Once, his boss reprimanded him for leaving a safe packed with top secret documents open overnight. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her pack slipped from her shoulders, and she sank into the chair behind her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

To be a Swann loyalist, as Lawrence was, meant being prepared to pack one’s academic bags on short notice. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was packed with a hundred or more letters, all from my grandfather. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As I loaded my backpack and waist pack, I looked up and saw that some of the older soldiers were doing the same. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Men sat crammed knee to knee along the benches, so tightly packed that the servers had to squirm between them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He tapped it back down and slipped the pack into his inside jacket pocket. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had lost her job—a minimum-wage post packing Styrofoam cups into cartons—when she’d gone into the hospital to have the baby, and had no money for formula. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the day, the trees didn't seem as thickly packed together as they had at night. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We drove to a small boat packed with fishing gear that was tied down on the edge of the Nisqually. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For almost a year he had been in and out of euphoric moods about how a-helices packed together in coiled coils. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

That fall, I packed my bags and left for Houghton College, a Christian university not far from home in New York. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He thought there must be crates of foodstuffs packed somewhere in the hold but he didnt think any of it would be edible. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Three of them had broken away from the pack and were gaining on me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside were a wallet of dark brown leather, two tampons wrapped in plastic, a pack of gum, and a lipstick. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That night the Poppers sat up all night, taking turns changing the ice packs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the bridge, standing in the autumn shade, Anya slid her pack off her shoulders and pulled out the apron-wrapped bundle of bones. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Cilia went to work packing the silver, and she built up a little fire on the kitchen hearth so she might have hot water to wash the dishes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt let down and helpless, packed like a bird’s egg in the cotton of his father’s ambition for him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped out of bed and started after him, for her very life was in that pack—food, needles, knives, even her boots. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, when we went to play soccer/non-American football, I knew to pack a towel. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Jesus. They must be packed in so tight they can’t move.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I took the pack of cards from my backpack and, with a heavy black marker, I crossed it out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was flattered and apprehensive, certain that some severe official would soon appear and throw the whole lot of them out like a pack of bums. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mother packed Zuraiq’s skin with salt and set it in the sun to dry. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But their dad just packed up the car with his clothes and boxes and books, then came over and hugged Lauren tight, whispering something into her hair before letting her go and embracing Maya. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Flip climbed out and hurried toward the pickup truck with the pack. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Come on, we need to clean out what's left. The mayor wants everything belonging to the Spencers packed up and out of here by morning.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They packed together at the two far tables in the cafeteria at lunch. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Last time, she pulled out a pack of Montclairs and smoked right there with me in the room and that was kind of something, the casualness of it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At that moment a group of people passed just behind him and he caught a few words of what they were saying. “— packed with Muggles, of course —” Harry swung round. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

His mother arranged a send-off banquet, packed him a black trunk full of Western-style clothes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We saw the President and his lady right up close and we saw the packed thousands below in crushed and snow-dabbled ball gowns. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a razor-thin victory, but he had prevailed over Jefferson 71 to 68, with Pinckney a close third and Burr, Jefferson's running mate, far back in the pack. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A glass case nearby held a withered hand on a cushion, a bloodstained pack of cards, and a staring glass eye. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We packed up all our stuff and this time I made it into two bundles. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’ll need a new pack animal to carry my gear ” It seems my luck had finally turned. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of students were still packed inside the church and thousands more stood outside, waiting to be sent in the next wave of marchers. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the start of the ninth game, more than ten thousand fans packed the playing hall, the lobby, and the surrounding streets. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He rests his knee on the mattress and leans over me, slipping the ice pack under my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Above and behind, at various angles, workers pack sand into core molds, or hammer plugs into molds, or put casting boxes into the cupola furnace. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Katz’s packing plant was located in the northern end of the Stockyards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Stoically, Le Gentil packed up his instruments and set off for the nearest port, but en route he contracted dysentery and was laid up for nearly a year. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Never had he packed all his belongings or taken his guns. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, lucky me! So small you can pack me in the luggage. Why don’t you try curling up in a suitcase?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Abnegation who are dressed in gray leave the dining hall in a pack and cross the courtyard to the guests’ dormitory. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But all the rest gave alms, enough to fill the beggar’s pack with bread and roast meat. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year later, heavy crews cut open a section of iron and the little licebiter’s mummified body had popped out like a pill from a blister pack. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the B was actually butter and the T was probably tuna—I really needed to stop letting Nana pack my lunches. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Serber and his wife packed up their car, drove west, and moved into the apartment above Oppenheimer’s garage. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hired our da as a dishwasher and took us to a neighborhood like no place I’d ever seen—tall brick buildings packed together on narrow streets teeming with people. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She pulled a blanket out of her pack and covered him up. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Every morning he ties his shoes, packs newspaper inside his coat as insulation against the cold, and begins interrogating the world. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had a rough scarred face, the kind of man who would be most himself in the middle of a pack of loud men, eating peppery meat, drinking beer, and watching Arsenal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then she packs her grandson’s clothing and threatens to take him to Santa Teresa del Mar. Felicia remains quiet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would rush to the outhouse, holding the bedpan steady and trying to chase away a pack of hungry dogs that followed me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The day before our departure she pointed at a cigarette wallah and earnestly asked, “Should we get a pack or two?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie packed her things quickly and sat down on the bed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I ran to my room, got a battered suitcase, and began packing my ragged clothes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished she could pack Mona in one, Callie in the other. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked past banks of photographers and TV cameras to get into the gym, as people around us talked about the historic nature of everything, I was happy to have the lunch boxes packed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Whole families are squashed inside the few shared taxis in the line, bags and bundles packed around them. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I have tried to make your landlord change his mind. I have done everything I can. But he refused. He wants you to pack out in two weeks.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I also packed a bag with sensible things like jeans and sweaters with hoods and underwear, and socks to wear at night on our hands and feet in case of bugs. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Susan tilted her head to delve the mystery, could not, and turned back to the job of packing canvas carriers with food, hoods, and jesses for the eagle, hawks, owls, and falcons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He crawled over to me and started grabbing at the pack. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Twenty years later, James Ross became the first to bull all the way through the pack to reach land. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

As the crowd packed tighter, people slipped in between me and Jules and Aileen, and soon we were all dancing with other people. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The girl stood up, again fitted her chest back into her blouse, gestured obscenely at the car, and angrily retrieved her pack and guitar from the rear seat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ida Spavento lowered her gun, took a pack of cigarettes from her pocket, and put one between her lips. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar’s choice. My lord had as well present us with a pack of wolves and ask which we’d like to tear our throats out.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Kaz said to pack what we needed for the journey. A girl has to eat.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The interesting thing about the man was that he had no pack, and so no waterproofs, and was wearing shorts and sneakers. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But most of the meat must be salted and smoked and packed away to be eaten in the winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bought dozens of big loose-leaf binders and lots of packs of lined paper. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I asked her to pack a small suitcase for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He limps through the aisles and gets a honey bun, an apple, and a pack of hog head cheese. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As I packed boxes of my favorite biscuits into my suitcase for Fatima and the others, there was a knock on the door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And within minutes the camera crew had packed up and left. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more Grievers broke from the pack and swarmed over Alby, piling on top of each other, snapping and cutting at the boy, as if they wanted to rub it in, show their vicious cruelty. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the time came, he packed his bags and said goodbye to his family. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He’s going to play with the twins, to keep them occupied while Mrs. Hameed finishes packing her Thanksgiving catering orders and Sara and I come up with a new recipe. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

All winter the Germans drive their horses and sledges and tanks and trucks over the same roads, packing down the snow, transforming it into a slick bloodstained ice-cement. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

These they packed in boxes, preserving the order in which she had shelved them. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not with me,” Bailey says, remembering the suit packed in a trunk at home that was only ever pulled out for special occasions. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He reached for it “Let me see what your granny packed.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Back in the car, I handed a pack of cigarettes to the Colonel. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

With great excitement we packed and flew out to Nairobi. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

We packed a change of underwear for each of them, and socks, and inside the socks I stuck a comb and brush for them to share. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was restlessness in the air now, as if we had all packed everything too quickly and too well and we needed something else to do. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had their packs on his shoulder and the book in his hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Your dad’s in the paper, Weasley!” said Malfoy, brandishing a copy of the Daily Prophet and speaking very loudly, so that everyone in the packed entrance hall could hear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A minute later, Reyna and Coach Hedge arrived in full armor with packs over their shoulders. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Most of them checked the list quickly, then returned to the locker room to pack their belongings, and vanish in the night to be alone with their private desolation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first male into the clearing fell back immediately, allowing the other male to take the front, orienting himself around the tall, dark-haired man in a manner that clearly displayed who led the pack. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The previous tenants said the house was chilled even with the fireplace packed near to overflowing and that there were strange sounds all hours of the night. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We position ourselves at the back of the pack, near a group of men wearing grass hats, with hula skirts over their running shorts. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“What an idiot I was! Those people don’t help you go anywhere. They lead you straight to the Farm Patrol. “I packed everything I owned, including the Virgin I had brought from my village. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, she mentioned something about Yule May, but then she said she was late and had to pack up the car.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They stowed most of their gear in a collapsed building far from the center, a crumbling place that even truant uglies would probably avoid, packing only water purifiers, a flashlight, and a few food packets. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He tied it to the side strap of the pack. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He smears the masticated leaf all over Haye’s body, and then packs it with mossy soil. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The next day transportation was arranged for her by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Julie packed her few possessions in a moosehide bag and walked to the airport with Martha. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Considering how tightly packed these pines—which look suspiciously like towering dragon-giants in this moment—are, moving even the slightest bit in the wrong direction could be disastrous. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She packed her suitcase, drank a bottle of water, and stepped out the door. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the heart to tell any of the new Jews it was all a pack of lies when the roll call was finished and we were sent to our new barracks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It will be good to reduce the weight in your pack,” she pointed out. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They did, forming into a tight pack behind the door as they entered, one by one. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

This year’s festival is packed, but remembering Darin, I feel wrenchingly alone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m impressed you got up here so quickly—and without a pack of court ladies hounding after you. Perhaps you should try your hand at being an assassin.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The next morning she packed her bags and got on a bus to New York City. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Noah packed up the rest of the supplies— farm tools, several bags of seed, and some rolls of cloth—and tied them down carefully. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be disgusting,” he said, and began to pack his slides and specimen box. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You will never guess what I dreamt last night,” Caroline said, dropping her used sheets into one of the moving boxes she was packing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The fog streamed up the wolf slope and enveloped the members of the pack one by one until only Kapu was visible. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa was sitting on the side of the bed in his nightshirt, holding a pack of steaming hot towels to his knee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His pack was full but unsecured, and personal effects were still liberally distributed around the room. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The provisions were already packed up; they only had to strip down the tent, and they could go. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mom was waiting impatiently for me with six casseroles wrapped in aluminum foil and packed into a shallow cardboard box. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Thousands of visitors now moved toward the smoke and packed the lawns and paths surrounding the building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His Dictionary of Evolution, he told me, he had bought from another inmate for a pack of cigarettes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Believing the outage was evidence of the Martian invasion, some townspeople packed up their families to escape into the mountains. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Horse sat up straight, tucking away the flask as the chief mate entered, dangling their packs from one hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“We need to get together about the history project,” he says, steadying the ice pack, which had begun to slip. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Lil finished with my hair and helped me pack my suitcase. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Course I do,” I say, “or at least I did before you started packing bags I didn’t know about for me.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I removed my shoes, laptop, camera, then I passed through the checkpoint, reassembled my pack, and headed for the terminal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I woke to the sound of tire chains on packed snow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the glove compartment, found a package of cigarettes, took one out of the pack, and lighted it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We want all things in life packed into boxes that we can label. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Wolves are shy, Kapugen had said, and they desert their dens if discovered by man; yet this pack had not. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Maya, packed by the millions into land poorly suited to intensive farming, were dangerously close to surpassing the capacity of their ecosystems. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thinking about Ruben this way makes me pack my books, run a brush through my hair, and cross Broadway. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made their way back to the spies, who were sitting alertly by the knife, packs on their backs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then I would find that I had come up right behind the pack of eighth graders, and they were looking back at me, and I slowed down. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I tear the Mylar blanket pack open, covering Jay. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Nearby, the packed lunches trade their pudding cups for string cheese. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She had packed her clothes, her favorite books, and her art supplies in a single cardboard box. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They packed up as quickly as their chilled fingers would work. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Monica reaches into her purse and pulls out a pack of cigarettes, hightailing it to the door. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The basement is actually nice and carpeted and painted, with lights everywhere and my dad’s old hockey trophies and framed jersey and bookshelves packed with books, even though he absolutely does not read. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The government people waited by the door while my siblings each packed a small bag of clothes and things. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa packed his fiddle carefully in its box and put it in the big sled that was already waiting at the gate. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t hate the hustle,” Sneaky says, zipping up his pack as the warning bell rings. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

All the dogs trotted in a snug pack out into the open air. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There was no time to pack anything else, my mother had explained to my father after they boarded the boat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked forward, peering into the dimness and following the small trail which wound in a curving course toward the center of the bush, its earthen floor packed firm by the pressure of small feet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to help you pack?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He sorted out two he thought questionable and packed away the rest and packed the cart and they set out upon the road again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Rolling her skins and shouldering her pack, she walked to her caribou skin to pick up the leads. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four hundred men had been packed into an unheated and terribly overcrowded prison at Deer Island in Boston Harbor. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Cluny stooped inside the tunnel workings, surrounded by as many of his followers as could pack in without causing mass suffocation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They were nearly packed and ready to go when the dog came trotting down the trail toward them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A spiral ivory horn protruded from the pack, and Yvaine knew where she had seen that horn before. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes — you should hear the arguments they get into! Actually, I hope you don’t, you would think they were raised by a pack of wolves.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was filled with candy, cupcakes, pies, even a pack of butterscotch Krimpets. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked despairingly in the pack and then looked around. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They sat on the pack and ate handfuls of the dirty snow. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She's got us trapped, too, because no one wants to chase her down, not while their own pack sits so vulnerable on the table. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“They wffl not know,” said the boy indifferently, and he went away to arrange about his packing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now its crew lowered a longboat packed with men over the side. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That nanny who carries more cargo than a pack mule has it worse than me. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He was weighted down now heavily by his pack, with his helmet pulled to his brow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes it still sucks that Dad decided to pack up and move just to run for the seat in California.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ma told Genie and Ernie to finish packing and dashed off to keep their father from “doing something stupid.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I thought they were happy to see me, but when I opened the door to our shack, I saw that everything we owned was neatly packed in cardboard boxes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he had the sense that the wolf pack was there to do something. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Couldn’t Mother have packed my clothes and brought them from Boston? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

There was always food in our packs, put there by the last night’s hosts; there was always a roof and a fire at the end of the day’s going. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s always a gang of dudes posted up outside all night, talking trash, and pushing packs of whatever to whoever. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Yet the trees were tall with sturdy trunks, packed tightly together, the canopy up above thick with leaves. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Five-year-olds tap the tourists on the arm and ask them to buy tiny packs of gum. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Leo, carrying a pack, never seems tired or out of breath. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

My head snaps from side to side as I examine the pack, taking in the various sizes and colors. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The following morning, we packed up the car while Dad sat in the living room sulking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of our animals, which had left the village when their owners had died, joined the wild pack that roamed the island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to stay here; I want to pack up. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had packed five brimming thermos bottles of coffee in his car, so there would be absolutely no chance of running out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stayed for hours, just talking, as one wave tipped into the next, as the sun dropped toward the horizon and the other beachgoers packed up to go home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The city was home to a large laboring class, a small middle class, and even a few millionaires who regularly packed up their wives and children for the Grand Tour of European capitals. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

An eight-pound toy poodle covered with abscesses, mouth filled with rotten teeth, one ear and his butt packed with pus. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There are too many of them, and the brugh is too packed, leaving nowhere to run. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He thought he was back in the Bag End garden looking for something; but he had a heavy pack on his back, which made him stoop. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Tally pulled out her sleeping bag, yanked it out of its pack, and wriggled inside, still in her clothes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When she let go, she pushed my mountain of sand into the hole and packed it down. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And when the draft begins, more and more pack up to leave. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to pack the crate and have me screw it together, as he didn't have a screw gun. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

After dark, he’d pack suits in bags, then turn off the burglar alarm, and use the telephone to call a waiting truck and crew. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do they have to move in packs?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They had been tested and found not wanting, she reads, with ice packs on a strained muscle in her groin. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I planned to just drop off my school books in my room so I wouldn’t have to carry my pack with me all the way to our stone circle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like Bess packing her stuff and leaving didn’t mangle what was left of his broken heart. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She dug the godly food out of her pack and wolfed it down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If the spacecraft’s three landing pods had sunk deeply into a loosely packed soil, various undesirable consequences would have followed, including immobilization of the sample arm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bites into the sunflower seed butter sandwich her mom packs every Friday—on sprouted whole grain with the crusts cut off. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

With little warning, they were ordered to pack their belongings and report to the main square of the ghetto. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Cranes hummed and robotic arms whirred, folding cardboard boxes, packing shipments, and taking things on and off the belts. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And the great gates were ajar and the people pressed forward so tightly packed together that foot was on foot and body wedged tightly against body so that the whole mass moved together as one. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Min’s vessels were muffled in layers and layers of tightly packed rice straw; Tree-ear thought grimly that even if he ran at full speed, no harm would come to the work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then she dropped the ruined pack down into the tunnel and it disappeared into the darkness. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He saw the pack of Grievers between them and the Cliff, spikes extended, their moist skin pulsing in and out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t all right that the dude who probably hadn’t washed his thickly packed and matted hair in a month was killing the last of Cool Papa Byrd’s smell with his sweated-up head. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The others followed his example, putting their packs against the bank and their legs out into the road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Digger would turn all that good food down in a heartbeat for a pack of MRE rations. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

As we packed up her things to leave, I was going on about how insane the whole week had been. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But when Sneaky opens a pack of Twizzlers and hands me one, I get an idea. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

At the heart of each, he packed a stone. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You will leave tomorrow, so go up and pack your things. Pack for five days.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A man checks a sheet, pulls the specified packs from shelving, and swings them up onto the counter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Henry had stopped tapping the unlit cigarette on the side of the pack; it dangled loosely between his fingers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At four o’clock in the morning, September 16, 1978, every- one in the family was up—my mother, father, brother and five sisters—watching me as I packed my last bags. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The robots were on the lowest sublevel—all six of them surrounded by musty packing cases of uncertain content. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She said to herself, “That’s it,” and went backstage and started packing up her belongings to go home. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I went to my room and began to pack. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Anyway, I stayed way behind the eighth-grade pack in practice these days. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Gondwannans and the She Elephant were packed off in police vans. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, I open the door to the janitor’s closet, grabbing the paper towels from a packed shelf of cleaning supplies and trying not to wake her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Reyna swatted them aside with her modified duct-tape-coin-sword, but a handful of change wasn’t going to hold back a pack of werewolves for long. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After breakfast I washed out my handkerchief, packed it back into my nose, and went out to the bomb shelter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“How did you know to have a bag already packed?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It doesn't feel real, watching Gerhard pack as if he's readying for a bicycle trip. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m living out of a suitcase—packing a nice dress wasn’t a priority. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Clearly she had hoped something like this would happen, for she had packed the trunk already. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was also a machete, two knives, and a wooden crate packed for shipment with the lid pried loose. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The goats took off, their little hooves thumping on the cold, packed earth, bleating as they ran after the apples. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The benches are always packed with people talking about their ailments. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I had my bags packed more than once. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The official history of the fair estimated that a quarter of a million people packed Jackson Park on Opening Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Nailer took the pack, feeling water sloshing in it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

His entire body tightens at my words, his hand clenching around the ice pack. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Beetle settled the pack on her back and started for the village. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mayor Nagin had told everyone in the city to have three days’ food on hand, and she had duly packed enough into the car to last. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A few hours later that same evening a captain came to our cell and commanded the four of us to pack our belongings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stumble through the door of the apartment, tell Helena she can have a slice of bread and an egg, sleep for three hours, and then pack up the food for Max. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One Tuesday morning four hundred excited schoolchildren were packed like sardines inside three buses. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finally packed up to go home, she came to the blackboard and counted the sentences. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Who had to pack her bags and leave. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that was a lot, packed into someone’s living room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote words on the board: gaggle of geese, bee swarm, whale pod, wolf pack, and murder of crows. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

From his pocket, Will dug out a pack of gum. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then we packed our bags and went to Beechwood Island. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I barely notice Carla packing up to leave at the end of the day. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sean picked him up, drove him home in a silence so absolute Finn felt as if he were wearing a helmet packed with lamb’s wool. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It had snowed pretty hard and the streets were white with packed snow. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

His room looked bare, everything packed away, it was as it had been the first day he had come into it, the day he had fought with Hooper and punched him in the face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I say, my mouth feeling like it’s packed with marbles. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She began to pack her things, stuffing them unfolded into the tiny gunnysack that had been her only luggage when she came. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening at five o’clock the farmers and the fishermen would close up their stalls, pack their trucks, and go home. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the early days, he had had to fight desperately against a pack of them, but nowadays only a few dogs were set on him, and care was taken that he not be outmatched. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Christ, it’s cold,” he said, and took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The place was packed, so Dad asked if they could sit at the bar, just for lunch. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We estimated your food packs would last until Sol 400 at 3/4 ration per meal. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Minho packed their backpacks with more supplies than usual; there was no telling how long they’d be out there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We packed around them and chanted our war cry. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suitcase was so packed with books Emily had to drag it up to the front porch one step at a time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had a small pack slung over his shoulder. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He stabbed at the pack of cigarettes, took one out of the pack, and didn’t answer until he lit it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d put five sticks in an empty cigarette pack, and drop the empty-looking pack by a lamppost, or behind a garbage can, or a box. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has put away my pack, she does not want to be reminded by it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No hounds bell like those, save the pack of Gwyn the Hunter. And so,” he mused, “Gwyn, too, rides abroad.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

By this late stage in the expedition we had all been subjected to levels of misery and peril that would have sent more balanced individuals packing for home long ago. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He propped the bracelet on the hammock where Vola would find it, dropped the other things into the pack, and swung up into the kitchen. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The fruit or whatever are like little shriveled dots but sweet and chewy and I’ve finished the whole pack in half a minute before I notice Manchee begging. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Liam thought the easiest and fastest way to navigate our small pack to East River was to travel alongside the roads that we would have taken had we still been in Betty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My parents packed some stuff in a trunk and got rid of the rest. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They waited for him to pack, and then carried his bags to their boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Overindulged over Christmas, apparently,” said Hermione, rolling her eyes as she led the way into the packed common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a pack of colored markers by his elbow. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you’ll find a new Betty,” I said, but the moment I uttered her name Zu stopped packing and shook her head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We spent that night packing them with supplies—herbal medicines, water purifiers, flint and steel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You know, Mary didn’t pack the new clothes she bought to take with her on the trip. And poor Mrs. Dalton’s been pacing the floor and phoning Mary’s friends all day.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a couple of days of Dad’s torture, more than a few of them packed their bags and headed back to Ohio. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Transparent packing tape snaked along the crack in the window. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I am so excited about flying to Seattle with you I have already packed, and I am bringing three of my school pants so you can fix them like you said you would. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Caroline packed her gifts before going to bed that night. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I know you want to speak to Laura, but she has a packed schedule today. I’ll see what I can do.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The old curtains and rugs were packed away, and new ones in white, pink, and gold took their place. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We needed to keep all our belongings around us, the water, the food, packed tightly in bags and jugs so no animals or people would steal it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At this, I stood up, packed up the set and walked off. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each boat was packed with demigods in full Greek armor. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was four times as wide as the other fliers and shrieked at the runts in the pterodactyl pack. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The two horses tore across the packed earth of the drill ground, and for the first time in his life Johnny heard that wonderful music— galloping hoofs on hard earth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it was difficult to see from far away, he made out something glittering and silver packed into its small chamber, bits of what looked like crushed leaf. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He coiled it up and stowed it lovingly in his pack. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I still was not sure that it belonged to the Aleuts, but I decided to pack the things that I would take to the cave in the ravine. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I apologized for the hole in his pants, but he still sent me packing. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Brinker went upstairs to continue his packing, and I walked over to the gym to clean out my locker. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark saw dozens of people milling about in packs here and there along the streets. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She had a large hare in her mouth, and although Miyax was glad for food, she was distressed to realize that her pack was not eating well. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We squeezed into the wights’ jeep, eight kids packed like sardines. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She tried to look as if she’d known how to pack liquids for air travel and had simply forgotten, but her ears grew hot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I have to pack a few more things from the workshop,” he said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

These fine things Peisfstratos packed well in the wicker carrier, admiring every one. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Love must have felt like a cat cornered by a pack of dogs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Leaving his family behind to pack up his library, White grabbed a birdcage “containing a talented green parrot” and drove toward a friend’s house where he hoped to store his possessions. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a bearing on them with her sinew and adjusting her pack, she gave the skin-drag a yank and walked on. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had packed a backpack last night for the road. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Werner folds the map into his coat pocket, packs up the transceivers, and carries one in each hand like matching suitcases. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Auntie Fatima asked me to try to come by to pack the care packages for Syria. That’s why Fizz probably needs you. We can work together.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“The chili,” she called, and we brought our packs and dropped them beside her. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It smelled strangely, as if packed with dirty damp socks, which upon closer inspection she recognized as cheese and fish. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The back of the bus is already packed with people. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We so nearly packed up and went, that very day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I arrived home, I found that Mrs. Merritt had packed everything I owned. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The room was dim from the closed curtains and the cloud of smoke surrounding Mr. Diamants chair, cluttered with all the little items from our packing. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We are told to pack our crisscrossed packs and line up in a single file. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They packed their few possessions without speaking, and for that Ekon was grateful. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tiny lights hang across the sky, like tightly packed stars bright as sun. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“At the meeting. He’s older. All the men are at the meeting. But my mother didn’t go. The mothers don’t always go. She’s in the grain room, packing grain.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Around her, other students packed up their belongings. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They terrorized Rondon and his men, attacking them at night when the men were sleeping in their hammocks, and stealing their food and killing their pack animals. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

There was a pack of matches, mostly used, in one pocket, and a small shuttle of cotton twine stuffed in another. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yossarian watched Chief White Halfoat pour whiskey carefully into three empty shampoo bottles and store them away in the musette bag he was packing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Kira could see that now Matt was encircled by the pack of mischief-makers who were often at his side. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need ... I don’t know, we need to add a complication. Something that requires one of us leaving the pack.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She packed her bags and left the hospital without me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Some of the team had been running all summer, but me being in swim shape, with what Coach Rosset called swim lungs, helped out enough to keep me with the pack, anyway. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

In the gas station Shadow bought a Clean-U-Up Kit, which contained a razor, a packet of shaving cream, a comb, and a disposable toothbrush packed with a tiny tube of toothpaste. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Before we left the house, my parents packed a picnic basket for us. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Bravo,” Claudio growled, standing there staring at the pack, the radio, the rifle, the hat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got so high I passed out in the warehouse and slept on a sheet of packing foam. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The sound echoed through the cave like the howling of a whole pack of dogs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He packed my mother into the car as fast as he could, and they left for the hospital. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Now she was able to reach into the pack. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wallowed through the coal and climbed down the outside ladder of the car and jumped for it, skinning my hands, knees, and elbows on the packed coal around the track. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before I went to college, I packed the boxes that pertained to my foster care history. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He packed up his things and raced out of the station. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They took to the Kareh-Ariana hillside, living in makeshift slums, packed in huts, fifteen or twenty at a time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The traders spotted it from their stalls and packed up their things. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

When they finished eating, they packed their cups and kettle back into their saddlebags, and the Huntsman snuffed out the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The muvuki returned to his house to prepare the medicine, and Uncle Kufa removed more gifts from the packs carried by the villagers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave my parents a quick wave and then turned to the pack of reporters and said, “Sorry, I have to go prepare for my next match.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Sierra felt them bristling like a pack of feral dogs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A few of them wore school clothes, which, I guess, was a kind of costume in itself, because there wasn’t much sense in bothering to pack a Halloween costume for incarceration at Pine Mountain. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the fourth time he’s left the pack when I had him out huntin’. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fill her small pack with some food, a water bottle, and bandages, tuck the knife in my belt, get my bow and arrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then Papa Will came home one evening to pack all of his belongings. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Right now, he’s packing his suitcase and playing “No Woman, No Cry” by Bob Marley. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

While Dallas and Florida went back to get their sleeping bags, Tiller and Sairy packed up the breakfast things. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went into the living room, where my packed bag was by the door. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

As I refill my pack I have an awful thought. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The turkeys were very small and fluffed and ugly, all packed together in wire trays, one layer above the other. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We took nothing with us when we thought we would have to flee, so there was much excitement as we packed our baskets. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned from South Carolina the first time, I lived in the Pace home, which was packed with at least ten children, mostly preschoolers. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as her feet hit the packed dirt of the road, a bleat from behind made her halt. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He had only the two shirts and pairs of trousers that Ugwu had hurriedly packed, and she smiled, thinking of how she knew what he would wear each morning before he dressed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I get out and head toward my house, not even bothering with my red rolling luggage that's packed with my schoolwork. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

During the trek to Base Camp, a young Sherpa named Pemba rolled up her sleeping bag every morning and packed her rucksack for her. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sneaky gets the school lunch, but he also carries a lunch pack with him, which is always stuffed with candy. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When she looked up from the dead wolf, she saw his pack mates fleeing. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Calling an Uber, I pack my art supplies and sketchbooks into my backpack, the pencils and the papers all shoved messily inside after the important stuff. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Clayton didn’t wait for her to tell him to get dressed or to pack. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I took the pack of flash cards from my pocket and put it on the table. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was all unpacked and thinking about packing again when you came.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stretches out the fancy insulated bags packed with stuff like organic cheese cubes, carrot and celery sticks, and homemade hummus. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I was a statue, staring blind out a window held together with packing tape. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

To the east, straight through those hills packed with evergreens, is her destination for the day: Preston, Washington. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

After the first day of packing, the house was a wreck. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The ice pack surrounding the continent had been particularly heavy that year, and it wasn’t breaking up as quickly as usual. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Will lit the little tin lantern he’d taken from his father’s pack, using the dry matches that he’d found with it, and crouched in the lee of the rock to open Lyra’s rucksack. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Can you pop open a pack of cinnamon rolls?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

When I got home, the suitcases were packed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t laugh with them, but to anyone looking on, he was in their pack. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I take the tray with the same old hamburger bun on it over to the side of the cafeteria where the ketchup and mustard packs are. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was strange to see an old packing plant, to see an old anything. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was patting the fabric of his pack, probably trying to soothe his angry marten. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I packed my suitcase and went to her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On April 8,1 gather the few things I have of his, pack them into a box, and slide them into the back of my closet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

To my left I see the waiting room, just like the nurse said, a huge space packed with people sporting injuries of all shapes and sizes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“If you’d like any belongings packed up and shipped to Tokyo with you,” he replies, “just say the word and it’ll be done today. In the meanwhile, you will have everything you need here.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A Little Princess and Pollyanna, let me tell you, they are selling you a pack of ugly lies. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I might as well get started packing my bags and getting measured for a Dior gown. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia set up camp; Archer packed it away in the morning. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Students packed the benches, sharing stories and eating lunch. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But the movement reacted quickly, and by the time my case began on Monday morning, the Old Synagogue was packed with supporters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy carefully packed the digital camera among his books, gave his mother a hug, waved to his father, and streaked out the door. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

People pack every seat in the house today, in spite of the windy weather and impending blackouts. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The neighboring toy store sells a combination pack with two balls and three blocks in it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Massive thirty-foot ocean rollers from the northwest spooled through the pack, lifting the ice and letting it fall again at half-mile intervals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

At meals, we often packed ten or more around a table, laid-back and laughing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He told us to stop fussing, and then with no efforts to repress his disdain he packed her into a rickshaw bound for the polyclinic. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But this ain’t my first waltz, and I keep moving through the pack, letting my blades do the work. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And then, still packed in her crate, she automatically started to speak. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The backseats were packed with dusty children and dogs and toothless grandparents and rolls of bedding and boxes of canned goods. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the end of the tournament—and the countless cups of coffee I drank to get through it—I closed my computer, cleaned out my cubicle, and went back to the apartment to pack. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom sat beside her, pressing an ice pack to the back of her head. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I veered off onto the perimeter road and stumbled along over the packed dirt until I found myself at the wall behind our house. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Mia was thinking about, however, was her own teenage years, memories she’d packed away long ago for safekeeping but now unfolded and dusted clean. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t have been so soon, but Amil spilled both his and Dadi’s when he tried to carry the two jugs as we packed up this morning. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lily laughed and reached for her pack of cigarettes, which was empty. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His breakfast companion had packed up the morning's breakfast—fire, pans and all—and made it vanish into his pack. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like Mom and Dad packed her up and put her away. Like they wanted to pretend she never existed.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Anything to keep me from packing curry dinners at home. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Buck was packed off to the colony in Lynchburg. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She hands me leftover rice packed into an empty yogurt container to carry home. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Before the photo albums are packed away, I take my fa- vorite picture of Jaimito, sitting in his wooden airplane, a giant smile on his face. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This might take a couple of hours to harden, so be careful when you pack the ice in,” he says, way more enthusiastic than someone ought to be about silicone sealant. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He switches on his flashlight and scans the packed stairwell for anything he might drag out of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The yard was packed thick with a dry bed of sand-like dirt. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We watched the wind rip at earth and sea like a surging pack of terriers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a Wednesday I took off work time, packed a bag, and drove up the turnpike to 1-75I had changed the oil in my car, and had the brake pads replaced and the engine tuned. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I felt the ball in the base of my throat hardening as I watched him pull a cigarette from his pack and stick it between his lips. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, in 1849, the whole family packed up to go to Malvern, where he could get an extensive treatment called a water cure with a doctor named James Gully. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my pack and fasten the straps, I take my rifle in my hand and stumble down the steps. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning over the seat, she fiddled with her pack. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A real wagon-tipper, as we used to say back in the troupe. All the wind and rain might have scattered one loose from the pack.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She hopped out of the hoodie and dove into a supply pack. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I grabbed one strap of the pack, ignoring the sticky residue squelching under my hands, and pulled it out of the tree, stumbling backward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

So even though he was a rising political star as a young state assemblyman, he packed up and moved to the Wild West, where he had bought a ranch. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

In two minutes her laptop and tape player are packed away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go down to breakfast and see Dad packing lunches. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Usually Carmen and Tony would be talking and joking as they zigzagged their way through the packs of people that jammed the street. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

He considered going right now—just get up from this table, climb the stairs, two minutes to pack a suitcase, and gone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night, he told the warder he would write the essay in exchange for a pack of cigarettes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then as I turned to her, she went on: 'As I recall, you thought it was only right and proper that Ruth and Sarah be sent packing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We packed all our worldly belongings into Nan’s old hatchback on Thursday and were on the road first thing Friday morning. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“You know” — Lieutenant Carroll had spread all the extra first aid packs on the floor in front of him — “my brother went to theology school and I almost followed him.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we cleaned our guns, backpacks and waist packs were distributed among us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The competition was a pack of rabid animals. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She stands and takes her pack of cigarettes from his desk. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But to her surprise, Cain led the pack, and was nearly ten yards in front of the rest of them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We packed in little more than half an hour. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I’m going to keep this short. It’s a new year, and we have a new pack of initiates. And a slightly smaller pack of new members. We offer them our congratulations.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“We are not flamingos, Ana,” Abuela said, and sent her packing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Uncle Al’s superior marketing techniques, the big top is packed solid. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was aimed at a pack of guards at the back of the auditorium. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As she went through roll call, I noticed how packed the room was. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Instead, I took two big slices of bread, stuck my steak in between them, wrapped it up, and stashed it in my combat pack. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uhmma pulls off the packing tape on the smaller box and opens it up. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

So before the sky was even light, Jinny sneaked down to the kitchen, packed a basket of snacks, and returned to the cabin for Ess. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if that’s because we’re considered cannier than men, or braver, or bouncier, or just less likely to survive and therefore aren’t worth the extra petrol and parachute packing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as my diploma was in my hands, we packed my parents’ car with all of the stuff I’d accumulated over four years and headed home. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Peeta packs up our gear while I lay out a big meal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You little anticipated I would be packing dirt in redoubts to combat His Majesty’s Army.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Well, there I was, a hundred yards offshore with Donna baying over me like a pack of white-whiskered hounds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that there wasn’t much future for the Jimmies once they were packed in eelgrass didn’t bother me so much. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a momentary panic that the Royal Hunt had packed up their tents and taken their horses back to the City, and she might never see them again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a shame, 1 thought, to pack her performance into a schedule and present it to rows of plush-back seats in an auditorium. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Wash brought them the things they needed, worn-out clothes from his mother’s scrap bin, heavy wire to connect the limbs, armfuls of straw they could pack into the sleeves and pant legs. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after their arrival, the first shipment of irradiated uranium arrived from St. Louis by truck: three hundred pounds of it packed in plywood crates shielded by lead bricks. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She says nothing to us but opens the closet and begins packing all her clothes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This place is packed even on a Saturday. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s packed with people, but again, just a fraction of the number who live here. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They walk in a pack, and they don’t care that they’re not over by Mr. Andrews by the time he finishes counting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the cool shade of the trees, I came up close behind the eighth-grade pack. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I stayed right at the front of the pack, and I was completely drenched by the time I made it back to the locker room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They finished all but the last candy—that one was for Naomi—and hopped down from the porch to play marbles on the packed dirt in front of the store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He folded his other clothes and packed them away in the suitcase. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t help pack, but when the time came, I climbed in the car and joined my father for our move to Euclid. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They were just outside the camp when the baying of a pack of hounds told of Lord Ramsay’s approach. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But we had to go to the hotel to get our bags packed and pay the bill. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ivan suffered Anya’s scrubbing of his face, then went back to shoveling things into his pack until it was bursting and lopsided. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

With their hoods up and their purposeless milling, Lazlo thought they looked like a pack of ghosts on coffee break. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After they finish the pack, they walk to their victim’s hut and loud cries and screams from inside follow. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head of a wolf pack needed to be trained, and who better to do this than Amaroq? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped packing and sat down on my narrow hotel bed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A sudden impulse moved me, too, and I reached behind me and pulled my cloak from my pack. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The whole pack, for as far as the eye could see, was churning and heaving and shuddering. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

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

Sir Ector was an M.F.H.—or rather a Master of stag and other hounds—and he hunted his own pack himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood and watched as it wheezed and bounced its way out of sight “While I’m harnessing the team,” Papa said, “you take the tent down and pack our gear.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. And the heel helps stabilize your foot. But the best part is your pack.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Soon they were loaded with everything they had packed so carefully the night before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Everywhere, people were busy folding chairs, packing food and utensils after a long day of partying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even more reporters with more cameras and equipment packed into the room as we tried to give the impression of having a normal meal. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briony helped a departing patient, an elderly lady from Lambeth, pack her suitcase, and tried to concentrate on her complaints. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The pack Mrs. Baker gave Danny was full of cans of chili—which weighed enough to make Danny stop smiling pretty quickly. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sitting to my right are Will and Al; Christina sits on the bed to my left with an ice pack on her jaw. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then I kick aside some brown packing papers. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

My family’s oranges and sugarcane were packed along the back wall. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then, as I was packing up to leave, he walked over to me and sat down. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Later that day, another tribute is killed in combat and a third gets eaten by a pack of those fluffy squirrels, leaving Haymitch and a girl from District 1 to vie for the crown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Amma forces me to call all the women living in our room aunty or sister or grandma, though we were just packed in together by the guards. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Those people could not live without freedom and so they packed up and moved west. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even imagine that this tree was once a person, some Decker who was cremated and had asked to have their ashes packed into a biodegradable urn with a tree seed to give it life. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The pack makes me stand straighter, shoulders down, pulled back. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He demanded on the spot that Merle dismantle the equipment and pack it all away in its original boxes, which he proceeded to seal with his own hands. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“So do you mean I have to pack up all my toys?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Harry rose early to pack the next day; the Hogwarts Express would be leaving an hour after the funeral. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Harry had spent the morning completely emptying his school trunk for the first time since he had packed it six years ago. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“T. Ray found her packing. They were yelling and fighting. She—” I stopped, hearing their voices in my head. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was expecting a regular half hour of Sassy the seal and was delighted to find her packing up her tape recorder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Leaving him with the pack, I head off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She placed the pot in one end of the boat and packed grass around it for protection. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You did not see them again except as sport clothes, odd-looking at a table among the closely packed peasants in black smocks. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson was packing up his gear and his personal supply of ammunition. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squeezed the little pack until the crackers crumbled and threw the orangey mush back in the bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I should have guessed from the way he wasn’t meticulous about packing up and almost left behind a precious tin of canned meat, like it was nothing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The temperature inside the church had risen, and the penetrating odor of the candles, the incense, and the tightly packed crowd all contributed to Nivea’s fatigue. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had spent the night before my departure with Winnie at the house of white friends in the northern suburbs and she brought me a new suitcase that she had packed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We headed northwest, up towards the shallows of James Bay where the whales used to migrate before they packed up and headed down to Australia for good. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

On the other side, the trees were so densely packed together that their horses had to slow to a walk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You might consider packing two pairs of underwear.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We took a cab to Bonetti Ranch, where we were welcomed by a torrential downpour and a pack of bony stray dogs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Disappointed, Harry emptied the cauldron, packed up his things, left the dungeon, and walked slowly back upstairs to the common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Worsley manned the crow’s-nest with binoculars, a megaphone, and a flag, searching the ice pack for seals and then shouting and pointing out the seals to the hunters. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Brusquely he asked me, since I didn’t have anything to do, would I come over and help him pack? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the first day of July I packed a bag and took a cab to Reb Saunders’ house. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“A loose mix in the casement may not be adequate. What we need to do is somehow pack more of it inside.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wormed his ship through the ice pack to reach seventy-one degrees south latitude, and then turned north again without ever seeing the land. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Our plan is to pack up our truck again and drive from here to Sanza Pombo, Angola, as soon as we possibly can. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bleating of the sheep, the terror in the shepherd’s eyes, the sound the dogs had made as she killed them one by one, the snarling of her pack. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter ordered most of the clothes packed up and delivered, and took one or two things with her when she and Lyra walked back to the flat Then a bath, with thick scented foam. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They had picked their way through 1,000 miles of ice pack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Wrecks, but packed so closely that it was possible to leap from one deck to the other and so cross the Blackwater. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This one held a dozen long banquet tables, all packed with what Anya assumed were the tsar’s noble boyars. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

No, the boy whispered, we have another pack. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It was often a case of a lone man against a pack of cunning devils.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The night before the trip, we sisters stayed up late packing and gabbing. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

By the time Dad came back to help pack up shop and go home, I’d sold over my goal of forty cups. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“He found out how right he was. We packed it away by the plateful and clamored for more. We all knew we were sick, but we had no idea we’d been poisoned.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Well, I could leave packing for tomorrow—I had very little, which was perhaps all to the good. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After six months of packing parachutes, Oshiro was tired of the long, repetitive days. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized how hungry I was, and, of course, Ruthanne had packed us a sack lunch better than most people’s suppers. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu knew the air conditioner had not broken yesterday, it had been broken for much longer, perhaps it had always been broken; still she nodded and said that perhaps it had packed up from overuse. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"It's just as well. I have something for you to take with you, and it has to be packed very carefully." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” he said, “we had to jump our own packed chutes once a month, chosen by the inspecting sergeant. Sometimes twice a month.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

On March 9, for the first time since entering the pack, the men felt the swell of the ocean slowly lift the ice under their feet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He’s holding an ice pack to his nose. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“We ought to take as much as we can pack in the boat.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her hand went to her knife, and as the footsteps faded, she dismantled the hammock and shoved her belongings back into her pack. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Pointing to a pack of Juicy Fruit gum, Shirley handed him the pennies. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tiring pacesetters generally slow down right in front of the rail-running pack, compounding the traffic jams. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have nothing to worry about. We are merely relocating you. You and your wife and your son have ten minutes. You must each pack one suitcase.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You go down to the drugstore, and you pick up a couple packs of rubbers.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fear drowned out grief and that night we packed clothes and dishes and loaded them into a farmer’s wagon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The living room was packed with about two dozen guests seated on chairs placed along the walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d worked hard to pack her away from my mind, along with the thoughts of Momma and Poppa and the life Ruth and I were promised. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, she opened her pack, took out the small, sharp knife she had brought with her, and started cutting the twine. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

If I’d been the weatherman that morning, I would have said an area of low pressure was moving in from the west, with closely packed isobars and a chance of thunder. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was gentle to ride; you could pack in fresh meat on him; and he was willing about pulling a plow. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He zipped up the bag and then went to pack his backpack, which still smelled like an ocean, even though he had returned from the Third World three days ago. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And inside the plane, near the tail somewhere, was the survival pack. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a packing problem, obviously constrained by the dimensions of the space. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She used her spoon to scrape up the last of her lunch, which her dad packed for her every day in a cleaned-out yogurt container. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

At Los Alamos, the British team of scientists began packing up to head home. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay down, her cheek resting on the packed earth. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Because my mouth tastes like an open grave. Did you pack any toothpaste?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The whole ice pack was moving in a clockwise direction, sweeping west and north with the current, up along the Antarctic Peninsula. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She sets down her fruit pack and goes into her bag again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We have two days to pack up and leave the farm.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A pack of Scottish soccer louts sounded about right. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of so many kids packed into the hallway raises my eyebrows. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There they halted and adjusted the straps of their packs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The suitcase was so packed with books Emily had to drag it up to the front porch one step at a time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then the “sergeants” of the fair would walk through the streets crying, “Pack up, pack up,” and all the cloth must be put away. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

And the thing that hurt him the most was that because of his problems—not the kids’ problems—Dr. Barnes was going to use this innocent little newspaper as the whip to send him packing. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Lemos agreed and got two large trunks packed and on the wagon, plus a mattress and a featherbed. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean you want us in the Career pack this year?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

You stay at the back of the pack. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They left on foot, carrying two suitcases packed with clothes, toiletries, Desdemona’s dream book and worry beads, and two of Lefty’s texts of Ancient Greek. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Next, Triphena made her wait while she packed her a parcel of food large enough to feed a table of harvesters. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Piles of cane are heavy, bulky, and hard to move, while sugar in tiny crystals can be packed into barrels and shipped by water. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

And how to account for the fact that Ruess apparently left the gulch with a heavy load of gear but without his pack animals? Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We breakfasted on a Snickers bar and coffee, packed up our camp, hoisted our packs with a sideways stagger, and set off once again. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She’s staring at me moments after, patting the pack against her palm, and I wait for it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The saboteurs were instructed "to carry out small acts of terrorism," such as dropping off a suitcase packed with a bomb at a luggage depot or in a Jewish-owned store. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The chaotic courtyard of the cathedral was packed with people and vendors' booths. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll use them only for special meals, so they will last long. I’m not packing away this kerosene stove just yet.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The three boats of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition ran from the force of the Southern Ocean back into the pack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He swung off his pack and pulled out some water and an apple. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

R.C. ate as we walked, stuffing himself with the loot Gramma had packed When we were still a ways from our fishing hole, he belched and handed the half-empty bag back to me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He looked behind him at the four crude pine crates the marionettes were packed in, strapped to the back. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m ready,” I answer pointing to my belt pack stuffed with the venison and nuts I put there this morning. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several “Seabiscuit Limited” trains, packed to the doors, were already en route from the West Coast. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hallway is packed with kids, all frantic, all babbling at the same time. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s even a couple of mustard packs in here that helped a few people sweat out their fevers and chills.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Kathy suppressed a dozen things she wanted to say, and instead channeled her rage into packing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have anything to pack myself, of course. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was packed and ready to go, even the copy of From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The crowds packed in, surrounding the seated Texans and reducing them to four disembodied voices. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Kaitlyn had the kind of packed social life that needs to be scheduled down to the minute. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Now if it was me, I would have already been packed, but he does things at the last minute. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it made it, I knew l could sled down the packed snow left by its path. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was drawing ragged breaths just from the effort of packing a few of my belongings into a brown paper bag. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I already had quite a few things packed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He puts the pack back in his pocket and snaps his fingers at the girl behind the counter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Not long. Just enough time for us to pack up some supplies for the rescue mission.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my friends need to come, too. We’re girls. We travel in packs.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In a garbage can under an arc light I found a clean corrugated paper carton and packed my city clothes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally sat down on the bed, reading the labels on the food packs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They had been itching to get under way ever since they had disembarked; the sledges were packed, the dog teams were in their traces. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He stared for a moment at the piles of fruit, bread, and dried meats the yumboes had packed for him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They know their performance has packed an enormous emotional wallop. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some of the initiates have already packed their things. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Vets packed lounges and bars, drinking, swapping stories, searching for men they’d served with. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

People began moving around us, hefting their books and packs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After we packed our belongings and loaded them into the car, we headed south to Santa Maria. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The deck of the Titanic was packed with people. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bilbo was busy: writing invitations, ticking off answers, packing up presents, and making some private preparations of his own. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had an extra pile sweater in my backpack, but to put it on I would first have to remove my gloves, pack, and wind jacket while dangling from the fixed rope. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Both countries deployed new fleets of submarines packed with nuclear missiles. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then she thinks: There could be food in those packs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Throughout his career, if he felt like taking a day off, he’d just pack up and go, leaving his exasperated agent and jilted trainers hunting for him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had also packed a few things for Mo—and two of her books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As it happened, the death of Alexander unleashed a pack of contenders who spent the next several decades fighting over his legacy. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I gave them each a package of cigarettes, Macedonias, loosely packed cigarettes that spilled tobacco and needed to have the ends twisted before you smoked them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

On one side of the bendy part was a woman with a crate on wheels packed tightly with plastic grocery bags, and on the other was a man painted head-to-toe in silver, reading a newspaper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The ocean that had chased them back and made them flee for the shelter of the ice pack is the worst ocean on the globe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

His girlfriend and Dan follow the neuroscientist’s gaze to a group of three people standing nearby in the middle of the packed room. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If Nan was searching for fun in the silverware drawers, we’d be packing up sooner than I thought. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

You just hitched a horse to a sledge and slid over the packed snow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid my brushes and supplies into the leather case and returned them to my pack. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her bag was all packed with the things she would need at the hospital and the baby things. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Fickle gnomes control the weather, and an air conditioner is powered by a team of squirrels, their cheeks packed with ice cubes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Stupidly, I’d forgotten to pack my music folder in my backpack this morning, which meant that today I’d be coming to band unprepared, already endangering my position as second chair. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were stuck where they were, and the ice pack was crumbling to pieces beneath them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Now imagine reading a nonfiction book packed with stories such as this—true tales soberly related—just before setting off alone on a camping trip of your own into the North American wilderness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A new pack fresh out of the box, arranged by suit and in sequence from ace to king, can be said to be in its ordered state. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Exhausted and extremely concerned about his missing teammates, he sat down on his pack at the edge of camp, cradled his head in his hands, and tried to figure out how he might rescue them. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My shoulders rise to my ears, since my hands are busy packing up as quickly as I can. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Pointing out the ones that he wanted packed and delivered. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We purchased cups of warming coffee and took them to a set of long tables, where we sat with a sprinkling of other steamy hikers and ate our packed lunches. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to pack up. That hurricane’s getting nasty. It looks like it might be a direct hit on the city. We’re leaving town.” I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I waited until the pack was in the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also kept a pack of bloodhounds, which he sometimes deployed in the chase. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We’re going to pack the rest of your time with research and experiments. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. If I get bumped, I play harder because I know I need to find a way to get back those three spaces and pull ahead of the pack.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He slowly turned around and headed toward his bedroom to pack. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

On the second bench of the river above town she found her tent and pack, threw them onto her sled and, bending forward, hauled on it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bryson, I’m not trying to be negative—I swear to God I’m not—but I’m not sure I’m cut out for this. Could you lift your pack over your head like that?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Was that what was in his pack at the feast? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty packed, but there are some free games open. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

By the time the computers reached the end of the line, where they were packed into red-and-white Sayle Enterprises boxes, the compartments were completely invisible. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I pack a couple of outfits and get my school backpack. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He’s standing near his locker, hiding a pack of cigarettes in between a folder covered in black Sharpie drawings and an English textbook. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her needles and ulo, the tools of survival, were all in the pack. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ha! Good one, Rita-roo. Catch you all later," Eddie said as he joined his own pack of friends at a table near the window. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana wore a neatly pressed pink shirt, a bolo tie, beige, tapered western pants, and cowboy boots, and he carried a pack of filtertip cigarettes in his shirt pocket over the heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I packed what few things I wanted and tried to talk to Dee-Dee before I left, but she wouldn’t talk to me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All our supplies, our packs, remain down by the lake where we abandoned them when we fled from the mutts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They packed up their belongings in a U-Haul and moved in with Daphne’s mother, who was conveniently dying and left Daphne the house in Dove Canyon. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Something about the howling of a wolf took a man right out of his here and now and left him in a dark forest of the mind, running naked before the pack. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes he stood by the window, looking out over the square and thinking again about what to pack for his journey. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Go to the Supply Station and secure one pack for each member of your Compartment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They loomed overhead, becoming closely packed and gray with rain. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He nearly threw up as he pushed the durian skins, orange rinds, and banana peels up around him, packing them over his head, covering his face. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He sewed a plaque filled with radium to the outer surface of her cervix and packed another plaque against it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was always the first thing he packed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Two vases—not the ones chosen—were packed in the straw container as a test. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The pharmacist sold me blister packs of pills to soothe pain, bring down fever, and help you sleep. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, as soon as we finished sending and were heading down the trail, I carefully took out the Japanese food pack I’d picked up and tossed it into the jungle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time was of the essence—she was now completely underwater—and she didn't want her pack or any part of her getting hung up on the controls. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the foyer, the senior carpet was packed—everyone taking advantage of their first day of being able to stand on it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She knew how to pack, just as she knew how to cook and clean and do all kinds of things no one had ever felt the need to teach Alex. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The bottle of water is gone, and so is a lot of the water in the bladder of her pack. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He remembered, now, how they’d packed moss underneath their legs and lolled in the tree looking up. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And now in my mind I stood upon the walk looking out across the hole past a Hooverville shanty of packing cases and bent tin signs, to a railroad yard that lay beyond. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They packed the trunks that morning, first dragging them up from the cellar and then — loudly — back downstairs again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chucha came into our bedrooms with this bundle in her hands, and Nivea, who was helping us pack, said to her in a gruff voice, "What do you want, old woman?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Yet when she had to travel, it was still hard for her to “pack my bag and hug my children a good-by which is to last a week or month or longer.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Craig would remember our visit there as heavenly, namely because he played ball all day long in the wide-open lots under a blue sky with Donny Stewart and his new pack of suburban brethren. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When he went out after breakfast, he wore his work boots and said he was going to help pack down graves. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your friend is not pleased to see me,” said Krum as they entered the now packed marquee. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You’re still like a pack of children,” the doctor said, smiling too. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

My parents, Alex, Adele, and I packed our suitcases for the journey of our lives, not that we had much of anything to pack. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was packed, far more crowded than when he had last been in there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All she had left was the small duffel bag she’d packed for the hospital. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

While he waits, he unpacks his bag and then packs it again, second-guessing his choices of what to bring and what to leave behind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Ma packs Keav’s black pajama pants and shirt in a scarf. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nothing unusual," the fireman replied, "especially in weather like this, no ventilation, snow packed over the ducts." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nervously walked over to their barrack, followed by a pack of barking dogs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Limbo is packed with little black babies flying around and crying for their mothers because they’ll never be admitted to the ineffable presence of Our Lord and the glorious company of saints, martyrs, virgins. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Doubt and hesitation are completely unnecessary, as Easy French is rooted in the premise that, if properly packed, the rest of the world could fit within the confines of Reno, Nevada. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m tired of packing all this stuff back and forth.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But the packs of wolves from the Forest Sauvage attack our flocks of sheep every winter.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma didn’t have any room to criticize a person moving too often, but it hadn’t kept her quiet the last time we packed up. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Next day, as the Ferris wheel was being taken apart and the race horses were being loaded into vans and the entertainers were packing up their belongings and driving away in their trailers, Charlotte died. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

They snuck their way through the tightly strewn pack of sleeping bodies, Thomas almost tripping several times. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps it was the same dream: a pack of wild dogs, all kinds of dogs, running with furious speed across a bare plain this time, intent on hunting and killing something he couldn’t see. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Early in December, in the course of a single afternoon, two of the cafe’s steadiest customers announced plans to pack up and leave not merely Finney County but the state. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, seasick, Milton stood packed in like a sardine, shouldering a heavy pack. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I asked if I could borrow Irwin's towel and packed it between my thighs as a bandage. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gathering her pack, she ran her hand over the outside to check that its contents were safe, and limped away from the water to set up the little tent. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He’d always imagined them as huge noble animals, like lions with wings, but these things reminded him more of vicious pack hunters —flying hyenas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t remember packing it from her old apartment, doesn’t remember unpacking it when she and Nikhil moved in together. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stomp around, packing their few things as loudly as possible, grumbling to himself. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Albert tells Papa that he'll pack his bag for him, and I run back to my barracks to grab my things. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The attic is filled with boxes and furniture packed so tightly it’s hard to move around. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Career pack sets off at a run just as dawn begins to break, and birdsong fills the air. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Shelly levered herself upright, balancing the ice pack on her forehead. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

My parents would pack a few clothes into a bag. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He and Luxa opened up the packs and doled out food. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Percy had started out from the giant’s hut feeling strong again, his head clear, his belly full of drakon jerky from their packs of provisions. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"No. I packed them already. They're way in the top of the closet." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They shouldered their packs and took up their sticks, and walked round the corner to the west side of Bag End. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stacked on a bench were boxes and boxes of baby food jars packed full of a brownish paste. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The jails were packed to capacity.1 Reporters and photographers captured in undeniable images the confrontation between the children and the police. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Toomer screamed with pain and the dogs began to gather as a pack outside the school bus. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask as I grab a pack of soda out of the mini-fridge. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the mornings, I packed the girls’ lunch boxes with Lunchables and Capri Suns. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I gave three packs to a bug on R who was forever cadging cigarettes and also had an incredible body odor problem. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever’s inside that box was packed with care. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I know I must start packing, but I don’t know what to take. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I catch up with him at the library, which is packed with paper-chainers, busily cutting and gluing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They look like Mrs. Krajewska’s boys caught with a pack of cigarettes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her job was to fill two bowls with fresh yogurt from the sacks hanging in the basement larder, where the floor was packed dirt, and where the old cook kept his pickling jars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It owned a mother ship far out to sea, packed with tens of thousands of bottles, plus other vessels that were usually called “blacks.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

True champions learn to dance through the storm.There are so many friends neighbors, Dad’s teammates, and family members packed into our living room that I have to go outside just to breathe. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The plastic box was disguised to look exactly like a pack of gum. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The camera folded down into a valise the size of a briefcase and somehow this made it even more disappointing to her parents: all that money packed away into such a small space. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I had packed everything and put it beside the hole under the fence, I went back to the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger took the pack from him, slung it over his shoulders, and turned his back on the boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Needles blew into his palm and sniffed, then pulled a pack of gum out of his pocket and popped a piece in his mouth. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Only that big? It felt like a house. Look, dear,” said Faye, “open that second drawer where my medicine is. Bring the paregoric and a piece of cotton. Will you help me pack this tooth?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She resisted the urge to gather her pack up in her arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Hiking with packs full of tents, water, food is much harder. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I filed away the papers I had brought from the library, made a sandwich, then packed an overnight case. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On Sunday morning, my dad and I were supposed to pack our things and go home. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The door is wide open, the sanctuary is packed, flowing out to the street. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There were at least a hundred people packed on the bridge. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was some packing to do, a farewell party a few friends were throwing tonight, some games of Doom and Quake, a handful of good-byes to say—not an elaborate leave- taking. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was large and packed; this was not just a hearing for Reggie but for many others being arraigned. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He rummaged in his packs again and brought out a flat, thick bottle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once a week I would cut and pack our garden produce, selecting the best and leaving the spoilt or bruised vegetables for ourselves, cover the basket with leaves and set off for the village. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy took his truck from the pack and shaped roads in the ash with a stick. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The drawers that held his shirts and his underwear were pulled out, and her packing was quick and methodical. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For Christmases and birthday parties and summers packed with distant relatives. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nathan was packed up and gone by the time Lily left for work. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But the place was so packed with refugees seeking protection, we couldn’t all stay there. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Though it was lighter than he expected, the smaller pack gave the impression of being heavy and unwieldy, like a brimming bucket of water in danger of overflowing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Before Mom could pack our whole Saturday with boring “cultural events,” I asked if I could do homework at Calaca. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Today I packed a suitcase with the stuff I’d need in case we had to flee, but as Mother correctly noted, “Where would you go?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I watched them scatter and sink into the crevices of the things I had already packed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The pack of muttation tributes draws closer and closer until it overcomes me with hot breath and dripping fangs and I scream, myself awake. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to make sure that these trees are packed above the bud union, right here.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The few bottles they carried in their pack were quickly drunk and by the second day all of them were parched and hollow in the heat and humidity. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt by the small pit and studied the packed dirt around it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up and down, he thought The pack was wonderful but it gave him up and down feelings. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Protons and neutrons are packed into the nucleus, while electrons spin around outside. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin doesn’t turn her body to the pack behind her; instead she nods her head in the direction of what’s left of the tree line. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She held it carefully with both hands while she drank, then replaced it and withdrew the gloves from the pack. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I ran across the room and pulled out the dresser drawer and got my pack of razor blades; I opened it and took a thin blade of blue steel in each hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

All three had been in the pack Babulya had fled Sarkel with, along with the Torah scroll: two different copies of the Talmud, and a geography book. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Now that they were closer, I could see that in addition to the sprinting lion-men were a pack of actual lions, including a pair harnessed to a chariot carrying two people. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have it ready in little or no time,” he said, bustling and packing away his tools. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Alice pulls her work gloves from her pack and hands them to me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the reception room they were packing apples to sell to the staff, and I asked them if I could buy some for Dad. One of them said, ‘Buy apples for your father? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He digs out a victim's eyeballs and tosses them to his waiting pack of demons, igniting a tussle. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Scores of people packed the church, and dozens more stood outside. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the cash register I found twenty dollars, a few golden drachmas, and some packing slips for Hermes Overnight Express, each with a little leather bag attached for coins. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Once I’m safely in my room, door shut, I pull the top ice pack off the bottom one. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The forest filled up with the screams of Red and the growling of the pack until gradually only the noise of the dogs was heard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said she couldn't get it in her suitcase when she was packing it and she was just carrying it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

A short distance beyond the dune, near the cliff, I saw the pack of wild dogs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ryan pulls another piece of gum from his pack, but David has his arms wrapped so tight around me, he can’t take it. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at once he saw that they weren’t alone in this world, because the little spies were there, too, with their packs laid on the ground nearby. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

What wolf waves the rest of the pack forward with its front paw as though it had a wrist? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Along the way, they changed the way lettuces were grown, harvested, cleaned, and packed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

With a pack, even for fit people it is not easy. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

On December 26, the orders were given for the Marines to pack up. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They packed us in again, so tightly we could do nothing but stand, and gave us no food or water for the trip. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And today they hadn’t even bothered to pack up and walk. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I need two horses. One to ride, one to carry a pack. I want to go up into the Bighorn Mountains....” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Not even guys who ran around in packs. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The black strap of a pack cuts diagonally across his chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dudley was sniffling in the back seat; his father had hit him round the head for holding them up while he tried to pack his television, VCR, and computer in his sports bag. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The Howards packed up carloads of reporters and brought them all to their hotel room. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Mama and Papa began cleaning up the apartment, the kids helped their aunt and uncle pack up. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

About twenty minutes before we had to pack up and return to school, Shaun shouted out to Frank, “Are we going to have a quick game? We need to have a rematch from last week.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s even worse when your parents pick you up in the middle of the day in a packed truck, and you don’t get to say goodbye to anyone. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And as soon as Helena’s eyes are open, I say, “Did you pack your ball?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It had been picked, packed, and chilled on Monday, flown by jet to Los Angeles Tuesday, trucked north and put on sale in Berkeley by Thursday, and steamed, by me, Sunday night. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As the pastor leaves the pulpit and the choir stands, Justyce looks around the packed interior of the church. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The boy went to his room and packed his belongings. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was Saturday morning and Mrs. Baylor was gathering her stuff, packing her shopping bags to go home for the weekend. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Won’t that be nice?” she said as she packed my clothes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I first went to the hill near the cave when the pack was away and collected armloads of brush which I placed near the mouth of their lair. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to swing the pack off her shoulder, but Lena stopped her with a gentle hand. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The roads out of the city were filled with people walking with their hastily packed belongings. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She sent Beetle back to the cottage to pack a basket of necessaries. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tree cracked behind us, and then there was the unmistakable sound of steel slamming into packed mountain earth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They sped by a pack of sea lions lounging on the docks, and she swore she saw an old homeless guy sitting among them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was a large room, packed with built-in bunks stacked four high. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother packed it for me. But that’s a good idea—we should find an Indian grocer. Stock up on some of our favorite snacks to energize us while we write.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Neighbors suggested their own remedies: arnica compresses, packed mud from a holy well, ground elephant tusk from the Niger to mix in her daily broth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roads, still packed with vendors, felt even more crowded than before, so compressed with people that it was impossible to walk without being jostled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had my bayonet on my left hip and some magazines and loose bullets in my side pack. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

This idea, however, came to nothing: The corridors, which were packed with people on the lookout for the lunch trolley, were impossible to negotiate while wearing the Cloak. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Nice technique,” Rowan said, then added, “if you’re planning on gleaning a pack of angry wolves.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There were finally so many villagers packed into each truck, there was no room to sit down. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We packed our purchases on the porch and realized, together in the same instant, with joy and amazement, that Mary Ellen was no longer part of our retinue. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their campsite was already packed up, including her things. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos and the herdsman scraped the packed earth floor with hoes, but made the women carry out all blood and mire. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set his pack down next to him on the floor. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Baudelaire orphans went to the bedroom and glumly packed their few belongings. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Why?” he asks as he holds the pack of frozen peas to his jaw. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was very dark inside the fuselage and he could see nothing—certainly no sign of the survival pack. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jammed his clothes into his pack, then looked around. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His black and yellow silks bobbed along with the pack, then fell back. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would even show Joaquin how to punch the bag that hung in the garage, which was too packed with stuff to park any cars in it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He noticed Kira reaching for her pack and spoke sharply to her. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I packed every last possession, said my farewells to Sabrina, the rest of the cottage staff, and the other kids, and headed out the door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

All Friday afternoon, Nan and I sewed, rolled up rugs, and packed as much pink as we could into the old shed in the backyard. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When Con looked up to find his next target, he saw two wolves yanking Pol from his horse onto the ground, and the guard’s body disappeared beneath the pack. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

All across Paris, people pack china into cellars, sew pearls into hems, conceal gold rings inside book bindings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was up and on his way to the door before I could get my bag packed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My dad and I went home to sleep for a few hours and pack my stuff. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The packing company owners, the governor’s staff, and the deputy chief of police met to put together a return-to-work plan for the twelve thousand black employees. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Must have gotten it for Christmas, he thought, as he packed and fired, packed and fired. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my cleats and the rest of my bloody practice clothes, threw my pack over my shoulder, and quietly walked out without turning back once. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning they were busy packing another cart with the remainder of the luggage. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to forget the sheriff’s orders, pack up my things, and jump on the next train out of Greenwood. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Summer and his pack fell upon it and tore it into pieces. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But when Willow packed her toothbrush and told Henry to grow up, Henry was the one who cried. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then each pack counted off and when the totals were in, Miyax’s wolves yipped among themselves as if discussing the tundra news—a pack of twelve wolves to the north. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For once, I went a few minutes without looking at the clock, so I was surprised by the bell ringing, and took longer than everyone else to get my backpack packed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was with the hope of a peaceful and quiet place to live and work that they packed up for the move to Down even as the workers protested around them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last week of school was a flurry of packing, typing, plane reservations and phone calls home, for everybody but me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

De la O dropped his radio and pulled off his first aid pack. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got to go in thirty minutes. Why are you still packing?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

All my crab money, my boarding school money—to feed a pack of yowling, stinking cats. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy on my front, my pack on my back, we pushed our way through the sea of people toward the stairs. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He'd brought a pear as well and had wrapped it in a plastic bag so that its pus wouldn't stain the clothing he had packed a day earlier but bought long before he was married. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s face flamed up as she finished packing, as June watched her get shipped off. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For the next half hour, Madge and I dump out our candy and swap, lollipops for chocolate bars, peanut butter cups for packs of gum. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Stories spread through the packs of people as we walked. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I went to the mall today to get some staples and the place was packed.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She turned around and stared at him as he went about the business of gathering his equipment and things—packing up. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Feeding you a great walloping pack of lies. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Horses carrying the kind of weight Seabiscuit was packing cannot afford to lose momentum. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They usually traveled in packs, and once when he threw a stone at some of them, they chased, caught, and beat him witless. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She borrowed some money from Trotter for “school supplies,” and bought a pack of heavy white construction paper and magic markers. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He had to hurry and pack his clothes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He packed his bag and was obliged to work energetically to make it close again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If only I could plead to a packed auditorium, then, just maybe... Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t say nothing about the calf,” Lyddie said suddenly in the midst of their sorrowful packing up. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

At golf, she packed such a wallop that she swung from the men’s tee. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fields were packed with them—honeybees and hornets, wasps and yellow jackets, stinging things I couldn’t know or name —and every last one of them seemed to be at his command. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The trip is unannounced, the boy’s small suitcase packed without his knowledge. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He didn't care if you'd packed something or not and had it way in the top of the closet. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Newt went after him, right on his heels, and then the rest of the Gladers followed, a tight pack of roaring boys charging ahead to a bloody battle, weapons raised. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“If you give me your pack, I’ll carry it back to town . . .” “Oh no you won’t,” she growled, sliding her arms through the straps and hunching the weight up into place. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This room never had a wooden floor, just soil packed hard and smooth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I held up the parcel Grandma had packed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia shouldered her pack and climbed down from her tree, alighting at the base of the trunk like a shadow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There had been a pack of other nonsense, just as far-fetched. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Many hours later she opened her pack, spread her skins, and took out a strand of smoked meat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was running with one of the packs of wild dogs, and though I caught only a glimpse of him, I was sure he was Rontu’s son. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless you counted her mother saying, “I told you not to pack all your books in one bag, Em.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There she would meet the North Star, the ship that brings supplies from the States to the towns on the Arctic Ocean in August when the ice pack breaks up. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? Yesterday I ordered a stretch limo when I wanted to run to the store to buy a pack of gum. Isn’t that what everyone does?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I ran most of the way out to the encampment over the packed snow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the older folks resisted leaving right up to the end and had to have their bags packed for them and be physically lifted and shoved onto the buses. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I take it this particular pirate forgot to pack his mouthwash?” said Kojo. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, the most distinctive Bantu languages, and the non-Bantu Niger-Congo languages most closely related to Bantu languages, are packed into a tiny area of Cameroon and adjacent eastern Nigeria. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the idea of packing lettuce in plastic boxes and shipping it five days and three thousand miles away didn’t feel very organic to me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They constructed rickety shelves from packing crates, and hung their gear from tent poles or stored it in empty cans. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Now, except for a packed- in clump at the center, it was practically all loops. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having neglected to pack writing paper, he began a laconic journal on some blank pages in the back of Tanaina Plantlore. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded toward the rolling pack of Grievers between them and the Cliff—they looked like one big mass of rumbling, spiked blubber, glistening with flashes of lights off steel. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Atoms have a central core, or nucleus, made up of protons and neutrons packed tightly together. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom packed me a sandwich for the field trip. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She then sat quietly for a little interval, without reaching for her cigarette pack and matches. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The roar of voices and the smell of closely packed bodies were overpowering and unremitting. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He instructed York to pack his bags for a trip east to quietly sound out scientists and government officials about locating this new group at Livermore. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She could have sent him packing from the front door and now there was a chance of giving an explanation before he left. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had this one for almost a year. A few of them are broken near the filters, but I think this pack could easily get me to my eighteenth birthday.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was looking forward to that evening’s capture-the-flag contest, because I often led the pack. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The rich and famous arrived by helicopter, by limousine, and in one bizarre but memorable entrance, by jet pack. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit shot through the pack, swung out, and drew ahead of Uppermost, claiming second on the outside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chimneys of Swift’s packing plant stood tall against the sky, belching thick smoke that spread over Packingtown like a blanket, smothering the community below in the stench of blood. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After she moved the pack again to its place between her shoulders, she stood with her legs steady and firm and pulled a glove onto each hand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The only thing they didn’t share was the pack, which Sefia insisted on carrying herself, though every morning Archer offered to carry it for her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for your support in there,” I tell Tim, the kid who was doing the piff-piff magic stuff, when we wind up next to each other in the packed hall between classes. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of visiting Cairo like usual, they had to spend the summer packing up the house he’d lived in his whole life. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My combat pack was on my back, my rifle held at the ready. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hurried past them toward the depot in a tight pack. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mama leaves the kitchen and heads toward the formal dining room, where her catering orders are waiting to be packed and labeled. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The departure of six carloads of lettuce packed in ice was given a civic overtone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The meds might have worked if I dosed them the way I was supposed to, but they made me feel like I was packed in cotton. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Inside were moldy packing peanuts stuffed around several jars of Lady ’Stache Off. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He dried it out carefully and packed it away in the metal chest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home from school, I stop at Bennie’s to buy a pack of Starbursts. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So she watched her roommates pack their trunks and listened as they chattered about whom they would see and what they would do, and tried not to mind. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Diego packed his playbook in his backpack and we both smiled and nodded and then walked past the cafeteria toward the classroom buildings. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There is Jennifer, packing store-bought cookies in a plastic tub for her daughter’s class. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He found a small pack of metal needles and chose one at random. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They didn't just hand them over in a plastic bag—no, they were always packed in a beautiful box and tied up with a ribbon. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men carried packs on their backs and the woman carried a small cloth suitcase. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She finished packing paid some bills, ate a few Oreos, and watered the plants. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’ve packed my black suit, and Anne will meet me for the funeral in two days so I have someone to hold my hand. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Instead of responding, Alby took off running—he headed straight for the pack of Grievers between him and the Cliff. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

During the Harding administration, in the early 1920s, the Justice Department had been packed with political cronies and unscrupulous officials, among them the head of the bureau: William Burns, the infamous private eye. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Years later, when Jude told herself the story of what happened, she couldn’t recall the part where they packed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We’re in our spot next to the wide gangway, standing among the traders and workmen and a pack of youthful Japanese, everyone waiting for the launch and the black billows of diesel. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slings on his back pack, straps on a helmet, and jets out the door. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She waves me off and starts to pack up her sewing box on her dresser. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She swept the cottage’s dirt floor, sprinkled it with water, and stamped it to keep it hard packed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up her pack, slung it over a shoulder, and started off on a slow run after Derrick. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In a packed courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia, the judge sentenced Ames to life in prison, without the possibility of parole. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Natasha keeps holding out her hand until he hands over the pack. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Said he, “We take in the Flesh of other Beasts. We pack ourselves full of them. We are their Burial Ground.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"We've packed in our own supplies, my lord," said the Old Bear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ma watched him and then began to pack the cooked rice into a traveling box. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nicholson took a cigarette out of his pack, and lit it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He had only a light bundle, for he had lost his pack at Parth Galen, and all he had was a few useful things he had picked up among the wreckage of Isengard. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She winked and began packing up her stuff. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We carried the man’s packs and he hopped along with an arm thrown over his wife’s shoulders. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Baba and I hurried to the pack of onlookers and pushed our way through them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had put Lin Nai-Nai’s present on the bottom of my bag so I wouldn’t be separated from it and now I quickly covered the two books I had packed with a bunch of underwear. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I caught up to the pack of them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the cart off the road and tilted it over where it could not be seen and they left their packs and went back to the station. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And Jack saw that the creatures pulling the sleigh were not winged horses at all, but a pack of horse-size white wolves with fur that glimmered in the moonlight. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

So hot, if you were packing candy, you had soup in your pocket by two o’clock. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several hundred high school students packed the room, waiting for my presentation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The staff has barely finished packing up the Christmas trees when it starts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could sleep in my own bed and each day set off in clean, dry clothes and with a fresh packed lunch. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo saw Crocodile Guts packing a string bag: He put in a pipe, fishing lines, and a reed flute she remembered him playing as he waited for fish to blunder into his net. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quentin and Sherman were busily digging out the rocket, finally pulling it out of the packed earth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I heard him banging drawers and looking for his uniform for his soccer game, I went to the kitchen for my own bit of packing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He considers packing a spare pair of shoes but decides he can likely borrow some from Widget if need be. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And then, shaking her head, she packs up our ruined food. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I can see how it worked: The citrus packers walked from those lime green cement-block houses into that packing plant—that huge and magnificent structure. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as a tour called his name, he’d pack up two of his three road guitars, his alligator boots, his fancy show vests, and his brown porkpie hat. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The dark-haired boy is at least fifty yards in front of them, but immediately the pack begins to gain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Piper sat at the side of his berth, holding Jason’s hand while he snored with an ice pack on his head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Behind him was the rest of the pack, trotting along one after the other. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hunting knife was sheathed in the shoulder strap of his pack, so close but so impossibly far. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I searched for Heinz and the sailor with my pack. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I packed a bag of sour cream and onion chips that I found in our kitchen cabinet, an outdoor blanket for all of us to sit on, and a pack of playing cards. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Given the near impossibility of surpassing the glaciers without the corridor, some archaeologists suggested that the first Americans must have arrived twenty thousand years ago, when the ice pack was smaller. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Was it because he knew about the time she and Bubber swiped a pack of chewing gum off his counter? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was fully dressed in army uniform and carried a backpack and a waist pack full of ammunition. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“By the time you’ve paid your men for the extra labour, and then the packing, and carting, do you make any sort of profit worth while?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my pack, rooted through the contents, and then looked up with that confounded expression that comes with the discovery of a reversal. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some were packed with multicolored spools of string—like for kites or arts and crafts projects. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he knelt in the gnarled root bed of a tall tree and removed his pack. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The pack was still drifting steadily northward, carrying Endurance with it. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The sidewalks are packed with students striding, skipping, slouching toward school. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I walk over, give our compartment letter, and request three packs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A pack of students thundered into the room. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Lyra’s possessions, such as they were, had been packed ever since she’d woken up and seen the land. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Then they will tear me to pieces there! My honor sullied, I will be dismissed from court and packed off to a nunnery somewhere, never to marry!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The day before departing for Nepal, in one of her first Web postings for NBC Interactive Media, she gushed, All my personal stuff is packed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

One thing about packing depressed me a little. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to pack a bag,” I say with a weak voice. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad are packing their suitcases now. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She grinned as she packed the diary in the box. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the onset of winter Burnham ordered all hydrants packed in horse manure to prevent freezing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was a disappointed chorus from several dozen townsfolk as the puppets stopped midjape and were packed away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The truth was, the cap had stopped being white long before Clayton had first spotted it and the wolf pack on the platform hours ago. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

So Friday afternoons I just needed to get his bag packed and get him over there. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe the car was packed and ready for the drive back to Columbus—the place my father called the Big City—now their home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The air would hang warm and heavy, and sometimes there wouldn’t even be room to pogo because the store would get so packed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Did the custodian pack everything into a box, drop it in a storage closet, waiting for her parents to return? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It only takes me twenty minutes to pack everything I own. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We packed up our tents, breakfasted on raisins and Snickers, and set off into the deep woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He studied his pack of cigarettes for a minute. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He always raises them. What the hell’s the matter with you, Dobbs? Ask Hungry Joe how many times he’s packed his bags.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She packed her math workbook and her science reader. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Cars and rickshaws, mule carts and trucks—all packed with people and their suitcases, bags of rice, and bedrolls. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As we come closer to the main town square, the crowds grow even more packed, a solid mass of people. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a large pack that sat like a hump on her back. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The small home was packed with more than thirty people, whose chattering fell silent when I walked in. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it,” he told me, pulling a pack of gum from his jeans pocket. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Probably the pack had found some new place to prowl. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Three packed suitcases lie just inside the door. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how any of those people in line will get in—this place is already super packed. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The travellers hung up their cloaks, and piled their packs on the floor. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A pack of white timber wolves milled around their feet, and many of the girls had hunting falcons on their arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Eleven years later, a nine-year-old Mozart played a recital in the packed Rotunda, which had a capacity of two thousand. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the same without Audrey, and it didn’t take long for us to pack up and for the other two to leave. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a section with big rolls of silage, too, packed up to the ceiling with thin rope, and another section with huge sheaves of wheat ready to be ground into flour. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He packed up the shoeshine box and carried it out, and chose a cream linen shirt from the three on the airer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She pounced on her cousin when she found her packing a basket in the girls’ hut. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Domestic horses of a pack line follow the human leader as they would normally follow the top-ranking female. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the ribbon from the spout and shove it into my bag, burying it beneath a graveyard of almost-used-up pencils, a sketchbook, and a pack of cinnamon chewing gum. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She thrust the book into her pack and shoved past him into the hold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When we arrived at one of the main outside courts where we were to play, we found it packed with reporters and white spectators. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Valentine won’t let him spoil it,” Cora said, though after talking with the man in the library it seemed he’d already packed up in his mind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The parlor car, packed with businessmen behind their newspapers, commuting homeward after their workdays, was electric with Malcolm X’s presence. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children had stopped howling, and now watched the actors packing up with keen interest. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He unfastened the makeshift saddle pack he’d made, which contained his tool kit and a couple of other things he'd salvaged from the Birmingham wreck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Avery Fisher Hall was packed with music aficionados— more than two thousand of them. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Round and round he went, night after day after night, tireless, searching ... for prey, for a way out, for his mother, his littermates, his pack . . . searching, searching, and never finding. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Done packing, I knelt by my sleeping parents. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She did not know what Papa would eat, but he insisted she not pack him anything. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I remember packing a suitcase and carrying it out to the kitchen, standing very still for a few minutes, looking carefully at the familiar objects all around me. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must warn her pack of the danger ahead. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sort of a pack leader there, if I do say so myself. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I have to pack up and catch the bus with the team,” I said, jerking my thumb to the door as my classmates rushed out. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

My teammates and I were all texting each other about what to pack. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The school gym is worse than that because you’re packed in and everyone is shouting, and you can become trapped. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now he could enjoy breakfast, get Gulliver packed, and have plenty of time to find the five stones. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The square was packed with several thousand people, including a block of about a thousand schoolchildren in the uniform of the Spies. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The waiting room was always packed with people, and the person at the front desk never knew when we would be helped or where the social workers were. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Clothes were packed in haste, windows slammed and shuttered, doors locked tight. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I crawled back to the cave and began to pack the things I owned. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men with religion emerge to say Kaddish, the mourner's prayer, as the dirt is packed over and patted down. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Did you pack any of your cereal cupcakes?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hazel stood, the pelletlike snow falling around her, and then, so quickly it was like she had superpowers, she bent down and packed a snowball and hurled it at him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Abbey thinks we should pack up and run to Canada,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Out the back entrance of the inn, she scanned the trashcans and the cars packed in the back lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She watched him while Josiah was inside buying a six- pack; Tayo tried to avoid her eyes, but she was a patient woman. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Get more rest, work out a system to salvage more rainwater, fight as a team, and share the food from the dead tributes’ packs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She takes out a pack of frozen peas, wraps it in paper towels, and puts it on her cheek. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I stare at it for a moment longer, then pack it carefully into my bag. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This kind of packing was best done by Mami, he thought. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They packed us into the main room of the log building. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The stool he let fly hit the man’s right shoulder on the packed muscle under the shoulder blade— like solid rock, for all the effect one saw. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the sun was slowly setting behind the treetops, the summer heat had no plans to pack it up for the night. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Shackleton ordered the sails raised and led the way through the loose pack and pancake ice again. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Those ancient rabbits are packing their bags and running away.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I could leave packing for tomorrow—I had very little, which was perhaps all to the good. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing 1 see when I get off the bus is graffiti on walls, beer bottles filling trashcans, empty cigarette packs, and syringes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The German rummaged through the cabinets, his pack near his feet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s no business of mine,” he said, extracting one crooked cigarette and crushing the empty pack in his hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ghost had led the party here; the pack of hounds had been useless. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were only a pack of boys, with little to offer. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It made me sad when Mexican farm workers were transported along that same road, like cattle packed in the backs of trucks, calling out to us to please marry them and rescue them. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“They could wait for other trains. With this one so packed, surely there’s bound to be a roomy, if not empty, one shortly.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kim notices a stray pack of cigarettes on the coffee table and lights one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A foot’s length of tightly packed cleavage is directly under my nose. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I can take down a pack of shamblers like nobody's business. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I buried his pieces at the very bottom, covered it and packed everything in with the underside of my fists. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I packed the sketch pad and met Fred out front with my bike. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Before going over to see Kemmerich we pack up his things: he will need them on the way back. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom, Craig, and Maya were staying with us in the residence but had been packed into cars and shuttled off already to the night’s festivities. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he came into the room, and she was kneeling on the floor, wrenching open the little crate in which the cupid was packed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don't want to pack it up and settle into the streets. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The kid groaned and made a big show of slowly closing the freezer case and cleaning his hands before slouching over to a wall of shelves packed with dry goods. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Could it be that the leader of the pack was teaching the leader of the pups? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The queen of hearts and the queen of clubs are the only two that are face up, far away from each other with the whole pack between them. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shay pulled something from her shoulder pack and tore it in half. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Maybeth helped Dicey fold up the ponchos and pack them into her bag. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been packed in, and now were being tossed ashore, like so much cordwood. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He performs his chores as quickly as possible, packs an apple in his bag along with his book, and heads off to his tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I packed my things and looked around for some of my loyal nurses; I was disappointed at not being able to thank them and bid them farewell. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This match has been canceled,” Professor McGonagall called through the megaphone, addressing the packed stadium. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Down on the rail, obscured by the pack of horses, he could not be seen by the stewards or the crowd. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All in good time," said the little hairy man, and took something else from his pack. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

That night Neel slept fitfully, waking from a nightmare about a pack of vultures tearing the cub’s body to shreds. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We can make lists of what to take first in case we have to run for it, and pack our knapsacks in advance.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He took a pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket, tapped one out, then put away the pack and rebuttoned the pocket flap. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Giving Stuart my oxygen bottle, I rooted around until I found another one with some gas left in it, and then we both began packing for the descent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The poor man had to pack up and leave. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He only packed his paper, pencils, and some clothes. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The school yard has been more packed than usual with guys from around the way. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Finkle and his entourage packed up their gear and left quickly, followed by some people calling out rude comments to him. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The One Stop was packed, with only three barstools open at the counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“You are taking your manscrit? I pack other papers for you?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mama wasted no time in packing up their things once the undertaker had left with Aunt Rose’s body. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now packs of them began chasing the cows all over the Rantz property, relentlessly nipping at their legs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Iceblink, a white glare on the underside of the clouds, indicated pack ice ahead. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Soviet trucks filled the rail yard, packed with people just like ours. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was with a heavy heart that Harry packed his trunk up in the dormitory on the night before his return to Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Fourteen of us packed into the minivan and started on the long descent to Franklin, in a snowless valley far below. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since becoming stuck in the ice, the ship had been steadily drifting north with the pack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The Colonel pulled a cigarette out of his pack and threw it into the water. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Augustus reached into the center console, flipped open a full pack of cigarettes, and removed one. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

To get close to a pond, around 266 which they were densely packed, I had to nudge them away with my feet so as not to step on one. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Little Mexican kids darted in and out of all the cars stuck idling in traffic, selling packs of gum and cigarettes and shaved ice and batteries. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We’re going swimming,” said Edwin, dropping his small pack to the ground. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The truck was built to carry cargo, not people, and it was smelly and disgusting, packed full of bodies. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, while Dicey gathered together their litter and packed it into the paper bag to be discarded at the first trash can they saw, the little ones explored the graveyard. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The packs hung loosely from his other hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He opened his canvas pack and dropped in the dented cans Mrs. Turner had given him as payment, then called her name again. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Church mothers packed a bunch of food for us to eat—sandwiches, chicken, fruit, and cold drinks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon, the marchers’ ranks were packed with thousands of newcomers carrying banners and placards telling where they were from and why they had come. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are murmurs of assent and then, to my horror, I hear the pack heading toward me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A half empty pack of your favorite kind of gum that I found in your desk drawer and your journal, which I found in there, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’d really packed a lot of revelation into one short day. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had hoped to find the machine room deserted, but the place was packed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spotted a pack of cigarettes atop the dresser beside his bed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He drops his duffel bag onto the packed sand with a jostling thud. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Friday, then? It’s their last night. It’ll be packed, but worth it,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Crowds packed the Great Gymnasium, which was a huge outdoor stadium used for sporting events. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He unfastened the bronze buckle at the dead man’s throat and swung the canvas pack over his shoulder before wrapping the cloak around himself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opens the glove compartment and pulls out a pack of peppermint Life Savers and pops one. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You told me you finished packing,” Mamma said, sitting on a wicker chair Dimple had bought at a flea market years ago. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her mother hurriedly wrapped gold-rimmed goblets with newspaper and packed them into a scuffed leather suitcase, all the while listening to the warnings on the radio. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stowing her purse, she brushed the bottom of her pack once more and plowed into the crowd, elbowing the other shoppers aside in her haste to leave town. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In rising panic, he looked around for his pack. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Swiftly opening her pack, she took out some meat, chewed it to thaw it, and gave it to the bird. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four days in, the picturesque mountain erupts in a volcano that wipes out another dozen players, including all but five of the Career pack. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I had seen so many begin to pack their lives in cotton wool, smother their impulses, hood their passions, and gradually retire from their manhood into a kind of spiritual and physical semi-invalidism. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be ignoring them as he packed Dustfinger's things back in the bag, but she felt sure he was listening to every word they said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the way he clutched his pack told me the most. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

These Amoses might look like a bunch of cream puffs but if she was anything like Todd I bet she could pack a real wallop. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The only sure way to send the evil thing packing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never finishes her sentence; instead she looks from the parents, to the pack behind her, to George and Emmett’s house, then to the nest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

His limp was nearly gone now, but he carried his cane and went staggering off down the narrow walkway between the barracks, punching at the packed earth in front of him. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the family packing to escape did not appear to be in any great hurry. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had his bags packed and was waiting again to go home. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And help them pack up camp. They are joining us for breakfast.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I packed five salted game hens and three tins of foie gras with cornichons,” Horace said bitterly, “and this is what survives our shipwreck.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

So they packed everything they owned in the Blue Bird Inn and headed to a small Florida town called Brooksville, north of Tampa, on the Gulf Coast. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I heft the pack on my back and take a few steps forward. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you know, clearing Luce’s stuff out. God, she was a pack rat. You can barely open her drawers. You know, I found your grandmother’s wedding veil. I’ve been looking for that thing for ages.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The whole area was coated in black soot and it looked like a pack of feral ceratopses had barged through, but at least the walls were still standing. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Hannah saw suitcases and carpetbags, some carefully packed and some with their contents spilling out. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shape-shifters put on jet packs and follow the monsters to an asteroid. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Because I have his fingerprints on the cigarette pack,” Mac said, “and I can blackmail him.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was resting there, sucking the juice from the cactus, I saw the big gray dog, the leader of the wild pack, in the brush above me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We packed our gear and lined up outside, waiting for the truck to the airport. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her words cut into Ba like slices from a knife but, even though his face was pained, he said nothing and continued to pack. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He undid the collar and lead from the sparrow’s neck, and packed them away in the haversack. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At a quick glance, it seemed as if Morrie were being packed for shipping. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the next day, I was carting around five of these fun packs in an alarming assortment of pastel and Day-Glo colors. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A union representative tried to sway the packers: “These men will be on the killing floor of the packing plants. They will have cleavers and knives.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few hours before my hosts are scheduled to return, I pack up and head down to Twin Lakes, where—no big surprise—I find out that all the second-story rooms have been taken. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“School’s almost over. It’s not as if anything’s keeping him here. I think we ought to pack him off to my mother and Chris in New York for a couple of weeks.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I just roll my eyes and keep packing my books. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She's looking for a knife to slice open a pack of hot dogs. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Last night, I ate my final meal pack. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning I was packing everything into the cases when I got some real bad news. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Good idea, Oliver,” Isa said as she packed up the REP bag. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, Lopsang—who wasn’t using oxygen himself—was carrying a spare oxygen canister in his pack. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They reached the entrance hall, which was packed with people queuing for dinner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Only her two youngest ate with her; the other three ran with packs of young people and ate at other tables. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could have told Mom to pack a change of clothes for me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I asked Argus to take me down to cabin three, so I could pack my bags for home. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He packed up his satchel and leaned the debris back up against the anchor, to screen the rent from sight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

So it wasn’t a huge surprise when the police concluded that a pack of feral dogs had killed my grandfather. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She slides a pack of chicken in, next to the frozen vegetables that are already in there. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They come running to clean and cut and pack and cook and can the fish. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to cut through the crowd to reach it, and the throng was packed in and tamped down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The halls were packed, everyone smoking, laughing, extra chairs wedged in at full tables, people with plates of food roaming from group to group to say hello. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Bryce, put that down and start packing your things into this bag, okay?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The food began arriving long before sunup, packed into crates and hauled by sleepy-eyed boys. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would buy one pack of those thin blades and glue razors onto the edges of our kites. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Not out of kindness or even curiosity, but because I'd happened to be dealt to him, like a playing card in a pack of identical cards. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I left my pack propped against a big rock at the trailside and went with our water bottles and the filter down to the pond edge and filled up. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bud dropped an unopened pack of filter-tip cigarettes on the table. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We packed up and joined the ever growing path of people going in two directions, with a big dip in the middle of paths set about fifty feet apart. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before it’s too late, without thinking about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She packed, put Tornait in her parka hood and, picking up her sled ropes, set off once more. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily closed her eyes and leaned back, absently fishing for a cigarette again until she remembered the pack was empty. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I had to pack these brand-new ice skates my mother had practically just sent me a couple of days before. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pack these for you,” Hermione said brightly, taking Harry’s presents out of his arms as the three of them headed back upstairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We finished the packing while Uncle supervised us, and by the time we had the last wagonload ready, Hand Clap had come back. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd was packed on the sidewalks and many of the shops were shuttered, and I could not find it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

So in her swift packing to leave her own world, Mary Malone had taken with her the Book of Changes, as it was called, and the little yarrow stalks with which she read it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Kelp floating in packs past the small swells. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She packs the containers into a large insulated bag. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was Ms. Banks who helped me pack up and drove me home even though the concert wasn’t over. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

By 500 million years ago there were vast herds of trilobites, beautifully constructed animals, a little like large insects; some hunted in packs on the ocean floor. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played red-light- green-light, tag, football, Red Rover, or nameless games that involved running hard, keeping up with the pack, and not crying if you fell down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The snow was packed into an unreadable mass. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Awakening at dusk, she found that David had already packed two knapsacks with everything they might need during the rescue. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The densely packed rectangles of the houses are seen from above, while the mountain is shown in profile, its slope covered with dots representing blobs of lava. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, she would pack up the cookies in her burlap sack, she would dig in her imaginary garden with the worms and the praying mantises and the dog. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sefia grabbed her pack from the floor and began rummaging around inside it, her fingers groping for the shape of the book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When her battery was good and full, Roz looked around and realized that she was packed inside a crate. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was entirely too large for the witness box and had the appearance of a stork or crane packed into a crate. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s also a large, well-stocked Career pack of ten tributes scouring the mountain area for victims. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I threw my door open and tossed the book pack up onto my bunk. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pollard unleashed Seabiscuit’s rally immediately, rushing up behind the field in hopes of finding an avenue through the pack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four long House tables were packed with chattering students; at the top of the Hall, the staff sat along one side of a fifth table, facing their pupils. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He leaped onto Ares’s back and the bats took off, leaving the bowl and a pack of cursing rats behind. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And so with my pack and my rifle I set out again on the way. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to tell him exactly how I feel. I think I might even tell him how you feel,” she says, standing up and packing her bags. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t able to pack, had left my entire life chewed to pieces. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He, alone among men, could put a pack upon Buck’s back in the summer travelling. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns off the bathroom light and gets an ice pack from the refrigerator in the corner of the room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

At the door of the study I paused, overcome as always by the high shelves packed with books like a library and the dark wood of the walls and jalousies. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Gradually he circled faster, pretending to run with the pack in pursuit of a wounded moose. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of enthusiastic congregants packed the pews at the overwhelmingly black church eager to hear what the first black Democratic nominee for president of the United States had to say. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get it. Boys are always wondering why girls go to the bathroom in groups, and yet the entire football team travels in a pack—even off-season,” Monica observes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He wedged everything into his pack and headed back for the intersection. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I reached instinctively for my knife, then realized I had left it in my pack, just outside the tent. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

If I built a hut here I would first have to kill him and his pack. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pack, move, unpack, burrow in, and nervously await their next orders. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It went down and down until he passed the level of packed garbage and came to natural earth and rock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pack leader came and snuffed at her head. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I step inside and see at least twenty people packed in the tiny living room and hallway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The older, more powerful ones are membranous, packed with layers of different meaning, like one-word poems. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hyenas attack in packs whatever animal can be run down, its flanks opened while still in full motion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A towel on my lap, he lays the packs on my right hand and wrist. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He seriously needed to keep a pack of Aloe Vera Kleenex in his armor pocket, because that nose was wet and red and pretty gross. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They packed their clothes and a few boatbuilding tools, used their winnings from their races to book passage in steerage to Halifax, aboard the steamship Tunisian, and set sail from Liverpool. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I cut Rue's pack from her back as well, knowing she'd want me to have it but leave the spear in her stomach. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Their grandmother had packed a bag of fruit and some cold crab, left over from yesterday’s lunch. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went about his job with no expression, sweeping cigarette packs and gum wrappers into a dustpan that he emptied into a larger trash can. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the electricity had been cut off, and the oil lamp that had once lit the dark between our beds had already been packed away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi wasn’t even sure an ice pack was how you treated a bloody nose, but he was enjoying the attention too much to tell her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now that they were shaheed, packing up and running was an even worse affront, a betrayal, a disavowal of the sacrifice her sons had made. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Breakfast was finished in two minutes, and they packed up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hopefully it’s a pack of man-eating wolves that we have to take on with our bare hands.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After an hour, Sefia took the meat out of his hands and stuffed it back into her pack. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She’d probably have told Dimple to pack it in and get married, to take this as a sign from the gods. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They know we are down here now and they’ve unleashed something, a pack of mutts probably, bent on finding me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

So I packed up my stand and waited over an hour for my dad to pick me up. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We were packed so tightly that she shook against me for twenty minutes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone must be in the music room, packing up! Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I packed some supper for you to have on the train,” he said. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Workers pack the square, cheering his words that echo and collide in midair. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to pack your belongings and get ready to leave.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved the lock box back into Jessie's closet and the key back into the fake pack of gum. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Sierra smiled, pocketed her phone, and started packing up her supplies. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We pack up, take up our bags and walk again. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry asked Ron, holding up a pack of Chocolate Frogs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And though it's clear to anyone with an ounce of logic that they are a pack of charlatans, they're lionized throughout the Empire not just as immortal, but as oracles and mind-readers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Three packs of Skittles and five Swedish Fish at the corner store. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And after Finn had eaten more honey clusters than was lawful in the state of Illinois, Mel packed an extra tin for Sean, along with a large jar of honey, in a brown shopping bag. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He could not believe the contents of the survival pack. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though she might pretend to be in the middle of the pack, there was no reason to train like it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If she sees the pack and guesses what I'm up to, I'm done for. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

While the furrier thumbed through them, Sefia fidgeted impatiently, glancing around at the swirling crowd, reaching behind her every so often to reassure herself that the mysterious angular object remained inside her pack. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"You could have just packed up and walked away," Matilda said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was exactly as it had been when he had packed, but he was certain that the sports bag had been expertly and methodically searched. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

‘Tm all packed now and I’m waiting to go home. I’ve finished my sixty missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He started the motor and picked up a tobacco pipe from the dashboard, packed in fresh tobacco, and lit it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

His stepmom must buy the variety pack, ’cause every day it’s a different kind or flavor. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Patiently adjusting his stride to her clumsy crawl he brought her home to the pack, perhaps against Jello’s will—she would never know. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down and dug into his backpack for the trail mix of nuts, raisins, and chocolate that Nali had packed for him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Professor Lupin forcing the boggart back into the packing case with his wand; it had turned into a silvery orb again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, he asked, “So, everybody just packed up and moved down here?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She struggles through the difficult pregnancy, working in a refrigerated fish factory, packing and weighing salmon and catfish all day. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He trades in fountain pens for ballpoints, Wilkinson blades and his boar- bristled shaving brush for Bic razors bought six to a pack. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unless you counted her mother saying, “I told you not to pack all your books in one bag, Em.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mark nodded and followed suit, cinching tight the straps of his pack. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then he wrapped everything in one of the blankets and packed it into the knapsack and tied the other blankets across the top of the knapsack and shouldered it up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

At sound of this, the cry of Life plunging down from Life’s apex in the grip of Death, the fall pack at Buck’s heels raised a hell’s chorus of delight. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had packed a small jar of hot beans and some good, green chile wrapped in tortillas. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At six-thirty, Ben finished packing his uniform and was waiting in his room for the summons from his father to leave for the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth packed the red collar and seemed satisfied—too easily, he suspected, dreading her disillusionment. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don't stop to pack a suitcase, I wrote. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Arion jumped over a breaching humpback whale and kept galloping, startling a pack of seals off an iceberg. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I knew we had packed something for him, but I couldn’t remember what. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He came bearing as much as he could pack into one large suitcase, about fifty pounds. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speared to a branch beside the trail, in an intentionally prominent place, was an empty pack of Old Gold cigarettes. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the inside there was so much color and so many different kinds of toys that if you tried to pack it all into one first glance, your head would explode. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be in a pack today. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if Miss Love had started packing to leave, he might just be playing sick to keep her there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When they traveled to the sugar bush, the family packed as lightly as possible. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

In a few moments they had shouldered their packs again and were off. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After about ten minutes outside, Marla and her cameraman pack up and take off. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the nice feelings evaporated, and I couldn’t stop wondering if I was going to have to pack my bags when I got home. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A pack of stinking yellow fools,” Beans complained. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The old man paused, holding the rope and bottle of wine, then shrugged and began to dig around in his packs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Except for the coffee mugs, which I thought we would use until the very end, I packed every cup. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Disgraced, he packed his things and boarded a bus to Iran, never to be seen or heard from again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have said that. Dogs know loyalty, at least. Fidelity to the pack. It is an insult to the dog to call you one.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even so, he’d been taught how to pack a parachute, how to control it, how to exit a plane, and how to land. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of guests stood around the packed rotunda in the Russell Building on Capitol Hill. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After what seemed like hours, she threw off her blankets and packed up her bedroll, dressing quickly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I know this happens, that some of the Jews who disappear are packed like winter linens in other people’s basements rather than relocated to work camps. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When they’d found a stash of dried reindeer meat at the bottom of a travel pack in one of the camps, it had been like some kind of miracle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So why shouldn’t they, the two of them, buy a pair of pack horses and try their luck in the Sierra Madre? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days after leaving Ento, the road narrowed and became packed dirt instead of paving stones. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Smaller than a pack of gum, Mind’s Eye attaches to the base of the skull and inserts microfilaments into the brain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They aimed it directly at the thickest part of the fortress wall and packed it full of gunpowder. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Ork,” it said again, and this time it held out its flippers and jumped over the packing debris. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

When called, Fred Gray’s student witnesses offered a very different story, of two police officers confronting a teenage girl with frightening force on a packed bus. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She put her pack on the floor and lifted the camera, aiming it at the room. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

But with false gray dawn he had awakened, instantly, and began to dig in the pack—to find amazing, wonderful things. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keep your eye on the underlined words—those are the wolves being singled out of the pack: • Only the butler says he saw the murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This he put into his pack that lay on the floor. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Hail Mary,” Maria Teresa began, “full of grace . . .” I turned around and saw the packed pews, hundreds of weary, upturned faces, and it was as if I’d been facing the wrong way all my life. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neil and Buzz carried their own breathing supply of oxygen in packs on their backs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that any minute they would be told to pack up their things and leave, but up until the very second that happened, Mai was going to enjoy this new life. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

With emotions running high, the packing company owners and the governor agreed that the potential for reignited violence was too great to risk throwing the races together. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The open-air bus terminal was packed with people shouting, laughing, and arguing. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Katherine gives me another dirty look while Mr. Gideon packs away his implements and I shrug and give her an apologetic grin. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Most of our donations come packed in cartons. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Tick and Temp chewed through the cords around Boots’s pack. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And if the quiet buzz in the dugout as we pack up and get ready to head back to the Firebus is any indication, nobody else can, either. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The debate itself was well attended, the tiny hall packed full of students, community leaders, and a sprinkling of white liberals from Duke University. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But if the branch is bushy, or if one branch is packed inside another, a left-branching structure can give the reader a headache. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Run into a pack of predators or another tribute, like Thresh, and had to hide. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They crossed a lane of forklift traffic, navigated a maze of conveyor belts, and ducked under a row of robotic arms that were packing up boxes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there was a clang, and a pack of hyenas was let loose from one of the side gates. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I packed my unwashed combat fatigues and sent them to my family with a note: Dear Parents, Here are my clothes, still stained with the sweat and mud and blood of Bougainville. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She digs in the pack she carries and pulls out a handful of leaves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Minli packed up her things and, carefully holding the bowl in her hand, walked in the direction of the needle, past Fruitless Mountain. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were prisoners packed in all around me—roll call had long since ended, and it was the middle of the night. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't feeling much better as I packed up my things and headed out of the courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Two attendants, pursued by a pack of photographers, hurried past with their heads bent against the rain and a stretcher between them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Aunt Loma’s Christmas play was sure to have a packed crowd, because it would be the first entertainment held there at night, and everybody was anxious to see the electric lighting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She announced that it was time to pack up, and sent George’s row first to the coat closet. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I use the sword to put down the rest of the decrepit pack. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I sit down on my pack and wait. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I left, the Amber Room was packed in crates in a secret underground room in Königsberg Castle. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

More cages snapped off their chains, unleashing two zebras and a pack of hyenas. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She rolled up the scroll and slid it into the tube that the hawk wore like a pack, settled on his back between his wings. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Werner runs with the others, trying to stay in the back of the pack, their rifles beating in syncopation against their backs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would be proudly bearing my stick, which I had left by a tree when I had stopped to tie my laces or adjust my pack. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I play the first words of Esteban’s story over and over as my father’s song lifts up to my room, as my uncle packs above me, as the blue jay perches in the Ailanthus tree. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It observes Maribel packing the two cinnamon crullers in a white paper bag, folding the top over neatly, and thanking the customer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a strange way, the Dark Lands reminded her of San Francisco, where her dad lived—on those summer afternoons when the fog bank rolled in like cold, wet packing material and swallowed Pacific Heights. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Scrambling to her feet she watched the pack run along the horizon, a flowing line of magnificent beasts, all cooperating for the sake of each other, all wholly content—except Jello. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she headed up her tree shortly before I did, hearing the pack was so close. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Spinning around in a circle, I saw that the rails was packed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time a movie would arrive packed in a dented canister, the film scratched and faded from its slow trip around the world. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He set his pack down, untied the knot at the top, and groped around inside until he felt the candle. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There they left Sam and Pippin with the pony and their packs and luggage. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But he cut that too, and inside the smallest little bit there was all the Specters packed in, twisted over and folded up so tight they took up no space at all. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the little girl is a whole pack of shamblers, their clothing in tatters, their gray skin hanging loose. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He knew all about the wolf goddess and her pack. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Henrietta’s cells rode into the mountains of Chile in the saddlebags of pack mules. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She picked up her camping pack, and Apollo said, “Here, sweetheart. Let me get that.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Singer brought out his own suitcase and very carefully packed the best of their joint possessions. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the first room he saw a thin rumpled figure lying prone on a sofa: Dana’s father, holding what appeared to be an ice pack to his forehead. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He growled fiercely and she realized she had not seen him with the rest of the pack for several sleeps. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘All because of a pack of crows! I had looked forward to a real good meal tonight: something hot.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There is a tall fence stretching wide across the landscape, which looks empty compared to the densely packed buildings I saw before I sat down. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My cousin held out the pack of Lambert & Butler's. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Bring the phone back to me, between the ice packs. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She’d only gone to the corner store for a pack of cigarettes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi walked to his bag, and digging behind the paperbacks he’d brought with him, he reached to the thing he’d packed at the last minute, without really letting himself think about it—his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t that something? They got all their food and everything in those packs.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment it is mostly an arrangement of packed soil and stacks of stone forming tall but rudimentary walls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was like watching the work of great tree-roots in a hundred years, all packed into a few moments. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In my ordinary life, this level of disability might justify a day of ice packs and stretching. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

By her early twenties, she was dancing professionally before packed houses all over Germany, drawing rave reviews. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Each little tree was now packed with dirt about a foot high, with a few green leaves sticking out at the top. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes,” said Hermione vaguely, but she packed all the books back into her bag just the same. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She kissed my forehead, and Mr. Diamant, bent with a pack on his back and a red cheek, patted my arm. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. F didn't say a whole lot as she drove me to my dorm, but she made me promise to go by the infirmary and get some cold packs for my swollen wrists. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Quite ready. I shall only take a hand-bag, and shall pack my trunk in the city.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“Deborah!” my mother was calling, “are the bags packed? Is Theresa ready?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We have still got to tidy up and put the finishing touches to the packing, before we get to bed. I shall call you all before the break of day.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We sat with Kazi for the rest of the day while he packed up the kitchen and made food packages for us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get you back. I’ll find an ice pack and a washcloth for you.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

This afternoon she packed her bags and left. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Priscilla Willis held up her finger, where a bee rested, baskets packed with yellow pollen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Grandma says, “That hasn’t been used since the 1960s. I was a girl. They used to pack it with jars of peaches and pickles. Pumpkins and squashes. Bags of carrots and turnips.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

When the judges brought the court to order, the visitors’ gallery and the press bench were packed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would push through a lot of undergrowth, and closely packed bushes, scarcely able to see more than a yard ahead, and then come out suddenly into another wide clearing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

A couple of miles offshore, a belt of pack ice and eroded bergs was drifting past, warning everyone of the winter to come. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

"Go and pack a bag, and kiss your mother good-bye, and I'll walk you down to the village." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

One thing I didn’t have to pack is the set of silver bangles that Zohra gave me last night. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But only Granny knew where she had packed it away, and Granny was dead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So she hugged the magazines tightly to her chest, then packed them carefully away for next time. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But before Anna can hit send, Morgan trails in behind a pack of giggling middle schoolers. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

So I packed a small dull knife, half a ball of string, and Ben’s book into a tattered canvas sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Here’s money in case you want to buy something else. Later you can choose whether you want to pack lunch or buy it.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I did all my own packing and unpacking when we had to move. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The boy from District 1 has several knives, two spare spearheads, a flashlight, a small leather pouch, a first-aid kit, a full bottle of water, and a pack of dried fruit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Three of the tin boxes were carefully packed with explosives. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t started packing, but her mom had. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had wet the potassium-nitrate-and-sugar mix and packed it inside a standard casement. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were calling the attacker the Recluse, a spider that wasn’t much in the size department, but it packed a sick bite. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

They gave our whole town an hour to pack as much as we could carry. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I went back to the picnic table, packed up Medusa’s head, and filled out a delivery slip. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She collected valuables and packed up artifacts from the region to send back to Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“There’s no way a place like Summerland will survive a pack of that magnitude. Your big pretty wall didn’t save your sorry hide, what do you think a few boards on the window will do?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I turned in my books, packed my bags, and said farewell to my few friends and teachers at Sunrise High School without shedding a tear. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The swirling colors of the universe, packed into our little atmosphere here on earth. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They were on top of the bureau, and Alex packed them, then went to his parents’ bedroom and took the framed picture of the six of them that Mami kept by her bedside. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Quit your bellyaching," he'd say, tossing a family pack of anemic pork chops into the cart. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was stupid of me not to have expected one or both of them to be packing some kind of heat, but my stomach tightened all the same. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They pack the trunk quickly, and climb in, but the car has not gone a foot before it lurches forward with a horrible hobble. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We fly through the pack of seven words. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He had the pack on his back and I put the worm-cans in one of the outside flap pockets. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t packed much, but I placed my folded clothes in the small bureau drawer. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Startled by the good weather, mentally unprepared to commence the actual climb, I hurriedly packed up a rucksack nonetheless and began skiing toward the base of the Thumb. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I packed four Micro Machine cars, because we still only had the one suitcase, but my pockets were my own. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The members discussed the largest man-made explosion in history to that point—in 1917, in Halifax Harbor, Canada, a ship packed with millions of pounds of bombs and ammunition caught fire and blew up. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they reached the Street of the Sisters, they were packed in shoulder to shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been in any of my neighbors’ houses, but I pack my smile with cheerful innocence, and the policeman grins back. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Plus, it’s early. In another three hours, the place will be packed and everyone will be drunker and the mood will lighten considerably.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They entered another reception area, where thousands of Germans had packed the station to get a glimpse of them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When I woke up Bill was packing the rucksack. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sneaky slides the dollar into his pocket and is about to close his lunch pack when Aliya Morris comes up and buys two Snickers and a Butterfinger. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The words were packed together in an unintelligible lathered herd. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wound their way through the packed bookshelves, taking a detour by the crafts section so Emily could stoop down and check on the Inkheart book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And projected on the whiteboard behind me is an image of the packed bleachers of Dodger Stadium on a sunny afternoon. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

They are dirty and weak, feral and hungry-looking, like I’ve wandered into the den of some wild, desperate pack with Max as their leader. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When no one was looking, I stuffed about a dozen of the cigarette packs into my jacket. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one look at the animal cleared up any doubts Ben might have had about the acknowledged monarch of the pack. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We go south. Now. Grab your packs,” I shriek. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When the top was finished it looked like a bed of closely packed white carnations with a heart of red ones. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Put ice packs on it ever night and still do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Setting out with six camels packing food enough for three months, Burke and Wills ran out of provisions while in the desert north of Menindee. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The ice cream parlor was packed with men in shirtsleeves and women who had gotten out their summer dresses early. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were galloping in a pack, their necks craned forward, their arms bent at the elbows, and worst of all, their stomachs bulging. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled open a desk drawer and lit a cigarette from a half-empty pack. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He also packed up all the little bottles of shampoo and hand lotion and mouthwash in the bathroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mom believes that you should only pack what you can carry. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The halls inside are packed with Brady girls. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I packed everything I could into my denim bag and left it in its place on my pallet where I normally used it as a pillow. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The train is packed—no chance of a seat here, it’s not like getting on at Euston, so I have to stand, midway through a carriage. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The newsmen packed up their gear, relieving Molly, who had cringed at the thought of being photographed in her laden condition and having to brace up for a royal reception in Sweden. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I’ll pack you a lunch and you can eat at your desk. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He could see he wouldn’t enjoy the packed, rattling train. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I packed only the darker garments, a blue crew neck, the alligator shirts, and my corduroys. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was empty until he started packing shelf after shelf. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

City hall, as I learned on the sweltering summer day I showed up to meet Valerie for a job interview, was both alarmingly and upliftingly packed with people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They packed up the tent next morning and moved on through a dreary shower of rain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I counted the people—forty-six packed in a cage on wheels, maybe a rolling coffin. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I pay him, and he packs up the items in a sack that can be tied on my back. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She passed barge after barge from the US Navy, all packed with refugees. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Once again Cavern Hole was packed to the doors, but this time it was for a purpose very different from the feast. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I packed up my suitcase and explained to my uncle that I felt bad about leaving my parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then I would pack up everything very neatly, drop it in my pack, and hike again till it was time to clock off and go home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He would take my place packing, I was told, and would learn the ticketing machine. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Marston continued painting, using his remaining paint and the lids of packing crates for canvases. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We packed what we owned in a bedroll and set a pot and frying pan beside it, all set for the next morning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach grumbled when I finished, but there was maybe a day and a half of food supplies left in my pack and I was heading into the woods. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Colonel Arbuthnot, uninterested in what a pack of foreigners called anything, replied with true British brevity: “Yes.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least I know who my father is. I wasn’t raised by a pack of camel-stroking Tribesmen.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The leader of the pack, an old male with a grizzled white muzzle and a blind eye, moved out to meet him, snarling, his teeth bared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Not for what they wanted to do with him, but for what they did to the earth with their machines, and to the animals with their packs of dogs and their guns. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And out of their packs came course after course of the most astonishing picnic. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But before any of that happens, Jews are packed onto trains at a station on the outskirts of the city. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He only watched her, mild and curious, as she stowed the hammock in her pack, and followed her down from the tree without a word. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was suggested the children study Morse code in the dining room, but the afternoon was so beautiful, and the shady courtyard so inviting, they begged to pack lunches and study outside. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no need to pack up their belongings, as Julia and Pearl were well provided for and would not be coming back. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The great plaza before them was packed almost solid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There are three different stacks of orders and the oven is packed with more. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Next I pack a leather bag with a shift and a knife, throw a thick velvet cloak over my dress, and descend the stairs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe a hot pack would do them good. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The pack raced across the flagstones barking, circling him, jumping up to lick his filthy face, nipping at his legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He took a pack of cigarettes out of his jacket pocket and tapped the bottom so that one of them flipped up. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hornet had to keep wiping tears from her face while she packed her favorite books into a plastic bag. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The two hobbits trussed their small packs, put them on ready for flight, and then crawled deeper into the fern. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After my father was done showering, they dragged a cooler across the floor in the kitchen, dumped in a bunch of ice, and packed up stuff. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Two Sundays later I woke up early, peeled potatoes, then packed my bag. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The streetcars, packed a few minutes before, were almost empty. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I realize that he must be hungry after a morning without food, so I reach into my pocket and pull out the beef jerky I had packed for the ride. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“She felt like she did when we was packing up to go to Ohio,” he said simply, figuring I’d understand. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Facing charges of first-degree murder, George sat alone in front of an estimated crowd of fifteen hundred white people who had packed the courtroom and surrounded the building. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And there's five times the minimum protein in each food pack, so careful rationing of portions takes care of my protein needs for at least four years. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In five minutes, my carpetbag was packed with a few essentials: Tonic, my magic book, my dictionary, a shawl, and little else. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s precious to them; it’s all they have left. Just like that pack of yours. It seems pretty important to you.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas had a strong feeling it wasn’t a way out of their nightmare; he just hoped it didn’t lead to another pack of Grievers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The night before the third day, we were all treated to a big dinner and then packed off to our hotel rooms. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His books, a white suit, and some shirts were all there as he had packed them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Farmer quickly packed his doctor’s bag and hiked with her across the Péligre Dam to a hut on the other side of the reservoir. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I’m almost finished packing for Florida, but I can’t find my pink blouse. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Cherish’s mom must have packed them in her bag, maybe to distract Cherish from thumb-sucking. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom thought about that and replied, “Maybe you’re right. Maybe this is some kind of early development. Maybe the owners of the packing plant built those houses for their workers.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I had packed some in my suitcase, but I must have forgotten them.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I pack the three town orders in separate hot bags, grab a six-pack of Coke and a six-pack of Sprite, and load up the car. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Seven pulled a pack of neon markers from her bag and began to highlight furiously. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s just the better families, packing up to leave. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then she took a cigarette from the pack on the table and lit it herself. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

In the morning, as they were beginning to pack their slender goods, Elves that could speak their tongue came to them and brought them many gifts of food and clothing for the journey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Meggie saw a round nose emerge from the pack, snuffling in the hope of more delicacies. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“This is police business,” he said; he held his flat pack of ID up to the screen. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana took the pack and carefully tore off the wrapper. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tucked Mechtild’s bag of herbs into my pack, which I fixed behind the mare’s saddle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Skulls crunch as I shove a pack loaded with food and water into a wall crypt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She took a cigarette out of the pack on the table. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Jinx took a brown bottle, which had miraculously remained unbroken, from his pack. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

With all the packing and paperwork, privacy has been hard to find these last few weeks. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I fall into rhythm, watching Leo’s back and pack dodging through trees. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

One little kid broke away from the pack. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, with the issue of whether the Carter Cowboys would stay in the playoffs or be replaced by the Plano East Panthers, the place was packed and frothing. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, she walked out of the school alone and saw him packing up his tools under one of the naked trees in front of the superintendent’s house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

People dangled from windows and from the top of the train because the coaches were packed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That what you been doing all day instead of helping you family pack up?” he demands, moving farther into the room. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine and Jimmy packed the girls into the car and drove the sixty miles from Bluefield to Jimmy’s parents’ house, which quivered with excitement for Pat’s big day. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Howling and snarling in frustration, the packs leaped back into the trees. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

One day word came that there was a vacant shack on Thirteenth Avenue, and finally, after months of anxiety, we packed our meager belongings and left for our new home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blisters formed on his heels, and his shoulders ached from the pack. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

One pack of jabbering mutts charged across a field, threatening first to deafen him, then to trample him to death, then to tear him slobberingly, teeth-clickingly from limb to limb. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That fall Ruth had to fly back to Florida to sell her condo, pack her belongings, and wrap things up in general to prepare for this new phase in her life. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Picking up my pack, I answered, “To heal the past.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“That you need the help of others, like a wolf pack.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The valley floor was carpeted with turkeys, it seemed like millions of them, so densely packed that they covered the earth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a pack and pass it to Mrs. Rooks. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They packed their blankets and the tarp and what was left of the canned goods and set out again with their knapsacks and their bags leaving the cart behind. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I turn from my hidden pack to look down another tunnel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then Matt packed everything up, stowed the chest in the shadows, and made his way back home. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph prayed over his sons and Nell while we packed bed linens and blankets. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re packing up — it looks like it’s going to rain soon.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

This Jake was a baby she found, and he and Sing grew up together, and I guess rather than be packed off to some Quaker school, she ran away with him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frogs were gone from one sack and Lee’s packing case was getting crowded. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Great to have you back, Lightning,” Coach says as I’m packing up. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The cotton sweater was something I had packed as a formality, as you might pack antisnake bite medicine or splints. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We were so tightly packed into that narrow courtyard that some children fainted from excessive heat and stuffiness. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

With him came four mounted men-at-arms, a huntsman, and a pack of dogs, sniffing after Lady Alys as if she were a deer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A good distance separated Rontu from his attacker and I could end the battle before he was wounded further or the pack fell upon him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pack two of my sketchbooks, and I even pack my unfinished portfolio full of photographs of all my paintings. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Well I’m figuring right here and now it’s worth just about one full-blooded Khershaen pack mule ” I turned it over in my hand, pulled the pin away and let it snap back again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I reach for a four pack, with neon pink, yellow, green, and orange. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As the clumsiest hunting dog of Old Tallow’s pack, he needed to stand tall over something, even if only a sick little girl. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

There are boxes of safety pins and bags packed with womens hats that crumble when you touch them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She wakes up pretty soon after that, and we pack our stuff in silence. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She had been packing all night and trying to calm down Granny, who didn’t understand why we were moving again and what all the rush was about. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, as always before a trip, I was tossing and turning, packing and unpacking my bags in my head. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Lennie was in the barn, and Lennie sat in the hay beside a packing case under a manger in the end of the barn that had not been filled with hay. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the night I heard him making a noise, he seemed to be packing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so eager to be home that he almost broke into a trot, pack and all. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We packed our belongings and left Santa Maria in September, the week school started. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the day of my repatriation finally came, I packed my few belongings in a plastic bag. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He pulled a bottle of water and another of Gatorade from his school pack. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As I packed up my desk and said good-bye to friends, a chapter of my life closed that day. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It hit the road near the huge tree, blowing a crater in the packed earth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I look around the room while I wait for Dad to pack up his briefcase. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Gloss, Cashmere, Enobaria, and Brutus have gathered, their pack formed already, picking over the weapons. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could feed the chickens, pack in wood, cook cornbread, wash dishes, wash Little Arliss, and sometimes even change the prickly-pear poultice on my leg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped forward to drop my pack and set up, but Miig grabbed my shoulder, holding me there for a moment. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He felt the power of the pack working together. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I shed my pack and slumped heavily against a tree, astounded by the scale of my tiredness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Object had gone through almost a hall pack. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A bookshelf packed with hardcover books, with an entire shelf of comics in plastic sleeves. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

This expedition began this morning almost an hour later than I had planned, despite my having completed my packing and loaded the Ford with all necessary items well before eight o'clock. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Velma T.’s working on some hot packs to help clear the lungs. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Below them, in Razorbill Street the birds were packed so close, and on such narrow ledges, that they had to stand with their backs to the sea, holding tight with long toes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They will have to restart, something they’ve grown used to doing; their youth is packed with more history than most teens their age. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Since the outset of their voyage through featureless ocean and anonymous ice pack, the officers and crew of Endurance had been able to track their exact location and chart their zigzagging progress on their maps. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He took a bite of his brownie and grabbed a pack of Italian junk food - Fonzies - to round out his balanced breakfast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They packed us in again, just like on the train, but there was still a little room to move. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I say you pack on twenty, thirty more pounds and just go heavyweight,” Toby said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

THE evening was almost of a winter coldness, the corner well lighted and the all-Negro crowd large and tightly packed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

No more than half an hour later he laid his pack down beside the wooden house of the village headman and turned to salute the little crowd that had gathered. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A frustrated tear rolls down my face and I rip the pack of tissues open. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My pack was untouched, my papers still beneath me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I saved five meal packs for special occasions. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The worst foolish thing is when a religion wants you to say it's the only right one. Or the best one. That’s when I pack my bags and start rolling.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I only smoked one, to try it,” I say, though they can clearly see that the pack is half empty. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You two sound like a pack of hyenas,” said Sally. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook a cigarette from a pack of Lucky Strikes that Henry had left on the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grimly, Sefia pulled her rain cloak over herself and the pack, squinting into the rain. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Within minutes, they were surrounded by dozens of armed police, who arrested all of them, packed them into vans, and drove them to Marshall Square police station. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dallas, Florida, Tiller, and Sairy had packed up the breakfast things and retrieved the sleeping bags and returned to the cabin, and now Dallas and Florida were out running through the hills. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

They packed sand around the edge into a high wall, stretched the evening gown, which they had ripped open to make it bigger, across the hole, and weighted the dress’s edges with rocks. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But still didn't think to pack a barf bag, and the pancakes I had this morning had turned back into batter. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We awakened late and hurried to pack for our trip to El Puerto. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped the cellophane pack in his pocket and casually headed for the door. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was packed red clay, scraped clean of trees and grass. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The room was dark and hot, the windows covered with filth, and the machines were packed tightly together, churning like train wheels. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In our Belle-trunks, little stone mortuary tablets are packed alongside our dresses, in memory of our mothers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then we packed up a few essentials and drove to a little log cabin nearby. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She could go out there and give up her pack. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Claudio squashed up the hat and stuffed it into the pack and, with Eliu’s help, lashed the pack and the useless rifle to the back of his saddle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The still eddy waters next to the banks had frozen, but out in the middle, where the current was swift, the water was running, leaving a trough in the ice pack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, he seemed to consider helping me pack—after all, he had run away from Dad at my age—but I shook my head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes on a Saturday afternoon, we just set the whole pack of kids loose in somebody’s playroom and cracked open a bottle of wine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Carrie brings him a glass of water and a pack of frozen peas for his jaw. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t look him in the eye as she pulled another cigarette from the pack. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"We're leaving for the airport in half an hour so you'd better get packed. Your brother's upstairs all ready to go. Get a move on, girl! Get going!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don't even stop to wonder at a pack this large roaming the woods so close to Baltimore. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They came in a pack and he could only see the lines in the water that their fins made and their phosphorescence as they threw themselves on the fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we were packing to leave Corcoran that December, a young couple came to our door. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Frightened jockeys take what Luther called “the married man’s route,” timidly detouring around the outside of the pack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you all back here in five minutes ready to leave. We re going away. Just pack some clothes. No arguments!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana propped his rifle against a tree, eased off his pack, and sat on a small boulder. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lindsey packed the camera in her duffel while I contemplated the film inside it, how it was pregnant with our secret, its birth inevitable. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I immediately packed my books and clothes and left for Granny’s place, where I stayed for two weeks and then returned home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

All activity seemed to indicate the end of their journey—crates and cartons were packed, sails were sewn and repaired, and sailors whistled as they shaved their beards. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear Mango wheeze from across the room as I pack up my watercolors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Disguised as a peddler he went to the court where the lad was said to be, with gay ornaments in his pack such as women love, and also some fine weapons. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My atoms were packed so tightly together, I had no energy to move. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Enslaved Africans crossed the stormy Atlantic chained together and packed into airless cargo-holds in groups of four to five hundred. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The walls of their flat tremble with the dragging of furniture, the packing of trunks, the nailing shut of windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Daldoum put together enough money to transport his family from Khartoum to Egypt, a two-day journey on a packed and run-down train. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then they visited Zonko’s, which was so packed with students Harry had to exercise great care not to tread on anyone and cause a panic. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He hands me a new pack of batteries. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Without noticing them again, as if they had melted down through the floor, Mr. Iii moved about the room packing a little manuscript case with papers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, it came time to pack and prepare for Germany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She had brought two packs of cigarettes for him, and they were still in her bag. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It felt like I had cotton packed down my throat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Several seconds of silence followed, then there was a crash, accompanied by screams of pain and shock from the rats packed into the ditch below. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Then why do we have to pack up every day?” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She had never held a pack of cigarettes before. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Twill finds two tin cups in her pack and I dip out the tea, setting it on the floor to cool. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy is sent to pack his small bag of negligible possessions. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The worst news was that the crime-scene technicians had found something unusual in the charred rubble of the casino boat—a fireproof, waterproof lockbox that was packed with cash. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nails answered, and then the whole pack howled briefly. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped, nearly tripping over a stack of packing boxes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had just finished up, each of them with a loaded pack on his or her back, when Misty groaned. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The moment I take my seat on the bus, I fish through my back pack for my notebook. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Inside the Mark I, these sparks packed the power of lightning bolts, ripping through the drift tubes and leaving behind what Pief Panofsky described as “spectacular stalagmites and stalactites of copper.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I pack a small satchel with bei powder, two smoothing instruments, and a few color pots. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Those two are so terrified,” Chucha concludes, “they are packing their things and leaving the house.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The others rallied to his cry and they went off howling like a pack of wild dogs. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a haze of pain he realized that his fingers still moved awkwardly at his will, and he used them to open her pack and remove the embroidery frame. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“How can you already have my bag packed?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Think of the diesel fuel needed to truck all that salad to supermarkets across the country or to manufacture the plastic containers it’s packed in. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I obediently consolidate the supplies I want into my pack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Turn that down. People’ll think I’m beating you or something. You packed?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I had saved five packs for special occasions. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lillian watched as they disappeared into Mary Anne’s bedroom, and thought to herself that it was strange to see Karen leading the pack. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone is trying to start to pack up without Ms. Smith noticing—she doesn’t like it when you pack up before the bell. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Together they packed more straw between the vases. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

With the paddle Ma packed butter tightly into the mold until it was full. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of little boys, smaller than even me, come toward us, dressed as a pack of cowboys. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She slipped another cigarette from her pack, lit it with the car lighter, pulled a drag and let her smoke out slow. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Scrambling, she packed everything and dragged the lid over the hole. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now pack into that tiny, tiny space about an ounce of matter. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I am sure that the pack grew bolder because of their leader, the big one with the thick fur around his neck and the yellow eyes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no time to carefully sift through our prized possessions or to label neatly packed boxes. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I also packed ramen noodles, mac-and-cheese, and a travel hot pot.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance you can see through the glass doors that the entire building is packed to the rafters with multicolored paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was packed with all kinds of treasure. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She got up, stored some of the smoked meat in her pack, spread the rest in the sun to pack later, and hurried out to the caribou hide. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They serve as a kind of packing material in which academics, bureaucrats, and corporate mouthpieces clad their subject matter. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Of course, you have to say good-bye to the girlfriend. Don’t be gone too long; you’ll need to be getting your things packed up pretty soon.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

After Mr. Nielsen comes in and we sit down to supper, Mrs. Nielsen slides the pack of Lucky Strikes toward me across the table. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mom and I spend the next half hour watching Carla pack. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was packing as many magic items and as much firepower as I could squeeze into my inventory. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We had said to ourselves, We won’t be like everyone else, those people who packed up and went north without waiting first for the proper authorization. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Inside, Webster’s is packed with guys wearing scarves and jackets and skinny jeans. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I packed up the cookies, grabbed my coat, and headed out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z