the next. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Just about time for the committee meeting called to meet on his porch next day, the first wagon load of lumber drove up and Jody went to show them where to put it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Now he was holding on, with no idea what to do next. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s he doing here, and seated next to you?” he demanded. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Bod woke the next afternoon in the Owenses’ tomb feeling like he knew a huge secret, that he had done something important, and was burning to talk about it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

An English Tudor right next door, then a large Old Mission style estate, next a sprawling Craftsman, and last, the white house that Mr. Bender paired with the word careful. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“The next official step is negotiation. And finally, when the eight-hour time limit is about to run out, and if no solution can be reached, a bio-bomb is detonated, contained by the time-field.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The next day Clean got busted bringing a knife to school. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Clive Pike, of all people, put his bag next to me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Tally pinned herself against a building, trying to disappear next to a stack of firewood. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A woman was crumpled next to her, holding a child, a little boy younger than Baby. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anya remained next to her mother and watched as the man with the winged helmet dismounted and studied the various postings. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I ask for more paper and start the next one. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She stopped at the house next door—an old guy named Gil lived there. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She took her water gourd from the pack, sipped, and rested there for a moment, thinking through the next part of the climb. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her next lunge to the surface brought her forehead smack against a wide log, floating free in the water. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next child was the right size and coloring, but she wasn’t Lyra. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As her family prepared to leave New York, the storm that hit the city the next night was the worst I had ever seen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I ended up doing that morning, I went over to old Mr. Billy Whisnant’s, next to the schoolyard, and knocked on the door. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You look beautiful!” she gushed as she settled herself next to me on a rush mat. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“And went back to Earth the next week for the war.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of everything that he would be giving up for these next possibly two months, a flushable toilet was definitely in his top three, alongside internet and Hot Pockets. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I remember Hassan and I crouching that next morning outside my father’s study, as Baba and Rahim Khan sipped black tea and listened to breaking news of the coup on Radio Kabul. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But next moment Harry had begun to spin very fast, and the Dursleys’ living room was whipped out of sight in a rush of emerald-green flames. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He parried, but the next attack didn’t come from her blade. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

For the next hour, aided by the light of the full moon and a sputtering candle Fadi had found in the empty house, they crawled around in the dirt, excavating dozens of shallow holes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Lyra’s death, having guided them there, bowed to her and stepped into the fog, vanishing before she could ask him what to do next. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The radiator woke Hyacinth the next day, whistling a joyful good morning. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He may have come to feel that Violet’s gifts were poor measured against his sympathy for the brokenhearted man in the next room. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If flagged notes are next to each other, their flags can be replaced by beams that connect the notes into easy-to-read groups. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The final plink of the tune was suspended in the air expectantly, waiting for the next note that would never come. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Some nights I wouldn’t sleep, but then for the next two I slept great. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The widow will see you next, noble ser. Have you brought a gift for her?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He reaches over and sets his mug down next to Henry’s on the nightstand. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t know when I’ll get to come again—I’m gonna start Knothole Baseball next week and I spend a lot of time teamin’ how to use my computer, so you know how it is. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next summer the Marshall put in its first air conditioner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I had served the stew and filled up the next round of empty cups, I surveyed the room. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tori kneels next to the chair now and places her arms on the armrest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I realized he didn't know if he’d be invited back next year for the community service project. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he was satisfied with his inspection of her, he moved on to the next woman. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the corner of the room next to the dish cupboard, the boy filled Sounder’s tin with cold ham-boiling from the possum kettle. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second-grade girl sat next to Hazel on the bus and started showing her her sticker collection. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was always out in front because he could not wait to see what was next. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Piggy and Ralph came to the edge of the grassy platform; and the boys, as they noticed them, fell silent one by one till only the boy next to Jack was talking. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

One night, when I was a baby, the building next to ours was hit and the whole thing collapsed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When he returned from West Virginia she ambushed him in the kitchen, and after she gave him a tongue lashing a second time around I knew he’d be seeing me next. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He walked toward me, quite close, and then passed me to put the remote down next to the VCR. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We could meet you in the air, beat you back, keep you from landing, distract you till your fuel ran out and you turned tail until the next wave. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The next word was due to come from the member of the Communist International. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to find a new position. I want to stay here and serve the next High King. So, yes, let’s steal the kingdom.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The next day I got a telephone call from him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cabot set it down on the floor next to the bed and continued to fold the sheets, stacking them neatly into the last box. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, Green; why don’t you hit her up for a chat and tea next time she comes around to capture us?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Remember,” he said, “you can apply for the same amount next year.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Randolph only wants you to get better. He believes this is the next step.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look like I needed to stay for the next part of the meeting. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once the dishes had been washed, I disappeared into homework, often taking my books downstairs to the encyclopedia nook off the stairwell next to Robbie and Terry’s apartment for privacy and quiet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I run up the next flight of stairs to the terrace, where I keep the bucket and mop. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will make full repayment and over after the next harvesting.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re in our spot next to the wide gangway, standing among the traders and workmen and a pack of youthful Japanese, everyone waiting for the launch and the black billows of diesel. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stood aside panting, the next recruit took off. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t tell me to act like an adult one moment and treat me like a kid the next. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t care what was waiting around the next bend. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We can meet next week at my house to divide up the work. Any day except Wednesday—that’s when I have acupuncture on my ankle.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Miss, whoever you thought was there next to you, he's not there now. And I've got to go before the light changes." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits were still weary, when they set out again early next morning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Someone’s going to get shot in there,” he’d say, and sure enough, the next day you’d hear that someone got tagged. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent every summer in Maycomb with his great-aunt, who lived next door to the Finches. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I move to the front and into the next doorway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In it, Cleopatra asked that her body be buried next to Mark Antony’s. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, the police set up roadblocks on Spirit Lake Memorial Highway. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so I have. Seven half-bloods shall answer the call I wonder who they’ll be. We re going to have so many new faces next summer.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The other headed outward, northward and angling toward the sea. she quoted from the next line of Shay’s note, and wondered how far north she was going. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But he called her back the next day, sounding downcast, just needing to talk. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes. The beast is a hunter. Only- shut up! The next thing is that we couldn't kill it. And the next thing is that Ralph said my hunters are no good." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting next to this skinny woman who got on in Richmond. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Mexicans follow, up a steep embankment, along a well-worn dirt path, past mesquite bushes and behind some tamarind trees, until they are next to a large, round, flat tank. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He tells jokes and makes small talk, all the while wondering when the next telegram from General Grant will arrive. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

If any of them knew and still laughed, I'd be coming for them next. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, there they were, like magic—right on the kitchen counter. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” Kelly said, “I call today a success. I’m already thinking about what to wear next time.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Knowing there will be nothing to eat for a while, I he down on a small bundle of clothes next to her and rest my head on another. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next night I would remove the ashes and blow on the embers. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I heard was the song on my radio as the alarm went off, waking me out of a cold, sweaty dream. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the gray suit fiddled with the valve knobs, checked his gauges and, when he seemed satisfied with their current position and direction, left his post to take a seat next to Zane. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The gear shift was on the floor next to the seat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I decided that if I used up one pile, I could tunnel through the snow to the next and the next. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

While everyone grabbed the next cupcake, I ran to my backpack, which I’d left inside the supply closet with the aprons, to get my bottle of water. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And in the middle are two girls sitting next to each other who stare at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And maybe next week we won’t even be in this room again, like that kid that moved away who used to be in our class—remember him? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The next day, he took me to town with him, took me to the old brick Court House, and let me watch while he had certificates of freedom drawn up for his children. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He said he was going to get married the next month and was looking forward to it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Billy promised to tell what some of those wonderful things were in his next letter. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea where to go next, and had equally no idea whether anyone had managed to follow me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a firm, commanding voice she announced, “Jonas has been selected to be our next Receiver of Memory.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was by far the worst disaster yet, and it was with despairing hearts that they put in at the next island they reached. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Put you in a room right next to the one where they’ll strap you to that gurney, stick those needles in your arm, and let you die in front of a room full of strangers. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I hit some other plane, a space of no pain, no future, no consequence, no next moment, no regret, only this: a gun and a score to settle. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The most logical explanation is that the wrestlers made a quid pro quo agreement: you let me win today, when I really need the victory, and I’ll let you win the next time. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I did the same thing right next to him and we sat together munching. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I zero in on the alphabetical order, moving to the next aisle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I find the outer edge of the Blue Hole where there’s suddenly a bottom, and I rise up out of it until I’m next to her, dripping on the bank. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If she got an early start the next day, perhaps she could stop by once more at the mill . . . but, no . Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the ground, it crawls to its next tree at the rate of 250 metres an hour, when motivated, which is 440 times slower than a motivated cheetah. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seth leapfrogged to the next log and landed awkwardly, teetering too far to one side. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I moved a strand of hair from her forehead, then pulled a chair to the window and spied on Mr. and Mrs. Miller’s party next door. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, she’d thought it was a bizarre dream until she saw that creased note still lying on her dresser. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Of course, he was kidding, because he thought I’d be home the next day, but after many weeks, maybe he would think I meant what I said, and he might come see me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning when the stars were still visible in the sky, the farmer stopped the wagon. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed me a glass and plopped down on the couch next to me, looking surprised. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then one day John had to sit next to me on the bus because all the other seats were taken. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“An extra half dose in the morning, and I’ll tinker with the next batch and see what can be done.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Waren’t no candles nor lamps burning so I looked up the stairs to check their bedroom next. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I got on the chopper and twisted to help the next guy on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After she had eaten, Francie at last faced the fact that she had broken the fast which started at midnight and was to have lasted until after mass next morning. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was already asleep when I got home, but she said she heard me come in after two and that next time that happened she would call my boss. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He agreed to return to the thicket to feed Booth and Herold the next morning, but he refused to bring horse feed again. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not wanting the pizza to go to waste, she sits down next to the pool and begins to eat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next to last thing she said was to Mother. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “See? It’s perfect. It would take our stuff to the next level.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The pinkie was totally gone from one hand, and the next finger was only an angry red nub. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Mom in the next room singing while she worked on one of her paintings. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Morrison set the plutonium down next to a table by the wall. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, I meet the darkness and uncertainty of what will come next. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

With my eyes closed he feels closer, as if he’s right next to me instead of across the room. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally an infinity symbol came up next to the dollar sign. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what to do next, so he stared down at his ankles and waited. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Armpit got in the backseat, and Kaira snuggled up next to him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The sentry let him by, but the next moment an officer, half-shaved and in shirt sleeves, was shouting at him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Amin sat down next to the sliding doors and grabbed a glass of water. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, I sent him to the next village for sugar.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Al Ulbrickson had arranged for them to move into Cornell’s former house, a much more substantial structure on the east side of the river, right next door to the California house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The next day more carts rolled up the Hill, and still more carts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Still, she comes in and sits on the bed next to me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I remember is, waking up with a feeling as if I had had a frightful nightmare, and seeing before me a terrible red glare, crossed with thick black bars. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Who knew, after all, when the next opportunity to earn significant money would come along? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I already looked forward to the day I could pass whatever wisdom I picked up to the next First Lady in line. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I like to tell them in advance what the next stop is, which shows how well I can read the map, and I also say how many more stops we have to go. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next Wednesday, Papa took the whole day off and we went to Comer and back, which he thought had never been done before in one day. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Dad had put them in an old crystal vase we had, and left the sealed envelope at its base next to a note from him that said Back at 5. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I looked at the road just as two normal-looking cop cars pulled up next to the guy and cut their engines. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take me long to find the exhibit where Halliday’s five Game Designer of the Year trophies were displayed, next to a bronze statue of the man himself. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The next day, the wedding day, I wear my other favorite dress, a light blue one with pleats that fall just below my knees and narrow sleeves that stop at my elbows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were hoping to see exactly where Paul will be going next week. He has problems with his eyesight—he’s legally blind—so we were hoping to make a dry run today.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bulldozers went in the next day, and now the place looks like a farmer’s field ready for planting. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Wishing I’d be able to talk to Anemone again the next day, I fell asleep with the sweetness of oranges in my mouth. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Five nights a week, six hours a day, for the next four months—and, fortunately, never again—I made my living by exhibiting the peculiar way I am formed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Celaena awoke the next morning to the wretched booming of the clock tower. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Wave your hands or something, and we’ll feed you the next line.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She figures it does no good to harp on mistakes in a routine that’s over and done with when I’m trying to get my head ready for the next event. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When I show up at Seaside the next day, Brandy is sitting on the kitchen counter, talking to her mom. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Virgil laid the phone facedown on the table next to the clementines. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Once I was sure all three of them had received my message, I initiated the next phase of my plan. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And that was it, we didn’t say another word to each other for the next two days. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Koffi knew what was coming next but still jolted when her master’s eyes shot to her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. de Klerk asked me whether I would agree to permit him to be the final speaker the next day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very next day, at dinner, he handed me two pieces of notepaper with the name and address of the Mutare Paper Mill. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I got out of going to school the next day, too, which was Friday. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh dear gods,” Rishi muttered next to her, his mouth twisting into a mixture of distaste and pity. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I passed out at Cade’s house and we missed school the next morning. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds a tiny wave folded itself over at the sea’s edge before sliding back neatly under the next. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the next morning, it had to be abandoned. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

For the next few minutes, Miss Emily went on reminiscing about different events from those days, mentioning a lot of people whose names meant nothing to us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of us was allowed near the infirmary during the next days, but I heard all the rumors that came out of it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley took a deep breath again, and her voice hitched with the next sentence. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

My next thought was the baseball game in the flooded school yard. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally back in the United States, Houston and a friend, still in uniform, were returning home on a train when a white man refused to sit next to them in the dining car. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A drunken couple dashed next door to dance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Frankie watched me open the bottle and pour some of the red sauce next to the eggs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When we get to the next house, I ring the doorbell but no one answers, so we just leave a coupon and keep going. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Melissa is getting ready to leave work at six, I tell her I’m quitting, possibly the next day. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pennsy, ever busy, always on a schedule, rushed the little girl and her mother through Union Station so that they could catch their next train. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And that’s how Mr. Abbas agreed to pay my sister five dollars for every mug rug she gave him at the next Bible study, which was after the summer. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The next day, I stood on Thomas’s old front porch, gripping a bunch of flyers. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the next three days, Annabelle will become very acquainted with the Iron Horse Trail. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling at times that our home, Miss Whitlaw, and Robin would all be gone the next morning when I woke up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crouched down next to Jack and put her arm around him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Ernest,” he said, “you say you are convinced of the importance of these fission bombs. Are you ready to devote the next several years of your life to getting them made?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He set her next to Percy on the giant’s bed, and she closed her eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep to the familiar sound of my sister singing, and the unfamiliar sound of our parents laughing in the room next to ours. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lay the bread on the table next to the bushel basket and all the children’s eyes fixed on him attentively. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered Mr. Jeffries, my art teacher, telling us about an art festival in a town called Fountain Hills that was happening next weekend. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ten Snow was the first to fall into a fever, and then those in the lodge where the sick man had stayed fell ill, one after the next. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The next morning, while having breakfast, Grandpa started kidding me about the screech owls. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I wear my protection on a chain next to the gold cross I got for Holy Communion. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He took out a translucent blue plastic body bag, laid it next to the dead woman on the bed, and unzipped it open. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The next day was broiling, almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She squatted down next to me, placed one hand on my arm, and gave me a small squeeze. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mom plunked next to me on the couch. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

My voice was too weak to carry far, and the doctor was already concentrating on the next jaundiced face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat next to her on a flat rock in the sun, far enough away so my wet clothes didn’t weep onto hers. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Simple. Each of you loses his or her library card and adds it to the discard bowl for our next lucky contestants to try and win.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

This view was contradicted with such energy that Mr Charles, quite aside from worrying whether he would become the next focus of the gentlemen's attention, actually thought himself in danger of physical assault. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I really was going next door. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A night train south and he arrives in Arles the next day, Christmas Day, and goes to the hospital. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Andrew ran behind and jumped into the passenger seat next to her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Four stops climbing when he’s right behind me and looks over my shoulder, his chin next to my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I stir the next morning, my nightgown and legs feel damp. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I end my days exhausted, slumped against the couches with my teammates, my mind crowded with new information as Asher reviews with us what the next day will be. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With a yelp, I dodged and felt talons slash the air next to my ear. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The next time, I would just stick the answer sheet up my shirt. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She will be eighteen next month, and in this country she is an adult and can make her own choices.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The next hill was covered with pines, and the sharp scent of their needles filled the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Seated on the couch, I could turn to smile at the person next to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

From this high view, they looked over the unmoving city under a fixed bright sun and wondered what they could possibly do next. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Still grasping it Ged was pulled back as the breakers streamed back from the shoal, so that he was in deep water and saved, till the next wave, from battering on the rocks. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

In one moment, she was before it; in the next, she’d plunged into darkness, alone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I put on my blue suit and my cardinal tie and had my first taxi ride. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

One moment he is telling me my head is full of squashed flies and the next moment his heart is melting for me because Mrs Clonkers locks us in the cellar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, every time I see her Mrs. Murphy has another suggestion for how I should comport myself on meeting the Nielsens. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The lights are off and Malcolm is already asleep in the bed next to her when she hears the voices in the Best Western hallway. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“She say she too busy trying to get her boys into college next year. “Any other maids that go to your church? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty cozy sitting next to Abby and smelling her magical French toast scent, while we watch the freshmen take turns racing in the chairs. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The same thing happened to the next crate. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Strange to say, at our house the next morning it was suddenly peace on earth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, next term was coming, and it never hurt a sixth grader to have a play sister in the eighth grade, or a tenth-year student to be able to call a twelfth grader Bubba. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Such lovely manners. I shall have to mention it to your mother next time I see her.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Alexia looked at Jeffrey next, but she didn’t have the nerve to say anything. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He stares curiously at the book and sits down next to me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every night after that, my mom slept in the bed next to my grandma, knowing that each breath could be her last. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This tide of crockery lay thin upon the floor of the next chamber as well. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as he left I traded it to the kid in the lab next to mine who did all the blood counts. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“He’s right here, right next to you. He saved your life, you know.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That next day, though, Annabelle grabs The Taker’s sleeve and pulls him aside at lunch. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Captain Campbell turned as the men tossed thick ropes from the dock to the occupants of the next boat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he would start on the next passage with only half an hour left to the shiur. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Mama said they had to disconnect it today or pay for the whole next month plus a contract renewal fee.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“You’re all welcome to crash with me. But I don’t think I can make it to Columbus, Vancouver, and Japan in the next thirty-six hours.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“And was any other patrol sent after them, Hyzenthlay? The next day, I mean?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bookstore owner slapped his thigh and said, “Well, hey there, James! You finish the latest Puzzle Power? I hope not, because the next issue isn’t due for another month.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

One moment, her daughter was in her arms, and the next, she was gone, riding away with strangers, someone else’s daughter and lost to Grace forever. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The first place he went was right next door to the California boathouse to tend to Ky Ebright’s boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As he asked his next question, his voice sounded unreal, to himself. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two men stand next to the ledge, hoisting something up with ropes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Matt stood next to the door while Raul walked around the room, commenting on the boys’ work. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru didn’t know how to embrace a palace, so she did the next best thing. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the job is done, the villagers walk away to the next hut to dig the next grave. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had returned a couple of hours ago, and collapsed onto the couch next to each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Director Horus closes the umbrella and sets it down next to his bare feet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But the next time the voice came he knew that the man was coming out, for he could feel the tremor of the voice, as though it were next to him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the table next to the mixer, which had a few large mini cupcake pans. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Thomas could offer no further details but referred the detectives to a woman named Henrietta Hill, who lived next door to the house. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At school the next day, Miss Robins is barely finished with our lesson when I start watching the clock. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The next day after school, I went to the New Dealers’ office. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ruby tumbles into the seat next to me, I’m not exactly thrilled. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The next question came in a friendly, offhand manner, “Ever work with gamma rays?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know how to find you. I only figured out yesterday that you were all—” And then I paused, realizing how strange my next words would sound. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Now I have to sit next to him in class for the rest of the year. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Célina’s husband was a fool, a coward, and a pig, and to prove it to her, Victor intended to hammer his head into a jelly the next time he encountered him. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“He drove them outside of town,” said my mom, “but they came back the next day.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The next practice would be the day after tomorrow, he said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

How about the next gentleman? 7TH JUROR: Me? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also there were full-page pictures of new models, each one grander and more shiny than the next. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The radio’s up there, too, next to him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The next night some archers desperate for warmth somehow managed to set their tent afire, which had at least the virtue of heating the adjacent tents. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Allys hands me the braces that still steady her, and she slides in next to me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Before Johnny can answer, Hilly’s shoulder is tapped and she glides over to the next couple, laughing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was quickly ushered into the trainer’s room next to the dressing room and the door was closed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All her strength seemed to have forsaken her, as if the next gust of wind might blow her away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Or that because they had won the two-mile freshman race last June they could win a four-mile varsity race next June. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The next time Roza tried to get into her dorm room, she found the door chained from the inside. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Thalia backed Luke to the edge of a cliff, but still they fought on, next to the golden coffin. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She reads the monitor thing next to Uncle Jack’s bed. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

As I walked, I mentally composed the next section of my latest Arlington News installment. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The only people allowed inside his hotel room were his lawyers, who needed wills created, and his literary agent, who needed his next contract signed before Howie could kick it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t bother looking out the window because all I can see is the building next door. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And Cody was careful: he changed his scores gradually over the next few days and told Atsbani he’d been studying harder. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Eight: The nest builder announced plans for his next performance piece, and the group fell apart. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Burl and Lenny brought aluminum lawn chairs in from the yard for us and nearly knocked each other over trying to sit next to Jackie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Amari looked at him cautiously, not sure what to say or do next. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something rustled next to me, and then the darkness disappeared as whatever was lying on top of me was pulled off. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Kitty pushed in front of Duke and knelt next to Mack. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her time here is done, and in the next few minutes she’ll be hopping in her fancy car to head up 78, probably to a town where saying a word like awesome is perfectly fine. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Profits are expected more than to double next year. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He wanted to leave behind something that might somehow benefit the next generation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Back with the old ladies, the white stockings, the white shoes, the fans, sitting next to my mother at her own funeral again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I watch as Ms. Albright guides Taylor to the front row, lets her sit next to Cal, and then kneels down in front of them for a minute to talk to them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Yes, they could use someone; things get pretty hectic around the first of the month, right after the welfare checks go out; I can come back next week. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As best as he could, he recounted every painful memory of the next two days. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There would be stacks of petri dishes next to the cottage cheese and butter. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The next day, I see Tommy being led into the vice principal’s office. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The next day I moved the mower farther into the richer part of the neighborhood, where the lawns began to get larger while my mower seemed to get smaller. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Orange Juice lay next to it, against the dead zebra. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the next few days the slaves were treated a little differently. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zvezda lay next to her with his head on her leg, and when he saw her look at him, he offered a gentle bleat. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I wish I lived right next door to you, or even on this futon.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning I woke up with blisters on my forearms and hands. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Sekani’s next to him, nodding along to whatever Daddy’s saying but looking sad. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Even if I traveled for trillions of miles, I’d barely reach Proxima Centauri, the next closest star after the sun. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Foaly. I’m still running red hot. And I’ll make up for my age with a really big gun. Now get a pod ready. I’m leaving on the next flare.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as the plane reaches cruising altitude, she goes over to the woman and kneels in the aisle next to her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The violence continued over the next week, despite a 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. curfew imposed by the mayor and the deployment of National Guard troops throughout the city. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not enjoy the next few days and the last few dollars? Next Thursday, your life will return to normal. You areCinderella at the ball. Stop thinking about what happens after midnight?’ Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. This next one will fly, I think. I will have it ready by this Wednesday.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulder slammed into the man next, throwing him to the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I would still be allowed to start as a freshman at Goode next month. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

By the next day we had a new baby sister, whom we named Alicia. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cutting cane was hard work, but it was nothing like what came next: Piles of freshly cut cane had to be fed into the ever-turning mill wheels, until they were completely crushed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The lifeboat swung up next to the ship, bobbing frantically. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The next month, five hundred students staged a peaceful protest through downtown Hampton. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Tension rose still further over the next few months as a routine decision about the placement of new public housing escalated into a battle over ghettoization. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had backed up to the point of being next to Ivan as he struggled with the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Things like answering the phone sitting right next to her. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She sat on the steps in front of the house, and Zvezda plopped down next to her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He sat down on my bunk and invited me to sit next to him. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

All in all, they read ten web pages about tennis over the next hour. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The days will be insufferable for me till your next envelope arrives, it goes without saying. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then it would slide on to the next house and stop again, and peer in, and so on all along the street. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he hated that, because the pants twisted up around his legs and made it next to impossible to even bend his knees and sleep on his side, which was the most comfortable way. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the next few months, they were told, they would mostly race against one another and their junior varsity and varsity counterparts. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A girl with long curly hair shouts “Hey! ” next to my ear, waving at a distant friend. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Tires crackle over the gravel right next to my feet. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

If you want to know the truth, the guy I like best in the Bible, next to Jesus, was that lunatic and all, that lived in the tombs and kept cutting himself with stones. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Grandma Rose is sitting next to me on the sofa, turning cards over to find pairs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning when I come downstairs, Theodore Finch is sitting at the dining-room table with my parents. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We all looked at him, wondering what wisdom the great medical authority was going to come out with next. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, like I didn’t know what she was about to say next, even though I was pretty sure I did. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, as they ate their shredded wheat, Brangwain Spurge said, “Someone was here last night.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The officer next to her was the size and shape of Edward, the shaggy bull who lived down the road from us in Rhode Island. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I half smile, about to say thank you—for what, I have no idea—when Ellen appears next to me and says, “But you can call her Will.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He sat for a long time within the arms of a green, black, and gold leaf lounge chair, sipping coffee and meditating about the next few hours. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

One moment, the room was still, the next, Mother flew off the pillows and was violently ill, vomiting blood all over the bed and floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat next to the sole blue willow in the square that had come through the fire unscathed. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The next day the slaves were taken in groups from the ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air in Lagos was humid; standing next to Madu, it seemed suffocating. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hear a crack against the floor next to my face, and a metal cylinder about the size of my hand rolls to a stop against my head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had a place for it on my dresser, right next to the old photo of me, Mom, and Dad at the beach. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The coach said, “Not this game, Victor. You get yourself together for the next game. We’ll have to win this one without you.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abuela went into the pew in front of me, looked over, seemed confused, got out, then knelt next to me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It has been said the ship next door has a better engine, more water, endless fuel, countless salty eggs. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And just as I’ve come to this conclusion, a parachute lands next to us with a fresh loaf of bread. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, after the guard had unlocked the banquet hall, the exhausted operative returned to the hotel room he was sharing with Liddy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was very close to moving to the next level of athletic ability, a level at which I would be better than most kids my age and ready to play against older kids. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ben stands next to me and looks up too. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

So I hobble into math in a fine mood, and sit in a chair that I pull up next to Rosa. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

At one point his words slid together to form one word—sounds as confused as the threads of blue and green oil in the puddle next to my shoes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he came back to Nali’s next summer, would Pond be able to teach him more songs so that he, too, could make it snow? Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Park's mom didn't seem surprised to see Eleanor the next day. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mini sat down next to her and put her arm around her shoulders. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I racked my brain for the next question—the one that would prove to Call beyond doubt that the Captain was no more Hiram Wallace than I was. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry fretted about this next to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, while Ron and Hermione used their time off to play a game of wizard chess. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Number two, never tell folks my next move. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He then slid out of his side of the booth and sat next to me, cramming me into the corner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stood next to Håkon, munching on whatever got close enough. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He knelt next to her, careful not to get too close. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hand is so hard and strong I can't move, and it feels like my heart has stopped beating, it's waiting to see what will happen next. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

We knew we wouldn’t have to play them at the next recital. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was the next morning he shot me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, if I hear any complaints, off they go at the next corner,” said the driver. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Mrs. Roosevelt announced her resignation in her nationally syndicated newspaper column, focusing worldwide attention on the controversy. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

A Brazilian man, sallow and dark-haired, cleaned the building next to his. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could sense Dad standing up next to me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sketching out some faces, thinking of the perfect color for the hair and eyes, when Hiroshi takes a seat next to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A bruise bloomed the next morning, a bruise that didn’t fade for a week. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

All that week and the next and the next and the next, I drummed up and down, up and down, up and down the yard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She’s the little lady in the back of the church next to Pop Pop. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A couple of days after spring break ended, Mom found out that Via hadn’t told her about a school play that was happening at her high school the next week. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I made to arrange some life jackets for the sailor’s com­fort so that I could be next to her. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I might,” said Ged, “but it would likely sink the next minute, unless I kept the spells up. But if you like...” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe The Wicked Wizard War will become the next Broadway hit!” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“We came out of our shelter the next day.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

X-Ray would be out to get him for the next sixteen months. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Besides, the other package was sitting next to her on the couch, waiting impatiently with its red bow. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, my head was a jumble of battling quote bubbles. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a seat next to an older woman. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She patted the seat next to her and I sat down, daring to lean lightly against her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Always, even though it might be very late, he could count on Celia’s return.When he woke in the night, her snores in the next room made him feel safe. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That just makes it worse when you wake up the next day and it’s back with a vengeance to show you who’s boss. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

One day the madam told me to stay at my apartment the next morning. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shop itself is tucked back farther from the street than the shops next to it, so it already has more natural cover. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

That next morning when I came into the kitchen, a sight stopped me dead in the door. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over two hundred people showed up the next weekend. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the table next to them, Candor boys make wide gestures with their hands. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You must bring him next time,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth shook her head, and for the next few moments seemed to be going through in her mind all the different items in her collection. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set my backpack down in the wings, kicked off my shoes, padded over and sat on the floor next to her. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read from The Federalist Papers to prepare for a quiz I had the next day in government, but my mind kept returning to its continuous loop: Guthrie and Whitman and New York and Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Stay at your door. And sometime in the next five minutes, open it and come out. Anytime in the next five minutes. Just don't give me warning when." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They would yell this sitting right next to her, as though she really were not there. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We were next invited to the Kiwanis Club in War and were a hit there as well. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mabel was not due at her grandmother’s house in North Carolina until next week. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the next moment my feet slipped out from under me, and I crashed into water. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to come from the cupboard next to the fridge. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They can still be used to pay taxes, but only until next week. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, after several hours of listening to Jenny and learning his moves, Fred was ready to shoot his warehouse scene with Cha-Cha. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was from a men’s regiment of fighter planes who’d been assigned to protect the Pe-2 bombers on their next mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We pointed toward their choice of seating—either the tables, which were surrounded by four plastic chairs, or rows of chairs near the window, where they could sit next to an inmate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, my mom gave me a stern lecture that confirmed my fears that she was ashamed of me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Isabel seemed more than a little uncomfortable next to him and kept an obvious gap between them open on the couch. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sleep next to a holy candle for seven days, then on the eighth day, spit. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his desk, next to the signed basketball, are three frames. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma came the next day, in the evening, when the orange trees started to cast long, wavy shadows across the water fountain in the front yard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to us with a dreamy, unabashed leer, as if to say, “Who’s next?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

My feet moved, taking me up one street and down the next. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mingo, with his schemes for the next stage in the progress of the colored tribe, and Lander, whose elegant but opaque appeals offered no easy remedy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

During the next four centuries its realm steadily expanded until it ruled directly over much of central Mexico and indirectly, through puppet governments, as far south as Guatemala. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Noor slouched next to him, complimentary earphones jammed into her ears. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There’s still no word from her the next morning. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

"The next raider will not have such an easy time of it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The detectives trudged from one hotel to the next. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He left her, saying that his master the mage expected him at home, and he did not come back to the meadow the next day. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He would have with him a bundle of food which The Giver would save from his own meals during the next two weeks. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I ran toward the next camp, I saw that the little boy had done his job well. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good. Maybe he’ll even add it to the tournaments next year.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That night, I slide next to Mom, who is working on her computer. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He knelt next to her and touched Jason’s forehead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know until she was right next to him, and saw her eyes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At lunch the next day I stay in class. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When I got to the school the next day the first thing I saw was a big banner that said CHAMPS. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I gave my parents a quick wave and then turned to the pack of reporters and said, “Sorry, I have to go prepare for my next match.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was a camping chair in one corner and a nest of blankets in another, and several books stacked in a neat pile next to an actual lantern. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He paid a ransom to catch the next direct flight to Denver. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Where did they go next, once they discovered I was gone? We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The next day they took me to a concentration camp for women. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The audience with El Jefe was set in the National Palace for the next day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, there had been a note waiting for Rashid at the nurse’s station. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, Mrs. Caldwell stands up to read the next name on the list. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One second he wasn’t there, and the next he was. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They found just what they needed behind the doughnut shop and the furniture store in the next block, and brought them back to Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I elbowed him in the ribs, but I was still thinking about Margo, because she was the only legend who lived next door to me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I cling to a handle next to the doorway, my shoulder slamming into the car. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The very next day I saw Tica carrying a new blanket through the center of the llaqta, waddling as she went. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“You were right next to me!” she screeched. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Both of them were unsure what the next move should be. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The silence of the night completely destroyed, they all stood there on the road like actors in a play, each waiting for the other’s next move. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s impossible to study next door in the afternoon, because there’s too much going on. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The next few days she joined Farmer and the medical team in the Land Rover. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

That night, and every night for the next weeks and months, the house was surrounded by hundreds of well-wishers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Ma’s family, the widows often wore blood-red panties so that their dead husbands would not come back and lie down next to them at night. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But he was next to me, easily keeping pace. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I sped on to the next two emails. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Second best, which meant I was seated right next to Callum. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the song winding down, and I was worried it would all end, but as the next song kicked in, they kept at it, and more people joined them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were off- limits for now, but Ulbrickson knew he had to factor them into his plans for next year, and next year was what mattered most. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You keep forgetting that this life is nothing. The next is the only one that matters. I wish you’d remember that.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

For the next twenty minutes, he dares me to pick out ties to go with these shirts and I take up the challenge. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were wedge-shaped strips and he cut them from next to the backbone down to the edge of the belly. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our father left early the next morning, before the sun even rose. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As she put the gun down carefully next to the bar of yellow soap, her hand accidentally touched the muzzle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to focus on the row of books next to me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Since we didn’t have a camera, I thought buying ten postcards for fifty cents would be the next best thing. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As darkness fell, the leopard mother asked the hunter what he was going to be doing the next day. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I rolled my eyes again and spit next to my shoes but they just kept on talking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to look a real idiot if everyone else knows what the next task is and you don’t!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The next time I saw Jerome, he was in my dorm building. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She comes all the way into my room and sits next to me on my bed. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"Dad said he would take me shopping next weekend." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“The story about robbers tunneling into a bank from the building next door.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The next day after the abolition of the apostrophe, imagine ±e scene. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

When someone pointed out that the game could easily last until two in the morning, it was rescheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. the next day, Sunday afternoon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every day he made his way to the Rad Lab in a seven-passenger limousine, which would remain parked next to the wooden building, attended by its chauffeur, while Loomis toiled inside. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The next week her letter came addressed to me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mother sits on the folding bed, either reading, sewing, knitting or studying, whichever is next on her list. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The next day, the background still looks off to me, so I take a medium-thick brush and paint black stick figures pulsing in the air around Liberty, thorny scars that look like barbed wire. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never been more grateful to sit next to my father. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell Dante didn’t know what he was going to do next. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I sat in the chair next to her, pulling my knees up and tucking my bare feet under my cotton nightgown. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her shoes and socks were on the floor, right underneath the chair, right next to each other. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Didn’t they know that if they went back they would be sold, if not tomorrow, then the next day, or the next? Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, when my sister and Amber returned, they set their sleeping bags next to each other and lay whispering away from the rest of us. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning Mrs. Rimas slipped Mother’s wedding band off her finger. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Even though the nickname didn’t stick, I was humiliated for at least three days, until Luke forgot about me and moved on to his next victim. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

In a little while it would be different, there would come to-morrow, and the next day, and another year. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But you had to meet the next plane.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But the next thing we knew, the two sheriffs deputies who had stood quietly at the side of the room all morning were putting handcuffs on my two friends! Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’d always had that effect on me, filling me with dizzying exhilaration one moment, then sending me into a nervous, stuttering panic the next. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At last, he replaced the vase he was holding and, still expressionless, moved on to the next stall. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t fathom a reason, which led immediately to the next question. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

You do the same thing with the next one, only this time you thread it through the first link. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I stand next to the pole holders and wait for our signal. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Miss Bell’s been talking of skipping them to the next grade, you know. I heard about it from my Spanish teacher.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing Digory knew was that there was a soft green light coming down on him from above, and darkness below. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I found out they had all signed a waiting list to get into her class the very next day! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning I went to see the German with the wire-rimmed glasses at the city hall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s him? In the gutter? This is tragic. Carousing, drunken, hopeless, already a bloated derelict. Mark him down in your book next to Miss Trixie and me as another life you’ve wrecked.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one wanted the empty seat next to the huge mound of a homeless man in dirty clothes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

My breath quickens, and I’m frozen there on the stage even as the audience stops applauding and the man calls for the next poet to come up. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I start thinking: if I won the Excelsior Award, I could have a plaque right next to one of Mom’s. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to tell you what happened next. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I rang his doorbell the next day after work, he looked surprised. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

At practice that afternoon, Grace asked Luma if next time he could bring a kid from Willow Ridge who had just arrived from Burundi. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We were due to go to Ireland next, and before crossing the Atlantic, our plane, a small jet, stopped for refueling in a remote place above the Arctic Circle called Goose Bay. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn't walk right next to me when we left the sea lions, but she didn't walk too far away. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘Dibs on London!’ yelled a ghoul at the next table. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Likewise, out on Lake St. Clair, my grandfather has been looking out for the Purple Gang, when in reality the monster is right next to him, at the wheel of the car. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then one morning he couldn't find the strength to get up, and by the next he was dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One day they dwelt in Hades, the next in Olympus, always together. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find my name near the top and see “James B.” next to mine. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Then where did they come from? Did Ana tell you that by the next day they were nothing but paste? I thought they were diamonds, the night before.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was right next to me. I could’ve sworn he wanted something. He even touched me!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I found a woman who would give me a room for the night, though it meant I wouldn’t have money for food the next day. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They sat on cement blocks behind the guesthouse, next to what looked like the gateman’s bathroom, a narrow stall which, when the wind blew, brought a stale smell. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, his very next words were, “Do you and Georgie live nearby?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The next piece of business is to comb through the want ads and find a job. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Jack appeared in the doorway next to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The alley led out into the main street, and down the next turning, not five minutes away, was the junk shop where he had bought the blank book which was now his diary. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I liked picking up my book satchel each time the bell rang and looked forward to talking about something entirely different the next period. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I lay awake an eternity, waiting for a sign, a whimper or a whisper, from the next room that he was still alive. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obediently Jonas concentrated on the screen, waiting for what would happen next. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

During the next hour the sound of the engine died away to a quiet background rumble, voices shouted orders or queries, ropes were thrown, gangways lowered, hatches opened. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out and touched the end of a muddy wooden stick, a digging tool of some kind, sitting next to a small wooden hoe beside me on the boat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The next morning she woke stiff and sore and aching, with ants crawling on her arms and legs and face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Thursday, my court-appointed lawyer pled not guilty for me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The science project Jessie had made was resting on the side table next to the sofa where Oliver’s letter and his haiku lay on the armrest. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I chose a place on the couch, next to the coffee table. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next few requirements were not going to be as easy to nail down. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When our turn in the next amateur bouts came up, all of my brothers and sisters were 24 there watching, along with just about everyone else I knew in town. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

McKissick announced that beginning the next day, the city would see thirty straight days of similar demonstrations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Tiller awoke the next morning, he threw away all the orange Popsicles. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised when I found myself in my own yard, with Mr. Whiskers there on the steps, curled up next to the sunflower I’d planted in a coffee can. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The next morning at breakfast I was telling the Jordans when one of the servants came in with a note and gave it to my father. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took out the piece of notepaper with Peggy’s number from my shirt pocket, unfolded it, and placed it next to the phone. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The next time I woke up, the girl was gone. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

What she said, keeping her voice down to a whispered scream because of the baby, was “Don’t you talk to me about doin’ it again next week, Will Tweedy! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

What happened next is something that Aunt Joan told only my mother, years later, with the greatest of shame. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There are two empty, crumpled packs of Marlboros next to a lighter and an overflowing ashtray on the sill. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For most of the movie’s first hour, I was on edge, constantly trying to think ahead to have my next line of dialogue ready. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Splash goes the next rock from the boy. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Some of the enslaved took the next step. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Two girls in the next row keep passing notes back and forth in class. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Early next Saturday morning, I go to her house and knock on the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The next week was Thanksgiving, and my new brothers were coming home for the first time since I had moved in. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Our yard was wide enough to hold a hundred people dancing atilogu, spacious enough for each dancer to do the usual somersaults and land on the next dancers shoulders. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We finally caught up to them at the next red light. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not afraid, but I did wish that Dr. Seward was in the next room—as Dr. Van Helsing said he would be—so that I might have called him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Coach Walski was standing next to me with his clipboard. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cut through the hard sand and sat next to each other on the swings, started rocking back and forth a little. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were in the shadow of the mountains, but the shadows of late afternoon hardly mattered next to the glare of flame that bloodied the stone. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

But then he got up, and the turn seemed to pass, and he was quite himself the next day. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He just used to laugh and shake his head while heading on to the next house. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And women who knew no English at all and would never own a pair of silk stockings moved away from her if she sat next to them on the trolley. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, next I heard the same voice say, ‘Let’s rouse him again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Well, that’s promising, you think, as your next guest saunters into the hospital room. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m so proud of you, Ibtihaj,” my mother said as I sat down next to her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There’s a picture of Baba sitting next to my bed and singing to me and I am smiling. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Our book made the book review. She said it’ll be on Channel Three next Thursday at one o’clock.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Soon they disappeared into the throng of people waiting for the next boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning at breakfast, I sit apart and speak to no one. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And what happened next is every bit as unbelievable as the crime itself. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The next morning, we checked on the eggs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I want to organize my “social awareness” thoughts before the rest of the gang shows up for a quick fifteen-minute “next steps” meeting. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

At Philadelphia’s Stanton Elementary SCHOOL, her fourth-grade classroom was next to the room where the children went to learn songs. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

In the cafeteria I sit down next to Laura who is very pretty and very popular. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the next time the Nazis started rounding up Jews, chaos erupted. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I also told him that I’d reserved a hotel room for him in Montgomery and that it would probably be safest to spend the next few nights there. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Keisha sits next to me and Albert fills a good part of the seat across from us. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They moved to the side as they waited for their food, and an old guy ordered next. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bing had found an empty soda bottle and was using this to dig sand next to the dark cove wall. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy opened the case and took out a bottle of ink and a quill, which he set next to the book. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, as Tree-ear trotted about the village to and from work or on errands for Min, he kept his eyes wide in search of Kang. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But this year, I get to stand toward the back of the line with the taller kids, right next to Keisha. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Three a.m. would get a whole lot lonelier the next time she saw it against the backs of her eyelids. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He gathered up the tiny shavings of lead and saved them carefully, to melt again the next time he made bullets. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did you hear she isn’t coming back next year? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

“She better be careful,” Ethel said when Cha-Cha strutted into place to pose for a “Dogs of Washington!” publicity photo the next day. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Lindsey pointed the light next to her, and then drew a line back to Colin, like she was bringing an airplane into the gate. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

In different forms Bancroft’s characterization was carried into the next century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"He had a fight with a top contender, an Italian kid, and lost. The next day, in the papers, the contender said he won because he sang along with opera." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick stood calmly waiting for the next move. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next time I saw him wasn’t until the beginning of July. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Chair legs scratch the floor as the guy sitting at the table next to us leaves. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I decided to read it to a young woman who lived next door. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closest I got to Kraków nightlife was when I delivered love notes between a man at a cabaret and a woman who lived in the apartment next door to ours. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“So, what is my next prediction?” he asked his audience with a sly twinkle in his eye. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The next day someone dropped a woolly mitten, and it made a restful change from the boot. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up the next morning to the sound of my Hulk alarm blasting “Hulk smash!” in my ear. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

What were the soldiers going to do next? Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The isle they’re both standing on starts to crack, unable to support them both for long, and Penn makes a leap for the next closest isle. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Charlie kept a pair of binoculars by the west window, next to his bed. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next day at lunch, Liz showed up with a schedule. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after, the traveler walked through the gate, and the guards turned to the next person, who was also permitted to pass. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I was crying because I knew five or ten or fifteen more Spokanes would die during the next year, and that most of them would die because of booze. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

My brother watches the water level in the giant hole next door, waiting for the hole to dry up so he can use it for a bunker. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘If you’re right in your reckoning, we haven’t dealt with a tithe of them yet. But it’s dark now. I think the next stroke must wait until morning. Then we must call on the Chief.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The sweet maker next door studied his ledger next to the glass display of sweets in rows of orange, yellow, and pistachio green. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I can hear Mother as clearly as if I were standing next to her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The next time they rounded a corner, Thomas faltered, his heart skipping a beat when he saw movement up ahead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I'm sending you a picture of me standing next to our Christmas tree. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The man next to me put out his hand and said, “Jack.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started yessing them the next day and it began beautifully. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting on a sleek gray couch right next to the meeting table, his elbows perched on his knees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The next Sunday morning, Miss Love went back to the Methodist church. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then everybody rocketed from their borrowed church hall wooden folding chairs to meet the next battle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Finally, I find the next open page and run my fingertips against the textured ivory paper. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As for the key, I put it on the string next to my apartment key and wore it like a pendant. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I went over and sat down at the washbowl next to him again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes where they were, but her foolish heart still sped up thinking he might choose today to sit next to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But as he kept on a bit, he heard water and followed the sound, which seemed to be just ahead of the next line of trees. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My next memory is the dark street in Dubai at midnight, where we didn’t have a home, or know anybody, or speak the language. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then he set it down gently next to the bench I was sitting on. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sow came down for its next pass, I threw with all my strength. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Is that a man speaking or is it a dog?” one of the boys next to me whispered in Navajo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning the judge heard the usual chronicle of small violence and nocturnal greed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She really didn’t have any idea what this man was going to say next. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

During library period, which came next, a lot of people got stuff to read about oracles, and that afternoon there was another discussion in class. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The happy thought of time with Lumpy and a sleepover at Audrey’s carried me through my next two classes. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the next day the Nine Masters of Roke gathered in a place somewhere under the dark trees of the Immanent Grove. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It hits the wall next to the door and lands right at my feet. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was like they were all trying to be brave, all trying to prove that they weren’t worried about what was going to happen next. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The next day, the same people who had spent the night in frightened vigil in their houses poured out onto the streets like a crazed avalanche to storm the banks, demanding their money. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowdy smirked at me as I took my position next to him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, I had to sleep, to rest up for the next day’s activities, and this time I didn’t have any trouble. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hurdles is her race, and I just bet she won’t want me running in a lane next to her, bumping into her or kicking one of her hurdles over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Though I was already home, I kept on moving east—to downtown Washington, D.C., right next to my office. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Moss and his group came to a stop just near the hallway next to the senior lockers, and Hull caught them staring at him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

However, the recent development of resistance to these insecticides confronts the exterminators with the problem of where to go next. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mainly, I would have plenty of new seed for next year. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had been doing intervals for nearly an hour when a woman stepped onto the treadmill next to hers. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Behind the epic variance of natural organisms—tall; short; wrinkled; smooth; green; yellow; brown—there were corpuscles of hereditary information, moving from one generation to the next. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

And I guess I do, because the next thing I know, I'm driving this dune buggy at about a hundred miles an hour across a burning desert that looks like the surface of the moon. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

An older man with graying hair in a suit stands next. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The next night he actually stayed home with her instead of going to the Presbytery meeting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe you’ll be in class together next year—in high school. Speaking of, any thoughts about where you want to go yet?” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

By tonight Trotter would go upstairs and find the money gone, and nothing was sure about what might happen with Mr. Randolph’s lawyer son next door. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When I woke the next morning in her spare bedroom, my host, in parka, hat, and gloves, was melting water on her stove. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That winter, Andeg found a little hollow in a tree next to the cabin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She held it in her beak, not knowing what to do next. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then she slowly walked back and sat down next to me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reluctantly agreed to spend the night at Aunt Saba’s house, folding a dress to wear the next day and her prayer rug and a towel. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One summer my dad harpooned eighteen tuna, twice as many as the next best man in Spinney Cove. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

With a turn of a page we jump over the Pacific—and there is next to nothing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the trip would give him an opportunity to take his next step—to tell Senator William Fulbright about McNamara’s secret study, and offer him a copy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A ceiling tile crashed next to her as she rushed past the desks with her backpack clutched against her chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

There is no knowing what might happen next. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Kretzsky instructed us to dig another pit next to the first. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“So,” Joaquin said, sinking down next to Maya and easing his feet into the pool. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I’m not just scared that somehow I’ll be next; it’s a quieter fear and more insidious. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The next day, in the Sunday paper, I saw a pitiful closeup photograph of Elizabeth, walking alone in front of Central on that first day of integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stupidity has a price. You should show more care and wisdom next time.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He admires his frog and puts it on the table next to Mom’s frog so that their little frog feet are touching. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Others just seemed to let him go, doing little more than babysitting this kid who, as one acknowledged, was destined to become the next Great Black Hope of the Permian football team. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark slinked back to sit next to Alec, feeling stronger than ever that they had to get moving. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I walk over and stand next to Brandy. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I got so little sleep that night that Mama had to shake me to get me out of bed the next morning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, every part of him is so close to every part of me because he’s tying it around my neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

One step, then the next, but where is it I’m going? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her mother hadn’t even noticed Ivy wasn’t next to her all night. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The next twelve hours were a whirling blur of confusion. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Scarcely dared I answer her; for I feared the next sentence might be rough. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My little crowd of nurses and neighbors waits to see what I’ll do next. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I noticed that with the raft next to it, the lifeboat had changed directions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Carla sits next to me on the couch, and I hold out my hand for the blood pressure cuff. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the next day My eyes are itchy and burning as I drive with the window down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

His next words are unintelligible, except for “seen in the market.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The whole family would move the next week. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day she said I did not put in enough water, and the rice was dry as dust. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

That's what Mina tells me, when I visit her at the crèche the next afternoon. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Who knows what the next month brings?” asked Mr. Benedict. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was another tremendous BANG, and the next moment Harry found himself flat on his bed, thrown backward by the speed of the Knight Bus. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Not much to idealize when you know your aunt is crying herself to sleep next door and nothing can be done. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Cleanliness is next to godliness” was her favorite phrase. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how I dare to say the next words, but I do. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She comes in and sits down on the bed next to me, making the springs creak. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Call your next witness, Mr. Gray,” said Judge Rives. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Xan couldn’t stay that way—she just didn’t have enough magic—but she and the child could stay airborne over at least the next two ridges. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I scratched the back of my neck, feeling a little awkward about making my next request. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When he says what he says next, he intends to believe it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Just for a girl. A clerk down at Woolworth’s is going to get married next week.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We are making arrangements for a series of simultaneous exhibitions and matches for early next year. We are also considering an exhibition match where Bobby would play the entire Dutch Olympic team simultaneously.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the next 15 years, New Zealand was convulsed by the so-called Musket Wars, as musketless tribes either acquired muskets or were subjugated by tribes already armed with them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the tall muscular man next to Leo Tilden—his assistant, Sven, probably—looked fairly perturbed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Should they take me into something called "protective custody"? If they can't locate next of kin, can they turn me over to a family friend? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It's right next to me on the couch, but I let it ring. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’ll spare you all the boring details, because the conversation pretty much went that way for the next hour. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I drove around to the back and parked the minivan next to a rusted Dumpster that hadn’t encountered a garbage truck in decades. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that he was their five-tool talent who was supposed to be the next Willie Mays. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I put my knife down next to the bottom bunk. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A male called Goblin was the next alpha, and he, like Figan, reigned over the community for ten years. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lean forward, looking between the front seats, until I see the driveway next door, a long strip of rain-black tar, empty. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They keep gazing over at me through the break in the wall, maybe thinking I’m next. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was going to ask Christoffel, the next time he came,” she offers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I moved over next to her to see what she was seeing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Haskel asked when he saw me put my coat on the next evening. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

For advice I turn to Mrs. Finestein next door, for whom I baby-sit on weekends. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She puts them on the table next to me, and I smile up at her familiar dark-brown eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He went there while we figured out what to do next. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The next day, Deydey took the chess board and headed to the trader’s to play for supplies. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They spent the next few months grilling economists, sociologists, and marketing experts, wrangling data. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And in his work, there was a relationship between effort and reward: the longer he and Regina stayed up at night sewing aprons, the more money they made the next day on the streets. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Jason waits for me to say each word before he taps the next. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could also see that it was right next door to a place called the Plan B Go-Go Lounge. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But a few days later, we received our next sign. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hard-knuckled knock on our front door sent a chill through our household early the next morning. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’m goin’ next week, and since y’all here, and you so strong, I might need you both to come with me.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Over the next week there’s a new report about some outpost or legacy family’s home getting overrun by hybrids practically every other day. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

His grandparents live in the flat next door. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

What I saw next brought me to my knees more suddenly than any slap of wind. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z