They distributed shiny white buttons with Mattie’s mug on them to the neighborhood kids. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he settled on the Skraeling, and said, “I beg your pardon. Have I asked about something it’s forbidden to know?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You go on,” Malfoy told Pansy, who was waiting for him with her hand held out as though hoping he would hold it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Step, step, step, on hard concrete sidewalks that made their feet hurt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was awakened by whistling and shouting,” said Zvonko Springer, who worked on road construction. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Well, drown-proofed if I happened to fall into a pool conveniently only wearing my swimming gear and without my heavy artificial legs on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When he finally lets go of me, he says, “Have a seat on the couch.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I bear down on the toilet in the dark—I know just where to go—and my stomach hitches again and slams up at me, and I open up and groan. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

My eyes instantly home in on a golden bow just in arm’s reach and I yank it free. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Styx seemed impressed by the size of the fire, and even more impressed by the full spread of hot dogs and fixin’s on the picnic table. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When they get to Manny’s car and Blake pulls on the hood and raises his arm in the Nazi salute, Justyce knows the train he just hopped on is headed downhill in a major way. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Anyone who stays on after this stop, besides me, is someone headed to work. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But on the hill, you could see beautiful things, like the peach orchards of the nearby farms, and the terra-cotta roofs of the town center in the distance. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I think every group of friends has a “guy” for each different function — like the “sympathetic guy,” the “funny guy,” the “jock,” the “guy who gets picked on.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Renly clapped the man on the shoulder and made a jest of it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For a while, as the night breezes picked up, growing cooler, shifting, Shorty sat on Rael’s porch near his quiet horse, looking across the road at the Pilar Cafe. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drove up one alley and then another, bouncing on the cobblestones and the taxi’s creaking springs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You let go! Gum Baby’s on a mission.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Only then do we start in on the rest of the food. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Wdl,” said the lady, “God, He knows how you will get on. Anyway, I will say a prayer for you while you are fighting.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed handfuls of dirt on his shoes; then he crawled to the river edge. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone's left a copy of the morning edition of the Bakersfield News Gazette on the elephant-shaped metal coffee table. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

If he was very still, he thought, and kept his eyes on one thing, the tears would not come. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in the night, on the far side of the fields, I heard the huffing of locomotives and the clack of iron wheels. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Sandy and the judge were still at work on the heirs. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline scratched and tickled the soft fur on its belly, and the cat purred contentedly. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“We won’t get in trouble if it’s already on the ground,” I told him. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved them on, all squeaking as bats will in a cavern’s underworld, all flitting, flitting criss-cross in the dark if one falls and the rock-hung chain is broken. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times it would raise itself, uncoiling to look into bushes for eggs and birds on the nest. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“So I’m just gonna leave this letter I wrote here on the chair. You can get in touch with me when you’re not so busy.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had lit an oil lamp on the table. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And there, on the other side of the glass, standing under a canopy of those beautiful lights, is Will. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He looked at the clock hanging on the wall behind the cash register. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Miig put his packsack on the ground, pulled the sash off his forehead, and let his bedroll drop behind his feet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was cold at Christmastime, cold in the winter there on the Eastern Shore. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

All available mice and woodland defenders were gathered in two groups, on either side of the cord-marked aisle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We ate on in rather tense silence, I wondering why he was still so extremely sensitive about the suit, when he had found a place where he could stay. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The effect is rather like the behavior of a roulette ball on a roulette wheel. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five dollars for your old tricycle that still has sparklers on the wheels. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I’m in the middle of a page and I see your face on it—not blurred like those in my past, but clear and alive. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Emily clapped both hands over her mouth and completely forgot there had been a madman book collector on the hunt for them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If I had my phone, I’d text her so I wouldn’t have to drag Ziggy all the way back upstairs to knock on her door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

After her nights with Martin, she had a sense of when white men were on the brink of a story. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She sat down on a rock and picked up a machete, started sharpening it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the Neolithic Revolution placed us on a level at which we might well have remained indefinitely. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long, lonesome hair on Miss Hennepin’s upper lip was even curlier and shinier than the last time Roy had seen her. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after two hours of watching mysterious symbols move across the lighted panel high on the wall of the broker's office, her eyes began to cross. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, I am pleased to recall that by the time dinner was served an hour or so later, nothing but efficiency and professional calm was exhibited on the part of my team. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And when they asked her where she had been and what on earth she had been doing, she said she had been out wit! The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

If the ship were to travel at the speed of light, every tick of the clock on board would equal infinite seconds on the ground. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“But there’s a man coming on a horse, Hazel-rah,” said one of the young rabbits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friends and I prided ourselves on learning how to throw one another to the ground and on mastering the many moves of a champion wrestler. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to put my feelings into words that will come out right on my talker. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Harry turned to the back cover of the book and saw the printed name of a variety store on Vauxhall Road, London. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then Vonetta burned her ears with the hot comb, and who had to rub Vaseline on burned ears and finish pulling the hot comb through Vonetta’s thick, thick head? Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He dropped two quarters into the newspaper vending machine and pulled up on the handle, but it wouldn’t open. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Malcolm checked the canoe over from end to end, taking his time, letting his hands rest on it for longer than he needed to; it calmed his unease. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

How long could Sticky hold on—knowing his resistance might betray him? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A crimson stain on the back of his white shirt spread from neck to waist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She goes right on, talking about their firstborn son, and how they never made it to the hospital—they had Khalid right there in the car, in the middle of the road. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

There was a gold cross on top of the steeple, and from below it looked like the tip of the cross scratched the bottom of the sky. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He untied his robe and dropped it on the floor like he was getting ready to do some hard work. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then the gene moved on again, into new bodies ... Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t even ask me into the house. They made me stand out on the steps like a vacuum salesman.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

No one will ever know if Charlie died on purpose or if he was just being reckless. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, Mrs. Caldwell stands up to read the next name on the list. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Cholly was kindness still, but began to resist her total dependence on him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had done so already, once, at dawn, on the lower rocks, when it was still easy to stand and rearrange her pack. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Sorenson was snoring on the couch, using a curtain for a blanket. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Sweat glistened on his temples and his face was contorted. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And his lips curl up on the left side every time. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Lyddie. Just a short walk by the river before supper. It will do you good.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I point to white speckles on my elbow. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And Esperanza, if Matt knew anything about the woman who wrote A History of Opium, would descend on the convent like a fire-breathing dragon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The glass is mirrored on the other side.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The first day we came to the farm, there was someone in the woods spying on us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Surely this was the message I took from gazing out on the Yard. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Adah, on account of keeping her backwards diary, is the only one that keeps a close track of what day it is. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she, who had been his favorite, would be able to take her marigolds, the flowers of the dead, to his grave on the special Day of the Dead. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I walked to the statue, my heels echoing on marble, and rested my hand on its big toe —the closest I’d ever come to praying. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stared at the cities on the map as I was drawing, trying to commit them to memory. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I caught on so fast she said I was a marvel. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please take revenge for me on the Germans,” she told them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“How much do I know about what?” he asks after the pause has gone on too long. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At first we only heard stories about what happened to it on the north, after the forest closed down on it: a stream, a waterfall, clear pools for swimming. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right,” I whispered, placing my hand on his knee. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Twice a week the results of the state basketball tournament were posted on the plywood roadrunner in the courtyard. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Tisquantum persuaded him to arrange for passage to North America on a fishing vessel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He kept trying to balance the rake upside- down on the palm of his hand. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Low-cost second-line antibiotics would soon be on their way to Russia, but at the moment the supply chain wasn’t working. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In the car, he turned the engine on, and the music came on too. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She could see the rippling deep within the steel, where the metal had been folded back on itself a hundred times in the forging. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Every fight of my entire life leaves me lying on the mat. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he's sure he's finally on the right path, and he wants his parents to know that, to be convinced of it. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Likely they’re foreign and don’t know about buying their drinks at the bar. Want to be waited on, I expect.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The land seemed sunk into the ocean, little rectangles of green surrounded on all sides by canals. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wipe my sweaty palm on my pants and look at the woman through the corner of my eye. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I lay down with my head on my mom’s lap, which was warmer and softer than I remembered. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But then she put her arms around his neck and her head on his shoulder and cried. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In the early morning, I climbed back on the rock to watch for any hunting party that might resume its search for me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When it was on vacation from its professional chores, it fell, as a rule, alternately in love with shea: volume and a theatrical brand of quietness-steadiness. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I could barely see him leaning over his dog, trying to fix something on its collar. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The entire history of the people, culminating with the horrifying story of the Ruin, was portrayed with immense complexity on the voluminous folds of the robe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, about what he did to survive, get where he is. Maybe he has a blueprint—like the ones inside your Lego kits—but his blueprint is on how to survive St. Nick projects.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We have come outside, then, we are on the street. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She, who had descended with such joy and pain, had begun her upward climb—upward, with her baby, on the steep, steep side of the mountain. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Spurge did look, and he saw that there, in the midst of the plain, a goblin army was on the march. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

There was an engraving of Shakespeare himself on the title page, and on the opposite page, in faded brown ink, someone had written, This hook belongs to Mabel Hatch. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are trained on a gull wiggling a potato chip out from the wood slat bench. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newton’s and Leibniz’s calculus depends upon dividing by zero—and on numbers that miraculously disappear when you square them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Coach, you should stay on board, cover us with the ballistae.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her hopes centered more than ever on Box 847 in the post office, and the following day when they peeked through its little window, they saw an envelope. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire had gone to coals on the hearth, and Pa did not build it up. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash lay on her back for some time, staring up at the ceiling, not in the least bit weary. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She landed with a thud on her creaking hips. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Bucky did, easing the door shut behind him as Stick and I assumed studious postures on our beds. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He checks on her daily, shops for her on wintry days, and delights in her cooking. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I went back to my room and put on another pair of jeans, an undershirt, and a thick flannel shirt over it, two pairs of socks, my galoshes, and a heavy wool coat. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He ran into the water almost headlong and paddled over fast, leaving an arrowhead ripple on the calm brown surface. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put on a pair of clean cotton pants, and the blue tennis shirt with the little alligator on the pocket that Mrs. Elversen had given him for Christmas. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the way he asked, he talked down to me like he thought I could barely go that far on my own. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a few minutes later, when the children were gathered on the hilltop, he dusted them again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

From a square of sunlight on the floor an enormous yellow cat opened one eye to look at them. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He'd fixed me and him a plate and put two slices of bread on mine because I eat bread with everything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It had a name and address on it in Elinor’s large, bold handwriting. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He sits on the end of my bed and regards me with his seeing eye. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We pounded together on the sides and door, making so hideous a pandemonium inside the steel box that we could not stand it ourselves. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. Come on. Let’s go find that secret passage. I hope this place has air conditioning.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I carry equipment to school rallies and assemblies, I move desks for teachers, and I help out the maintenance staff with stuff like moving bleachers or rolling out the big garbage bins on trash day. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They are from the beating he got on top of the train, a little more than a week ago now. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She leaned forward and kissed him one time on the mouth, then they both looked out the window into the valley, side by side. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

No one in my hut had any ideas that night and we moved on to discussing more important issues of state before sleep. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“So what all went on at the meeting at your house last night?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Then let me get on the stage and dance. I got a socko routine.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which meant calling on Pluto would be a very bad idea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We lay down in the Sheep Meadow, and my sister told me about driving west, with the sun on your face. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Widget blinks, the surprise evident on his face. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I just thought the flowers from the Key Food on Broadway were for the people on their way to Wyckoff Hospital,” I say. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And, reaching down, the speaker picked Milo off the ground and set him on the music stand. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The provincial judge, seeing that he could get himself in a fix and might wind up on national television excoriated by the leftist press, promptly went on a fishing trip. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened real close, wanting to be in on the conversation. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Inside it was damp and cheerless, and supper was served on a long bare table that had not been scrubbed for weeks. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Shame on you both. It’s not something I would be proud of.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chantal is as still as a rock on her bed, and the window is closed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her answer should have been on her tongue as soon as he got the question out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, good luck. With getting on TV, I mean.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire thrower worked again: this time a mass of blazing sulfur hurtled directly upward to strike the gondola and burst in a cascade of flaming fragments on all sides. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He rambled on with this fraudulent recollection while Henry, pale and ill, endured his prods and backslaps as a well-trained dog will tolerate the pummeling of a rough child. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Before you go,” says Ms. Oliverio, “news flash: the science fair will be held on February fourteenth—Valentine’s Day.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

James held up a thin paper bag with a logo on it for sourdough bread. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“That is perfect. If they knock on the door, do you think you can say it again?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He even tried to walk on with the Cowboys in 1978, but they told him he was too slow and didn’t bother to give him a tryout. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I focused with a dim shadow of my usual cleverness on my problem. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Three Elf-towers of immemorial age were still to be seen on the Tower Hills beyond the western marches. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I bang until Johnny appears, wearing the clothes he had on last night. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I looked at the red imprint left by the straps of her bra, thinking, Who's taking revenge on whom? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both boys started beating him and then set his trailer on fire. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I made it very snappy on the phone because I was afraid my parents would barge in on me right in the middle of it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Instead of a faceless state or community, crime victims were featured at trial, and criminal cases took on the dynamics of a traditional civil trial, pitting the family of the victim against the offender. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There he sat, cross-legged on the floor at the end of the couch, a near-sighted guru, blinking behind his glasses. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Smoke and heat didn’t bother me in my ghostly form, so I ran on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Home plate was tilted up and stamped on top with a cracked mollusk fossil. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Gee-gee, you know every word to every commercial that comes on TV.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I decide to reward myself with a sunset walk on Old Orchard Beach. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad had a voice like someone on TV, somebody who would try to sell you record compilations. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I lay on the sidewalk coughing, swallowing blood and feeling all the different hurts in my body. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Picture this: We lived in a small cabin in the Sierras of northern California, at a place called Wheelerville, which is located on the Salmon Creek. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The pole holders walk onstage first, carrying the long bamboo reeds, their silhouettes on the screen the only thing visible to the audience. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I was afraid he would turn on me with disgust and accuse me of my fraud, but he still seemed flattered. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They’re always concentrating on boys’ sports or the kids who get scholarships.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Searchlight sprang forward with such force that little Willy couldn’t hang on. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uniformed maids entered rooms carrying tea services on silver trays. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He moved on stiff legs with little delicate mincing steps to investigate the newcomer and in the manner of dogs and people did not look directly at the object of his interest. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was rising and its reflection on the water made a long silver-white path that connected seamlessly with the ground. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I am born on a Tuesday at University Hospital Columbus, Ohio, USA- a country caught between Black and White. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

We piled our luggage on the waiting cart and crowded up beside the driver. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Dev told her stories about his childhood, when he would come home from school and drink mango juice served to him on a tray, and then play cricket by a lake, dressed all in white. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I walk to the group and stop behind them, standing on my toes to see inside of the circle. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“A’ight, I say it a lot. I may not have been one hundred percent right on all of this—” Momma coughs, but there’s a “Ha” hidden in it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The can rattled and banged loudly on some rocks and neither dog heard the door opening in the dark building behind. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand there, with Ma and Pa on either side of me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The discussion came to an end when Mrs. Seeger offered to look up information on static electricity for the class. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed to click back into place and get better on the spot. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now Rhonda would move on to experience those special opportunities, while Reynie would mope his way back to the orphanage, defeated. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wonder why Mr. Patterson broke the news instead of my dad, but when my mom collapsed on the boat, things stopped happening in the usual way. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I used electrical tape to attach cardboard fins to the casement and then borrowed Mom’s fingernail polish to paint a name on the side. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Open, isolated countryside waited for him on the other side of the bridge. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Videotapes had been gouged publicly, the tapes ripped out and strung on fence posts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I started working on another batch of cupcake batter so I could try that, when my phone chirped. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Leila, her blond hair long and straight to the middle of her back, came to the podium on the verge of tears. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I dropped the backpack on one of the empty chairs where we sit when we’re waiting in the office. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“She works in the garden,” I repeated softly; perspiration stood on my brow. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she said, “Now, you lie down on that bed and rest. I don’t want to see you take another step on that leg for a week.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all stared at the frogs, the hundreds of frogs climbing out of the pond on our left, fighting their way up the bank, leaping for the hot pavement. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Grandpa soon let everybody know that the contagious period was over and insisted on going to ride with her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I go to the side and knock on the door the street cleaner described. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She could've promised to throw some barbecue on the brazier for Hera and forget the whole thing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Come on, I’ll help you carry your stuff over there,” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been on the bus for about five minutes and already I knew who my friends and enemies were going to be. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He will get only a little store sugar, to have on the table when company comes.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want her to notice the bins full of yellowed towels waiting to be washed on Monday, the graffiti on the walls, the loose tiles, and the rusty pipes that dripped continuously. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long wait, and the waiter had asked for a name: “Kennedy,” Bun said briskly, rocking back on his heels, and the next instant half the staff was scrambling to clear a table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A drop a tea accidentally plops on Miss Hilly’s empty plate. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The look on her face was far from friendly, and Shirley did not need a lesson in reading faces to interpret its meaning. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The BFG stared suspiciously at the small girl sitting cross-legged on the table. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, he started personally on this expedition with his usual ferocity and impetuosity. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s there, painted in dazzling white on the dark metal bin. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Here it was, all going on right before me, and I did not even feel an impulse to try and stop it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, come on over. I’m pouring you some orange juice right now!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

First, I went with my squad to spy on a village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Why on earth didn’t you write to us and borrow a costume?” said Beatrice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But if there was a hill like that hidden somewhere on Ludus, wouldn’t someone have stumbled across it by now? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Kind of like when you step on black ice and realize you’re going to fall a second before you actually slip. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Pearl had flopped on her bed, math book spread in front of her, jerking a notebook from her bookbag. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rosie is munching happily on another watermelon—it’s at least her second, but there are still half a dozen in the corner. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She said that on clear nights the North Star seemed to beckon to her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold on just a little longer. They are coming.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

After some prodding by Dad, the motion on allotting work finally was introduced and passed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I half-expected to see two policemen come bounding out of the school to grab me by the arms and put handcuffs on my wrists. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing had been up now for two days, plus a bit and he had been hammering and climbing on it and it hadn’t gone back down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say nothing ’bout me bringing this on my ownself. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I described how we searched for Deborah’s body on the morning after the massacre. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t strike me as a fool on a lark.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for all the prayers and stuff,” I said on autopilot, turning to hold out a flyer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Though the mattress did little to smooth out the lumps on the ground, it was better than sleeping inside that oven of a house. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun had worked on a dozen or so homes on this street, and knew he would return when the waters fell away. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Because quantifiers like both and either have a disconcerting habit of floating around the sentence, the phrases that come after them may end up nonparallel, and that grates on the ear. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had no weapon, just the cornucopia on a leather cord over her shoulder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It bounced off my book and rolled on its edge to the floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Now she had one stop on her way out of New York. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Tell me the words so I know you will remember them, you will hold on to them and it will be as though you are holding on to me, and you will not forget, yes? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her feet are on the floor; her body, slumped over. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

While he was looking for one miracle, maybe another had snuck up on him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse was with Catherine who lay on the table, big under the sheet, looking very pale and tired. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘Can you find your way?’ said Beregond at the door of the small hall, on the north side of the citadel, where they had sat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He sipped his soda and pointed at one of the pictures hanging on the wall. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

If he examined the empty setting on an old brooch, he’d see what happened to the missing gem: a miserly master, a midnight theft, a pawnbroker, ailing children, and draughts of foul-smelling medicine. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We asked them why they were fighting this war, thinkin’ on slavery and all, and one fella said they was fightin’ for their ‘rats.’ The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bodega promptly threw the joint on the floor and killed it with his shiny shoe. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The lips of her wounds had hardly drawn together when Ira was on her feet again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the cereal shelf there needed to be five of every kind of cereal, even the nasty ones that taste like dirt until you put sugar on it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

After so many weeks on the road, the last hour was the hardest to bear. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Into the half I could see stepped a man with a large white splotch on one shoulder of his dark brown doublet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not on purpose, anyway. And the whole thing with David was just an accident I didn’t mean to hurt you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had placed himself a bit to one side, and the captain’s bars on the tab of his shirt collar were all the insignia Yossarian could see. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Captain John Palliser, traveling through the same lands as Fidler six decades later, lamented the Indians’ “disastrous habit of setting the prairie on fire for the most trivial and worse than useless reasons.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nina turned and laid her hands on his chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He slapped them on the table in front of the man. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was bright outside on this clear day after the night’s rain, but the windows of the cottage were small, and woven curtains were drawn across. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At last, we set the mattress and the children on the dusty pine boards of the front room. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buttons on the cuff of the shirt, a cool blue against the white linen. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Reporters leaped out of their vehicles, latched on to the small group, and followed Bucky into the building, shouting questions at him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was only a matter of minutes before they’d be climbing the stairs, only a matter of minutes before the spotlight would shine on them and Mom together. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The childlike look of hope on his face broke Thomas’s heart—he obviously thought they’d found something important. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper put on his best Sunday derby and opened the front door with Captain Cook waddling graciously beside him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to give them birds the biggest surprise they ever had in their lives. “I’m going to send Seabiscuit right out on the lead.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the commons began their walk home, talking of the day's jousts and the matches to come on the morrow, the court moved to the riverside to begin the feast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The man who was with Mr. Whitby. Gregory. He called himself Gregory. He had a dragon tattoo on him.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But I figured I did okay on it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He said he’s pretty sure what’s going on from my description, hut he wants to meet with you first. He’ll be back next week, and your father and I will drive you down.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I became a member of the Students Christian Association and taught Bible classes on Sundays in neighboring villages. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At another comer, suitcases were piled on top of one another. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” one of the cops said on his way out, “be more careful.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

One of the refs said he couldn’t play because he had on black-bottomed shoes and that those kinds of soles were bad for wood courts. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s on my dress, under my fingers, in my nose. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The furnace blower comes on, runs about three minutes, then stops. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I averaged 80 kilometers per sol on my way to Pathfinder. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

An old shoe was lying on the asphalt in front of the loading dock, where the ambulance had been only minutes before. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The first glimmer of dawn shone on their faces. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were only perhaps as high as they might be on the roof of Warings, but a long time seemed to pass before he hit the ground. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Just admit what’s really going on here,” he fires back, matching my frustration with his own. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He hated allocating jobs, he wished he never had to depend on other people to perform some of the services necessary in his work. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The date fit the likely chronology of events: Geyer knew from the children’s letters that on that Sunday morning they had left Cincinnati and by evening had arrived in Indianapolis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I pressed my palm down on his forehead and it was almost slippery, like a well-polished mask. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Newman is making us work on a business flyer next. I never knew art could be boring.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s light,” she said, and I nodded, anxious for her to get on with it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Grandmom’s green rosary beads make a V on Pop’s chest and Jesus hangs on a black cross right around Pop’s outie bellybutton. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ratignolles lived at no great distance from Edna’s home, on the corner of a side street, where Monsieur Ratignolle owned and conducted a drug store which enjoyed a steady and prosperous trade. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Or would I skip out on my debt? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He has partners in three safe houses on the U.S. side of the river, people who will hide migrants if Border Patrol agents are in pursuit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mama was about to exclaim that she didn’t believe it, but Papa put his hand on her arm. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since I’m moving with the pitch, I have a great jump on the ball, and on the dead run and with my glove fully extended, I snag the ball backhanded and knee high. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Mandela made friends on the Fugees—mostly with the other Liberian boys like Prince and Fornatee—and he made friends at school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He’d rather be skateboarding, or spitting, or sticking gum on the floor 9 elevator button so that cranky Mr. Watkins had something to give him the stink eye for. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Is that how long this has been going on?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was allowed to submit a list to stock the kitchen, but apparently it was too hard to get Helados on short notice—all that’s in the freezer is UK-brand packaged ice cream cones. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A fresh wrong did these words inflict: the worse, because they touched on the truth. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She peeked into the back room and tapped on the wall to get Black's attention. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

From their seat in a tiny witness box in a packed courtroom, plaintiffs would face aggressive white lawyers firing questions at them as white judges looked on. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He sat on the back of the bench with his forepaws resting on her shoulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Kendra continued scouring the tiny house, investigating every piece of furniture, searching every closet, checking behind every miniature painting on the walls. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I kept my clothes on to keep from being burned. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl is startled, and so am I. Because she's not just typing on her laptop. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the censor slices out the offending phrases on one side of the page, it creates a challenge on the opposite side as well. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

At that Gandalf sat up and gripped the arms of his chair; but he said nothing, and with a look stopped the exclamation on Pippin’s lips. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had no money, he said, and asked if he could sleep temporarily on the club’s premises. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a specimen impaled on a pin, ready for study, and mathematicians were quick to analyze it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then they began to climb on top of each other, carefully but swiftly, until they had formed a pyramid with the largest rat at the top. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“As soon as you can do a little more, I could fix a chair for you outside on the front porch. Then you could get out of this room for a while.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The pain wasn't bad, but there aren't any chiropractors on Mars, so I wasn't taking chances. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy stopped skating, found himself at a lectern in a Chinese restaurant in Ilium, New York, on an early afternoon in the autumn of 1957. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slumped down in my seat and wiped my sweaty palms on my shorts. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He is rocking back and forth on his heels, a Chicago Bears cap shielding his eyes. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But that's just what I did, I went back and worked on my sonnet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

At lunch on Saturday, I said: “Do you suppose Henry’s all right?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At one o’clock Jan will come for half an hour to check on us poor forsaken souls, like a zookeeper. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My dad tapped his hand on his mangled knee and Bullet rocked forward and back to the beat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She gestures at the citizenship booklet, sitting on the stack of papers—right on top of all her bills. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Bailey turns around but cannot tell which way he came, the path turns in on itself and he cannot see any of the signs to know which ones he had passed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mateo sits on the swing, holds on for dear life—I know—takes a few steps, and propels forward, his legs looking like they’re about to kick over a building. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

AT THE END of our first two weeks on the island, we were informed that our lawyers, Bram Fischer and Joel Joffe, were going to be visiting the following day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

See the loop of line snagged on my wrist. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the Colonel was so focused on the game he didn’t even notice. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Like they cannot believe those white and yellow flowers are sitting on the table. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I pushed my way through the dozing aisle to sit, at Jack’s point, on the steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She took out the tape and held it up to the light, turning the reels with her fingertip and looking at Park's handwriting on the label. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go out on the porch because the girl on watch was a nosy senior and eyeing me curiously. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

My mother ran to it, pounding on the wood and sobbing for him to let her in so she could help him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we could land on the moon, however, we still had a lot of work to do. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the fire established itself on the tall steeple, the wind would spread firebrands over an even larger area. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Trashman searched the litter on the platform until he found a bottle cap. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I should have liked to dine on her soul. It’s got no taste on its own, the peculiar soul,” he said, addressing us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Splash cold water on my face to bring down the fever. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Big drops stood out on them like sweat, and the ice cubes jingled as he passed them around. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Didn’t I realize that he and several other faculty members had already written letters on my behalf to various schools? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There must be a resistance, or where do all the criminals come from, on the television? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was crafty: dulling men’s wariness, or working on their fears, as served the occasion. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Abuela always dressed like she was on her way to a fancy party. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

By day only half a dozen ravens stayed with them, flitting from tree to tree or riding on the antlers of the elk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This happens on and off for an indeterminate amount of time. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You used to run by my house. I live on Marigold. The house with the mermaid fountain.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

His knees roll on the hard ground and bleed through his pants as he rocks in prayer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They told Mom and Dad I had a cleft palate and some other stuff going on. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

An older man of some fifty or sixty years walked among the others of our Regiment, offering a compound in a bowl which he spread on muskets as a blessing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m sorry! I forgot I still have this on,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then his eyes roved round the room; as they caught sight of the two figures sitting patiently on the edge of the bed he went on:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The girl hurled herself fearlessly into the breeze, her arms and legs outstretched, a huge grin on her face. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She rested her cheek on the smooth wood until her head stopped swimming. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That question? No, of course not. It depends on how you answer it.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For any others, and on behalf of Slashdot, be my guest. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Miss Franny, I’ve got a grown-up friend whose eyes are going on her, and I would like to read her a book out loud. Do you have any suggestions?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, there was perspective painting, grounded in geometrical abstraction; on the other, the printing of engraved plates, supplemented by text produced on a printing press. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It sat among the tall mountains of the world like a gem on the crown of a king. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Coming up through the barn lot, I saw him rolled up in a ball on the ground in front of the corncrib. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On this he rose and placed the bed of balsam near the fire, strewing sheepskins on top, and skins of goats. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the door he turned to one of the servants who had remained on guard there. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was a grown man venting his rage on a twelve-year-old boy. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His face was tight with pain, and he leaned heavily on a chair for support. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was awake, peering up at her, his head on his paws. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the setting on black-and-white and begin. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Archie also knew that Janza would be willing to practically murder him in his sleep to get his hot hands on the picture. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wondered if you were spending too much time on it but I guess not. That is good. John Kwang is not the end of the world.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab was fairly restrained—he only put a little splash of lime juice on his faludeh—but I doused mine in enough sour cherry syrup to turn it into Klingon Blood Wine. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The negro’s shadow was huge and it moved on the wall as the breeze moved the lamps. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe her blood and brains on my pant legs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay silent, racked beyond endurance, salt drying on his face, with nothing in him any more, no lust, no fear, no shame, no hope. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even if I threw the sack of resin directly in front of it, it might turn around to resettle itself on the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Yes. She looked for you to say good-bye. They went on the seven o'clock train." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It's out of reach, so I hoist myself up on the stump, sari and all, resting one hand on Amit's shoulder for balance. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The house is chock-full of dust and debris, but not as run-down on the inside as I expected, considering how old it is. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Reading in Spanish was like putting on Abuela’s thick glasses and trying to pour cereal into a bowl. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She was trying on several work outfits, deciding what to wear with her new tan. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And then a little later, “Too much tear and wear on car.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she spread the back pages from both newspapers on the floor and started scouring them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are telegram boys sitting on a bench along a wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I wondered what my father would do if I ever went up to him and kissed him on the cheek. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“We shall hang on as long as we can,” the Boss replied. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Cool,” Erin says as she climbs on top of me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands are still numbed out and I can hardly walk, so all I can do is sort of fall on top of him and try to shove him loose from her. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon watched as understanding dawned on his brother’s face, as his mouth and eyes simultaneously widened in horror. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“And will there be gray, wet days where I just don’t know what to do and there’s nothing to read or to watch and nowhere to go and the day drags on forever?” asked Coraline. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Yet still they moved slowly, like climbers on a rock face, first some and then others taking their turn to cross the same piece of ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of moving on and making way for the younger gangsters to ascend, the veterans stayed put. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He’d been going on like this since the day before, throwing out one theory after another about how horseflies could end up in the middle of the ocean. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it’s not important if our people came over on the Mayflower. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She tried to dodge it, but the enchanted muck yanked her back, flinging her and Mini to the wall so that they were like bugs trapped on flypaper. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Charley Bloom answered, two men in state police uniforms, both men wearing sunglasses, were standing on the front stoop. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teresa joked that if Joel and Daniel could just figure out how to make paper towels and toilet paper from the trees on the farm, she’d never have to go to the supermarket. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She dropped a clay pitcher on the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Philobosian turned away from the face and moved on, rehearsing all the arguments against putting up Kemal’s portrait like that. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Tad put his hand on his abdomen where they’d removed the bullet. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Johanna sits on a tree root to wait, but the Amity do not burst into conversation as they did the last time I was here. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well I went to college on some. Eva banked the rest. I’ll look into it, though.” “... and explain it all to the bank people.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Angel says loudly, shaking her head so hard, the beads on her braids make clicking sounds. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Secretary of State Blaine sent Arthur telegrams every few hours with updates on the president's health. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment, both of them chewed greedily, looks of triumph on their faces. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Fern was wriggling out of her seat belt and climbing on me to get a glimpse. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ah, the look of confusion on her face was priceless. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dust it off and tug it on behind an old screen. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The rest of the family lives in apartments, so on weekends my uncles gather there to watch football and eat themselves sick. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above ground, their cuffs and blindfolds still on, they were guided into the backseat of a small car and driven away. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He thought he might have seen their faces on television. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Please," she says, urging the bills on him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Herbie hunkered, petrified, horrified, on his sleeping bag, watching them die like gas victims from the First World War, like Napoleonic soldiers on a Russian winter battlefield. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, Milk. She’s been trying to kill you for almost a year. Used everything she could get her hands on and never once did she use a gun.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Translation: Come on, Hannah, all I did was touch you with no indication that you wanted me to touch you. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Watching HeLa cells divide on a screen, Davidson wrote, “was like a glimpse at immortality.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She tells me sit down and have some pig’s head and I force it into my mouth and I’m so stuffed I have to lie on the bed with my belly sticking out a mile. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Many of the soldiers were running, crowding together on the narrowest part of the ridge, and warriors on both slopes were firing arrows at them. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It hit the ceiling and bounced on Scott’s head before rattling to the floor. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Hold on,” said Gloria Dump, “let me get you a flashlight and some umbrellas.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their economy is based on reciprocal exchanges between individuals or families, rather than on a redistribution of tribute paid to some central authority. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could pull one on over my torn shirt; I could sit at the entrance and keep watch. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Papa said it would grow hair on a crosscut saw. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Keeper handed the feather to the first person seated on her left side. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Then she and James went up forward to sit on the roof of the cabin. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you can be on the quiz team,” she told me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She gives me a clout on the head that brings tears to my eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu had finished and Aunty Uju was coating an exfoliating mask on her face when The General called to say he could no longer come. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Wait till you do your first episode on a Jet Ski!” said Scruffy. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was so focused on getting through initiation that I barely thought about it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I figure I have all term to work on it so I can do what Mr. Van Deusen suggested: write down whatever, then go back and tighten it up before I turn it in. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Dunse kept his nose in a book all the time and couldn’t hit a baseball if you hung it on a string in front of his bat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But Kerling thought his friend wasn't right in the head after fighting on the front lines. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The cool air that met them smelled as musty as on the day she had entered the church with Mo and Elinor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Our camp that year was at Tallebudgera Creek on the Gold Coast. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then she borrowed a nicely sharpened pencil from the blue mason jar on the librarian’s desk. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He even played on the college’s first soccer team, where he was a star performer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even my mother, who I was closer to than anyone else on the planet, was never in harmony with me, never on exactly the same page. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You can count on me, too,” I said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over on the side of the stage, a shoe that looked like a peeled-open banana appeared from behind a curtain. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Taking a firm grip on her packets of medicine, Mrs. Frisby went under the fence and set out toward the farmyard. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt me to know that children had frolicked on this island just days ago. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” says Pop, sitting on the bed, wheezing. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I saw you driving the tractor. I was on the porch.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The landlord keeps on calling me and asking me if I have the money for rent. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A more evil, vicious, and self-serving man could hardly be imagined, wrote Esperanza on the next line. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit with my eyes closed, hands on my ears, until the cafeteria is empty. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Eight library carts—three tiers of slanted shelves on wheels—were lined up in front of the door to the 000s room. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once there, I lie on the top rail, queasy and limp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I can hear Mother out on the back porch, helping Jameso make ice cream. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Back on the ship we had an unused venting duct that we snuck into,” she says, looking around. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled up on the bow of the boat and flung myself into it, no problem. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, there, right there, next to a man on a unicycle juggling swords. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

At the side of the school facing away from the street is a hill, with wooden steps going up it and eroded runnels worn down the side, and a few stunted evergreens on top. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s either California, or going to work on the highway with him—” León thought aloud. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Anthony Foster”—is this the time to correct them, to finally give my real name?—“you’re next. You're on deck.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wet and he tapped his fingers on his knees and moved his head in time to the music. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

‘For a long time,’ Nico said, ‘I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We’re right over a shoal. And I think we’re looking at some stripers here on the screen. Let’s get fishing and see if we can get them in the boat.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It’s too risky to walk on the street now. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He landed flat on his back in the grass. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than trample on the innocent feline, Annette attempted to do a little leap over said animal, while balancing about forty-seven cans of cat food in her arms. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Give the crate a good shaking, smack it with the stick once or twice, put them gloves on, open the lid far ’nough that you can reach in and grab the cat by his head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Helen, Henrietta, Herbert, Hugh, and Hazel—just five of the thirteen Spencer children—straggled out of the last house on the road, the biggest house in all of Bumblebee. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The guard loses his grip on him for just a second, and Tobias crumples to the floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She got down on the chair seat, as Trotter appeared at the door. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

They were not even quartering on the scent. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led them to an old, rotten stump on which a large white fungus was growing—a rounded, convoluted mass of creamy folds and wrinkles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I think this is on account of the baby. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that day—in a talk chaired by George Gey—Hayflick delivered a paper, on the “facts and theories” of spontaneous transformation of cells in culture. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They turned west onto Main Street and continued on until reaching City Hall. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She watched him put on his socks, with a mixed expression of injury and the ungovernable interest of someone who has been examining laundered socks for holes for a great many years. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I can look forward to jail without any remorse or fear,” Kehler continued, “and that’s because I know that everyone here, and lots of people around the world like you, will carry on.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He held Gaily down with his left hand, pushing down on the boy’s neck, as his right fist rained punches upon Gaily s face, one after another. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, a week later, there was a knock on the door, and a tall woman walked in. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

All have tall barred windows on two sides, with loud exhaust fans at the top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the lights went on, and Mrs. Reynolds stormed on stage to scold the audience, Mrs. Olinski was able to wheel herself around to examine her students. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You will never, as long as you live on God's green earth, do anything that stupid again!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia asks playfully, but instead of answering, he spins her around so she faces away from him, keeping his hand on her waist. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I used to have a neighbor, a sleek and thoughtful seal, who could balance a ball on her nose from dawn till dusk. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

In the living room, about half of the baseball team were taking drunken turns at playing an NFL video game on Blake’s parents’ wide-screen television. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She buys a digital camera on Amazon with one click. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Our plates of food appear on the table. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I told you not to call her ‘Mudblood’!” snarled Harry, but the elf was already punishing himself: He fell to the ground and banged his forehead on the floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When they had eaten, the Company got ready to go on. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They kept saying that my friends—Henry and Charles—had ratted on me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Crouched on the sand, he squinted through gushing rain. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

With the last of the pizza money, I buy us each a chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream on a stick. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was my favorite shirt, the one from Thomas, with the famous “Imagination is more important than knowledge” quote printed on the back. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I volunteered. The Tiger Emperor took all the men to work on the wall,” Yanna said, “so that left only old women and girls here at the palace.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Down in the basement are the functions our remote ancestors mainly depended on— aggression, child-rearing, fear, sex, the willingness to follow leaders blindly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, in Minneapolis, a celebrated lady opera singer got very much annoyed when she heard that the Popper Penguins were to appear on the same program. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

TaShon slides around the halls, keeps still on the school yard. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

If he read him, Newcomen had only to put two and two together in exactly the way Papin was to go on to do to have the basic design of a steam engine. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Will Solace, head counsellor for the Apollo cabin, put his hand gently on Clarisse’s wrist. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"Mayhaps we will be brothers on the Wall together, you and I." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I never met on£.”She said that almost as a dare to me, but I did not back down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

One mouth closed on a spoon meant two crying empty, feathers flying, so I dashed back and forth like a mother bird, flouting nature’s maw with a brood too large. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I see she is pointing to “ice cream” on Harold’s list. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't move, even when Park climbed the steps and knocked on the door. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She was smart, really, to rat on one of her friends, because no one ever thinks to blame the friends. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At first it seemed like a small shell afloat on the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gleaming shrines and monuments on Temple Hill crumbled. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It looked like something in the center of Mr. Staphopoulos was on fire. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t just throw on a tee like Zara, but I didn't fuss over my appearance either. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia knew that her mother, who stayed at home reading her books and rocking on the porch swing, had an instinctive distrust of the ecclesiastical. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run down four flights as fast as I can, exiting somewhere on the opposite side of where we parked. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She lay back down on her bed and pulled the comforter over her head. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The other four were still running around with their helmets on fire. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It looked as if the entire cavalry had trampled on him, for his filthy shirt was the color of soot. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora had complained to Hollister about living on Fillmore Street near the Fillmore, which stuck in Emily’s brain thanks to her brother. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Put some pressure on that wound,” Fox said. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I approached again and knocked on the door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby scrambled up to her favorite perch in my hood and propped her elbows on my shoulders as we left Anansi’s home. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I trail slightly behind my parents and Connor, who is still obsessed with jellyfish, and is now going on and on about how he hopes we see some floating in the water. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dad is gone already, and he’s left a note and bagel money on the counter. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon before he left, my grandfather knocked on my bedroom door and said he wanted to go fishing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Instead of wasting so much of the inmates’ time on rec, Larson thought, Sing Sing should put a small library on every gallery so that inmates could sit in their cells and read. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything that happened from then on Lorraine blames me for, and maybe she’s right. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jeff grumbled, wrung out his shirt, and put on the T-shirt she had given him. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“No touching. You stay on your side of the room and he stays on his. I already told him the same thing.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed it and reached the end of the bridge on the upstream side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strange, because it was obvious even to the most unobservant person that our friendship had been on its last legs for a long time. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Most look like fragments of things, single words or phrases that don’t make sense on their own: Night flowers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And a watch for someone on his way to Brazil. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought the world would fall in on me after I said that. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Had to find someone close by to take the injured kid, Mitraillette managed that, and the rest of us scarpered on bicycles and on foot. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The woman looked her up and down: the pack on her back, her dirty sweaty face, her wild black hair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“There,” said Valley, a satisfied smile on her face. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We lived in the French concession on Rue de Paris. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’ll be lots of time to tell you later on,” I add. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know whether to run to the trailer, to sit here on the curb, or to go to school and find Toby first thing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As a last defense I had always taken refuge in a scornful superiority, based on nothing. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alaskan hunters know that the easiest way to preserve meat in the bush is to slice it into thin strips and then air-dry it on a makeshift rack. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss grows on it like a baby’s blanket. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They overpowered the alliance’s main fighting force on August 20, 1794, at what is known today as Fallen Timbers, and for three days after the victory, laid waste to Indigenous houses and fields. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, sit in back, where it’s calm,” I suggested, and Grandma came with me to the untouchables’ table. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was satisfied that all was well, he laid back his ears and set to work on the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could get the first word out I sat up and asked, “Hey, Dad, how come we don’t have any good information on the boyhood of Jesus?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You spent a hundred dollars on a Halloween costume?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless there's a really good fight going on somewhere, I'm being featured. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Me, in the back seat, usually in the center so I could lean forward with my seat belt on to control the radio and turn up the volume anytime a good song came on. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Coach, with the key ring now on his middle finger, spun the keys like cowboys do with their guns on the old movies Mr. Charles was always watching. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I put my pack and the two musettes on the floor and my cap on the pack. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

All of these publications at that time of year centered on going "Back to School." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Bye, Dane,” I answer, and miraculously my feet are released and I continue on my walk. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I hope Monsieur will not think that there has been any negligence on my part,” he said anxiously, his eyes going from Poirot to M. Bouc. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, Aaron could get extra food, and he did not have to do heavy outside labor, but his survival depended on something more than that. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to swallow the huge knot in her throat, but it just kept getting bigger and bigger, a balloon swelling on a helium tank. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the keys and ran around quickly to open the door on the driver’s side. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He screamed, loosed the stone in his hand, and hit Xan on the left wing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was one of the biggest houses on the whole north side of town—three stories high. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Seventh grade is good so far. And look, I brought a picture of my cupcake on display at Ari’s Cakes.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, he’d make sure they weren’t on the same apparatus that Joseph was on. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

They had war on the brain, drilling their soldiers from sunup to sundown. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she don’t care to stay out there on the farm with Son’s mama and raise chi’ren. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Carolers moved among the mansions on Prairie Avenue, pausing now and then to enter the fine houses for hot mulled cider and cocoa. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Calista’s shuffling got really loud, and she started cracking the cards on the bench between shuffles. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Scoob decides to just go ahead and say what’s on his mind: “I’m sure you knew people would be opposed to it, right? Why put yourself through pain for someone you didn’t know?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Whit, beside him, her hands behind her back, had a serious mug on her face. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Before I could talk myself out of it, I was on my way to town. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I beat Sneaky to the kitchen, and when I get there, I see a stack of pancakes on the table—golden brown, not burnt and lumpy like the ones Mama makes at Smoky Inn. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

My parents smiled in a way that signaled she needn't go on. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

By the door lay another dog, nose on paws, brown eyes open and watchful in contrast to the peacefulness radiated by the other occupants of the room. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dug trenches, secured supply lines and were sent out on night exercises that were farcical for the infantrymen because the purpose was never explained and there was a shortage of weapons. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Adam could hear the singing lilt of his speech and yet could detect no word pronounced in a strange manner except perhaps in sharpened t’s and /’s held high on the tongue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I left for college, Otto was a full-on adult bonobo, slender and elegant, with a part right along the center of his head, wiry hair flopping on either side. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

First she drew a silhouette of the old man and then his wife with her basket on her head, perched over him like a ballerina, unaware of her load. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I say, “But then maybe I would have found you on the cellar floor. Like with two broken feet. From the landing.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

His face was white and tired, and his hands slid on the sweaty steering wheel. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expect him to pick up 1 of the dry erase markers that sit on the ledge. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We lived in the Portland Avenue Stacks, a sprawling hive of discolored tin shoeboxes rusting on the shores of I-40, just west of Oklahoma City’s decaying skyscraper core. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He also decides that he doesn’t like the big trophy on the desk of Coach Shea, the character played by Wayne. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“So they said that he was working on a story around here. He was investigating a possible drug lord and then they found him dead.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sefia took out her key—her father always locked the house—but the heavy wooden door on its well-oiled hinges swung silently open at her touch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As I left the Infosys campus that evening and bounced along the road back to Bangalore, I kept chewing on that phrase: “The playing field is being leveled.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Wonder what Potter’s written in this?” said Malfoy, who obviously hadn’t noticed the year on the cover and thought he had Harry’s own diary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Narciso taunted, and even as the men struggled to separate them his huge arms flew out and landed with dull, sick thuds on Tenorio’s face and body. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he reached up inside his coat, cupped the stump of his arm in his right hand, and thought of all he had to do on account of the power being out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could not speak, I went on staring at him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve blocks of houses that had grass out front, a lot with bikes lying on their lawns like their kids were too stupid to know that anyone could walk off with them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The poor can see the affluent easily enough—on television, for example, or on the covers of magazines. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, although it is common to think of the Jim Crow regime following immediately on the heels of Reconstruction, the truth is more complicated. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The violence was so bad that on more than one occasion Antonio called the police. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Your life belongs to you and you alone, soso gi. You will go back on Saturday. Let me hurry up and make some abacha for you to take.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead people spread themselves through estuaries, sometimes grouping into neighborhoods, sometimes with each family on its own, its maize ground proudly separate. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Despite these troubles, the Klan never completely disappeared, or at least not for long, from 1915 on. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Also, organic cows, like Rosie the organic chicken, are never fed corn that contains residues of atrazine, the herbicide commonly sprayed on American cornfields. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I followed Elle’s lead to a computer on the corner on the clean side. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Leopard paused in mid-paw-lick, Python raised his massive head from the stone floor, and the sky god sat moodily on the throne. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He climbed back onto the window ledge and wrapped his arms around his legs, resting his head on his knees. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He pressed the hold button on the weapons detector, so Tendai could take his Scout knife out with him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He loses his footing and slips in the thickening mud, landing on his back with throat exposed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The inquest was to be on the Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I stop still, watching her running figure with the coat flying out on either side and the unwieldy overshoes, as if she’s just some other person I’m watching, someone in a race. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair had caught in her dozens of piercings, but it was the blood on her hands that stopped the flow of blood to my head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Chills swept over him in steady surges even though the sun was pouring down on him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She could sense when she was drawing near to the central hunting camp, for the tents became larger, and the people moving around them walked more briskly, as if they were on a schedule. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A beautiful one, with jewels on it! And I need a lead for him, too!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The door was slightly ajar, and I pushed it back and stood transfixed on the threshold. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Norma said as she tried on a girl’s cotton slip with embroidered flowers across the chest. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He still has that uneven tan on the back of his neck. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She had a sour American look on her face. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have more sugar on my one finger than anyone else does! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the evergreens, there wasn’t a leaf on a tree that morning. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

His head seemed to bob up and down on his neck, like it was on a spring. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She returned to the living room and dumped the pieces on the coffee table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not only did the adults prefer the nectar from certain kinds of flowers, but they laid eggs only on certain plants. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jackson nods, propping up a hip on the corner of the desk. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I had seen her once, at, the end of the L-shaped corridor, standing in front of an open door with bars on the square, inset windows. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Twice, Harry had gone to his office and knocked, but received no reply, though on the second occasion he was sure he had heard the quickly stifled sounds of an old gramophone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Let up on that, Mike. I said I was sorry I said it." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the dark hours after midnight on October 17, 1941, along with many other eastbound trains carrying soldiers and refugees, the train carrying Marina Raskova’s aviation volunteers crawled away from Moscow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But not yet, the men on the other side were waiting, red faces swollen as though from apoplexy as they bent forward in their chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing on our front porch was none other than Mr. Marcus Pike, of Pike’s Place Auto Parts. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Remove this foul addition at once! Remove it, I say! You are ruining a great work of art! Where am I? What is going on?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After Mom helped her put on the earrings, she ran to check herself out in the hall mirror. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was scared, letting Nicole Castro in on my secrets, but at the same time the vulnerability felt good, and I wanted to let her in a little more. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Many writing guides provide detailed instructions on how to build a paragraph. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Because after all, how many untold times had his children intruded on a good moment of sex like this? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And she say... she say you can’t set on the same side a the room as her. She want a be able to see you square on at all times.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We made a link between this and fifty years of research on attention and aviation,” he says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then the pipe-filling business and the lecture went on for maybe another thirty seconds. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before impact, I jumped upward on a jet of water. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He puts his coat back on the hook and looks out the front window. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear tried to swallow his surprise, but he was sure that it must have shown on his face. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

According to a book on how to survive on the land that I read in the New York Public Library, this was the way to make your own hooks. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” he said, “you want me to go writing your name everywhere? Carving your initials on trees? Writing ‘Eleanor, Eleanor’ on little scraps of paper?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her eyes, examining the black detail on the sleeve that fell just above her hair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The yellow dust dissipated on the rocky shore, turning to steam. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Calypso took pity on him in some ways. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She added them to the line and then came back and made me sit on the couch while she knelt in front of me and inspected my feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And no one could mistake the men of the Anvil—extensive tattoos on proud display, arms bare despite the chilly weather. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He took a long drag on his cigarette. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Has the mockingjay on my pin become a symbol of resistance? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Momma asks, peering at me in the rearview mirror before focusing back on the road. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He’s got his back to me now, his hands on the doe’s front legs, trying to see can he pull her himself. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sprang up, but Bloody Juan pushed me back down on the table. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out on the bed, dust sifting from his clothes and hair onto the white sheets. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Piper felt frost gathering on her eyebrows and freezing her ear canals, but she feigned a smile. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I laid Helena on a bench in an austere hallway bright with electric light, and two of the policemen searched my knapsack. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The front wheel on my side slammed into and jumped the curb. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The Kerensky twins used to shove me back and forth on the boardwalk in front of the mercantile if they caught me there alone. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Melissa and others on my team became my enforcers anytime an image of one of the girls surfaced on a gossip site, making haranguing phone calls to get it taken down. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When he read the word hollyhock aloud with his finger on the word, she saw that it was long, with many lines like tall stems. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just for an hour,” Mom said, “until we have to leave for OT. I’ve put on a Thomas the Tank Engine video so he shouldn’t be any trouble.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fito arrived and stood in the doorway, stricken, the skin on his face sagging. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Built jails to dwell on and hold on to its own private decay. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I liked you better on the couch," I said. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Like so many other Po-2 night bomber regiments on the front, their strategy was to keep the German troops awake all night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was intent on proving that the word “dying” was not synonymous with “useless.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I stood on the front steps of Mr. Provily's school, watching the carriage drive away that Pa and Ma rode home in,” he told Theo later. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It took a few rings before the video call connected and Redemption’s face appeared on her screen. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Dust-coated brick houses rise four stories on either side of the alley, and the noises of the market fade. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was as if they believed their own mortal souls would be in peril if they did not give us the benefit of worship on Sunday. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing going to Chicago today, boy. Closest is a train to St. Louis; that’s on the way to Cleveland.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I share popcorn with Grammy on the couch and watch the Game Show Network. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The fire sang in Bigger’s ears and he saw the red shadows dance on the walls. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard work, but I lose myself in the simple rhythm of digging a hole and planting a seed on repeat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

To reach them, the men had to crawl on hands and knees over the stone ballast, then wriggle forward on their stomachs over the crates of stores. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Then, on July 28, Joe Bates, an Osage man in his thirties, obtained from a stranger some whiskey, and after taking a sip, he began frothing at the mouth, before collapsing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He brought a bruised knuckle to his lips and began to suck on it, pacing the short length of the room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Amit is waiting on the screened verandah with cups of steaming mint tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As winter set in, ice formed on the river, and travel between James Town and Point Comfort became impossible. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The major was at the telephone sitting on a box. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The rain came down steadily, cold from the mountaintops, and had no intention of moving on. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They both laughed . .-. and Cersei leaned over and planted a quick, soft kiss on his brow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She did not say anything, just took off her glasses and wiped them on her apron. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

If she kept a good pace, she’d be back well before first light and the earliest risers on the plantation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Claudia next suggested a real sit-down restaurant with tablecloths on the tables and waiters to serve you. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On entering, they found index cards with each student’s name pinned up on the walls around the classroom, with clips fastened below them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He checks his hair in the rearview mirror, examines the start of a pimple on his chin, puts his hood up, and slouches in the seat, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

At least I got to hear his voice on his message. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS: Pity is a start, my friend, a foundation on which to build a palace—a palace of love. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I feel a little better as soon as I see it on the wall above the couch, exactly where it always was at home. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They roused him with difficulty, and for some time he would not lift his face, but knelt forward on his elbows, covering the back of his head with his large flat hands. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Plato, who was small like his father, sang out with mock censure, “Shame on you, Callie. What did you do?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But no one came, and she climbed on, passing another closed door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And when they placed that first crown on her head, Taylor found her calling. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When he let it go, we watched it float on the air, impossibly strong, impossibly lovely. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My lungs as usual were fed up with all this work, and from now on would only go rackingly through the motions. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rush set the terms for what became a high-stakes game of honesty by proposing that they dispense with the usual topics and report to each other on their respective dreams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The men’s chairs were far enough away from the women’s couches that the two parties had to lean forward, their elbows on their knees. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I put the Pixies on again, and it’s With your feet on the air and your head on the ground and I’m crying even harder. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t think we’re going to get there without being questioned, not with Sala turning her face from every soldier or policeman on the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He saw himself on his last birthday, a spoiled, ignorant child. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Speak for yourself,” Kevin says, indicating he may have missed the discussion on irony in Language Arts class. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

On Ludus, it was perpetually daytime, regardless of where you stood on the surface, and the sky was always a perfect cloudless blue. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Brass bands on the quayside and women waving and a hundred thousand yachts and honkers and arcs of water from the fireships. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Knabe tapped his pencil on his desk, glanced at his notes one last time, and then advanced toward her, his eyes fixed on hers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Somewhere on a hill just like that, Mama is waiting for me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, hanging my head and scratching at the dry patch on my scalp that I had already rubbed bald and a little bloody. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No TVs on, no footsteps down the corridor outside, no car doors slamming in the parking lot. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Today she spit on me, then slapped me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I die on you, you can sue me, Mrs. Trotter. You can take me for every cent I have.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Baba would dismiss them, there would be some pain, but life would move on. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Putas, I guessed, lived in luxury in the city on the money that sinvergüenza husbands did not bring home to their long-suffering wives and barefoot children. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I am programmed to treat all Earthlings with kindness. Greetings. I am Boy21 from the cosmos. I am stranded here on Earth, but I will be leaving soon. Enter into my domestic living pod.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were works in progress, malleable, and could be set on the right path if the law behaved like a stem but loving parent rather than as an instrument of punishment. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Just ahead, a small, battered pickup truck lay on its side. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Others can call on the Thunderhead for advice, ask it to resolve disputes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Brian, typically, started doing an impersonation of Mom carrying on and sobbing, but no one was laughing, so he picked up his books and walked out of the house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were on the bench by the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, ah, I don’t see that you have bothered to entrench,” Fremande went on. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, Wild was always on his mind, and he wasn’t going to leave for Palestine without trying to find her one more time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dots of sun danced on the green walls of the shady grove above low bushes weighted with pigeon peas, the earth screened with twigs, sensitive moriviví plants, and french weed studded with tiny blue flowers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

His characters escape from Cuba on rafts of sticks and tires, refuse to harvest grapefruit, dream of singing in a rock and roll band in California. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We live, at least in the summertime, on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There was hardly anyone on the train, because it was a drizzly Monday at ten o’clock in the morning, probably. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the edge of the carousel is an older Dauntless, scratching her quadruple- pierced eyebrow with her thumb. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I serve myself on one of the wooden plates I carved when we were snowed in last winter. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she had found the body of a strangled child by merely pointing to an area on a surveyor’s map. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He placed one in my hands, and I carefully lettered H-E-L-P on the sand while he stood above me, watching. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The whisper network is never silent: talk of protests on the outside, marches. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He had on a pair of my flannel pants, like a glove. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of the sofa. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bribed someone with one of your Ma’s gold necklaces to put our names on a list so we could leave.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah—you may be right. It is possible. But not on the Birthday,” said the Hamadryad. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Out of the shed I strode with Schwarz clapped on my shoulder. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

"Your assignment, should you decide to remain active," Brother Jack said, reaching for his gavel, "is to lecture downtown on the Woman Question." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a drag on his cigarette that lasted an age. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Other attacks on American soil were by nations; this is the first transnational terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you walking around on the top of moving train cars, never mind leaping between them.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A hundred times before, Johnny had stopped on the streets of Boston, or before her house, to watch her: he but one more gaping face in a crowd, she the accepted reigning belle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were practically sitting on top of the water, as if invisible lounge chairs buoyed them up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"One is drunk on seawater, after all, and the other is a great grey bullock so dim he'll probably get lost." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But only a few trials, I think, will be needed; and I shall not have to call on Gimli for words of the secret dwarf-tongue that they teach to none. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Thirsty, sore, sunburned, blisters bubbling on our hands, laughing, me and TaShon are having fun. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jemmy and the prince were yanked out of the coach, and the big outlaw shouted to Captain Nips, "Throw me down your horsewhip, and drive on!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a hoverboard course made solid, complete with tight, banked turns, sharp climbs followed by long drops, even loops that took Tally upside down, her crash bracelets activating to keep her on board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He still had the words written on the backs of his hands. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He seemed to thrive on inflicting agony on the helpless. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t care for a celebration on shipboard.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I washed off my makeup, put on my pajama pants, but kept on my Co-Co’s shirt. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

And before the landlords started charging more for apartments that look on the garden. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read through a pile of magazines, look up nonsense on my phone, and a few hours later Francis pulls away and the buzzing stops. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When we went on offense again, I raced back onto the field. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

To Elizebeth’s surprise, the blackboard story “set the press on fire.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m takin’ those to a old man who lives over on the other side of the cemetery.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I have a message on Instagram, and I swipe to see that it’s a reply from Michael that I got while I was sleeping. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But before they could talk any more, a doctor banged on a table with a spoon and began to speak. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I lay on a blanket and I was wrapped in my cloak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The policy inboxes are overflowing since they released the official platform two days ago, and WASPy Hunter has been firing off emails like his life depends on it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, was a tiny little wizard who had to stand on a pile of books to see over his desk. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I was in no mood to stand around on the courthouse steps and listen to this sort of thing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They are also given the lie: that their memories were erased because of a freak accident, and that they were on the verge of lobbying the government for equality for GDs. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She was sitting there pretty as you please in a white blouse and striped skirt, sipping on lemonade and eating Mama’s benne seed cookies. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The other soldier nods, then raps on the door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Inevitably, she would start in on a story about the boys. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

At this, Constance sat down on a rock and covered her face. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m walking out the door when Ms. Warner calls out, “Happy weekend, G. See you on the dark side of Sunday. Get it? The dark side of Sunday? Monday!” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At last, however, as he wandered on, he met a strange and beautiful person. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those first months at the Cottages, our friendship had stayed intact because, on my side at least, I’d had this notion there were two quite separate Ruths. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tugged on his ear and glued his eyes to the radio as if assessing it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled over slowly and supporting himself on one elbow he looked out the broken window. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We followed Mom with our bags over our shoulders, rolling our eyes when we passed people to show we agreed with them: The lady with the bag on her head looked pretty peculiar. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girl had turned her back on him again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was fun to gather the large round walnuts and the smaller hickory nuts, and the little hazelnuts that grew in bunches on the bushes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stripped to my waist, I slung the mop, moving steadily like a machine, hearing the Jewish boy press the button on the stop watch as I finished cleaning a room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trevor sat very still in his seat and kept his eyes on his mother as she walked up the porch steps and began telling Grandma that she caught us getting out of a cab. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Pax rose on his haunches for a clearer view. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And the r after the s, that’s one you have to roll on your tongue, like a cat’s purr. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Nicolas insisted he could walk barefoot on a bed of coals, but each time he announced a demonstration, Clara had an asthma attack and he was forced to stop. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, with his good eye on Ishmael, the other wandering crazily. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Beside him on the desk lay an open copy of Walt Whitman’s famous book of poems Leaves of Grass. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The races were to be run on the same afternoon. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put Jay’s lunch together, scooping Sea Island red peas on top of steaming rice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was also impossible for her to take time off to accompany her son on the long trip to Oklahoma, and she worried about his going alone. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At seven on the dot, couples begin drifting through the front doors, handing their furs and overcoats to the colored men in gray morning suits. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Moving both downward and ahead on the ridge’s layered ledges. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then she went on to remind me that I was black, for one thing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In seconds she was above the hemlock grove, on her way—somewhere. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s Thursday, so she’s got classes tonight as she goes after that social work degree—she wants to make sure other people get the help she didn’t back when she was on drugs. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s right, Esperanza. You had them talking heads on TV, sayin’ how it was a bad neighborhood, and how if he’d just put his hands in the air when asked, it wouldn’t have happened.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the evening, while he is being fed, the sister is called away, and leaves the plate with the fork on his table. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The windows may be opened only in the morning when the lights go on in Mr. Kugler’s office, and they can no longer be propped open with a stick at night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But I can always count on Jackson to smuggle something to the post for me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was running behind my big slow friend Marvin and couldn’t make it to the fence on the other side of the junkyard where everyone else escaped. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My name is Kvothe, I am a trouper and one of the Edema Ruh. Never on my most desperate day would I lie to a tinker.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She sits down on the table next to me, our feet on the bench part, and I share my blanket with her. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My red hat was on my head and I was grinning a big stupid smile. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He felt so small here, puked up on a remote forgotten shore and left to die. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I’m up on my toes again and waving my arms. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Just when I have had enough, when I feel like I am going to scream if I see any more, the woman reappears on the screen, behind her desk. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“All sorts of people passing through, and so on.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Never trust what you read on the side of a bus. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My confused feeling for her had been holding me back, and I had clung to her out of my fear of being forced out on my own, and cut adrift. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Babe, come on,” Curt said, amused, leaning back, paper cup to his lips. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He only had two dollars and forty-six cents left over, but he put it all on the counter, promising himself to stop by tomorrow and settle up. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

For the first year of the Leningrad blockade, Yekaterina lived on not much more than a daily ration of soup made with boiled water and four slices of brown bread. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He did not mention the rage he had felt standing on that street and looking at the cab. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I put up a very valuable vintage T-shirt. He had to put something real on the line.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

They fled the train at a fuel stop along the way and traveled on foot. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her little yellow dress that buttoned all the way down lay on the floor as she slipped a skirt over her head and shoulders, down to her waist. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The iron weight looked like something borrowed from Sarah’s kitchen—a heavy little hooked thing I’d once seen her hang meat on to roast. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The gray darkness seemed to press on the window from outside, with promises of bad things to come. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The boys playing ball clear the street, stand on the side frozen, like it’s a funeral car passing by. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He asked him to go after some earth down below and said, “If you do, I’ll make an earth for us to live on.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And I plan on becoming a professional traveler after I’m done being a Broadway star. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I suppose even a simple slogan can be twisted into whatever shape we want, like a balloon animal—we can even make it loop back around on itself, becoming a noose. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I rolled the bottle off the bed on to the carpet. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

And so she stood on the mountain, looking down at the emancipated city, and felt cheated by her inability to feel happy like everybody else. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ruby worried about Bloom, he always seemed so on edge— And then she wondered if everyone had signed her petition only in a moment of euphoria. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had baked all afternoon on a table by a south-facing window in the library, and now three fine meandering lines in the glaze, converging like rivers in an atlas, were all that showed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Right. He used to box. He said if you can concentrate on learning to box, you can concentrate on learning anything." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And instead of just answering, he lifted his shirt up over his head, and there was a picture of Aurelia tattooed on his big belly. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Not about the hundreds of mind games I watched them play on the PSFs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We wadded up pieces of newspaper and scattered them in the hole, put the firewood on top of that and doused everything with lighter fluid. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was always the model of old-fashioned manners, of course, but he could go off on strange and interesting tangents of conversation that I think Mother didn’t always find suitable in polite company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A dog whined, shivering, on the front porch. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could definitely use some pointers on giving an outstanding oral presentation. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes quickly and there was the head grinning amusedly in the strange daylight, ignoring the flies, the spilled guts, even ignoring the indignity of being spiked on a stick. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Conor kept his eyes on the carpet, which was the color of spilled wine. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The place is empty except for the pickup trucks and trailers at the other end of the parking lot that belong to the horse people who come and ride the trails on the weekends. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Black smoke billows and swirls in the morning sky, and below it, maybe fifty yards ahead, is a single car that has caught on fire. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It clung to his scalp like tentacles of soft- serve ice cream on a hot day. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Now, on the way to Cochin, it rattled and made fallingoff noises. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out the warm turkey from the oven and place it on the table. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her teacher ushered her into a beautifully appointed room lit with two globe-shaped oil lamps, one on the desk, one resting on a dark wooden stand carved with lotus flowers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I guess I wasn't the only one to benefit in a significant way from what's been going on. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By six A.M. he’s in the hotel lobby in full dress, polish on his shoes, pistol case snapped shut. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The conversation then shifts to chatter about my team’s district win, and discussion of our first section game—we Fulton Firebirds take on the Decatur Red Devils. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She was probably also wondering how she would drive home herself on roads with a frozen crust, and snow beneath that, and ice beneath that. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They needed something bigger they could hold on to—God’s message. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A half-moon silvered the leaves of the fruit trees and shone on the surface of the stone bathing pond. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The witch rested a long finger on her cheek and shook her head. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Come to the community meeting with me on Wednesday. We talk more about it then,” Aibileen says with a little smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Anything that could be done on such short notice to prepare for a Griever attack had been done: windows boarded up, furniture moved in front of doors, knives handed out as weapons . The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It seeped a pallid light into the citadel’s gloom and turned the moth to smoke on the table. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I simply grumbled, little realising that my entire future had actually depended on that one piece of paper she had fought so long and so doggedly to secure. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Handfuls of them in all sizes lay on the table already, scattered across it like confetti. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed his crowning the King sat on his throne in the Hall of the Kings and pronounced his judgements. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Beyond the castle, King's Landing rose on its hills behind the encircling walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He oriented himself with the constellations and the runaways stumbled on, impelled into the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He laughed and tossed the ear on the pile of corn. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall boy poured lemonade out of a carton into tiny plastic glasses on a tray. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I am on a strange train bound for a strange land, among strangers, many from far places, with nobody who truly cares for me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I find them jumping on the trampoline, daring each other to see who can touch the branches of the ceiba tree. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

We laid the owl on the linoleum by the back door and, when it awoke, told Mother to stay out of the kitchen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But any wavelength that doesn't have a node at each end of the string, can't make a standing wave on the string. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Turkey, I said, was our national bird but the joke translated so badly and they were so puzzled and suspicious that I said yes, we would probably declare war on Turkey. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I paused at a yellowed photograph of a pair of Native American kids, one sitting on Ishtar's lap, staring blank-eyed at the camera. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Alan jumps up and down on his cot and nearly falls off. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

How I had picked on a girl and made her cry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bleep grew larger, localized now, between his ribs on the right side. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretches on the bed, like a huge cat, and then she yawns. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They only became that way, she went on, if nobody loved them when they were kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It's just the six of us and two gravediggers, who stand a few meters away under a cluster of trees, their hands resting on their shovels. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When she put it on the table, I saw what she had done. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Love,” I said, “I got to get on home and milk the cow.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Jimmy pulled the biggest knife I ever seen—I mean, like a machete—from behind the register and started banging the blade on the counter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pulling open the basement door, she clicked on the switch and slipped inside. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The final designs were drawn on two sheets of plaster and presented to the bishop and the chapter. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t go to school on Monday or Tuesday. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It’s like my brain can’t take in everything Christoffel is saying at once, so it latches on to loose phrases, here or there. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A gaunt, ragged figure stood on the step, and as she shrank back a man pushed his way through the door and halted on the kitchen threshold. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And because your image is hazy through the glass, and you are on the other side of the water, you are the one who looks like a ghost. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t reach the tomb on my own, I didn’t deserve to reach it at all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

DAD: I’m sorry your friend died, Veer, but you have to find a time to move on and stop torturing yourself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Capricorn played with the rings on his left hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Percy, for so much of my life, I felt like everything was changing, all the time. I didn’t have anyone I could rely on.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was a fence with green vines on it, and many trees. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles put both our names on the visitors’ log. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Hold on,” one of the other girls says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had an ironic smile on his lips, and—a phrase I haven't heard in a while—bedroom eyes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s right about that. Shoot, I saw It myself on that battle video.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tobias and I sit on the edge of the car with our legs dangling over the edge. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then Pharaoh will buy my necklaces for Queen Tiy, who is beautiful and kind, and she will smile on me, Ranofer the son of Thutra—and I will not be a thief! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She’s standing on one leg, and has been for the past few minutes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Victoria Forester walked into Monday and Brown's with a list, written in her mother's precise handwriting, and she rang the small bell on the counter for service. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had set behind the castle on the hill, and the lights from the city sparkled on the water. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“What’s wrong with you two, sitting there, watching the thing? I thought you were going to pet it. Wake up. Give me the hammer. Come on, so I can put it out of its misery.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me elaborate a little on that definition. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There’s this store on Main Street though, all they have is used books. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She got stuck on a boot heel at the third comer, unzipped the bag, and laid it open on the floor to rearrange her things. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

At night, they slept on the ground, under the stars. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“So where’s home? I’d offer to ride him, but I’m on foot. G. stole my motorcycle in case I ended up like this tonight. We got in a big row this morning.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She stood up and sat on the edge of her desk, resting her hand on Eleanor's knee. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The cop was standing on the corner of Eighty-fourth and Amsterdam, bullhorn in hand. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the bed and said, “I want to go to research labs and seminars to learn what my mother cells did, talk to people that been cured of cancer.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stare at the board on my wall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Then what use are you? Mother was depending on you!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, he placed a hand on Joe’s shoulder and stroked it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Now just about half a mile of open fields stood between him and his fort on Brooklyn Heights. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

So what did Dad really plan on doing? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The candle flames, rising up stilly on the night air, were reflected from the golden lioncels which studded the deep blue canopy of the bed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked down and saw the reflected gold of his wandlight sparkling and glittering on the black water as they passed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He relaxes his grip on Anna, releasing her once again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tracks went on and on but finally they caught up with him sleeping under the wild rose bush. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The question is answered when hate notes and truck-loads of pansies are delivered to my training camp, the little sanctuary where I skip rope while listening to taped lectures on coronary collateralization and threadworm infection. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They were simply emboldened, floating on an ancient tide of superiority, buoyed by the fact that history had never told them anything different. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Lancelot bounding to his feet with about six inches of arrow embedded in his rump, behaved exactly like Colonel Bogey—driven into on the second tee at golf. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t look at the satisfied smile on the jerk’s pimply face without wanting to deck the guy. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Cohn said good night outside the door and went on up to his room. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Aisha was almost whispering, a sexual suggestion in her tone, and in the mirror, the discoloration on her arms and neck became ghastly sores. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That must be the life, being able to get fast food whenever you wanted, not just as a treat on your mom’s payday. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another man, I don’t remember his name, asked, “Are they rough on the vagrancy law down there?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look back at Chloe, facing away from me on the log. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not that I really deserved any, because there was only one thing I did that remotely suggested that I was on the wrong track. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Within a few days, the list of avatars on the Scoreboard was over a hundred names long. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I saw the opening on the school district’s website.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I liked to find my rhythm on my own. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The ground was unnaturally bright under the moonless sky—partly from the dream, partly from the searchlights that switched on as the pitch of the alarm changed from a trill to a warning siren. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Go on!” she told me, without offering to help. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any time your brother gets a fever from now on, it’s an emergency. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last Singer wrote on the little pad he always carried in his pocket: You cannot do this. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“See how the wind blows the tree?” he went on, pointing to a young molle. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“No spoon on earth has ever felt lonely or forgotten, Olive. But Henry? We must remind him and Ruby that we are their neighbors and friends.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

From here, we’d gather up all several hundred of our witnesses and roll on over to the reception. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The king in turn spoke sweetly to Gertrude, calling her his turtledove and gazing on her in a way that made me ache. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He leaves it up to El Tirindaro, who has spent hours at this spot studying everything that moves on the other side. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Ambrose. We met yesterday. Got off on the wrong foot.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Brandon kept his gaze on the ground as he stuffed the phone into his backpack. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I put my foot on the plaque, kicking off the moss with my sneaker, until I got tired of that. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, before or afterward, I switched on the bedside lamp. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She managed to glide to earth and made a crash landing on a hillside, where local people greeted her armed with pitchforks, sticks, and rifles—they’d thought her falling plane might be a German fighter. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And then there was Howard, working on a crossword puzzle on the steps. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They steadied the buckets with their hands, but the weight hung from the yokes on their shoulders. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let her cool down first. Trust me on this. I’ll go check on her in a few minutes.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

By “adopt” I mean it was forced on us. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We stepped out on the track and walked down to the end. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A month later Spain loomed on the horizon. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing on Copp’s Hill—the highest point in the North End neighborhood—one could look down on hectic streets where hundreds of people wended their way with pushcarts and horse-drawn wagons. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Wearing long dresses and wrapped in shawls, they could have been mistaken for a group of grandmothers on a garden tour. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Emily didn’t often say much; she’d just sit very straight on the stage, nodding at whatever was being said, occasionally turning a frosty eye towards any whispering in the crowd. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sabrina started clinging to her, and then Sam and Will latched on as well. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I know you said not to come, but since we were on the mummy committee together, we wanted to help explain what happened.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“What my son means to say is that we’re keen on improving the level of education at New London Colored School. Sure want to be a credit to the county.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to the rock and put on the necklace and turned around for her to admire it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Thank you for these, my brother," he said, and he patted the corpse on the back. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make sure we were on our way before other travelers showed up and saw the dead man propped up against our back window. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I dropped a fork, and when I tried to retrieve it, I knocked over a glass of water and it spilled on her dress. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The British won the war, but they lost many battles,” Jaja said, and my eyes skipped over the rows of text on the page. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"When I set eyes on you—no, even before that," Patti says. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I watch them empty the room of weapons and ammunition and move on, fast, scattering like seeds on the wind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme—courtship; and promise to end in the same catastrophe—marriage.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He pressed in on his eyes with the heels of his hands. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya shut the oven door and put her hands on her hips. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She raised her glasses and rested them on her short afro, then looking over my gray sweat suit and overstuffed handbag, asked, “Is this all you brought?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The King stopped suddenly and drummed his glittering fingers on the stone table. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Around his neck and on his chest was a big wreath of twisted garlics. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I lay my hand on the first one. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you drank looks well on its way to.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He was pulling on my dress and whining a bit, and this store owner comes over with a wooden paddle and says, ‘This little n-word bothering you, ma’am? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

And today, on this summer Saturday of 1912, what was the bowl holding? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned back slightly on the bench and interlaced his fingers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There’s a mermaid fountain in the middle of the yard and, beyond it, a girl sitting on the porch, wrapped in a white blanket. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But here, finding themselves in an even more open place, they settled into a kind of static panic, like that which sometimes comes upon inexperienced climbers exposed on a sheer face. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a year later, Victor did put Scipio's name on his door, although he put it in slightly smaller letters. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face drains of color the moment he puts weight on his leg. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He says he will turn his back, and does so, and I take off my shoes and stockings and my cotton underpants and slide the feathers on, under the tent of my dress. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That left two on the platter: a large crab with a faded orange color, and number eleven, which had the torn-off leg. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, his name had not appeared on any of the lists of people sought by the authorities, so I deduced that Jaime had nothing to fear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a bright afternoon, and the sun bore down on the asphalt so that the ribbon of road before us quivered with heat. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Last week the Malvern Gazetteer had Tom Yew on its front page. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I gingerly pushed up from Otto, who stayed on his side, breathing shallowly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

While waiting for darkness, I looked down on the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We rolled past another stop, where nobody got on, because nobody else in the world was awake right now except for the three of us, the bus driver, and the homeless man. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His vigilance was rewarded on the fourth day. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

And of course when he put them back on the carpet, it was only a second before they attacked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I have lived in constant fear of being seen and hunted down: the sound of pebbles sliding on the rocks, a twig snapping, even the wind in the leaves can make my blood run cold. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A dance orchestra came in on the radio, but he did not want to listen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The house on my land has a foundation and walls filled in now. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The rain splattered on the tin roof of the barn, like a drummer who was just learning how to play, uneven and off-beat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ruby told me what happened on the bus.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pulls his book out, drops it on the floor, and brings his knees closer in to himself. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hazel walked it over to her, and she grabbed it eagerly and then sat there, flicking it on and off. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When British radio technicians on the ground spotted incoming swarms of German aircraft, they were able to tell their pilots where to find the enemy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At least that’s how he came to terms with all of this later on, in a rational way. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Kerry nurse tells me I should get down on my two knees and thank God I’m alive at all at all and not be complaining. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Dude, that's the stuff my mother rubs on me when I'm sick, and it goes into my skin and makes the whole inside of my body cold," Remy said. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

People are streaming past us on their way to the line. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then she begins to approach the pyramid with strange little hops, sometimes landing on one foot, teetering slightly, sometimes risking a few steps. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, she kisses him gently on the lips and quietly dresses as he sleeps. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Again their request was rejected on the grounds that the hall had a standing policy of not renting concert space to black artists. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The woman glances at the clock on the wall, and says, “Yed,” again. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The bears took Lyra up a gully in the cliffs, where the fog lay even more thickly than on the shore. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I picked it because it had a rather stylish embossed dragon on the cover, but when I started reading I discovered it was an educated investigation into several common myths. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When it faded I got up and put on my coat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was all the way on the other side of the country, but he kept calling me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fernanda, burning with envy, finally accepted the miracle, and for a long time she kept on praying to God to send her back her sheets. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was sick of it, and I didn't put up with this on my track team, so I was definitely not putting up with it at this school. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

A satin dressing gown lay on a chair, and a pair of bedroom slippers beneath. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In Jamaica, the water might be pretty like the water on Miss Garcia’s calendar. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

First day at this work, Lally gets his shorts caught on the wiper of some Mercedes-Benz. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she still had her shoulder brace on, she was using her right arm more today. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He might even have meant Blore to hear what he had heard, counting on him coming out to investigate. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He’d never got around to filling in his sister on the mission parameters. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She eventually fell into a restless sleep, woken only by the buzz of a text message on her phone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“But remember there was a dude who was hitting on you, and you told him there was no chicken?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Olanna sat down on the floor and stretched out her legs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and tried to sleep on the floor with the lights on. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I should point out, though, that my dad slowly started turning the Christmas music on the radio to a deafening volume. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t always work, and sometimes days will go by before anyone remembers to turn it on. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

There was a candle holder on either side. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Farmer plans to hike to their homestead, in a tiny town called Casse, to check on the family. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Like my brain is not hanging on so tight to the way it all was. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

So we try to be discreet and go out one by one, so it doesn’t look like we know each other but are just separate people staying in the hotel rooms on the lower floors. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a single living tree on the island, just cedar skeletons and patches of green-gray shrubs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Someone had been in the same work gang with his father for four months last summer on the Walker county road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are living on campus with a couple thousand other high school-aged kids, most of them eager to get to know one another. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s got copper and eighteen gauge,” Robbie said, stepping back into the aisle to make sure it was centered on the big table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I had great expectations about how my life would go and then . Nicholas Nickleby! — you fell on hard times and were living in a real bleak house.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“This one is on a different bank,” she says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the stunner on the edge of a sink. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I start writing a list on a piece of notepaper as I talk. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I take a seat on a bench in the back, careful to be quiet. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I was trapped on this side of the road, away from my uncles, and the river was too flooded to swim across to the village and the safety of my grandfather’s home. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pickles themselves continued to be a little on the salty side. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sit on the sofa, slouching, a considerable space between them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the phone rang, I sat down on the grass, which was all overgrown and dandeliony. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

No one says much as Ms. Rochambeau points to a list of websites up on the board. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was no path here, the slope was steep and slippery with gravel, and Kate—unlike her pursuers—was dragging a ladder and carrying someone on her back. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A little girl, her left leg amputated below the knee, sat on a ratty mattress and watched, smiling and clapping along with the other children. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The forest reached to the horizon on her right, and she tried to pick out the giant tree. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Minho was still crouched over his backpack on the ground; he glanced up at Thomas with a look of disgust. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Then they started running all that on TV about the Population Police, how the Population Police had ways of finding out everything, how they'd do anything to enforce the law.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

These tmmch, being supported on beams of wood which could be burned away with fire at the proper moment, had it, bringing the rubble-filled baileys down on top of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Seth had been standing two or three yards back along the path, a branch thicker than his leg would have clubbed him on the head. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He knelt down and inspected the ropes and flares, nodded to himself, peered out at Jorgenson’s bunker, nodded once more, then took off his helmet and sat on it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I had my shirt off, he would make up some random comment about his artistic interpretation for the meaning of the scars on my back. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And I know it’s not a result of seeing abused bodies, because they were her daily fare in District 12, but the realization that this sort of thing goes on in 13 as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They jogged down the steps on the other side to continue on the beach. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And slowly a discussion begins—as Morrie has wanted all along—about the effect of silence on human relations. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed to have witnessed the incident with his own eyes, and I remember how upset he became one morning when Mitchell Sanders challenged him on its basic premise. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all silent for a minute; then Ellen went to the door, lifted the gun that was held on hooks above the casing, and laid it carefully on the floor beside the bed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran a hand through his black hair and approached the princess, who waited for them with a hand on her hip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There seem to be half a dozen too many, all stepping on one another’s feet. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa kissed his mother gently on the top of the head. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The way you play. Surely your patron is encouraging you to focus on your music ” “I don’t have a patron, Denn,” I said with a shy smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was that was sneaking up on me knew I’d woked up ’cause it stopped moving and kept as still as it could too. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Application at the recommended rates leaves tremendous amounts of these chemicals on the lawn. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The other women had on percale and calico with here and there a headrag among the older ones. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I swear on the Bible I couldn’t tell the difference if I tried for ten years,” Mr. Chris said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I turn back to the vending machine and decide on the strawberry frosted Pop-Tarts, mostly cuz there’s two in the pack. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Emily wedged herself on her brother’s lap and James squeezed in next to the door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The dishwater is boiling away on the stove, I forgot all about it. You all clear the table and start washing up. Be careful and don’t get burned.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down on a rock and took the boots off. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of hopping on the school bus with Omar, the next day Clayton found himself waiting to speak to Pastor Early. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He spread it out on the passenger’s seat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The fairy suited up, zipping the dull-green jumpsuit up to her chin and strapping on her helmet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She began to move, and before Kaede could stop her she slipped on the ice, sliding down several inches, and she gasped, scrabbling for hold on the slick surface. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She threw her coin into the street, but instead of clattering on the asphalt, the drachma sank right through and For a moment, nothing happened. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

James watches and listens eagerly over on the sofa, elbowing Supreme at every other line I recite. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We shared a bathroom on the first floor of the apartment house with two other families. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly it runs lightly on the tips of its arms, as ferociously as a charging cat. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Growing increasingly frustrated, I grabbed the grate and tugged on it hard, again and again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But on the other side of the doorway, suddenly there was space. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You must forget about me from now on, and if you see the Fairy Hunt riding, never approach them,” she warned him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put my blue frock down beside me on the bed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, flying clubs had allowed female pilots to become instructors, but not to move directly on to military flying schools. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She’d cook and clean all day at the diner on Third Avenue for fishermen, railroad workers, and the occasional crew of navy men. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I wonder what went on in Michael’s house around dinner and TV shows. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my hand to knock on her door, but it swung open before I could. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But dawns here came on as suddenly as sunsets, and it wasn’t too long before the trail was bright enough for me to walk at normal speed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If you have, you might want to take a closer look at your friends. Maybe make sure they’re not all in on it, all laughing at you behind your back.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He showed me to a back room with a large wooden tub and a grate on the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He already had serious doubts that American ships had been attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin on the stormy night of August 4. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was on the theme, familiar to me, of “as you sow, so shall you reap,” or how the hypocritical American white man was reaping what he had sowed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t know what it’s like, expecting to see it on the office bulletin board or the atrium wall. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He tried to calm himself, to concentrate on finding the Horcrux, but his thoughts buzzed as frantically and fruitlessly as wasps trapped beneath a glass. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But it took a few weeks before the interim civilian government announced that it would release all prisoners of conscience, and weeks more for our lawyers to get Jaja on the list. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Not bad, punk. But you got • nothing on the master of taunts. I’ll start the fight when I’m good and ready. Until then . . . Get lost.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

While I was trying my hardest to fence my best at every competition, they were plotting to get other fencers on the team instead of me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Shin and I met for the first time on the day after that balloon debacle. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She cradles him but stays focused on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His front door opened into a tiny kitchen with a coffeemaker, a vintage toaster, and an old woodstove with two cooking pots on top, one empty, the other filled with chili. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

During the initial battles on school desegregation, he used his prodigious energy to organize a chapter of the White Citizens’ Council. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped his fur cap and leaned slightly on the bar of his postage cart as he rolled it away from the Vanderbeeker brownstone and down the street. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"And why, might I ask, is there a baked bean on the front of your shirt?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t show you on a map, but I’m sure of this—I’ll know it when I see it.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A voice said, “If you ain’t a kid called Bud from the Home I’m really sorry about jumping on you like this!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Come now, no indecisiveness. You were decisive enough when you ran to the back of the plane. Bring that formidable will to bear on this moment.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t hurt to take a quick look, he thought, so he stood on his tiptoes and lifted the lid. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Add to the fact we all had on the exact same stock sneaks, the same jeans, same black sweatshirts, same bag slung over the same shoulder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Momma doesn’t say anything until he gets on her good sofa in the living room. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The Lord of the Flies hung on his stick like a black ball. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I stumbled out on to the corridor, not looking where I was going. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her weight pressed into the machine and down on the metal and paper. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But those same folks were sure as certain that Miss Love had had designs on him ever since Miss Mattie Lou took sick, and was after him from the minute he became a widower. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After it was over, Van Houten walked up to me and put a fat hand on my shoulder and said, “Could I hitch a ride? Left my rental at the bottom of the hill.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He set his glass down on the bedside table and arranged himself beside her. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I pry Bryce’s hands off of my sweatshirt, but he keeps pushing on me with his head like a silent slow-motion ram. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The old man put his sack on his lap and began to feel around inside it with both hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Commander’s grip tightens on my upper arm. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the back of the room there was a large folding screen with Chinese dragons painted on it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Miss Lacy’s telephone sat right there on her desk. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters sat together on one side of the aisle and I sat across from them in the aisle seat, next to a boy about my age. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When he grinned it was the moon shining down on her, a presence in the sky blessing her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Narfi took a step back, only a step, and then the wolf was on him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then the bricks were placed on top of the boards. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the most exciting kid on Earth. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mariama said nothing for a while, her eyes back on the hair she was braiding. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At a filling station they told him that the tent was not up yet, but that the show cars were on a siding at the station. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Garvey blew out the lantern, Cole pulled the blanket over himself and lay back on the foam mattress. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Her lungs were on fire now, her breath was burning her throat, but she climbed without stopping, and when she came to the top, she burst through the door to the roof and ran out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever his personal feelings on race, one thing was clear: Butler was a Langley man through and through, loyal to the laboratory, to its mission, to its worldview, and to its charge during the war. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

If I don’t kiss each and every relative on the cheek hello and goodbye, even if I don’t know them, Amá calls me a malcriada, a badly raised daughter. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I had no idea the tapes were on their way to explain it all. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Two aged crab apple trees, bent with the wind, stripped of leaves but still heavy with berry-sized red fruits and bushy crowns of white-beaded mistletoe, stood sentinel on either side of the front door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Not what I asked. Why isn’t it on our plans?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Clarkson held on to Mr. Wheeler’s hand like he never wanted to let go, the way the crazy girlfriend held on to Chris’s in Get Out. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He placed the bundle on the ground and uncovered it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The government classified and, to a considerable extent, segregated the entire North Korean population based on the perceived reliability of an individual’s parents and grandparents. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“We'll go on to our church. I told you we could go to the bazaar today, anyway. Can you wait?” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She turned her back and leaned on the wall and guided him into her, excited by his surprise, by his firm hands on her hips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My eyes are open, so I can see the black spidery eyelashes sleeping on her cheeks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It was on my father’s key chain, in his pocket somewhere out in the deadness. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was classic Zach—the sneering, superior put-down tone that he used on other people, but never on me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, truthfully, I have this crazy crush on you and I just wanted you to know.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Are you doing a school report on the theatre?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I then went out behind our cabin, and sat on a rock by the edge of the creek. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of the cops started running around the front of the car and slipped on some dog doo. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They shouldn’t pick on you, Fezzik, just because you need a shave.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They’d caught on right away, like they did with everything, and he showed off the flawless signs that the twins lettered in Spanish for the store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ticked the items off on his fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Galanter went over to the young rabbi who was still sitting on the bench and reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The men lift their pints, nod, drink, and there are creamy lines on their Ups and mustaches. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Scythe Curie moved on to a strong-looking girl with high cheekbones on a face that looked like it could weather a hurricane. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I lie back on my bed, grabbing my pillow and putting it over my face, the frustration I was feeling toward her transferring to myself. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Dill studied the carpet for a moment, fixating on the discolored patch that sometimes caught his eye while he sat playing his guitar. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I feel the shiver on the back of my neck. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cheers,” he says, then gives me a quick kiss on the cheek before heading off. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The setting sun gilded the terraces on the east bank but cast the west bank into dark blue shadow. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I’m sure that by die time we reached the baseball field there was on every Comanche’s face a some-girls-just-don’t-know-when-to-go-home lode. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure how long I crouched on that strip of sidewalk, freezing my sac off, waiting for that bird to croak. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He jiggles his marker in his fingers and mumbles words that rhyme with “middle,” and somehow that leads him to bring his pen down on Vienna. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"They want to force us to accept their plans on questions affecting Europe and the world," Stalin declared to his advisers. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pete kept on him, talking so gently and sweetly that he seemed all the more furious in his discipline, and I thought he had to be murdering himself inside to hold the line like that. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That anything wonderful could rise on that ground seemed beyond possibility, although Ned, like most new visitors to Chicago, was willing to concede that the city was a place unlike any he had encountered. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

De Roos was supposed to have seen her at a news conference last year on subway crime, held down inside the station where she sold tokens. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eye was dead on the ball as he put it softly against the backboard. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled on the rope to tend to it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She carried a book on famous classical architecture, written in Ancient Greek, to read when she got bored, and a long bronze knife, hidden in her shirt sleeve. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Chief crossed the street with his coat collar up, the bats under his left arm, and his concentration on the street. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mine usually led me, on clear days, in scenic circles around the countryside. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and Miss Taylor rapped on her desk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new mother sits in Otto's recliner, the baby asleep on her shoulder. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“That won’t harm ye, my pretty; an’ it may make poor Geordie gladsome to have so trim a lass sittin’ on his lap. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The following morning our nameless host came again with food and a smile on his face that said he was glad that we were doing fine. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Those were like magic words; they snapped Byron right out of the spell Momma put on him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then there it was, invariably, the little green bottle of musky potion that Joe also used, ready for him on my mother’s dresser. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple decided on the clear my throat strategy, but the sound was swallowed by Ashish’s bitter laughter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Like we are standing on the outside roof of this root cellar. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And in the car on the way downtown, my dad was all distracted and really miserable-looking and I couldn’t help feeling sorry for him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When they reached the broad boulevard with the palm trees, he told her to look for a little café on a corner, with green-painted metal tables on the pavement outside. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing we saw, the officers had piled on top of the man. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

August snorts and sits forward, a lopsided smirk etched on his face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He’s working on a small bowl and a horse. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He nearly slips on something on the way back, and when he looks down, he has to do a double take. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After the opening lines of the Grace, each man prayed quietly, and I saw Danny lean forward, put his elbows on the table, cover his eyes with his right hand, his lips whispering the words. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Min spent his time on the new set of vases, one or two of which would be selected to be taken to Songdo. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The shoes are too big—passed on from an older boy who died at the orphanage last month—but Reverend Hunt says I can’t go barefoot in the New World. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

At a half mile, Washington continued to lead by about the same margin, with Syracuse just behind them and the midshipmen of Navy, on their outside, just a few feet behind Syracuse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“They weren’t ordinary books. They were volumes on art. Six of ’em.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Szilard’s views on the program he midwifed had traveled a tortuous path. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

All the same, a little sadness was settling on her as she kept hacking away, moving further round the island temple until she was out of sight of the road. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wanted to hear the sound of his own voice, so he decided to take a chance on logic. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a climbing wall on the side of one building, and an indoor bungee-jumping bridge. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And of course you’re the expert on smiles. Anything you don’t know?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Usually she carries on whether I like it or not. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But the demands of rowing are such that every man or woman in a racing shell depends on his or her crewmates to perform almost flawlessly with each and every pull of the oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The cigarette gave her a drunk feeling so that her head seemed heavy and loose on her shoulders, but she had to finish it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The shelling kept on as we approached the shore, visible in the growing fight as a white fine of tide. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished that Ella and I had been on better terms so that I could try to describe to her how I felt. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amaranta Úrsula's shrieks, her songs of agony would break out the same at two in the afternoon on the dining-room table as at two in the morning in the pantry. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The first bullet got the man on the left; the second and third bullets took the men on the right and the center of the table. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Maria added, “We don’t really understand the long-term effects of Phalanxifor. Very few people have been on it as long as you have.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Barack was more content to spend an evening alone, reading up on urban housing policy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The Black Tortoise blew on it, a calm, controlled gust of air. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Barrow-wights walked in the hollow places with a clink of rings on cold fingers, and gold chains in the wind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He’d tied his shoelaces up high on the bars, but I guess not high enough to kill him, so he’s there all pale going gaagaa-gaaghh.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was studying me with a serious look on his face. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A long time ago, back in the days when people still got pressed to death, a witch lived on this side of the river. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I count one, two, three, four apples as she places them on the scale. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Galileo died peacefully in his sleep on the night of 8/9 January 1642, a few weeks short of his seventy-eighth birthday. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

They believed in rules, and their rules were posted on doorways and in hallways and above each child’s bed. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The old bear was led in last on his chain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then he would feel for it on the bottom of the tub, empty it, and sail it again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I thought I’d gathered myself together, Chase’s face would flash in front of me and the faucet would turn on all over again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Put them on your backs and carry them,” the teacher instructed. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His ambitions had fixed upon the vast new America on the other side of the Rockies. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to apologize on behalf of the town. Not everything’s about racism, you know. They don’t sell kosher food here because there’d be no one to buy it. Not even us.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The maid lays pressed chicken on our plates, tops it with a perky dollop of mayonnaisey dressing, and we all smile, glad for the mood breaker. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"And we ain't gonna find out about it tonight. Come on and wash up. I got food almost on the table." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

There were twelve thick granite panels on the walls inside the circular monument. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was balancing a boat on her head and squeezing a bird in her hand. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ma put the cubes into the big iron pot on the stove, poured in some water, and then watched while the pumpkin slowly boiled down, all day long. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was food on the table and a few handmade toys on the floor. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Fair enough. Tomorrow is tomorrow. Let’s end today on a nice note.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Three heads were on display as well—two men and a woman, their crimes scrawled on tablets underneath them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

These elements were acted on by two forces: gravity, the tendency for earth and water to sink, and levity, the tendency for air and fire to rise. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A really silly name, but it’s based on a mistake. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Or why Auggie didn’t know the first thing about any of this stuff that was going on. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He began showing up at the barn in neat gray suits, dark vests, whipcord trousers, wing tips, and on race days a restrained Republican tie. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her purse sits on the breakfast table next to a set of car keys, and her shoes are on the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Beside her, on one side, stood her parents, the man’s beard turning white and the woman grown fat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd spent several intense hours on death row earlier in the day with Walter going over his trial transcript. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Nuah’s modified his message on Mr. Ram’s Facebook page: Sorry, Mr. Ram’s family wants me to clarify that the gathering for friends is on Saturday at the community center, three p.m. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Within just a few minutes the guards emerged from the crowd, gliding on their forebears, carrying something covered in cloth between them on a little stretcher. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

On our fourth day in Munnar, as the afternoon was coming to an end, I stood on the hill on the left. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"But you did bounce off that a couple of times on the way down." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Joffrey drew the Knight of Flowers to his feet and kissed him on his cheek. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He advised Bill Volt to put some pressure on the landlord to get the heating system fixed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Silence is how people get on sometimes. I don't expect you to understand." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the slanted nature of the news, we were glad to have it, and prided ourselves on reading between the lines and making educated guesses based on the obvious omissions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gid- yap, let’s get a move on,” he said, encouraging the car up a hill. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She looks up from her tea, planting her elbows on the island and leaning toward me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter had warned us to leave the house extra early so that we wouldn’t miss the bus on the first day of school. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“And you saved my life. Juan’s life, back on the boardwalk.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

For this, I put on my woolen mittens. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But now, when I put my hand on my stomach, I could feel a bumping against my palm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The answer is that the success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social gifts. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kainene climbed out of bed, and he noticed a metallic sheen on her thin shoulders. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lone herons, and cormorants perched on bleached wooden posts. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In one of his rare curt letters, Lord Balon had written of his youngest brother going down in a storm, and turning holy when he washed up safe on shore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If Doc left Monterey on Wednesday morning he could be there easily in time for the tide on Thursday. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately he knew that Gebu was gone, for the door at the far end of the passage was bolted on the outside. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

All we had to do was pull the cord to turn it on and off. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

In the comer the executioner blew on his nails, standing close to the brazier from which he would take the fire for his bigger blaze. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the weak starlight, as their small barge moved back and forth on the rising ocean swells, they’d have to leap for the cargo net. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid placed an apple crate on the sidewalk in front of the laundry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I break the seal on the patch kit, the binary components of the resin mix and I have sixty seconds before it hardens. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sverissons and the Fischers would go on weekend outings to the countryside, staying at friendly inns and basking in the majestic lunarlike countryside of Iceland. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was just an old tennis shoe lying on its side. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There is only one way to get back on track and that is to read what I already wrote. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind if I put my beard on the table? It’s kinda hot in here and it’s sticking my face.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grip hardened on my shoulder so it hurt. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Campers and Hunters lay wounded on the ground. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When the newly created Federal Commission on Higher Education had called for desegregation in 1946, the South had simply ignored its recommendations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon they went on down the woods. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘I guess this is just exactly where he meant to bring us. Gollum! If ever I lay hands on you again, you’ll be sorry for it.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Everything a human could want was there, from the grand lobby on the ground floor to the elegant Starlight Room one mile up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had curly hair and a paintbrush in one hand and one of those wooden things artist people put their thumbs through that has all the colors of paint on it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you ask? What’s going on in that head of yours?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whereas there’s not a hint of Mom on me, never was. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Inside there were tapestries on the walls, a suit of armor with French script over the visor, and, in black leotards, Clementine’s slender mother. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Because of this, on the first day of High Mourning ten thousand demons were set loose on the city. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She fell silent, but went on looking at me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her little dæmon scampered up and down to avoid touching Malcolm, but Lyra herself was intrigued by this change of perspective and gazed calmly around, and then focused her eyes on Malcolm himself. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A cement and brick pillbox had been built down by the river, right on the bend, among the sedges, destroying the nests of the teal and the gray wagtails. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bodega rented an apartment on the top floor of the tower facing the East River, mostly for the view—he had enough other places to live in. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I keep on doing that until my mind goes blank. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute there was a bright, golden glow over everything before the sun sank down behind the trees and their shadows were gone on the road before them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The clock on the wall pointed to seventeen minutes before midnight. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I dug my feet harder, but they could find nothing to hold on to. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Me, the girl who’d rather chew on her fingernails than talk in class. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He lay curled on one side, listening as Crane-man’s breathing slowed and evened in the rhythm of sleep. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She was now on the maternity ward, and every day brought commonplace miracles, as well as moments of drama or hilarity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The madwoman stood at her window, her face resting on the bars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Roughly half of the white women on the site and 80 percent of the white men declared that race didn’t matter to them. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Fiery Samuel Adams, backed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives, called on all the Colonies to disobey British tax laws. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn on the hot water tap, to signify readiness or something approaching it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this stick was intricately decorated, and from the shavings on the table she could tell that the boy had been working on it. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest of oak trees on the mountain beyond the town was gone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Lord, lemme go see if Santa’s okay. Poor thing. Maybe she burnt herself on the stove. Santa’s all the time getting herself burnt. She don’t take care around the fire, you know.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perching on the edge of my bed for a moment, I reach for the Magic 8 Ball and shake it hard. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her hair is lank and greasy, and she has a sore on her lip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But it could also have been that she was just content to be quiet about her beliefs and not impose them on others, including Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It revealed that an electron orbiting around the nucleus could be thought of as a wave, with a wavelength that depended on its velocity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother smacked me several times on the cheeks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were heraldic devices worked or stamped on the sides—enormous Mack eagles with two heads perhaps, or wyverns, or lances, or oak trees, or punning signs which referred to the names of the owners. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see a dot on the map and the words new Orleans. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There are stalls for stolen artwork, poached ivory, currency exchange between virtual notes and bitcoins and Japanese yen, and, of course, gambling on both Warcross and Darkcross games. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There, just inside, was my compass, hanging on a single nail, daring me to take it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a gray November day, and the light from the window fell gently on the images of Medusa. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Granger was terribly strict about getting assignments in on time. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She starts again: “I want you to know.. “Co on! The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After our date on Monday, I put the heart-eyes emoji next to his name in my contacts. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But it put us on the familiar friendly level, pals trading stories. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a layer of sweat break out on my upper lip. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It took him several minutes, using only his right hand, to push the jib back out and onto the deck—he’d push up a handful and it would fall back on him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta and I, on the other hand, are so mesmerizing with our ever-changing coal costumes that most of the other tributes are staring at us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were sitting in Mary’s Place on a Sunday afternoon a few days after Hagar’s latest attempt on his life. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I can tell you do by how you refuse to look at my torso like the whole sun is sitting on my chest. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Governor Wallace’s hard face and tightly knit brows, plastered on the front of Time magazine some twelve days later, covered the nation’s coffee tables and city newsstands. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I reached the bottom of the alcove, I saw my mother half lying down, half sitting up on the couch, staring at me with wide eyes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe I could stay here with you for a bit. I could teach Chase and help Karl and—” The look on Perilee’s face stopped me cold. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As Henry talked on, she traveled in her mind to the tree in the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara were telling the world that the American destroyers had been on a routine patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I remember the way Edie smirked at me on the bus before her face went all scared and worried. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And by the look on her face, she knew it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I would never be one of them even if they begged me on their knees,” I said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very same one he’d lost on that bus ride fifty-three years ago. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And he went on, and there was yellow light, and fire within; and the evening meal was ready, and he was expected. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“A mute on a computer or phone means no sound at all.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He went out on his land, on this piece and that, and he saw it was as Ching said. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The summons and charging document had been submitted on Tuesday, August 21, though word had not reached the Church and Reggie until a few days later, on Friday. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Theo has persuaded them to let him set up a little display of Impressionists on the entresol. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It belongs on the cover of a real estate magazine. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The knights stand on the hill, like lightning frozen on the horizon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I got Oscar all situated, then went into the den to turn on the TV. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When he had finished them—which he did in a humiliatingly short time—he surveyed the lotus root, wiping it on the mat of crushed grasses and wondering how he was going to cut it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Farmers, on the other hand, lived in artificial human islands that they laboriously carved out of the surrounding wilds. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

You hardly notice they’re even there, mostly because there’s something else going on right in front of your free. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

And Ramsey threw up his hands and said, “I guess it’s on my neck now. Get your pencils.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She squinted at the degraded word on the paper. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But Jordan’s meanness could sneak up on you. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It comes up from underneath the fish with its mouth wide open, soars upward, nabs the fish, and then falls back into the ocean, almost on its side. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He rested an arm on the mule’s back, pointed south. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boy hung on to his father’s coat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Summer fifteen on Beechwood, Granny Tipper was gone. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The two little boys were still trudging along on their seven-mile hike. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell from the expression on her face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This time, the brothers put on gloves and took out a meat cleaver, cutting Anna’s head into “sausage meat,” as the undertaker later put it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some power from on high breathed a mad courage into them and they drove the red-hot spike right into the Cyclops’ eye. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stumbled on through the ever-thickening foliage, the howls echoing from all directions. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“We were told that he was placed with a foster family that was on track to adopt him,” her father told her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Outside in the square the fiesta was going on. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered, let me go, and switched on the light. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But when that didn’t make any difference, and there was nothing but a bad silence on the phone, I really knew it was too late. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the women back on deck were curled into balls, shivering in the chill night air. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A column of riders came wheeling up behind them, led by a lordling with a horsehead on his shield. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I look around, and my eyes fall on the microwave clock flashing the time in bright-green numbers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I looked down on a flat frame with wooden blocks. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take me long to see why: Within a few pages he had thrown me and my meat eating on the defensive. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was funny—we would walk into one of those stores with alarms and bells and electronic wires on the leather goods—you know the type I mean. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s some folks in this town always bent on stirring up trouble.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I went in and found the major sitting at a table in the bare room with maps and typed sheets of paper on the wall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that sometimes he would wake up choking on his own saliva if he accidentally turned over on his back. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He sat on the bench in front of the barn squinting into the sun like he was waiting outside the barbershop for a cut. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, attempting not to allow the boy to have its intended sting, Antain went on. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” insisted Nixon, “go on up, Manolo, and give a speech!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Alhaji did the same, and we walked with him, his feet dragging on the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to take her back to the street where I had found her, but Fd already disturbed her rest and had taken on her soul as my own personal responsibility. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The next inbound green line train comes, and I step on board. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

After completing the check, he ran a diagnostic on the engines. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crouched so that his head was positioned just below where the person on the inside would be able to see him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

After breaking off a long Jimpson weed to use as a prod, I got up on Rubin’s shoulder, and he raised me up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ticked the outcomes off on her fingers. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Ugh, we shouldn’t let her go in there alone. Come on,” Seven said, and they slowly walked, side by side, into the Cursed Forest. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The first deck had one central corridor with crew cabins on either side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, you have the wisdom of someone years older if you figured that out all on your own.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Johnnie Larch had got to the airport, and he handed his ticket to the woman on the counter, and she asked to see his driver’s license. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

As his body was lowered, the rebels on the quays who smoked and watched applauded. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Bailey played on the country folks’ need for diversion. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is that the message in her instructions failed because a week after he put the engagement ring on Neola’s finger, the soon-to-be-groom at her wedding left the state. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Mrs. Roosevelt announced her resignation in her nationally syndicated newspaper column, focusing worldwide attention on the controversy. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

There weren’t even any tears on her face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Fred said hello with his friendly smile to all his admirers and gave a few a sloppy kisses on the cheek. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

For I would see once more the blue spots on the china, the spun webs on the little masts of those model ships, and the rat holes on the sofa-bed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It is like a symphony musician who stops playing a piece on a hanging note and he cannot rest until he finishes the note. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Naomi slipped on her dress and shoes and tiptoed into the bathroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After all, sharing a bed isn’t tops on either person’s list. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tom Weylin didn’t want me reading on my own, but he had ordered me to read to his son. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There might be a few that hung on the edges, not the regulars, that might choose to cause trouble. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes fixed on my paper. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, Robin knocked on the door, but Ivy kept drawing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I asked him when we were settled there on the soft green rug, the city lights through the windows, the nostalgia of everything taking me over. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

So they took up arms again: on the battlefields, in the classrooms and voting booths, in the nation’s capital—and in the offices of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They indicated that he should sit on the ground, as was correct for a mere boy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

His leg give out and he falled back on his butt. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Bluish brown or sometimes greenish gray, depending on the day. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He lifted his gaze, too, from the daisies, and turned it on her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stare at the overlays on the tinted windows, currently showing an empty car interior so that no one will be able to see us both inside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He followed her almost on tiptoes, stumbling from drunkenness, and he went into the nuptial bedroom just as she opened the robe and closed it again in fright. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even in their armour, the Romans were starting to gain on Solace. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But when Lawrence saw the publication and heard the lame explanation, he turned his back on Kamen and strode away in wordless fury at the Rad Lab’s subordinate position. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She was trying to keep her voice even, but it was on the edge of anger. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when I arrived on the weekend, she wasn’t even out of bed. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Gwin climbed up to his shoulder, baring his tiny teeth, sharp as splinters of glass, as if he had recognized the hatred in Meggie’s eyes as they rested on his master. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He slid out, pulled on his pants and a shirt, and ran a hand through his hair. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But I try to concentrate on only the big result and to forget that they are succeeding, too. I tty to pretend that they are not significant.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And all I’ll have done is make myself miserable focusing on a few extra breaths. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He pats me on the back, hard enough to hurt. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about maybe making little cards, seeing if I could sell them in the gift shop on Kingly Road. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The squirrel answers in her own language and keeps tugging at the knob on the cupboard door. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He probably understood better than any of them what all this was about, having grown up in it and never let on to Sierra... Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Aina, the cook, was delighted to discover another of the Benin nation among the visiting maids, both of them being marked on the face with the scars of their kingdom. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the city women, who wrap their skirts only a little differently, come to bargain on feeding their families. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“School was school,” I said, placing the last and smallest book on top of the pile. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She knew that the mailman’s mule arrived only every two weeks, but she always waited for him, convinced that he was going to arrive on some other day by mistake. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It seemed like she did that from then on, so while I wondered on what to say, there never seemed to be much chance anyway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blue of the lake matched the blue of the water on the map and the river cutting southeast through the green forest looked just as it had on the map—delicate, winding. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like the others should instantly know everything going on in his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Away from the cocoon of the car with those velvety songs and that meandering chatter, little beads of sweat began to form on his forehead. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother places a napkin next to each plate on the table. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was concerned that the Communists were intent on taking over our movement in the guise of joint action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She done out a tub of clothes on Monday, but she starched ’em afore they was wrenched, and blued a pink calico dress till I thought I should a died a laughin. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I assigned one of our new attorneys, Bernard Harcourt, to replace Michael on Walter's case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’m just a kid getting called on in class. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was even one of somebody in a T-shirt, I couldn’t see the face, but written on the front of the shirt was i’m marching, and then the back said are you? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

While the farewell lunch was going on, the family concealed its nervousness with festive expressions and they celebrated with exaggerated enthusiasm the remarks that Father Antonio Isabel made. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Or the way that people can live on inside you for a long time, even when they’re supposed to be dead and gone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Because I was on the ledge of the roof at school.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ginny’s left hand kept holding on to, then letting go of Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We were sitting on Holly’s queen-size bed, combing her dolls’ hair. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I get very litle help from my mother on the fashion front, because whatever I wear she says it looks lovely, as long as it has no visible rents. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the deadline for the next day’s paper looming, Bagdikian grabbed the articles the reporters had typed up and jumped on the back of a copy editor’s motorcycle. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Winterbottom motioned for Mike to join her on the sofa. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

All five women on Alabama's death row were condemned for the unexplained deaths of their young children or the deaths of abusive spouses or boyfriends—all of them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He placed the castle on the mantel, put in candles, and lit them. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tried not to look at the dead flies stuck in the goopy puddles on the ground. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The whole thing had gone on for hours. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Susan would wake up, furious, and reach for the whip she kept on a little shelf behind her bed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was hurrying, panicky, wearing her wig, which she hardly wore these days, and she had hastily put it on because it was lopsided on her head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before that, I was just focused on getting myself together. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The picnic tables were no longer in use, their benches chained upside down on top of them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But to his credit, Reed let Lazear proceed with his experiments on a limited basis. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Usually Ms. Gruwell would accompany us, but today we were on our own. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Everything looked good on paper, he had to admit. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But he wouldn’t let me do anything but stay with him and listen while he advised me on the best ways to spread his message. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom puts his hand on her shoulder and squeezes it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

How long have you been holding on to nothing? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Here’s your ticket,” the gruff voice said, and looking up, they found that it came from a huge Brown Bear who was wearing a coat with brass buttons and a peaked cap on his head. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She pointed to the tag on the girl’s blouse. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was on the verge of turning back and going home a dozen times, but eventually I went in. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the old beagle outside, and when I sat down on the grass, the beagle put her head in my lap and murmured in that special way dogs have. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The sound grew louder and she poked her head into the night to see a man on the river running beside his sled and team of dogs. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d been able to place Adnan’s parents in a mosque the previous night, but there were already hundreds of people there, sleeping on the floors, and they couldn’t accommodate more. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He walked over to the glossy chart hanging beside the chalkboard on the front wall. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She put a heavy veil on his head and tied it around his face so that it covered all except his eyes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

El Jefe sat down in an ornate chair on a raised platform and spoke directly to the families of the prisoners to be released. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t the androids keep you company? I heard a commercial on—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I reach behind me for one of the yellow throw pillows with the tassels on the corners and put it on my lap. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Poster boards hung at equal intervals with signs that read, group 1, group 2, and so on all the way to group 25 with the partners’ names listed right below. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I'd be paid and on my way to picking a new college. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was no one on the hill, nothing but the footsteps coming clearly along the path and the faint mocking laughter. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was split open and bloody on one side of its head, at the level of the gills. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The deputy rose and put his hat on his head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bono is not present on the voyage, which is a gratifying circumstance; I have whiled the time in speaking to Pomp and Slant. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The six men said “Yes sir!” and got on their horses and rode off. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights flickered on in a tripped succession once they stepped inside, and Pet was already there, walking around and looking at the equipment. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I thought, You spoiled, sulky caterpillar, I should throw you out on the lawn. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The little boy stood on one side, the old man on the other. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Tied around its neck was a rope, which Jabir was holding on to. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He wrested the gun from Camey’s grasp, turned it on him, and pulled the trigger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Harry,” she said, as he sat down on his camp bed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Out on the stairs, Mr. Frost led the way. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear had concluded that molding was not at all the same as throwing a pot on the wheel. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The other two babies were awake lying naked on blankets on the floor quietly playing with their feet. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He just used to laugh and shake his head while heading on to the next house. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Go on, then, Lover Boy," says the boy from District 2. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We smile and say our goodbyes, and as I hobble out to the car on my crutches, I’m filled with a very strange feeling. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

His hands, folded on the desk before him, were gnarled with veins and had a bluish, pearly sheen around the knuckles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I have no memory of it, no memory of being on that beach with her and my dad and my brother, but she does. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Simeon hops, twists, like the ground is on fire. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

When I come out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, Finch has music playing on the old turntable. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

God help you on your search, because he is a silent and dangerous one. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Overhead, moths clustered on the ceiling beam like a branch in dark bloom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That bothered Mom, but they didn’t fight it out like couples do on TV. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Billy Pilgrim went on skating, doing tricks in sweatsocks, tricks that most people would consider impossible—making turns, stopping on a dime and so on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My first real collecting as a student of natural history was done in Egypt on this journey,” Roosevelt recalled. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I stared at the image on the screen. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The last time I said Mother, I wasn’t even two years old, probably just forming words on my toddler’s tongue. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He put his hand behind that dark recess and took his cane in the strong fist and shifted his weight on the wooden support. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed my essay aside and tapped a key on her computer to make the screen brighten again. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the last one, don’t freak on me.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I remembered the countless meetings in living rooms where maybe seven would be a crowd; the gradually building, building—on up to renting folding chairs for dingy little storefronts which Muslims scrubbed to spotlessness. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Prince said nothing about the scene on deck. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, very slowly, it raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry’s. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Come on. Come on. Tell me where the money is. You just said yourself that money wasn’t important.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad just bit down on his bottom lip and glared at his father before turning back to his food. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“There it is!” a little boy shouted, as a brilliant light, first green then red, exploded on the horizon. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Major battles of the Revolution, with symbols indicating which were won by American or British forces and which resulted in outcomes that were not so clear, are shown on this map. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Me neither. Come on. You’ll be great. I don’t know anything about band books. Did John Philip Sousa write one?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She pointed to a bunch of people who were clustered around a redheaded boy and a girl in braids who sat on the couch across from each other, sketch pads poised on their laps. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Tía is usually on until at least four, which is why I have to help babysit every day. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She makes sure the blackout curtains are fully closed before turning on the lamp at Mr. de Vries's desk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The salesman who had waited on him before met him just inside the door. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the turkey tea cozy off the giant jug of pretzels where it usually sits, stick it on my head like a hat, and dance around the kitchen. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I look down at the number 21 on my practice jersey, the number I’ve been wearing since freshman year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was spreading a quilt on the old sofa, making it into a bed for Winnie. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team exited from the hot zone in pairs, and stood around on the grass in their civilian clothes, looking pale, weak, and thoughtful. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam had begged to be allowed to wait on his master, but had been told that for this time he was a guest of honour. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Wabash Cannonball train was due through on its run between Detroit and St. Louis. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And touching Miss Bates, who at that moment passed near—“Miss Bates, are you mad, to let your niece sing herself hoarse in this manner? Go, and interfere. They have no mercy on her.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

So I’m a little wary with this intruder in White Stag and, sure enough, after our minimal introductions, she turns on me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margaret didn’t see clients on Saturday, but usually spent a half day in the office catching up on the paperwork. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This chess magazine contained theoretical articles and reports on the latest games from around the world, mostly games involving players from the Soviet Union. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening just at dusk, a curious thing happened on Cannery Row. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At certain times—meaning at uncertain times, for they depended on our humour—I would say to Herbert, as if it were a remarkable discovery,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tap on my bedroom door, and then Hafsa entered. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He hoped that, somewhere, she was half as happy as— Down on the main exhibition area, there was Cady, just as she had been a moment before. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was nice and gave me a piece of orange to suck on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eye then lit on Van Helsing and on me too, and gladdened. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She stacked them with the Poe collection of stories on top. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I hung back, very nearly resolved to flee and take my chances with Falconer—had I known where he was—or even on my own in that unknown city. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my avatar and saw that I was now wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans, the default outfit that appeared on every newly created avatar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It is not simply the denial of the right to vote but the shame one feels when a co-worker innocently asks, “Who you gonna vote for on Tuesday?” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Andrew had spent the night on the third floor losing video games to Charles. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no,” he wailed with a shudder, and he knocked the knife out of her hand with a sharp downward blow on her wrist. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Women with not a lot of clothes on were hanging on to the men. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

It isn’t a citywide Prayvaganza, that would be on the football field; it’s only for this district. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tanks, says Ab, my uncle.Tanks, tanks, tanks, and it’s hard to keep up with him on the streets bad as his leg is. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Yes. A cave...her mother...valley full of winds and rainbows...tattered flags on the shrine...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lee Chong considered it as a storehouse for groceries, as a kind of warehouse, but he gave that up on second thought. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to keep it on my face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, get a move on, I want you to look after the bacon. And don’t you dare let it burn, I want everything perfect on Duddy’s birthday.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But on my TV, one of the announcers was a cat. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A white-noise machine hummed in the corner, and a sterile smell crept up on me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A certain compulsion forced him to continue to search for the secrets of the chessboard, and this preoccupation commanded his attention for hours on end. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A plate that you would display proudly on the back wall of a trophy case. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat was on fire, my eyes and nose watering furiously. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I finally settled on an old denim gym bag that I’d made and used back in high school. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge of the bed, but I can’t be in this room, not tonight—not when I can feel that familiar ache. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I had editors—more teachers—and these were the first white people I’d ever really known on any personal level. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She saves the knight for last, placing him on the top of the deck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of my neck rise in warning. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The extra e on the end means it’s the girl. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly, she circled the table, reached under it, rolled Florah away from the damp cardboard, lifted them up, and underneath, on the earthen floor, she found her little black book. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cut back the runners on the yearlings first and then on the two- and three-year-old plants. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two of them grabbed me, one with a hand on each of my upper arms, and walked me out of the room. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He’d figure out how to listen to them later, on his own. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In one hand was the portable spotlight that he kept stowed on the skiff. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Monroe must have just come home because his coat was still on. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once Annabeth caught up, she could walk right behind him and keep an eye on Percy, who was mumbling deliriously, his forehead dangerously hot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I allow myself to feel young for a moment and rest my head on her shoulder. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They turned the knob on the door at the bottom of the black stairs and stepped onto the fourth level. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The majority were on the beach, moving about aimlessly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Far below, the deathless fires put out their glow and smoke on the darkling air, and even at this great height the clang of hammers could be heard in the snapping wind. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Fixing my eyes on the repeating crossties, I walked fast. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

One girl, I saw quickly, had a huge lump on her cheek that was the size of a lemon. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I lifted up the first, blank, page, and surveyed those beneath, to see, as Bono quoth, what the man on the street was wearing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The total amount of energy from outside the solar system ever received by all the radio telescopes on the planet Earth is less than the energy of a single snowflake striking the ground. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irritation flared in him, then turned to rage, and then he was screaming at a card on the floor that he couldn’t grab ahold of, and the terror spread. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mark had put a hand on her shoulder. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She clutched a letter from an opened package that sat on the kitchen table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The wasp landed squarely on it now, almost embracing it with its black legs as it delivered another sting to the belly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only a block away, and maybe it’s not a red star on her map, but it should’ve been. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I say, there aren’t many here, are there? Do you think it’s really worth going on with this idea?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course. Well, I’m on my way to the tailor. Hafsa’s outgrowing her clothes every time I blink.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She said, “That’s fine, Elijah, you can stay on some other night. Your bag’s where you left it at.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She was sitting in the shade on her wicker chair; her eyes were closed and her face was relaxed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She lay supine on her bed without a pillow, a glass of water within easy reach and, at her side, a book she knew she could not read. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The snow had been falling on King’s Landing most of the night; outside the drifts were ankle deep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Rex paid them no attention; he bounded past like they were standing still and quickly closed the gap on Jordan, nipping at his heels and chasing him out of the park and down the block. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He could feel the motion pushing out of the damp earth into the sunshine—the yellow spotted snake the first to emerge, carrying this message on his back to the people. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt six hands on my back and the bumpy ground beneath me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caught on a piece of iron that stuck out of the concrete wall, a ragged T-shirt hung, limp as a flag of surrender. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

That Sunday turned out to be the dreariest one on record. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They kept seeing lights appear and disappear in the blackness—green and red navigation lights, just as on Ida's boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

You dont know what goes on I says, you dont hear the talk that I hear and you can just bet I shut them up too. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A picture frame on her night table held a photo of a small boy with blond curls. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tongue was on fire, and when she gulped a cup of wine the flames spread down her throat and up her nose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Papa lifted her up, and she could hear his feet pounding on the ground. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All around the edges on clean damp stones were honeycombs and lovely neat, round light-yellow cheeses! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked sleepy and unhappy slumped in a reclining chair, his head rested on his hand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was a little nervous myself, but I told him I had done some reading in experimental psychology on Friday and that I thought it had a lot to contribute. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a body turned away from us on top of the makeshift bed, and without a moment’s pause he reached up his little arms and pulled himself right on top of it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Panicking, he heard footsteps coming down the corridor outside — stuffing the shrieking book back on the shelf, he ran for it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Tiller still thought that Sairy—and not the kid—should come with him on the river trip, but he hadn’t been able to find a way to suggest that yet. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The men who were walking found themselves on an old Indian path, so they didn’t have to spend valuable time and energy carving out a trail. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Most grownups spent their whole lives out West without ever laying eyes on one. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bounced a little bald baby on her shoulder. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The door is barely closed before I fling my laptop open, calling Stella on Skype as I lie upside down off my bed, pink bedpan in one hand for mucus disposal. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Can the girl rest her hands on my belly for a little bit?” the woman asked. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then, making sure no one was in the hall, he would take out a key, unlock a door on the third floor, and enter the secret New York City headquarters of the KGB. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary MacLeod Bethune, A. Philip Randolph, Charles Hamilton Houston, and so many more had built their life’s work on Du Bois’ foundation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Anker’s was low-class enough so that the drinks were cheap, but high-class enough so that you didn’t have to worry about someone picking a fight or throwing up on you. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Müssner stops, clasps his hands together, rests them on the desk. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I'd hate to have the poor child lose her pearls on account of me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She then pointed to the painting of the woman on the wall. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I put on all black too—just seemed like the right thing to do—and met Ma, Spoony, and Berry in the kitchen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His helmet was on the back of his head, his rifle under his arm. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have been waiting for him, perhaps preparing her little speech, even rehearsing it out loud as she sat on the stone parapet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We’ll need water. “There’s a tap marked on this map the Muggle gave us,” said Ron, who had followed Harry inside the tent and seemed completely unimpressed by its extraordinary inner proportions. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Fleur walked over to stand beside him, giving him a soppy, slavish look that Harry hoped with all his heart would never appear on his face again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Garvey started his dance lying on the ground as if he were asleep by the fire, then slowly awoke and sat up. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As time went on and I became very familiar with the lesson material, I felt a great sense of accomplishment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any idea how many times she borrowed my car?” he rants on the bus ride to school. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t run very far on twenty-seven cents. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

That’s what I thought when I looked at the dark circle on the ground. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the interviews to find that first group of Navajos for “special duty” were going on. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left a message asking if we planned on doing a love poem duet for assembly in a few weeks. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of boys would put a tin can on the car track and sit along the curb and watch with a professional eye as the trolley wheels flattened the can. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slices of mango glistening on a pie, small brown cakes swelling with raisins. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“But people think that the shoe fits better on you.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lieutenant stood on several bricks so that he could be high enough to be seen by all. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They just stop by on their lunch break or after work to talk with Mr. Malloy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her rotund figure dressed in hospital gown and slippers at the head of the demonstrators inspired many less committed Hayti residents to battle on. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom kept all her notes from every bank teller and embassy representative and African expert she talked to on a yellow legal pad. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He set the ingredients on the desk, carefully avoiding the snake’s mouth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

On September 10, three days before news of the dead hiker appeared in the Times, the story was published on the front page of the Anchorage Daily News. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next day, to head off David Howard from riding up from Friendly on his bike, I go down to see him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soulzeren had, in the instant of the cry, reversed thrust on the sleigh, sending it scudding gently backward. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The news had gone on to the next story. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A few had fallen down on me, like little pointy raindrops. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I stepped through the open door, pausing on the walkway to take another deep breath. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her eyes went wide, and she clamped her jaws down on the unexpected gift. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Connell says, I know everything ye do, everything, for the people of Limerick have their eye on ye and there are reports which I have here in my drawers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I have another on my shoulder from where he knocked me into the floor. Believe me yet?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“What I’ve got to tell you is just this. There was a murder on the train last night, and the murderer was right there in my compartment!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vega had thought the same thing, by the disappointed look on his face. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I pulled my hood down as far as possible, hopped the porch railing and rang the bell, one eye on the van, one eye on the door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I read the article right there on the front lawn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Some will fight on his side, some against. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Emily swung her backpack on and hurried ahead of Matthew’s group. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z