The card has three names on it: The names are familiar, although I’m not too sure why. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She points at the blackboard propped against the wheel of the man's pushcart, with a long list of items scribbled on it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It’s about half the size of a car engine, wood, four knobs on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Rishi’s nose wasn’t bleeding anymore, but Dimple kept insisting he put an ice pack on it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We could’ve worked on it some more and made a bunch of copies in the library and sold it around the school.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It was a triangle, with legs on it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s where I’m from,” Sammy says, puffing out his chest, as if someone is going to pin a medal on it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

There was doubt written on it, then wonder and hatred mixed, and then conviction. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She prayed until her knees were raw and bloody, until her tongue felt so thick and heavy that she was like to choke on it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the last minute, Flora’s mother had picked up the piece of paper with his poem on it and thrown it into the sack along with him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Jam could almost smell the sweat of the hunt on it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was a strange bear, clad in polished armor with the dew on it frozen into frost, and with a plume in his helmet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He blew on it to dry the ink, then closed the book and folded his glasses. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain had a fist like a sledgehammer, and on it he wore four vicious jeweled rings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Praise was a poison to me; I choked on it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And because he eats only bread with nothing on it, he loses a lot of weight. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The playwright Tony Kushner has described the attraction of gay men to the theater, and their influence on it, in one word: fabulousness. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was moving directly toward them, and moving as if his life depended on it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

When she returns to check yet again on that $7 polo, she finds a stain on it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you mean to take her up on it, make her spread her legs for you as well. The best part of me for the best part of her, that’s a fair trade.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I skimmed off a spoonful and blew on it, waiting for it to cool. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

To that bed I seemed to have grown; I lay on it motionless as a stone; and to have torn me from it would have been almost to kill me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hop up on my left foot and put all my weight on it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

When I finished thinking on it, I knowed I didn’t have no choice but to go find Ma. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“All those names and the black surface. It’s like looking in a mountain pond at night, but with the names floating on it.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

His plate was completely clean, as if there had never been any food on it at all. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I put my pen top in my mouth, chewed on it for a second, then answered. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“In your army jacket? All right, but I hate to get your blood on it.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a tie with books on it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He drove all twelve miles like that, cackling as if it were a game, as if we were both in on it, as if my teeth weren’t clattering. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Get on it. Take anyone you want from any department. Use as much overtime as you want. Find a way to talk to him. That's your only job right now." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of man who would take a wooden crate, flip it upside down, then step up on it and put on a show. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m wondering why it has flecks of red paint on it!” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the tar paper that Gerald had found and nailed to the ramp really did help her, so she had let him play on it. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What I will never forget is this," one of them commented, "the taste of my first strawberry yogurt! It tasted so good that I lived on it for a week!" Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Best to just get on it and walk back toward ’em as fast as I can. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I would say my brothers are being obnoxious, but there’s a good chance McCoy actually has a melon bailer in his desk drawer with Boss’s name on it.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I felt like saying, Don’t bet on it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She reluctantly took the cookie and sat down to gnaw on it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

However, a few days later I learned that a list had been created, and my name was on it, along with my mother's. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He punches back with his hand with the big limp gold bracelet on it; it hits Aaron’s watch, clanging. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The dust which had contaminated most of the planet’s surface had originated in no country, and no one, even the wartime enemy, had planned on it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

After finding three that meet her specifications, she lifts the first and blows on it, saying, “Steed, rise and bear us where I command.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At one side was a gate with a tiny latch on it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. He does not wear a baseball cap with a fish on it.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He knew instinctively they would seize on it to hurt him even more. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy didn’t feel like he had much right to tell Bob what to do now—even if their lives depended on it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I grab it and flop down on it, and we spend the next half hour working out the details of my idea. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“My mama says I lead with my heart, but...that I have to learn how to think with my head. I’m still working on it.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe a track made of recycled tires is softer to run on, but it still hurts when you fall on it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Geneva found a plate and stacked the French toast on it and set it on the table. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of them has a normal shoe on it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Stomp on it before it gets away,” the guard said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to take off my vest, since I got a fair amount of vomit on it as well, but it’s too cold to think about it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

This makes no sense, no sense at all, and everything feels like it’s starting to slip, like the world is a table tilted on its side and everything on it is tipping over. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Cattle and horses could eat it, mixed with grass, and get fat on it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The page was blank and on it, with a fountain pen whose cap he ceremoniously unscrewed, he wrote his name and address. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even Ruby’s fire had no effect on it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s one of the A group, just as you expected. Number nine. I’m keeping notes on it.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like the girls at school, they were off gluten one week only to suddenly be on it again if the meal was enticing enough. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Sí. And you lied. There’s no hair on it at all.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Amount of time it took Mr. Powell to understand what I had: I think he’s still working on it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a tall board fence behind him, and on it a message was written with purple chalk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If there’s a fish, we’ll do our best to net it, step on it to hold it down, whack it over the head, stick a knife in back of its eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She points to a desk in the 2nd row that has a paper with my name written on it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Oshiro was assigned responsibility for the radio and told he could hand it off to one of the Vietnamese they were training, as long as he kept an eye on it. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A stick stuck up from one corner of the basket, and, on it, like a sluggish flag stood six pretzels. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It buttoned with gold-colored buttons, and every button had a little castle and a tree carved on it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want me to put up a sign that shows Ruby in a zoo with the word home on it in giant letters?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a secondhand T-shirt with a picture of San Francisco’s red bridge on it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The police have already taken your personal belongings and put them in a bag with your name on it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If there was anything printed on it, it must be on the other side, away from her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a large piece of Bristol board with enlarged photographs of people’s fingerprints pinned up on it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

To the left of the door was a small board with the words Parish Priest and Assistant Priest on it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I picked it up and tapped on it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They hammered on it lor ten more minutes; Ron even went and banged on one of the windows, but there was no response. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Because it’s the ultimate sign of dependency. Someone wiping your bottom. But I’m working on it. I’m trying to enjoy the process.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverently, Nhamo smoothed out the cloth and put the utensils on it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name written on it was penned in bold black ink. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“The land is no place for a Gribley, and here I am three hundred feet from the beech with Gribley carved on it.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to dribbling the ball around, focusing all my attention on it, trying not to think about the group of girls standing on the other side of the field. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to stick this cool bead on it.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He yelled it, choked on it, a snarl-cry of rage at his own carelessness. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two matching SUVs are parked in the drive, shining as if their pretentious mechanical lives depend on it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I read a book on it once,” he said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore an old leather jacket, unzipped, and a black T-shirt with writing on it but I didn’t notice what it said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might occasionally see someone in a T-shirt or hat with the logo on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We kids usually kept our hunger to ourselves, but we were always thinking of food and how to get our hands on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of— “Why don’t you bring your chair up to my desk, and we’ll work on it?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m a little worried that an atomic bomb might drop on it,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

This was primary source material, research papers based on direct experimental data, involved theoretical constructions utilizing a complex vocabulary and containing a wealth of original ideas—and he was breaking his head on it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he had fallen on it when he tumbled out of the tree. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two objects in it, a flat piece of marble with dim hieroglyphics on it, and a small head of a glowing milky white. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m lingering in Lucinda’s bedroom, watching her pack and repack her small suitcase as if there’s going to be a test on it when she lands in the United States. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I took a piece of cornbread with a big dab of lard on it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam was half hanging out of the window, half sitting on it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He knew that wind: people called it the levanter, because on it the Moors had come from the Levant at the eastern end of the Mediterranean. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reflecting on it now, I’m not sure the injury changed him that much, but I convinced myself that it had, and that any cruelty on his part was entirely new. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he pressed his hand on it, it gurgled. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The comforter on my bed had a purple unicorn on it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I have a different lunch box now that doesn’t have a lock on it.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would awake in a soft bed, snuggled under a cozy comforter with a rainbow on it. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t have my name on it, just pictures of Khalil. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I still have one, the only one we didn’t sell, and nights when I just can’t get to sleep here, I count the beads on it, like it’s my own kind of rosary. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But with the bus in Spokane and Mark not on it, her idea got louder. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When there’s someone hanging on it at least you know the worst. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not attempt to walk on it—it hurt too much when I put it down. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

One of them had a picture of a boat on it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not put his full weight on it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some little difficulty, it seemed, a husband who was worried about his wife's health and wanted a report on it without her being alarmed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I slogged up to Joey’s window and knocked on it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His head bowed, he walked up to Clara’s grave and threw a spray of half-withered wild flowers on it that looked as if they had been stolen from some garden. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I faked, but before he could call me on it, I changed the subject, which, when I think about it, might be one of my hidden talents. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He should have a black patch, over one eye, a cravat with horseshoes on it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought the ball of my hand to my mouth and bit on it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I repeated, “Are there any people on it?” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riding away, I said, “Why don’t you leave a card or something with your name on it?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Frank’s arm was raw from being scraped against the booth when he was struggling with the guy in the bathroom, and we put some water on it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I think we can count on it being unbearable wherever I am.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night Mama didn’t just ask me to be a better boy; she insisted on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Dad would give me a corner of the farm, and my husband would put a house on it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Not remembering can be difficult, but I’ve had a lot of time to work on it. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

It felt like the leech was still on it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a plane making its way west, and I mentally put myself on it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They came in a small box with old-fashioned pictures on it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bieber tucks a bow between his paws, and he nips and tugs on it, and everyone’s just kind of draped over various pieces of furniture. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But the door opened when she pushed on it, and a bell attached to its doorknob clanked. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Like your life depends on it. Because it does for a while.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The gods pulled on it to show him how strong it was. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He climbed up on it, and told Carmen to hold on to his back. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless he carefully memorized what was written on it, and some hours later dropped it into the memory hole along with a mass of other papers. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Sop up the gravy on my bread and nibble on it as I listen to Finnick telling some ridiculous story about a sea turtle swimming off with his hat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At the moment that was their chief danger; for in the dark they could not see a descent, until they came on it and put their feet out into emptiness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She knew how much Joe wanted to succeed at crew, how much depended on it for the two of them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Certainly they cannot build on it; it is a swamp, meant only for rice-growing.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggle with the cap on a mucus thinner, pressing down on it with all my strength and trying to twist it off. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I pinched Laertes’ elbows and with a little cry, he released his hold on it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The boy went over to the stone and knocked on it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His door was open, but I sort of knocked on it anyway, just to be polite and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Two lamps stood on it, their shades patterned with flowery tendrils. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and the sausage curls on it bounced. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back on it now, I think my parents appreciated my feistiness and I’m glad for it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I nibbled on it each day—a gram here and a gram there. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t put her finger on it, not yet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I can come again, we are still to have our ball. My father depends on it. Do not forget your engagement.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He put the bundle on the floor and with his right claw drew out a long red knife and spat on it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

His mother slid a padded floor chair behind Doha, but he could only lean on it sideways. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“In English. I didn’t—” I tested the word “know” a couple of times but saw I was going to stammer spastically on it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I saw the school principal, and your great-aunt Lynda, who we called Shelf Butt, because her butt was so big a person could set a glass of milk on it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A knuckle on his right hand was bleeding, so he put a Band-Aid on it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

All I said to her was that I wanted to find the old Gribley farm, and that the Gribleys hadn’t lived on it for maybe a hundred years, and she was off. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

These days, the habit has become an addiction: we are hooked on living; the tenacity of its grip on us, and ours on it, grows in intensity. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Iran—especially in older homes—you were supposed to squat over the toilet instead of sitting on it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He handed Amaka a piece of paper and told her he had written some suitably boring names on it, that she had only to choose one and he would leave. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I grab it with my hand and see that it’s a disc with a gold ship’s wheel on it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“My hand is even better now than it was before. It’s better now because I work on it every day.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The hotel room was basic: two double beds separated by a wooden nightstand with a gray lamp on it, across from a chest of drawers that doubled as a stand for the TV and coffeemaker. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if it’s true. Eduardo at the bank swears that his brother saw a document with a government seal on it discussing patria potto tad. But who knows?” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Scheisskopf longed desperately to win parades and sat up half the night working on it while his wife waited amorously for him in bed thumbing through Krafit-Ebing to her favorite passages. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Behind the desk, a whiteboard was propped on a wall, venues and dates of intended marriages written on it in blue; a name at the bottom caught his eye. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once his foot slipped as he put his weight on it and his heart stopped in his chest, but the gpds were good and he did not fall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“They will test you again. I would wager my right hand on it,” said Tyr. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Fred and George were wearing blue sweaters, one with a large yellow F on it, the other a G. “Harry’s is better than ours, though,” said Fred, holding up Harry’s sweater. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The back of our train car had Russian writing on it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then I throw my electric skateboard down and jump on it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Shee-oot. That Billups tried to wipe his shoes on it and I told him, I said, Chico, if Mississippi don’t have cotton, hell, Mississippi don’t have nothing.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Guess not. Come on, then,” I say grouchily, because even if I’d had a list of allies, Johanna Mason would definitely not have been on it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t fight to keep the island, Crow. It doesn’t belong to me. But I’ll fight to stay on it. This,” he said, nodding at the bundle, “you can hand over quite easily.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“The healer woman put a comfrcy salve on it to draw out the pestilence.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was part of the landscape, not an imposition on it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

With the base of my palm, I press on it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Carolyn makes a bright yellow banner with the words “abrasive,” “aggressive” and “shrill” on it in red, and hangs it outside the door. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He drops the formal posturing and leans close, the smugness rolling off him so thickly that I think I’ll choke on it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Looking back on it, when they were old, they did not remember that in this year it had ever rained or frozen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And doesn’t own a baseball cap with a fish on it? Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The building was abandoned by everyone who could make a dollar on it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His legs were on fire, and his forehead felt as if somebody had been pounding on it with a hammer, but he could move. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean until you take off? You and your paper map and possibly a Holo if you can get your hands on it?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The woman is brought forward; she walks as if she’s really concentrating on it, one foot, the other foot, she’s definitely drugged. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pastor Ambrose held his Bible up, as if some solid miracle would fall on it from the sky, and shouted nonsensical words: she baba she baba she baba. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At one big house the mailbox by the road had a lighted lantern hanging on it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on it to feel its vibration. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In the morning she fussed with her little garden, pruning this, repotting that, but her mind wasn’t on it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And there were pictures of people holding up pieces of paper with the hashtag written on it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I had to think on it some more. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wears gold earrings and a scarf with spangles on it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My uncle gave me his old laptop when he got a new one. It already had this studio software on it, so he showed me a few things, and I’ve been teaching myself.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I am making a figure-four trap as tall as me with a log on it that I can barely lift. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you mustn’t think just of incense in the ship, or precious cloths on it There were these, but they were not the loveliness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a beautiful metal can that said it was a waterer and had a lucky clover on it, and another one that was open on top that said it was a feeder. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then he carried a tray over to our table with three lidded tin tureens on it, and started banging the tureens down. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The trial itself has been described in detail many times, and we need not elaborate on it here. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her ankle still gave a stab of pain whenever she tried to put her weight on it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t afford toilet paper, so on the wall next to the seat was a wire hanger with old newspaper on it for you to wipe. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Darin nodded, but later that night, I caught him working on it in our room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You hear it on every street corner. It’s a wonder we don’t all choke to death on it.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only ten million more to go, he thought, then placed the shovel back in the crack and jumped on it again. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I reassured her I was totally on it, but when I didn’t turn back to my computer right away, she waved impatiently at me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“This the only one I got. You gonna swear on it or not?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He gave me a card with his private phone number on it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Alter, you’ve been working on it for weeks now. Have some confidence or you’ll end up running the printing presses forever.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was still acting funny and overheating, in spite of Neil having worked on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed at her sweatshirt, which had a rainbow on it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Some rely on it as a confidant, for it’s known to have a compassionate, impartial ear, and never gossips. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She reached for a loaf of bread, but a server swept it out of the way to make room for a new dish: a huge platter with a suckling pig on it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a lady’s handkerchief and had a design outlined on it: a sitting Newfoundland dog with his tongue lolling out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed me his left hand, which had YES tattooed on it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They each have a cloth square with their District number on it pinned to their shirts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She reached under the desk and pulled out another thick book called Standard Highway Mileage Guide and turned to a page that had a million numbers and city names on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The foot on it was angled forward like a ballerina’s pointed toes. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She could type on it faster than I could on a regular keyboard. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hone myself on it till I grew saintly and thin and essential as the blade of a knife. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Not a scratch on it, inside or out. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Probably give it to Momma so she can put her bracelets on it or something. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He sits with his back straight to the wall as if afraid to lean on it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because life wasn’t really an ocean, and she wasn’t really a little boat bobbling about on it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still checking the Marauder’s Map, and as he was unable to locate Malfoy on it, deduced that Malfoy was still spending plenty of time within the room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was wearing my track pants and a Granger sweatshirt that had the school’s name on it and nothing else. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Conrad and I were so tired of looking at grown-up furniture and being told not to touch it or sit on it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I held out a finger and the largest butterfly I’d ever seen landed on it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We were to pick any science topic, research it, and write a report on it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Henry asks, examining a spoon with peanut butter caked on it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Want to see my talent? Cinna did a great job on it.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A white board with curved black marks on it was propped up on that desk. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stomped and stomped on it till it was green plastic splinters. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He stares at the stone, the characters engraved on it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He decided to let her brood on it till, say, next week. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he passed the line a little lower on his shoulders and braced his left hand on it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Originally, I planned to let my bedroom sit overnight and check on it in the morning. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned a chair back onto its legs and sat her on it, looking for something, anything, to boil water in. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It is covered with clean snow-white linen, that even has got the marks of the iron still on it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged on it and said, “He wanted to come over here for a drink.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

As he lifted his smouldering stick of touchwood and blew on it, he caught sight of me for the first time. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fenoglio had sat down at the table again in front of a blank sheet of paper and was rapidly scribbling a few words on it when the door opened. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Zooey reached for his cigarette again, dragged on it, and then said, “There’s another, similar line in Timothy—‘I will therefore that men pray everywhere.’ Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Across her stern was a wooden plaque and on it was hand carved FROG. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good thing is, Ms. Blinny put some clear contact paper on it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

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

One guy jumps on it and takes the blast and saves his three buddies. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just like Daddy’s. But with a lot more keys on it than Daddy’s has. This one has ten keys.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Celaena lifted her right hand so she could see the scars on it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Up ahead sat the fat black mother cat enjoying the warm sun on her fat black back, licking a paw as if there were cake batter on it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Every piece of clothing I wore was brand new and had my name on it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Can you see any markings on it?’ he asked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mom says she wouldn’t eat a Finkle if her life depended on it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I got there ahead of you, little boy—I reached the wand before you could get your hands on it, I understood the truth before you caught up. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A few last chuckles escaped him as he took the crutch from Tree-ear and leaned on it to sit on the ground. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Catarina hurried into the bedroom and came prancing back, holding the hanger with Papá’s coat on it and the red velveteen dress underneath. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She was on it in the blink of an eye, grabbing a wing as the pigeon flapped and fluttered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my mother’s things in the falling-apart paper, tucked them back in the hatbox, and put the lid on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe pulled a sawhorse to the other side of the shell and sat down on it, facing the older man. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

May had to have a banana every morning, and this banana absolutely could not have a bruise on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came in carrying this tray with coffee and cakes and stuff on it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She folded the paper, slid it into the envelope, sealed it, then wrote her own address on it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Justyce isn’t real fond of Jared—or any of Manny’s other friends for that matter—but he knows they’ve all been tight since kindergarten, so he tries to keep a lid on it. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"My leg. I can't stand on it. It must really be broken." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And my name won’t be on it either. None of our names will be there.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what they threw good money away on it for.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Jenny’s husband pulled out a rag and wiped his hands on it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I planted the dried sprig of moonlace carefully in the dirt and sprinkled a little nectar on it from my camp canteen. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The potato plant grows about two feet high, but there are no potatoes on it. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can only tell she’s a girl by the shape of her body—but her oversized jacket, loose jeans, high-top sneakers, and hat with three bumblebees on it make her almost look like a boy. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ms. Blair pulls my hands away and wipes away the blood before cleaning it and putting a bandage on it. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She worked on it for a week, using a sharpened Popsicle stick to shape the slightly bulging eyes and the goatee and earring and longish hair. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he opened and closed them on it lightly to loosen them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they moved on it was no longer panic flight. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out slowly and dosed my hand on it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The charter’s safe, where he can never lay a hand on it!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Take his powers, Sierra told them, but they were already on it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

There was a half wall there, and I sat on it, setting my camera down and wrapping my arms around myself. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hating the cool kids takes an awful lot of energy, and I’d given up on it a long time ago. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I reached the gate with Goddess Lakshmi’s name on it, I knelt on the wet sidewalk and hugged Kutti close. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Obiora had spread a mat and there was room on it, but she sat on the bare cement, resting her head against the railings. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry glanced at it, but Fred, whether accidentally or on purpose, shifted his hand so that the name on it was covered. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He turned the envelope over, and I saw that one word was written on it: desk. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Hilly close her magazine, put it on the concrete so she don’t get her grease on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The captain knocked out the oak plug from the end of the keg and got glasses down from the shelf that had scallop-edged paper laid on it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started to slam the violin down on the floor and stomp on it, but instead she put it back roughly into the hatbox. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Already the paint on it had begun to blister. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the entryway was a design with markings on it that looked like a shield. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a helipad with a “Channel Five Fort Lauderdale” helicopter on it, and a short runway with a Learjet and a propeller plane that looked like a World War II fighter. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A made-up card with a “Turning Twelve” by Nzila poem printed on it that Big Ma would roll her eyes at. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“If you think on it, you come to see there’d be so many creatures, including people, we’d all be squeezed in right up next to each other before long.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marigold could just make out the locket around her neck, the silver oval with the single letter engraved on it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Republic flag stands are positioned at both ends of the curtain, and as we approach, I see that the curtain has a faint pattern of the flag on it as well. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He had to fan on it blow on it He made the nest ready again, held the hatchet backward, tensed, and struck four quick blows. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sweat from my hands makes them slippery, but I hold on like my life depends on it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Lucky again, Miss Amin. Soon I will make that luck run out. Count on it.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Since she had had the use of reason she remembered having done her duty in a gold pot with the family crest on it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Long ago, the sky was so low that you might bump your head on it if you were not careful, and so low that people sometimes disappeared right up into it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

My father was on it after my mother was killed. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It was still there—the little piece of tape with the name on it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Kaisha turned to a page with a sketched diagram on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I follow the dress with my eyes, focusing all my energy on it, wanting desperately to rescue it from the pile. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought it close to his face and spit on it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rode to school on it every day with my eldest sister riding on hers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But black folks put a twist on it, switched it around—or as my mother said, put some funk on it—and made it butterfly. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And I knew he wouldn’t want any and everybody monkeying with his car or learning how to drive on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Look, Susan, it doesn’t have a single number on it. Just dots. Now, how can anybody figure out what time it is from those dots?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy’d stole a nickel from somewhere and held it up so’s the buffalo on it was looking out at us. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Polly watched, amazed, as Amari rushed to grab the mat on the floor, shook it out, then curled up on it quickly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped closer to the wall and lay a hand on it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Please, start. ’Cause my fist got his name on it.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She opened the cabinet and pulled out a small black box with a combination lock on it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stoker pulls his wooden stool over and half sits on it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s intent on it even though he’s much too good- looking for me, not to mention a state senator’s son. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On my left was a high gray cobblestone wall with a mammoth dragon skull mounted on it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We use a big tree with a mark on it as a target. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The rock was smooth, flat, and now that there was light, I could see writing chiseled on it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then he quickly adds, “Of course, that was a very long time ago, and now you can simply enjoy it, and then I’ll have you write an essay on it.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“How long have you been working on it?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He took out the checkbook and began writing on it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He had one arm of his glasses in his mouth, and was chewing on it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Hanging on his chest, which was otherwise bare, was a white disk with a spiral pattern on it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t bet my life on it, but I know this stuff pretty good. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Aunt Robbie, meanwhile, kept her part of the house like a mausoleum, the furniture swathed in protective plastic that felt cold and sticky on my bare legs when I dared sit on it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The paper was a fuzzy copy of the back of Mom’s phone, a reproduction of the crooked heart drawn on it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Pieces of paper with all sorts of writing on it, seals and official-looking stamps. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before, all those times, when I remembered the tissue with my tears on it after Bas told me he was joining the military. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She held her head bowed down, as if she wanted to view Gregor better, but ran senselessly back, contradicting that gesture, forgetting that behind her stood the table with all the dishes on it. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sits his butt down on it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The headmaster, Mr. Scallan, says we are to return on Monday with a composition book, a pencil, and a pen with a good nib on it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Kept you up all night thinking on it?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After all, if I was going to be a doctor, my future was riding on it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was a round table, already spread with a white cloth, and on it was a large hand-bell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He thought the road would be so bad that no one would be on it but he was wrong. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When she embroidered a tree, birds would try to land on it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

That's so weird the way your parents told you, like they were both in on it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Just, seriously, don’t spend any money on it please. I’ll think of something.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It's smooth and dry, if you think on it compared to the mountain.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She opened the book at the page beginning with the N and the horned marten perched on it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The bicycle pulled up before the porch, a seventeen- year-old colored boy on it, all arms and feet and long legs and round watermelon head. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back on it, she supposed it was all those years of people attempting to claim her, choose her, of feeling an invisible net cast around her, that had led her to this proposal. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Already there was a fresh fall of ash on it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It would be red, but with a reddish-black patch on it, like rot in an apple or a bruise. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It might have had words on it at one point, but they were too faded to read. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Todd laughed, explaining that on it were only photos he’d taken of the flood damage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

From the open strip under the roof of this room yellow torchlight glowed, and Ranofer’s eyes fixed on it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Stephanie’s white apron has splotches of curry on it, making the giant pink cupcake on the front look like it has orange swirls. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t use the phone properly, I’m going to put a lock on it.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Brian’s reading the titles on the spines of books on the shelves like he’s going to be tested on it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Each of them had their own page with their picture on it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came on it suddenly around a corner. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked over to the post, reared up on it, and sniffed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew this, just by laying her hand on it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I sprinkled water in front of the altar, and put some flowers on it, violets and dogwood. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Ruth did sit on it, knees on either side like she was astride a horse. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel jumped lightly on it and from there to the thick planks, which were old and soft-surfaced, dusty and covered with chaff. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long had it been forging in the dark smithies of Mordor, and its hideous head, founded of black steel, was shaped in the likeness of a ravening wolf; on it spells of ruin lay. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Holding the lantern-glass close to Matthias’s nose and mouth, the Abbot was rewarded by the sight of the faint mist that appeared on it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Ron stuffed the Sneakoscope into a particularly horrible pair of Uncle Vernon’s old socks, which deadened the sound, then closed the lid of the trunk on it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Lips moving, Vega seemed to be reading something written on it: words that weren’t there, but he could see them just as plain. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

One side had writing on it, queer words she could not read. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s long and black, with pearl buttons on it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When a piece of mail comes with your name on it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I lifted Lincoln’s Bible, and Barack placed his left hand on it, vowing to protect the U.S. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the living room a couch, a fireplace, and a coffee table with the latest issues of Good Housekeeping on it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I have a small sign with my paradox on it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

His motorcycle depended on it, even though his legs were stiff and his entire body trembled. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Thandiwe placed her forebear on the ground and stepped on it, then looked at me and raised an eyebrow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I struggled into my white bathrobe with the blue cornflowers on it and staggered down to the bathroom. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I fished in my pocketbook and handed Doreen the mirror with her name and the daisies on it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Not that!” he snaps impatiently at one point, just because I have the nerve to select a tie with a cartoon character on it. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’d seen the same expression on kids spotting a birthday cake with their name on it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Tendai was frightened by this sudden lack of memory, but his exhaustion would not let him dwell on it long. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A “good” card is one with actual stolen numbers printed on it instead of fake ones. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the door doesn’t have my name on it I want to be with Devon. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabs a piece of paper and presses her finger on it. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I feel the way I do when I step out from under a squat bar with 300 pounds on it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The school’s name is printed right on it! Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Heather delicately pushes a pile of dirty clothes off my chair and perches her skinny butt on it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

A foul, rotten taste pervades my mouth, and the water has little effect on it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Just totally rips your heart out of your chest and then brutally stomps on it. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When a bus pulled alongside the curb, Rondell hopped up like we were gonna get on it, but I tugged the back of his sweatshirt, told him: “We gotta walk it this time, Rondo.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every time a new campaign started, a picture would be painted on it to promote the campaign’s message. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What grows on it?” the boy asked, thinking it must be something good to eat if somebody cared that much about a plant. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see it clearly, that it was chrome and that it had pearl grips on it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She had been working on it for a week and it had been due three days ago. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Now everyone keep their bloody mouths shut, I mean it. You know the rules—no idea’s unacceptable—and you’ll all have your say when we vote on it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, that stove was like a little fireplace with little carved doors on its front and a nice place on it where you could put your feet to dry. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my back on it and sauntered down the hall and into my daddy's office, where I wasn't supposed to be. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was a most perilous enterprise, but everything for him depended on it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We smeared extra honey on it— Father was not going to take chances. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They placed Saidu on it and asked us to follow them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But there were days when the wind ripped up the surface of Lake Washington so badly that nobody could row on it without being swamped. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was a woman at the front of the room, standing in front of a chalkboard that had a bunch of math equations on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Indeed, when I look down at the borrowed ball gown I slept in, there are grass stains on it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were only four words written on it, each one capitalized. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I can not only see that tree, I can see the individual leaves on it.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

If he would just let her get to work on it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like everyone in South Vietnam, when she had turned fifteen she had begun carrying a small laminated card with her name, birth date, and photo on it. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“But you shook hands on it, didn’t you? You gave him your word as a gentleman.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Let it go. T. J. We’ll talk on it after the fight.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was reintroduced dutifully every year, but the full Senate did not vote on it until 1887, when it was defeated 16 to 34, with twenty-five senators not even bothering to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She put her hand with the ring on it in her hair and said, “You know, I actually was talking about Grandma, Oskar, but it’s true, I need friends, too. What’s wrong with that?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She regarded the main part of the basement: the one saggy couch that had been retired from the living room upstairs after Finn spilled grape Kool-Aid on it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I reflected on it, I suspected the other parents thought it was funny that we had spooked the Ohio men, who were not exactly beloved by the average Coalwoodian. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur, looking tired, walked slowly to the throne and set himself on it He motioned to them, to resume their seats. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was way too much else on my mind, and I couldn’t focus on it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were a certain number of bottles on it. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He stood up and shook his leg before trying his weight on it, then limped toward the tree. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems a good system, come to think on it.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reads the quote I painted on it out loud: “As a friend, on a scale from one to ten, you’re a ten and a half.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As always, he wears the shirt with Flint on it and his bruises. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“The desk without flowers on it will be mine.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think it’ll do any of us any good for you to dwell on it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

And maybe he had put his finger on it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not brand-new—but only two years old and just twenty thousand miles on it.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The number to call back is written right on it, and it’s on your sheet too, if you need people to call back. If someone calls for you, don’t worry, someone’ll find you.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then I wet the floor, piled the kindling on it, and backed into the small foyer that led to the rear door. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The book left open on my bed, the disheveled kantha quilt, the long black cotton scarf with red roses embroidered on it, my phone plugged into the nightstand. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Roza scooped her ancient flowered bag off the belt and trailed the students to a man who held a placard with the name of the university written on it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was sitting in the cemetery already, just waiting for the death date to be engraved on it after she died. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I dug out the slip of paper with my combo on it and handed it to him. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When she saw what was written on it, she frowned. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“We can listen to the news while we're doing that. And maybe, since Cas isn’t up to moving around a lot, she can make another sign with all of our names on it.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’m letting it heal very well. I keep using my arm or landing on it.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Next I pulled Momma’s picture out of the envelope I kept it in and held it so the light from the library’s side door would shine down on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The seat next to Blaine was the only empty one in that car, as far as she could see, and the newspaper and bottle of juice placed on it seemed to be his. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“A Hershey’s Kiss fell out of my backpack into my bed. As I rolled around on it all night, that’s what it did. Can you believe it? One Hershey’s Kiss!” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I had seen my sisters’ scapulars and knew that the bit of cloth at the end had a picture of the Virgin or St. Joseph on it, but this scapular held a small, flattened pouch. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled off his shirt, threw it down, and stomped on it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But thinking on it, Ophie realized that she had never heard anyone refer to the old woman by her first name. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I must have hit my head on it when I fell. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He scrambles to clear the pillows and blankets piled up on it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I said, Then sand began to gather on it and after more years, it was finally an island.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I’d seen a hollow I could track it, and if I focused on it in just the right way, I could anticipate its next move, in some felt-more-than-known, gut-instinctual way. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I suppose this means I shouldn't sit in on it.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But what she noticed first was a bright red wooden tray with a number of rings on it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I wore my dark gray dress pants and a turquoise button-up with these subtle leaf patterns on it, the kind you could only see in a certain light. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And later on it trips me out how many times she wants to be with me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The card is still there, a white patch of hope with my name on it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It may be my imagination, but it still smells like blood in there, even though I scrubbed the floor until my hands were sore, and someone poured bleach on it this morning. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It has all sorts of colorful paint designs on it: paint splatters, handprints, circles, hearts, rainbows. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It ended up being a present for Isa’s twelfth birthday, and Jessie had spent nearly all of June working on it. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing her puffy winter jacket and the hat of the day—a blue straw thing that is scrunched and crooked from her sitting on it so many times. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I got up out of bed and unwrapped a Littmus Lozenge and sucked on it hard and thought about my mama leaving me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, I’ve never seen it like this before—with snow on it and the leaves gone. It’s lovely, isn’t it? You see the shapes of things.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I recorded some of my songs for you. In case you feel like listening to something different on your drive. The song ‘Lydia’ is on it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Even though the door doesn’t have my name on it I want to be with Devon. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I joined the field hockey team because all my friends were on it, even though I did not like running up and down a big field bent over a stick. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Nor that he can be concealed on it somewhere?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t discuss any more of those serious things, and if the others sensed something still in the air, they didn’t remark on it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he looks up and turns the screen around so we can see what’s on it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She lit a fresh king-size cigarette abruptly, dragged on it, then stood up, exhaling smoke. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I look across the street and notice a fancy sign with cursive writing on it above a new store. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He looked so peculiar that several people commented on it solicitously when the song was done. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was tugging on it, winding it around her hand so that her fingers went white, as she stared down at that word. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The cop took a step forward, but the canister had rolled towards the man, and he stepped on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Four horses were pulling it, and two men were on it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At length, I just closed her envelope with care and placed it to one side of my desk, with the exciting plan to work on it that night, in my own time. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But if either evaluation had a black mark on it, the seven-year sentence would stand. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Today we turn in the opposite direction from Soul Scrolls, to where there’s an open park of sorts, with a large old building on it; ornate late Victorian, with stained glass. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She gets a lot of the stones from the river that runs through the woods back there. She’s been working on it ten years or more.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This allowed knights and nobles to seize land and force the commoners who lived on it to work for them. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered the toilet lid and plopped down on it, upset at the idea of smelling like a billy goat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. A beach with a fifty-story condo on it.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, fore I forget, I got the answer on that water ring question. Minny say just rub you a little mayonnaise on it.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was a linen cloth on it and some covered dishes, along with a teapot and a pair of cups. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His dark hair was sticking out in wild spikes, as if he’d been tugging on it all day. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I ask him as he pulls out the book and leans on it to write his phone number. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She yanked on it with her beak several times. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Medicine X which immediately alleviates 3 percent of all headaches in test after test is certainly better than nothing, but how much would you spend on it? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She talks so softly I can’t be entirely sure, but she does take the piece of paper I give her with Joe’s address on it and gives back one of those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it smiles of hers. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had written a statement vowing never to do so, and spit on it at the same time, and buried it somewhere in her parents’ backyard. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They quickly began sweeping the courtyard as if their lives depended on it, which, in fact, they did. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It has one narrow purple door with the letter Q on it drawn in bright-silver paint. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Strings of cowrie shells were tied to the wooden staff she held in her varicose-veined hands, and she leaned on it with each step as she approached. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Some of them promised to come; some offered their talismans—a branch from a peach tree, a Christian cross, a red paper with good words written on it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was the only one, outside my family, that I ever showed Allie's baseball mitt to, with all the poems written on it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I clicked on it and the photograph came up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

One doctor familiar with Nott’s theory was intrigued enough to follow up on it. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Samuel said satirically, “It’s my duty to take this thing of yours and kick it in the face, then raise it up and spread slime on it thick enough to blot out its dangerous light.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

More than a trifle grimly, he brought his cigar to his mouth and dragged on it, but it had gone out. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

And if it’s a pirate map, it should also have a skull and crossbones on it somewhere.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long rod with lenses at one end and a card, with two pictures on it, held in a rack at the other. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie positioned the bar a bit higher and pushed on it again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I can still see us pouring dry cereal into our bowls and then putting water on it because we didn’t have any milk. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After paying for a private room last night and breakfast and bath this morning, the drab represented a good portion of my worldly wealth, so I kept my finger on it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A long I beam stretched nearly the full length of the loft, and on it lay the framework of an eight-oared shell under construction. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I had forgotten this joggling board and I wondered now what had made me and Jay stop playing on it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Besides her bed and a chair at her desk, there’s a small sofa big enough to fit two people on it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I know it's not a big significance, but reflecting on it afterward it seemed symbolic and special that the photo shoot took place on my mother's birthday! Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Halfway along the hall was a semicircular table against the wall, and on it was a polished wooden stand, like a toast rack, for holding letters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he pulled up at Tangerine Middle, I saw that he had already attached the trailer with the sprayer on it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sprang up on it and walked it about, rolling it very skillfully under his feet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a silk vest over his shirt with dragons embroidered on it in red thread, and he was smoking a long white clay pipe. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them is a glass table with a silver box on it—a computer—and a keyboard. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had put Sammy’s name on it too because we were a threesome. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And so it was; though of course, the brightness of the sun made the little flame in the lantern hard to see unless your shadow fell on it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The postal, box near school has a sign on it that says mail pickups are every day at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling accepted the bouquet of strips, extending one to look at the letters written on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“That was the happiest moment of my life. The happiest day. And from there on it was all downhill.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Today we have taken you in among us. Had we denied you, count on it, you would not be breathing now!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sai Fong got a tiny saucer out of the cupboard and put a dab of each course on it for the cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We come to a stop at last in front of a pushcart with a stove on it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I dress quickly in the modern clothes I keep in the very back of my wardrobe—jeans, an old gray sweater with a black star on it, and a pair of glittery silver Converse high-tops. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then I walked over to this radiator by the window and sat down on it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

From here on it’s like a Russian nesting doll, designed that way by Peck. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was a noise like a railway train letting off its whistle, and, answering to it—riding on it like the voice of the Arabian Bird—Robin Wood’s horn of silver began to Mow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing on it that wasn’t rusty was the wood grips. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Typically, it included fruit juice, hot cereal with milk and butter on it, a roll, cheese, and perhaps smoked fish, along with a boiled egg served in a little cup. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just inside the little door in the hollow log Pa built a fire of tiny bits of bark and moss, and he laid some of the chips on it very carefully. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Owen had never told him and he hadn’t found a book to read on it yet. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friendship firmly bound the 46th Guards together, and their stretched nerves depended on it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I got on it, they turning to look at my eye, and found a seat on the left side. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the wind is carrying whispering on it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled another long sheet of paper from the roll and had me lie down on it so he could draw the outside of me, life-sized. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She took the chair Hugo had been sitting on, stood on it, and checked the top shelves, but still found nothing. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

After coating a copper plate with wax, Maria drew on it using a long, sharp needle. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but that was five hundred years ago, and you were no spring bud then, not to put too fine a point on it.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A dart grazed Mark’s shirt and hit the ground; someone stepped on it, driving it deeper. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Tally held out her right hand, the scarred palm facing up, sweaty dirt tracing the lines on it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Though all his others break, this shall forever hold, regardless of how many gallant extravagances he may put on it. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled a stool over to her and she rested herself on it, leaning an elbow on the cabinet. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We’d be the next to vanish, you can count on it,” Calder added. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m a killer,” he says and the knife has blood on it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His task was so small, so monotonous, and so utterly lacking in interest that he found it almost impossible to keep even part of his mind on it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Before he could lay his hands on it, Chester flipped over onto his back, closed his eyes and folded his paws over his chest. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I start to laugh but choke on it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It looked like the drawing of the skeleton with muscles on it from my science book, only covered in red paint. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

One comes from Germany, with a man in short leather pants on it and the message: Great particle accelerator; one from Nevada, with a cactus and the note, Interesting life forms. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My key chain has a little gold football on it.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door thudded like someone was pounding on it from the outside, but it didn’t give. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As a gift, the salesman said, the store would give me a narrow leather belt with my initial “L” on it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My intuition flickered; the doctor was in on it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Sure did. Always bragged on it. She was a good friend to you.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a piece of chicken bone with gristle and string all on it and sticky and something black. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel that she was putting pressure on it, and that she didn’t need to stand with all her weight because I was there. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snuffy shrugged and, in Spanish, suggested the regional director place one of his fingers somewhere and then afterward suck on it like on a popsicle stick. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just because it’s a long voyage, it doesn’t mean you’re on it forever.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

All that's on is Christmas stuff and cartoons and what he wants is the news, to see if we're on it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He went to kick it out of the way, but instead, he somehow stepped on it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Basta stepped back, examined the blade of his knife closely as if he had discovered a mark on it, then rubbed it clean on the hem of his black jacket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He took up a piece of paper and quickly wrote something on it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But nowhere on it could I find my family. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reach into David’s pocket and pull out the piece of paper with my handwriting on it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In any case, just to be on the safe side, every time she had an opportunity Blanca let him know that she would never marry him, not even if her life depended on it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rectangle of glass with blood smeared on it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried Errol to a perch just inside the back door and tried to stand him on it, but Errol flopped straight off again so Ron laid him on the draining board instead, muttering, “Pathetic.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They’d gnawed on it in mute bliss, feeling nearly drunk on its flavor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The professor produces a tin with a bow on it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He used to stand before the bathroom mirror, dabbing all sorts of conditioners and dressings on it in a time when there were only products like Vitalis and Brylcreem. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could record on it and play back stuff I’d created. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She could not grasp exactly what to do next, but she kept moving as if her life depended on it, which in some ways it did. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got in the Camaro and told my mom to step on it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I told Helena to blow on it before she drank. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She handed him a packet, carefully wrapped in white paper—with her grimy fingerprints on it. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fumbled in a pile of documents balanced on the chair beside her, finally withdrawing a sheaf of parchment with Mrs. Cattermole’s name on it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I focused on it, glad for the distraction, glad for anything that might keep me from thinking clearly for just a few more seconds. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Z hopped desks, grabbed another fluorescent light, and screamed as he yanked down on it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Each miner had two brass medals with a number stamped on it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It said other towns were going to vote on it the month after... Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“We’re still square,” said Harry, testing his leg gingerly; it shook violently as he put weight on it; he had sprained his ankle when the spider had dropped him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They followed him and found a rich bed with a crown of silk on it and a part-drawn sword. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his despair, he thought his best course might well be to wedge his sword between two large stones and fall on it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now I was pushing a shopping cart with a Christmas tree on it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Ms. Hayes came rushing from her bedroom, her hair pinned and wrapped in a blue scarf with flowers on it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Beneath him, Loki saw a huge grave mound, and sitting on it, plaiting a dog collar, was the hugest, ugliest ogre of a giant he had ever seen. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s got a wee bit of sugar on it,” she whispered. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a long white robe with gold crosses on it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“At least ten times,” he says, handing me the scrap of paper with his number on it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Despereaux smelled the sharp, clean scent of celery as the threadmaster bent his head, took hold of the thread around Despereaux's neck in his sharp teeth, and pulled on it hard. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The heavy, droopy mustache had some dried food stuck on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The stage had a piano on it and red velvet curtains that were always open. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The enormous dish was white with concentric rings of tiny green leaves on it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Though it’s been quoted widely since then, the statistic isn’t strong enough to support the burden placed on it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a baseball cap with a fish on it. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he played a slow, mournful melody on it, concentrating hard, biting his lip, leaning over the instrument and moving his shoulders with the rhythm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seven. You have to. My life depends on it.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But no one picked her up on it, and we went back to discussing our poem. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

There’s a little bird cutout on the front that says Sparrow on it, and a yellow cutout in the shape of a spike that says Spike on it in black marker. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The old man set a bench near the fire and told them to stretch out on it and rest their tired limbs, and the old woman threw a soft covering over it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow here had become impacted: It was hard and slippery where people had trodden on it all day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He holds the assignment that I did for Mrs. Hall where we had to describe ourselves, the one with “Why?” written over and over on it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The poor dog did not have much meat on it, but the man killed and ate it anyway. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train was due in at nine o'clock from San Sebastian, and, if Brett and Mike were coming, they would be on it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It has a dreadful stain on it, if you haven’t noticed. All of Fort’s books have just been beautifully reprinted in one volume, so I now have that.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Smiley and Pink and them worked on it about as much as I did. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But I bought another five hundred sols of life with my potato farm, so they have more time to work on it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, she’s been reading up on it. Just today she asked about your foundation shrubs. So I told her about the butterfly bush and that smaller one, the purple one.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Whole books have been written about it and academics have built careers on it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I have hemlock boughs on it now, but hope to have deer hide soon. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not kiss it, though his tears fell on it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Those are baby pollitos. I’m already big. Mine has hair on it!” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I can count on it to keep things running on schedule. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This el train had no passengers on it. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would rear up on it and bawl treed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s working on it, Elizabeth. I promise,” Mom says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The fate of the world might depend on it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lydia turned her chair around and sat cross-legged on it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Harry looked behind him and saw a wrought-iron archway where the barrier had been, with the words Platform Nine and Three-Quarters on it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma in. He’s got a lawyer working on it, too. It’s all on the up and up.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marshall Laird, who has described this incident, compares chemical control to a treadmill; once we have set foot on it we are unable to stop for fear of the consequences. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to close the door?” she asked, one hand on it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“My wife collects pigs. I got her started on it when I gave her one to remind her of me—before we got married.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Pizza was her favorite, except she liked everything on it.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

In a fraction of a second Baruch had leapt on it, and Balthamos was twisting to free his wings. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The first thing I think of is one of those metal bear traps that snap on your ankle if you step on it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Reyna grabbed the giant’s bow and swung around on it like a gymnast, landing on the giant’s back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"Don't see how I can slip up on it. Hope I look all right." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I put my foot on it, testing its strength. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a wreath of flowers on it but no bluebells. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they put it on the altar, too, and called it the Crocodile Stone, and from then on it became the mysterious and powerful source of much of Set’s power. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back on it now, I want to say the bees were sent to me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bicycle I got for my ninth birthday, and the horribly tied bow on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Quinn’s sitting next to the bed, which has wheels on it, so maybe it’s not a bed. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore blue jeans and an undershirt with grease smears on it, along with horn-rimmed glasses. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished he could play on it, and wondered if he could make such an instrument. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t name him if my life depended on it.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I left it alone, I would stop noticing it; but if I focused on it, it would drive me crazy. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, if we let them know their lives depend on it.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The bus had shown up in Spokane by now, and I wasn’t on it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Harry sat on his four-poster and flicked through the blank pages, not one of which had a trace of scarlet ink on it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I thought on it for the rest of the week. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It’s like somebody gave me a puzzle, but I don’t have the box with the picture on it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Or planned to work on it as soon as the season calmed down. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, he didn't see the wagon handle, so he tripped on it, slid on the wet concrete, fell in the puddle of melted ice and, unfortunately, toppled the wedding cake. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Above my bed, there is a shelf with two objects balanced on it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There's a comb by the sink, but they don't focus on it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go slowly around the back, and as soon as I’m out of sight of Mrs. Krajewska’s window, I run for the door and bang my fist on it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“But yours cannot be dismissed; indeed, my dear dear Handel, it must not be dismissed. I wish you would enter on it now, as far as a few friendly words go, with me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But at least I had as much of a hold on it as it had on me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had a broad, good-natured face, which was weatherbeaten and so freckly that he looked almost tanned; his arms were muscular, and one of them had a large, shiny burn on it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nailer took out a bit of powdered paint and spit on it, mixing it in his palm, before smearing it over the mark. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

To make it last I re­frained from putting a strain on it; when the lifeboat nudged the is­land, I did not move, only continued to dream. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I must confess I find Sonata Form a numbingly tedious subject and am not going to dwell on it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I train my eyes on it and wipe my hands on my thighs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I think it had a tiger lily on it, but now it’s been reduced to crumbs in my fist. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“All we’ve got on this kidnapping is that a letter was found, Erlone’s to be released, the letter was signed by ‘Red,’ and there was a hammer and sickle emblem on it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You can keep your money. Choke on it.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

She was taking quite a risk, Reynie thought, but he had no chance to reflect on it further, as the pencil woman now launched into the rest of her speech. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

With the same disregard for name changes by marriage that the black people of Medallion always showed, each flat slab had one word carved on it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He brings out a stretcher and sets me down on it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The star leaned down, then, and kissed the old woman on her wizened cheek, feeling the rough hairs on it scrape her soft lips. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been planning on it, but he told Frank the whole story of the night at the workshop when Gaea had appeared to him, and his mother had died. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"I put a cold, wet cloth on it as soon as I could, but it was destined to make a scar. Always to remind me of my carelessness." It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I put a seed in my mouth and sucked on it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had a gold ring on one of his fingers and it had curly letters on it but I couldn’t see what the letters were. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would place a grape box directly underneath El Perico, climb on it, stretch out my arm, and hold my index finger close to his toes so that he could perch on it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had him lean on it with his arms out and his legs spread. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was the note Doris had left for me with my punishment on it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He faces the wall with the targets on it—one square of plywood with three red circles on it for each of us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She blew a puff of air over her face, so forceful it lifted her hair, which was not easy to do considering the amount of lacquer she kept smeared on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more I thought on it, the more questions arose. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But even when it’s a good fall, you might’s well count on it, Will: fore the year’s out yore mule’s go’n die or yore barn burn down.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She opened the door a crack and slid through, leaning on it to shut it gently behind her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sign above the business, which was one of the dozen or so boxes of storefronts along Old Mill Boulevard, was an enormous, perfectly round pizza with a grinning face painted on it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I also saw an easel in the corner, with a blank canvas on it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I held the fish down by kneeling on it and using my hands. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Teller says "perpendicular" and "hypotenuse" like her life depends on it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He saw his face reflected in the quietly moving water, and there was something in this reflection that reminded him of something he had forgotten and when he reflected on it, he remembered. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never sat on it before and feel I’m sitting on something reserved, like a throne or a coffin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The glass on it shattered and I stumbled back. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"Do you want to go for a ride on it?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Soon, the roof of the Ares cabin was burning, and naiads from the canoe lake rushed over to blow water on it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Only two hanging on it today: one Catholic, not a priest though, placarded with an upside-down cross, and some other sect I don’t recognize. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She herself invented a wonderful door-opening device made out of wires and springs and pulleys, with heavy weights dangling on cords, and soon every door in the house had a door-opener on it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Keffers also kept a workbench in there, and so I put the magazines down on it, pushed aside some old rags and heaved myself up to sit on the tabletop. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow. So, Morgan says something blatantly racist, I call her out on it, but somehow we're both equally ridiculous? Just some silly girl drama?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And Mistress Jemima’s father gives them each a silver groat to hold the stool down under the foul green water for a long time, to see if I’d choke on it.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She’d use it against them if she could, but they would never lay their hands on it again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Madu placed his glass of beer down; water droplets clustered on it like tiny see-through pebbles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could have snowboarded on it fine, but I hoped nobody seriously expected me to nm fast. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he even sleeps on it now. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m sure he’s going to tear a hole in that trampoline the way he jumps and jumps on it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The consensus in our group was that people who stayed inside weren’t being killed, but the radio had said nothing about that, and we’d agreed on it only because it made us feel better. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie studied on it as she walked home after the service. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And before I could cry to stop her, she put the necklace under her shoe and stepped on it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d put one of my pillows there for him and he hadn’t wasted one minute flopping down on it. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Farid went ahead again, using every tree as cover, always keeping uphill from the houses until they were above the uninhabited part of the village that looked as if a giant had trodden on it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nothing happened, so she bent down carefully and placed her hand on it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Against a filthy wall was a dresser with a cheap lamp on it, and a cheaper fan. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Above them, the intention craft hung as firmly as if it were anchored and bolted there; no gust of wind had the slightest effect on it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I need to think on it for a while,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dennis hemmed and hawed on it and finally he said, “Let’s live together as husband and wife. We don’t need the world to know we’re married. The world isn’t ready for us yet.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hawthorn bush is easy to tell because it has big red shiny thorns on it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you agree,” she said, her real meaning as subtle as nutcrackers, “a little privacy isn't too much to ask? And if this record has a single scratch on it, you're dead.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He tried to write a card to put on it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

This girl might’a thought me and Sunny had been in on it together. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“You have my word on it,” the mayor said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a window seat with a long cushion on it that had its stuffing coming out. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The brass was dull and there were patches of green on it that took the form of another hand that once had held it but otherwise it was perfect. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I want a note with a heart on it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once in a while, he said, “they throw a French twist on it: ‘Losier.’ Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He takes a flask from his pocket and takes a long pull on it and leans his elbows on the table. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wish Miss Skeeter could a put her name on it, but it was just too much of a risk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When Ophie pressed her on it she only flickered in that way Ophie had come to learn meant it was not something the spirit wanted to discuss. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I forgot the jurors can’t hear me on it and it’s only for recording. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Shorts, shirts, and different garments they carried in their hands; but each boy wore a square black cap with a silver badge on it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When she was close enough to fly to her home village to check on it, she discovered that her parents and her child had been shot along with everyone else in the village. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And even though it was Sarah Ruth’s star, Edward wished on it, too. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Ariana went into a closet and pulled out another pale-blue apron that matched hers, with the Ari’s Cakes logo embroidered on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll slap a bandage on it, and he’ll be ready to party in no time. You guys go in for rough stuff, don’t you?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

TJ is putting the finishing touches on it at school and bringing it home on my birthday, the day before the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He put a hand on my arm and pointed to a model overhead with a silver picture on it of a swirling twister, just about to touch down. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It started out being the gazebo itself, but that only lasted as long as the day we decided on it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Learn the lines, you mean? Oh, you get a little sheaf of paper we call a side, with just your part on it. You'll see." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

My neck feels hot, and it’s not from the sun that’s baking down on it, either. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Sure, go ahead and use your checker, but don’t depend on it to catch every mistake. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tension hung in the air, a continual threat, even though you could not put your finger on it. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time a tray of pastries was brought to him, he devoured all the fancies and pastries on it, leaving all the other women hungry. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When I step on it, Coraandhersisters scream at me, You just killed the Devil while he was sleeping! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Vivi comes in, carrying a wooden plate with a sandwich on it, along with a stoppered bottle of amber glass. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It struck the left side of the rim and rolled forward on it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And you not going to have no breakfast tray brought in to you early in the morning with a red rose on it and two warm croissants and a cup of hot chocolate. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That big grin was back, but then she tamped down on it again, cheeks flushing a deep burgundy, and looked away. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It seemed a sharp, unnaturally loud sound, and my ears fixed on it, and I could hear it clearly as we went along. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He poured a few more drops of water on it and rubbed it on the inside of his pants pocket. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Fortunately, no. I know you were pretty hell-bent on it, but it didn’t really work out.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I figured Auggie probably did most of the work, since, let’s face it, Jack’s never been what one would call a “gifted student,” but he was so happy to have gotten an A on it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Turner had cleared away the round study table in the library and left only his father’s Bible, the Aeneid, and The Origin of Species on it, along with the lamp. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

An arch has the school’s motto painted on it: Nil magnum nisi bonum. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was some official-looking paperwork, and then Maya reached for an envelope with a red “Return to Sender” stamp on it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There was a folding chair in the corner and I sat on it and put a towel over my head. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if his face hurts because the same smile has been plastered on it since this morning. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

‘Yes. I used to have one. I jumped on it every day and it helped me to think. Then it broke.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid of whatever substance is on it, even more so after a night of chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It still hurts some when I get to thinking on it, but I try not to go there. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

All he had to do was to drive the wagon around slowly so that people could read the name and address on it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it’s somewhere between pride and hope. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They would join the road, and they would need to stay on it all the way to the defense line at the Bergues-Furnes canal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That was iffy logic, but Bobby Gene didn’t fight me on it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He stuck a broccoli spear in his mouth and chewed on it, his eyes locked with his mama’s. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Theodore Bernstein, The Careful Writer: “There is nothing wrong with splitting an infinitive... except that eighteenth- and nineteenth- century grammarians, for one reason or another, frowned on it.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was a large silver tray, and on it were a pewter teapot, two paper-thin white teacups, sugar, cream, and an open box of chocolates. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each one had a dozen burned cookies on it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I put a stamp on it and everything. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The woman handed him a tiny plastic spoon with three licks' worth of pink ice cream on it. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“True, no side uses fire as a weapon, not even Cluny. It is the one thing that spells certain death to creatures on both sides. We must look on it as an accident, Father Abbot.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“If Kathy and I have a good laugh about you, it doesn’t really matter. Because that’s just us. But please, let’s not bring everyone else in on it.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he knew that everything might depend on it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He said, “She real partial to having things done fancy, don’t want nothing plain, so I put some decorating on it.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Bright eyes, dark brown skin, Caesar cut, a shirt with the Human Torch on it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The cookies were in a red Christmas tin with a green wreath on it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was a wooden bench waiting for them there, and she sat down on it, and he sat down beside her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There was a table on it, covered with papers, and one vacant space, where a chair had been placed for Mrs. Frisby. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I say back, and this time I know that I’ll take her up on it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He seized his left forearm convulsively with his right hand, as though something on it had hurt him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I sit down with the same breakfast as everyone else: a bowl of oatmeal with a sprinkle of brown sugar on it, and a mug of coffee. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She sat down at a table and put the container of ice cream on it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She stood leaning against the railing, one arm crossed over her stomach with the other elbow resting on it and her chin in her palm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

There, parked in the driveway with a huge blue bow on it, was a Ford minivan. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had fought for him and with him, and whenever Boobie had veered off course he successfully put him back on it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the members were really friendly, and they gave us gifts and sweatshirts with the sorority symbol on it, like they were trying to lure us in. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the flames began licking on it, her fury increased and she ran and got her box of manuscripts from under her bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His faded blue T-shirt had a picture of a satyr on it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It looked like the picture came from an article, so I clicked on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Almost as much as you hate me,” I say, thinking of the page with my name scratched on it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Can’t exactly say which one. I thumb over to Welch every Saturday to the county library. I tend to pick out random shelves and just read every book on it until I’m done.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He spat on it and wiped away the dirt on the seam of his trousers and gave it to the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The scratchy-voiced boy was talking. “—even do that much, bet my liver on it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Will stamped on it at once, hard, crushing the man’s fingers between the hilt and the lead, and then wrapped the rope more tightly around his hand and stamped a second time. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a second more and he would have stepped on it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nurse comes with a cart that threatens to have more food on it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Harassing fire had been trained on it all night. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A copper haze hung over the water, and the hot morning sun beat on it and made it vibrate blindingly. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, think back on it,” Digger told me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

To really fear something you have to dwell on it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m waving it so fast it looks like it’s got a motor on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then he climbed up on it and took the compass in his hand. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The right-hand page had an illustration on it, showing women in magnificent dresses, a fire-eater, acrobats, and a man who looked like a king. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘In that case why has my finger got dust on it?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I want the flag of Borinquen and a big conga with Freddy’s face on it, can you paint that?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There were low, dull thumps on the door and Mark imagined Bruce’s people half out of their minds wanting to get through, beating on it in frustration. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

After a while, he got up to play pool, and no sooner had he left his stool than a man came over and sat on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bird had been speckled, brown and gray, and it must not be very smart because Brian’s foot had been nearly on it before it flew. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Or did you only pay attention to the tape with your name on it? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Her companions looked at it with wonder and suspicion, for they had never seen such a blade before, with such an edge on it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One tiny skull has my name on it. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

It had a faded blue and red picture on it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The jar had a neat, handwritten label on it: MO'S PROMISE. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Kate was already working on it—she pointed to a large petrified tree limb lying among the stony rubble nearby. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He never bothered to check up on it, and now he calls my mother whenever there’s a problem, which means he actually calls Kate because Mom never bothers to check voicemail. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For years they hoarded the words and the magic, growing stronger on it every day. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The guys might think I was in on it. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wasn’t on it much the last few weeks,” I said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She expected the door to be locked, but when she pulled on it, the door opened. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And he had a large gourd in the shed that he could use for a head, with a face carved on it: a fierce face. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It had all sorts of writings and pictures on it. Really fancy. I haven’t ever seen colors like that. And some of the paints were shiny like silver and gold.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She kneeled to drink from the creek when she stumbled on it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It clouded over, as if a dragon had breathed on it, and then it cleared. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The little girl wore a bib with a teddy bear on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the amazement of the others, Saruman turned again, and as if dragged against his will, he came slowly back to the iron rail, leaning on it, breathing hard. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It looked worse than the one I used to carry around, one of the snaps on it was busted clean off and the other one was stuck. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Today he wears a patch with a blue eye painted on it, complete with a half-lowered eyelid. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a frizzy sweater with a hoofprint design on it, and he had a blanket on his lap that almost hid his wheelchair completely. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I stared at the dashboard, at the blue-and-gold Legion of Mary sticker on it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom then produced a hot pink hat with purple stars embroidered on it and sparkly silver strands in the puff on top, and hot pink mittens to match. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

His red eyes popped out of his head as he choked on it. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hardly wait till Sunday, when I could find my flower in the Garden of Blessings and write “My family” on it. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When the boys asked whether they were anywhere near the president’s estate, the couple nodded enthusiastically and announced that they were standing on it, then pointed out the way to the main house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I serve first, a nice shot with a little speed on it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a noise like a strong wind blowing, and on it was borne the sound of hoofs, galloping, galloping, galloping from the East. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now I sighed, tugged on it, and managed to get it open. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A sticky note on it says: She said I’d meet you in church. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It has a table nextside of the bed with a fancy cloth on it that reaches all the way to the floor. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It took m....kind of a long time, I guess. I mean, I tried to do my best on it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But depend on it, there’s something in it for him. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled at his necklace, extracting a coin with a seal stamped on it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the days ahead, people begged to see the dress, to handle it and marvel at the stains on it. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you think there was a kid on it?” she laughs, as his car bumps back down the curb. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m a slow learner. But I’m working on it.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Right now I really wanted to be back at the crib, working on it, instead of tromping through the middle of Central Park in the wet snow. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“There might be a purple author on it.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Anyway, old Alec writes a book, and this girl publishes it, and they both make a hatful of dough on it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She could close a curtain on it, but the thought remained on the other side. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They would dart out of a doorway, I’d drop my stuff, and they would be on it like a chicken on com. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me to sleep on it and give him my /final decision the following day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden thought leaped into Pippin’s mind, and he acted on it at once. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But L.V. knew how much emotion and energy had been wrapped into Boobie’s senior year, how so much of Boobie’s life, as well as his own, seemed to hinge on it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took up a piece of paper, wrote something on it swiftly, folded it and sealed it, and addressed it to General Putnam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gnome had finally managed to extricate his worm and was now sucking on it happily, leaning against the bottommost branches of the rhododendron bush. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It had paintings of merpeople on it; they were carrying spears and chasing what looked like the giant squid. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could choke on it by mistake, an undignified way to die. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Genie definitely got some air on it this time! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The door behind me is white and closed, with the metal number on it showing: 9. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We unrolled one of the hotel’s bathroom towels on the picnic table and played panjpar on it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then on the third day, I thought on it. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I untied the drawstrings, but before I could take a coin from the pouch, the girl’s bony fingers clamped tight on it, and she yanked it out of my grasp. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tar put his shoulder against the door and began to lean his weight on it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

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

The final letters are blurred out from the juice I spilled on it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There were six chairs on it, a table covered with trophies, and a microphone stand. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever Mars came near, the early astronomers focused their telescopes on it in hopes of seeing surface details. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Has the Lord’s Prayer on it,” the constable reminded him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I once bought her a scarf with giraffes on it for her birthday. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The bunk swayed alarmingly as she stood on it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If Alex was going to reach the Science Museum in London in the fifty-nine minutes left to him, he had to be on it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The door guide is sharp against my foot, but I manage to pivot on it, then hop down into the tub. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I felt like my heart had a little ledge on it and I was standing there leaning as far out as I could, waiting to see what Zach would do. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They peered through the glass, tapped on it, gestured to Peach inside. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So Phylo rolled it in to stand beside her, heaped with fine spun stuff, and cradled on it the distaff swathed in dusky violet wool. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wearing deep mourning, she would have laid on it, perhaps, a wreath of flowers, as other women did; and stood for a moment, head bowed, considering the unspeaking ground. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

If G’ma picks up on it, she doesn’t let it show. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was more like landing on a huge pincushion and each time I bounced down on it I was jabbed a hundred more times. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll be on it for forty-two of its nearly three hundred miles. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I watched as he carefully positioned the record on the turntable and gently placed the needle on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She did not turn to look when Jalil’s palms pressed on the glass, when his knuckles rapped and rapped on it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everything was ice in her dream, and she was sliding on it. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He held up one hand and stared at the red scratches on it, which oozed drops of blood. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If Hands’s pass was anywhere near Maniac, if Maniac could get at least two fingertips on it, the ball was good as caught. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she reached forward and handed me a small white napkin with an apple slice on it that had already turned brown on the edges. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a stupid question, but I’m not going to call him on it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After a while I caught sight of this lonely little fishing boat way out there and tried to decide who could be on it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I told him what kind of boat it was, and that the engine had fewer than a hundred hours on it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The trouble was, there was already someone sitting on it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She tapped a few more times, and Moss saw something flash open on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As the cameras clicked away, Mr. Finkle presented me with a sweatshirt with the word finkle in huge letters on it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was football that gave Gary Edwards a halo and made his whole life there like a ride in the backseat of a limo, and he wasn’t about to pass on it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t planned on it; it just sort of happened. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I was on it for a couple months.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I was just leaving,” he says, handing me a purple letter with gold writing on it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once or twice, when the normal process of evaporation is deemed too slow, I am assigned to dry a scrubbed floor by putting rags under my feet and skating around on it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It seems to me,” he continued in his flat New England twang, "that all you do is pick up a brick, put some mortar on it, and put it in the fireplace.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pencil he’s using is blue, and when he’s done, the stocking looks like a little kid scribbled on it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

His hair sticks up on one side from where he slept on it, and his eyes are bloodshot. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Do we have anything with a lot of haint blue on it?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And after that, when we fed Old Yeller cornmeal mush or fresh meat, he ate it and did well on it and never one time bothered our chicken nests. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many people you think got on it?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When Camel’s eyes light on it, they jerk up to Walter’s face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I stare at it long enough to make sense of the shapes on it, the blue stretches of water and the multicolored pieces of land. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sophia, because of a note in my pocket with her name on it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed surprised and hurt but didn't linger on it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But before she could dwell on it, Kaisa said, “Why don’t we ride upriver today? We haven’t been that way before.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The file had been meant to destroy itself if the wrong user ever got her hands on it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His hands are covered in flecks of brown and red paint, and he's wearing a gray T-shirt with a Coca-Cola image on it and black pants. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It will make them sick, don’t you understand ? Why don’t you try living on it yourself if you don’t believe me ?” “I did try,” admitted Milo gloomily. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m on Broadway! There's a street called Broadway, and I’m on it!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

For example, I had to find a way to stay dry on it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is no reason for art to be on the wall, there’s no reason for it to have a frame around it or paint on it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was, Bod knew the moment he laid eyes on it, Silas’s bag. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We follow Coffee Breath Woman to an easel with a light on it and I stare at it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You remember that she was wearing a sweatshirt with a picture of Smurfette on it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I worried she might trip on it, but she never did. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to sleep at all, but in the end, she insisted on it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Our freight car had enough fellows on it to keep the conversation moving. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the table with the mirror on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I try to catch Rani's eye, but she's gazing out the window as if her life depends on it and she doesn't care what's happening inside. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The left-hand corner of the envelope had printed on it, Bellows and Harvey, Attorneys at Law, and their address was the town in Connecticut from which Adam had come. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t he go up there and turn around and hang the American flag on it?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved on with my work, crushing up some cinnamon with a rolling pin, then tiptoeing to put all my weight on it so that it would turn into a powder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

She loves it when there’s a bug under a piece of junk—she pounces on it and gobbles it right up. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

If the capsule wasn’t strong enough to withstand the forces acting on it at max Q, it could sim ply explode. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Once he started a project he would work on it for years, often going days without sleep. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She is at my locker—only it doesn’t look like my locker, because there are balloons and an oversize card taped on it. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Since he saved me from the attack, I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Is this the king’s road or isn’t it? You’d think we were the only people on it. How long ago was that storm? Two span?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I had just started to concentrate on it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

‘What on earth do you mean, he wasn’t on it?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mine is, just where the scar is. When I press on it,” Claire explained, touching her hand gently to the place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was about to tell him he was wrong to dwell on it, because it really didn’t matter. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s my high school ID from University Liggett. I don’t have anything with my address on it. Did something happen over there?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It also has a directional, or pointer, arrow drawn on it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opening my window, I gather some early snow in a cup and chew on it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He chews on it for a minute and then looks across at me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I leaned my suitcase against a kitchen wall and sat down on it, arms crossed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He watched Benny go to the door and pull on it, his small body looking even smaller as it became more desperate. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zohra hands him a tablet and plays my video on it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was smooth like leather, and there were parallel lines on it that ran up and down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, have you got any whisky? I’ll pour some whisky on it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dizziness amplified tenfold as she clutched her left forearm—the one with her birthcut on it—protectively against her chest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

I finished the meal somehow, though my mind wasn’t on it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She would sneak up on it, take a few bites, shoot back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Amos hated bed wetters more than anything in the world and my bed had a sticky, hot, smelly rubber baby sheet on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I muddled through, and if God or man heard anything amiss, neither of them called me on it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If he also gave you a jersey with his old number on it, I can see why you’re out here with your grandma.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I want a baby or a holiday and I’m going to insist on it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Beyond the hollow was the square top of the mountain and soon they were standing on it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The name on it was Adelaide Belle Perry, age twenty-one. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that War and Peace bored him exactly, but rather that his mind couldn’t focus on it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I'd forgotten to save any day clothes from the ones I let fly over New York, so Betsy had traded me a blouse and skirt for my bathrobe with the cornflowers on it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Without looking back once, he opened the door with the Venetian printer's mark on it and closed it quietly behind him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“One of the boards is loose. Push on it, push-push-push on it, and come on out!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even though the Wave came out only once a month, I worked on it every day. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each barb had hundreds of little hooks or barbules on it, by means of which the barbs of the feather were held together. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pump wasn’t crated, and it was hard to get a grip on it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She quickly found the plaque with James Parker’s name on it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The first one has only four words on it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The writing on it was faded and water-stained, but I could just barely make out three letters: A, V, a water-stained space and then an N. “Check out that box up there,” I told Connor. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A slim, sophisticated-looking woman approaches us holding a sign with six names on it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A couple other guys came over and yanked on it too, jimmied with their picks, but nobody could totally pull it out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The cake has a mortarboard on it in blue icing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I might take him up on it after I’ve finished my work at the lab—if there is time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I approached it found one of the logs, and rolled it over to the entrance to the hut I stood on it and felt along the crossframe that held the roof up. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a get-well card with a little bottle of pills with a smiley face on it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She put only one glass on it, which was for me. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He washes my chisel off in the sink and puts bleach on it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t need to dwell on it over and over the way the coaches did and flagellate themselves with it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cooter thought on it for a second then said, “Well, sir, I thought I did. But now I’m thinking that maybe Elijah give me some bad information!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

If he’d been a real man, he would of refused, and then either walked out or set to work like his job depended on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His shoulder seemed to ache, as if he had fallen on it, but he knew it was only the ghost of what the wolf was feeling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nearly every other table in the room had a vase of fresh flowers or a porcelain figurine on it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He takes out the Delhi quadrangle map, the one with our homes on it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If one of those veins popped when he stepped on it...Percy shuddered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I happened to have it with me, in my suitcase, so I got it out and copied down the poems that were written on it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I say, “You think somebody...cut that on purpose? So it would break? With someone standing on it?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

But we had been so sure he would be here, we had relied on it, it had never struck us that he would leave without telling us. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week before Mom died, I spent every penny I’d ever saved on it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She desperately hoped that the crib with his name on it would not contain a wailing, sleepless little boy who would toss his hippo to the floor and thump his feet rhythmically against the mattress. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was extended full length at her end of the divan, completely motionless and with her chin raised a little as if she were balancing something on it which was quite likely to fall. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

If there was a ship sailing north on the morrow, it would be well to be on it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stopped working on it three years ago, when he married Linda, his administrative assistant. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It had darkened to a dull blue overnight, and he could no longer put any weight on it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

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

There is a decrepit bookshelf, and on it is a selection of old paperbacks. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then I put a bunch of hot sauce on it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He limped over to his bed and flopped down on it, burying his head in his pillow. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My leg throbbed when I put my weight on it, but I could stand. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The boy had shiny black hair that poked up at the back of his head as if he’d slept on it funny. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He handed me a scrap of paper with a cell number written on it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches into her purse and pulls out a small white envelope with Lucinda written on it in happy, shouty colors. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes his arm felt numb, as if he had been sleeping on it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ma wrote Caroline’s name and the date on it after it had been delivered. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Not much. I had an old order of movement. I fixed the dates on it in Mestre.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A card with Booth’s name on it would open almost any door in Washington. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember still what I wrote on it: Tony—next time pick a better tree. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When they put their mouths close to the pane and blew their breath on it, the white frost melted and ran in drops down the glass. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene stuck out his hand and they shook on it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, I might just take it back, boy, to hang it on my nose, so best keep an eye on it.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked odd—a flat yellow cloth of some kind, perfectly clean and smooth with brilliant light shining on it from somewhere inside the girl’s bedroom. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The editor of the newspaper too. None of them were brave enough to act on it. No one except for Candice’s grandmother.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The phone rings and Sugar’s on it quicker than a grease fire. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I recognize 125th Street the first time I set foot on it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Kira knew the robe well from watching her mothers meticulous work on it each year. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I totally got that and I never looked down on it.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Why, there's me, you, the king ... al-though, come to think on it, the king tells the queen much too much, and I'm less than certain about you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And beside the lamp, there was a red plate with a biscuit on it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A watch with the time painted on it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The machine has various dials and buttons on it, and a small digital screen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We often try to look back on it and to find an explanation, but never quite succeed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butternut was on it in a second, happily licking it while I checked the email—which turned out to be spam. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Central Europeans became especially hooked on it; by the nineteenth century, maize was the daily bread of Serbia, Rumania, and Moldavia. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She did carry a large canvas bag with a life-size sunflower painted on it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

It lay on the floor near the window and she was kneeling on it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The rule of the game is that a card with a vowel on it always has an even number on the other side. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother has since told me that she intuited the real reason for the psychological assessment, but chose not to dwell on it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, I know she should be better by now, but it’s so hard, and we are working on it. The reading is just...going slowly.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We do need more books for research,” I said to Rose, after thinking on it for a while. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She speared a bite on the point of the knife and ate it with relish, while her hostess toyed with her own portion, then blew on it fastidiously, steam coming from the crisp brown meat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

All the top contestants were given a sheet of paper with the following paragraph printed on it: Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The net had a long string on it, so the boys would move away from the net, but when a bird landed to eat the corn, they’d pull the string tight and catch the bird. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did have a French name, now that I think on it. But Sallie likes it.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Throckmorton said there’s a plaque with Mom’s name on it in the music building.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It’s got stickers on it that are half peeled off, but it’s cute, with a set of matching car bedspreads on it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He taps it with one fingertip, and an image appears on it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The only gold pieces left on it were the caps on the corners and two tarnished clasps that kept it closed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The girl outside has black curly hair that’s flat on one side, as if she slept on it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fix my eyes on it to soothe the worries wriggling around in my head. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Bod pulled the paper back under the door, now with the key sitting on it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I loaded it with a sheet of paper and tried typing on it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I’m too exhausted to think long on it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even the pan of water that we kept in the living room to wash up in usually had a layer of ice on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a non-date, and she wanted to go on it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The boy had shiny black hair that poked up at the back of his head as if he’d slept on it funny. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A wooden table sat in the center of the room, and on it rested a long brown sack and a bottle of water. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I found an envelope a long time ago in your safe, so we went to the address that was on it,” she said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And didn’t the discoverer of a brand-new species get to put her name on it? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I can tell that he’s considering it, but I think he’s afraid that I’ll spend all of my time after school on it. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks done to me,” he said, and he reached over and picked up a tiny chop by the bone end and began to gnaw on it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He opened his right hand, which had NO tattooed on it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

One was a four-by-four piece of white cardboard with the black silhouette of a sheep on it. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

In those days, each life had a price on it, and Thiazi’s life was priced highly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn had set down her trunk and I was standing on it now, head above the crowd, casting my eyes over a shifting sea of faces. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Joey held out his fist, and I banged my fist down on it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing on it was a painting of a dark brown girl sitting at a piano, her back to me, her arms spread across the keys. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was just that she wasn’t working on it right then. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When a note has a fermata on it, you hold it for about twice the length of time.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I know. I’m sorry. I’ll show you where his grave is so you can put a stone on it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rufus dropped the bag and stepped on it, smashing the contents under his bare heel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If I could take the stuff home and work on it, all right.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"I agree. We will be The Souls. Let us shake on it." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote them on it so that he'd have something to read when he was in the field and nobody was up at bat. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“She gave it to you? Excellent! Listen, can I still have a go on it? Tomorrow?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

With nothing to hold it up, the staircase began to bend under the weight of the children crowding on it, and then it swung down and fell with a huge crash. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He it was that now rode out, and with him came only a small company of black-harnessed soldiery, and a single banner, black but bearing on it in red the Evil Eye. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

By the time the bus finally lurches to our stop, I’m more than happy to get on it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

His gray, drooping face appeared to be made of something stiffer than ordinary skin; it rarely moved except for making the smile that was on it now. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Almost every surface had a tiny potted plant on it, some fragrant, some poisonous, and some Seven used for potion ingredients. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wrote on it, simply: God bless you. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lovers can spend five dollars to get a red or pink heart with their initials on it mounted on the wall for Valentine’s Day. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mohammed’s incredible rise and premature passing had shaped the trajectory of Zeitoun’s family in general and of Abdulrahman in particular, but he didn’t like to dwell on it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I doubt whether any of us could think of a way to improve on it, beyond maybe shifting a local cloud from here to there on occasion. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d even drawn a picture of a flower with a big, fat, stupid bird trying to land on it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s got his best man on it, sir.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he quickly adds, “Of course, that was a very long time ago, and now you can simply enjoy it, and then I’ll have you write an essay on it.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When I was younger, Mom pasted dozens of words on it, but I was still limited to only a handful of common nouns, verbs, and adjectives, some names, and a bunch of smiley faces. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I had sense enough not to take no shortcuts and stuck to the road so’s I could at least see the hoop snake hunting party if I ran up on it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He hurried the phrase "educated at Oxford," or swallowed it or choked on it as though it had bothered him before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He refused to swear on it, and flat refused to study the esoteric texts, which he called “the consolation of would-be wizards cursed to live in a world without magic.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He polished it with his sleeve, although I could see no dust on it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

None of the chairs match and the table is an old wood job with lots of scratches on it. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Maybe I'll put some of the burn ointment on it. I think it helps with infection anyway. And wrap it up?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Each of the flanking booths had a small pile of onions on it, and two thick packages wrapped in cloth sat on Mama’s cart, probably fish she had traded onions for. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He resisted the temptation firmly, and clasped the Ring in his hand, as if to keep a hold on it and prevent it from escaping or doing any mischief. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“No reason why you shouldn’t have something coming in from your land if you don’t live on it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not a lot o’ room on the seat with me on it, though, so you’ll be in the sidecar.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

From here on it was clear going, with nothing to restrain the variety of life except the limits of biologic inventiveness. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lua’s standing there with a small dark stone that has a pattern on it like a cross. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When we’re done, he presses me back against the table, lifting me so that I am seated on it, so that our bodies are pressed together. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There is a plate with five chunks of moldy cheese on it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I have seen an advertisement for these: you send in your money, and you get a certificate with a star map, your own star marked on it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

You might occasionally see someone in a T-shirt or hat with the logo on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Once I see what’s on it, I have to force myself to keep my feet moving so I don’t collapse in the middle of the hospital corridor. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Somehow, in the course of the conversation, Bobby learned that the letter that had been sent to Ilyumzhinov had his forged name on it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She thought maybe, just maybe, she had gained some distance on it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Yet if I am to live, I must depend on it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Tonight I spot a small jet and I concentrate on it and I stare at it and smile. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I better put a small line out with a spoon on it and try and get something to eat and drink for the moisture. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him is an enormous screen with the same man’s face projected on it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It had a bunch of pen and pencil marks scratched on it, keeping track of how fast the children in the house were growing. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

My chest kept on falling, maybe with some ice crystals on it now. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the most beautiful of all the beautiful horses, and I had had my eye on it from the start. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I already done read it many a time, working on it over the past year. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She just knew that she was ready to show Layla her drawing, because every time she worked on it, she ended up crying or her chest would tighten and she couldn’t get enough breath. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I scrambled around for it wildly, but by the time I got my hand on it Danny Saunders was standing safely on first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

I had to yank on it, then rattle the door, then kick it, until finally it flew open to reveal a doorway and a room filled with ice that rose to mid-chest height. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Count on it, or you can remove any one of the fingers on my own clean hands. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They ate supper back where the trailers were parked, at a campsite that had only three trailers on it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way I passed just above the crab-apple tree where I had once picked a bouquet; looking down on it, I could see the young green apples hanging thickly on the branches. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I already have. He’s working on it now.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

"These honors are all so unexpected. May I have some time to consider? I need to tell my wife . . ." "Yes, yes, of course, tell Catelyn, sleep on it if you must." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It dried stiff as a board, and I had to chew, rub, jump on it, and twist it to get it soft. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc Smith handed little Willy a piece of paper with some scribbling on it. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you don’t see what’s wrong, reflect on it for a moment. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Something. They do not speak on it. They locked him in the Crockery until he got most of his marbles back.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I do not know, Monsieur. It was far down the corridor, and she had her back to me. She had on a kimono of scarlet with dragons on it.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hand flat on it, as if squeezing something out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was going toward the sidelines and I got my fingers on it but Ice slapped it back the other way and was on it in a flash. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably because folk around here haven’t ever seen a real barrow, just heard about them in stories. When they find a hill with big mounds on it . . .” I pointed out the oddly shaped hillocks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get it wet for two weeks. Make sure you keep the cream on it. You’ve done this before.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Later on, Úrsula had put candles on it and had prostrated herself before it, not suspecting that instead of a saint she was adoring almost four hundred pounds of gold. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I worked on it every day while the others were in school, but slowly, with many pauses, while I stared out the window. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was reading a new Captain Underpants book, and it didn’t even have the fake Johnny Treeface title on it, but Mom didn’t say anything about that. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’ve both offered me your friendship in recent months, so I decided to take you up on it. Together.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In another context this insight would have been depressing, but I was too preoccupied with the weather to dwell on it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry went to get the Invisibility Cloak out of his trunk right after dinner, and spent the evening sitting on it, waiting for the room to clear. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mama and I were still out there on the porch, waiting for Papa, when here came Loma and Camp—her carrying the baby, him carrying Granny’s big mirror with Saint Cecilia painted on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A diamond on it flashed in the dim light. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lacking wood for the stove most of the time, she took to turning her electric iron upside down, plugging it into the one outlet, and cooking their stew on it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His farm might feed 140 people, but it doesn’t support the four who live on it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The drape covering the blinds also had peacocks on it, only they faced forward, their plumage spread into a thousand blue-green eyes that seemed to watch us. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He put his right foot out, tentatively, not quite daring to put his full weight on it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had a bad leg, she said, and couldn’t put pressure on it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My mountain and all its elevations were on it, so I was studying the contours for the waterway when she stuck her head in the door. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had arranged for Annies tombstone at Malvern, he put no quotes from scripture on it, as was usually done. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he put weight on it, the injured foot buckled and he crumpled. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In her hands she holds a spindle, and on it she spins the threads of your child’s life. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Hustle! Pretend the ball is some fried chicken. Bet you’ll stay on it then.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He just felt a faint slackening of the pressure of the line and he commenced to pull on it gently with his right hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them, the heavier one, whose stomach had ripples of fat on it, jumped lightly onto the dock to pick up a hose that was coiled there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such “making” is a two-phase affair: first, artisans make a plan, then they act on it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do, because I nearly filled myself wording on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don't know how else to follow up on it without going through Taro or Mom. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, then made her way to the couch and plopped down on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Next to a giant red cross was a small wooden table and on it were a folded Confederate flag, a Bible, a glass bottle, and an unsheathed sword. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Reflecting on it now I’m amazed by it, not by what happened, but that I wrote what happened. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She fanned fast for a minute, then sank down in Granny’s big rocker, the high-back one with apples and pears carved on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When the door shut and she heard his bed creak as he sat on it, Anya went about cooking the fish. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Now Malachy has to use the chamber pot but he wants to sit on it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As they drove up the hill Mother always called “the great slippery” because of that first time they were stuck on it, Joe suddenly said something wonderful to Marly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down beside James and played on it a little, leaning it back against her shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imitated Mr. Barrett’s face when he almost sat on it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Songololo kept pulling on it and screaming, yanking her leash taut, which made it impossible to turn the stake so it would pass through. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was one table with nothing on it but what looked to be used, uneven pieces of wood. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She rummaged in her pocket for a moment, then pulled out a scroll of parchment with Dumbledore’s writing on it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think I could lie in no casket, even if it was cracked some so I could breathe, and hear dirt being tossed on it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hammered on it with a fist, and cursed when a splinter snagged the fabric of his glove. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He placed a cushion on the operating table, which was really just a desk repurposed from the former school, and I laid the bonobo down on it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The zebra’s mane was matted with chewing gum, like somebody had been spitting on it in their spare time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

What’s happened to met Even the battle seemed half a dream when he tried to think back on it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I nearly choked on it, but I let it out in a whisper, “I could show you a few things.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Inside was a large, sticky chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Harry written on it in green icing. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When blacks got close up on it, the gleam of full citizenship failed to shine as brightly as they had hoped. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The one on his shin throbbed and pulsed, even when he wasn’t moving, so he focused on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The pane creaked open when I pushed on it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Aureliano, on the other hand, took a step forward and put his hand on it, withdrawing it immediately. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As though a single dragonfly could alight on it and trigger an avalanche that will bury them for good. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe I should be happy that someone else can, but instead I am sitting here feeling like my heart has a million welts on it, stinging and burning. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her T-shirt has a picture of two boxing gloves on it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“We get the Star-Ledger delivered every day. They did a story on it. One of the pictures was some kind of relay race. And there, pretty clear to see, was Ashley.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She means my favorite puzzle, with the picture of a river on it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe my family could have a billboard even, like the Kasteevs, with our faces on it, smiling happy. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sign out front had a single red rose painted on it, and the words reviving the spirit to recapture the vision, proverbs 29:18. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Taran came to his senses on a pile of dirty straw, which smelled as though Gurgi and all his ancestors had slept on it. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

This idea plunged me into a reverie so despairing and frightful that even now, when the scene is on the point of closing before me for ever, I shudder to reflect on it. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I step on that curse and spit on it too. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I chose one for Martin that had a glittery swirl pattern on it without any words. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Charlie took a piece of ice from the bag and started chewing on it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

His hair was of sullen brown, and he wore on it a crown of mesarthium shaped as a wreath of serpents swallowing each other by the tails. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It didn’t have anything with swans on it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I click on it, and it takes me to this site about vitiligo. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But she doesn’t answer so I go get the book and stretch the phone over to the bathroom door and tap on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dill glimpsed a billboard with a father and son on it as it flashed past. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And every time she played it over she goofed on it like it was so way out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Who else would make a bed of boughs and put a rabbit- skin pillow on it? On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each pale yellow wrapper has a picture on it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The floor with E.T.: The flipping Broadway Musical Version on it,” I want to say. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And when I reached the back of the tombstone and shined the light on it, I was barely surprised. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the vidphone screen and Rick saw nothing on it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A boat motored quietly down the river, the people on it dark figures. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the only one that does not have just one long word on it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Their grandmother served them bowls of hot oatmeal with brown sugar and milk to put on it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sort of platform near the ground with a cage on it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mark paused to take in the sounds that had become background noise, barely there until you focused on it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Milkman watched the lamp until he realized that focusing on it kept him from seeing anything else. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya tenderly ran her fingertips over the magic bubble, pressing on it enough to feel the bag past it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Just the same, I kept working on it the next day. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked ahead of my family past the first floor where the walls were clean and white, and the doors to the women's bathroom were yellow with daisies on it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He laid his fingertips on it, as though feeling for a pulse. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he was satisfied here, he had said so, and men disliked change, or so Old Rit had told her, saying also that women thrived on it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Been working on it all weekend and I’m heading over now to do more before morning. Just a li’l piece for Javier.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then I look down into the glass case, with its big hefty padlock on it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says the freeway roars like the sea because the many cars go so swiftly on it.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The touch of the policeman’s hand was still there—a touch that made his flesh jump like the tremor of a horse’s flank when flies light on it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, of course, the rebels fed the Capitol endless lies, and the joke was on it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Something seemed fishy to me, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I could tell Dad was on to something, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He, Skid, and Aaron had pitched in and gotten me a director’s chair with my name on it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

From that time on it gradually became clear to me what all these lessons were for, and once. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Papa said, “It’s not much of a tree, just an old box elder snag. There’s not a limb on it.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vivian at last put the peanut in her mouth and chewed on it long enough for it to have been the whole handful. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth of that piece was wet and rich and the rice grew on it as weeds grow where they are not wanted. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He placed his sled on the top of the hill, sat down on it, and pushed himself off. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The guard picked up a little tin watering can with daisies painted on it, which was kind of bizarre, because what he poured out wasn’t water. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she thought of the giant library in the Night Bazaar, and the book with her name on it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Probably not. But you don’t want to take a chance on it,” said Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was time for the festival to begin and I’d given the tech person the thumb drive with our movie and the bonus footage on it, I walked back out to the audience. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If you ever open an airline, remind me not to fly on it.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“If the cons don’t want to hit ’em over, it must not happen that much,” I say, catching Annie’s brand of stinger, which has a little curve on it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tell the truth, the reason I wanted Papa to be in on it, I wouldn’t have to worry so much. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Television at Hailsham had been pretty restricted, and at the Cottages too—though there was nothing to stop us watching all day—no one was very keen on it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Did you pay taxes on it?" she asked. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t dwell on it too much because I’m not in a negative position. But you do say, ‘Well, dag, man, I should have done this or that.’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She knew she ought to search for food, but she couldn’t keep her mind on it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, Dad had never taken her up on it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then she did, resting her palm on it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I went and opened it and saw, tucked in her bag, a five-hundred- piece puzzle with a picture of Mount Rushmore on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A silver necklace around her neck with a little heart charm on it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’ll just have to think on it some more,” she said. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was playing with her glass, running it along the table, smearing the water that had collected on it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She never even saw a boat on it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Daniels is wearing a tie with little trophies on it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She insisted on it, which was fine with him, because if he took the X-Mobile they’d have to first take X-Ray home and they were running out of time. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Back in the apartment, she took the lion statue out of her backpack and poured bleach on it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His nose has a large hump on it which hangs down over his mouth. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In knowing the ground was not ground at all, I hoped I could stand on it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, we could go to dinner or something . . . and I could work on it later.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Alaska dropped the cigarette and stepped on it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I know this life is mine because the label has my name on it, but what kind of name is Sheila? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played records on it when the car was parked. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even the last brushes she’d used on it were still there, the bristles stiffened with streaky red. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Or was it a dartboard with a photo of his face on it?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He has a denim jacket with a lot of snap fasteners on it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the foyer, the senior carpet was packed—everyone taking advantage of their first day of being able to stand on it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The manipulation of the appropriate mechanisms should be self-explanatory, and we need not dwell on it here. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Dad. Can’t wait to write an essay on it,” I say, my tone perhaps a little too chipper. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The sea was empty; there was not even a sail on it We suddenly became frightened and ran home to the Scharloo section where we lived. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a solution out there with your name written on it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar about the woman up close, though Ekon couldn’t put his finger on it as he fell back against the sacks. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He pulled his stringer from his pocket and strung the fish on it. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Another balled fist slammed down on it, and the bonnet closed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“Then why don’t you do some work on it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I went anyway, because the raise in my allowance depended on it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Although the elves left a thank-you note for the shoemaker, he put his coffee cup down on it, and it stuck to the cup’s damp bottom. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Fingerprints, silly. If Michelangelo worked on that statue, his fingerprints would be on it.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blade still has dried blood smeared on it here and there, my blood, Spackle blood, but the rest of it still shines, shimmering and flickering, flickering and shimmering. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You will not even comment on it in your journal, is that clear? The man’s indiscretion shall never be known.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If you found one, it was hard to get access to it; if you managed to get access, renting time on it cost a fortune. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Their eyes follow us as Ms. Monroe leads me to a table in front of them with a mic on it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Plus, it’s got Dad’s first album cover on it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wants to make one for himself, but doesn’t know what to write on it, so I help him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But most importantly, there was a letter—the letter, the one from Uncle Wood when he was heading for Kuwait, a crinkled piece of paper with blue writing on it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The priest gave him a piece of paper with the words to a hymn on it and asked him to sing. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It walked over to the rock slab and it lay down on it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“When you and me stopped for gas not too long ago, I noticed an old poster for this Six Flags on one of the walls. Had a mine train ride on it and everything.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Now, take a blotter from over there and blot each envelope after I’m through writing on it,” she instructed me, pointing to a blotter that stood about a foot from my hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hung on it with all my weight. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She removed a scrap of paper that had a three-by-three grid drawn on it with the message Fly into flamingo theater, enter empty nest. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The knife has a fearsome serrated edge on part of the blade, so I choose the likeliest looking knot and start sawing on it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a large, square, very worn piece of parchment with nothing written on it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was jet-lagged and too happy about how my meets had gone to dwell on it much. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Now, as I think back on it, I wasn’t in a hollow tree trunk. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Looking back on it now, I think the foundation for what hap­pened in the winter of 1975—and all that followed—was already laid in those first words. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the tobacco pouch and took out the rock that said Flint on it and set it on the bed. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her arm has all these dark marks on it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His multilayered robe was smooth ivory linen, and although it reached so low as to dust the floor, there was not a spot of dirt on it anywhere. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The rocks were small enough to position with just the four of us working on it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now and then they found a stump with the marks of the axe on it, but mostly these had been carefully covered with brambles or altogether grubbed up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could put fancy spin on it, you could make it dance. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to chew on it, and when that didn’t work, he just swallowed the whole thing in one big gulp. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly she walked straight to the large gatepost, reared up on it with her front feet, and bawled the most beautiful tree bark I ever heard in my life. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was on a forlorn stone wall facing the mesarthium one, and the alley was too narrow for Lazlo to get an angle on it from a distance. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s the one I save for nice. I embroidered them roses on it myself,” she said proudly, handing it over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t see why it should, if you don’t put wet stuff on it and make a smother. But if it does, it does. I’m going to risk it, anyhow. I’m going to stew these coneys.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Working on it made me feel better than any stupid talk with Mr. Ali. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“And I told them that your teammates called you on it and that you deserved it.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“My babushka put a salve on it. It’s almost all the way healed.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I grabbed it, slammed it onto a plate, and started smearing butter on it so hard that I ripped the bread. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The monument closest to you. See the Lightning power-up? Get your hands on it.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jay and I had used this joggling board when we were little kids, spending hours on it in the blazing sun. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Strawberry syrup glistens on it and a big dollop of whipped cream sits pretty on top. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She got up and carried her cigarette over to the washbowl, let cold water run on it, then dropped the extinguished stub into the wastebasket and sat down again. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I lie on the bed holding the string cheese and the DVD with Mom’s words on it, just breathing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mario pulled out a Kleenex and laid the cricket on it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully he took it off and held it up, and the gems on it glittered like stars, and the sound of the shaken rings was like the tinkle of rain in a pool. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Chestnutt dropped the pencil and stepped on it to keep it from rolling away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you escaped on the bus with the mark of the dog on it.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She'd let me reach out to touch it, but when I was about to put my finger on it, she'd yell, “Boo!” making me jump and sending me into giggles. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Turn your back on it, and it’ll kick you in the but. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Purdy hands my mother a card with an address scribbled on it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were always stealing our stuff, and one time, after Brian’s pogo stick had disappeared, he saw one of the old Gypsy women bouncing down the sidewalk on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You should. My friends and I would totally come. Your video had a lot of good comments on it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“There will be no fingerprints on it save those of Mrs. Hubbard.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took out a sheet from a stack of paper—a flyer with a crouching black panther and some writing on it—and held it up to examine it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Install gangsters in government without giving us a chance to vote on it?” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Louisa had dragged a table over to the left side of Sal’s bed so that he could reach it with his good arm, and there was a stack of sports magazines and stuff on it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She felt odd talking about the trip now that she wasn’t going on it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was able to push my temper down and put a lid on it. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They'd put a good face on it, but one could always detect an underlying sense of defeat. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“We hadn’t been here any time before I spotted your Black Madonna Honey, and there was the same picture on it as my mother had. The Black Madonna of Breznichar of Bohemia.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The body of the sugar basin was quickly completed and he began repousseing on it the rich garlands of fruit with the same skill he had had forty years before. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You put so many things on it that it looks like a pinata!” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I pull out a slice of chicken I found in the back of a cafe’s kitchen and force myself to munch on it, ignoring the slime of cold grease. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Tom Yew parked his Suzuki by the bench on the narrow end of the lake and sat on it, sidesaddle. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The kid used different words, but in his ears the old Minor Leaguer heard: “Keep your eye on it. .. Hold your swing . .. Watch it all the way in . . . Don’t be anxious ... Just make contact.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Safer says he trusts me to keep an eye on it while he gets us some peanut butter crackers. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I went to the door, which was closed, knocked on it, was told to come in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her back was wide, straight, and she carried her head as if she had something on it that she couldn’t let fall. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As far as Meggie could see in the dark the last door had a number 7 on it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Think about it, sleep on it. We’re having a meeting next Sunday at my place.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sits by itself, a picture of the bench with two people sitting on it. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of one street, Dicey looked down and saw blue water with sails on it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well...maybe you’re right about that...but, well, we can make sure we don’t step on it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Or at least my room at the Good Night, Sleep Tight depended on it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The agent took out his pad and started to write on it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flailed in the light, choking on it as she tried to return to herself. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And when I chose to look the other way, I was sort of putting a stamp of approval on it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I peered in one of the gaping windows to look around, only to have a chunk of the windowsill snap off in my hands when I leaned on it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was very tall and very thin, dressed in a gray suit that had many dark stains on it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The walls of the room were pale yellow, and behind him I saw a glossy poster with a puppy on it—an advertisement for a flea treatment. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“All I know,” I say, “is that you stick the hose into a gas tank and you suck on it.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There is a team in this very city working on it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned down a busy street with a whole bunch of stores on it, just because it seemed like the easiest place to blend in. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“If you have your heart set on it, that’s absolutely okay, but you have to know that you’re also deciding to give up all this gymnastics stuff.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Matthew nearly collided with a college-aged guy, who did a double take of Matthew’s shirt—the one with five diamond playing cards on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In such vault I had been told did Mr. Reed lie buried; and led by this thought to recall his idea, I dwelt on it with gathering dread. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Because when he first laid eyes on it, he said, he felt a wave of “intuitive repulsion.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s one on it now, Sponge! You look for yourself!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the sergeant lay on the ground, bleeding, he asked for a slip of paper and scribbled on it a message for Ranger headquarters: “I am shot all to pieces. Everything quiet.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It’s lumpy and when you sit on it, little tufts of the material stick to your clothes. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That mountain. There isn’t a scrap of vegetation on it.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The words on it were faded, some beyond reading, and in places the paper was so damaged that the writing had rubbed away. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It is an incendiary device: who knows what we’d make of it, if we ever got our hands on it? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, Beefy grabbed the Uncle’s furry green hat and began to chew on it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Charlie carefully leans over the truck and starts blowing on it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There was a door in the heart that had no lock on it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But before I could think more on it he said, “When did your mother die?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At Circe’s instruction she put cobwebs on it to draw the pus out and stop the bleeding. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I came up with something a while ago. Spent a lot of time on it." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at me, pulled his glasses down from his forehead, looked at the papers inside the folder with my name on it, and glared. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But now so much depended on it—not just her love, but all their lives. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Women there, many of them, would cast their eyes on it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m working on it, but when I get to where I am right now, I need a big, strong dude. You know what I mean?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Before she had been sacked, Deirdre had commented on it one afternoon in the kitchen over day-old bread. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He looked along the passage, and saw, up some steps and through another open door, the side of the hill with the shadow of oncoming night on it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“There’s a pig sty up there that has your name on it.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was too tired even to examine the line and he teetered on it as his delicate feet gripped it fast. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he’s got about two hundred people following him on it, so I don’t feel bad outing him.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ranofer told him, fairly spitting out his frustration, what he did, and how he must keep his mind on it, no matter how tired or bored he was. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And as Lee turned the telescope on it again, he saw darker, smaller shapes behind it in the shimmering distance. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set it up and climbed on it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

All day he has restrained himself from checking on it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I crawl into the cupboard, draw up my knees, I’ll choke on it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had had no time to dwell on it in the chaos of the last days. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

One summer day, I used one of Ali’s kitchen knives to carve our names on it: “Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems strange that this one has nothing on it.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She covered the bread basket with a dishtowel that had, he suddenly noticed, the Ten Commandments printed on it. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“No allowance for a month, you’re grounded for two weeks and we have a list of jobs around the house and yard with your name on it.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then buy a rose. Have the florist put a ribbon on it or something. Meryl Lee will figure out you’re a cheapskate soon enough anyway.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When a plate was brought filled with fried meats, he asked what was on it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And the more she brooded on it the more it made her angry. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Either way, there’s a set designer’s job on Broadway with my name on it, and I’m not giving it up for anybody. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of this indoor forest, smack in the center of it all, were two rocking chairs and a small table between them with a small cassette player on it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He would never be able to throw the ball, never be able to get a grip on it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath it, a keyboard was set into the wall, angling out enough for someone to type on it with ease if standing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Beasley had pulled up another table and was standing on it, shouting encouragement to the gladiators who drank for him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the new kind with a photographic portrait on it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

One day Charles walked into the drawing room and found Lenny sitting on the sofa—not jumping on it—and reading a copy of The Origin of Species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following year, Isaac Newton published his epic work on light and colour, Opticks, having deliberately sat on it for thirty years, waiting for Hooke to die. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her “talking board” has just two words on it—yes and no. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Nothing on it today, they don’t leave the bodies hanging as long in summer as they do in winter, because of the flies and the smell. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of it still got price tags on it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Chen leapt on it, prepared to chop its neck and bite its throat, but the villagers stopped him. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the Agena about ten feet in front of and above me, but my first job was to turn my back on it and go plug into my nitrogen supply. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just follow me and run like your life depends on it. Because it does.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He thrust it into the earth and leaned on it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she looks me over from head to toe before zeroing in on it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She groped for her husband’s chest in the dark and laid her head on it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The voice led her to a door with the number 323 on it, and underneath the number was a white card. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It's weird to be ushered around your own home, but I know better than to comment on it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to kneel down to pick it up when the first drops of rain come out of nowhere and splatter right on it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A nylon shower curtain, scarlet, with a design of canary-yellow sharps, flats, and clefs on it, was bunched up at the foot of the tub, attached with plastic rings to an over-head chromium bar. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She puts her shoulder bag on the sand and sets Jay down on it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I extracted a credit card, hiding the name on it from her. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A gun appears on it a!s soon as I think it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He found Shin, wild-eyed and wrench in hand, standing over Gong, whose bloody arm had a lump on it the size of an egg. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I take my homework out of my backpack and try to focus on it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I handed it to him, and he took a long pull on it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I take the tray with the same old hamburger bun on it over to the side of the cafeteria where the ketchup and mustard packs are. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

My father, and the company, looked the other way on it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hanging from one of the upper-right posts was a crate with a wooden crucifix on it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

At any rate nothing was moving on it now. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But before I can think on it too much, the phone rings. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We took the sagging mattress off the bed and placed it on the worn yellow linoleum floor so Papá and Mamá could sleep on it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Once solved, the message could be forwarded to the Army, the Navy, the State Department, or the FBI, which could then act on it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It looked like she’d done a lot of work on it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But coming on it now, from the water, with Lizzie stroking and angling her way to the point, Turner felt as if he was on the brink of a discovery. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She went for me, screaming and clawing; she knew I’d been in on it with him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She got tangled in her harness and fell on it, broke some of its legs. Then it came after me, got on me, crawling all over.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jess is wearing a dress with red flowers on it, she’s wearing little silver earrings with birds on them—I can see them moving back and forth as she talks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a bed covered in white sheets that shone in the sun, her children rolling on it with her, the husband’s body half visible at the edges. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My sculpture of Anubis looked pretty real, and I had even used real gold paint on it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She held up her own stone, which had a crude tree drawn on it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s the toasting fork, with Mother’s shoe on it instead of the bread. Beth’s stage-struck!” cried Meg, and the rehearsal ended in a general burst of laughter. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I’ll bring it along so I can work on it with him. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, because a few guys decided to home in on it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to figure if Texarkana were on that map, Maybe Memphis was on it too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people would come to commit murder on it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the best sled they had ever made, and it was so long that all three of them could sit on it, one behind the other. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

One had a drawing of a donut on it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to walk out on it far enough to be well over the river. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yellow jackets lived in a nest in the ground and Charley stepped on it by mistake. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of wild, soaring experience to be able to hold a pen again and look into a book or at a piece of paper with writing on it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After working on it for three years and seven months, he had sent the manuscript to his publisher in January 1842. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just like Luke’s, except Annabeth’s also had a big gold ring strung on it, like a college ring. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tell Gandalf to hurry along the East Road: we shall soon be back on it and going as fast as we can.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We shouldn’t be using that bowl, Pinmei,” Amah said, and Pinmei realized she was holding the blue rice bowl with the white rabbit painted on it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Naturally, I tell everyone to keep a lid on it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I clicked on it to get a better look. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I yanked up a handful and threw it on the path, then stomped on it for good measure. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

"Take some. And don't put your mouth on it either." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“This has Stephen’s name on it. Why on earth do you have it?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After he had a cup of tea he cleaned out the gash and put a bandage on it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I landed on it, with my legs wide open. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“And get your hair out of the way. Jeez! I don’t want to sit on it.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her shirt, retrieved from the floor in the middle of the night because of the cold, is pulled down on one side from where she’s lying on it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Nazis lined us up for roll call near the front gate, which had the words Work Makes You Free on it, just like at Auschwitz. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

His votola cloak was in a similar state, with dark rusty splotches on it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The pink label has a picture of a real proper lady on it with a turban on her head, smiling like she feels better. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I had burned all of the little fish, and since I could catch no more until the Aleuts left, I took the skirt outside to work on it there. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been stupid to think he could understand the generator just by looking at it, when other people had been working on it their entire lives. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had on this hat with flowers on it. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“About this fishing gaff. You say you found blood on it?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I allow myself to truly think on it, I cannot fault Locke for choosing her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Closing my eyes, I pictured the ocean stretched out the color of fresh-polished silver, the white froth on it, light scattering everywhere. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when it gets a spot on it, he waves it over his head and screams, “I struck oil! Grease in the Middle East!” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She removed a scrap of paper that had a three-by-three grid drawn on it with the message Fly into flamingo theater, enter empty nest. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I stare at the rocket clock in the office, and the second hand has stars on it that go around and around. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Place might burn down if somebody don’t keep an eye on it.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lying like that, well, it’s exhausting. I hope you never have a secret like that, Marlee. A secret so big, your whole life depends on it.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His was dark leather with the logo embossed on it—much nicer than my canvas-and-polyester one. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

No one challenged this idea, but no one acted on it either, so Henrietta’s cells remained classified as human. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Here y’are,” she said, and held out a plate with a fork and two fried eggs on it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“And stay on it, and just walk and walk past something called Houston Street, just like Houston, Texas.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to wash my hand. It’s got dried blood on it where I hurt my fingers.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each had an image of life in the Golden Crescent painted on it—families sailing in the bay, children playing in the palace gardens, men and women in formal dress in this very hall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It’s got a roll, carrot salad, and some kind of sponge cake on it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Act naturally,” he said, but I didn’t pick up on it until I was practically in the door to Spanish. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s possible Mateo not being a daredevil will keep us alive longer, but I’m not banking on it being a memorable End Day. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the square there was a heavy stone with an anvil on it, and a fine new sword was stuck through the anvil. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see her put the scrap of paper, the one that had been stuck on our fridge since the day Stan died, the one with my uncle’s phone number on it, onto my desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A guard coasted off of a rail to a floating stop a foot or so above the ground, his forebear humming as he balanced on it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mama came in and made me turn off the light, saying I could get back on it tomorrow. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Nat, I’m sorry about yesterday. Will you shake hands on it?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a plastic chair, a lightweight folding table, and a bucket with a cover on it, which served Shadow as a makeshift toilet. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The suggestion was sensible, and yet I could not force myself to act on it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every surface in the house probably has lice on it, the couch and chairs and Mrs. Grote. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

With one last longing glance at the crate and the symbol on it, Sefia headed off into the jungle. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Cold and hard it seemed as his grip closed on it: the phial of Galadriel, so long treasured, and almost forgotten till that hour. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They worked on it in the late mornings and in the afternoons before the boys from the sardine fleet came in. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked south on it, then turned onto the dirt lane that led to the lodge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

"I know you, the real you, and I don't care about your mess, so now I'm calling you out on it." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

This ink is amazing, it really doesn’t smear even when you cry on it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It was going to make its usual quick stop at 8:17, and the runaway couple were going to elope on it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I need time to process the data, but we can touch on it in the morning. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was bending down, pulling on his socks, and his back was so large and friendly I wanted to rest my head on it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only that a hard honey- colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re sure? It was the CD that said Mix Number Four on it.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She would help him build a splendidly strong raft, she promised him, and send him away on it equipped with everything necessary. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “There was a little piece on it in an old newspaper, it only gave the address and nothing else. I don’t know how they died or anything.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He planted a kiss on it, delicate but purposeful. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If he takes me up on it, I’m dead. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I blew on it, I breathed on it, I cupped it in my hands, but no sooner did I add twigs than the whole thing went black. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They begin to unpack their lunches, which are both in the same cooler with a sea turtle on it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

On our way to the door, we ran into Mrs. Terry, who was talking to a lady in a fancy hat with flowers on it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uh, I’m just washing my shirt. I got some sauce on it.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He focused on it, hoping he could see something behind it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I put the .32 in my pocket, with my hand on it, and walked out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can stop. I understand completely if you want to stop working on it.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mary led the way along a hard path above the mud; like many things the mulefa had made, it was ancient and perfectly maintained, more like a part of nature than something imposed on it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He let the sun play on it until it burned in his eyes. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tinkering kept us going, so I figured I’d do my share if I could get a handle on it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Is my face round? Are there numbers on it?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mord had taken it the moment he laid eyes on it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It had cleaned up nicely, despite me depositing the entire contents of my sinuses on it, not to mention a gallon of stress hormones. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s my old one from elementary school, it has kittens on it. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

She’d laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and gotten drunk on it every night, he would have. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘I had just washed her hair,’ Cilia said dreamily, ‘and the sun was on it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a black box with a point on it that turned in a circle. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A sunlit sky, a white world, and we two strokes of shadow on it, fleeing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There are broad teeth marks on it which are not squirrel. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can tell how hard you worked on it.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It may be that he is burned out on it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dad let me borrow his laptop and I love the video editing program on it.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I don't even have to do any hatchet jobs on it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned on it heavily like it was the only thing holding her up. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Or maybe if I made it back and I got old I would think back on it and it would seem right from there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Travis returned, clutching his staff, symbols and faces carved on it with clumsy hands. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later she handed me a page she said was her favorite because it had her mother’s signature on it—the only piece of Henrietta’s handwriting on record. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“So that our propos will air in the Capitol, too. He’s down working on it in Special Defense now. There’s live programming tonight. Snow’s making an appearance or something. I think it’s starting.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There is a scrimshaw knife with an etching of a great white and a message in a bottle in its stomach on it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I grip my knife and I look over at Viola, her face looking straight back up the tunnel, so much fear on it my chest begins to hurt. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘Here is a mallorn-leaf of Lórien, and there are small crumbs on it, and a few more crumbs in the grass. And see! there are some pieces of cut cord lying nearby!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Finally, we stopped at a green door with Electrotherapy printed on it in black letters. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

That means we have to meet after school and on the weekends to work on it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The PTA mom at the door table smiled up at me, checked off my name, and gave me a red paper heart with my name on it from the shoe box marked 6-3. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“We still have our house. My parents have been checking on it since we left. They’re waiting for us.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Others, moreover, who had expended no passion on it at all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Harry,” she said wearily, “it’s a pile of utter rubbish. This can’t be what the sign really means. This must just be his weird take on it. What a waste of time.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We both knew something was wrong but couldn’t put our finger on it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She reached into the bag and pulled out a bit of toast that had once had a quail’s egg on it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. But ye needn’t have no difficulty about that. It’s a ’igh ’un with a stone front with a bow on it, an’ ’igh steps up to the door. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In the meantime Washington had quickly grabbed a substantial lead, and then settled down to build on it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s a narcotic, honey. It’s very addictive. You don’t want to get dependent on it.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Probably to fund a student center. They’d put my name on it, out front.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Grampa’s pretty complicated. I guess I’m still working on it.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ekon couldn’t put his finger on it, but it was there. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The gully turned eastward, and as they went on it broadened and got gradually shallower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Against the far wall, there was a desk with a nameplate on it. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The ice was breaking up on it now, with just a few glazed islands of ice remaining in the center and a fringe of hard surface glinting along the banks. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Lee saw something else: the Skraeling was wearing a ring with the Church’s symbol engraved on it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped down on it, clutched it, then flapped her wings to get airborne. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was a smell like a cut potato from all the land, raw and cold and white from having the moon on it most of the night. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hopped up on it, pulled a potato from the sack next to her, and started peeling with a small knife, her feet kicking in the air under the bench. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stone walked to the door, knocked on it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A car's odometer comes from the factory set at 00000, though by the time the dealer’s done tooling around town, it’s probably got a few more miles on it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“No, this I’m telling of isn’t a spirit-world. A real one. The people that live on it are real people, alive, just like here. But very-long-ago they learned how to fly.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I spit on it a few times to give it a frozen overcoating. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t moved and her face was still pressed against the bars with the same sad, forced smile on it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, he strips off his shirt and sits on it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

No tree, not even a blade of grass grew on it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His cheek had a soft layer of fuzz on it, a world away from her dad’s sharp scruffiness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

If I wasn’t in on it, it usually didn’t fly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then he got back up and jumped on it, the wooden legs moaning as they scraped a few inches across the floor, leaving four identical scratches on the hardwood. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sam has wooden box, let each one stand on it and tell idea. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes, I know. In fact, I’m counting on it.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She quickly rounded up a half dozen other militant students and within the hour, every blackboard on campus had scrawled on it: “Malcolm to speak, 12 noon, ice-cream-shop.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I thought on it and thought on it till I finally figured it out. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

An office envelope with my name stood propped up on it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

We just have to pick up the tooth fairy and Superman and we’ll get right on it. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I hoped the subject would be left at that, but Beatrice had to harp on it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

That is why experts rely on it; in a world that is increasingly impatient with longterm processes, fear is a potent short-term play. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“If you want you can bring the ‘little something’ into the shop, so you don’t let the sun glint on it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Black Tortoise blew on it, a calm, controlled gust of air. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Thinking back on it, I can’t tell you who she looked like. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She held up her wrist; on it he made out a small dark bruise. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She lifted one with a French cafe painted on it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

My name’s on it, and inside I can already see it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t have time to dwell on it. Just seemed like the right thing to do.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the first day I saw him, he was pickin’ his hair out with his red pick with diamond-lookin’ things on it. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That Quidditch Cup’ll have our name on it this year,” said Wood happily as they trudged back up to the castle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Manny and the other old guys who played dominos in the lot had immediately declared war on it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He picked up his trowel, slid a thin layer of cement on it, and leveled it on the floor, smoothing and stretching it in arcs that formed half circles, like grey rainbows. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I sang as if my life depended on it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I step on it with my other shoe to pull it off, the way I do when the same thing happens in a bathroom with an overeager roll of toilet paper. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve not been able to follow up with every person who has wished on it. Have you?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His foot was trembling violently, as if it had a life of its own, and he put a hand on it to still it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Freak is pointing the squirt gun right in his face and he says, "Guess what I got for Christmas, Mr. Kane? Guess right, because your life depends on it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

As he later looked back on it, it seemed that the minute one black player got hurt there was another to take over. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw far beyond the lake a bobbing pinprick of light—a torch being carried along the drive—but they did not comment on it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the sluggers had finished experimenting on me that night, the slab I was resting on transformed into a chair while I was still on it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We’re a tidal wave rolling through the school, with me like a tiny canoe being carried away on it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He built a chip fire in the black square of the forge and pulled a bellows breeze on it and then fed wet coke over with his fingers until it glowed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There's something else about them, something that makes the hair rise up on the back of my neck, but I can't put my finger on it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t zero in on it, because the presence was all around them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The mechanic’s bike was so big for her that she couldn’t sit down on it; she had to stand on the pedals. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Bud Lawrence was suddenly flooded with orders for anything with the word frindle on it, and he quickly got interested again. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Put it on and never take it off. Your life might depend on it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then I told myself he was just dealing with the forty and I’d call him on it later. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I lean my rifle in a corner, I set my pack against the wall, place my helmet on it and fling down my equipment and baggage. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing on it was a small drawing of a black bird in front of a bridge and ocean waves, and a short string of numbers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"I guess your friend Walter Chase wasn't too proud to come in on it." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She plucked a paper fan from the hymnbook holder and studied the picture on it—a white church with a smiling white lady coming out the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought back to that first box Connor and I had found in the storage room and the letters on it: A, V, N. Connor had been right all along. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tears crawled down from his swollen left eye and he placed a palm on it as he followed her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before Raymie could even attempt some sort of response, the woman was out of the car and had hold of Beverly’s baton and was pulling on it and Beverly was pulling back. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

So she walked up to the door and knocked on it firmly five times. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I found a piece of yellowed notebook paper within, calculations on it in Dad’s handwriting. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah. I’m pretty sure most of the team is planning on it.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a sweatshirt that still has the scent of his cologne lingering on it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

You each had a wooden chest with your name on it, which you kept under your bed and filled with your possessions—the stuff you acquired from the Sales or the Exchanges. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waved a little piece of paper at us that had the grocery list written on it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first problem on it was to spot the error in a simple, three-line piece of code. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He riffles through the rest of the stuff, looking for what she requested, and finds it beneath a napkin with a circular stain on it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I got him to lie down again, remade the bed and put some extra blankets on it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

So whenever I write down something personal, I let it stay written for the rest of the day, like savoring a piece of hard candy before biting down on it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Mama’s face still has a smile on it, and she wraps an arm around Charlie and pulls her close. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“You’ll stand on your good leg. Let the other leg hang next to it. No weight on it. Want to give it a try?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The ten-year-old niece was drawn to the odd bag with a clock on it and picked up the device. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I happened to drop Dussel’s soap on the floor and step on it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Could you see the people on it yet?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And we had to move the tube going into her arm so that I wouldn’t lie down on it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled on it, and with the sound of thick paper ripping apart, the vine came unattached from the wall—more and more as Thomas stepped away from it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He put the little bag on Miss Thorn’s desk and rested his hand on it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Relief that Stella gets to wake up a few hours from now and have at least five more wonderful years, filled with whatever her to-do list has on it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe, I thought, I could sprinkle some cocoa powder on it, or stir in some honey, just to liven the flavor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Meryl Lee was standing by the main lobby, and when I ran past, she held up a dried rose with a ribbon on it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Get it back to me by midday tomorrow. Not a minute later. I’ll put a check on it in the afternoon. It needs a service.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But if your name’s on it, I know you’ll quit if the company tries to pull tricks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, looking back on it, Roosevelt believed that he never would have become president of the United States if it hadn’t been for his experiences in the Dakota Territory. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He sat down on it, missing shoe in hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I found the bouquet of pink baby roses and an envelope with Cam written on it over on the oak buffet my dad had refinished. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Bunnicula liked his liquid diet so much that the Monroes have kept him on it. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

He spat on it carefully, and it loosened. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I climbed out of the DeLorean I cast a Shrink spell on it, instantly reducing it to the size of a Matchbox car. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But it pressed down uncomfortably on my tongue, and sometimes it would pop off during the night and I’d wake up choking on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tree had lots of dead leaves on it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put a bigger glob of the ointment on it, hoping that will clear it up, and add a note to my to-do list to monitor it, before scrolling through my notifications. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He’d made a rough copy of the map they’d found on it with a pencil and some paper, but he wanted to see if he could unearth anything else useful. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m still making payments on it and the skirt that goes with it. I was going to wear them to this year’s Yom Kippur Ball.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The woman who wouldn’t ever take the car out for fear of getting dust on it? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was a slab of stone on the ground, and a low ledge in one corner, with some small objects on it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I went back to the main room, pulled a chair over to the side of the bed, and stacked all my books on it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her hands rest on it as if to defend it, or as if they’re gathering something from it, warmth and strength. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My room is purple, and my bed has a big white canopy on it.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There’s a message on it, received hours ago. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lit all the hanging lamps while Granddaddy cleared a spot on the counter and gently placed the barrel on it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

If I picked up on it, I knew Carlos did too. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There they saw close beside them a great rubble-heap; and suddenly they were aware of two small figures lying on it at their ease, grey-clad, hardly to be seen among the stones. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After that, she slapped the stamp on it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The stone was of a mottled pink marble, like canned salmon, and all there was on it was my father's name and, under it, two dates, separated by a little dash. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I know, I’m on it!” said Harry, aiming a hex from the floor at the enormous blond Death Eater who was causing most of the chaos. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course it does. And if that doesn’t work, point out the great number of American families that depend on it for income.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s me, and all the people I love, working on it.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She curls her trunk inward and rubs the object on it, testing it for texture. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His right ear looked as if a dog had chewed on it and his left was missing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z