I took one and blew my nose with it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The first explosion came from the end of one of the unusual weapon sticks the strangers carried. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one here will starve long as I have breath.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because for a private citizen to become a prince presupposes virtue or Fortune, it appears that either the one or the other of these two things should partially mitigate many of the problems. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The diary, Riddle’s diary, the one giving instructions on how to reopen the Chamber of Secrets.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Indian and Coloured women manned the department, and one of them was assigned to teach me the basics. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s important not to read too much into one study. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dad could take one look at a man and know his nationality. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

And finally, a construction worker, rebuilding a ship in ways no one ever considered before this. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

People of all ages mingled and joked happily with one another, and most shockingly, no creepy guys tried to devour her whole with their eyes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Having fathered one son, Dad took it pretty much for granted that all the rest of his children would be boys. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isabel, a tenacious reporter and mellifluous writer who returned from a long book-writing leave for this project, had composed one of the most powerful chapters in the 1993 “Children of the Shadows” series. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

One day a visiting official saw one of her performances and ordered Aleksandr Gridnev, “She will be arrested for forty-five days for a violation of flight regulations.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Here is the advertisement. From the description, no one could possibly mistake you.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It went on for something like ten years, thirteen years, I’m not really sure, but we got to stay in the house. Her boyfriend was the one who moved out.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And even if she had been so inclined, she would never begrudge this bounty of nature to one so poor in everything else. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t hers; they never made a mark on her, and she would miss no one. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

No one had ever crossed South Georgia Island on foot. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

On a shelf in one of the laboratories is the cockpit voice and data recorder—the so-called black box—from the devastating Valujet crash in Florida in 1996, in which 110 people were killed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It's one of the few systems that can't be replaced or worked around. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere but doesn’t greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent his head lower, hoping that no one would see him closely enough to see that it was he who was pictured there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby identified with him in that respect and especially valued one of his dicta: “Never obey anyone’s command unless it is coming from within you.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he did not respond immediately to one of my questions, the answer was always a lengthy one. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

While in England, one of the male delegates confronted Mott and urged her not to attend the conference, explaining that women were “constitutionally unfit for public meetings with men.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The palms of his hand were hot and throbbing, and the skin had come off one of his knuckles. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“We suddenly appreciated that San Francisco was truly a city of magnificent distances,” wrote one witness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those were both words, but how would she know which one was the right word, if either one was at all? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My parents discussed it with me one night over a dinner of buttered noodles, my favorite meal. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Keerist, close the hall door,” Roy said, going over to it; he slammed it with one blow of his hand, thereupon summarily locking it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ser Aenys put it forth that the man had drunk too much and gotten lost in the storm, though no one could explain why he had taken off his clothes to go outside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You need to stir one hundred times. One hundred is best.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some girls had started to play badminton, and a few others were reading under the shadow cast by one of the buildings. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

No one’s going to buy that, but it’s true. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“No. When it is cold it will hurt to breathe. When die Others come ...” The thought was a disquieting one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Neither one of them thought about using the desk, and even if they had wanted to, Maya’s laundry was spread all over it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The closest I ever got was one day when he was escorted down from the mess hall after an argument with the disputatious Officer Colon, who was always stirring things up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even need a batting helmet, but I saw one that was so cute I actually wanted to buy it! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Agents would develop one, then simply drop it, or fail to corroborate it or to conclusively disprove it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

This was this meg good place, because only Link’s best friends, we were the only ones that knew about it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there are conflicts with your original brain tissue...signals that might create almost an antibody effect...one trying to override the other...that’s why we have backups. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Fiona quickly tucked the coins into one of her large pockets. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, this one has an attitude,” Demeter observed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I saw you, I said, She's the unlucky one come out looking just like her daddy. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

And sometimes they’re sad at the end, especially the ones with animals. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

And yes, he told the reporters, he did have an opinion on whether the murders were the work of one man or two, but he preferred not to disclose it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the one solemn promise every life on earth is born and bound to keep. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one seemed to notice I was crying, except the girl with blocks, who marched over to me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Almost none of the ones I described in detail are still at Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was a decent chance he could’ve been the one who wound up involved in something tragic. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Commander Root, sir. I feel I deserve one more chance.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Long scary days and nights flow one into another. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They are taking it in, despite what it looks like, calming down after one or two class sessions.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“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

Along one wall was a chest of drawers and a mirror, on the other a writing desk with a chair tucked underneath. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When I told them I thought someone was spying on us, one of the policemen said it must have been the same kids who stole my bike. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Bring me a cup of wine, and pour one for yourself." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

How come no one ever told me this stuff? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I do one more bass riff—the fingers of my left hand dancing on the deeper-toned keys. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It was absolutely silent for one long second before the screaming began. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Yet it is also true that the very same troubles that loom catastrophically large one day can seem like small potatoes the next, particularly if even worse troubles have popped up to take their place. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Besides, Mrs. Williams was the one who gave us special permission to go outside. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

All the girls seemed fatigued, but no one dared to complain. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For one thing he is tall, and for another he has bright red hair. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the federal system, adults who unintentionally commit arson-murder where more than one person is killed usually receive sentences that permit release in less than twenty-five years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He showed me one, a smoothly jagged piece of metal over a foot long. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“She really thinks a lot of herself, that one, doesn’t she?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At one point, she was asked if anyone had been with Anna in the car. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But oddly enough, Scoob thinks he gets it: Dad’s not the only one in the car who knows something about a mom the other guy doesn’t. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“There’s going be one less chicken after supper.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Students didn’t let up for one minute, chirping on about my folks, my mother’s teaching, and things I considered personal and sacred. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t chatting with one another or looking for unruly boys. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I ate quickly with one eye on King George. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we arrived at one kind of consensus, like an enormous committee, we found it was time to think it through all over, and now here we are, at it again. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was doing all this because of the one chance, the one in a zillion, that she meant it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was one of Herat’s best-connected men, friend of the mayor and the provincial governor. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Here, no one will notice my heroism on that Saturday’s shift. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the left lateral is chipped. A piece of the tooth is still there. So that one you’ll definitely have to take up with a dentist, but I’m gonna go ahead and reimplant the others.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Besides the small family, there was only one person allowed in the house, and that person was Nin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You were always the bad one. Making faces at me behind your mother’s back, teasing and tormenting me, stealing my things. Why, you have my bear right now. Give him to me!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the writing of this, I can tell you that I am somewhere between one hundred sixty and one hundred eighty years old, although I don't enjoy looking my age. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then, before I could brace myself, there came a sharper crack than the ones before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Younger ones, jealous of the pretty stranger, tossed their heads in judgment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, here’s a penny for you, Julie, and one for Bri and one for me. Let’s see how rich we are.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

No one seemed quite sure about the reason for the fight, but there wasn’t much attempt to break it up since the girl who got pummeled was generally thought to be a jerk. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was one of those times when she wished she were sitting in a big black leather armchair with a weird-looking cat and an unlit cigar. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Qendrim didn’t have a comeback for that one—he was too small to do much harm to anyone, and he knew that if he tried anything rough, Luma would bench him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As the needle went into my brother’s arm and he screamed, my mother looked at me with agony written all over her face and assured me, “Next one doesn’t hurt.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

To one side of these candles were jeweled boxes, probably containing saintly relics. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

No one met my eye except Dad, who was grinning like an alligator. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not far from the house, off to one side, was a smaller building, whose double doors were also closed. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not the routine, not just the fitting together of things that no one had guessed at fitting, not the making of connections; these are merely the workaday details, the methods of operating. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had slept through the weather report, so I was the only one without boots. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He began with sight-reading and mastering basic rhythms and pitches that gradually increased step by step to become more complex, sometimes by adding only one new note or rhythmic value at a time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“That the one going with Macon Dead’s boy?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had to move, I hopped on one foot. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We can’t possibly issue you one until November. There’s a lot of information you still have to provide us with.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could I get off in one of those towns, stay off the roads, and just walk through the woods?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Say it’s not like one a my cakes, it’s a fancy recipe she got out the Gourmet magazine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Notably, however, even after such positive experiences, most family members remain committed to maintaining tight control over who knows and who does not know about the status of their loved one. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Consequently, he insisted on using one single mathematical model to account for a planet’s movement across the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Bwana Mutunga chortled as one of the dogs faced him and bent its forelegs in an unmistakable bow while another hopped adorably in place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The one his mom had made for tonight. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

In exchange, the au pair was to help out with child care for up to forty five hours per week, five and one half days per week. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d be surprised if we get any studying done—too many reasons to not keep our hands off each other and one big talk we need to have. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She showed pictures and shared prices: the average cost for one was $1,995. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I can name you a dozen who were not, and they are the ones the world lives by. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ask him if he is, and he doesn’t answer, so I know that even if he was awake for that one second, he’s asleep again now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Placing one ear to the door, he listened Was it his imagination, or did he hear a rustle on the other side? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Dean kept one eye on Shady but kept the other on Jinx, like a cat waiting for a mouse to steal a piece of cheese so he could devour both at once. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Families engaged in at least one fun event a week, like going to a movie or bowling. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Now you have to admit,” one guest challenged, “that the war is lost.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my ambulance gets to the nearest hospital— not the one in my hometown but a small local place that looks more like an old-age home than a medical center—the medics rush me inside. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turns out, Blackstone Prison is just one long hallway with giant glass walls on both sides. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because he was nervous, or perhaps because he kept moving from one flophouse to another, he couldn’t remember his address. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Two cantors, one of whom was David’s sister, Shari Preston, stepped forward and sang. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The system he used, while not as flexible or sophisticated as the one used today, relied on the grouping together of notes with horizontal bars called ligatures. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Not a one of the boys would sleep in or under the wagon that night, despite the ground was wet as heck. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The just and perfect Willis Hurd walked past him easily, but the fog embraced Turner like a vampire, and it whispered, “You are not one of us.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tyson looked at me with fear in his one big eye, but I knew I couldn’t disobey a direct order from the camp directors. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cans would not last long between the two of us—in fact, I was loath to share even one with Richard Parker—and it would be foolish to rely on rainwater. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only one word, but it’s loaded with fury. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to the dance, Benny! No one asked me!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As Valerian passes, he grabs one of my braided horns. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He let himself hope that maybe he’d get one in response—as he had for the dozens they’d shared before suddenly everything had changed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Which explains why the horseflies up here are unnaturally large and ornery, since they had two growing seasons instead of the usual one.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

After a few more weeks of this, I stumbled from my bed one night and decided that I’d made a mistake, that when my father had offered me the blessing, I should have accepted it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We glance at one another uneasily but stay seated. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The first one I opened had the jelly jar they’d given me to drink out of at suppertime. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was built for one reason: to help stop polio. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Like most real good ideas, this one didn’t come to us right off. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He tossed his wet one into a bin in the hall. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If one of them bought a gallon of milk they drank it until it was gone. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’ll come back, he thought, as soon as I can make a spear or bow and get one or two for bait they’ll come back. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Draco, no one is saying this has anything to do with Scorpius... Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Your job is a simple one: apprise Nicole’s teachers of her special needs. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Did you think no one would notice you here?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Conner is one of our best volunteers. He raves about you.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“None; not one. He positively said that it had been known to no being in the world but their two selves.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Behind them: thick metal door, three manual locks in addition to an electronic keypad, one of the locks a combination. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She would create a story to try to integrate events, actions, and feelings into one structure — a process that is a critical part of a child’s mental development. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept frowning in Piper and Leo’s direction, like she recognized one of them and the memory was painful. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And, as one, they bowed or curtseyed in return, and the dance began anew. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I imagined the truck full of stacks and stacks of foreign money, wondered if they had put the money in many cartons or in one huge carton, the size our fridge came in. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got one and sometimes more than one, but my track record in the survival department is far less admirable than my performance as a jobholder. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any more classes as boring as this one and I’ll be ready to move back in there full-time. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They told me to catch the one leaving at 8:05. Come on.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then Harry saw it: Scratched on the side of one of the copper taps was a tiny snake. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

With trembling fingers, I undid one of the buttons to show an inch more skin where the cleavage should have been. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Thus he had got a blunt dismissal from Vemish and a bland one from Ismay, and he wondered at what he had been told about the kindly ways of the East Reach. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The shoes in the corner were all old-fashioned black or brown leather, except for one pair made from canvas and covered in dried mud. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Norfolk Prison Colony’s library was one of its outstanding features. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a warfare of limited aims between combatants who are unable to destroy one another, have no material cause for fighting, and are not divided by any genuine ideological difference. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If Cora had taken the rear and been the one grabbed by the two men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He wrote many poems, but this one has grown to be my personal favorite. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I sit down in front of them, and no one looks up except Dr. Mendez. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

This one is more dangerous than I knew, he reflected. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They received so many false reports of U-boat sightings that they dismissed this one as "dubious." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

There were a million ways to ask what I wanted to know and I chose the worst one when I said, “What in Sam Hill are you going to do with a doggone rock?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The one that she hit with the snapshot joke and embarrassed in front of everybody. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was working on several of these cases, including one in Gadsden, Alabama, where jail officials claimed that a thirty-nine-year-old black man had died of natural causes after being arrested for traffic violations. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Since this was the last meal with Edwin and Garvey, he fixed an extra good one. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

On one occasion on the eve of the elections, Don Apolinar Moscote returned from one of his frequent trips worried about the political situation in the country. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She had promised Clara sunshine, and she was one to keep a promise, even if the ghost was not around to appreciate it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, there were several newspaper stories, including one in the Washington paper, but I didn’t read a single one. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And where one day, I bet, a Jewish girl will be president if she wants to be. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could crush the baby birds one by one, and eat the mother’s sorrow—of course she could. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But when she hasn't shown up ten minutes after that, the joking has stopped and we all eye one another silently. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Alec continued to head for the heart of the blazing section of woods, not slowing down, as if his one final goal was to run to a fiery death and end it all. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They take turns, but always, one holds on to my good hand. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know Webb noticed that I ran in from the outfield every time he went out to talk to one of our pitchers. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He not only kept up with the professionals, he impressed one of the judges. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She had arrived at one of the nursery’s wide-open windows and must have seen what lay before her some seconds before she registered it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“She’ll be dead by the time we find one. Get to work.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I keep thinking about that last one ever since you told me, and what an idiot I was. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her expression was one of utter distaste, as though she were looking at something a dog had done in the middle of the floor. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Life was life, and one day followed another, and Snuffy rook those days one at a time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson was on his way out of the building on Tuesday afternoon, briefcase in one hand, red thermos in the other, when he heard the unmistakable sound of Dr. Barnes’s voice. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Just watching made me realize how hungry I was, and I figured if no one else was worried about colored or white, I wouldn't either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one else here: too cold or too early or both. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Nothing but that mortgage coming up at one. Shouldn’t take more than an hour.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“No, Jaime, the ones who always win are going to win again,” Clara had replied, for she had seen it in the cards and her common sense had confirmed it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at her, blinked, but took only one step. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In March, the banker and real estate mogul Jesse Binga was the target of two bombs, one at his real estate office, one at a property on his listings. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

How can she expect me to find just one? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A watch in his pyjama pocket was found to be badly dented and it had stopped at a quarter past one. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She borrowed a book from a student when she needed to refer to one. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’d completed two or three rotations when, suddenly, my grip slipped a little and I started toppling to one side. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“This rock—it’s a lodestone, magnetic iron ore. There was a pile of them back in my pit. I kept one in my pocket just in case,” said his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dead numbered in the thousands and there was not a single family that had not lost one of its own. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, for that matter, one on extended hallucinations? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“No, but I like that one,” Coach said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the greatest rides anyone had ever seen. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t blink once, T. Let them have every one of those words like it was a fist. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Got one more scrap of peppermint if you want it.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But although no one, apparently, is sleeping in a car, there are signs, even at the beginning, of real difficulty if not actual misery. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recognizing the five basic emotions is one thing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Watch out for Cora. She’s one of his favorites,” she says, eyes hooded as she watches the big girl reach into a boy’s bowl and scoop out a mouthful of porridge. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Newton waited nearly thirty years before publishing a full account of his discovery of calculus; no one could have seemed less interested in claiming priority. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She was a good reader because she had set her mind to be one. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It takes brains not to make money,” Colonel Cargill wrote in one of the homiletic memoranda he regularly prepared for circulation over General Peckem’s signature. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The horn with all the goodies spilling out? We have some in the mess hall at Camp Jupiter. I didn’t know the original one was actually some guy’s horn.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had it half on, one of my shoulders still exposed out of my stretched neck hole, when I realized that in my nervousness I was putting both arms through one opening. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Inland from the river, at a distance of one or two leagues . . . there could be seen some very large cities.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

On one of the first warm days, Omer and Liyana licked pistachio ice cream cones as they sat on an iron bench near the Russian Orthodox Church with its onion domes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wart took up his position in the circle round the monster’s lair, and knelt down on one knee in the snow, with the handle of his spear couched on the ground, ready for emergencies. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took one of the letters off Maxie’s stack and read through it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I said the words, then braced myself for a wave of humiliation—for that image to invade my thoughts, of me, one of many wives standing behind a solitary, faceless man—but it didn’t come. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It looked surprisingly like the balloon that had crashed into their apartment wall only one week ago. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They came upon the next door about twenty yards farther along, and there were three more past it, then finally one facing them where the hall ended. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She just gave me a small, tight smile and, with a weird look in her eye, turned away and disappeared into a doorway two up from this one. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

No one bothered trying to enter the wreckage to look for survivors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Red sped off, almost hitting one of the colored women who worked in the cafeteria and was trying to cross the street. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It has to be this one. The winds are right.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Master broke the kola nut and passed the saucer around, Dr. Patel always took a lobe and put it into his shirt pocket; Ugwu had never seen him eat one. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I set a new snare, one that would kill. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Both felt better by the time they had a blue one and closed the notebook. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He distracted one of them for a while,” Kote said generously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The car in front of me fills up, and Will turns toward the next one. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It’s all different colors—gray, white, yellow, and red—and has four wheels, two smaller turntable ones in the front and two bigger ones in the back. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

We walk around one of the plates on the right side to the back of the stage, which rises at an angle from the ground. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It is a matter of common experience that one can describe the position of a point in space by three numbers, or coordinates. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I seen two women carrying a basket down the alley not long ago. They’ll know what to do with the child, and they’ll send one to care for the mother.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom took one look at them and nearly dropped the coconut cake she was carrying. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias secures his backpack on his shoulders and grabs one of the beams. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t have a collar like this, but would like one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Stumbling along behind Salvador, Lupita told herself that she must keep putting one foot in front of the other. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Her gaze skipped from one spot to another, her fingers twiddled with the edge of her shirt. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rex leaped the pitcher’s mound in one stride. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The mean ones suggested hockey masks or dog bones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We were rising fast and it seemed like the hollow would miss us, but just as it reached the apex of its jump, one of its tongues shot out and lassoed Emma around the ankle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’d heard of sheriffs and marshals, but had never seen one. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There has been many a one, I fancy, overcome in the same way. I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Empire trains the Masks at Blackcliff—Masks like the one who murdered my family and stole my brother. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Still, it’ll be great to have one friend on hand—assuming Pouncey can get through it without trying to make me laugh. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The store had a great small-paneled bay window behind which a dignified man sat at a table and made cigars—long thin dark-brown ones which sold four for a nickel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hitler, who had been chatting with Leni Riefenstahl, stepped to the microphone and pronounced the games open in one brief sentence. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

One survey found that 53 percent of laboratories had stopped offering or developing at least one genetic test because of patent enforcement, and 67 percentfelt patents interfered with medical research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

While he stood some of the small, roundish fish came quite close to his legs and he tensed, got ready, and made a wild stab at grabbing one of them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, I grew up and live in one of the most liberal states in the nation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

At one point she must have broken open a pen and spun it around, because if you look closely, you can see small, dried drops of ink all over the walls and ceiling. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Enrique can count on one meal a day for fifteen days. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Remember? A very tall man with dark hair? You were with us that day. “He always wears one of Thomas’s carvings,” she added. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn't matter if it's a public school or one like mine. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm woke up to it, though, it had already become like a separate river inside the larger one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Imagine what it must have been like to watch the meteoric rise of Regina and Louis Borgenicht through the eyes of one of their offspring. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to wear the pretty purple dress that didn’t hide her body like all of her other outfits, but Amá chose the bright yellow one with the pink flowers I’ve always hated. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

For each one that came and went I cut a mark in a pole beside the door of my house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if the goal here is to explain the drop in crime in the 1990s, imprisonment is certainly one of the key answers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The large one wobbled the standing up sign that said Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Welcomes You with a kathakali dancer doing a namaste. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the boy he said, “They were the ones, weren’t they?” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She put down her suitcase and picked Edward up by one foot. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

With that one word, Adam’s voice catches, but he swallows the emotion and pushes forward. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one behind looks about my age—she’s probably getting school credit. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The envelope holds no letter or note, simply a card that is black on one side and white on the other. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was the one who told her in the summer of 1973, when Mariam was fourteen, that King Zahir Shah, who had ruled from Kabul for forty years, had been overthrown in a bloodless coup. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

As an electron sits in the vacuum, it occasionally absorbs or spits out one of these particles, such as a photon. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

There was no one within three yards of him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no one whose opinion I trusted or valued more. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emilika pours water that is already hot into a teapot and sits me at her kitchen table, talking nonstop about her boyfriend—not the old one, a new one, more handsome! The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

I shuffled over to the bottom of the comer and gingerly swung one of my tools into the two- inch-thick ice. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I most often saw them as a way of hiding one self inside the other. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

A tangle of golden-brown snakes writhed among one another, twisting and coiling in an indistinguishable mass. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The few trees left around here have shed their leaves, but because no one in our neighborhood bothers to rake, we crunch our way down the sidewalks. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to one story, he demanded that the people of the city of Canopus abandon their homes to settle in the new capital. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Because of their combined debate record for the season—eight wins, one loss, one tie—Justyce and SJ are the final pair in their division to present their argument. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Impressed, one representative said Woodhull presented her case “in as good style as any congressman could have done.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He took a silver key from his pocket and unlocked the chain around the golden monkey’s feet and hands, and carefully avoided touching even the tip of one golden hair. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He asked a former assistant, Charles Eliot, now one of Boston’s best landscape architects, if he would come to help. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He’s the one who smiles, but his smile is colder than any stiff face could be. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what he meant or where to run, they turned one way and another. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I knew, the last time Fang ever climbed anything was at the end of freshman year, one day prior to this mammoth math test. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It is the subject of one of his most famous odes, written in the first half of the fifth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would have gone slick as butter. There was only one thing wrong. We wasted our time and risked our necks for nothing!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some peered in at him, but no one came in. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the second day the land widened until all that Ash could see from one horizon to another was spreading golden fields ready for harvest. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Am I the only one who can see he’s a sheep'? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Steadily the other dishes were brought in, a half dozen or so of them, one varied and progressive course. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Werfel was the one who felt sick to his stomach....If something had happened to Spurge, he would be held responsible and perhaps executed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I fired back and one grunted and dropped to the ground. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She packed only one small green suitcase for the both of us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was just one of Phoebe’s lemon drops. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Check the barges down along the river. At least one of us got sense to stay with a good thing.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now there’s no one here to remember her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She knew he was the one who had made the radio announcement to all of Japan declaring that the nation was surrendering to the Allied forces. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He was in one of the earlier buses they were taking to Maryland. Who knows?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The effect would be much the same if the three superstates, instead of fighting one another, should agree to live in perpetual peace, each inviolate within its own boundaries. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he looked at Mo as uneasily as if he feared a word from him might turn him into a frog or one of the beetles still crawling around among the coins. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mother swatted him, then caught one of his hands in her own and unfolded it for Ben to see. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That would be the big one, the one that would make me look more normal. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Some were old enough to know their names at least, but Lazlo was just a baby, and an ill one, no less. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I held on to the tar­paulin rope with one hand and the edge of the bow bench with the other, while my body lay flat against the side bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They are delaying the repairs for one week—just for us,” he explains. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But if I had stayed in the bathroom one minute longer to talk. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

How could one person ringing a doorbell make another person feel guilty? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

As she started up the four flights to the roof, Boori Ma kept one hand placed over the knee that swelled at the start of every rainy season. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s a shock to everyone when he says, the Battle of Kinsale in sixteen nought one was the saddest moment in Irish history, a close battle with cruelty and atrocities on both sides. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Emma was not one to sit by quietly and not say much. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the dozen or so attempts I saw or heard about, not one man made it over the first fence. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The one expression he had in the world was on his face. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That means you’re the terrible dragon! You’re the one that destroyed the king’s father’s palace. What a lot of trouble you caused!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

We know that to criticize Mobutu, even in private, is to risk having your head cracked open like a nut, which naturally would discourage one’s hopes entirely. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That one shot took me off my feet. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Venkatesh would move from one family to the next, washing their dinner dishes and sleeping on the floor. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I home in on two characters in the show: Erica, the villain, and Tara, the sweeter one, who shares my name. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“All the more reason not to worry about writing one. If it’s lost among a gazillion pages, you can write your grocery list and what you ate for breakfast. No one will care.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Step one: get Dill to leave this room, because it’s making me want to kill myself and I’m only moderately depressed. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And because the Texan aeronaut was one of the very few humans Iorek had ever esteemed, he accepted the man’s last gift to him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just talk to your family a minute,” the skinny one said, opening his door. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

So one day when she saw Vic piling in with some of the other guys for a 7-Eleven run, she jumped into her car and followed them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Back at my desk, I line the pills up one by one by one, like a little blue army. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Then one of us could pick him off.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She stood still in the doorway, smiling a little at them, rubbing the nails of one hand with the thumb and forefinger of the other. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom sold one of her two dresses and an assortment of old pots, and spent all last week taking over shifts from her coworkers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The taller one turned around and studied my face. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I told Papa I didn't know how good those dogs were, but there was one thing I did know. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ashima is the one who keeps all their addresses, in a small notebook she carries in her purse. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Except this: ‘What with one thing and another, three years passed.’ The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I secretly hoped no one else had gotten anything so I wouldn’t be the only loser, even if it meant we went hungry for a day. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Every day I was given one hundred oral problems to solve. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She slides out of bed; Jack senses the movement in his sleep and rolls into the open space, flinging one arm out across Mom’s pillow. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Adam was looking at the twins and suddenly with the mention of the name he saw his brother peering out of the eyes of one of the boys. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The separate nations of Europe were linguistically and culturally different one from another; native societies were astonishingly diverse. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When no one answered, she added, “Mothers got a hard road.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, Oshiro’s three older brothers had left Hawaii to join the military and were sent to Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You forget yourself, Justin. We have but one god here. Speak not of demons in this company. Only the Lord of Light can save us now. Wouldn’t you agree?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We giggled at one another like schoolgirls, and I bade her lock my door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The model aircraft sped down the street for one last run. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

But there is one thing that this clear, worthy instruction does not contain; it does not contain the secret of what the Illustrious One himself experienced—he alone among hundreds of thousands. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one was going to make fun of him to his face. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He looks like a storybook king, one who will have a wise and just rule. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We came here tonight sensing the manticore, but he was not the one I seek. Tell me again, exactly what Dr. Thorn said.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She was the one being superficial: She thought I looked good on the outside, so everything must be fine on the inside. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. Pickett began his work some thirty-five years ago in the apple orchards of the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, once one of the most concentrated fruit-growing areas in Canada. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They had seemed dull and forgettable then, but Ophie yearned for one more dinner of beans and fatback with corn bread, Daddy telling stories of the rail yard as they ate. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I give you betteh one!” he said, indicating the higher price on the sticker. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stronger winds, the ones people remembered the best, were probably caused by rising convective heat. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Then one day a friend of mine took me out there and showed me something that changed my mind totally.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pinch it between my fingers and carry it toward the door, where I slide it under the pillow on one of the empty cots. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I’d have to wake up real early if I wanted to get to the mission in time for breakfast, if you were one minute late they wouldn’t let you in for food. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Am I going to have to bolt this one to the wall, guys?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fight for jobs was an old one, and little had changed in Durham since Louis Austin protested discriminatory hiring practices in 1953. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the expanded railroad, the trip from London to Shrewsbury was a long one; it had to be made by train and carriage. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled, reaching out to the pointed heel of one sitting lady, and mimed the word Help. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

No one in my family ever tried to direct what I said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Those days, no one tells me to read faster to read harder books to read like Dell. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She wished her father had never taken on the Jake Steel franchise, but it had become one of his most popular roles. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Every one of Stella’s classmates had been watching their teacher just as closely as she had. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t it worth it to have traveled on one of those glorious monsters? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

If you go up or down two half steps from one note to another, then those notes are a whole step, or whole tone apart. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“You can’t listen to that old coot. He’s goofy. He’s always saying stuff like that. You can’t go because of something one nutty old coot says.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither the owner of the property nor anyone else need be charged with a crime, much less found guilty of one. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s mostly dirt now thanks to the cars that people have parked there, like the one Aunt Pooh and her homeboy, Scrap, sit on. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, baiting them was the one activity that the white Protestant residents concurred in. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I remember one game, the town wasn’t even on the map, it was that small. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one blames you. Thalia didn’t blame you either.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In one thematic string we have terms like criminals, criminal warfare, crime, fun, profit, gangs, mafias, thugs, mercenaries, troublemakers, preys on the weak, executioners, violence, desertion, flight, whim, opportunity, and run. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But one twin wears her breasts like a trophy, while the other tries to make them disappear. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think of a property company, either, let alone one that might realistically be hiring. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where,” he asks, “is that book? The one with the birds? In the gold slipcover?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Simply one person doing nothing, over time, while another approached. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It was quite a precise job. And when I think of precise, I think of one person. You.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We were opposite one of those numerous little restaurants in a narrow street in Soho. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Along one wall were stacked hundreds of crates. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we decided to try to have one.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I recognize, on one girl’s head, an old scarf of Signora Mondopoco. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“And I never asked you for a thing. Not one thing. I’m asking now.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Instead, he has chosen the roof of the mausoleum, a one- room crypt holding the remains of four members of the Conchalitos family, the owners of a local restaurant. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Or one of those summer makeovers, someone who leaves in June looking like a little girl and returns in September as a full-bodied woman, a ten-week miracle? Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Then he set them both on the table and rested one hand lightly on each. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now I really am laughing, covering my mouth with my hand, because it’s such an unsatisfactory letter, which in turn makes it so much like Bas: solemn one minute and ridiculous the next. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She stooped before one of the cabinets and ran her fingers over the blue-tinted papers, glancing in Cora’s direction every so often. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

One by one, beads of sweat form in an arc across my forehead. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Volta, one of Goddard’s disciples, had golden citrine gems embedded in his yellow robe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was the one who got sent to Mr. Kasigi’s office. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Only I pretended my hands made up a dark cave like the one me, Mong and Rondell went in by the beach. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped at one point, got his bearings, poked around a bit, then pointed down a slope. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had a bad cut on his head which was still bleeding and another smaller one over his eye. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved the butterflies around, starting with the red one and finishing with the purple one—the one that might just as easily be called violet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Only one thing, Madame, a somewhat personal question. The colour of your dressing gown.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came to the conclusion that the whole business at twenty-three minutes to one was a comedy played for my benefit! Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the one Region whose population increase through immigration exceeded that through births.—And for all who came it had use. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“You told me that a thousand times. If there’s one thing I know, it’s where the stupid book is supposed to be.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Do you believe the great DiMaggio would stay with a fish as long as I will stay with this one? he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I walk into the art room and pick a stool at one of the worktables, I feel like I’m home. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She is talking to me about one of her sisters, my aunt, who is seriously ill. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I said, she gave one to everybody in after-school. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The animals were hard at work building yet another windmill; when that one was finished, so it was said, the dynamos would be installed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She remembered the dream of the mahalath, when the mist unmade her and all sense of physical being vanished, but for one thing, one solid thing: Lazlo’s hand gripping hers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Tialys took off again, and then Lyra reached the tree and sat down on one of the thick roots. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘What does that mean?’ said one of the guard to Háma. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh!” said the Savage, as though some one had struck him a heavy blow'. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Elizabeth is someone I will one day share secrets with. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I hear a whoop from one of the boys. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Genie wondered why Grandma didn’t just get one of those fly zappers they had in Marlon’s as he and Ernie squeezed and snapped peas off the vine, tossing them into the basket. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Gilly hadn’t learned yet how to vomit at will, but if she had, she would have dearly loved to throw up on that one. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In Haiti, TB still killed more adults than any other disease, but no one in the catchment area had died from it since 1988. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“If my daddy builds us another house, will the bad men burn that one too?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Richard took his mother’s hand and cradled it in his much larger ones. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was a worn wooden block from a kindergarten class and read boys in thick green permanent marker on one side. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even the guides spoke very little to one another. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After one particularly grisly stretch of Dr. Scott’s testimony, Holmes stood and said, “I would ask that the Court be adjourned for sufficient time for lunch.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“She uses the pink one with the gold trim for breakfast. Always has.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I ask one of the nurses for a tea and she brings me another coffee. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I’m gonna have to convince you one way or the other that I picked you up for drunk driving and you took a swing at me. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, your only real hope is not crossing paths with one in the first place. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

These two deprivations, he maintained, along with a third one— that of “a good model of a decision maker to look up to” when they were growing up—were behind most of their criminal careers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where I can visit you in one way, if not in the way I really want to. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then in one smooth arc, lifted the crate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I could make him hurry it up and finish in one year. He’s smart.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can't just drive down one side and up the other. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gandhi, the champion of Indian freedom, is on one of his umpteenth hunger strikes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The Hobbits of the Westfarthing said that one could see the Sea from the top of that tower; but no Hobbit had ever been known to climb it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We all need to know what to expect of each other so that in a couple of weeks no one says to Principal Peattie, ‘Principal Peattie, I didn’t know.’” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her bare feet carry her past the third one, and soon she’s up alongside her nemesis. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The one who first created stories, and who’d awarded them to Anansi after the Weaver had completed three seemingly insurmountable tasks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He lay on one of the brown trainer’s tables, but it was impossible for him to keep still. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I selected that one and headed to the backyard, grabbing a ragged old quilt from the linen cupboard at the top of the stairs on my way down. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

For example, there are 400 different possible positions after two players make one move each, and there are 72,084 positions after two moves each—not all good, it must be added. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then after you have made up your mind about the one you want to take, you protect yourself by saying you aren’t going far. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They decided they would have to go out into the box-room and walk across it taking steps as long as the steps from one rafter to the next. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

"The ones you need are hard to find ... so young, to know their letters . . . perhaps older . . . not die so easy : . "No. The younger are safer . . . treat them gently ..." "... if they kept their tongues . . ." ". . . the risk . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"I'm almost done. Just chill out, so I can..."I picked up the can of beads and shook them in her ear like one of them Spanish shaker things. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But still, I hoped it wasn't one of those. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When one of the young women began to cry with cold and frustration, another started to sing, and soon Zoya would be singing along with them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Huge portions of what is loosely termed “the squirrel brain” are given over to one thought: food. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The second one is about how Monday’s schedule will change because for third and fourth periods, the entire school will recognize a Day of Tolerance with an assembly and a “No Hate” pep rally. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Salvador!” she cried, but he grabbed her by one shoulder and put his hand over her mouth. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

We stopped at the edge of one of his fields and left our bicycles in the grass. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They tossed for first pick, then the one who’d won stared at the group. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one ever thought of questioning our right to do this; our mothers and parents generally approved, either actively or passively. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But recently, it seemed the truths I’d clung to the hardest were the ones I needed to let go of the most. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It was a real book, thick with more than one hundred pages of adventure. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn't say one word about my father. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When I got home I looked through the assignments and found the one I was supposed to do for Mr. Parrish. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had gone to the one in charge of the Long Knives at Fort Laramie and complained. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

We’re about to go inside the store when we hear this thump, like someone has bounced a Super Ball against the store window, only there’s no one there, and no ball. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay, but it’s got benches and lockers, sort of,” he thought, taking in the rows of stone benches and the open cubicles that lined one side of the room. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, before he could get it out, Anna came up and said, ‘Father, I want you to meet one of my dearest friends. Dr. Foster’s daughter.’ Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In comparison to the world of print, manuscript culture is one of rumour and gossip. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There are so many creative words I want to hurl at him that I can’t decide which one to scream first. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In one of the windows he caught a glimpse of a sallow face with sly, slanting eyes; but it vanished at once. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was one of Mamá’s worn waitress aprons with loops and odd-shaped pockets sewn awkwardly all over it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But she was the only one who held this cheerful confidence. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. Those. So, Subject One, this is my urgent status report. I may have an antidote. I may also have a Spanish-language jelly bean. Which one do you want me to complete first?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

In quiet voicing, Zola asks each one’s name. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

We’ve already finished one tape—both sides—so stick with me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

As she reached for the top of one of the boxes, she pulled her hand back. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Lewis, I wouldn’t have answered that one that way,” the president said levelly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As I close the root cellar door, I find a piece of paper tucked in one of the leather hinges I made from my brother Jake’s old belt. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe’s torch was huge and bright as the tip of one curtain in the window touched the flame. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid down against one of the planters and breathed in. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The church was packed with women in black, each one stoically suffering the three hours of the Crucifixion with the tortured Christ. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Integrity is one of the most important qualities in a leader,” Daddy’s voice rings in my head. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

There’s no one you can protect, your life has value to no one. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts the checkbook down and cups her chin with one hand; the other hand punches numbers into a calculator. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“She’s the only female chieftain among the Tribes. One of the most dangerous women you’ll ever meet. Also one of the cleverest. Her tribe carries weapons to the Marinn branch of the Scholars’ Resistance.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Some of the rooms were occupied by sleeping old men—he peeked carefully into each one—but most were empty, rooms that belonged to members of the order still enjoying the festivities. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Together Garrett and I heave one bag of ice after another into our cart, until it’s piled as high as it can get. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They ran sluggishly on the parched grass, holding sticks as guns, making shooting sounds with their mouths, raising clouds of dust as they chased one another. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Effie said we have to be on the train at one. I wonder what time it is,” he says, glancing around. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m the one who drank what was in ’em.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There's milk and cereal and twenty dollars on the kitchen counter, so you can order pizza one night,” Mom says. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I see that the future of the human race is a battleground that Stephen has won a point and my father has lost one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and one of the things Abuela would have wanted was for you and me to cook a wonderful meal together for the entire community. So, we need to plan.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He and I have one thing in common: we like to dress up, which makes everyone laugh. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was a gentle rise, but a constant one. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cousins in Houston spoiled them rotten for one week. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bird pirouetted on one vast wing and tipped into a slow, graceful spiral. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

“Why are you looking at me like that, sweet one?” she asks, ruffling his ears. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The smells were making her mouth water, but she did not have three coppers ... or one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure she will. She always intended to someday. And she has no family there. She’s old enough to marry, but no one would want her. Her leg is crooked. She walks with a stick.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then she leaned over, and touched the star's chest, between her breasts, with one cold finger. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then there are the times when one of the deacons makes an announcement at the end of service: “We need a few strong men to help carry the chairs.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The bookseller was right; the words were dangerous, every one of them. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But one thing I’ve learned in my twenty-eight years of living, Bobby, is that if somebody’s a grouch, it's usually because they’re not happy. And if they’re not happy, there’s a reason for it.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

My hunting partner, the one person who has my back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe Helen had been pinging for a long time, waiting for one of us to join her below the waves. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Everybody was on their way to the movies--the Paramount or the Astor or the Strand or the Capitol or one of those crazy places. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Stars were coming out — now one, now two, now three — for him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched, one guard left his post to press a serving girl into the shadows. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When he wasn’t lowering landing craft, he was in one himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Pong wished with all his might that one of the skewers would fall off. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

At this point in the story, I feel obliged to interrupt and give you one last warning. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

My dad needs one of those collars like they put on dogs that bark too much. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Combating mitigation has become one of the great crusades in commercial aviation in the past fifteen years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The Maginot Line put a fat hand on one of the folds of her stomach and laughed. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa says hunger and fear make people turn against one another, so once again we have to flee. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had trouble persuading me to carry one because I was a lady, but I now realized that a handkerchief was an invaluable tool for a counterspy—to erase fingerprints, and so forth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d just remind us that there’s more places to be together than this one. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Back to the apartment. We’ve got one more day there and then my mom’s borrowing someone’s truck so we can move our stuff to Michael’s lovely place.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The worst thing that happens is always the one thing you thought would never, ever happen. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked under the railing and was about to leap when a cry rang through the theatre that stopped every one of us dead in his tracks. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to sprint out, about to make a move, when the door behind me, the one I had just gone through, began to open. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

With Jackson gone he was the rock of the army, and Lee felt a new clutching in his chest, looking at him, thinking that this was one man you could not afford to lose. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the story of each is practically the same as that of the other it is simpler to take it for granted that there was only one. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only one water hole remained, and in that there was very little water. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Finally he said, “Bad writers don’t practice, Stella. It’s the good ones who care enough to try, who worry about getting the words just right. You are probably better than you think.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Momma said it wasn’t important, that I was a real handsome little boy, but ever since I’d been born one of my eyeballs had been kind of lazy. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be at least two dollars in it, but there was no one around to take his money or tell him what to do. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, I am many things, a murderess just happens to be one of them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She knew no one who would be willing to soothe or comfort or aid a grievously wounded being. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, that’s the worst reason to have a child, anyone on the street can tell you that, because no one can handle being an attempt at something from the very start. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no one’s hand can wipe away those tears he sheds invisibly today, which one hears in his laughter and in his speech and in his songs. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember that cave we looked at the other day? The one we decided was too close to the farmhouse?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby could have afforded a place much larger, but this one was sufficient for his needs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing else here that he wanted to take with him— no, there was one thing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems to me like the people who love you are the ones who do the most hurting.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Sounds like she lost one of her best friends. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On our way home one evening, Miss Glory told me that Mrs. Cullinan couldn’t have children. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, Kat got out the wallet of photos and flicked through them at the rate of one a second. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Padre Leo is so disheveled that visitors sometimes mistake him for one of the poor, dirty migrants sitting outside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a book of essays about love and the body and one of his words sends me to the dictionary. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was something Khalid had told me one night—and even though I said it myself, I don’t really know what it means either. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think Raven actually hid this book. She’s probably one of those know-it-alls who likes to flaunt every fact in her head. Yippee for you, you know a lot about Edgar Allan Poe.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It takes honeybee workers ten million foraging trips to gather enough nectar to make one pound of honey. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You spend your whole life running, paying attention to nothing but all the dumb stuff, and then one day, while you running, something runs into you and leaves you with nothing." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In a split-second decision, whether for fight or flight, it sprang; and in the same instant the boy raised his rifle, sighted and fired, all in one quick motion. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one has ever called me a best friend. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I must have looked pretty funny, because everybody took one peek at me and burst out laughing. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

If Hamilton and I were stuck going in circles, we'd soon try to kill each other—and I'd be the one getting torpedoed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

No one else could campaign as Barack Obama’s wife. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But he overlooked one thing: he failed to see that this struggle to triumph over my difficulties was more important to me than anything else. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I smile, knowing my picture will be here one day. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s the one,” I said, and headed for the storeroom. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Three days later someone hurled a bomb through his front window, causing extensive damage but injuring no one in his family. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

We owed something to each one of these people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time been ashamed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one they came to give me their regards, compliments, handshakes, advice, envy, and admiration. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All they wanted of me was one belch of affirmation and I'd bellow it out loud. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city held painful memories for me, but there were also many good ones. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What if no one at school likes the same music I like? The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“No one’s there anymore. Don’t you see? Since that...meeting, I’ve had the Warren keep track of movements in the Golden Crescent.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And then, does no one stop him, Prince plays us some piece of European Confusion, more, says I, for his own ear than ours. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tonight—tonight I will sleep in this room one more time, in this bed where Julie cried herself to sleep in my arms eight months ago. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Of course, the audience up here at the Bronx “Y” will probably be a little parochial, but if I make good in the lecture, I might one day end up speaking down at the Lex. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one could match the smooth erudition of Bawden or the assured nihilism of Pirie, who strongly disliked the notion that some phages have tails or that TMV is of fixed length. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Songololo was the one I had to drug, but I had trouble judging her weight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But one night he working late at the Scanlon-Taylor mill, lugging two-by-fours to the truck, splinters slicing all the way through the glove. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was one Indian kid, maybe one or two black kids, and me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I have seen a photograph of one of the men who died of Marburg, taken in the hours before his death. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I received a surprising call one day from the Swedish Ambassador to the United States, who told me that EJI had been selected for the Olof Palme International Human Rights Award. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For one thing, Mama raised us the old-fashioned way where we couldn’t go to dances until after our quinceaneras. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we knew Simon had written one of them, it started to feel like he could have written any of them. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

There’s no one else around, though you can hear the cries of kids playing in their back gardens, taking advantage of the last of the summer sunshine before they get called in for dinner. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She whispered, ‘Oh, what I’d do to have one of my own!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the big earthquake happened, I was in a courtyard—our house with its two floors was on one side, and another bigger house with its wide three floors was on the other side. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Celia listens with rapt attention as he describes the entire process, asking questions about the technical aspects as well as the creative ones. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of one’s own reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

"He looks a lot like Villalta. What does the drunken one do?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

If I eat KFC in my room, I can watch TV on one of the half dozen available channels. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One struck the knee of one of the captives, and it burst apart in a gout of blood and bone that left die man’s lower leg dangling by a rope of dark red tendon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Animals are far better at communicating their feelings, and this animal, this fallen bird, in a fallen nest, is communicating one thing: hurt. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was one of the things her mother had been looking for in their Arab stores, but Arabs didn't like tuna much. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The P-51 Mustang was the first production plane to use one of the NACAs laminar airfoils, a factor that contributed to its superior performance. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then the far door of the chamber was flung open and one of the king's guards stepped into the room, a cup of ale in one hand and a sword at his side. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

With a sick feeling in her stomach, she scanned them one at a time. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was seated in a leather recliner in what looked like a dorm room, with one twin bed, one chair, a long-ignored wooden desk, and a minifridge. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Well, we were invited to the Inaugural Ball, the biggest and most desirable one where thousands of people would gather, where all the new dresses and satin shoes and hairdos would be. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in their minds, nonunion and black were one and the same. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s why I’m talking to you. You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people see what they expect.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had just had a club meeting the week before, and we had another one scheduled for the afternoon of Sunday, September 15. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It appeared as though one more coin might split it wide open. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Supply Depot clerk wasn’t a bad job, but it was a dull one. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And if trust is one of the foundations of love, perhaps the staring is a way to build or reinforce it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Other people latched on to his idea—one woman who lived on Dedlock Street, very near the edge of the city, managed to get into the Unknown Regions with her flaming stick. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

An old picture of Poppy before he came to the United States hung high and crookedly on one wall. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each of her three children owns one pair of shoes, purchased on a layaway plan. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Starts me wondering if there could still be one last one. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Then we had to try to get Masterman and Hector into his employment—or at any rate one of them. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

We talked about it one evening when he was there for a short visit. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Masha Dolina, whose first wartime job was to fly aircraft away from her burning airfield, was one of only a few lucky women whose commanders found a place for them right away. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than having a party that no one attends is having a party attended only by two vastly, deeply uninteresting people. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The bulk of them,” one critic said disparagingly, “are scarcely known beyond the smoke of their own chimnies.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Like when I wrote those messages to Nora on the wall, when we sat on them during game night, and when I fell asleep on one of them. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Most donors at the Kingsfield get their own room after third donation, and Tommy was given one of the largest singles in the centre. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed my handful of soft-lead drawing pencils to one side of my desk, took out my fountain pen, and fell—very nearly heartbroken—to work. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

My parents didn’t want to take any chances one way or another, so I had to stay in our building at all times. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Studying her face, I can see I could one day be her. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

But unbeknownst to just about everybody, another remarkably powerful ripple effect—this one moving in the opposite direction—had just come into play. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Like the one we did for green pepper in brine.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swear it was one dribble and two steps and then he was up in the air, flying above everybody. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“These are the spies,” said one of the men. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved happily about the crowded room, one shoulder held higher than the other, mopping his face with a white silk handkerchief. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And finally the story made sense—the one on the page, and the one that had lived in me through childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He wrote to one official in 1226 asking if he could possibly obtain three pounds of the precious substance—at a cost of about 450 modern dollars. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The night air slips into my lungs, and I feel like it is one of my last breaths. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

On the way home, all Suesetta can talk about is the boycott we will be having next month at one of the local grocery stores that still refuses to hire coloreds. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Boos and jeers erupted as Sticky was dragged from the room, casting one last frightened glance back at Reynie before disappearing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell you this much: neither one of us protested that loudly. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two girls were posing and he cut their silhouettes together, snipping very fast and looking at them, his head on one side. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

This is one good thing about life that never changes, she thought. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

If Mami hadn’t done the laundry for me yesterday, I wouldn’t even have a clean one to wear. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yes, his sentences come marching out one after another, polished and crisp like soldiers on a parade ground. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In the scuffle that followed, the slaves scattered and were able to reach safety in Canada, but one of the slave catchers was killed, and members of the patrol were arrested. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We were filming one of our final scenes after school at Victoria Lyons’s house. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Holton want it to go over her door, and I ain’t carving nothing for no one ’less somebody what reads tells me it make sense. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Two figures, the larger one tugging the smaller along, kept to the top of the cutbank. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jack collected stamps and begged ship captains for ones from faraway places. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

As my grandfather struggled to absorb this news, the short one leaned in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure? He’s got no one else to play with.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They are intensely irritating, but one learns to accept them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And when something is all you know, it’s easy to stand it. There is one other thing she knows: Her life could be much harder. Viola is ‘house’ instead of ‘field.’ The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I know more about psychoactive medication than is safe for any one human being to know. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of one’s own reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I feel as though I were already part of their team because no one cared what color I was or how I looked. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I recognized her instantly—she was one of the fifty-four names I had managed to learn so far. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Together, she and her sister and Robbie had only one subject, and it was fixed in the unchangeable past. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t know who he was talking to, but no one responded. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A splotch of rouge was so thick on one cheek it looked like a third eye. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He smiles and says to himself, “Now that I’m in this car, no one can get me out.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In one hand he held a bottle of liniment, and with the other he rubbed his spine. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She longed to see him, but she dreaded it at the same time, because she knew in a few short months she’d be seeing him for the last time, one way or another. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“How like my lord’s own changeable moods these two faces are, one that laughs and one that weeps,” he mused. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There was one tree which this man had planted which nobody else had in their yard. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Everything is ready except final modifications and the final few shipments, one of which is being loaded even as I write. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If any city could make good on the elaborate boasts circulated thus far, Chicago was the one. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard and manage to squeak out one word. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“That was the one and only time,” he replied. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

This time she asked where they were all going and at last one of the men answered her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“God,” she whispers, “grant me one wish. Get Mexican immigration authorities to catch Enrique and deport him back to Honduras. Send him back to me.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Little by little, one small portion of a limb at a time, I soak the poison out of my wounds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The baker enjoyed squirrel but would only trade for one if his wife wasn't around. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He paused every few feet to check a door, hoping to find one unlocked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, the thought of leaving Kansas, and the only home I could ever remember, sounded worse than anything. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had been the first one to recognize I was a After the satyrs filed in to dinner, the Hermes cabin brought up the rear. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As the months wore on, it became clear that this war was going to be a long one. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And better still to be alone with one’s books. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dancing in the kitchen, with a smile on his face and no one’s eyes on him but mine. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then I grab another cup of beer that someone left and drink what’s in that one too. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I kinda figured that one out,” said Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had a compact body, a straight back that looked straighter in her stiff orange-print dress, the body of a questioner whom one dared not question back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was about a year after that—he was sixteen—and he was taking the bypass through the tombwalk one evening when he heard a voice as hard and sharp as ax-fall. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If there is one thing the AT teaches, it is low-level ecstasy—something we could all do with more of in our lives. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck with everything,” one of the young men said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of thing girls of this age do to one another, or did then, but I’d had no practice in it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wherever he traveled, he found himself looking into faces, thinking maybe there had been a mistake, that one of them had survived. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had no one in all the world but Mama. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The passage of Prohibition had only compounded the territory’s feeling of lawlessness by encouraging organized crime and creating, in the words of one historian, “the greatest criminal bonanza in American history.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You know, one that just beeps or something?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Though looking down one day, I made a startling discovery: New curves had appeared in my body. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mary and her family had spent the years after the Riots in a house on McCulloh Street, one of the central arteries in West Baltimore. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Genie looked out at all the trees in front of them and wondered which one Ernie was talking about. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t look so surprised, young one. Your face is an open book to one of my years.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She takes one of her full belly breaths. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“This is one of our training centers,” Mrs. Jones said. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Each day over the next few months, Van Rensburg would charge one of us for insubordination or malingering. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old lady lived two blocks north of Trinity Church, the one with spires that scraped the sky. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He has a violent temper. My mother had a propensity to spoil him. My father was the only one who didn’t spoil him.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Just so we’re all of one mind,” she whispers softly in his ear. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At one point, she squeezed my hand, and I told him. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

For ten seconds Chapter Eleven studied my documents, detecting no forgery, as the clouds burst overhead, and I made him get me one more piece of cake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, what happened to the ones who went there? Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Things are hard, so we are sharing one outfit,” they said nonchalantly to friends. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We stood for a moment just inside the door near one of the tables. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You make a few bucks in one business, then you branch out.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then another and another until there’s a whole school of tinker mackerel darting up to nibble on the chum, fighting one another for the pieces I been cutting up and dropping into the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Florent motioned to the pictures by the bed, the ones of Joseph and Albert and Frankie and Leo and the angel. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There’s one at an elementary school about four blocks from the house. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Is there no one we can turn to!” my mother exclaimed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It should be a tender gesture, but it’s an evaluating one instead. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Shirley says, “Maybe this year I will learn one hundred scriptures by heart.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I looked up to the stars and tried to figure out which was the best one. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Odin’s one eye flashed when he heard the tale of Suttung’s mead. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

They stood for a while facing one another, and the air of the room tingled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Five or six old men were already sitting around in there, talking crops and fussing about the gov’ment in Washington while they cut one another’s hair. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then, with me on one side of the tub and him on the other, we toted the rest of the roses to the barn and finished out there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Japanese soldiers had been taught that there was only one thing to do when things were hopeless, when they were surrounded, or when their leaders were killed. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I'd started working in Atlanta, staff were scrambling to handle one crisis after another. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For one thing, we are looking forward to the grandchild. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed to have had at least one hundred boxes in his storage unit and maintained that what had been brought to him was only one percent of his belongings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the women knew one another from their earlier women’s rights work, but some were new to reform efforts. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was when I was a kid, chasing my younger brother, Tommy The one in the city with better prospects and better taste in coffee tables than me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"Can't make a dime," Mr. Bacon said one night after a few beers. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, I’m happy she’s trying to help me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She had two options, and she was going to have to decide on one fast. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

However, one cannot adopt it on its own, independent of other ideas about the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their cover was blown when an African-American woman who was waiting on them in a local tavern recognized one of the men as a British officer from Boston. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wei took a wad of bills out of his pocket and placed the twenties on the outside, then flicked past the tens and fives till he got to the ones, in the middle. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t any one big thing; it was the way all the little things added up and compounded. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s not Thanksgiving without football,” one of the guys said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When the two casks of fresh water had been brought onto the James Caird, one had fallen into the surf and banged against a rock. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worn,' about it. No one is hurting no one,” Bodega said, and Nene patted me on the back. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The voice came from somewhere in the darkness, and that one word expressed delight, horror, and surprise. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You’re the one who doesn’t belong, Queen Hera. So next time, thanks .. . but no thanks.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A substantial majority of the AHD Usage Panel accept the so-called fused participle, not just in these complicated sentences but in simple ones like I can understand him not wanting to go. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

My mother didn’t even react to the one on my collarbone, so I don’t have as many reservations about getting tattoos. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

With a swing and a swoop she arrived at Plum’s door and pushed it open with the tip of one crutch. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I wish she’d stop acting like I’m the only one in class who would understand a Black perspective. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Kenya takes one easily, but I’m not touching that dirty money. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The days, busy ones, tiring ones, began to pass. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, no one’s yelling at the moment, right?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He gestured from one person to the next. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In one city, a famous gangster robbed a bank of five thousand dollars and spent the whole lot on candy bars that same afternoon. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“In 2015, over one thousand unarmed black people were killed. It’s awful.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Golan came howling back toward me, his hair smoking and one arm covering his face. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“We aren’t the only ones who want to end the Spares.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He paints a pair of shoes, one sole up, one sole down, browns and tans, with light and white, though he is still using black. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I picked up one of the honey jars and hurled it as hard as I could. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is one of the few high officers in that army not from Virginia. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it is not too much to say that she has one of the most superb contralto voices that has been heard in Philadelphia for a very long time.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

From the corner of his eye, Genie watched as Dr. Maris grabbed one of Ernie’s teeth and pinched it between two fingers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

No one could get to it without permission from the owner. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I clung to one thing only, and repeated it to myself, over and over again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Trotter knotted the tie for him with the kind of assured expertise born of knotting one man’s tie for more than a quarter of a century. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He looked at me the way one looks at you in a funeral home. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“They fit me, French!” she squealed, clomping down the hall one way and then back. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But no one yelled at me or called me names or beat me because I hadn’t watched my sisters and brothers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He saw Darnell’s feet and legs in one spot of light, tucked up tightly to his body, but his face was hidden. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was one metallic crash of thunder and the air chilled suddenly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d been out of that place more than thirty years, but one sight of this kid, and it all came roaring back in a tsunami of Day-Glo ponchos and organic lentils. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She reached into her purse and gave me one. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never woulda been the one to break the silence between me and Mom, and me and Dad, if it weren’t for Terupt’s accident. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Indeed. We might have come west sooner, you know, but no one had trained a threave hawk in two hundred years. We decided to wait until that had been mastered.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Washington boats were the only ones there. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He gave a stick apiece to Chase and Mattie and then unwrapped the last one for Fern. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Harvard ordered, as an experiment, one of the first to come out of Pocock’s shop and promptly reported back that the boat had taken several full seconds off its crew’s best times. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We pass one curtain with a sign out front that reads: What happens when an unstoppable force strikes an immovable object? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They were alone here; no one else was coming to help. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Except, you know, I haven’t told my parents about the new ones yet. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Looking around one last time to be sure no one was Watching, the girls grabbed Marshall out of his tailspin and started down the sidewalk in the direction that they had come. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are twenty-seven in Sarasota County, and one hundred and fifteen in all of Florida, spreading across the state like some untreatable rash. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

That summer Saturday was a day that should have gone down in her diary as one of the happiest days of her life. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Thought me and the boy had us one o' them Others to deal with. Lose your wolf?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then one morning you’re in the kitchen and there’s a nod. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Across the room a rustling noise startled me, and I had one of those strange moments where you don’t know quite where you are. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My lord father, for one. He's put me in the van." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She holds up each piece, one by one. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she skipped away, she heard Mama ask the lady next to her, “Who’s that man over there—the one in the uniform looking this way?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn't like the idea of Doctor Gordon talking to my mother one bit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But Buck did not read the newspapers, and he did not know that Manuel, one of the gardener’s helpers, was an undesirable acquaintance. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one empty desk, all the way in the back. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She caught me alone one evening and pulled me into her cabin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Toward dawn, I saw a chap come out, look both ways, and stand at one end of the veranda to urinate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see their silver flag up ahead, only one guard, who wasn’t even looking in my direction. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I think so. I was one of the original founders, you know." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there are two and a tenth waves or eleven twelfths of a wave of one note for every wave of another note, they don't fit together as well. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

This one was my first sighting of the Hannibal’s Rest phoenix. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I get one good glimpse of the stairwell, a large, cylindrical chamber with tall plaster walls and tiny windows. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I’m the fish out of water, because no one told me that we were going to some sort of art and music festival for white people. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The music may look quite different, but the only difference when you listen is that one sounds higher than the other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Just as I thought, it's the same one—a back issue from last month. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He smiled the widest, most real smile I had seen since day one. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, Boghetti phoned Marian in Philadelphia to tell her that she had been chosen as one of sixteen semifinalists. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I practice at home, too, until I get good at it, and I’m pretty sure that no one will be able to notice my vitiligo at school. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He gave one last glance at the box of mangled cupcakes on her desk, then gave up and headed for the door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’d just been too blind to see the one unfolding right before my eyes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Well, what if he, and not those museum people, was the one to decide what was wonderful to look at? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s the one upstairs who was there,” he said shortly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And since I’d indicated I was his, no one was stepping forward to interfere. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not even me—and I know I’m the one to turn my back on her the most. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one’s ever called you for a date in your whole life.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grammatical mood is imperative, but the rhetorical effect is one of intimacy and humility. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Like Ashoke, the bachelors fly back to Calcutta one by one, returning with wives. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped at the bank, and while my dad stood in line, I grabbed two free suckers, one for me and one for Robin. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Kid named Hubbard, only one in your class." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At her side stands the Birthing Stool, with its double seat, the back one raised like a throne behind the other. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before the building curves, they disappear behind one of the columns. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mama then cooked the tortilla on a comal on one of the two burners of our small kerosene stove. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked at the floor and neither one of us said anything for a couple long seconds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There are twenty-two roles total, one for each student in the class. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No dæmons...Well, that’s very interesting. I wonder if I might suggest a little experiment, if you can spare one of them? I’d like to see whether the Specters are interested in them.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After what seemed like an hour, when the train began to roll, he sprinted alongside one of the cars and jumped back on. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s why no one tells you,” he says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

For several hours one night, he tucked it into Madame Manec’s geraniums in a window flower box, then convinced himself the geraniums were wilting and dug the stone out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them?’ The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The attic just hoped the new girl’s story would end differently than that of the last one. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Joon goes over the line again, making the black outline wider in that one spot. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

A patient with one foot and one crutch was hopping back and forth swiftly in panic crying. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“No,” said one of the pilots, “they’re not trying to kill us.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Propped on her side, she froze, with the corner of a pillow clenched in one hand, and beamed her raw attention into every recess of the house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was damp and dark on one side, where it had been on the ground for who knows how long, and dry and beginning to crack on the upside that had been facing the sun. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At home, my mother is talking on the phone and defrosting one of the casseroles my sister Kate prepares at the start of each week. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Because no one has ever talked about what it’s really like in the arena before. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Bo sat down next to Victor and held up one of his kittens. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And if they used animals, I imagined they wouldn’t hesitate to use parts of a monster, especially one that they thought was a threat. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I was seldom there, it was good to know there was one place in the city where I wouldn’t be kicked at, chased, or spit on. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Evy was watching Blossom getting ready for a lesson one day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time he’d spin one on the table and listen to the sound it made when it came clattering to a stop. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I know. That’s one of the things I love about you,” Phil continues, apparently oblivious to how a single word makes me come undone. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“This is our staging post. From here, we three will set out for uncharted lands, and what comes after no one alive can say....” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I feed it sour limes from the dima tree to make it sneeze and wipe its bill off, one side and then the other side. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Venia goes to work on my hair, weaving strands of red into a pattern that begins at my left ear, wraps around my head, and then falls in one braid down my right shoulder. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The hour spent at Millcote was a somewhat harassing one to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had been walking fast about the room, and he stopped, as if suddenly rooted to one spot. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Because if they get lost, no one will realize they're gone. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And, of course, there were a lot of silent ones out there hunting rabbits in their dogged, loping style. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is past the hour when one habitually receives nobility.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s not so surprising, then, that occasionally one of these 30,000 strange connections comes to light. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sorry I thought it was good to use stupid, long words that no one can understand.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bald one opened his mouth and hissed like some immense white lizard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No one hardly ever guessed the joke, except when it was a super-easy one we all knew anyway, like “seven ate nine.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He extended his large, callused hand, and before I could leave the office, he gave me one last order. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Once a lonely outpost, Sing Sing now occupies fifty-five acres of prime real estate in suburban Westchester, one of the priciest counties in the United States. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the peculiar thing was, ’stead of attacking the colored ones, they was mingling right ’longside of ’em! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“That gives you one whole night to work on your sorry excuse for a resume.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This family, on a Saturday morning in October, began, one by one, to stir out of their dreams of affluence and vengeance into the anonymous misery of their storefront. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What? If he makes things too obvious, he’s going to be the next one to get a knife in the back. And he wouldn’t be the first member of the Gentry to wed a sister.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Kyle and his teammates had played the escape game, one of their biggest clues came from writing down the first letters of all the books printed on the backs of their library cards. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

You know how long it would take for one of them to pull a marker and scribble a few lines on a wall or a locker? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Shall we go change, milady?” asked one of the blondes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She did this for three years, feeding in secret and at night and with food which in quantity was scarcely sufficient for one, the man whom she hated. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ho hum. If you are going to stage one of your hysterical scenes, I shall have to return to the living room. As a matter of fact, I think I will.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Egyptian calendar had 12 months, like the lunar one, but each month was 30 days long. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He sat up, rubbing one shoulder with a dirty hand. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Even the largest, most conspicuous ones find ways to conceal themselves in time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some games there are only two sides, but not in all; indeed, some games—solitaire, keepie-uppie—can be played by one person on their own. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I already have one strike against me by showing up Ethan. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

With torches lighting our way, Pocahontas leads us back into the village to one of the houses. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He proudly displayed his new diploma at home, excitedly mounting it one weekend in a frame he’d bought the week he received his test scores. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“If I can manage the young one, I can the old one,” muttered Jo, as she walked away, leaving Laurie bent over a railroad map with his head propped up on both hands. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although we had only spoken a handful of times, he used informal pronouns to refer to me, as one would use with a friend or small child. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

No one should wonder if, in speaking of principalities that are completely new as to their ruler and form of government, I cite the greatest examples. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But there is a way of feeling invisible that makes one almost believe it’s true. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On that day, no one could have predicted the answer to that question. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

"And the American people may be sentimental, but their government is not. The US State Department won't trade anything major for one man's life." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one, not even Mother, crossed her in the duchy of her kitchen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The only thing interesting was another one of those odd signs that read World IN Catastrophe—Killzone Experiment Department. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

“We have another situation. And it’s a bad one. Your country needs you, son. Now!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I'm one of the first to the shed, Ida right behind me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

This incident is much more complicated than the last one, in July 1943. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then she must have had one operation too many and crossed the line into repellence. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I raised my head, as did one or two others. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

On a dirt track in the Tanami Desert–normally one of the emptiest places on Earth–they came over a slight rise just as another vehicle was approaching. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

As they started to greet one another, Esperanza darted inside, making sure they could get the space upstairs before anyone else claimed it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A voyage that no one else knew about. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But then the other voices were falling away, in bunches, until only this one was left. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new bartender points to one of the rolling heads. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I got one other gift, and at first I wasn’t sure if it was really a gift or a misplaced piece of sidewalk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever picked up the phone and called me to ask me that question, eh, Eugene? Will your hands wither away if you pick up the phone one day and call your sister, gbo?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Spotlights rose up all around the pool, blinding us with illumination, and a loudspeaker voice boomed: “Live to Olympus in one minute . . . Fifty-nine seconds, fifty- eight . . “Hephaestus!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

What I do know: I just went from being one of three black students in a class of 82 to one of....well, very, very few in a much larger number. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

All the words except for the ones locked away by those who still remembered who they had been before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"It's the agent, not these gentlemen. He's the one; He says it's the bank, but you know he's the one. We've done business with him for over twenty years." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a relief to see a friendly face after so many snarly ones. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I slipped through the fence as quick as I could, and when I rounded the corner with the poster, there was no one there. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They passed an elementary school one day as it was letting out, and Citra had a sinking feeling that she would glean one of the students. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When no one answered, I went into the church proper. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Harriet said she was certain there was one place so shallow that they could wade it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

After consulting with his partner Caesar said, “We’ll take the next one.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

On inquiring further, I ascertained that the house had been a very small one in which he had been the only full-time employee. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

A new breathing technique is required, one in which the astronaut pants like a dog, and takes many short quick breaths “off the top” of his lungs, and never allows them to become completely deflated. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ollie pulls me along, away from the bridge, one arm wrapped around my waist and the other holding the camera. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘While you’re at it you can cross off the one about spontaneous explosion or whatever it’s called.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now the trail is never quite the same from one year to the next. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I peeled the foil back from one of the UN ration packets to examine the contents by moonlight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ash looked back at the carcass of the stag, and saw that the dogs were being held off now, and one of the men was approaching with his kit of knives to begin the butchering. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall man arrives at the church one evening with a vacant, dull look in his eyes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“There won’t be any more trains tonight,” he said, “but we’ll rise at dawn and deliver you to the station before the first one leaves in the morning. Good enough?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He shrugged again, and I realized the shrugging was another one of his tics. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was prepared to accept Daddy Clidell as one more faceless name added to Mother’s roster of conquests. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He curled on the floor and closed his eyes, determined to enjoy the familiar hum of the engine for one last night. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We should certainly know by now that it is one thing to overthrow a dictator or repel an invader and quite another thing really to achieve a revolution. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

On one side of the room sat half a dozen women, all in white; they were much occupied with a beautiful baby, who seemed to belong to the youngest of the women. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“I can do that, easy. I can find out anything that you know and no one else does, something that only a daemon would be able to find out.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“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

There was only one Beta Capsule, and it was a far more powerful weapon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Seventy-two, your Majesty,” he said, bowing low and taking care not to trip over his quill pen, which was a very large one. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

For example, neither one of us cared much for the space doctors and the complicated medical equipment they made us carry on board our spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1933, Germany had forty different political parties, each one making promises as it struggled for power. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They went on to lecture me about 29 types of edible mushroom species, each species’ name in the Foré language, and where in the forest one should look for it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The teenagers are separated in two houses, one for the boys and one for the girls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was tiny, crowded on one side by a school district van and on the other by the chain-link fence that wrapped around the entire property. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

No doubt one of them was holding it behind his back. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He isn’t one toe on the gravel driveway—not one toe—when he hears Ray’s bark. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Henry is holidaying in one of the family’s country homes while Alex suffocates under his last week of college. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The same one that controlled my bed controlled the television. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You just said it was only one tweak right now,” Ben-Ben says, smiling. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Nature is the one thing for which there is no substitute! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

At one point she was given a temporary employee ID at a hospital so she could trail along behind a cardiologist from bed to bed as he made his rounds three times a week. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Social note: A new film featuring my favorite female star, whose recent circus musical excess stunned and overwhelmed me, is opening shortly at one of the downtown movie palaces. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was a hurricane with one unavoidable exhortation: Roll over, Beethoven . The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A tall black woman in a shimmering silver top stepped out from one of the supply closets. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Pictures of me throwing up the peace sign, some—the ones Spoony feared—of me flipping off the camera. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Your questions concern both those who stayed behind and one nurse who made that long journey to this new home in the south. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Stay close to Arch, whatever happens. Remember, you’re the only one of us who can get the girl.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Rarely did he bring the message on a Sunday morning; only if there was no one else to speak was his father called upon. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Was the one hundred and eighty dollars American money ?” “No.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, slapping one hand against his thigh, he moves to the side of the ship. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s almost dark when I fasten two cords to a strap of leather I cut from one of my moccasins. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even changes bras, wearing one sports bra to regular class and another to gym class. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can't tell the difference, but it doesn't matter, because he chooses one. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He plugs one ear and puts the phone to the other. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“We’ll build a good fire and one of us can go for help.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

How I got over it: I never did get over this one. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Tad hollered as he got closer to the cave-in of desks and two-by-fours and tons of other junk that must have once been on the floor above this one. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On one occasion I drove to the eastern Cape to resolve a dispute involving Alcott Gwentshe, who was running the campaign in East London. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could it be possible that there were that many nerve endings all in one place? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was also active, flipping and darting from one corner to the next. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We get assigned one of the six tables, staggered slightly diagonally so that we can sort of see the other teams. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Now I counted the four rockets as they fired one after another, and they really felt powerful. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some family with an immense house—one floor, thirty-four or -five rooms around a Spanish-style courtyard—had invited soldiers from Fort Bliss to come for a Christmas party and dinner. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It looked more like one of the razor-sharp surgical knives from the Medica. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not one of us knows what he said, but it must have been pretty awful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Those four silent blocks with Nazario lasted an eternity, one of those moments in which you live a lifetime. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She made her way along its flank to where a rope ladder hung down from the worn leather saddle beside one of the water basins. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was a dangerous risk, and maybe a stupid one, but Ekon was out of choices. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was a warehouse, basically, and not the fancy, romantic sort of warehouse hipsters might one day turn into lofts. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For a time, neither one of us said anything. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I glide through three different doors, then down one stairwell, along one corridor, through one last door, and then I'm outside. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I know I should’ve been a brilliant detective or whatever, but in actuality I was one of the least observant people I’d ever met. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer’s compulsive polymathy, however, pointed to his one outstanding intellectual flaw: he lacked the patience to make a single subject his own. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Frantic, I tied my sleeping bag to the end of one of the curtain rods and waved it for all I was worth. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny legs on one side hung twitching in the air above, the ones on the other side were pushed painfully into the floor. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so it went, the frog cheerfully insisting to all in the meadow that it was a princess-in-waiting, until one day, a real princess strutted into the meadow, proud and vain. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In the view of the white authorities those days, sloping shoulders were one stereotype of the Coloured physique. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened one eye, saw poor old Edgar Derby reading The Red Badge of Courage by candlelight. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting the way his father used to, chin resting on one knee. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached her, he put one hand on his chest and bowed a little to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Once again, I was the one being tossed out and thrown away. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t stay here one minute past what I was being forced to. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“And were here to save this building,” one of the fire brigadiers said. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“No one would think of you like that.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was a small woman with curly brown hair that had one single shock of white toward the front. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I like to maintain that the number of intermediates linking me to these historical figures is one: Russell. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"MoMo has these parties. And usually no one is allowed unless you are eighteen or older. But I got invited." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The last mouse born to his parents and the only one of his litter to be born alive. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Washington pointed in one direction, Du Bois in another. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each stone was engraved with magical writing, and if they dropped one, it would either explode or turn everyone within half a mile into a tree. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I walk in the door I can smell the onions frying and I know my dad is making one of his whatever’s-on-the-bottom-shelf-of-the-refrigerator stir-fries. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

While one hand holds on to a few sturdy leaves, the other wields the cleaver, separating the fruit from the tree. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I wonder who in our office delivered Helda’s honor, if there was one at all, whether it was air-posted to Germany in a handsomely twined bundle of vellum and silk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He assigned most of the crew to catch and dry fish in one ship while he puttered up and down the coast with the other, bartering for furs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And Jo’s eyes went slowly round the room, brightening as they looked, for the prospect was a pleasant one. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the other ones will grow up to be fried chicken! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a year, one hundred thousand people had been killed. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In order that no one would doubt the severity of his aims, he ordered a firing squad organized in the square and had it shoot at a scarecrow. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was a towel stuffed along the floor at the bottom of the door, and another covering the creepy tilting-window thing on top, so no one would see the light from our room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

No one wanted this to be an ordinary seance, meaning one that was contrived by the medium. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Impossibly, the shamblers answer our defiant roar with one of their own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was true that here in Sacred Sun City, Chasca was one of many lovely Sun Maidens, but in my eyes she had an inner beauty that shone the most brightly of all. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The best one in it was "The Secret Goldfish." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, Papa said he would pay one American dollar for ten cakes, and she accepted. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

At one point, Dad and Adam stopped playing and I caught them whispering about something. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Telling no one in his family, Mohammed entered the next year’s race. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At one end sat Chiron the centaur, his equine posterior collapsed into his magic wheelchair so he looked like a regular human. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sister Berenice waited for Dicey in one of the classrooms next to the camp playground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny sat there with two exposed fish in his lap, one at his feet and kept staring at the ad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At my home in Birmingham, I just felt like one of six kids. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew one day I would go back into the parlor when no one was around and touch the Lady’s heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were lying on a blanket at Green Lake one spring day, and her head rested on his chest, and she could hear his heart thundering. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And I can’t stop staring at the paper from Dream & Bean, which I pocketed from the bulletin board since no one else will need a photo of my face. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It is evidently considered beautifying in that region, or one of the places he’s lived at any rate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You may choose it, Eleanor. It's poignant and it's truth. But how often will you get to roll that one out? " Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mathews Arm Campground, one of the park’s main recreational areas, was closed for lack of funds in 1993 and hasn’t been open since. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Andy was one of the few boys on the team with his own car. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is just one final thing to attend to,” Gamigin said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“S-O-S. Three short dots, three long ones, three short ones again.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I can hear the audience hushing one another, not wanting to miss anything. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was one of those heavy, cast-iron skillets that my mom had gotten from her mom who’d gotten it from her mom.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The track was offering a $50,000 purse for the inaugural Hollywood Gold Cup, a ten-furlong race that promised to become one of the sport’s premier events. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I remember one amusing thing about our marching. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was commonplace to regard this as approximately one quarter of the earth/water globe, but it could extend to up to half of the earth/water globe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was nothing that one could do to disabuse them of this notion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Sixty-five, seventy, which, with the fifty dollars she had left from the car, made one hundred and twenty, then one hundred and forty dollars, one hundred and fifty. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or consider a collection of toy blocks which vary between one and five inches on a side. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He sends me these creatures, then expects me to make something of them,” he remarked to no one in particular. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It felt as if we were one, but also that each of us had a personal communion with God. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

"Looks like pops couldn't take it," one of them shouted. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, he found a box of old, torn-up shirts, took one out and wrapped it up carefully inside. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She fed it with fantasies, idealized it, savagely defended it, stripped it of its prosaic truth, and turned it into the kind of love one found in novels. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lack of an absolute standard of rest meant that one could not determine whether two events that took place at different times occurred in the same position in space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darkness fell outside, and still no one had fetched them from their prison. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Milton got a new car he gave Tessie his old one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She can handle one night in there—if anything, she’ll be safer than us.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ruby appeared in an arch of the arcade, looking like one more orchid in the forest, her slim form a stem upholding a bloom of riotous hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think of myself as one of “the kids.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The faces around us are mostly brown, with a few white ones sprinkled here and there like salt. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a circular process: one generation of lawyers hiring new lawyers whose life experience mirrored their own, leaving little room for diversity of any sort. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Whether she liked children or not no one ever knew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men from the truck, the ones who had caught us, now joined the men from the building. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

One foot, one hand, next foot, other hand...Petra counted as she climbed. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a plump one, speckled brown, busily pecking at a crust that had fallen between two cobblestones, but when Arya's shadow touched it, it took to the air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As soon as it's one here, I press call. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It was so painful, dude. Luckily we had these weird pillow things on our laps so no one knew. Sucked.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His atoms were probably getting very tired of holding on to one another. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

For the first time in a few days I wish I were one of them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the woods I turn for one instant to survey the field. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“His mack, though,” the bearded one said, reaching out to pinch the sleeve of my jacket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We stood beside one another, the host and the hostess, and we were not together. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Chubs isn’t the only one that thinks it’s too dangerous. But I think Ruby’s tough enough to make it without us if she wants to. Why?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure, but I decided to spend the rest of my summer being one. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He winks at Piper, then whispers to me, “What’s the matter? Isn’t one girlfriend good enough?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a piece of paper on one of the stands that catches my eye—neon orange, with the words “SET LIST” written in black Sharpie. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“He is known to have been alive at about twenty minutes to one, when he spoke to the conductor,” said M. Bouc. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I just know different risks than the ones you know.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I gave her one of the guest rooms upstairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Beads of sweat dotted his upper lip like he was the nervous one. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She made the squares but could only write one and seven. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This particular one talked more “hip” talk than we did. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as they hustle around for work, they have been constantly reminded of the one thing that stands out on their resumes: the education that ended with a high school diploma. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

So on his day off one Thursday, he went to the Ember Library to look up fire. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Very sweetly, and in a way no one else could quite detect, she took my arm and half supported me as we walked away from the ledge. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They passed the ghost of a tall witch gliding in the opposite direction, but saw no one else. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And by that time he wasn’t the only one. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At intermission, Ethan bought one of the ten-dollar souvenir programs, and after the show he thanked my father at least five times for getting him a ticket. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And one more thing. You give Effie Wilcox back her house, free and clear. It isn’t worth nothing anyway—apart from its historical value.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Coal wives bring pig knuckles and cheese; they pass around Werner’s acceptance letter; the ones who can read, read it aloud to the ones who cannot, and Jutta comes home to a crowded, exhilarated room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The alteration of the past is necessary for two reasons, one of which is subsidiary and, so to speak, precautionary. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t always a pleasant part of my Olympic experience, but it was one I felt a duty to embrace. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Scars marked the snout, but one scar stood out from the rest—the letter M, with loopy humps like cursive. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I mean the identical, very same, exact one as my mother’s. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The act of eating was a comfort to his shrunken belly, although a false one—the clover wouldn’t strengthen him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Both from the great flat open spaces, one a prairie of grass, one of water. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe one of these people would help her find Mia, wherever she might be headed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A minute later I got another chance to shoot the ball, but one Palmetto fullback knocked me down and the other kicked it away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faded princess gave El Patron a statue of a naked baby with wings—one of the few gifts he seemed to like. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one in the world could do this better than Briony Tallis who would be representing her country next year at the Berlin Olympics and was certain to win the gold. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They bombarded them with drugs, hoping to find one that would kill malignant cells without destroying normal ones. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her teacher had taught the class that one because they would all be boarding a military ship soon. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Virchow had been dead for a hundred years, and only one full-length biography of him existed, of which Farmer read every page. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Only one man had tried to watch them in the wild. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not one of the other runners was even in view. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh god, the one who gets mad at what mail you deliver?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When my wife, Marie, and I were vacationing in Australia one summer, we decided to visit a site with well-preserved Aboriginal rock paintings in the desert near the town of Menindee. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He shouted out, idiotically, at the lion as one would at a dog. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“If you, uh.jump up and down on my seat one more time, I’m going to, uh, beat the stuffing out of you,” he growled. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s just weird, being the first one in a relationship. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Eighteen Ojibwa died of the disease, and one tried to kill himself by other means. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s been distressing to see how the behavior and the political agenda of the current president have caused many Americans to doubt themselves and to doubt and fear one another. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

You may find it helpful to notice that the "relative major" of the Dorian begins one whole step lower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for rational Jam, the figure continued to blatantly prove her wrong, levering one arm out and reaching down to the floor for stability, the gold claws carving small strips from the hardwood. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

One time, towards the end, Dedd broke down in tears in the middle of one of their arguments. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one really knew how old she was, but his father said she'd been called Old Nan even when he was a boy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Crocker’s donation for the medical school project solved one of Lawrence’s immediate problems: keeping Stan Livingston on hand after the expiration of his one-year instructorship at Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Herons have one thing not in their favor: they defend a fishing hole even when it is frozen. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He took one deep breath, and then closed his eyes and rolled over, out of bed on to the floor. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Most often, except for the people looking out of train windows, they saw no one. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kvasir shouted at the Aesir, ordering them to form into two groups, one on one end of the net, one on the other. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Blue controlling the one closest to us was a skinny kid, who looked like he weighed about half of what his tub did. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Matt circled around the end of one of the buildings and rode down into a depression that must have been used for waste. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandmère stood in the middle of the barn, with one hand on her face as she looked around. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I might find a job that paid more than being lifeguard, and I was one of two people picked, out of 150, to represent the Freedom Writers at an award banquet. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aimee likes to tell this one story about me: In one of my early JO classes when I had just turned seven, I saw a member of the cheerleading team do a standing back tuck. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It was a tragedy, killing him, but a necessary one.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I decided I wouldn’t be the only one hurt before it was done and I readied myself for what seemed like forever. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All one could hear was the water splashing, slurping, and gurgling against the sides. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He went over the whole list of words with me, one by one, until it finally began to make some sense. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly faced with having to run a revolution, the delegates all turned to the one man who could take charge. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I manage to sneak a few minutes at the computer to read Rhiannon’s message and send her one of my own, saying we’ll have to see how the day plays out. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And then think of what one person can now do with a PC. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a good man, always ale-drunk—Mother can only see from one eye. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

No one at school would mess with me if I were like him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The red bracelet that Father Cham had given her so many years ago, the one that matched Pong's own, was gone. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“So if you ever need anything, August, I’m the one to ask. And you can ask me anything.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When he was about two years old, his mom had bought him one of those unbreakable cassette players and a bunch of sing-along tapes. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victoria leaned back in my squeaky chair and picked up one of my pens. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Not making the least account of “the one with the delicate face,” he returned, “Bentley Drummle is his name, is it? I like the look of that fellow.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Which one of you was adopted?” people would sometimes say to her and Lauren, and both girls would just blink at them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Hush. You can only climb one mountain at a time. Come upstairs and eat some dinner. We’ll think better with frill bellies. I promise I’ll tell you all I know.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cry was one of pain and anger. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When you are in this much pain and despair, she tells them, there is only one place to find strength. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She was one of them, effortlessly so, and they treated her like a peer. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He kept me one full month to hear the tale of Troy, the ships and the return of the Akhaians, all which I told him point by point in order. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s this one,” Bram says, jolting me back to the present. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He couldn't very well scold one of his best clients. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

George and I looked at each other in surprise, and congratulated one another on an apparent victory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you're a genuine old-fashioned English butler, not just some waiter pretending to be one. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The matches are wooden ones, in a cardboard sliding-top box, the kind I used to covet in order to make dolls’ drawers out of them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found several large cans and used one of them to start the “time” can again, dropping five pebbles into it so that the reckoning would begin again from the night of the storm. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if I notice that his hand grips his wineglass tightly enough to turn his knuckles white, then I imagine I am the only one who does. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mitt, the clean and bright one—somehow, miraculously, ours—runs off with them anyway, shouting the praises of his perfect life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My right foot landed right in one of the puddles, splashing muddy water on my clean overalls and on Miguelito. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sal was sitting up in bed with one arm in a cast. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

To rescue the conversation from one of the wells of silence into which it kept falling, Jo said hastily, “Now you must have a good long holiday!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the days were so long that it sometimes seemed as if each one was a year. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s useless to think this, though, so finally I grab the overhead door brace with my hands facing each other, one beside the other. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Monkeys gathered in the high, bare branches at sunset, whimpering to one another as they searched the sky. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I volunteered to pick the clothes for the first day of school so I could wear one of the outfits my mother had sent. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I looked at four maps before finding one where Turner Station wasn’t covered by ads or blow-up grids of other neighborhoods. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In one hand he held a little cloth bag. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She poured a glassful for Luke and one for herself. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then, too, Botticelli Remorso, one lazy Sunday afternoon, had recited from memory all the confessions he had heard from prisoners. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“With not one but two firsthand accounts of battling it!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He pulled out one wrinkled piece and smoothed it against the steering wheel. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It seems that no one is home, but when I press my ear against the door, there's a faint scuffing sound, like chairs pushed back from a table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t understand! I’m—I’m the warrior! In the prophecy! I’m the one who calls!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The day had a strange but comforting feel to it, like a rest between the end of one time and the beginning of another. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph dodged feet until he was safe against the wall, where no one would step on him or even notice him in the crowd. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

In fifteen minutes flat, all that will be left of a zebra is the skull, which may yet be dragged away and gnawed down at leisure by young ones in the lair. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hug Muqtada and take in his smell one last time. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And this one had found a way of making chocolate out of sugar, chemicals, brown coloring and vegetable oil. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Will I be Al, standing over a man’s body, knowing I’m the one who put him on the ground, or will I be Will, lying in a helpless heap? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The medical form was missing one signature and has to be resubmitted. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She stopped serving Esteban at the table and avoided running into him, since they no longer had anything to say to one another. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the close of an era and the beginning of a brand-new one—and this updated force would be tasked with upholding a whole new federally dictated way of life called Prohibition. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, we got one demon, shopped at a magic Costco, and made it through the Kingdom of Death....What else does our video game magic want?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pull out the one from our freshman year. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The things I felt, I was pitifully unable to express in the one- page letter that went every day to Mr. Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing and no one— not even the president of the United States—would thwart * James Hood left the university after only two months, wanting to avoid a breakdown. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was conscious as I moved about my flat, from one familiar room to another, that the years of my independence could soon be over. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. Nomadic peoples rarely have one language they all speak. I’m sure a lot of the Pecheneg bands nearer to the Kievan border speak Russian. Why?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Charlie pushes through the swinging doors to the back of the bakery and sets down the bundle on one of the skids. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The solution, in the words of one writer, was "a fit of intelligence lunacy." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like that idea one bit, but it made more sense than having the command-module pilot die unnecessarily. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I didn’t live in the hood I was technically an outsider in the hood, but for the first time in my life I didn’t feel like one. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The pages of our wandering notebook rattle in the breeze as she writes, head bent, one leg crossed over the other to make a kind of table. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We jostle one another in the cab, thrown this way and that way by the uneven ground. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hickock continued writing letters protesting his conviction, and one of these at last bore fruit. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I loved this one. Read it so many times, my father replaced my worn copy with a new one. He didn’t realize I liked the feel of the old one.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Housed in a stately brownstone that had originally been a private home, it was one of the loveliest school buildings in Brooklyn. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I leap up, push off against one wall, and grip the top ledge of the door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was the peeling-faced one whose dreams had so disturbed her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Yeah, let’s call one of those Invisible Teenager Specialists. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Padva is always in attendance, and one or both Burgess sisters are a staple. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We scrambled and pushed each other, struggling to be the first one up the ladder at the back of the boat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“There is not a square rod of admirable, hardly one of passable, gravel-walk in all of the Exposition Ground,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re the one who paid Geryon to let us through the ranch, weren’t you?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And this was the absolute worst thing about last October 7th, the one moment I’ll never forgive myself for. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was one of the nice things about all the doctors at the hospital; he never saw any of them a second time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t a joke to me, okay? You can’t be mean to me one second and then nice the next. I don’t know if I can trust you. Or anything you told me.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The muck of the Bog ran from one edge of reality to the other. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Sierra looked around to make sure no one was following her, unlocked the gate with the key Manny had given her, and slipped inside. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was; he had financial problems, and mental ones as well. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

How will I bandage the wounds with no one to help me? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I usually get one, then ask for another for my brother. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“There was the fish, caught only by one fin, and its tail wildly thrashing and shining in the sun. There was the web, sagging dangerously under the weight of the fish.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

And then he said, “No one wants you here.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She was clad not in her usual white gown, but rather in a dark tunic and loose trousers, and she clutched an ornately carved wooden staff in one hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When he gently placed his finger in the middle of the string and plucked again, he got another nice, clear note, this time one octave above the fundamental. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He learns how to receive a purely literate education, one using only a small part of the personality and challenging only a limited area of his being. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, one evening in November that year, shortly after the birth of my daughter, Lucy, I started to think about black holes as I was getting into bed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, people came up to compliment me. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s one down by the train station, in an area that used to be nothing but abandoned, burned-out factories and graffiti. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He flipped open one of the ledger books. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dealing with irrational people takes focus, intelligence, and extreme discipline—you have to maintain a sense of true emotional stasis—as outlined in one of my favorite books, Transformative Power, by Pearce Tidwell. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I rested the hand that wasn't all wrapped on one of Jazz's skinny brown shoulders. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The pearl dangling from the gold clasp—one of the two largest pearls in the world—was worth an astronomical sum. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

And even though Judy had always been the one I’d told everything, I kept the rest of my news locked up tight inside of me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Denied a bed and hospitality for the night, Booth and Herold continued to search for transportation at the house of one of Stuart’s neighbors, a man of color named Lucas. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's the calm and the storm, that one. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

No one, riot even Violet, knew what it was that permitted him to leave his fields and woods and secret lonely valleys. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Redemption took the other half and settled into one of the chairs. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Just one, baby. Come on, I want another.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked up to me and handed me the drawing and the silk blue ribbon that had a number one printed on it in gold. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We decided that no one should adopt him,” the woman went on, “but that all of us would feed him if he came to the door. He has a wandering spirit, though.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But once in a while, Prim wheedles one out of me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They weren’t mean like the two Oklahoma guys who beat her up one afternoon in a parked car behind the El Fidel. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since it was summer, no one would need science lessons—POP. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Their conclusion was that anything one could know about an event taking place at a quantum scale was limited to what one could observe—and this knowledge depended on the means of observation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

No one seemed to mind the deafening din. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It is one of my few solitary pleasures and is certainly necessary to the completion of this research. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Look for the one you think it is,” said Bull, smiling under his sunglasses. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For safety against bad ones, her hair is now always hidden. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Race issues still scarred civil society, certainly, but one problem that Americans were happy to live without was the blight that ravaged Europe in the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s: militant nationalism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“See,” the sergeant said, looking a little crookedly at her, “I’ll tell you about this one who was in love with me.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I would put the canoe in the water and paddle slowly through the cave, from one opening to the other, often several times. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one thing that drew her out of her boredom and irritation was the alethiometer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ashoke does as Patty tells him, stretching out his arms, putting one hand below the neck, another below the bottom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the fields ... and had only just got one horse harnessed to the harrow and begun to attach another when suddenly I heard what sounded like a single loud shot to the right. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t they know how to give no one a proper hug?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one and two and three…” She fell asleep. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

With so many axioms, all the theorems are surface ones requiring only three or four steps to prove; none has any depth. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times he told a hundred years in one long narrative, blunt and without detail. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The Beauty Minister would say to discuss what I like about each one. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But no one wanted to start friendships until the unpacking was done, each item placed precisely to section off the room. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those were the ones who made it hard to leave when the time came. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A poor pastime, perhaps, and not a very intellectual one, but I breathe the air of England as I read, and can face this glittering sky with greater courage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was a smell of general decomposition but one with universal dimensions, one that an athlete could identify until the day of his death. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very early one Christmas morning as he and his wife lay in bed asleep, an explosion woke him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be delightful to be so pleased simply to have one thing hit another thing.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It w as one of the things Tom loved about me, he said: my stubbornness, my strength. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cell adjacent to my office was one of two on the gallery that were double-bunked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you call one of your dog people and warn them?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We walk over to a corner of the studio where there’s a platform with one chair pulled up to it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There was no way they'd let one of their own get deported. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was a new one; he first used it a few days ago when he told her about going shopping with Aunty Uju. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She'd always have one or two books in her bag 'cause she liked to read on the train going to work. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I heard the three policemen say to one another: “You heard that?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the whole freshman lot, the only one who had ever rowed a lick in his life was Roger Morris. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The fat bodies are dangling from one of the palm trees, and their previous thin bodies, wispy-looking and dressed in falling-apart bathing suits, are holding hands and walking into the ocean. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she added, “We’ll lay off him now because it’s going to be one cold chingadera up here tonight, and we don’t want him to freeze to death.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The church had one of those low, dropped ceilings with the fluorescent lights, which made the room feel instantly tight and obscenely bright. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“People who say they are no good are always the good ones. Let’s change the subject and talk about something pleasant England, for instance.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I had to curse him one or two times, ’cause you know how your papi is. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

With one arm on Jack’s back and another supporting his chest, Hazel pushed him forward. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Father, on the other hand, was probably all deeply gratified, just gratified up one side and down the other. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood her well, better than I did who was her mother; in fact, I wonder whether parents ever know their children as they know one another. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one letter Raji wrote that he had planted a tamarind tree in the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were all in a small clearing completely surrounded by thick oak trees and towering pines—older ones that hadn’t been completely consumed by the sun flares—standing on dry, brittle undergrowth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There must have been hundreds of ancient oaks on the property, but Angelo seemed to know every one of them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then I taught her how to make worry dolls, something I’d learned about from one of the characters in a book I read. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It was a nervous time: every afternoon, one of his force later recalled, several thousand Indian soldiers approached in canoes to within “a stone's throw” of the Spanish and mocked them as they labored. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“How about just one little cookie to help settle you down?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any idea how much these things cost? They were way too expensive to ever make it to the actual weapons market. I can’t believe I’m holding one.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

See the ones who take a seat up front, daring anyone to make them move. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

At noon one day Will Hamilton came roaring and bumping up the road in a new Ford. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dog landed on all fours and held still, head tilted to one side, alert to the abrupt change in Alex’s mood. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dicey held one hand of each of the little ones. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one day all was changed in Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the largest one I can find from the shelf and pour the steaming mixture in. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She tried to come up with something, but at the end of the day, all she had was one word. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I’m taken to a waiting car, one of a dozen sleek black vehicles in a line outside a private side exit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few female comrades felt faint, but no one wanted to leave. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man from District 5, the one Finnick took out with his trident, is the first to appear. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

At school, they said that stealing was one of the worst, worst things you could ever do, he had been impressed from the very first week about it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The one they give you for false finishes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

As I went upstairs after dinner, two of the young men were settling their hats before the hall mirror, and I heard one say low to the other, “Who’s the new party?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you hurt a single one of our owls, I’m not eating any more of your stupid pancakes.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure. Boys only want one thing, Dad. And that’s just boring.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

If real, why is it that I can recall in all that island of greenness no fountain but one that was broken, corroded and dry? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And chocolate-covered macadamia nuts. And one of those dresses for myself.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe her parents picked that one to send because they wanted to convey her playful personality. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I kept looking at the picture and wondering why this one bothered Momma so much. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

From where we were now, running, looking at reality from this one point in time, it seemed as though the world had suddenly gone mad. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“A mighty stranger,” I say to no one. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was able to find water when no one else could, and she knew how little of it you really needed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one answered their knock on the bright blue door. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The one from the party, with my arm around her waist, looking like I was having the time of my life. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

At the last second, just before my body hit the black water, gulped one great big breath of air. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If one man studies Torah, the Master of the Universe is already in the world. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It isn’t dressed like one of Balekin’s servants, and neither is its uniform the same as the other palace staff. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As a black policeman recalled, blacks were pointing up at one window, shouting, “He shot from that window....That is the window over there.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“No, there hasn’t been any one else,” she answered almost truculently. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought to himself, I don’t know how we are going to get out of this one without people dying. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the one who had the strength, agility, and knowledge to get them safe passage out of town. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“With so few belongings, the other girls will hardly know whether you are a servant or one of us.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tariq Johnson was clearly up to no good, one way or another. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Behind both of them is one of the Dauntless with Jeanine’s body slung over his shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It has a ceiling so high that I feel like I’m in church, and the one bed has see-through sheets covering it so that it shimmers in the light of the window. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She tossed a bone to one of the dogs sniffing about the hall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The new one from drama club. With the hair. What’s his name again?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“This is not a question for the microscope,” one of his protégés wrote—a sly barb directed at Bateson, Morgan, and de Vries. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Marjory was standing on one side of the motel’s swimming pool with the other contestants and their coaches. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

We would sit in a row on one of these benches, each of us with a pile of twenty-one picture books, and read them, one after another. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to point at other men, conveniently dead, starting with the ones who first scooped up mud from riverbanks to catch the scent of a source. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured it was one of those I’ll-explain-it-when-you’re- older questions that my dad would brush off, but he didn’t. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Ginny’s great-aunt. At the wedding. The one who said you had skinny ankles.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was a short pause, and a dubious one. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

No one could snap me out of it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I looked around the circle at all the faces, each one either nodding or smirking. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I'm very fond of dancing, sometimes, and that was one of the times. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The big secret,” Az said, “the one that made us run away almost twenty years ago.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They practically climbed over one another to kiss it, and to thank him for his justice, his love, and his mercy, calling him “Your Honor,” not even noticing he wasn’t a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He was one of the kids my mother told me to notice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As though it were one of her beloved Tareytons, she put it between her lips and inhaled. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

From their midst, one particularly handsome warrior emerged, and Koffi stiffened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Darwin called the book one long argument, and that’s what it was, but the style was accessible and readable. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was going to confront Old Qian, a stern and frightening man who stalked our alleys speaking to no one. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, My Lord General, was one of the things we asked the Weed to look at most specifically. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He thought if he worked at it and practiced he might hit one of the larger rabbits with an arrow or a spear—never the small ones or the squirrels. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if he seeks advice from more than one counsellor, a prince who is not wise will never have consistent advice, nor will he know how to make it consistent by himself. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

That's one thing that D-Day didn't change: fights between Sunny and Ma. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. Thanks a lot. My niece will love it. Now will you do one for me?” he asked, handing her another napkin. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He strode into the black hole still carrying Sophie in one hand, the trumpet and the suitcase in the other. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could count on me and no one knew those ma chines better than I did. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swooped me upright but kept one arm over my shoulder—they are all like that, those Beaufort-Stuarts, affectionate as puppies, dead casual about it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“You are prepared, the two of you, to separate and never see one another again?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There was not a chance, not one, Johnny could ever squirm or wriggle his way inside, but he pushed and shoved until he stood close to one of the doors. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately that just reminded him of Nemesis’s fortune cookie, tucked inside one of the pockets. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Only ones I recall are Otis Amber and Crow. They left together about five o'clock." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The care of one more book is little trouble,” Lorren said as he returned to his seat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Smyth was also unhappy with Lawrence’s habit of proposing increasingly ambitious projects before his previous ones had borne fruit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Momly now pushed her fork through one of the tiny trees. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my boots and one of the pairs of thick socks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Idiptu, who had jumped off one second before impact, swung himself through the shattered windows. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rose helped the women up next, sitting everyone in a row, one beside the other. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And in any case one should not confuse clarity with condescension. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I can spot a puzzle when I see one, and it's clear to me that this girl with her treasure box of memories doesn't want to be figured out. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But as long as no one nearby thought DNA was at the heart of everything, the potential personal difficulties with the King’s lab kept him from moving into action with DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Got as close as I could from the road and then trekked in, back and forth, one box at a time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

If it found me worthy and answered my one request. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Coach O pulled out a well-worn mini notebook from the pocket of his T-shirt and flipped pages until he found the right one. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The king sighed, but no one answered, until at last Éomer spoke. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dad’s car sat in a yard twice in one day offering magnificent refuge. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s having my mom pry into my social activities, especially on those rare occasions when they involve a member of the opposite sex. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He escorted us into the elevator, which was already crowded with souls of the dead, each one holding a green boarding pass. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Next day Will walked for hours and saw no one. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In one swift motion, he pulls it over his head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I search his face, trying to determine if he’s making fun of me or being ironic, but he’s not—he’s one hundred percent serious, or at least I believe he is. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo looked around for something to throw, but there was nothing but pigeons, and he doubted he could catch one. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know exactly, but she’s very philosophical about it. I think she sees it as this amazing moment...one she’ll never experience.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

No one questions my story or acts like I don’t belong. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your grandma started the festival when she was city manager. She always saw it as one of her best achievements.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gregor knew it was a dare, and one part of him itched to take it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a wristwatch, a military-looking one that looked rather like a navigator’s chronograph. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

To one side of her in the distance, standing out against the flat landscape, Minli saw the silhouette of a man cutting down a lone tree, his axe making a thumping rhythm. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He puts them all in a straight line, fixing this corner and that one. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I didn't like to think of it, but one couldn't be sentimental. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you march in the Marines, you count in English like this: “One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two found, two left to find, and one of the two must be real. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dr. Lanning, after an initial start, followed the slow movement from one hand to the other with sharply alert eyes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

In the house, he swept rooms no one had slept in for years, and cleaned bathrooms no one had bathed in. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Any one of those guys could have been my dad. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one in Epiphany would believe that Ethan Potter wanted to go to New York City to work in the theater. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The main applications I get from it are twofold. One is friendship, and the second one is loyalty. “We’ve got a big challenge ahead of us tomorrow night. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a wight, and I knew he wouldn’t think twice about shooting any one of us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Pip,” said he, putting his large hand on my shoulder and moving me to the window, “I don’t know one from the other. Who’s the Spider?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But this morning there were two eggs in one nest box: one glass one and one light-brown one. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He lets up on one of my hands for a second while he’s yelling for the other kid to hurry up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pitch information is one of the most significant and most well-understood aspects of the musical brain. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At last the first animal, a big black one, stepped out into the clearing of the dirt road, followed by another that was just as big but much lighter in color. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I recall being frightened one night when I thought I saw someone lurking in the bushes; although I investigated, I found nothing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only, I just have to peek one or two more places. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think she had one friend down in Suffolk at that time either, not that I remember. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gitney, one night, called me away from my new duties serving refreshments in the parlor; he instructed that I was to come and see him in the forbidden chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She felt exiled, shut out from the one thing that really mattered. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Against one wall stood a large loom and a harp. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You know the one with the astronauts standing next to the American flag?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was no one to visit, no one to play a prank on, and the idea of crossing the river was too painful to consider. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He allowed one paw to touch the magical red cloth. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

But the last of the areas where demonstrations took place was the most calamitous and the one whose name still echoes with tragedy: Sharpeville. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here, whenever we moved from one place to another, it was in step. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was why she failed to recognize the swarthy, awkward, slow- moving young man with the cruel eyes of a rodent who knocked one afternoon at the door of the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would be the one to find this place, and I'd come back and rescue everyone. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I never wanted to get you involved. I hope one day you’ll be able to forgive me for what I put you through.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was only one show, and one auditorium, so Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan were forced to share at least that much. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bodega had had a beautiful row of five newly renovated tenements and now the middle one looked like a missing tooth in a pretty woman’s smile. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She dropped another one right in my hands. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We’ve got to run across open air from one diving board to the other without getting knocked down by the punching bags. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The Evening Service was over very quickly, and afterward one of the younger men chanted the Havdalah, the brief service that marks the end of the Shabbat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The passive voice is just one of the gadgets that the English language makes available to rearrange phrases while preserving their semantic roles. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She looked uneasily at Mo. Not that one, she thought. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What is it, children?” he said, for he caught them in the very act of whispering and nudging one another. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But since Haymitch is going to be the victor, we get to see one full exchange between him and Caesar Flickerman, who looks exactly as he always does in his twinkling midnight blue suit. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alex determinedly picked up the best from both of them, and now he’s the only one here who can handle racks of ribs while Oscar does the rest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pizarro exulted less in victory than one might imagine. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, as we moved from one relic to the next, they debated philosophy—Hobbes and Descartes, Aquinas and Machiavelli. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Three, four or five times a day there’s bound to be someone waiting outside the bathroom door, hopping impatiently from one foot to another, trying to hold it in and barely managing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This one for this part of the leg, that one for that part of the leg, another one for your back. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

No one said anything about the swastika, or even seemed to notice it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The young man had a kind of poise about him, though, that looked as though it might hold up indefinitely, with the very small proviso that he keep at least one hand in one pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The kids in our class were the only ones who’d already heard them. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know a guy who did that once,” he said, “and one of his eyes popped out.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth, and a lie slips out before I’ve even had a chance to think of one. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were more than a dozen dockers at the track, yet not one had seen Seabiscuit in a single workout since Santa Anita opened in December. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its massive dome, capped over white alabaster stonework, seemed determined to hold every one of the stars’ glittering lights in its reflection. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The wonder, as Stephen Hawking has noted, is that no one had hit on the idea of the expanding universe before. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A bright yellow sun was painted across one wall. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And one of those lines evolved to become us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake left the porch rail and walked right up to a girl named Suky, the one who had been most bitter in her making fun. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The radio was sputtering and then we could hear the announcer explain about a man named Jackie Robinson—one of our folk playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He went into one of the bedrooms with his mother, where they spoke in low tones. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“The elf wasn’t the only one in that box,” said Sirius, his brow furrowed as he continued to pace. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The whispers became a swirling song. . . . three fires must you light . . . one for life and one far death'and one to love . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I glared at Trevor one more time, and then set out to ignore him for the rest of the morning. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Leo leaped to one side and the snake missed his head by an inch. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He hated going to the free courts, since it took two buses to get to the closest one, and then he’d have to wait sometimes for more than an hour to get a game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"What in all the seven hells am I supposed to make of this? He says one thing, she says another." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He is always one step ahead of me, always quicker. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’d say my money’s on the second one, but I don’t have money to make bets. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

At one point the man released one hand, cursing—the straw had cut into his palm. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Not a friend in the world who means anything to me, and no one I mean anything to.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was almost in with only one thing on my mind when something mo vet in the cobhouse door. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the green half-light, at the mouth of one of these holes, two rabbits were sitting together side by side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless the jacket pulled her one way and the bracelets the other. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And then one unforgettable Friday Mr. Schultz, himself, took her to lunch. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the boys, the white one, seemed to be paired with Celia, he saw. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The neighbors might have been the ones to reveal the family's secret hiding place. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harvard couldn’t match Troy as a setting, and in Segal’s whole novel only one person died. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He shifts on his stool, letting one of his knees graze against Henry’s under the bar, nudging them apart. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I walked into the living room to find my mom sitting alone and looking at a photo album the way a woman who has one missing child would do. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The public address system blared a slow number, and counting systematically to herself, Jean Louise danced through it with only one mistake. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I remember you! You were one of the undetermined kids in the Hermes cabin, years ago.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then, one by one, the horrible realities of Mars came into play. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had ever questioned that DNA was a moderately strong acid. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

After a while I usually counted only one, maybe two bellows at most. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. I’m something called a V. A. D. We work very hard but no one trusts us.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s one of the basic rules of breeding,” she said. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, at one house, another gift: a woman offers him tortillas, beans, and lemonade. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

One by one people offer prayers and kind words for my parents. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Of all the reasons that we fail to know the truth about mass incarceration, though, one stands out: a profound misunderstanding regarding how racial oppression actually works. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“In the bunker. The one from before. There was no one...anyone else who knew the place...they’re all gone now. And it’s belowground.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He coughed and took from his pocket one of the squares of paper to hold over his mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We’re the ones that were left behind the day Mama walked out all those years ago. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She picked up the bundle and balanced it on her head with one hand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, no more than one bite of each dish,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved any one except me!" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“They tried to get away,” said one of the men. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Growing up, I knew Ali was a heavyweight champion and one of the greatest of all time in the world of boxing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Hugh would put one large hand on the top of Sean’s head and cup his own chin with the other, scratching at the growth of dark beard. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Probably Piers would rather have somebody younger instead — and Maud is so pretty, even though Maud is the one who put all of those slugs in his bed. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Poison roulette. Pour a row of shot glasses and mix serpaise venom into one of them. You find out you lost when you die gasping.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Most captivating were the nights, “when the long shadows have all merged into one and the stars begin to gleam out over the lake and the domes of the palaces of the White City.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I knew I didn’t think I was one. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Piled in a windrow in one corner of the room was a great heap of clothing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of June, we all come down with lice, every last one of us, even Nettie, who has barely four hairs on her head. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"There. That pole. The one with the forcefield generator on top." Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A few glasses of bourbon make their way around, and I don’t turn one down. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've been writing my memories down, the good ones...and the horrors, too. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’d felt so brazen tonight, like the Halloween costume had imbued me with a new personality, one more worthy of Adam, of my family. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could see people running about through the streets embracing one another, tossing caps and hats into the air, and in other ways showing their joy at being freed of the Welsh invaders. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Matt thought of all the gold watches, jewels, statues, and moon rocks people had given El Patron for over one hundred years. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one ever survives the judgment of the unicorn,” Pol said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Time I told her the one thing in the world I never want to tell anybody. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In ones and twos the does, utterly bemused and scarcely able to move or to understand what was said to them, were urged into getting up and stumbling their way down the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond lay many more shapes; some singly as they had been hewn down or shot; others in pairs, still grappling one another, dead in the very throes of stabbing, throttling, biting. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

This translation is even more rational than the traditional one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And dancing about them, running now to one and now to another, she shepherded them back to the Toy Department. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Dragon Frank veered to the left with Annabeth in one claw yelling, ‘Let’s get ’em!’ and Percy in the other claw screaming, ‘I hate flying!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Romance was floating in the air like moondust and the two lovers, for some reason we younger ones could never understand, did not seem to be very keen on us tagging along with them. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were the one who wanted to come.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eagerly, he played him a series of blitz games at one second a move, and Bobby won about a third of them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, one of us would act like a cop chasing the other one. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Was one gene physically or chemically linked to another? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He balanced on my arm using both hands and one foot, watching curiously as the runoff swirled down the drain. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, wasn’t it stupid to have that on the door when neither one of us had a dog? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

After school, just to be on the safe side with those men, Emily left through a different door from the main one they had walked out of yesterday. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He lifted one of the first-graders out of his tire, plunked him on the ground, and sat in the tire himself. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad saw them as an all-inclusive group, to be brought up under one master plan that would be best for everybody. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone spoke so quietly I could barely hear them and almost no one talked to me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the corner there was another clipping, this one from the New York Times. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Look at how they're dressed. I know a baller when I see one. And no rapper will be wearing them kinda shoes.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then there are the ones who bring the chaos. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The pilot hadn’t said one word until then. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“She told me she wasn’t. And I’m not going to assume the worst just because she’s a magician—I’m one too and I’m not bad.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The deck was so crowded that it was hard to move, but I went from one end of it to the other, calling his name. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one answers the door and they’re forced to leave a note. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We sit at the long tables in the cafeteria, and the test administrators call ten names at a time, one for each testing room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I fight him for one and it breaks in half and he lets me have it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then it would be passed through the one just smaller, and so through every hole in turn, growing longer and slimmer all the time, until it changed from an ingot into wire. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The West Virginia engineer she had met on day one played oboe in a local symphony. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Wrapping my black coat round me like my own sweet shadow, I unscrewed the bottle of pills and started taking them swiftly, between gulps of water, one by one by one. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Uriah himself was tumbling from his horse, like rather an inexperienced diver, under the influence of a stroke which one of the opposing knights had delivered in the region of his midriff. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” she said, taking Jerome’s tan hand in her small brown one. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I’m up, unplugging the charger, and stuffing it into one of my wondercoat’s many pockets. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

At one end of the garden, William had planted a Talisman rose. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This would require accurate observations over some 18 years, the time it takes for the Moon to complete one cycle of its wanderings against the background stars. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Gerald thought it was odd that of the four of them, Andy, who had the worst grades, was the only one who had been given a car by his folks. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dewey decimal doors would open in one hour and forty-five minutes. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” Shelby says, “we don’t live this stuff, it’s just a hobby. We indulge a few days a month. I, for one, do not feel socially stifled by this.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I start scanning them until one stops me in my tracks. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Now I lay back and pulled up my favorite wool blanket, a beautiful red one with weavings of the sun and birds. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

There was an infinitesimal pause, just one tiny breath. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

This necklace that had almost bought my heart and mind now had one bead of crushed glass. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth pried open one of her sister’s eyelids. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The food was good, and it came mounded on steaming plates, more than any one person could eat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Look,” Percy continued, “I know I’m new here. I know you guys don’t like to mention that massacre in the nineteen-eighties—” “He mentioned it!” one of the ghosts whimpered. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“No one believes that,” Lina said sympathetically, kicking her soccer ball in front of her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

What a day that one was—we resurrected an old ceremony for that deer. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Fortunately this soft pink man was not one of his sister's braver creatures. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They sneak through the grass in hushed voices past one of Henry’s PPOs dozing on the porch, racing down the pier, shoving at each other’s shoulders. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They split into two groups, one heading for the police station to free the cook, the other heading for the hospital to finish off Tayama, who had been concealed under a hospital bed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked just like the ones I had seen in the fields. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pearl hadn’t complained either, knowing now that she preferred an empty apartment to one filled with someone else’s things. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She needed only one tiny little push....one gentle nudge in the right place....and that is exactly what the squirrels gave her! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

They had softened but were still those of one who had worked the fields. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I stuffed one of Frankie’s silk neckties in my pocket to knot on the way. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This is known as the twins paradox, but it is a paradox only if one has the idea of absolute time at the back of one’s mind. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were half circles under her eyes, and other, subtler signs that mark an acutely troubled young girl, but nonetheless no one could have missed seeing that she was a first-class beauty. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

But of course—what respectable family wouldn't have had at least one child playing violin? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mama shifted from one foot to the other, her back still to us. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, with the hesitating gesture of one who reaches forward to stroke a shy and possibly rather dangerous bird, he put out his hand. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mario and Chester stole a glance at each other, but neither one of them understood Chinese. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Medicine has advanced a lot, and people can definitely recover from strokes, but there’s no guarantee that they won’t have another one. We have to make sure Grandpa takes better care of himself.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We don’t need names to tell one another apart. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The last thing I hear as they enter the woods is Cato saying, "When we find her, I kill her in my own way, and no one interferes." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her forays out of the apartment, while her husband is at work, are limited to the university within which they live, and to the historic district that flanks the campus on one edge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I popped the next one in before I lost the nerve, and winced as it clawed its way down my throat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But who's in here interviewing the ones that have been killed lately? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan picked up one advertising “10 great looks with one easy pattern!” and said, “It’s like an envelope full of options. You want it?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe that Violet, the one who knew where the butcher knife was and was strong enough to use it, had the hips she had lost. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four Dauntless traitors mill around in one corner, and two of the Erudite, one a dark-skinned woman, one an older man, both wearing lab coats, stand with Jeanine near the metal table in the center. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up one of the shakily written letters. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That last bit is a lie, but the easiest lie to tell is the one people want to believe. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

That one...the moon would pass below it...that one...the moon would pass above it...that one... Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Any fool can make money these days and most of them do. But what about people with talent and brains? Name, for example, one poet who makes money.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

During one of these conversations, the driver told of his own life. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like it or not you are Mango Street, and one day you’ll come back too. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before any of them could parry the question with one of their own, Harry felt a terrible, scorching pain in the lightning scar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She had the phone cradled to one ear, a steaming cup of coffee in her hand. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He flattened out the two humps of wire, and with great care wriggled the charred scrap of paper on to one of them. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each beam stabbed at the cold winds, until one by one they whimpered and died. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s the other one talking now, and as ludicrous as it sounds, it’s actually quite hard to recognize them without their balaclavas. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We run past one, then two small, empty settlements, places that obviously heeded the rumors about the army better than Carbonel Downs did. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Here was the kitchen and the table—she winced as she stubbed her toe on one of its legs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had probably come from the School Building; he looked like a teacher, maybe of one of the GED classes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Determined not to look at Snape, Harry resumed the mashing of his scarab beetles, imagining each one to have Snape’s face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Wrapped in a long oilcloth coat, the man was perched on one of the pilings like some enormous vulture with old scars crisscrossing his cracked lips. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

So Teddy was the one who first spoke the words in our code, radioing back to General Smith at his command post on the beach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brushed off her fingers and put one hand under my chin. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thus, the girls were no longer always together, and Nancy deeply felt the daytime absence of her friend, the one person with whom she need be neither brave nor reticent. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late one night when Nancy was in her study, the snake oozed out of the rafters and hung in front of her face, staring at her with lidless eyes, and she screamed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. So why don’t you come to my house one day?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

To make one, you pound a stick in the ground and put a stone at the end of its shadow. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Cora’s discussion with Dr. Stevens, Miss Lucy had stopped her one morning on her way to the museum. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope no one is dead,” I said, glancing at his black dress. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"We're one of the biggest outfits in the business. Make a lot of paint for the government." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched as Carmela passed a note to one of her friends, a light-skinned girl whose name Moss didn’t know. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s crammed, but there’s one free chair left. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When my sisters and I speak, one right after the other, it’s like a song we sing, a game we play. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve spent years trying to put an end to the market in baby bonobos. Slowly, they stopped appearing in Kinshasa. In one moment, you reestablished it.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She turned away from the mic and looked to her left as if she was looking for someone to help her, but no one was there. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then one day I thought I would set myself up as a reader of letters such as there are in most villages, and surely also in cities? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s Germans that are attacking,” one of the medical officers said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was working two part-time jobs—one in the office of a legal nonprofit organization in Boston, and he also started assisting Vincent at Ari’s Cakes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I looked around for anywhere I could hide my root bag so no one would see it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then, as the doors rise higher, a barrel-like chest, each one different in design, with powerful arms hanging on either side. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He saw the girl bending down to the sleeping dog, who, at her touch, opened one liquid eye, matted in the corners with what looked like green glue. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They opened into a long, broad hall; windows along one wall overlooked a garden sculpted into a perfect wilderness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe old Mary and her herbs weren’t such a bad idea after all—if I could be sure of catching her in one of her saner moments. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you before, Hiram, no one in the Delta is going to bother with that case again. The jury gave a decision, and the judge accepted it.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

That man gave me a creepy feeling, exactly the same as the one I’d felt in the presence of the devil in the old days, fooling with my hands at night. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile widening, Dimple reached out for the tray full of pink drinks and downed one quickly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Not a word did she say, however, till her mother found her in tears one day, and insisted on knowing what the matter was, for Meg’s drooping spirits had not escaped her observation. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jus steps inside and the fragrance of chicken cacciatore assaults his senses, he’s one hundred percent sure he doesn’t wanna be here. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Smiley and them gave me fifteen licks at recess, one for each year. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Charles and Emma were always worried when one of their children was ill, but it hit them especially hard when it was one who was already sickly. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the buildings in the neighborhood were only one or two stories high, so from where she stood she could get a pretty good idea of the lay of the land. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we three women waited at a respectable distance, we clung to one another. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur and I kiss very quickly while everyone is saying bye and Team Seuss thanks us one last time before leaving. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

One day one was the leader, the next day the other. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would sit silent and tense, waiting for a bite, and it always amazed me how even a little nibble at the end of that long line would be transmitted to one’s fingers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one to greet me then, but I was relieved. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

To the right of the bathroom is the door to bedroom number one. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Francia closes the door behind us and leads me and Manchee across the main road to one of the big storage houses I saw when we were walking in. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Some were looking at me, and some were not, and the ones who were looking at me didn’t look like they were particularly moved. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I knew this one girl, a couple of years ago, that was even crumbier than I was. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Hold up one finger, to show her I’ll be at the front door in a minute. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The twins were exactly the same age, so in Hyacinth’s mind they sort of counted as one. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Before Ben’s eyes could adjust to the light, Bull grabbed one of his legs and pulled him out of bed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, Renee continued to show remarkable, if sudden, interest in me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this one was the youngest and her two older sisters had probably put her up to it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Miss Joe lets out a laugh I’m not expecting, one so loud that it makes me jump in my seat. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their trying to save one another had activated the weapons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It felt bad leaving it behind here, worse than leaving a house, even this one. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was a thing that happened to one quite often in those days. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Someday no one will remember that she ever existed, I wrote in my notebook, and then, or that I did. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They all stared at one another without speaking until my father rose. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Inside her domain, Stella paces as much as she’s able: two steps one way, two steps the other. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, no one would notice we’d bought the off-brand sodas and chips, no dip, and liquor so bottom shelf it was practically on the floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’s live on the air in one of the studios. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The new posts were thicker and longer than the old ones, so Finn and Miguel took turns with the posthole digger to widen and deepen the hole. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

On more than one occasion he was seen running from the activities room in a full-blown panic. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was afraid to put the packages down on an adjoining seat, especially in a theater like that one. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I still need parts. We borrowed that one.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Nothing about you, young man. Although one of the ladies present may hear something of interest.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were five stacks of ballots, one for each candidate, printed with the man’s name and his picture. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts one on my right wrist and the other on my forehead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then she peels them off one by one and lets them float to the doormat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Little kids were frozen mid-stride between one fun apparatus and another. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mostly he kept finding different ways of letting me know if everything didn’t work the way it was s’pose to, it wouldn’t be no one’s fault but my own. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The colored one was far away and was rusty and looked as though it had long ago been abandoned on some junk pile. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With his long dark hair and hooded white chaulnot, riding a spectral with panache and speaking Unseen as though his smoky voice were made for it, Lazlo could almost pass for one of the Tizerkane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was not a job for one of the Führer’s finest. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The airways filled up with men who had heard about the death of Bull Meecham and they were coming to pay homage to one that had fallen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to be a hero like ...” Hannah thought a minute but she could think of no one. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps nostalgic for the agency that had boosted her mathematical career, she transferred to Goddard in 1959, the only one of the centers that had been created organically out of NASA. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“How did you know that last one, kid?” he asked. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was one I hadn’t seen for a long time and that belonged to the Tommy who’d had to be barricaded inside a classroom while he kicked over desks. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A male attendant was changing one on a padded table. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Since it’s clearly in one of its moods, I set it down and head to the kitchen to get myself some food. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was flipped onto my back, one of the man’s forearms braced against my neck, crushing the fragile rings of cartilage. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We’re like Seurat’s orange dots hidden in the bright green grass, the ones you don’t even see unless you know to look for them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I think a Wednesday at one o’clock would be fine since the stores close anyhow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

With one hand, I pull it into a messy tail and twist it into a tight knot. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She relaxes even more, even though Luke’s eyes are really blue, and he wears one of those woven leather bracelets she always likes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As Lawrence machines went, this one was a fiasco, not even yielding substantial or unique knowledge to advance the science of accelerator design. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Piper met their eyes, one person at a time. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

No horse has ever run a turn like this one. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since Finn had given Jonas one of Calamity’s kittens, the sheriff’s allergies had miraculously cleared up. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

My sister was the one who told me where babies come from. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He fought through the first pick but the second one got him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side though one occasionally sees inhabitants. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he really have one, or was he just trying to comfort Dustfinger? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

No one cared what you put in a letter. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, we climbed up the ladder to the ramp at the top of the jungle gym and waited in line to go down the tall slide. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Trotter recognized this appalling possibility, but maintained that there was some moral obligation to inform next of kin when one took to one’s bed. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Have some sense. What can Piggy do with only one eye?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She just took that clock under one arm, the dishes in the other hand, and walked out, leaving me in cold silence to give my guilt plenty of room to grow. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t they be civilized and attack more slowly? I’m only one god.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I knew I couldn’t escape through one of them as we had before. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Owen thought this one out ahead of time, or whether it’s come to him spontaneously. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

What it is not, though, is the one thing that Wagner most wanted to bring to the world: musical drama. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, taste is conditioned solely by culture, which is so varied that it is impossible to reduce art to any one set of precepts. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could we cover him with one of the blankets? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Guards at intervals along the way took one look at the car, and the driver made a sign, and we were passed through, never even having to slow down. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The greeters encircled the new ones and led them away. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z