| 单词 | attic |
| 例句 | I brought the box down from the attic today. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The ghost couldn’t come downstairs, even the daily cookie offerings weren’t enough to coax her out of the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I left the library, went up the main stairs, then the attic stairs. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And how much could it cost to heat his attic room? Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z One woman kept house for them while living with her husband in the Friedmans’ furnished attic. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They spread them in the sun to dry, then they beat off the dried outer hulls and stored the nuts in the attic for winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The April sunlight had already warmed the attic to a delightful toastiness. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “That’s because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time monsters have attacked our family?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She shows him the transmitter in the attic: its double battery, its old-fashioned electrophone, the hand-machined antenna that can be raised and lowered along the chimney by an ingenious system of levers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Too, Penelope longed to ask about the strange staircase the children had discovered upstairs, but she did not feel it wise to confess to Lady Constance that they had wandered into the attic without permission. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The Corderos lived in an enormous, sprawling farmhouse, with an attic so packed with junk that Miguel’s little brother had once gotten lost for a whole afternoon. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z On one of her short interludes down in the attic, she saw a copy of The Last of the Mohicans that had been warped and swollen by water. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He remembered reading something about junk food in one of the books in the attic and asking his mother about it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Saidu had climbed to the attic to bring down the remaining rice for their journey, when the rebels stormed in. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She could even hear, with her new awareness of the house, the dust drifting gently in the attics, the wood aging. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Go upstairs, Percy Jackson, to the attic. When you come back down, assuming you’re still sane, we will talk more.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And it takes longer to get to the attic from there, and longer to get up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z As I understood, he was asleep for much of the time, and indeed, I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z His doors in the crematorium attic were locked, and he only opened them to receive meals. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Just as she decided to return to the attic and search for a hidden door, Kendra noticed Dale coming from the direction of the barn with another pie tin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They're even making a temporary exhibit about you, where some of the stuff from the attic and your trunk will be on display. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure sits with her fingers going numb in her lap and thinks of the machine in the attic, its cables and switches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There was only one window in the attic. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was now dressed in faded jeans, work boots, and a green top—clothing scavenged from the attic. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Mother can be heard shuffling around the attic as she hangs up the washing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z How we laughed, trying to get out the front door without Regina and Rosa knowing, creeping up the attic stairs so Mrs. Pohler wouldn’t hear, our arms full of... The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Ivy craned her head up, up, up to where her little attic room should be. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Soft indentations in the snow stretched from the attic window over a small incline between four cracked red clay chimneys. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He added the nook to the attic nonetheless, and if the false ceiling was not without seams, it kept his charges aloft. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She had a whole collection of newly purchased murder weapons and dead UPS men in her basement and/or attic. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Is she really going to devote fifty hours of her life to a crotchety dowager in a drafty attic, going through boxes filled with moths and dust mites and who knows what else? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The hidden space in the attic is directly over my head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I felt like Anne Frank in her attic, except the Nazis were roaming outside her attic and my parents were outside the closet door. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And then the man’s voice comes clear to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, and wake up Juliet. I want my things moved into the main bedroom. That attic is far too dusty.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Gat and I climbed up to the attic with glass bottles of iced tea and sat on the floor. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She didn’t respond, her heart pounding in triple time as she made her way to the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Bats cry almost inaudibly out the attic vent and somewhere far away, on a naval ship perhaps, or way out past Parame, a heavy gun fires. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then she ran up into the attic and did not come down. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The two sides of the attic are not interconnected. When we get up there, I’ll fill you in on my strategy.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She had searched the room thoroughly and had yet to find the last keyhole, let alone a secret passage to the other side of the attic. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The thirteenth day was unseasonably warm, and Luke sweated in his attic. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The other bad news is, no one has taken food or water to the attic, and we haven’t fed the chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z One afternoon she is in the attic, looking at old photographs, when a woman in black appears in the room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z From the other side of the bed Betsy groaned and turned over, but Lyddie was up, dressing quickly in the dark as she had always done in the windowless attic of the inn. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, at night, you could hear strange noises coming from that attic, and other times, food went missing. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “All right. I'll tell you. Principal Peattie has a mad wife and he's hidden her in the school attic, except that every so often she escapes.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I went up to the attic where I still kept most of my things. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z More lights glowed in the woods, and weirdest of all, a fire flickered in the attic window of the Big House, where the Oracle dwelt, imprisoned in an old mummified body. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He thought about that weird partial prophecy Ella had recited in the attic, about the son of Neptune drowning. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And so, as July wanes on, I am forced from my attic bedroom to a cot on the screened back porch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was off, running silently into the front of the house, from which the stairway led up two flights to the attic. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Braced for cobwebs and torture devices, Kendra was relieved to find that the attic was a cheerful playroom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I’d been to the Big House attic three times before, which was three times more than I wanted to. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But he couldn’t just sit in the attic, waiting. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Georgiana sat on a high stool, dressing her hair at the glass, and interweaving her curls with artificial flowers and faded feathers, of which she had found a store in a drawer in the attic. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Since there were no lights up in the attic and she had the water and rags anyway, she figured she’d clean the windows. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I search the markets for more than three weeks without seeing any kind of wood that looks as if it could belong in our attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The attic smells of heat and dust and confinement and her own urine in the shaving bowl in the corner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But the sausage balls, or the salt pork, or the smoked hams and the venison, Ma could get for herself from the shed or the attic. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Crossing myself in the Orthodox fashion, I stole down the attic stairs, closing the door behind me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You probably didn’t notice it, but the box in the attic was labeled FOR CANDICE. The letter was tucked in one of my old puzzle books.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then they locked that trunk and put it in a corner of the attic. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Once Fiona came upstairs she wouldn’t be able to overlook the dripping sound of the mess leaking between the boards into the attic, or the smell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The ghoul in the attic howled and dropped pipes whenever he felt things were getting too quiet, and small explosions from Fred and George’s bedroom were considered perfectly normal. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z This side of the attic was even larger than the playroom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Just one night in the attic, I tell myself. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Her northern fantasy, those first weeks in the attic, was a mere sketch. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The weather is gorgeous, indescribably beautiful; I’ll be going up to the attic in a moment. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We made up stories about how they’d given birth to monsters in attics. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Werner’s cot in the attic, the wall above it papered over with her drawings of imaginary cities. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I close the attic door and sit down. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z And so, in a crooked little house at the head of Hancock’s Wharf on crowded Fish Street, Mrs. Lapham stood at the foot of a ladder leading to the attic where her father-in-law’s apprentices slept. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Better to hide in attics than to confront what lurked behind the faces of neighbors, friends, and family. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The sun slanted through the dirty attic window, lighting the dust motes dancing in the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And what was it still doing in her grandmother’s attic? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Reminds Scoob of her former attic door—had to push it a little harder than all the other ones, and it always groaned as it opened like it was annoyed at being bothered. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z But Werner carries the receiver up to his attic dormer and studies it for hours. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The news caused Madam to send the soldierwives pawing through the attic for a gown she had not worn yet this year. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z True, most of the stuff got put back in the boxes and is still in the attic. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The house smelled old, and of the attic, and infinitely comfortable. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z At first Ophie had thought this would give her a chance to sneak away to the attic to look for clues. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z We had no attic, no basement to hide in, and but one door. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When they had measured the attic they had to get a pencil and do a sum. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z She had been hidden in the attic of the home of a Quaker. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could tell from outside there had to be more to the attic. But I could never find a way in.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Even though they’re not held captive in an attic or dodging bombs in a basement, the violence permeating the streets is just as frightening—and just as real. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I want to go back to the attic and read that full letter. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I made my way to my pallet in the attic, and lay down wearily. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I have great respect for Anne Frank for writing about her life in the attic, but to me, my neighborhood is somewhat like her attic. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I round up her crystal collection, which has done nothing but gather dust for six years, and I box it up and take it to the attic. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “And he’ll have to put up with rather Spartan accommodations in the attic, because my library has grown a great deal over the last few years. Nearly all my guest bedrooms are full of books.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I think I’d start shrieking like an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He’d read a story in one of the old books in the attic about a bunch of kids finding a deserted pirate ship, and then a skeleton in one of the rooms. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Cora had told Royal about the attic days in North Carolina, but seeing the year on the cover—an object conjured from the future—spurred Cora to her own magic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We were disappearing up into the attic when below us she said, “Watch yourselves. I might have bats in my belfry.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He walks forward a few steps, arms waving, showing me a line that would cut the long, narrow attic short. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I pulled down the attic, like, the pull, and this ladder folded out. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She figured that it had probably ended up in Grans’s attic, and she kept meaning to look for it, but by then I had gotten used to not wearing it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z It is an attic room with slanted ceilings, just like their childhood bedroom in Zundert. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z To shriek like an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years, you have to practice. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Lived in this house and fetched and carried for her and slept in the attic. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Windermere looked at him the way an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years would look at him. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The least the Oracle could’ve done was walk back to the attic by herself. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It was a welcome change from the chilliness of the attic, although Ophie was beginning to wonder if it was the weather or the many ghosts of Daffodil Manor that made the rooms so cold. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z To explain why he and his wife kept Cora imprisoned in their attic, Martin had to go back a ways. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He had hoped to slip to the attic and fetch away his cup without being noticed, but Mrs. Lapham saw him enter and called him into the kitchen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that they were talking by daylight in the attic instead of by candlelight in the Smugglers’ Cave it seemed much less likely that the empty house would be haunted. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The attic is filled with boxes and furniture packed so tightly it’s hard to move around. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was coming harder now, much harder, wind-whipped and silent, though the wind could be heard pushing against the beams in the courthouse attic. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Even though it was hot in my attic bedroom, I had my own room now that Asiya had moved downstairs to share a room with Faizah. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Why bother? I have a better idea. We can each take a packing crate from the attic and row with a wooden spoon.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The attic was hot as hinges, and nothing had changed since last year. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But today, the attic was the only place she hadn’t checked in which she’d felt a ghostly presence. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Ma wrapped each piece neatly in paper and hung them in the attic where they would keep safe and dry. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought he might have a few squirrels in the attic of his brain. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He stood on the dark landing outside the attic, his chest hurting with trying to get his breath. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “If you’re going to the attic, take an umbrella with you, preferably a large one!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Musical surrealism and attempts at finding what the future of sound might be ran, somewhat surprisingly, alongside another avenue being explored by classical composers in the 1920s: rummaging around in music’s attic. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was kind of dark and coldish and it felt like we were in somebody’s attic. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I hide the medical card deep under my mattress, with the SS man and the picture Max drew for me, and the attic goes quiet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We still have that old dress in the attic. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Instead of going up to the attic to sleep, he crossed into the kitchen and got an old mattress. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Meggie heard him trampling up the narrow wooden staircase that led to the attic. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The stairs to the attic are an ink puddle in shadows, but I know exactly how to avoid the creaks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The tobacco picker thumped around the attic for a week before a railroad agent took him on the next leg, boxing him up in a crate and shoving the thing through the front door. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “There are a few special strongholds within the house. One is the room where you have been staying. Another is a second room on the other side of the attic.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z For three days and two nights we waited in the attic to hear from Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Some men and women were dressed in the traditional white Klan robes like the ones C.P.’s father had kept in the attic. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They usually spent the entire day in the attic, playing dolls and giggling. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the attic Laura and Mary played house with the squashes and the pumpkins, and everything was snug and cosy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Her chamber was even brighter than the attic, but the windows were closed and the smoke thinner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, he felt as baffled as Alice in Wonderland from one of the old books in the attic. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I bet that everyone there really did think that there was an insane woman who had been locked in the attic of the theater for a great many years and they had just heard her. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Up in the attic, Desdemona and Lefty came back to where they started. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was facing the attic’s entrance, and now it’s twisted around in the wrong direction. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The antenna is still up, probably dimly visible against the sky; the whole attic might as well shine like a beacon. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We made enough space in the attic for my bed, and if we clear some more things out, I will have a huge room up there. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Once again Ash shared Gwen’s small attic room, and that night as Gwen lay asleep in bed, Ash lay awake, thinking. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Oracle sat down on a rock and became as still as she’d been in the attic, as if she might sit by this creek for a hundred years. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Etienne removes a rectangle from the back of the wardrobe, then cuts through the attic door behind it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z With a leap of her heart, Ophie realized this was her chance to get up to the attic and snoop around. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z No longer a prisoner in the attic, she felt better able to enjoy the fine weather. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I go to the attic almost every morning to get the stale air out of my lungs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And all this was just to light a candle that barely softened the predawn gloom of the attic. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “You used to live in the attic. On Seminole. Remember? That’s when you got all the birds. You said they reminded you of Bursa.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A chimney stood nearby, and a staircase led up to the attic. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Now that Americans have mostly deloused themselves, typhus has discovered a new route into us: by infecting eastern North American flying squirrels and then transferring to people whose attics harbor flying squirrels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He went back up the stairs, crawled along the second-floor hallway to avoid the windows, then climbed the stairs to the attic. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z If there was a spirit occupying the attic, it was cold and angry, and the incident with the haint on the trolley was still fresh in Ophie’s mind. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I went up to my attic room then, since I couldn’t get any more words out without crying, and read my library books for a while. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Cora descended into the attic proper, to stretch and breathe different air. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The lights are burning here, but darkness is all around me—in the alley, in the attic, in the basement, in every closet. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As the waters rose, they fled first upstairs and then into the attic, but to no avail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The whole store is like an attic, full of stuff someone’s grandparents once owned but had no more use for. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He took one of them from his sea chest in the attic. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Most areas in the attic, I have to hunch my back. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “Grandpa knows the places to avoid! You don’t even know what you’re dealing with. Besides, when Grandpa finds out, you’ll be stuck in the attic the rest of our stay.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The attic wasn’t as safe a place as I had thought. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Building a bunker. So we can hide when someone comes to your door. Right now there’s only the attic, and if someone climbs the ladder, we’re caught.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Ivy descended from the attic and walked down the old wood floors to Layla’s room. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Lelia liked houses that you could go all the way up and hide yourself in, high stretching houses with garrets, widow’s peaks, secret attics. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded Hannah of an attic somewhere, she couldn’t remember where. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If the German opens the wardrobe again and yanks aside the hanging clothes and squeezes through the door and climbs up into the attic, what will she do? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Eight of the fairy lanterns were placed on the roof outside the attic, four at each window. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Her little attic room, all her own again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Not the radio in the attic. I did not mention it. Does Madame Manec know about it?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She takes the unopened can out of her great-uncle’s coat pocket and sets it in the center of the attic floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The attic rooms had been converted into his office and bedroom. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The salt and iron nail, a replacement for the one she’d lost in the attic, were both in her apron pocket. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z That’s how you practice shrieking like an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He takes the light and goes into the bedrooms, climbs the ladder to the attic, and even steps outside to examine the toilets. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z For a long moment my brother stared hesitantly into the darkness above, before climbing, very slowly now, up to the attic where my grandparents lived. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Here’s how you practice shrieking like an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years: You stand in the middle of the field. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She climbs up far enough to stick her head through the attic floor and see the junk I have stored there. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “They’re going to put a post through the attic to attach the wires,” he says. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z If I can survive a hurricane, I can survive one night in the attic. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “The key to the trunk up in the attic,” she said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It was shaped, of course, like an attic, but furnished as a sitting-room. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “When you’re in a library, researching a topic, you’re on a scavenger hunt, looking for clues and prizes in books instead of your attic or backyard.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z We walk slowly, carefully, until my hand touches the rail, leading us to the attic door. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “What? Up in the attic like a Victorian pot scrubber?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The attic just hoped the new girl’s story would end differently than that of the last one. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Their lives and mine were so separate that it might take them several days to realize that I had abandoned my place in the attic. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z After ten months on Maxwell Street and over twelve months in an attic before that, I expected mornings to smell like dust and mildew. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Instead, there was now a desk—which Victor had dragged down from the attic with a great deal of cursing and swearing—together with a few simple chairs and a large candelabra. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She must have kept it locked in the attic —the one room Frank was forbidden to explore. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Cleaning out the attic. Isn’t that what you were supposed to be doing?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She knew she didn’t have much time before someone noticed she was gone, and if Mama found out she was in the attic again...Ophie didn’t want to see the disappointment on her face. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z That little attic bursting with magenta and aquamarine and gold for five minutes, and then the radio switches off, and the gray rushes back in, and her uncle stumps back down the stairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “You saw him in the attic. He wants me to stay the hell away from you.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The small attic window makes a ray of light across the floor. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Then again, she had never been in an attic during a rainstorm. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He didn’t know why his mother was up in the attic, but she told him to stay by the house, not to go too far. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Fairfax stayed behind a moment to fasten the trap-door; I, by dint of groping, found the outlet from the attic, and proceeded to descend the narrow garret staircase. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Would they pack them into crates in the attic, to grow musty and faded and old? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was something like the shriek an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years would make. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “The whole thing would be hundreds of miles long. It’s all over town, in warehouses, silos, basements, and attics.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “They want me to look in your attic.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Ducking through a low doorway, we entered a narrow, slope- walled attic. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She could hear his claws as he moved carefully over the floor of the attic, and then his gold-fringed black face appeared in the opening. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He might as well just rot up here in the attic. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Upstairs there was a large attic, pleasant to play in when the rain drummed on the roof. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mom has a bunch of my baby stuff in the attic that he wants. Mom says I can make some things for the baby too. To help out.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In the attic, TaShon is a dark lump, with a flickering light, curled up reading. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z All twenty-one Thetans slept in an attic dormitory that was kept perpetually dim and hushed so that house members could sleep undisturbed at any time of day. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Jolly Roger, for one, began climbing up to the attic window of the track cook’s house to try to catch Seabiscuit working at night. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I dug those out of the attic,” she said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The war, relegated to the attic of bad memories, was momentarily recalled with the popping of champagne bottles. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He picked up a milk bottle from the bottom of the stairs and started back up to. his attic flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Heroes stored all kinds of stuff in the attic: quest trophies they no longer wanted to keep in their cabins, or stuff that held painful memories. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Fiona did not enter the attic that first day, but the sound of her steps turned Cora as stiff as her old sailing mate Skipper John. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A memory of his attic bedroom swamps him: clicking of mouse feet in the walls, sleet tapping the window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Onions were made into long ropes, braided together by their tops, and then were hung in the attic beside wreaths of red peppers strung on threads. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The topmost flat had once been the attic of the house, but that was long ago. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He and the Chinese gentleman dug out two collapsible chairs from his attic and came uptown every day at eight and four-thirty to hear Chester’s new programs. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Albert said something else, but the words were lost to Joseph as a ghostly voice called to him from the attic, and the angel reappeared with outspread wings above an ocean made of fire. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There was still time to escape unseen, to go back to his house and attic and normal, safe life. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s in the middle of the attic, the highest point where the roof planes meet. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The attic smells but I don’t say anything. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Lyddie never quite knew how it was decided, but Mrs. Bed- low told her that evening that she would move her things from the attic to Amelia and Prudence’s room on the third floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “He might eat that, even on the porch, because he knows it’s his. Maybe tonight I could go in through the attic and down to the kitchen...” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z James Otis was on his feet, his head close against the rafters that cut down into the attic, making it the shape of a tent. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The pantry door stood wide open, giving the sight and smell of goodies on the shelves, and Black Susan came purring down the stairs from the attic, where she had been taking a nap. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s up, Harry?” said Ron, the moment they had closed the door of the attic room behind them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There are thirteen Jews in the attic above their heads. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The second floor, essentially an attic, was even narrower than the first, the house tapering under a slanted roof. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Seven had the attic bedroom; it had a skylight and tall ceilings, and she’d begged her parents to let her move up there when she was ten. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The transmitter in the attic, the women in the kitchen, the hundred trips to the beach. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The thing he wanted to find now was in the last attic, on the floor. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Miss Kenton was already leading the way, and we hurried through the house up to my father's small attic room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Wait a minute—you want me to clean an old lady’s attic?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Then I go up to the attic and cut down one of the ropes for the laundry, bring it into the apartment, and tie it to the heater in Mr. and Mrs. Diamant’s empty bedroom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z "I could hear you two all the way in the attic. With the air conditioner on high. What's up?" The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z It’s the kind of thing Dad would say to Jeff Garnet if he wasn’t always upstairs in the garage attic exhaling out the right window depending on the wind. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z There's that wife of his, locked up in the attic. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z On the far side was a second pair of attic windows. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He laughs and the sound sparkles in the hot, dark attic. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Heart pounding, he quietly climbed the crowded ladder and opened the attic door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron climbed all the way up to Ron’s attic bedroom, where a camp bed had been added for Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Now they’d come because Mrs. Pohler had refused to give Regina the key to the attic—where we all took turns hanging our wet linen—until her own linen was dry. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The pumpkins and the squashes were piled in orange and yellow and green heaps in the attic’s corners. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The glass men and women settled into Elinor’s attic, and the trolls dug caves among the big old trees that grew in abundance in Elinor’s garden. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He flips switches, and the attic fills with a delicate crackle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was too cold to go up to the attic, and anyway, it was Margot’s birthday. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He tried not to imagine what was happening just below the attic floor: every single thing they owned—their furniture, Cleo’s toys, Mom’s cookbooks, Dad’s trumpet and all his music—being covered with water. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z There were two working fireplaces, a two-car garage, and an attic suitable for converting into extra bedrooms if, the Realtor mentioned, the need should arise. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He was already on his way to the attic to bring down suitcases and then he was going to the boat to see about our cabin. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “A lot you know. And while you’re up in the attic, look around for that old churn. It’s how we used to make butter. Bring it down.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Choosing the former, I climbed up to his small attic room at the top of the servants' wing early one morning and knocked gently. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The attic floorboards beneath her feet are as wide across as her hands. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When the nurses go to the hospital, I call down my thirteen from the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The Diamant boys used to tell me stories about the attic, when I was young and teasable, about the dead bodies hidden in the eaves by the previous landlord. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I mean,” says Max, “he’s in the attic.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He liked to forget he was Luke Garner, third child hidden in the attic. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The German does not know about the attic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure can sit in an attic high above the street and hear lilies rustling in marshes two miles away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He'd read about such places in the old books in the attic. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z One moment, she’s stepping in to help me when I’m panicking in the attic. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The female Polistes wasp, taking shelter in a forgotten corner of some attic, carries in her body the fertilized eggs, the heritage on which the whole future of her colony depends. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was one odd thing about this attic and that was the number of chairs stored there. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Loeffler said my new flight jacket reminded him of something, and he went up into his attic so he could find it while I brought the groceries in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It had two bedrooms and an attic that unnerved Moss so much that he never would explore it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She passed the time with a game she had found on a shelf in the attic—a triangular board with fifteen holes and fourteen pegs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I thought I could ease that, so I took his candle and went up to the attic for my bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I had been given sleeping space in the attic where most of the house servants slept. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Right now she is in the attic, getting a suitcase. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Ophie had been hoping the opportunity to check the attic for clues would present itself, but the next week turned out to be the busiest she’d spent in the manor so far. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Now let’s go get whatever belongs to you out of that attic.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It is actually the attic with long, sloping walls, and I cannot stand straight in many places. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She trotted across the lawn to the low hedge beneath the attic window. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And now, on this first morning of her new life, she lay in bed a few minutes to relish the quiet of the empty attic. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The harpsichord plucks along, the violins make big baroque flourishes—the low, angled space of the attic brims with sound. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Slat wasn’t much, just another house in the worst part of the Barrel, three stories stacked tight on top of each other, crowned with an attic and a gabled roof. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I stared across the fields at the Big House’s attic window, dark and still. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Eventually, I fell asleep to the sound of ice groaning and cracking in the floors beneath us and the attic above. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As he preferred the birth and death room to the attic with Dove and Dusty, she had let him stay on. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The officer smiles, motioning for his men to stand down, but then the guns jump back up again because people are pouring down the ladder from the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Just like Anne’s story made it out of the attic and Zlata’s out of the basement, I hope our stories make it out of Room 203. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z So when the old woman finally nodded off, Ophie tiptoed out of the room and made a mad dash for the attic door at the end of the hallway. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I found a cramped attic for my mother and aunt and brother behind some railroad tracks. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Crawling to different sections of the attic nook, searching for imaginary oases of cool, became her principal activity after her vigil over the park. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His poor old heart went pit-a-pat as he staggered down the attic stairs and he kept on dabbing at his forehead with a handkerchief. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Four floors above would be a little trapdoor leading to the attic. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He hurried upstairs and hid in the attic until the crowds left and he could slip home safely. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Even with the afternoon sunlight slanting in through the dormer windows, the farthest reaches of the attic were deep in shadow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A sick, crazy woman who’s been shut up in an attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He opens the door to the little hallway, where the ladder goes up to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The house in Zundert with the attic bedroom and the room overlooking the garden, the garden itself—none of it is theirs anymore. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Sitting on the floor of the attic, Molly lifts the pieces out of a cedar chest one by one, Vivian perched on a wooden chair beside her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Wow. I think my parents have one of those in our attic.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I found it in the attic, the same time I found her photograph.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It had sent flames outside the house, up through the attic to the pumps there. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Joseph thought of all the carefully folded clay- spattered clothes he’d seen boxed up in the attic and the mud-covered shoes in Albert’s room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then they’d move outward, sweeping the farm, crawling up trees and into the barn attic. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The sun was setting outside, so the attic was even darker and creepier than usual. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A week ago, right at the beginning of the heat wave, the air conditioner in his mother’s attic office had broken. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “Chiron, I don’t think the attic is the proper place for our new Oracle, do you?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “The attic bedroom is the safest place in the house,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When they returned to the house, Mrs. Weasley was nowhere to be seen, so Harry slipped upstairs to Ron’s attic bedroom. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Harry followed Ron up the few short steps into the tiny attic space. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “And not into the attic. They’re going through the wall downstairs right below you. No noise!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Between the sloping walls of the peaked roof, the attic was crammed with years of castoffs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z From attic trapdoors, blind robot faces peered down with faucet mouths gushing green chemical. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The entrance to the attic was in the garage. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Annabeth frowned Last summer, before my quest, I’d visited the.strange spirit that lived in the Big House attic and it had given me a prophecy that came true in ways I’d never expected. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I look back at the attic overflowing, filled with floating wood and memories. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “You need to get up to the attic,” Mama Ya-Ya whispers. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Then I took a basin of it up to the attic. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Because, faced with this emergency, Tessie took Chapter Eleven and me up to the attic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I haven’t given the signal to the others in the attic yet, and he doesn’t, either. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I would like that,” she said, fading into the dusty attic air. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Frank took the quickest possible shower, put on the clothes Hazel had set out—an olive-green shirt with beige cargo pants, really?—then grabbed his spare bow and quiver and bounded up the attic stairs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The attic brain which directed the pumps was shattered into bronze shrapnel on the beams. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Smiley found a large metal cage in his attic and brought it over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Finally, at day’s end, I went to the attic with the other house servants and lay down to wait until they were asleep. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon Kit climbed to the attic and surveyed the seven small trunks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Then he pushed open the attic door, and he walked in. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z "Yes, I saw them. The other Belles you keep in the attic." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He let himself in and hid in the attic until his heart had slowed down, even though the wooden planks were so rotten he feared he would go through the floor at every step. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They did not look askance at the attic hatch, but that was no guarantee that next time things would proceed along the same lines. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They’d spend hours in the attic, removing and polishing the brass panels until they shone like new. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She visualized the room behind those gabled windows and suddenly realized that the playroom consumed only half the space the attic should fill. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The house was dim and quiet, the rainfall more distant as she left the attic behind. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The puddle immediately trickled down to the attic and, as luck would have it, landed in and next to the potato barrel. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She was used to carrying weight up and down stairs by this point, but the attic stairs were much steeper than those of the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Ophie climbed the stairs to the attic proper, huffing and puffing by the end. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Hey, you want to check the attic? Mom thinks my grandma might have some old books up there. I’m sure we could find something you haven’t read yet.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The two parts I remember best: One, the moveable bookcase that hid the stairs up to the secret attic where the Frank family stayed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Ophie’s eyes quickly adjusted, and she took in the contents of the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z As he lay ill with scarlet fever in the attic of a woman he did not really know, the last remnants of his former world were dissolving in Spokane. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The attic where the boys commonly slept looked strange enough with those chairs pulled out and arranged for the meeting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The attic was a lovely place to play. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom stored Ivy’s great-grandmother’s hope chest up here in the attic, which became Ivy’s room a few months ago so the twins could have their own space. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I was relieved when we finally got out of there and slammed the attic door shut. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In the dim light she gradually saw a long attic where the dark shapes of cupboards, tables, bookcases, and furniture of all kinds had been put into storage. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It’s dark and smells like a hot attic. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Midmornings she would relieve my mother by taking me up to the attic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dad brings all these extra lamps down from the attic, until our living room is glowing like a TV studio. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Usually that purpose involved an ax and/or chain saw, and a basement and/or attic. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Luke tried to remember if there were any history books among his family’s collection in the attic. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Just as now he was right about Porter having a shotgun, being in the attic window, and being drunk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I open up the door to the attic, and the floor in the back of the little hall is at least two feet higher than it should be. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In fact, it didn’t look like a classroom at all, more like a cross between someone’s attic and an old-fashioned tea shop. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z From time to time, I’d walk past the Big House, glance up at the attic windows, and think about the Oracle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She was in the attic—in the dark she must have missed the landing and gone up two flights instead of one. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z At one point the girls started for the attic but reconsidered after a discussion about the habits and customs of ghosts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Bailey nodded toward the skylight that led into the attic below. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It resembles a somewhat slimy, buck-toothed ogre and generally resides in attics or barns belonging to wizards, where it eats spiders and moths. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the very decided sound of someone mounting the stairs—doors opening and shutting—feet going up to the attics overhead. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Dig out that old thing in the attic. You used to know more about radios than anyone in town. Anyone in Brittany, perhaps.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Cora was proud of the progress she made with her reading in South Carolina and the attic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I feel one second of relief before I think what must be going on in the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “So Terry tells me you were assigned some kind of community service project. And she came up with the brilliant idea for you to help me clean my attic,” Vivian says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z My mother moved the winter coats up to the attic. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z We all rushed to find bandages to bind up the wound, but Little White ran into the attic and hid there for days, licking her wounds by herself. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The attic of our home was partitioned into two small rooms. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The campers stopped playing volleyball and stared up at die attic. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They climbed the stairs, passed down the cluttered hall, and mounted the steps to the attic. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But Ophie’s shame at being discovered only lasted as long as it took for her to unwrap the snickerdoodles and devour them as she climbed the stairs to the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z This complex and exceedingly efficient government operation was completed while residents of New Orleans were trapped in attics and begging for rescue from rooftops and highway overpasses. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I heard a creak from above—like the attic door opening— and I ran for the front door. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Father, afraid of what might happen, grabbed him by the arm and the two men went to the attic. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z That night he mounted to the attic with his hammer and his handful of nails and nailed the door behind him and threw the hammer out the window. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Helena and I are not allowed near the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I didn’t know it then, but it would be the last time I ever visited the attic. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I deserve to be locked away in the attic forever, ran through his head. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z This morning I imagined I was in the front attic with Petel, sitting on the floor by the windows, and after talking for a while, we both began to cry. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Serenity asks as I lower the attic door and unfold its ladder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We both crawl through the hole into the attic, and he resets the boards. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z His mother’s room was two flights up, a converted attic space. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z If I were her, I’d face any danger for the opportunity to walk down the street and get out of that attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Not much could be “up” when you’re dead and stuck in the attic. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z My mom and dad go into the bedroom they always take, and Auntie Idris escorts me up another narrow little staircase to an attic, where I’d normally sleep on a cot with Khalid. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He remembered his mother’s appearing next to him in the backyard, as if she’d flown from the attic. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I had a place for it in the attic of the dollhouse. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to give him any indication that I was going to the attic to reopen the tender new scar tissue at my wrists. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z At least once or twice a year the house had to turn in on itself as parts of it became agitated, and the attic was usually the loudest of them all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The bank of windows was opposite the narrow attic door, and every now and again Ophie found herself gazing longingly at the small door as she remembered her days of blessed freedom. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In the makeshift alchemical laboratory in the windowless attic of the crematorium, a small blue flame touched the curved glass base of a suspended flask. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He thought about reading and daydreaming in the attic the rest of his life. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Martin had been in the attic that very afternoon and noticed nothing amiss. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I opened the trap door and stepped into the attic. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It had four floors; a cook and other servants could stay in the attic and in the basement. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And a lot of people have volunteered their spare rooms, basements, and attics. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z But there is the machine in the attic at work again. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Whether in the fields or underground or in an attic room, America remained her warden. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Whatever the reason, we took a suitcase full of food up to the attic and stayed there for three days, watching the city burn on my grandparents’ small black-and-white. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Over the next few days, the two men moved as many crates of specimens as they could into one of the front attic rooms, and Charles dubbed it the Museum. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There are two workers on my roof, right over the bunker in the attic, and a little crowd of neighbors in the yard, watching the spectacle. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He was awakened by sounds he was sure were coming from the attic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z One night in the attic, she was crying softly and telling me something about Isaac. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Eventually we found two spots in an attic. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Eventually the wardrobe settles in front of the little door, and the entrance to the attic is walled off. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My bedroom was the converted attic of our house on Wibaux Street, with peaking rafters and weird angles, and it just baked during the summer. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z If she wasn’t careful the match would singe her fingertips, or worse, light the entire attic on fire. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Candice thought about all the puzzle books and logic games her grandmother used to buy for her, including the one she had just found in the attic. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z You’re welcome to join us in the attic, or wherever we are. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Ain’t out for nobody in particular. Just perched himself up in the attic window and commenced to waving a shotgun. Say he gotta kill him somebody before morning.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z This one was linked to a camera in Angeline Fowl’s attic room. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Mudgett’s parents were devout Methodists whose response to even routine misbehavior relied heavily on the rod and prayer, followed by banishment to the attic and a day with neither speech nor food. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Not long after that I found a paper bag in the attic stapled at the top. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Why didn’t they just lock him in one of the trunks in the attic and be done with it? Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I climbed the fence, went to the house and up to the attic as quickly as I could and stuffed everything into my bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She does not know how long she has been trapped in the attic or even if it is day or night. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It appeared before her one night in the attic like a spark, a small and simple truth: Caesar did not make it out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Drinks with the names of people,” Desdemona complained to her mute husband back in the attic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The only thing he did while he was “cleaning out the garage attic” was take a few hits from the pipe he hides up there and exhale out the exhaust fan toward Bob’s house. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Though it was past supper, the attic was deserted. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Luke's room was also the attic, a fact he had never minded. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The second story of the building was more of an attic; the entire floor was one open room, but it was a nice one. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z To keep the bedroom doors from slamming shut in the wind from the bay, they prop them open with old hand irons Molly found in one of the boxes in the attic. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t matter what ought to be. Matters what is. Make him let you sleep in the attic again.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z One night, the old guard in the museum forgot that Hugo’s father was up in the attic, and he locked the door, trapping him inside. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “It is a very small attic,” he says. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The door on the left takes you up to the spice storage area, attic and loft in the front part of the house. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At night he listened to his rebetika records in the attic and smoked his hookah pipe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But the fun ended abruptly late one night shortly after the United States entered the war, when Dr. Tuve discovered Merle copying down Morse code in the attic. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then she’ll send him up to the little cot he has claimed for himself in the attic, pressed up beneath the window of a dormer. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Just then, there was a small metallic crash from upstairs, and they both looked towards the attic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Why don’t we all stay in the attic?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I followed still, up a very narrow staircase to the attics, and thence by a ladder and through a trap-door to the roof of the hall. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But Triphena meant Mistress Cutler as well as that lonely, airless attic. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z For a while the firm Gies & Co. had two cats: one for the warehouse and one for the attic. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z From where they squatted by the hearth in their attic they could hear the carefree laughing, singing, and sometimes drunken quarreling of the officers billeted at the Afric Queen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother leaned out the window of the attic, high above, waving and calling to get his attention. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They have three bedrooms, three bathrooms, an office, an attic, a two-car garage, and a small pool in the back. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Some boxes were stacked in closets, others were hidden in the attic. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mo was sleeping only two doors farther along, but Dustfinger had to make do with an attic room. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Connor gives me a tour of the house, which is two stories high, not including his giant bedroom in the attic. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She found a box of red paper lanterns in the attic storage at the nail salon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Their footfalls were loud on the attic stairs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was a very old house—it had an attic under the roof and a cellar under the ground and an overgrown garden with huge old trees in it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z When Cora stepped into the hallway again, the woman summoned her up the stairs to the attic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She told me stories about riding her bike miles in the snow just to dig up turnips and about the time that Anne convinced her to spend a night in the attic. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When my chores were done, I climbed to my attic room, kicked off my shoes, and laid down on the bed without even removing my skirt or bodice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Satisfied, he stood up and we left the attic together. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z With a thrill, she understands: they are going to park the wardrobe in front of the little door leading to the attic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She picked up a candle and led me through the pantry and up a set of steps, which in my exhaustion I was hard put to climb, to a small attic room. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Just as Ivy and her dad reached the top of the narrow attic stairs, a third thing happened. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I motion for them to follow as I climb the short ladder and crawl into the attic. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z That’s how it felt more days than not to the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They searched the house carefully from attic to cellars, but without result. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z And eight people have to scramble back up to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Last night when I came down from the attic, I noticed, the moment I entered the room, that the lovely vase of carnations had fallen over. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They sat against the attic door with the sleeping bags pulled up to their necks. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I took her up past the bedrooms, to the attic. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All morning Etienne crawls along the attic floor with cables and pliers and tools her fingers do not understand, weaving himself into the center of what she imagines as an intricate electronic net. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She hurried to the attic door, flinging it open and running up the steps before anyone could enter the hallway and spy her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I was in the attic, looking down at the farm,” I’d tell her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Stoneman held out the telephone alarm card with the complaint signed in telephone duplicate on the back “Have reason to suspect attic; 11 No. Elm, City.—E. B.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z My generator will soon be out of gas anyway—and I can hide my acquired assets in the attic behind the boxes of Christmas ornaments. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When they opened the door to sneak down and spy on the festivities, Lena was always seated at the foot of the attic stairs, reading a book. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The only possibility she could think of was returning to the house and trying to find a weapon in the attic. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I climb, and Max is standing in the dusty light from the window, staring at the attic with his arms crossed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Through Cora—that termite in the attic—Donald reached from beyond the grave to punish her for her joke those many years before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Jacob worked at the other end of the attic, experimenting with a virus that infected E. coli. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He climbed up to the attic bedroom Elinor had given him and lay down on the narrow bed with the crates of books towering around it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A few nights later Hugo’s father snuck him into the museum attic. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Some find their way to barn lofts; some even creep into people’s houses and live under the eaves or in attics, taking their chances with mousetraps. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z For warming up beans and frying sausages for lunch while my people lie in the attic and smell it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I was afraid T. Ray might go up to the attic and discover her things were missing, and turn my room upside down searching for them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In my opinion, she enjoyed the attic because the vertigo of living up there reminded her of Mount Olympus. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Martin perched on a crate in the attic, fanning himself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Why shouldn’t Vivian’s attic be filled with things that are meaningful to her? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Up in the attic I carefully peeled apart the sheets of paper that were stuck together and then hung them on the clothesline to dry. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We looked through a bunch of photo albums tonight, ones I brought down from the attic. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z All night long, the box in the attic called to me, as if an invisible fishing line connected my fingertips to its cardboard edge. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The pantry and the shed and the cellar were full, and so was the attic. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Martin skipped his midnight rounds in the attic, scared that they were in the teeth of an elaborate trap. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Martin made a quick tour of the attic to make sure nothing was amiss, and then joined everyone downstairs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This must be some sort of attic ritual I didn’t know about. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She went down in a heap, upended over a pile of finery brought down from the attic. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “It... she has never left the attic. Never.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z So said Lyra to Roger, one rainy afternoon when they were alone in the dusty attics. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Bringing empty trunks down the attic stairs they sounded like coffins French Lick. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The attic was even hotter than the garage. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “If he won’t shriek like an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years, then I won’t be Helen Burns.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “We’ve never explored the attic,” Twinkle announced suddenly, and so everybody followed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This morning as I was on my way to the attic to hang up my apron, Father asked whether I wanted to stay and practice my French, and I said yes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Once I knew the City very well, spent my attic days there, while others were being a lost generation in Paris. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Together they smuggle the wire home and loop it back and forth through nail holes in the eave outside the attic window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Cora slept across three seats, free from chains and attic gloom for the first time in months. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Lady Seymour made sure I ct a proper meal three times a day and let me sleep in the tiny attic bedchamber on the bed where I laid after my time in the stocks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The attic was huge, and the more Ophie explored, the brighter the small fire of jealousy in her heart grew. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She had to be responsible, but the first chance she’d gotten she’d run off to the attic to eat cookies and talk to a pretty ghost. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The warehouse cat was always the aggressor, while the attic cat was ultimately the victor, just as in politics. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I check the house for belongings, shut the door to the attic, and set the photograph upright beside the sugar tin. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “You got a dusty cobwebby attic up there?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Baba goes up to the attic and brings down a strongbox full of gold jewelry I’ve never seen before: heavy necklaces and chains, watches and rings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The attic his pickpocketing crew rented could be accessed through the roof of this building. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He had to slide boxes around and drag an old step stool from the opposite end of the attic, but finally his eyes were level with the back vent. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Madam Fowl would have been furious, if she ever put so much as a toe outside the attic door. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It was here in the attic, ever and anon, ‘The Boston Observers’ met. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Lyra had slept in servants’ rooms under the attic, not feeling welcomed by the stately four-poster beds in the grand rooms farther down, and it was a long unsteady walk. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There were several attics, leading out of one another, through little, narrow arches, like catacombs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Just made a beeline for the door to the attic space. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I can’t believe that the woman responsible for keeping Anne Frank alive in the attic came to speak to us in person! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He planned to call in the decorators, and to turn out the attics, even to give a Sunday morning cocktail party, marking the beginning of his era as master of Warings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The attic comprised the entire third floor, the floor above where the family lived in Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z That morning, she had told Rufus she wanted to sleep in the attic with me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “A few people, but the attic is still all ours, of course. The others aren’t bad. They keep to themselves and don’t say a word.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The first time had been in the dusty attic of the Big House, where the spirit of Delphi slept inside the body of a mummified hippie lady. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The old man and Mo drank another cup of coffee in his green kitchen before he took Mo and Meggie up to the attic where he kept his books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Her attic was full of paintings and an organ and an old spinning wheel. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z It’s a beautiful day outside, nice and hot, and in spite of everything, we make the most of the weather by lounging on the folding bed in the attic. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I find myself now in the attic room of this small cottage belonging to Mr and Mrs Taylor. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a locked trunk in the attic that has Amanda’s stuff in it,” I said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She cried because girls who believed in happily ever afters could be murdered in attics, and because men who just wanted to have their voices heard could have their words choked off forever. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Behind him, the little door to the attic bedroom slammed closed, and as he swung around he heard the key turn in the lock. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “What if the water gets in the attic?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z We now leave the attic window open a crack every night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z My mother had brought the boxes of ornaments down from the attic, and we waited while my father fussed the lights on, and then we opened the boxes. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I went from room to room, turning on lights and looking anywhere a paranoid old man might hide from monsters: behind furniture, in the attic crawlspace, under the workbench in the garage. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He turned down some rooms as too big and others as too small, before settling on the attic story of a crematorium—a cavernous space larger than others he’d rejected as too big. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I jump up from the floor, climb the ladder, and stick my head through the little door of the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Now there was only Doctor Warren left; then he’d go back and help Rab set out all those chairs in the attic, get ready for the meeting that night. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She itched to get back up to the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She was trying to figure out a time during the day when it would be safe to sneak up to the attic and ask, while Mama dozed beside her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Twelve o’clock: I resumed my studies in the attic, reading about deans, priests, ministers, popes and...whew, it was one o’clock! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And now, family by family, I watch my thirteen decide to go back to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He looked it as he moved about the low attic, stuffing his pockets with extra stockings. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days after the worst of his symptoms had disappeared, I was allowed to sleep in the attic. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There was even a massive and chilly attic, though it gave Ophie such a sense of foreboding that she abandoned it completely. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Hazel patrolled the widow’s walk between the two attic gables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I tell her I’m washing all my blankets and linens and I want to nail up some rope to hang them in the attic so they won’t get dirty again or wet in the rain. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “You said you checked the attic last time, but you didn’t, did you?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They gave the key to Regina, whom they also called a stinking Jew, and Regina and Rosa disappeared to the attic, I assumed to shred all Mrs. Pohler’s clean laundry. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “After all this, do you still dare go to the front attic?” he asked. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I have found your missing ghost,” he sent to the attic in a sigh of settling timbers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Go outside and let me tell them what’s going on in the attic.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z One night Mrs. van D. thought she heard loud footsteps in the attic, and she was so afraid of burglars, she woke her husband. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z There would be a time when it wouldn’t be safe for them to sit up in the small attic of the house anymore. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z This whole part of the attic, she realizes, is some sort of machine. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It poured every day, the rain coming down in long, dreary sheets that made Luke feel worse as he watched from the attic vents. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I even call up the ladder to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He had to bend his head beneath the attic’s slanted roof. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But then why, peeking out the dormer window, did I see, on the morning after our second night in the attic, a tank rolling by our front lawn? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Secretly, in studies and attics and schoolrooms all over America, people must be writing. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We called Uncle to ask him to store her bed in his attic. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The silent treatment would be Ophie’s punishment, but for now Mama seemed more intent on getting them out of the attic than anything else. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The room was small, an attic room with a sloping ceiling. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The people who might have told me were long forgotten, their phone numbers buried in some packed-away box in the attic. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “They went up into the attic and looked in the old chimney, and they found a gun!” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Like he’s just dropped in from the attic for a chat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z So it's probably also true that the main bedroom is in the attic. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They hung out of attic windows, rode on car fenders, delivered the coal, moved into Medallion and moved out, visited cousins, plowed, hoisted, lounged on the church steps, careened on the school playground. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z For a moment Werner is back inside his attic room at Children’s House, his head a swarm of questions. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We weren’t familiar with attics, but this one wasn’t too crowded. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we’ll visit Anne’s secret attic in Amsterdam to pay homage to the young woman who in the worst possible situation still believed that “in spite of it all, people are really good at heart.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They trudge up the attic stairs, poke around, and then track dark dust onto the hall carpet when they come down again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure sits in the mouth of the wardrobe, the false back open, and listens to her uncle switch on the microphone and transmitter in the attic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Right here in the attic. I was getting ready for a party, a magnificent party, and someone attacked me.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In the attic high above her, a muted ring matches it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z ‘In my sea chest in the attic. That’s why I keep it locked.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s going insane from being stuck in that attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She was leaving him to fend for himself, leaving him to chop holes in the attic with an axe? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z My back started aching, and the attic was cold. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He related the whole story, from his father’s discovery of the automaton up in the attic of the museum, to the fire, to the arrival and disappearance of his uncle. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The door to the attic was just as Ophie remembered it, narrow and ancient, covered in dusty white paint. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z This was not the first girl to spend her time reading and dreaming in the attic, after all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I was checking out the brass eagle weather vane on top when something caught my eye, a shadow in the uppermost window of the attic gable. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Emma climbed it and I followed, pulling it closed after us, and we found ourselves in a tiny, dark attic space. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Right. See you later,” said Polly and clattered up the attic stairs. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I was going to shriek like an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The attic was the only part of the house they had not yet given an initial cleaning. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They stayed in the attic of the house until dark. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam comes back from the attic, and I am eager to go to her room, to talk about anything other than Natasha Ramsey. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I was still a little groggy when Alice came running up the steps and into the attic to get me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to find myself left behind in an attic or something,” Eleanor added uncomfortably. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She whispered even though we were up in my attic bedroom. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Don’t want us to go back in the attic while my parents are around. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We were sitting in the attic yesterday afternoon working on our French when suddenly I heard the splatter of water behind me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They looked new compared to the rest of the attic’s contents. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “This is the attic. That’s the chimney in front of us. Put your hands on the table; there you are.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z George had dropped out of the attic for some food, the lone slave Martin helped before the girl arrived. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Dad grumbled occasionally about heating the attic for Luke—“It’s just like throwing money out those vents”—but Mother always fixed him with one of her stares, and nothing changed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Someone shouted in the park, and the two in the attic were still for a while. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They returned to an empty, dark house, and Ash and Gwen climbed the stairs to their attic room slowly, their feet heavy on the worn wooden floorboards. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was her second trip to the foot of the attic ladder and she still wasn’t sure Dove and Dusty were out of bed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Georgie and I had fixed it up like a clubhouse, with candles and books and a few board games, along with blankets and pillows borrowed from the attic. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It had everything to do with the certainty that something bad had happened in that attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Also, we had never been in the attic before. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Better: Johnny found that the old violin hidden in a trunk in his attic wasn’t a real Stradivarius. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The runaway made so much noise moaning in the night and was so ill when they lowered her from the attic nook that they were obliged to let Fiona go for a few days. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Joe, now nine, standing by her side, felt again what he had first felt in his aunt’s attic in Pennsylvania five years before—the same coldness, fear, and insecurity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I lie still with my eyes open, waiting for the best moment to crawl up to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Anne’s cage was the secret annex she and her family hid in, and the attic where she spent most of her time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She thought back to the damp and moldy shack she’d shared with her mother while her father was in prison, and the attic room at Jeremy Carton’s place. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t have to sleep on rags up in the attic no more,” he’d said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And what of the children’s insistence that someone was living behind that strange wall in the attic? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The buildings were connected for the entire length of the street, and Joseph walked until he came to another attic window, lit from within. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The attic and the cellar were full of good things once more, and Laura and Mary had started to make patchwork quilts. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I went through all the upstairs rooms, then up to the attic. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If Clara was sure she had been killed in the attic, then there might have been clues left behind. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Dad crawled to the darkest corner of the attic. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z “The spells that make the attic impenetrable function only if it is occupied by children. Without children, or with adults in the room, the barriers become ineffectual.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Stuck alone in a musty attic day after day, going through some lady’s trash? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z If Marcus hadn’t discovered his love for ships here, in our attic, he wouldn’t have driven off that day, and Billy and I both .. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I will find a place for them later in the attic,” said her husband. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z At that moment, Bull had climbed out the attic window onto the roof. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, just as in the front part of the building, there’s an attic and a loft. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Slept the night through once or twice, put back some of the weight she’d lost in the attic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The two of us went to the front attic together, and in order to be able to sit comfortably, I took along the only cushion I could find in my room. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z There’s nothing left that I can slip up to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Stuck in the attic or not, he was sick of painting. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Francis kept watch while Henry and I went up to the attic and searched through broken lamps, cardboard boxes, ugly Art I oil paintings. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Annie and I used to look out the attic window and pretend the Yankee soldiers were about ready to come charging over the hill. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Without much hope, he stepped down from the trunk and went to the other end of the attic, the portion that faced the backyard. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z It hovered above them like an attic ceiling. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z However, he did have a precondition which he shouted down, loud and clear, from the attic. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Any diehards staying home should have an axe, in case they needed to chop through their attic to reach the roof. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I’ll offer them the attic, ask them to stay, because I know how it is to be without a house. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The attic stretched contentedly as her windows were scrubbed and cobwebs were dusted away. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z After Lefty came home from the hospital, my father took a TV up to the attic to provide some entertainment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For three days no one left the attic except Tessie, who hurried downstairs to get food from our emptying cupboards. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He had taken cocktails on to the terrace before lunch and had then gone up to remove his things from the attic to another room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z There really are rats, he says, because of the food in the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He was lying again on the camp bed in Ron’s dingy attic room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Amelia,” Mrs. Caruthers creaked, her voice like the hinges on the attic door. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “We need to go up to the attic,” Dad said. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Hornig’s boss took him to the attic and locked the door. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The attic was silent again, abandoned, nothing but a room full of mementos. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But no matter where Ophie looked in the attic, she did not see Clara, or any other ghosts for that matter. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z This was the closest thing to her little attic room that she was going to get right now. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Two of the five bedrooms have slanted roofs, and it’s the only house on the island with a full attic. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “She’s here. You stole her,” the attic said, communicating through creaky timbers and the chittering sounds of rodents nesting in forgotten boxes of clothing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I can’t do anything for the others,” he said, “but I want you out of that attic. I want you with me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The building was like a house whose chimney ended not above the roof but inside the attic. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And why had she stashed it in the attic? The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z These were the kind of houses that might have treasures in the attic, or ghosts in the cellar. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z So the two of them stay on the ground floor while I climb, up and along the beams with no ceiling covering them, up again to the attic. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The branches are draped with colored lights, but the decorations are still in the attic. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Penelope gave her a sympathetic look, then spun slowly, taking in everything in the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Maybe part of him had been secretly hoping his parents would forbid him to go, would lock him in the attic and keep him as their little boy forever. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She’d been holding off because of my warning back in the attic. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I had learned not to worry about leaving my things in the attic. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s got two floors—three counting the basement and four counting the attic. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach out without getting up and open the door to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “We almost forgot the Vardis’ attic!” a girl calls to Dana. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then eight people have to disappear to the well-curtained attic and lie on the floor unmoving, in complete silence, miserable and sweating, while Lubek talks and smokes cigarettes at my half kitchen table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Once, as they sat in the attic toasting cheese and muffins by their hearth, the older boy asked why he went about calling people ‘squeak-pigs’ and things like that. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m no one’s grunt. I work for myself. It’s something the Americans called entrepreneurship. There’s an attic down in the Levee, all made up with beds from a boardinghouse that got shuttered.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The light from the attic window shone down on us. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I feel strange up here, making a place for us in the attic. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z He raced up the stairs before them and at first they were very afraid he was heading for his attic and meant to hide his remaining magic rings. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I shine the light on every inch of floor in every single room; I check every closet; I even look in the attic and basement. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s careful, doing as little hammering as possible, and when he’s done, I can’t tell that his wall is not the wall of our attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In the corner of the landing was a steep set of steps, sort of like a ladder, covered almost completely with boxes and old bolts of fabric, that must have led up to an attic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He eased out of bed and crossed the attic floor to his dresser. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Or how she says she’s working in her office, but spying reveals that she’s really going through boxes of old photographs she got down from the attic. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z In a little hollow on top of one of the roof beams in the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In the attic she had struggled with the words, pressed on, doubled back to difficult verses. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Luke stopped in the middle of pulling the attic door shut behind him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Time and again in the rich tradition of fusing musical genres we have seen composers draw on little-known folk styles - as Paul Simon did on Graceland - or trawl through music’s attic in search of inspiration. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Then about a fortnight after Lenny had gone, the two of us were sitting in my attic room some time after midnight chatting over mugs of tea, and Ruth got me really laughing about Lenny. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, if the word “attic” isn’t in your code book, you can’t say, “Hide the money in the attic.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z At first she thought it was the bear, clanging the oatmeal pot against the furniture, but then the tiny attic came alive with girls. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I scream at him, “We need to get to the attic. Help me, TaShon.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z You know how when you see movies where people have attics in their houses, and that's where they keep all their junk, and sometimes scary things go on up there? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He’s still bare-chested and sweaty from the summer heat of the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then, with a great shock, they saw that they were looking, not into a deserted attic, but into a furnished room. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Who knew what the weapon would be, or how she would use it, or whether she could even get into the attic? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The boys spent their free time huddled in the Tuve attic, surrounded by cast-off batteries, glass tubes, and coils of wire. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Once we knew who the thieves were, we let Mouschi sleep in the attic and never saw our uninvited guests again...at least not at night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z There are twelve steps to the attic floor. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z There was no way she should have been able to get down from the attic so fast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Johnny and Rab dropped their voices, even in the privacy of their attic, when they discussed these muskets. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sorry I’m so late, but I found something fascinating tonight at the museum ... in the attic. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z When the van Daans arrive, we’ll be able to build cupboards and other odds and ends out of the wood piled in the attic. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I think she’s telling me she can hear something in the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Shivering—for the last week in November was bitterly cold— Johnny built up the fire in the attic. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When they had done that distance twice they would be at the end of Digory’s house; any door they came to after that would let them into an attic of the empty house. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Detectives were always finding clues in the stories, so Ophie would just have to find a way to get to the attic and do a little investigating. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Against the impatient expostulations of the Serjeant, we brought the man down from the attic and dowsed him with water, that he might not suffer so greatly from the heat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z So I collected books, museum brochures, and post-cards from all the places we studied in class, like the Tower of London and Anne’s attic. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We lock the door and let everyone down from the attic before they lose their minds. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When it is fully dark, Marie-Laure follows her great-uncle up the stairs, through the sixth-floor room, and up the ladder into the attic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I offer to meet Lubek somewhere else so everyone doesn’t have to sit in the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When she thought about it that way, that talking to Clara was about justice and fairness, the bucket she heaved up the narrow staircase to the dusty, disused attic didn’t seem quite so heavy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In a heartbeat she made her way to the farthest corner of the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z At breakfast the next morning, Mummy asked me to go through Dad’s things in the Windemere attic and take what I wanted. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z In order to give them privacy, my grandparents were offered the attic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Can you shriek like an insane woman who has been locked in an attic for a great many years?” said Mrs. Windermere. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then after dinner she said, “You two are going to have to climb up to the attic and go through them trunks again.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes! The attic used to be my room, if you can believe that. Of course, it was not in such a state when I was here,” she said with a high laugh. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And the maid in the attic stretched her phantom limbs and began to plot. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z |
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